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.  :)

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  :)

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...

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!

Posting for Angie - Wednesday

This morning I made another goal of getting 3 miles in today.  I did it!!  I almost didn't, but I decided to hit the treadmill even though it was after 9pm. 

Sweet wise, I'm doing well, still have cravings now and then, but so far so good.

I'm not keeping a record of everything I eat, but maybe I should! 

Breakfast - oatmeal with cut up apples in it, bit of br. sugar and milk
Lunch - homemade macaroni and cheese, peas and a lovely salad
Supper - some rye toast with almond butter and homemade raspberry jam, an apple and a bowl of raisin bran.

I feel hungry now, but I'm not going to eat anything until breakfast time tomorrow!

Water - I have no problem drinking water.  :D

Let's keep encouraging each other!!

The Lord bless you and keep you;  The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;  The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

Num. 6:24-26

Quick Monday Morning Note

Weigh in today.....  167.2!!   That is two pounds lower then last week!!!  Yay!!

My goals for this week is to get in 12 miles.  I didn't meet my goal of 14 miles last week, I only got in 12.5 instead. 

I have to be quick here, lots to do and it is already after 10:00am.  :)

I have one big PRAISE to share though!!  Yesterday, our oldest daughter was baptized.  It was a beautiful morning at church and she looked so happy.  :)  I'm looking forward to watching her blossom and grow in the Lord.  It makes our hearts rejoice to see her take this step.  Last summer we would not have dreamed this was going to happen, we had some challenging times, but the past few months we have witnessed changes and all I can say is the Lord is so GOOD!!  We have had many changes here and since then we have really seen the Lord working in our family here.  Thank you, LORD!!  You are so Faithful!!

Anyway, I hope to be back later.... 

Week 5 - Tuesday Night

I did my goal of 4 miles today.  :)

Yesterday, I only got in just a little over a mile, and then I was planning to do another other mile after supper. When dh came home from work and we were all sitting at the table eating supper, dh wondered if I would go out on a mini date with him that very evening.  To be honest, I didn't really want to go, I had plans for the evening and that included my walking.  The Lord spoke to me about that and I had a lovely mini date out with dh and I didn't worry about whether I got another mile in or not.  That was not important, but time with dh was.  :)

Monday Morning -Week 5

The numbers on the scale were lower this morning!!

My weight on Jan. 6/12 was 174.2lb
Today's weight Feb.6/12 was 169.2lb

SO I've lost 5 pounds so far!!  Thank you, Lord!

Goals for this week

WALK 14 miles, I'm thinking of having a couple days of 4 miles and the rest just 2 miles, or I may do 3 miles Monday-Thursday and then just 2 on Friday.  I'll see...

LIMIT the sweet intake, I do allow myself some dark chocolate now and then as a treat and this past weekend, there were just to many sweets around!  I ate more than I should have, so I was surprised at the scale this morning.  I'll remind myself to make wise food choices.

READ my Bible every day - this has been wonderful and I've been enjoying it.  Today I start the book of Leviticus.  It has been a very long time since I have read this book.  Looking forward to seeing what the Lord shows me while reading, may be "dry" but I know I'll find a treasured verse or more.  :D

I hope to visit your blogs this week, I know how encouraging it is when others comment!  :)

Friday Evening - Week 4

I was able to get in my two miles today.  So my week's total is 10 miles.  I made good choices on eating and I will see what the scales show on Monday morning.  :)

Another week is just about ended.  Tomorrow is my day off, then a new week starts!  I feel good about this week.

Yesterday while I was on the treadmill, I was reading my daily Bible reading for the day.  I'm in Exodus now and I was reading chapter 33.  I'll be honest some of the reading in Exodus was a little dry, not all but a couple of chapters were.  Anyway, what stood out to me was how awesome and amazing it was that Moses could talk to the Lord face to face.

"So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend". Exodus 33:11a

A little later in the chapter, it says Moses was not allowed to see the LORD'S face and the Lord covered him with His hand when he passed by, but he was able to see the LORD'S back.  To be in the LORD'S presence... wow....  What a special privilege!

Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’  Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.  For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”

 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”  But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.”  And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.  So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.  Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.” 

Exodus 34:12-23

Today we are not blessed in being able to speak to the Lord face to face like Moses did or even see His presence, but the Lord does use many ways to speak to us and show us His great love.  The wonderful thing is that we can still have a close relationship with our Lord.  We also have the blood of Jesus, the gift of eternal life and the promise of being face to face and living with our Lord Jesus one day.  

Getting back into GOD'S WORD has been a blessing to me.  I've been reminded on how much the Lord loves us and after the fall of Adam and Eve, He gave us the plan of redemption, so that we could ONE day be with HIM FOREVER.  Just had to share my musings I had while on the treadmill yesterday.  Our Lord is so GOOD.

Thursday Afternoon Update (week 4)

THREE miles done so far today!!  

Temptations to eat sweets has been strong this week...  I think after I've reach my four mile goal for today, I'll treat myself to some dark chocolate.  :)  YUM!!!

I think from now on I'll try and break up my miles, seems to make the time on the dreadmill a bit easier.  Oh, I'm looking forward to warm weather and less mud, so that I can walk on the road!  :)

Week 4 -Thurday Morning

Hello!!

I was not able to get in my walking yesterday, so today my goal is to do 4 miles. (maybe more)

I've got two done already, one before chores and then I just finished another mile now.

I have to run, but just wanted to post my goals for today, I hope to be back later and share what I read in the Bibles this morning too.  :)

Blessings and I hope the rest of you are doing well!  I have to make time to "visit" you!

Monday Week 3

WEIGHT this morning was 167.8lb, last week was 171.8lb.  That is 4 pounds, but I was sick over the weekend, so not sure how much I can count...  I'll see what next week numbers show...

My starting out weight was 174.2, so I've lost 6.4 pounds total!

Like I mention I was sick all weekend.  Friday night I came down with mastitis. This was a FIRST time ever and I hope it's the LAST time ever.  OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!!!  I was in tears Friday night from the pain and I also had chills and a fever.  I was feeling terrible.  Saturday, I felt somewhat better, but still not good and yesterday I felt a bit better still and today fever is gone and I felt pretty much bad to normal.  I was still sore and hard in the infected area, but now even that is not as bad. Much better this evening!!  Praise the Lord!!

So I spent the weekend in bed, not how I planned the weekend, but it is what the Lord gave me. 

This week, I don't really have any goals, but to get completely well.  Dh and I both agreed I need to take the week off walking, I need to get better and have no relapses.  I'll get behind, but hopefully I'll catch up over the next few weeks.

I will use some of my resting time to catch up on my Bible reading, I got behind while I was sick, I felt so awful, I couldn't even concentrate to read on anything.  

I hope you ladies have a great week.  The Lord is keeping me humble, that is for sure.  I'm thankful and will praise HIM for it.

Monday Morning Week 2

Well, I've been fighting a cold most of last week, but I thought I was getting over it.  Today, I feel the worst, so I'm hoping this is a bad as it gets.  I'm hoping as the day goes on, I'll feel better.  So I guess I will see how well I can keep up to my goals for the week, 

Weigh in morning- 171.8 lbs.  Yay,  I've lost weight!!!! 

Walking goals - 10 miles

Continue to spend time in God's Word, so far my Bible reading is going good, although I missed a day over the weekend.  So I'll be catching up this week.  

Hoping this is a good week for all of us!  God bless you!!

Friday Afternoon Update

So another week has just about ended...

WALKING- counting from Sunday I got 10 miles in.  Today i really felt like giving up!  I thought I'd just do 1k and them 1M and then 2k and then decided I should just do the 2 miles.  I knew I could do it with Jesus' help, but on my own I was more than ready to give up.  So a little struggle, but with god's help I was able to keep to my goal.  A cute moment while on the treadmill, my 4yo dd came down with me and was jumping on the tiny trampoline we have down there.  I ran while she jumped, I was ready to give up before she did, but the giggles were sweet and I had a lovely time chatting with her.  She is a sweetie.  :)

EATING - I did fairly well, stayed away from the ice cream and cookies.  For sweets I did enjoy chocolate milk a couple times.  I'm looking forward to a bit of cake and ice cream tomorrow.  :)


WEIGHT LOSS - nothing, I weighed myself this morning and I was 174.2, the very same weight I was at last Friday morning at the same time.  I;'ll check my weight again on Monday and keep that as my check in weight day.  :)


Over all, it has been a good week,  Thanks for all of your encouragment and I look forward to doing this all again next week!

I can see how this is all going to keep me in humility, on my own I could NOT do this.  

BIBLE READING - I'm staying on track!!  It's been a blessing to be in the WORD every SINGLE day.  :)


Blessings friends and see you next week!

Week 2 - Day 2

Another two miles done on the treadmill, I didn't have a chance to walk until after 7pm and that wasn't without interruptions!  Anyway, walking is done for the day and my legs are a bit sore.

4 miles done, 6 more to go...

No sweets today and they were not calling to me as loudly as yesterday.  :)

My goal for weight loss is to aim to be 170/169 lbs by the end of the month.  I'm going to weigh myself every Friday morning.  :)

Walking in Humility

Hubby and I were at church last night listening to a introduction to a parenting study we are going to be joining for the next number of weeks.  One of the things that struck me was to walk in humility.  I right away thought back to this new blog and decided I really wanted to change the name and have it REFLECT something spiritual as well.  I realized I have goals for this new year and I WANT to remember that it will be only through our Lord Jesus that I can keep to these goals and not of myself.  Also at the end of the year, I don't want to look back and think it was all about me and what I can do, but to thank the Lord Jesus for giving me strength to do this and for succeeding in this.  Walking in humility is now the blog title and each time I see it, I'll be reminded that this is not about me, but about HIM.

To be honest, I was feeling like I'm on the top of the world and without struggle much I was going to do my walking and lose weight, but you know that is all wrong!  Yes, back in 2010, I walked did 500 miles for the first time and lost weight without really trying.  I felt great and thought wow, I can do this.  2011 came along and started out good, but then I became pregnant, I was thrilled mind you, I still kept the goal of walking 500 miles while pregnant or at least aiming to reach 400 before baby arrived, but God had other plans and I had to stop walking and then I just never got back into it.  By the time my second trimester came along and the bleeding had stopped,  we were preparing for my dad to have open heart surgery and  I was milking a cow morning and evening and I also had our large garden to attend too, So my goal of walking went out the window, I just could not do everything! All my time and mostly ENERGY was used up.

Right now, we are waiting for our cow to freshen, so at the moment I don't have milking to do, but once she freshens, I'll be milking every evening along with my daughter and my dad will do the morning milking.  He recovered very nicely from his surgery, praise God.  My SPARE time is limited, but if I use it wisely, I know that I can do it. 

So this brings me to this year, I don't know what 2012 holds for me, but with Him, I'm going to walk in humility and He is going to get all the credit, not me.

As for the "old" name, hubby and I were trying to think of something that used the letter WXY  (didn't even try Z, I just didn't think I could come up with something)  LOL  because my first blog uses the letters ABC (A Beautiful Calling), so that is how we came up with that name.  It was fun, but this is much better!

I'm happy and encouraged to have you join me on this journey.

Update for Jan. 8

I just finished doing 2 miles for today.

The 30 minutes I spend on the treadmill are the LONGEST minutes of my whole day! I did get my walk in earlier today and the sun is still shining, so I thought I should have gone outside instead, oh well....  

 2 miles out of 10 walked so far this week!   8 more to go...

Today, I had my ipod and listen to music and also did my daily Bible reading, so that help pass the time and feed my soul as well.  I have the goal of reading the Bible THROUGH in a one YEAR.  Right now I'm in Genesis and today I read about Abraham and when he offered up Isaac.  What FAITH Abraham had....  It was a good reading.

How TEMPTING is has been for me to eat sweets today!!  Wow...  This is going to be HARD!  So far so good, though!!

Week 2 Goals

Here are my GOALS for week 2.

WALK 10 miles

No sweets until weekend

Lose some weight.... :)

I can do all things through CHRIST which strengthenth me!

Off Topic....
P.S This is my first blog using blogspot, I have another blog here on blogspot, so here is my question.  How do I keep the blog description different for each??  Thanks!  I really like blogspot, much better than homeschoolblogger, which is what I've been using all this time!