Let It Snow!

Weight: 288.7

Well, I tried to breeze through weigh day, and my average even showed a gain.
I am still sitting here, and I am really okay with it.

Yesterday, I got a side job taking care of someone's yard. This lady was so neat,
that after I finished we sat around and talked for 2 hours! I had just put everything
up when it started spitting white stuff from the sky...yep snow flurries! That was
neat.

I still need to go back and tighten up the yard with a weed eater, but all in all, the
yard looks pretty good.

There's not much to talk about today, so I leave you with a bid for an awesome
day!

HUGGZZ
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Complimentary Meal
Jr Bacon cheeseburger (no bun)
Portabello Bacon melt (no bun)

Reward Meal
1 hard taco
1/2 chicken blt salad-avacado ranch dressing

5 cups coffee, 3 liters water

I love My Life

Weight: 288.7                Total: -34.3

Yesterday I got my special time with my new babies that I watch. I really do
love these girls. They are the sweetest. Their hugs and cuddles just make my
day. I taught them about butterfly and Eskimo kisses. I made them popcorn
and juice while trying to teach them how to play Shoots and Ladders, which
we gave up on that and just played Simon Says and Red Light-Green Light!

I didn't get a chance to precook dinner yesterday. I was on the computer
booking photo shoots! I now have 2 Christmas family portraits, 1 Valentines
portrait, and possibly 3 weddings for next year. I just can't get over how
fast this is going. I don't even have business cards, or a business name.

I don't even have a professional grade camera! Granted that the camera I do
have is close to professional grade, it does not look the part. It will have to do,
for the time, and hopefully just as G'd has graced me with the jobs, he will
also bless me with the equipment, knowledge, and talent.

I have been sitting at the same weight pretty much all week, but I'm alright with
that right now. I have been enjoying my food, and plan, maybe a little too much.
I haven't gained though, and that is great! I may have lost a little if I had been better
with my water yesterday.

Tomorrow is the end of my weigh week though, so I may push a little harder
today with my water, and exclude a dessert tonight. I like ending the week with
a loss! Funny how that sounds!

Counting my blessings today. I am happily employed, we are healthy, we have
a home (not just shelter), food on our table, and an answer to prayer. G'd is
good indeed!


It's going to be a busy day of cleaning the house, running errands and possibly
a side job, YEA! I hope your day is awesome, and that your blessings outweigh
the other stuff.

HUGGZZ
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Complimentary Meal
Roast Beef
1 can (no salt) green beans with butter

Reward Meal
Papa Murphy's stuffed pizza
Spice cake with Krispy Kreme glaze (YUM)

3 cups coffee,  2.5 liters water

I Am Okay

Weight: 288.7                   Total: -34.3

I didn't post yesterday, because I just didn't have much to say. I've been
about the same weight all week, and believe it or not, I am alright with it.

I did have something come up and made we wonder though. A few nights
ago as I went to bed, I had a cramp like feeling in my left side. The next
day I had the same feeling in the right side. I am ovulating! I
haven't had that feel in so long...WOW!

Now not that I am going to take any action with that, seven mouths are
enough, and Hubby has been fixed. Just to know that I have lost to the
point of fertility again, is kind of cool.

Now, I wonder if ovulation can cause an increase of water retention? I
have to know!

My meals the day before were pretty typical. We had Chicken Roulade left
over, so I ate that and asparagus for all my meals. Last time I think I ate it
for 3 days straight.

My computer is dying, and I have no idea where Dad put the charger
so I need to put this out there.

Have an awesome day guys!

HUGGZZ
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Complimentary Meal
Hot & Spicy chicken breast
1 1/2 cups of spinach

Reward Meal
spinach salad with cukes, tomatoes, shredded cheese, black olives,
            fried onions- ranch
Pot roast with potatoes, carrots, onions
1/4 cup stuffing
slice of spice cake with Krispy Kreme glaze over it


1 glass sweet tea, 4 cups coffee, 1 gallon water

Important Decisions

Weight: 289.2                Total: -33.8

Yesterday I had the energy of a 20 year old. My back was hurting by the
end of the night, cramping right above my hip. It was definitely a day of
revelation though.

I am going to continue solely on The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, and just
take what comes as far as weight loss timing. I am dropping my ultimate
goal of being 160 pounds by June.

The Reason: I have so much energy the day after following CAD, I can
barely contain it. The days after I do low carb, I do not. I pick the energy.
I also find myself more grumpy on those LC days, which is not my normal
personality.

I also had this non scale victory of the upper proportion! While I was shopping
a skinny girl asked me for help finding something. I guess I look like I know what
I'm doing? As I'm looking throughout the isles, she complains "you walk to fast
for me!" What?! HA HA HA HA...THAT my friends has NEVER happened!

I have decided to stay with Hannah and her girls for my job, and go back
to school. I will be getting my degree in Early Childhood Development and
Nurses Aid, with certifications in CPR and First Aid.

If at some point I am not needed with her and hers, then I will have something
to fall back on. I will also continue to enjoy periodic photo shoots as my beloved
hobby.

 It's going to be a busy day today, cleaning then baby sitting, then dinner and
so on. I hope you can come to some conclusions in your life today also. It is
very unburdening to know, to have a plan, to be able to look forward and proceed!

HUGGZZ
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Complimentary Meal
2 hard boiled eggs
2 stalks celery with cream cheese

Complimentary Meal
2 pizza flowers
1 can no salt green beans with butter

Reward Meal
Spinach salad with cukes, tomato, black olives, fried onion,
      shredded cheese- Olive garden light dressing
Chicken roulade with sherry cream sauce (I ate probably 3 servings)
Asparagus
Lemon cupcake with cream cheese

3 cups coffee (black), 1 gallon water, 1/2 glass of sweet tea

It's About What You Do, Not What You Say.

Weight: 289.8

My little reward meal cost me a bit and I know why. I was out of spinach
so I didn't have a salad, therefore I ate more other stuff. It's okay, back on
ol' train again today. The best part is it's mostly the sodium and I enjoyed
every bite!

My hopes were to do grocery shopping yesterday morning. When I noticed
my check wasn't in the bank, I went to Walmart to retrieve it. They couldn't
find it either. After several hours on the phone between corporate and my bank
it was finally located, but since they put it in the wrong account, who knows
how long it'll be before it's actually in my hands!

This is my luck ladies and gentleman. Any attempt to make things easier, will
end up making things harder. So, now I have to ask the lady I babysit for, for
an advance just to have gas to get back and forth to her house. YEA!!

I know she won't mind. She understands the lot. She drew the same one.

Two of my kids are doing a discipleship program at their church, and I think it
is awesome. Last night I was filling out all of the paperwork for it. They have to
sign a contract about acting G'dly and are being taught biblical principals.

It's not that I haven't already taught them this, but it is on a much higher level
then I could possibly teach them. It is such a great opportunity for them, I'm
even a little envious! Not in a bad way though.

I have to share a little something. Since I have been eating salad at dinner every
night, my kids are starting to follow suit. Which is one reason I ran out of spinach
early. First it was China asking for some of mine, then Bella asked for one, after her
Jericho. Then I nearly fell out. My little junk food junkie, I hate vegetables, Trinity
started asking for one.

Just by eating with them, and them seeing me eat night after night, they have
started to follow suit. I have not coaxed them or even slightly suggested it.
At the present time I have 4 out of 7 kids eating spinach salad almost every
night!

That just amazes me!

I hope you have an awesome day. I really do mean it!

HUGGZZ
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Complimentary Meal
2 slices provolone
1 can green beans
2 stalks celery with cream cheese

Reward Meal
1 2/3 slices of Papa Murphy's stuffed pizza (chicken bacon)
16 tortilla chips
1/3 cup shredded cheese
4 tbsp salsa
1 cupcake with butter cream icing

Get Up Offa That Thing- Happy Dance Time!!

Weight: 288.6                        Total: -34.4

Seeing a drop for 2 days straight makes me hopeful, that I'll breeze through
this area that has always been a tough spot! A couple years ago I got down
to 287, and no matter what, I couldn't go any farther. I am pretty confident
though, that it will not happen this time.

Tonight is reward night! YEA! I promised the kids to have a great new desert
for dinner tonight, and I have absolutely no idea what! Guess, I've got some
surfing to do.

Yesterday, I actually had 3 meals and stayed under my calorie and carb limit.
I did good! Today though I will only have 2 since it's a reward night.

Let me just say, you are not required to keep a calorie limit with this way of
eating. I first put it into place so that I would learn to be more of a moderate
eater, and not binge. To help myself be accountable to what I put into my body.
If I go over on that self imposed ceiling, it's all good mate! 

As the weeks wore on, I realized I needed this limit to make sure I was eating
enough. I have days where I barely eat 900, just out of plain not being hungry.
So, if I see at the end of the day I am short, I'll try to add something to my dinner
to bring those calories up.

I do not want to starve nor binge! I want to do this the healthy way. Again, this
limit is solely on me, and has nothing to do with low carb living, or The Carbohydrate
Addict's Diet!

Dad comes down today for the weekend. YEA!! But that means there is some
prepping to do! Clean sheets, organizing (AGAIN) the girls room, and general
cleaning and straightening, so he doesn't feel as though he's coming into a pit.

I hope that all is well with your day! I leave you with a Happy Dance!
Get up offa that thing by James Brown


HUGGZZ
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Meal 1
2 hard boiled eggs
2 stalks of celery

Meal 2
Spinach salad with cukes, pepperoni, provolone-ranch
3 oz pan seared pork chop

Meal 3
1 1/2 cups sauteed cabbage
1 baked leg quarter (chicken)
spinach salad with cukes, tomato, shredded cheese, provolone,
          low sodium pepperonis-ranch

1 gallon water, 3 cups coffee

Boy Did I Breeze Through!! (End of weighing week)

Start weight: 323     Current: 289.3       Total: -33.7 (in 10 weeks)

Insanity on the highest levels! I was sitting at the same weight for almost 2 weeks,
and BAM I get a loss of 3.1 pounds in a day! What is that about?! It made my weekly
average as 1.3, but we all know what number I am looking at!

You know, yesterday I said something about this part from 299 to 199 being the
longest part. But when you pass a zero it's almost like getting older in reverse! When
I turned 30 years old, I was depressed for months. It may happen again next year
as I turn 40.

To surpass 290 pounds without even seeing the number, is kinda like that!! Wow! I am
so happy today I am beside myself! At this rate, if I don't make goal by June I will be
damn close! Close is good enough for me too, because I know I have finally found the
answer.

I know how to get this weight off, and most importantly, I know how to keep it off!

Yesterday, I got to babysit my girls again. This time I brought my daughter Bella to play
with the oldest one. The itty bitty baby was super fussy. I think she is going through
a growth spurt. She would sleep for 20 minutes then want to eat again! It was a good
night though, I love watching these kids!

Well, I am off to start the day! I pray blessings are heaped upon you, and joy abundantly!

HUGGZZ!!
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Meal 1
2 hard boiled eggs
2 stalks celery with cream cheese


Meal 2
Pan seared pork chop (with sesame oil, garlic and onion powder)
spinach salad with cukes, tomato, shredded cheese, fried onions- ranch