I hope I am encouraging!!!

This was my thoughts on Saturday:)

Thank you Katie for telling me that my blog helps you to make choices when eating out. I really don't tell you all the bad/good things I eat when we eat out to brag or to say "haha I can eat this", I say it because I believe in the BFC being so easy to do in "real" life. I want to share the small changes that I have made that allow me to be successful. Here's an example of depriving yourself....
When I went to Mexican food lunch with my friend, she had a Tostada, I had Taquitos (fried burrito type with chicken and cheese in flour tortilla) She said no to the guac and sour cream because she is trying to lose weight. I have never eaten either of those 2 things. I ate 1/2 my Taquitos whole and then just dug the chicken and cheese center out of the other 1/2. I LOVED my meal. She ate her Tostada and at the end she thought it was blah and she wished she would have eaten it with  the guac and sour cream. My thoughts are, she should have eaten a little bit the way it was good, and then she wouldn't have left lunch thinking that it was a waste? Yes that takes will power!!! But a few bites of heavenly is better than a lot of bites of just OK. That's my belief.
After my food yesterday and my little cookie, I was still at 136 this AM. Yay!!!

End of meal plate:)

Sunday, Sunday:) Zumba Zumba! I just got home from Zumba with my favorite teacher. I swear, in 4 weeks I really lost all of my stamina. Ugh! Several of the gals dressed up including the instructor and her clique. They are all about the same age, have similar aged kids etc. which I think is cute, but don't run over and take my place because you think it's funny. I was ticked off!!! They were extremely annoying today, or was it just me? If I was new to the class, I probably wouldn't go back. Hmmmm....
OK so this is a picture of what I had left from my meal last night. We did have a chili con queso (sp) appetizer, so I did have some carbs from the chips too. I also used 2 ranch dressings for dipping my chicken tenders. Just saying. You can eat out and lose weight too. I ate the rest today and it was good day 2 too.
We are having pork roast and veggies for dinner. My daughter put it in the crock pot and it smells awesome!
I am have 2 days in a row of eating out and social engagements. Tomorrow is Olive Garden with my dear German JoAnn. 3 more hours of laughter:) Tuesday is lunch with my gym friends and then Bunko. I can't wait to see the scale on Wednesday!!! Well I can, but it won't be pretty. I will jump back in on Wednesday.
My 23 year old son spent the night the last 2 nights. I love having my kids here so it was really joyful to me. My grandson was excited to have a new playmate! It was fun to hear him say "Uncle Matt" over and over. Since my son was a little boy he would lay across my lap and I would rub his back. He did it again last night and my daughter said he almost made me disappear. He is at least 6'4 and I would guess at least 250. I told her she would love it when her son did that someday too. It was special:) My hubby doesn't like having him hear too much. A bone of contention that we are working on. He isn't motivated enough in life, blah..blah...blah!!!
Anyway...Thanks for listening. I love everyone and reading the blogs. I love hearing about everyone's lives. The mundane to you is fun for us to read:) We are Blessed:)

Happy:)

I found this photo I took of myself in May, I don't really recognize that lady. I feel so much better now! I paid like 89.00 for that stupid shirt and wore it once because I realized it was not flattering. I bought it at a CABI party. Has anyone been to one? I just went to another one last week and bought a really cute black top, I hope it looks a lot better than this one did! 

May 2011

Lots of things happening the last few days. I went to a Macy's interview, was hired for Men's wear, temporary through the Holidays, and then I decided not to do it. It was for barely above minimum wage, a dollar an hour less than it would have paid 2 years ago, and my hubby and I decided it would probably not be worth the stress. It feels good to have made the decision. Now I know I am not going to work through the Holiday's. 

Food wise I have been good for me. I continue to eat out way too much. I went to lunch with my friend that I worked at their furniture store. I said a prayer before I met her that I would not be a bitch and tell bad stories about people. I did not. I felt so good at the end of the lunch not telling the things that I wanted to tell. I was proud of me:) That was the same day that hubby and I ate at Ivar's fish and chips. It seems everything is working OK because I am maintaining the 136. If I could get to 135.4 I would have lost a total of 30 lbs on the BFC.That is really the only reason I would want to lose more. Sure I would like to firm up and have a tiny waist, it is never going to happen!!!

I went to Zumba today for the first time in almost a month. OH MY GOSH!!! It almost killed me. It is not something I can "dabble" in. I need to get back consistently. 

We had french dip sandwiches for dinner. Yummy! The french roll was to die for, but I only ate 1/2. My daughter and I ate at KFC for lunch,  I just had a few bites of potatoes and gravy and 4 chicken wings. I love chicken wings!!! My breakfast every morning now is Jimmy Dean sausage on a sandwich thin with butter. Sometimes I add eggs, but I am kind of egged out. Dawn's recipe looked good though. 

My Matthew and me

My daughter made my favorite cookies to send to her hubby for his birthday. They are solid sugar. Caro syrup/peanut butter and special K cereal with chocolate chips melted on top. I am in the process of eating a tiny piece. I knew I would regret not having any once they were gone. No regrets...just good choices! 

Pretty Fall colors

My Kitty:)

I wish everyone would start blogging more! I know it is hard because I feel so boring. I need to sit down when I think of something profound and write it and save it. Otherwise it totally escapes my head! 

Have a great weekend! Blessings:) 

136.0 :) Lowest so far!!!

Lowest weight:)

I started my BFC journey on March 7th, 2011 at 165.4 lbs. I have lost 29.4 lbs. All of my extra weight from vacation has gone bye-bye!!! I am repeating myself here, but last year at this time, I was around 170 lbs. What a difference a year makes! I really think that I can go into the Holiday season and be a good girl. If I have a few slip ups, I know I can get back on track. It feels amazing!
For me, the key is sugar. I think working and not being able to eat all day right after vacation helped too!
THIS IS MY ALL TIME LOW WEIGHT:) Woot!!!
Yesterday I even had a "Big" burger from Carl's Jr. and waffle fries. I just ate 1/2 the bun, and about 5 of the fries. (they are huge) with tarter. Then last night I went to a party and she had lots of goodies, but I stayed with her taco soup and some tortillas. I had 1 candied pecan...yum! I even brought some soup home and ate it about 8:30. I was hungry. The soup had tomatoes with green chili's, chicken and broth, so it was only bad because of the tomatoes, but all things in moderation.
I believe with all of my heart that the reason that I have been so successful with this plan is because I have been able to adjust all of the things I normally eat, except sugar, into fitting into this lifestyle. Eating just a little of what I love, instead of a lot of what I could live without.
Things are a changing at our house. My husband's company is downsizing so he will either be out of a job with a severance package, or go on long term disability. We should know more by mid November. My daughter and grandson are leaving on November 14th. As much as I love having my grandson here, 2 adult women in one house is difficult. I can't imagine the mornings when he doesn't come upstairs and say "oh hi Grandma K" I have a feeling that my emotional state will change if I don't come to terms with some of these things. Christmas without all of my kids here is going to be AWFUL:( My Sailor daughter's ship is positioning themselves outside of Iran somewhere. Ugh:(
I say those things because I don't want food to be my go to comfort. Life:) Gotta love it!
Have a great day everyone. I love the blogs and I miss them when people fall off a bit. I really do think that writing and reading them helps me a lot. Thank you:)
Blessings and happy scales!

138.6 Still going down:)

My lei lasted quite awhile:) Karson and one of his millions of monkeys!

OK, so I feel like I was hit with a mack truck!!! Work was tiring...Bless you all that have full time jobs!!! I worked 31 hours in 4 days and I feel like I am going to die. It is 8:00PM and I am going to bed!
We had Mexican for dinner and it tasted amazing!!! I have gotten back total control of my sugar intake, a little harder on the carbs. I will get there. Tomorrow is my grandson's official birthday party. Today was his actual birthday, but I had to work all day:( Hopefully I won't overeat tomorrow and have to start over again. My job was over as of today. It's a bummer, but like I said, it was not the business that they were expecting.

Karson with his matching cake and shirt!

My family minus my Sailor Daughter!

Today was the official birthday party at a Jump in Play. I actually played on the blow up jumpies. It felt good to be 54 years old and playing with my grandkids! I couldn't have done it 30 lbs ago. I was also complimented by people that I hadn't seen since last years birthday party. That made me happy!!! 

My daughter is very crafty and really went all in for Karson's party. It was pretty darn cute. To have all  of my kids and my Mom there was quite nice too. If you have read my blog, I don't really speak much to my Mom, but it was good to see her. My 4 year old grandson's face is missing from this picture! 

I did not have birthday cake, but I ate a lot of potato chips. Like I said, the sugar is under control, the chips are another matter entirely. I was back down to 138.6 today which is about 2 lbs more than when I left. I haven't been able to drink water since I have been home because I couldn't go potty at work all day. Tomorrow I plan to drink, drink, drink and hopefully the last 2 lbs will go bye bye. I showed my hubby how I can pull my brand new jeans down over my hips without unbuttoning them last night. He was like "great, more new jeans". That felt good too. I wish I wouldn't have washed the second pair,  I would take them back and get a smaller size to lose into. Bummer:( 

So yesterday 1/2 way through my work day the "traveling manager" at the furniture store moved my chair back and told me not to say Hi to people anymore and just count. I was devastated. Salespeople had complained that the customers felt they wanted to work with me and I was confusing them. Hmmm....let me see, because I looked professional, had a real smile on my face, and was warm and friendly? I have never seen such an unprofessional group of people! 5 of them that were there actually travel around the country doing these types of sales. The eye rolling behind people's backs, the complaining etc. was unreal. I know one thing for absolutely, totally, positively certain. I WILL NEVER AGAIN BE IN COMMISSION SALES!!!  I could write a book!!!! Once I quit saying hi to people I realized how many people were never spoken to because a salesperson wasn't lined up ready to jump on them. That is why I do NOT shop at Nordstrom. No one ever greets me there. Ugh!!! I could not wait to leave and it ruined what started out being a very fun job. I cried all the way home. How lame is that? I also knew a lot of the people that were coming in so they wanted to find out what I was doing? Isn't familiarity a good thing? Whatever...I am over it....until I talk to my friend who's husband owns the store. I wasn't going to tell her anything, now I don't know. The bitch in me wants to be a bitch, the nice person in me wants to keep my mouth shut. We will see which "me" wins! 

Tomorrow I should go back to Zumba, but all I want to do is sleep in and drink water and catch up on all the sitting that I haven't done since I left for vacation. It will be interesting to see what I do!

Have a great week everyone, thanks for listening to my tale of woe. I guess it was a compliment in some ways? Whatever!!!

Blessings and happy scales!

139.2

The weight is slowly coming back down and that is a good thing. This working is really killing me:) Yesterday I had my sandwich thin(I broke down and am eating the whole grain one) and chicken sandwich and a bag of chips. I came home ravenous and ate 2 pieces of digiorno's pizza. Today I only had about 10 minutes of break time (my choice) so I never even ate my whole sandwich and are you ready for this???? I didn't even get to my chili cheese fritos!!! I started to eat one and thought about how it would make my breath smell and decided against it. I got off at 6:30 and came home and ate a chicken casserole thing my daughter was nice enough to make. If I don't lose tomorrow I will be bummed! The best part of working is that I have not even had an opportunity to eat sugar, so my body is returning to my pre vacation status. I found out today that because sales have been slow I will most likely be done on Saturday. So much for 4-6 weeks. The writing was on the wall by about hour 3 yesterday. The economy is really bad even for rich people. This is the only high end furniture store left in our city which is the second largest city in WA state and sales are bad??? I am a little surprised, but not shocked. I did see some of my former fitness friends today so that was very fun. I turned in to a greeter instead of cashier. It is preparing me for my future Walmart greeter job!
I am so excited to start the Holiday season the size I am now. Last year was so depressing because I felt so bad about myself. I am excited to have some cute clothes! I love, love, love my glitter Toms. Seriously the most comfortable shoe besides flip flops and UGG boots. Fabulous investment!
OK, no more boring everyone! There are 1000 things running through my brain and not one of them has to do with BFC, except it is one of the BEST things that has ever entered my lifestyle! Oh, and I am kind of OK with work ending so I can go back to Zumba. I really missed it and my friends there.

Oh how I wish I was back there. Notice the computer, coffee and water. Everything at my fingertips! 

Blessings:)

140.8 Ugh...but could have been worse!

I think that is about a 4.6 lbs gain from my all time low. Oh well:) It was worth it and now I am ready to get back on track.

Our last night before dinner!

I start a temporary/ part time job tomorrow for a major furniture store. My friends husband owns it so she asked if I wanted to work their sale. I work 10-8 the next 2 days and 10-6 Friday and Saturday. Sunday is my grandson's birthday party. I guess it depends on how well the sale goes as to how long I will have a job. I am just glad to get my feet wet again. I haven't worked in almost 2 years. I think I am going to be really, really tired. I can't think of a better place to start back in though. They are good people and I will just be running credit cards and taking checks etc. It will be a lot of familiar faces and it should be fun.

Thong man...GROSS...saw him daily!!!

We got home at 1:15 AM and I am pooped today. Cleaning the house and doing laundry was an all day deal. I also babysat my older grandson for awhile tonight. It was so good to see him and I can't believe how much they change in short amounts of time. My Karson was so excited to see me this morning. He just hugged me tight and kept saying Grandma K, grandma K. It felt so amazing!!! Neither grandson was really into their stuffed animal that we brought back. That was a 40.00 waste of money:( I got my granddaughter 2 leather bracelets so hopefully they are  more of a hit. Gratitude.....
If you aren't on my facebook, you didn't see gross thong man pictures. I saw this guy every day, several times a day. I finally decided to take his picture, which I know he loves. We were eating lunch the second to the last day there and he lays down on the beach right in front of the restaurant. I had to go stand by him. The first picture I wasn't close enough and the people in the restaurant like "closer, closer!" He likes the attention I guess. Crazy!
Good job on all of you that did your Fast Track! I am proud of you all. I have no intention of giving up grains, heck I am not even giving up Chili Cheese Fritos. They did not have them in Hawaii, but I ate a ton of Maui chips. Just cutting chips back out is going to be a little difficult.
I am hoping for a miracle and weight loss in the morning. I didn't really eat too bad today. We'll see how long it will take me to lose the weight. I am surprised it was not a lot more. After the first few days, I ate everything in moderation!
Blessings!

It's been the best of times...fun/relaxing....it's been the worst of times...food:)

Sunset at The Chart House

I have to say the first few days we were here I was pretty conscience of what I was eating and trying to be good. Then all hell broke loose and I decided that I am in paradise and what the heck!!! I have been hungry before every meal since. That's the good ole sugar I am sure. I have truly gotten bitchy because I am HUNGRY!!!
This is the view from one of my favorite eats so far. It was highly recommended on a travel site and a very short walk from the hotel. Not only were the views amazing, but the food...yum. I am a meat and potatoes girl, no fancy food for me. I had a prime rib dip that was truly out of this world. Everywhere we travel I eat them and compare. This was definitely one of the best yet. Other than the bun, which was a Hawaiin bread roll, they are Belly good. We also had catch of the day fish sticks...yum!

Rainbow Tower

Looking up from under our beach umbrella.

This is the view of where we are staying from across the Lagoon. We are in the end room 1/2 way up. There are 31 floors and we are floor 15. We have the double lanai's which has been amazing.

Pictures aren't my friend here!

Hubs and I got in a "fight" about his picture taking abilities. Every picture that he takes of me makes me look fat and ugly. He is so busy trying to make sure the scenery is right, the moment fades, I am ticked, my face drops, and there is no "real" smile forthcoming. UGH!!! 

OK, back to the food. I haven't been nearly as bad as I was pre-BFC. I have my moments, but not really too many heavy sweets. We did finally eat at the Cheesecake Factory and Rosie...were you ever right about the Hershey's cheesecake. I ate way too much of it, but it was hard not to. I didn't get sick, which really surprised me, but I did get really, really tired. 

Today we are catching the Aloha open air bus and traveling around most of the day. We both could use a little time out of the sun. No burns for me and no burns for hubby once he got the heavy sunblock. 

Oh...and I got bit by a fish. I thought I was stung by a jelly fish and I turned to look and it was a black fish that was coming at me again. I had to hit it away. I bit my lip trying not to scream which caused a blood blister to form. Not one person looked up or wondered why the heck a woman was thrashing around in the water!!! The guys at the beach rental said that was the first time in a couple of months they had heard the fish bite someone again. Seriously it looked like 2 stingers left in my leg. It is funny now, but wasn't funny then!!! I worried about all the little kids here, but I guess I was a chosen one;) 

The last picture is the famous Diamond Head. We were going to hike to the top, but I am being too lazy yet again. If it were totally up to me, I would be on a beach chair, every day, all day. Love, Love, Love the sun!!!

Blessings and good luck to everyone on their versions of lifestyle changes. We did not have internet for 3 days so sorry for not posting replies on all of your blogs...I read them!

The countdown to going home:(

There are no words:)

One of the reasons that I get bummed on vacations is because I know they have to end! How dumb is that? We fly out next Monday and I am already feeling blue about having to leave this magical paradise. As I sit here this morning I hear the waves coming in, I smell the food (bacon) from where we are going to eat breakfast this AM. I see people jogging, surfers out surfing, my neighbor lanai seeing me in my night gown with my panties showing because I was out here all alone!!! I woke up at 6:00 again. I just don't want to miss anything!
The sunsets while beautiful, have clouded up right before the sun actually sets past the horizon. That is an amazing site to see and we haven't see one yet!

one more night view

Same view morning sun

Morning time:)
So I have been pretty bad about carbs....still not tons of sugar. Yesterday after a quick sun time, hubby got too burned the day before, we went to the mall. I had this amazing roast pork roast with potatoes and gravy and macaroni salad. Count the carbs:) Then for dinner we ate at Ruby Tuesday's because we had an entertainment coupon. I had the petite sirloin and mashed and french fry potatoes...count the carbs!!! Then hubby had a molten lava cake with ice cream and strawberry sauce. I tasted the cake, too sweet!!! I had a bite of brownie earlier that I used to LOVE, too sweet! We went to the Walmart here and got some macadamia nuts. Even in Hawaii they are very expensive! I did get some of my thick sliced farm bread at the little bakery that we love. I am so full now, it will probably go bad before we eat again! Kidding. Today for breakfast was the HUGE buffet and I had 1 1/2 omelettes! I tell myself they are good for me because they have spinach in them. I also had some banana bread and a few bites of a coconut muffin. Bad Kay:( I asked my husband if he thinks by the time we leave I will have eaten at least 100 pieces of bacon. He thinks so:) It is so good and so plentiful!!! He just told me I should blog to everyone how "tough" it is to be me:)

It's growing slowly:) 

I tried my jeans on yesterday, they still fit! Here's my tummy after breakfast this morning...
Today is beach day. Hubs feels like he can just sit under the umbrella. We also got him 50 sunblock. I still don't look that tan to me, but I hadn't lost that much tan before we left home. Have a great day everyone and thanks for allowing me to ramble on. Wow:)

I had my ice cream....and cone!!!

For those of you that think I am wasting my vacation by keeping up with my blog...I'm not! My husband because of his back needs at least 45 minutes to an hour every morning to stretch and do his work out. We go no where until that is done. I wake up so early here because of the time difference. It is after 10 at home and just after 7 here. I am sitting out on the lanai watching the sand fairy clean the sand and watching tents go up for a big canoe race today. We will be right at the finish line with front row seats from the lanai. It is a huge thing over here so it will be fun to cheer and see the activity. 15 floors up:)
Hubby got burned pretty bad yesterday, but it was partly his fault! Stubborn man. We had a tiff yesterday because he couldn't figure out how to get on his air mattress and didn't want my help. What a baby!!! And that is about the first thing I have ever said negative about him. Anyway, because he was being a baby, we went our separate ways in the water most of the day. I watched the amount of sun I got, laid under the umbrella when needed, and reapplied sunscreen. No burn for me! The bummer part is that he has NO desire to lay in the sun today and I don't know if I want to go down bad enough by myself. We will be watching the race later anyway, so I will get sun out here. The umbrella and one lounge chair is 50.00 a day!!! Hubs uses his air mattress. Can you imagine? We figured that we would spend more money on the property out of guilt because the last time we were here and got this end room, we had to pay an extra 50.00 a night. We are going to the big breakfast buffet again this morning so I will be eating another 20 pieces of bacon. Right when we left the last time, I found the omelet bar so I am excited to have one today. I did eat banana bread and pineapple, but not one of the many pastries that were on display. The amount of food that is available is quite exciting!!!

Leftover cone:) 

View in our new room from the bed:) 

We packed a lunch again yesterday and then had pizza for dinner. I ordered the Hawaiian with 1/2 no pineapple. They made it all with pineapple so without me asking or ever even thinking to ask, they made another whole canadian bacon pizza. 2 pizzas!!! We also had hot wings and my hubs got a dinner salad. I did my pile everything on 2 crusts again and we have a lot of leftovers. Next was the ice cream cone! OMG!!! I only ate a few bites of the cone, but I did manage to eat ALL of my scoop of ice cream. I saved the cone in a glass and plan to eat more later. Yummmmmmyyyyy!!! I didn't even get an upset stomach which has surprised me since I have reintroduced a lot of sugar? That could be a very bad thing. Oh, I forgot...we did share a turkey panini sandwich after lunch. I was starving. Too much sugar lately making me hungry now:(

Visitors at our first room and I was not using zoom. they just stayed there and let me take the picture!

Every Friday night the Hilton does a big fireworks display. That's why we always make sure and stay 2 Friday's. They set them off right in front of our room. The boom's could be heart attack inducing!!!

No full sunset yet, the clouds come in right before the sun touches down. The pink was amazing!!!

I can't find the picture I took of the view from the bed of our first room. It was the wall, TV, and  a Hawaiin picture. Quite a difference to wake up to!
So it is about time for a HUGE breakfast. I have so many food successes and a few not so good. I LOVE orange juice and I have had a couple of sips, I LOVE banana bread and I eat the top off, I love pancakes, I haven't eaten any yet. I did not get my caramel corn out again yet:) Baby steps...
I still feel like someone should pinch me, or if this is a dream, don't let me wake up! This is not my normal life folks:) There's a cruise ship coming in and paragliders out already this morning. The surfers come out at dawn. Wow...I can just say...wow:)
Blessings and happy scales...to you FT....good luck!!!

Not too bad so far on food:0

Lobby view

This is the view when you first walk in the open air lobby It never gets old! We changed rooms yesterday so we did a lot of waiting and relaxing. I just wanted some time to regenerate! We wake up so early here because of the 3 hour difference.
We went to the Rainbow Lanai which is 26.00 a person for breakfast, discounted 8.00 per person for the Hilton Diamond member. It was so worth it though because we didn't eat again until dinner. I couldn't eat again until dinner!!! Too much bacon:)

Happy:)

About 1:30 we moved to our new room and I did not want to leave again. It is the most amazing room. We are at the end of the Rainbow Tower so we have 2 lanai's. Full Ocean facing and Harbor facing on the other side. I would never be able to have this room in "real" life. Seriously...I feel like pinching myself!!! They are renovating this tower, so there is a lag time on the elevators, but worth the wait. The elevator you punch what floor you are going to before you get on, they in tells you what elevator to get into, then there are no buttons in the elevator itself. That's a first for us! Pretty fancy!!! The room has had 1 other occupant before us, so it is amazing. I want my house to look just like it. The bathroom mirror is lit all around the border!

Last night was the fireworks show and they were right in front of our room. The booms from them were LOUD, but the fireworks again made me feel like I was in dreamland.

This is what I am looking at as a blog this morning. I thought I would show Dawn since she looks so pretty:)
Food wise....We ate at our favorite Duke's on Thursday night. We had prime rib and a huge salad bar. I ate a spinach salad, had 1/2 roll, but I ate boatloads of the macaroni salad....yummy!!! We were too tired to get ice cream again! The walk was really nice and we felt very adult being out that late at night. That's why we love Waikiki, you can walk to a lot of places and there are always people out and about to look at!
Last night we wanted to just sit outside on our lanai so we went and got a cobb type salad from the ABC store and had left over prime rib sandwiches. Because we were going to stay in the room to watch the fireworks I did not get ice cream AGAIN!!! But I did get the caramel corn/macadamia nut pop corn that have some pieces dipped in chocolate. I had about 8 pieces and then handed it to my husband and told him not to give me anymore even if I cried!!! I failed to mention I am part way through a bag of Maui chips that are to die for. Of course I forgot my chili cheese fritos and they only have the honey twists here:(

There are birds, flamingos, penguins, ducks, strange looking birds, parrots, white doves, everywhere around the resort. Yesterday 2 white doves sat on our lanai and I was able to get so close and they didn't fly away.
Time to close and shower for breakfast. Wish me luck on food today...so far so good...I would guess my jeans are really going to be uncomfortable on the way back to reality!!!

One last picture of where I am sitting. You can see my toe in the bottom right corner:)
Dreams do come true:)

Amazing so far:)

First room view

on the computer:)

Reflection from the window:)

We got up at 3:00 AM yesterday for our early flight. There is a 3 hour time difference here, which gives us 3 extra hours of paradise a day, but the first day hit us like a rock!!! We were so tired last night that we couldn't even function! Crazy!!! It would be 2:30 in the afternoon at home and it is only 11:30 here. That means no rush for us and we are just enjoying the morning before we head down to the ocean. We have never been in a pool on this property and have no intentions of doing it this time:) The tower in the picture is the one we have always been in, but this time we were put in a luxury room, which is nice, but we stare at the tower that we love! We are moving tomorrow to that tower so it won't have the luxury, but it will have a  much better view.
I was pretty good food wise yesterday, too tired to have my pecan praline ice cream, but did go to the shop when we first got here to make sure they have it. I decided I would buy the cone separately and break it into pieces in a baggy and have little scoops instead of a whole ice cream cone a day. The breakfast buffet that is free to Hilton Diamond members would be amazing if I was not trying to eat low sugar. Thick slices of fresh carrot bread and a bran/raisin bread. The gal brought me 2 slices of whole grain but indicated she can't do that every day. I had taken some canadian bacon slices up just in case so I put those with some boiled eggs and stayed on program. I had 2 tiny pieces of pineapple. It is so sweet, a little will go a long way!!! I am proud of my day one breakfast!
Tonight we are going to my favorite place "Dukes" for dinner. I get prime rib there which is wonderful, but I eat way too much macaroni salad. The macaroni salad is served with just about everything over here and Dukes is my favorite! I usually eat all the salad bar that I can handle and then take my prime rib back here for sandwiches tomorrow.
We are headed to the beach!
For those who haven't been too Hawaii....I hadn't either until about 7 years ago. All things come to those that wait, or marry a man that travels a lot and builds up Hilton Honors Points. Our hotel say is free because of that. The fact that he builds so many points is why they treat us nicely and put us in good rooms:)
They are renovating the tower that we are moving to, so things aren't always good there. Construction noise and slow elevators, but the best views and the closest to the ocean in all of Waikiki. Luxury doesn't always trump view!!! We are going to be in a corner room too, so double lanais! Woot!!! Losing the Hilton points is the worst thing about hubby not working:(
Blessings from paradise:)

I have so much to do, I am not doing anything:(

My weight is holding steady, even though KFC called our names again last night. We wanted to get one more visit in with my little sister before we left so we were out and about at dinner time again. I have a feeling that after 2 weeks of eating out, I am really going to be ready to try the FT for awhile!!!
Today is a busy day, lunch with my gym friends and then bunko tonight. I won't get home until late and we fly out at 6:00 in the morning. Ugh!!! It is going to be early!!! I have so many things that I need to do, but I can't do until the last minute. I am getting so excited. Sometimes you just need to get away to refocus. My poor hubby has a cold:( Dawn had mentioned in her blog about not being sick since starting this journey. I haven't had a cold since I started!!! Woot!!!
I will be blogging when we are gone, you will probably get sick of me! I want to share the beauty of the surroundings. I am in no way trying to "brag" that I am there. I just love pictures and I love to share...if you get sick of me, skip my blog for the next 12 days!
If my plane happens to blow up over the Pacific....I have had quite a wonderful life:) What a thought right???
Thanks all!

It was a good day:) 136.5

Feeling good:)

So I have dropped back down to the weight I was soooo excited for and now I am ready to drop a little more. I wonder if there is a Boob Fat Cure! I swear I would be way smaller looking if I didn't have 34DD's staring out!
Hubby took this picture before we went jean shopping for the 3rd time! These are capri's that I just don't roll up. Probably should, but what the heck. Too bad you can't make out the sparkle in my shoes:) And yes, yes, yes, they are comfortable! I'll find out how durable they are after they travel.
Success!!! FINALLY!!! I swear I have tried on every pair of jeans under 100.00 in Spokane! My daughter suggested that I try Gap and they were actually having a 30% off sale. Hubby was feeling generous and had sat through 2 other agonizing times of trying jeans on, so he bought me straight leg and boot cut. I don't know if I have ever had 2 new pair of jeans at the same time. They fit in the waist which is my problem area and the butt wasn't too flat. Score!!!
Tomorrow we are going to my husband's family for the day. Ugh!!! 3 hours there and 3 hours home. The good news is that my daughter and grandson are going too. I don't know what I am going to do without Karson for 12 days when we are gone. He brightens every day! He's like a sponge right now, absorbing every new word, every new concept. It is so fun to see when the light bulb goes on and they realize they really know things! He truly is pretty darn smart for his age and he talks and sings a ton. It has to be my amazing influence! We sing the 5 little monkey's/crocodile song and he thinks there are crocodiles in the fireplace. He will run by it and say "no crocodile, no!"
Thank you to everyone who is on this journey with me. I really hope I give inspiration of what could be. I can NOT believe what a difference a year has made. Honestly...when I look down and don't see a big roll....it is still surprising to me. On the 7th of with be my 7th month anniversary. I would love to be at an even 30 lbs gone, but I just don't see that happening. Oh well:)
Blessings and happy scales!!!