Tuesday (Week 2)

I weighed in yesterday morning and I lost 3.6 pounds over the past week.  I'm happy!  This was even after eating "off plan" for lunch and supper on Sunday.  We had lunch at church and will be for the month of November and my choices are very limited, but I enjoyed lunch even right to the ice cream dessert.  I'm not going to stress about it, but make wise choices and enjoy treats now and then.  :)  We had choir practice Sunday evening and I didn't eat anything before heading out, so by the time we got home after choir and evening service, I was starving!  LOL  Dh offered to make me some toast and I gladly accepted.  ;)


Haven't gotten in exercise, but today I worked outside in the garden and you can't tell me tilling the garden isn't exercise!  :D

Bible reading....  I'm still reading Numbers along with the Good morning Girls.  Today we read chapter 7.  Long reading, but I'm always fascinated on how Moses got to speak with God.  I've also been reading the She Reads Truth devotionals and it's been great! This week they have focused on "Open Your Bile Launch" and it has been so good!  I've been struggling with getting my Bible reading in and wondering if I should be getting up extra early or what, but this week's readings have been encouraging to me and I know that no matter what time I open my Bible, I can have time with Him.  I'm hoping yet to also read Ps. 119:9-16


"My false qualifications, however commendable, are always and forever trumped by God’s grace."   Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams of She Reads Truth

Starting this week, I'll be weighing in on Fridays.  :)

Friday :)

The weekend is ahead and I've made pretty good choices when it comes to food this past week.  I didn't start THM until Monday, but for most of my meals they were on plan.   I did have a couple of cheats, but I'm ok with that.

I was going to have Monday as my weigh in day, but maybe I'll change it to Friday starting next week as I didn't weigh in this morning.  :)

A few of the recipes I enjoyed out of the new THM cookbook were

bring on da buttah pancakes
strawberry cheesecake shake
banana oat shake

The quiche recipe look really good, but I didn't have all the ingredients so I ended up making my own using a couple other recipes.  It was delicious!  I made a coconut crust, but I may try an almond flour crust or now that I've made up some baking blend I'll use that.   I can picture some cream pies coming up.  :)

Like I mentioned in my recent post, I'd like to add in my Bible readings.

This week I've been reading Numbers with the Good Morning Girls and while Numbers can be a hard book to get in to, it is amazing on some of the nuggets of gold you find while reading what may seem like boring passages.

I still struggle on getting in my Bible reading each day and prayer time, so it is something I'm going to have to focus on better.  I just don't want it to be another job I want to check off my list when I complete it. 

I hope to post  at least a couple times a week! 

Back!

Ok, I'm once again on a mission to lose some weight and get back into shape. 

Starting out weight - 167.8lb (October 26/15
Goal weight  - 152lb - 154lb

Starting this week I'm eating more along the lines of Trim Healthy Mama.  I'm not a purist and I will have cheats, but I did this once before  and I lost all my undesired weight.   I really need to add in exercise too, but I'll be taking this one step at a time.  I then got pregnant and had a harder time staying on plan, so I was on and off that whole pregnancy.  :)  Still I did have a smaller baby, so I know what I did helped!  An 8 pounder instead of an almost 10 pounder like our previous 3 babies.  ;) and I did feel so much better when eating more like THM. 

I've been seeing how I love to turn to food (usually sweets) when feeling stressed, overwhelmed or just wanting to "escape".  All that is not good!  I should not be turning to food, but to the Lord in those times.  In the past year or so I've read Made to Crave (read most of it anyways) and Hunger for God (I was really blessed by this book) and I desire to be hungry for Him and not earthly things.  Turn to Him when I feel empty and not look to be filled by what is around me.

Anyways, this is a beginning and I'm looking forward to seeing how the Lord works in my life during this time.  I think I may add in my Bible reading as well.  This is something I'm struggling in getting in faithfully everyday.  I feel I have no time and yet I'll have time to check Facebook, Pinterest or email etc... during the day, so I know I have a few spare moments and I'm going to have to really focus and MAKE my quiet time with the Lord a priority.

So here goes another journey walking humbly in the Lord and following His leading.  

Just a small update from me....

Since my last post in 2012, we have been blessed with another precious boy who will be one next week.  So I'm a busy mama to 8 children ages ranging from 17- to almost 1. (3 girls and 5 boys)  I love living on our little homestead and we have enjoyed having our own goats, raising chickens and growing a large garden.   I am a country loving wife and mama.  :D

Feels good!!

I'm so happy to have lost 10 pounds since starting back up!  Yay!!!  MFP has really helped...

Today was a free day, which was kind of nice, although I feel a lot better on my none free days.  I had a little to much for supper, me thinks. 

Just 7 pounds to go and then I'm down to my goal of 150 pounds.  Then it will be all about maintaining.  :)

Otherwise, it has been a busy summer, hard to believe it is almost over.  It went by way to FAST!

This is all because of Him, so many times I feel like I can't do this anymore, but the Lord gently nudges me on.  I keep running the race that is set before me.  HalleluYah!!

Blessings!!

Still Chugging Away

Sorry, I've not had much time to blog here or even read your blogs.  I'll try and catch up sometime soon.  :)

Still going here and in the past 3 weeks I've lost close to 8 pounds!  Yay!!!  I'm now down to 159.6...  Just 9 more pounds to go until I've reach my goal.  My weight fluctuates during the week, so it is up and down, but so far on every Thursday I have a loss, even if small.  :)   Then it will be all about maintaining, or hopefully we will be blessed with another gift again.  It is nice starting out at a good weight though!  :)

MFP really helps... 

Otherwise not much more to share right now, but I just wanted to say hi.  :)

After one week using MFP and exercising

I lost 4 pounds!!!  Yippee!!   

I'm curious to see how this week goes, I don't expect to loose 4 pounds again this week, but I'm encouraged and inspired to started taking care of myself.  :)

Just had to share that quick note!    If we are not friends on MFP, send me a message.  :)

My Fitness Pal

So this week I've gotten back onto the band wagon again!  I've join MyFitnessPal and it has been fun to watch my calories and see where I need to improve.   Not going to let it rule me, but it has been fun, I'm planning to fill it out Monday to Friday and keeping my weekends free.

As for exercising, I started back up today.  I rode my bike 4 miles down and up our counrty gravel hilly road!  It was fun!!  I also biked fast on my mom stationary bike for 10 minutes today. I'm hoping to do a mixture of bike riding, walking and some other things, just not sure of the other things right now.  LOL

So that is a brief update from me!  I need to check in to see how the rest of you are doing.  :)

For my weight I'm back up to 167 pounds and I'll see what the scale reads on Thursday morning!!  Oh, I've joined the biggest losers on MOMYS, that is what got me motivated to get moving again.  :)

 

A field at the end of our road...  :)

Believe It Or Not, But....

....I'm still HERE!!  LOL

I've gotten of track with walking and my eating habits.  It hasn't left my mind though and  I'm hoping to start back up soon.  I just find it hard with the garden and all, that I don't have time to get out there for a walk.  But I NEED to MAKE time, so I'm going to just have to get up and go.  :)   I have been "exercising" out in the garden, but I know it is not the same.  :)  My weight has gone up 3 pounds too, so talk about discouraging and also getting me to think of getting back to WORK!!  :)

Anyway, that is a tiny update from me and I hope the rest of you my friends have been doing better than me.  :)

P.S I've kept up with my reading my Bible through in a year plan and it has been so good!  I'm in the book of Psalms and Acts.  :)

I can't do this alone, this keeps me walking in humility...

How do you find the Time

How/where do you find the time to exercise??  I've been NOT walking lately and just feeling a bit depressed about the whole thing, I guess.  I wanted to walk 500 miles this year and I'm way behind and right now have zero desire to even try and catch up, although while typing that, I felt a tiny spark of courage to actually try to do that!  LOL

So my question is where do you find the time and when do you try to exercise as in waht time of the day??

Ok, I had better go and check my waffles!!

Be right back!!  :)

Ok, waffles are looking good, have a couple seconds before I make the next one.  Hee hee

I was getting up before 7am and walking, but that hasn't been happening the last few weeks, my alarms goes off and I don't get up.

I need to do it in the morning before breakfast, because after breakfast, my mornings are then filled with school, dish washing, school checking and lunch making, plus I try to squeeze in a couple loads of laundry and hung out on the line.  :)  Afternoons are more free for gardening, sewing and that sort of thing.  We won't be able to take school off completely this summer, that is a whole other story.  So once summer is here, we will do gardening and outside work in the morning and school doing the hot part of the day.  That is my plan anyways.

So my days feel full and I don't know when/how to fit in exercising.  So please share what works for you.  I know I should just get up early, but that is hard.....

So, I'm all ears.....  :)

Ok, back to my waffle making....  P.s the children are thrilled to be having waffles for supper!!  :)

Another p.s I've been keeping up with my Bible reading.  it has been good!  I'm in 2 Chronicles in the old Testament and in the Gospel of John in the New Testament.  It has been good and a blessing.  Some of Chronicles was dry, but it is all recorded for a purpose.  :)

Ok, I'm done rambling for now!  No time to proof read, so I hope this all makes sense!!  LOL 

Tanya  thinks she should buy another waffle maker, takes to long to make a batch of waffles for a large family with just one waffle maker.  LOL  :)

Where I'm At

Sorry, I had a headache all day, so I just did what I had to do and took a nap in the afternoon. :) If you all have time.... I know you all have lots of time with nothing to do! LOL!! Can you share here in a comment what your meal plan/exercise looks like? I have been talking to dh and I have yet to come up with what I should do. Cut out all sugars and more protein and less carbs I'm thinking. I just haven't had a chance to sit down and write out a plan. So that is where I am at right now. I need a boast!!! I'm writing this out on my iPod, hopefully there is not many errors. Lol

Ok!!

I'm going to try and join in with Brandy, Nataly and Angie!!

I'll be back with more details tomorrow.  :)

Still Here :)

I'm still here and have been walking 10 miles a week.  I haven't been as careful with how many sweets I eat during the week, so my weight hasn't dropped much or if any.  I will weigh in tomorrow morning and see how it is, I won't even be surprised if it is up a bit.  :(

I need to get motivated to eat less and exercise more.  :)

Otherwise in other news, I've been busy and soon I'll be gardening as well.  I can't wait to get in the garden, I was hoping to get in the garden this week, but it has rained every day this so far. I think tomorrow it is suppose to be sunny and for the next few days, so I just might get in the garden.  :) 

We also took a weekend trip to PA and met Susanna and family plus some other wonderful families. It was so worth the drive!! 

I've been also busy with homeschooling, house organizing, sewing and whatever else comes my way.  LOL  :)

Blessings all and I hope to have more encouraging news regarding weight loss etc next time!!  :)

Not much new

Still 165, so no change!  I'll see what the scale says on Thursday.  :)

My neighbour may start walking with me at least for half of my walk, she wants to start out with just 1 mile.  That will be fun!

Otherwise, not a whole lot to post about....

Thrilled!!

Weigh in day and I'm down a pound, I've now gotten the lowest yet since starting this journey in January. 

I'm 165.6lbs!!! 

Still have at least 10 pounds to go, but I'm thrilled and this was even after not being as careful with what I was eating this past week.

I've been walking first thing every morning before 7am and hubby came alone with me this morning, which was such a treat!

So that is my update for today.  I have diapers to change and it is time to set to work, I was out this morning with piano lessons and grocery shopping.  Now I'm home and ready to start the day!  LOL

Will catch up on you all later...

Tuesday Update

I haven't stepped on the scales since Thursday.  So no update there...  :)

I've been walking though!  I only did one mile on the weekend, but I've gotten up before 7am and walked two miles.  I'm just 10 miles away from 100 miles, I should try and reach that by the weekend, but I'm not sure I will.

So not much to report here....

On another note I've been busy painting the little boys' room!  It is going to look neat when all done.  My neightbour friend offered to help, so we worked on it yesterday and again today.  We will finish it up next week.  Not going to work on the room anymore this week... 

Anyway, time to shut down here for the day!

Week 14 weigh in

I was 166.4lbs this morning!!  That was 3 pounds less then last week. It will probably be up next week..  LOL

I enjoyed another beautiful morning walk and then the rest of the day was busy with schooling, swimming lessons, grocery shopping and now I'm making macaroni and cheese to take to church tomorrow for lunch after the service.  I also have laundry going too.  :D

Anyway, just wanted to give you all a quick update.

Have a blessed Easter!

Walking!!

I got up again this morning and headed out the door for a walk!  I was going to get up at 6:30am, but with a fussy baby last night I didn't get up until 7:15am.  It was another beautiful morning walk.  I love listening to the birds and even heard a woodpecker.    Muffin our dog loves the walks too.  :D

Joshua was restless and fevered still last night.  Thankfully he is much better today.

Just thought I'd share!

Refreshed!!

I got up just after 6:30am this morning and went for a lovely walk.  The birds were singing and the morning sky was pretty!

I almost didn't get up because we went to bed late, went to sleep late and then just when I was falling asleep our toddler was up and crying and didn't quiet down for quite a while.  Still not sure what was bothering him.  So my night was short, but the walk refreshed me for another day.

Baby dear is sick and I have lots to do, so I had better get busy!

Blessings!

I must WALK!!

Ok, so far I haven't gotten in any walking.

MY GOAL is to get up before 7am and walk to miles.  Then once the weather gets a little nicer, I hope to go on nightly walks with him too.  That would then be 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening.  I'm behind on where I need to be to complete my goal for 500 miles this year, but I'm not giving up!!

Anyway, just thought I'd share about where I at in this journey.  :)

On a side note, I'm busy organizing and moving things here to make things better for our family.  Always so much to do!!

I'm Back & ready To Work!

Just a quick update here....

We are back from our trip down south, we had a blessed time and I will post pics and more about our trip soon.

I did my weigh in this morning, Angie, if you see this, I'll weigh in on Thursdays too.  :)  Anyway I was 169.2lbs.  So up a pound from the last time I weighed myself before we left.  I think that is pretty good, considering we ate more fast food then we ever do!  

You want to hear a funny...   I weighed myself this morning and I was 170.8, then I went to goget ready for a shower and realized I hadn't emptied my bladder since last night, so I used the bathroom and then went out and weighed myself again.  Lower numbers and YAY!!  LOL 

SO I will get back to walking daily and keep working on lowering those numbers on the scale.  My goal weight is to get down to 150.

I have to run, lots to do today!