It's Friday!

Well this week has been up & down for me. I walked 4 out of 5 days which I was very happy about. I ate my vegetable soup 3 out of the 5 days & when I stepped on the scale during the week, I apparently gained weight! I've been very frustrated & have decided to not step on the scale, continue my walking & eating well & judge my weight loss on how my clothes fit etc. It also bugs me that I've already lost some of this weight & I'm struggling again to get rid of it. All I can do is eat right & exercise & hopefully the scale will start going down again. I think I need to relax, not be so stressed about the scale & just do my best.

Start Up (Not so good)

So my motivation for a new start didn't last too long. The week started off with good intentions but near the middle of the week things became out of control. I did manage to walk twice during the week which I guess better than nothing. Since I knew I didn't loose any weight last week I ended up buying ice cream & having several sundaes & floats, they were very yummy! But this week is a new week & I must say I've been doing good these past 2 days!!! After I drop my youngest daughter off at Nursery School I go for my walk which has been working out really well for me. I also decided to try & sort of cleanse myself from all the crap that I ate last week, so I made soup! Some of you may of heard of the cabbage soup diet where you are supposed to eat cabbage soup all day long adding a few other things to go with the soup each day. It is a very bad way to loose weight, but I thought I would use a bit of the concept. I've found that suppers are usually when I eat the most so I thought I would eat my soup ( which is more of a WW zero point vegetable soup) during suppers to kick start my weight loss again & so I don't eat so many calories at supper 7 I could never eat soup all day long! My soup actually turned out really well & is really tasty. This is an actual picture of it.


Ingredients:
- mushrooms
-onion
-garlic (about 3 cloves)
- green pepper
- celery
I sauteed those ingredients & then added them to low sodium chicken stock.
Added : carrots, zucchini , green beans & a few handfuls of coleslaw (cabbage)
Then added 2 tbsp of tomato paste, 1/2 tsp basil & 1/4 tsp oregano, sprinkles of salt & pepper & a few drops of hot sauce. It's pretty good!

I just want to eat the soup for one week if it lasts that long. I didn't want to step on the scale until Sat a.m. but I couldn't resist today & the numbers are still not good but they are moving in the right direction. I did put my verse up on the fridge & cupboard to encourage me & I think that it is. Hopefully on Sat I can change my stats & add a loss to my weight loss ticker.

Goals

So it's been 2 days since the start of my goal to finish loosing this weight. I've been doing pretty good.
My new goals are :
- to drink 8 - 10 glasses of water per day
- to walk every day (try to)
- to do water aerobics at least once per week
- to loose 10 lbs by Oct 20th (I have a hair appt. booked for my treat to myself)

I've managed to drink my water, I walked yesterday & I plan on starting water aerobics next week, my DH wants to do it with me & as all of my kids will be in school we will be able to do it. If I loose at least 1.5 lbs per week I will achieve my goal & I hope & pray I can do it. I'm going to try really hard at least. I think I'm going to post the verse Philippians 4:13 on my fridge to keep me motivated in my weight loss goal, hoping that will give me some extra help.

Kids start school tomorrow!!!!

New Month, New Start

Well the summer has just flown by & I'm anxiously awaiting school starting on Wednesday. My youngest starts Nursery School which will have her going to school every a.m. five days a week, she's very excited as well as myself. My husband & I will actually have a few hours everyday alone, what will we do!!!

We had a great summer though it went by very quickly. We just finished our holiday in St. Louis, MO & we had a great time. It was very hot but the shopping was great! We floated down the Meremac River & then toured the Meremac caves. We went up in the arch & visited the St. Louis zoo which had an excellent sea lion show which was my favorite, they are so cute!! It was great to come home, & now it's busy getting the last minute things needed for school.

I did gain back some weight which was entirely my fault as I ate whatever I wanted, I'm disappointed in myself because now I have to go back & re loose the weight. I changed my ticker at the top of my blog to reflect my current weight & I also decided to change my goal weight to what I originally wanted. I want to weigh the same as when I first met my husband. I know that I can do it. We are also doing the Disney land & sea vacation in October 2008 & I'm determined to be at my goal weight, hopefully sooner than later. I'm praying I stay motivated & will work my big butt off.

In regards to our company, 5 out of 8 people have viewed our proposal & we are to wait a bit longer. Pray that we get pre-approved for licensing so we can start changing the lives of children in care as well as our own lives!