3 days.....10 pounds

Well, as you can see by the title I am not going to make my goal of 50 pounds by the time I go to visit my sister. I am a little bummed. Stress has taken over and I am just in a holding pattern. The good thing is...I refuse to go backwards. My new goal is to reach 50 pounds by June 30th. I figure that is a good attainable one since that will be 1/2 a year of dieting and 1/2 the weight I want to lose!

I am so excited about the Idol finale. We are having an AI finale party on results night. I hope David Cook wins! This is about as unpredictable as the Reuben/ Clay finale.

I have been making lots of cards and I hope to share LOTS soon.

17 days.....10 pounds

I am still not up and running at home so I am at the library AGAIN. This is a pain. Hubby is dragging his feet getting computer fixed. Argh! LOL! I miss blog surfing and everyone I "spy" on.

American Idol was ok last night. I thought..........David Archuleta did the best. I hate to admit it. Something was up with David Cook. He seemed "down." I hope they mention something tonight about what was wrong. I think it will be crazy if Jason Castro doesn't leave. He did HORRIBLE and seemed to think it was funny. I don't blame Simon for being a little ticked at him.

My diet has been a little off track. We have to decide whether to adopt our foster son by May 12th. Our other adoptions have been so easy but adding a fourth child is not such an easy decision. There are so many issues that I am not even sure what is going to happen. Our 12 year old is against it and that is one of the biggest things holding us back. All this has caused me to eat "irrationally" because I am a stress eater. I am back on track as of today!

Happy Wednesday!

19 days.....10 pounds

I am still having computer problems. Hubby brought his laptop home from work so I could get a quick fix for my blogging withdrawl.

I am still doing well on my diet although I have had a couple "off" days. I am still hoping to hit 50 by the 23 rd! Congrats on maintaining this week Lawanda. I have found that I am getting sick of thinking about food, weight, water, exercise, calories, fat grams, and all the other "dieting" things. I look forward to reaching my goal and not having to concentrate so hard on it. I know I will always have to watch, but I hate that it takes up so much of my thoughts and time. I look forward to making a New Year's resolution that has nothing to do with my weight! I can move on to something else. How exciting!

Seeing Brooke go from AI this week was so sad. I know she needed to go, but this was the closest I have come to tearing up. I am looking forward to the finale.

Our Stampin' Up card club is making "manly" cards this month. Hmmmm.....that will be challenging. I am such a girl and working with "manly" colors isn't my strength, but I look forward to seeing what I can come up with. Especially since my stamping stuff is all boxed up and ready to go to my schoolhouse when I get it done.

Well, I hope to soon be back on a daily basis. Have a great week!

23 days...10 pounds

Hello! It has been several days since I have gotten to post because somehow I contracted a virus, well not me...my poor computer. I turned it on last Thursday and there were computer animated bugs eating my screen. I am not sure what that is, but I assume it can't be good. It was a little freaky. Hopefully the computer Dr. will fix it soon. I am on the computer at our local library.

My diet is going great as you can see in the title. I can't believe so much weight has come off. I hope I can keep it up.

I attended a card club and can't wait to share the cute cards we made. Hopefully I will be back regularly soon. I miss blogging.

As for this weeks American Idol.....David Cook is in a whole other league when compared to the others. He is awesome no matter what he sings. Watching Brooke fall apart is very hard. I like her alot, but it seems she is not going to be able to pick herself up. I was hoping she would. Syesha seems to be fighting to stay in the competition. I still can't stand Jason Castro. My bottom two for this week is Jason Castro and Brooke White. I look forward to what happens.

Happy Wednesday! Hope to blog more soon....

29 days....12.5 pounds

Maybe if I had weighed in this direction when my weight was stuck a few weeks ago it would have went down faster!LOL!

Well, as you can see in the title of this post I behaved myself in Amish Country. Talk about a hard place to stick to your diet! Mashed potatoes, broasted chicken, ham, steak, turkey, gravy, dressing, noodles, desserts...AHHHHHH! I was down 1/2 a pound. YAY!

When I got home our foster son decided to pretend he was glad I was home until he found out I did not bring him home anything. When our 12 year old hugged me, he asked her "Why are you hugging her? She didn't bring us anything." That breaks my heart. I know he has issues, but it still hurts. The next Saturday that has nice weather we are taking them to the zoo. I was going to let them pick something out there.

While we were at the B&B we watched American idol, and I was home in time to watch the results show last night. I felt things were way off and that Brooke and Jason should have been the bottom two. This season seems to be unpredictable. Carly's song choice made me a little uncomfortable. I didn't really like it. Based on performance my top two were Syesha and David Cook.

Happy Thursday!

32 days.....13 pounds

I am so excited! AGAIN! Whichever of you bloggy friends made the comment that when the pounds start moving again that they will come off quickly was right! I lost another one! 13 more pounds to go. BTW, I don't know if I mentioned it, but 50 pounds is just my first goal. I want to lose another 50 by November 22nd! I get to collect the $1,000 from my grandfather at the first 50. Hey! Maybe he will offer $1,000 for another 50. LOL! In the end I will go from 225 to 125. Very reasonable for my 5'1" height.
I won't be posting Tuesday or Wednesday. I am going to travel to Amish Country with my Mom. We are going to be staying in a gorgeous Victorian B&B.
I used to be fascinated by the little things you can see in Amish Country like this sign. I now live where there is one within view from my front porch.
Also, the buggy rides have lost their appeal. Hubby gave me a Belgian horse and Amish buggy for Mother's Day 2 years ago. Funny note: Our neighbors thought we were Amish for awhile. LOL!

Have a great Monday - Wednesday and I will see you again on Thursday.

33 days.....14 pounds

We celebrated our 3 year old's birthday today with a SpongeBob themed party. She loved it. We had SB fun foam make your own frame craft, Pin the Jellyfish in SB's net, and a SB pinata. The kids all had a blast. I am VERY tired.

Happy Sunday!

34 days....14 pounds

Today my SIL and I did our weekly weigh in. I am so glad these numbers keep going down! I have 4 weeks and 6 days left so I still think 14 pounds is doable. A little challenging, but not impossible. Just as long as I don't get stuck again.


I think I have mentioned that our 3 year old is a mustard fanatic. Well, she has eaten it on chips, lunchmeat, sandwiches, pickles, pizza, hotdogs, cheese sticks, french fries, bread, and now.............STRAWBERRIES! I know....gross!!!

35 days....14.5 pounds

I just about fell off the scale this morning! I have actually lost 35.5 pounds! Only 14.5 left to go. This loss also put me at 189.5. Goodbye 190s! Talk about a great way to start your morning. I have just really tried to behave myself. I have stopped "grazing", added more water, and got active. Looks like it is working. It has given me hope that I can reach my goal.

I wanted to share this sunset photo I took from my front porch. I shot it with my plain old digital camera. It makes me glad that I live on the farm. Country life is definitely the life for me.

Yesterday when we went to the park I thought I would be funny and go down one of the slides headfirst on my stomach. (BTW, we were the only ones there.) My foster son took pics, and then he gets behind me and pushes me on down the slide. I pulled back and pulled the muscles in my neck. Ouch! The kids thought it was hilarious!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are going to have our 3 year old's 3rd birthday party. She was sick on her birthday and her party had to be canceled. Now almost 6 weeks later we are finally getting the time to celebrate. At her age you can do that kind of thing.

Happy Friday!

36 days......16 pounds

YAY! This is a link from the paper chain I made to count down my weight loss. The paper is Creative Memories and I used my scallop punch from Stampin' Up. I was so glad to reach this point! I have lost 15% of my body weight. It sure seems the days are going down alot faster than the pounds! LOL!

As for American Idol last night I think it was past time for Kristy to go, but she is such a cute girl. She was a little "cheeky" when she called Simon a "butt." I wish her lots of success and I do hope she can get her horse back.

We are supposed to be getting at least 2 gorgeous spring days. My mood has been heavy lately so I plan to get out in the fresh air. I took a walk last night and it seemed to help. I think we will escape this evening for another evening of ice cream, library, and playground fun!

Hope your Thursday is sunny and warm!