Friend Making Monday

A Short Survey

1) What is your favorite household chore? And what is your least favorite?

cleaning the livingroom. I hate cleaning the bathroom....yuck!

2)What is your favorite city?

Gatlinburg TN

3) Have you found real love yet?

Yes I have! And on Valentines Day we will be married 17 years. 

4) What's one thing you eat almost everyday?

an apple, seriously, I do. I have a bowl of them on my diningroom table. 

5) What was your last thought before falling asleep last night?

This snowstorm we are getting tonight through Wednesday. 6-15" of snow and maybe ice.

6) What's the worst injury you had as a child?

I was riding a bike on a busy road at 11 and a car hit me. Thankfully I only required 3 stitches above my left eye but it swelled up to the size of a golfball.

7) Will you/have you worked out today?

Sure will. I'm cleaning house. Does that count?

8) Do you tweet? If so, what's your name?

Yes! I'm missybrew

9) List three things you wouldn't want to live without:

My family, my Blackberry and my laptop

10) Hold old were you when you had your first kiss?

I was 12 I think. He was the cutest red headed boy. But the kiss was nothing like I thought it would be. He had braces and he tried to french kiss me. I however had my mouth closed expecting a quick peck. Nope, he was thinking differently. Needless to say we didn't kiss ever again.



Weigh in day...

down 1.4lbs since last week. Total of 16.2 lbs so far. 29 days without pop.

I would have liked to lost more but I know there won't always be weeks like the first or second week. If there was we'd all be skinny by now. Either way it's a loss and I'm taking it. This week is going to be tough. I have my sons birthday on Monday. We all know what that means...cake! I will cut myself a very very small piece with very little ice cream. I'm more worried about the birthday dinner. He wants these Au Gratin Potatoes I make with ham and cheese. They are very good. I got the recipe for Betty Crocker. I wonder if I can find it lightened up. I'll have to look into that.

Also this week my husband will be making his chili. It's the best! I'll have to limit myself to that. We usually eat that for a couple days but I will limit it to 1 day and 1 bowl. Sure hope I lose next week.

I just tried a Portobella Mushroom burger. Yum!! I made it myself at home. I cooked up some onion, part of the mushroom stem and spinach. Top the mushroom with all that and baked it for 10 minutes. Added some reduced fat cheddar cheese and served it up on a Arnold Sandwich thin. First time I ever had one.

Went to a Toledo Walleye hockey game yesterday. We've never been to any kind of hockey game so this was a first for us. Loved it! We all had a good time. Saw some fights break out. And saw a guy win a 2010 Jeep Wrangler buy slapping a puck into this hole no bigger than the puck, from 80 ft away! It was awesome.

I don't have any pictures of the guy winning the Jeep. I put the camera away for a while as I was trying to concentrate on the game. I pulled it out for the last few minutes of the game. Darn!

Took the kids to Jimmy Johns afterwards. I am more impressed with Subway than I am JJ's. The subs/sandwiches were ok but I like being able to order what I want it. And the only wheat they have is in bread. When I order a sub I expect it to come on a sub loaf. I don't think I'll go back there. And If I do, it won't be for awhile.

Friend Making Monday

Answer each question using only one word...

1. Where is your cell phone? CHARGING

2. Your most significant other? WORKING

3. Your hair? MESSY

4. Your mother? NICE

5. Your father? SWEET

6. Your favorite? CHILDREN

7. Your dream last night? NON-EXISTENT

8. Your favorite drink? WATER

9. Your dream/goal? HEALTHY

10. What room you are in? LIVINGROOM

11. Your hobby? QUILTING

12. Your fear? DARK

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? HERE

14. Where were you last night? SLEEPING

15. Something that you aren't? AWAKE

16. Muffins? BLUEBERRY

17. Wish list item? MAKEOVER

18. Where you grew up? OHIO

19. Last thing you did? SUB

20. What are you wearing? PJ'S

21. Your TV? OFF

22. Your pets? OUTSIDE

23. Friends? FEW

24. Your life? OK

25. Your mood? TIRED

26. Missing someone? NOPE

27. One place that I go to over and over? WALMART

28. Something you want: HOODIE

29. Your favorite store? WALMART

30. Your favorite color? GREEN

Weighed in this morning and I'm down 3.6 since last week. I stepped on the scale several times to make sure it was right. So since I started this new journey on the 1st of January I am down 14.8 so far. Thinking about a 15lb goal reward. I want a pedometer. A good one. Something that will tell me how far I've walked and how many calories I burned. Any ideas?

I cheated yesterday. Well not really cheated. We picked up Little Caesar's pizza last night for dinner. I stayed within my points. No loss or gain on the scale this morning. Immediately after eating I got heartburn. I didn't think I would as I hadn't had any food like that in 18 days. Boy was I wrong! And the stomach ache that followed was so not worth that pizza.

Today I'm back on track and eating the right healthy foods. The scale has stayed the same since Saturday so I changed my breakfast routine in hopes of seeing that number go down.

FMM: A Survey

1.Why do you blog? I've always wanted to blog but wasn't quite sure how to get started. I thought my weight loss journey would be an excellent way to get started. 

2.What is your favorite TV show? Like Kenz I love White Collar too! Along with CSI: Miami, NY and CSI. I aslo enjoy Desperate Houswives and Brothers and Sisters. 

3.What's the first thing you drank this morning? For the last 4 days I've been drinking a Green Monster smoothie. Usually though I have some sparkling water.

4.Are you married, single or in a relationship? I'm married and will be celebrating our 17th wedding Anniversary on Valentines day along with our last born child's 11th birthday.

5.List three of your hobbies. I'm trying to get into sewing. I inherited my grandmother's sewing machine in November and then bought a new one so that my daughter and I both had one. Photography is another hobby. Love taking pictures! I'm also trying my hand at beads. We've made a few bracelets but nothing too impressive yet.

6.What do you like most about yourself? My eyes. But only when I have makeup on do they sparkle..lol.

7.List a couple of your favorite sites: Twitter, Facebook and Craigslist. I also enjoying reading several blogs. 

8.What's the last book you read? Debbie Macomber Cove Series.

9.Can you whistle? Yep I sure can!

10.List your favorite pro sports teams. Colts! I love Peyton Manning <3

11.What's the last thing that made you smile? stepping on the scale this morning and seeing another pound gone

12.Do you prefer mayo or mustard? Mustard....0 pts!

13.Do you have a crush on someone? Just my husband. Oh! And Donnie Walhberg....Blue Bloods. 

14.Do you get up early or sleep in? If I have to be up early then I get up otherwise I'm usually up no later than 9AM

15.Do you attend church? Not regularly. I do go occasionally although it's been quite some time. I have thought about going again.

16.Would you rather see a movie at home or in the theater? Theater...that means date night and no kids! 

17.Was there a teacher or authority figure that ever truly stood out to you? No

18.What is your favorite game? Monopoly, but it takes forever for someone to win...lol.

19.Cupcake or potato chips? Can't I have both? :)

20.Tell us something random that we wouldn't know to ask.  I'm not really sure on this one.

 

Weigh in day....

Down 3.8 this week. I would love to have had a loss like last week but we all know that the first week is the week you lose the most. This isn't the Biggest Loser after all! LOL! I was just really hoping for more. But I'll take it. I'd rather lose than gain.

Enjoying another Green Monster smoothie this morning. It's delicious! This time I added blueberries. I had picked over 14lbs of blueberries last year and froze them. Never thought I'd use them but I am going too. I figured I'd be giving those things away. I mean I would use them for pancakes, muffins or waffles but never in a smoothie. Glad I kept them.

This morning I tried a Green Monster smoothie. I used a banana, cup of 2% milk, 2 cups spinach and around 10 ice cubes. It was yummy! And my 10 year old who hates veggies even drank one.

It is a light green from the spinach but you don't even taste that. You taste the banana and milk. I can't wait to try other varieties.

See that loss over there, I was afraid it was wrong but according to my scale it's only off .2lbs, I weighed a 10lb dumbbell on it and it came to 10.2. So anyway, that is suppose to say 10.9 but MyFitnessPal apparently rounds to the nearest number. I'm sure the numbers will slow down soon. I am losing water weight I know. I take a water pill daily to help with swelling in my feet and ankles. They get so bad that you can actually push in on my leg with your thumb and the indent will stay for awhile. It's gross! But since taking the water pill and cutting out salt, it's not too bad.

I ordered my 5lb goal reward to myself. I have a cell phone cover coming for my Blackberry.

I'm going to give myself little rewards on the 5lb marks. For my 10lb reward I want a Travel Mug w/tea infuser. I've found one but I won't order it until Saturday since that is my weigh in day. I'll post a picture when I do.

I know some of you don't know but I host a meeting once a month in my home with about 5 other girls. We get together and bring a low fat dish along with a print out of the recipe for every one. We talk about what is working for us, how we are doing and what's been going on. Just a get together for girls. We get a chance to visit without kids. I havent' hosted in a few months.

In June of last year we were hit by a tornado and well the Summer just went to heck. It was so devastating that nothing mattered anymore. No one in my area was hurt. We lost both our cars. There use to be 2 giant trees in my yard and a little milk shed building. They are all gone. The one beside the house fell in the backyard just missing the back of the house. Our little milkshed landed on our side porch. And the big tree in the side yard fell on both of our cars.

Our cars are under there. My daughter's boyfriends parents brought friends to help get things cleaned up. In pay they took the wood for this Winter.

That's my beautiful or was beautiful Regal and the minivan we had just bought in May and had recently gotten the transmission fixed on. Destroyed! But that was the only damage our property received. Others around us lost homes, campers, animals but no one in our lost their lives. A few counties over lost all we lost plus a few of them didn't make it. In a way we were blessed. We have picked up and moved on. I will say we have more sunshine in our yard now :) I made tons of sun tea over Summer..lol.

 We spent many nights in the basement of my In laws that Summer. That was a Summer we will never forget.

Friend Making Monday

Did you make any resolutions? If so, what are they? Have you stuck to them so far?

Yes I did. My resolution was to do Weight Watchers at home, give up pop and drink more water. I have done all 3 since Jan. 1, 2011 and I plan on doing all 3 until Jan. 1, 2012.

So far I've lost almost 10 lbs.

1 week in

The scale this morning would give me three different sets of numbers no matter how many times I stepped on it. So I'm taking the high number and that would put me at 7.4lb loss, if I take the low number that puts me at an 8.6lb loss. That's great for my first week!

I made it a week with no pop. I am taking water pills to help with my ankle's swelling from the sodium. As soon as I adjust to the water pills I'm sure the loss won't be so high. Darn! But it's ok. I'd rather lose than gain.

Today I'm having spells of my ears ringing and some dizziness. Not sure what's causing that. I know my mom has those spells but she's diabetic. I'm on this weight loss plan so that I don't have to take pills or shots. She is on 2 shots a day. Dad has high blood pressure so there is another reason. Plus I have not had any heartburn at all since I started the diet. Normally I suffer from that several nights a week. Outside of the ears and dizziness today I've felt pretty good.

No pop still. Weigh in is tomorrow. A little scared on that. I'm weighing in at home. I don't attend any WW meetings. This is all on me. I have a reward set for myself if I lose 5lbs, I'm ordering my phone cover for my Blackberry. I'm trying to set little rewards for every 5 lbs lost. The next 5lbs I'm ordering a travel mug with a tea infuser. I've been wanting one of them. Still working on some other rewards like a new hoodie, makeup, flip flops (not Walmart ones either), something from Pampered Chef...etc. Any ideas? I do know that my final reward will be a makeover in a new outfit that my hubby won't see until that day. And I'll get my hair and makeup done.

Mother Nature decided to bless herself upon me yesterday. I'm hoping that doesn't affect my weigh in but if it does that just means I'll have to work harder next week. I can deal with her. I'm hoping by losing weight that maybe she won't hit me so hard in the coming months. I swear she is evil, I mean really evil to me the first few days. I know that no woman likes her.

The family has been supportive. I can't explain why this time around feels different. It just does. Like I know I'm going to do this. Before I would last maybe a day or two and fail. The first time I did WW I lost 30 lbs. Took me about a year to do it since I messed around on it. I had your normal gains and losses but didn't work hard at it. This time though it feels different.

Day 4

I'm still doing good. Still following WW PointsPlus. I did however cancel my online membership and I bought a PointsPlus calculator so that I can still follow the plan just do it on my own. Somehow, I can't explain it, but it feels like I am really going to do this. I felt that same way 7 years ago when I quit smoking. I knew I was going to be able to do it and be ok. I have that same feeling this time.

No pop yet. Having headaches due to the caffeine withdrawal. I've been drinking hot tea with a teaspoon of honey and that's been helping. I think.

I do need to add more activity.

First day of the New Year

Today I am starting the New Year off with a resolution to drop these unwanted pounds. I guess that's a typical resolution that everyone makes. I do feel like I have determination and motivation to do this. I joined Weight Watchers online and will continue to follow them for as long as it takes me to achieve the weight loss that I so desire. I did really good today with 4 points left over. My family took me out on a walk. I think they tried to kill me. That was a very long walk.

That's me before the walk.

And that's me after the walk. It was a little chilly but I was sweating. I'm not use to activity.

I did make several New Years resolutions.

1. No pop/soda

2. In bed by 11 and up by 7

3. No swearing (it's not that bad but if I can cut it out all together that's even better)

4. No candy, pasta unless it's whole wheat, no white bread...I know there is more here but can't think of it right now.

5. 2 hours tops on the computer instead of all day

6. I would like to read more.

7. dinner is to be eaten at the table every night.

8. Follow a schedule instead of doing things when we want (nothing ever gets done otherwise)

9. Keep the house cleaned no matter how tired or lazy I want to be.

10. Eat more fruits and veggies.

11. Get outside more.

Yes the list can go on. I'm sure I'll add more as I figure out the things I would like to change this year. Anyway that's my Day 1 on this journey to a New Me!