Pictures of the long weekend.

Diet not good - between the german chocolate cake, hamburgers, french fries, deep fried jalapeno/cheese bites.................. it was a long weekend and I totally enjoyed it. But I topped the scale at 167.0 lbs this morning - NOT GOOD!

 Otherwise - this is how I spent my time off:

 The names are what I am working on for Christmas presents this year. I have 3 others done but they are already put away. I plan on making a total of 24 so I'm off to a good start - as long as my hands don't give out and I don't have too much homework when classes start.

Zucchini, summer squash & acorn squash

cucumbers

herbs

corner plot - squash, peppers, herbs & cucumbers

tomatoes-all doing well - just planted at different times

beans - had to replant some to fill in

brussel sprouts, broccoli & more beans - notice the sprout that Kimmy pulled out - therefor the bricks around them.

 and last - a few pictures of the house:

back lot

Front of house-hummingbird feeders

front - need to do some brickwork

front

flowers - not sure what these are

my rosebush out by the sidewalk

back yard again

Still trying

Ok, can't keep up with blogging every day and I haven't stepped on the scale since last friday. I was bad over the weekend and am afraid to - but I will - and I am going to get this 15 lbs off!

Hanging in there

I'm still at 163.4 this morning - a bit disappointing as I really didn't eat much yesterday. If my calculations are correct, I stayed under 1200 calories.


On another note, got my over the stove microwave last night and a stainless steel coffee pot. Kitchen is coming along quite nicely!

Back on track

Today I'm back to 163.4! Still haven't got the tae bo tapes out - don't seem to have time. Did work in the garden for a while before it got dark last night. Hoping I can just lose by watching what I eat and being outside. I think I'll give it a couple of weeks.

Bummer

Monday and right back to 166.8 this morning. Must say I wasn't really good this weekend but I didn't think I was that bad. Guess I'm going to have to get out the tae bo tapes.

Day 5

Back to 163.8 - must be as far as I can get without exercise. Going to see how the weekend goes and then might have to have some serious "Billy time."

Day 3

163.8! Good start to the morning. Haven't even started exercising yet - just trying to be conscious of what I eat! Loving it so far.

Day 2

Wt. this morning - 166.0. Off to a relatively good start. Noticed yesterday that I really need to eliminate salt in my diet - my foot (the bad one) was pretty swelled by the end of the day. This is nothing new, I know that salt does not like me but the problem is - I really like salt. No exercise yesterday, just tried to control what I put in my mouth. Today will be a challenge as I didn't bring anything with me to work. If I get through lunch without fast food, the day will be a success.

Here we go

Ok, today is the day - last final at 1 and then it's weight loss time - Starting weight this morning - 166.8:(.

Weight loss

As I sit here at my desk, feeling stuffed from eating lunch, I think I need to start trying to lose weight again. I know I can do it - have proved it before - know what I need to do but just don't seem to have the ambition to actually do it. So I'll send this out into cyberspace and maybe if I actually read it in print, it'll sink in - so:

OK, I'm not fat but I could definitely stand to lose 10 pounds.

Maybe even 15

I admit that I was TOO thin when I was young but I'd like to at least weigh what I did when I was 9 months pregnant.

That would take 20 pounds.

It's really not that hard to lose the first 10.............don't eat lunch at work, or if I must, bring something from home.

Lots of salads - not so much dressing.

Veggies - love em - and just planted all kinds of them - that makes it even easier.

I'd have to give up my coffee creamer to lose the 20 - not so sure it'd be worth it - after all, we all have to have something to indulge in.

I could do the 15 easily enough if I'd start the tae bo again.  Billy is GOOD!

Need to make a plan and stick with it.

Plan it out in excel - daily food logs - weight loss goals and tracking sheets -

Look at it in black and white - EVERY DAY

Set a date to start - ok - Monday - after last final - will give me a couple of weeks to get into a routine before summer classes start. Gonna do it.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Reasons you should carry a camera..

Fwd: HINT OF THE DAY

An old man, a boy & a donkey

were going to town.

The boy rode on the donkey & the old man walked.

As they went along they passed some people

who remarked "What a shame the old man
is walking and the boy is riding."

The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later they passed some people who

remarked "What a shame.... he makes that little boy walk."

So they then decided they'd both walk!

Soon they passed some more people

So, they both rode the donkey.
Now they passed some people

who shamed them by saying "How awful to
put such a load on a poor donkey."

The boy and man figured they were probably right,
so they decide to carry the donkey.

As they crossed the bridge,

they lost their grip on the animal
and he fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story?

If you try to please everyone,

you might as well...
Kiss your ass goodbye!

Have A Nice Day And

Be Careful With Your Donkey