My husband is home:)

Thank You Lord, my husband is home! He had to drive to Wyoming last Saturday and just got home late this afternoon. That is 6 nights away from home:( I missed him very much! I will sleep so much better/sounder this evening knowing he is here!
Quick update...I thought of something that I was going to post before and had forgotten. At my bunko I was sharing how I had gained about 10 lbs and that I had decided that I did not want to do the yo yo dieting, so I just kept eating and gaining! How funny was that? I was telling the truth! I knew until I was ready to really get back to basics, I would gain and lose a couple of pounds, therefore I just kept going up! Crazy? Not really in hindsight. I truly think that even though I haven't seen a big drop yet, I will eventually. Pattie, thank you for being right there with me:)
I did talk to my daughter in Georgia/Alabama today and she said it was 90 degrees! Wow!!! That means I won't have to wear tight jeans the whole time, I can take my shorts with me. That kind of makes me less anxious to lose the weight instantly. At her ultrasound on Wednesday the Dr. estimated that her baby was about 8lb 4oz already! Yikes!!! Karson was 9.5, and it seems that Konner may very well be bigger! Of course no matter where you are, even hot California and hot Georgia, people tend to wear Fall clothes. I guess I will just have to be "touristy"!
Have a great weekend! I am sooooo happy my husband is home so I know I will!!!

Karson at the safari park that I hope to visit when I am there! Cool right!!!

Blessings:) K

Stuck at 140.3:(

Within the first 3 days of starting back to a BFC friendly lifestyle and logging onto myfitnesspal, I had gotten down to 139.4. Then I went back up to 141, back down to 140 and now I am stuck! I am quite surprised at my attitude about it all? Why am I not saying "forget this", I want to get back together with my potato chips if I'm not going to see a dramatic weight loss? They are still waiting for me to decide, but having them in the cupboard available and willing  to be eaten, makes me feel powerful at the end of the day! I haven't eaten a potato chip in 13 days!!! My patience in getting this weight back off is surprising to me. I keep telling myself that it took me about 6 months to gain it, it is not going to come off overnight:(
I had tried a new workout last Friday, TRX. I had said to the gals as we were leaving that it felt like my bladder was falling out. I had it lifted several years ago when I my hysterectomy and at my physical, it had fallen again. I know TMI! Anyway, this whole week I have been miserable. At first I thought I had pulled a muscle on my left side, then during the night and moving it moved to my right side. It feels like it did when I had stitches in there:( What to do, what to do? I can't get it fixed in time to go to GA to see my new grandbaby, so I guess I hope it heals itself and gets tolerable. I was still planning on trying TRX again tomorrow, but since I can't bounce around without pain yet, it's probably not a good idea. That stops my Zumba too:( I feel like an old decrepit lady!!!
So...the end of this story is that I will keep plugging along, hoping I lose a few more lbs before Oct. 13th, and realizing that at least I am not still going up. Progress measured in realistic terms. I was in GA last year at the beginning of the year and I weighed about 134, that would be nice, but unrealistic at this point. I just want to feel comfortable in my jeans!
My thoughts are with all of you that are having a tough time with life right now, I truly do think of you often! Blessings and happy scales!

My grand daughter's 13th Birthday party:)

Cadence is 13:)

Hello blogger buddies! I just wanted to drop in to share some of my successes!
1. I went to Zumba M, W, and F. I also did a new class to me called TRX. I am a wimp! A huge wimp. Honestly it still hurts to sit on the potty today and I said ouch on each step coming downstairs this AM. Even my hands are sore from holding the straps. Did I mention that I am a wimp??? Holy crap!
2.I have been really good for me for 8 days!!! Yay!!!
3. I went to my grand daughter's 13th birthday party today and did not have cake or ice cream. Now if there had been potato chips there?
4. I have not had potato chips for 8 days!!!
I can see progress already in my pants, but I feel like I am running out of time! Only 3 weeks until I leave on my trip. I may lose maybe 3 more lbs at most:( Better than nothing right?
I fried some burger, added chili flakes, and made a quesadilla  (sp) for dinner tonight. I put chili flakes in everything lately, even my eggs. I love them!!! I did use flour tortilla's, I know bad K, but oh well. No dessert tonight either. I am too tired!
I can't believe my grand daughter is 13! What a blessing she has been. My son was 20 and single when we found out Cadence was on the way. They did not marry, but have been great co parenters all these years. We are blessed that she is here:) She sure has some major attitude! I'm glad I am done with the teenage years, I'm afraid one of us wouldn't live through them again in my family!!! I have spent quite a bit of time with my twin Taryn lately. We actually get along for about the first 15 minutes that we are together! Progress! Today I took both the twins and my mom to the birthday party. They are quite funny and still bickering at 24 years old! When I got home, I embraced the silence in the house!!! And 2 minutes later my other daughter called to facetime with my grandson Karson in Alabama. He wanted to show me that he knew all of his numbers. He is turning 3 in October and I seriously think he will be reading shortly after. He knows all of his letters and their sounds too. I love him:)
Have a great weekend! Blessings:)

Sugar Withdrawals!

I just wanted to share that I am having my sugar withdrawals after 5 days and I am cranky, sick to my tummy, very tired, and not a happy camper. I guess I am kind of glad that I know my body is responding though.
My crankiness made me call my granite guy, which I still don't know when the granite will be done. I am trying the unfriendly monosyllable conversations with him. He swears it will get done, I swear I am sick of waiting. He says he is going to do the front door completely for free, at this point, I am going to let him! I know none of that makes sense, but there you go, sugar withdrawal!!!
What am I doing?
I am having eggs and meat for breakfast, so I can get past the early carbs.
I am back to eating a sandwich on my sandwich thin for lunch.
I am eating a lot of meat and trying to limit my carbs for dinner. Tonight I am having a lot of steak and spinach salad, with ranch and crushed chili cheese fritos on top. I broke up with them when I started going with potato chips;)
I do not snack, yay!
I have made it so I can still have my pretzel dessert and that makes me very happy!
Goodbye from this cranky ass girl!
Again, if you have a capcha on your blog, I can't comment. Another reason to be cranky!!!

Zumba, Zumba!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!!! I HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR 4 DAYS:) And yes, I was yelling from the rooftops!!! I even bought a mini loaf of french bread for my daughter for dinner and I didn't have any! Since hubby is out of town, I had my twins over for dinner and I was a good girl!!! I feel like I may be back on track, but I will believe it when I make it for a full 21 days, the habit time.
I am back to Zumba, love it again, my favorite gal was there this AM, a very nice surprise! Hubby left at about 6:30 and I actually set the alarm for 7:30 so I would have no excuses for "accidentally" sleeping through Zumba.  My body is very sore this evening! But I feel happy!!!
I am not being perfect, but I am a million times better!
I am wrapping my head around the fact that I did not gain the weight back overnight, so I can't expect it to come off overnight. I do notice in just 4 days that a bit of the puffiness is down. I am excited to be back on track.
If we all start blogging again, maybe we will all get skinny!!!
I want to say again that if your blog does not have the captcha off that I can't comment. I found Debby's blog, but I could not comment. Does anyone know how I can fix that on my end?
I am going to bed happy, happy, happy tonight! Yay!!!

Yesterday weight 142.4

OK, that is almost a full 10 lbs. I weighed 132.9 at my lowest weight. I did not start on Wednesday, I did not start on Thursday, I did not go to zumba today:( I did however start the day with eggs and bacon instead of any carbs! Progress? I had a handful of grapes too. I just bought some that are too good to toss. I threw away a bowl of chips yesterday and I ate what was left of all of the bunko food. I think I am ready. My friend wants me to go to zumba tomorrow, but it just seems wrong to exercise on the weekend??? Am I crazy or crazy?
My heart goes out to Rosalie, I can't imagine, nor do I ever want to:(

My son and grandson with their meat for the winter My son used a cross bow

Have a great weekend and wish me luck! It is going to be a beautiful weekend so I plan to damage my skin some more:)

Almost ready:)

I am sitting here at 9:35 AM and I should be at Zumba. Since I made the choice not to go, I decided to blog about what I am going to do!
I am actually excited to step back into the original BFC and be committed! I will tell you why...
1. I so miss putting on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and knowing that I looked good. No belly rolls, smooth without a shaper!
2. I so miss sitting in a chair and looking down at my tummy and seeing nothing. No roll...what??? I remember so many times a day I would look down and be so proud of what I had accomplished! No roll? Wow!!!
3. I felt so much better when I was being good. I was accomplishing something.
4. Exercise feels good. It makes me get out, socialize, and move.
5. My husband was proud of me too. I know you don't lose weight for other people, but he does so much for me, it felt good to lose weight in part for him.
6. I have the time, energy and resources to make this happen!
7. I'm not getting any younger:)
8. I have a new grandson on the way!!!
9. I will be getting on an airplane!
10. Christmas is coming and I want to look like I looked last year!

So those are my motivations, now how am I going to get there?
1. BFC baby!!! 15/6 NO MORE LAY's POTATO CHIPS!!!
2. Zumba and added exercise!
3. Eat slowly....my husband noticed that I am scarfing my food down again, I am. It's like I am obsessed with getting enough crappy food in my mouth before the big day!
4. Eating 1/2 of alot of my BFC friendly staples. Such as my sausage/potato/egg dish. Instead of a whole potato I will eat 1/2. 1 sausage patty instead of 2 and 1 egg.
5. BIGGY.....I will go back to eating the top or bottom bun and not both. Or just the burger. I will once again limit my fries to just a couple, not the whole order!

HUGE changes that I have made and stuck with:
1. Diet soda, VERY rarely....it's ice tea with stevia in the raw for me. I drink tons of water, love water!!!
Did you know that drinking "ice" water helps with metabolism? And "warm" water before a meal helps your stomach feel full?
2. Sugar treats? No, I can count on 1 hand the number of times that I have eaten something with sugar. I actually think the only time I have is when I had coffee cake in Missoula a couple of months ago.
3. Real milk...nope, still don't drink it. I always have UVAM on hand. I don't usually just grab a glass, I have it in other things, but I don't think I have had milk since I started this journey in March 2011.
4. Spinach. I had never even tasted it before BFC. I like it, not love it, but I eat it!
5. Vitamins. I have been really consistent with getting them in every day and have convinced my husband to take them too. I know they are good for me!

I did go to Zumba 2x last week! I loved it and loved seeing my buddies.
I have bunko at my house tomorrow night! I am excited and have quite the feast planned. I do not have granite:( But I did not hold my breath and I am still alive!

Hubby is gone for his first day of work. It involves driving across the state for orientation in Seattle and then home again. A very long day in the car. Of course the company car is the only color out of about 10 options that I did not want. Beggars can't be choosers! I feel like we are driving around my H.S. color! I wore blue and gold for 3 years back in the day! Now we have a royal blue car. Yippee!

Blessings and happy scales:)

HAPPY:)

My new "Life is good" bottle

I think I mentioned that I had to call about jury duty 2 weeks in a row and I was nervous because I had to potty too often? Well, I called Friday again and I did not have to go! I can't tell you how unbelievable relieved I am. It wasn't about jury duty at all, I love people, I would have had a blast....it was about being so stressed about having to potty. Seriously made myself CRAZY!!! The med's the Dr. gave me made it so that I never felt like I really emptied my bladder. TMI, I know, but it was awful. I feel like I am an over full water balloon and I need to be popped. Yesterday was my last pill and I threw them away. My mouth was dry, I never felt empty, they were awful!!! I hope it leaves my system quickly and I can get rid of all of this fluid. That was hanging over my head for about 6 weeks. I don't handle "small" stress well.

I did go to Zumba on Wednesday and loved it! My favorite instructor was there and she is going to be there every other Wed. I am sooooo excited!!! It was hard, as I told my friend, I couldn't add any "flavor", I just had to try and keep up! I survived though and that was good. I have still been a very bad BFC  girl, I can see so many ways to cut back, and I will.
My husband submitted his drug test for the new job. My son said that my husband failing the drug test was as possible as Snoop Dog passing one. I thought that was funny:) He is hoping to have a little more time off, but he does seem excited.

Bubble blowing with Cy Noah:)

I finally heard from our granite guy and he said that he had to pull the granite from the original fabricator because he was just not getting the job finished. Really??? He knows I have my bunko the 2nd week of September, so it was his idea to try and get the island done so it would at least show the granite. I am again not holding my breath. I have all the bunko prizes purchased! I have never been done 10 days in advance, I have rarely been done the day of my bunko. I am amazed at myself:) 

I have still not been able to comment on the blogs that don't have the captcha thing off. I signed out, signed in, nothings working. So I am reading your blogs, thinking of you, and wishing you well, but I can't comment. It ticks me off!!! 

Anyone know why Daisy left? Just curious? 

Have a great weekend:)