House Drawing

New House Pictures

Here's one of three neighborhood ponds. Next is the neighborhood gate and then a picture of some other houses that have already been built. These houses are bigger and more expensive than mine will be.

Here's some pictures of our house in progress. The first picture shows where the master bathroom will be. The second shows the front of the house and the third shows the kitchen window. The last one shows the front of the house from the inside.

I can't keep track of day numbers anymore!

Well, I don't what day number I am on so I am going to just not worry about them anymore. This week has been stressful. My van broke down and I am borrowing one of my Dad's cars until it gets fixed. It may be as simple as a water pump or as complicated as a head gasket. Also, we have been working on our house contract all week. My eating has not gotten completely out of control, but it was not good this week either. I was on the run a lot and ate fast food 2-3 times. I do cook often, but when I leave at 7:30A.M. and don't get back home until 10:00P.M. that is impossible.

Yesterday I took R.J. to see the Easter Bunny. His picture is above.

Day 4-7

Well, I started off the week well, but then I lost my focus towards the end of the week. I haven't been feeling well and that hasn't helped and I am stressed about buying a new house. I went to the doctor Saturday and I am on antibiotics so I hope that will help. As far as the house, I know it is going to be a stressful few months. I am most stressed about the increase in our house payment, but I have already made some modifications to help with that by applying to teach summer school and I am planning to teacher after-school tutoring when the regular school year starts back. I am hoping that will help plus my husband is going to stop eating out so much at work and that will save a lot of money, too. I am pretty sure we can make it work, but it will be a challenge I am sure.

As far as dieting goes, I am not going to give up and I am going to start fresh again tomorrow. I tend to do OK through the work week and then lose it on the weekend. Part of the problem is that we have too much junk food in the house. I am going to make a conscious effort not to buy more when what we have runs out. R.J. will still need some snakcs, but I will try to limit them to fruit rollups and cheese and crackers and things like that beside Little Debbie Cakes and Cheetoes.

This is a short work week so that is something to look forward to. We get off for Easter for Friday - Monday! Of course that can lead to diet problems, but I am going to try to keep everything under control.

Day 2 & 3 (Again)

I really wanted to make sure and post everyday, but I didn't get back home last night until nearly 10pm and had a terrible headache, which I had today as well. I had graduate class last night and I had a very difficult midterm term which I think made my headache worse. Anyway, I have been doing better with my eating...not perfect...but a lot better. Yesterday, I had the following:
Breakfast - Kashi Cereal and Skim Milk
Snack - 2 mini pieces of chocolate candy
Lunch - Slim Fast bar and orange juice
Supper - Grilled Chicken Sandwhich and Onion rings....I know these were a bad choice, but I was just so hungry and I had already passed up donuts and milkshakes when I took my son to get a chocolate milkshake to drink on our way to Grandma's house.

Today I did better:
Breakfast - Slim Fast Bar (because I got up late and didn't have time for cereal)
Lunch - Slim Fast Bar and Apple Juice
Snacks - Almonds and Salad
Supper - Weight Watcher Frozen meal and 2 pieces of wheat bread

I am making sure not to eat past about 6pm again because I know those late night snacks are the worst. I am hoping to see a loss this week. I would like to get close to 240 before Easter, but that's about 7 more pounds so we'll see....

Day 1 (Again)

I had thought I wouldn't use any day numbers anymore, but I kind of think it is important for me to see how many days I can stay on track or at least how many days I can blog here. Last time I was in the 60's before things fell apart so my goal this time is to go to 70 at least, which will put me somewhere in June so potentially I could lose another 20 pounds by then if I do just as well this time. There are only 54 more days until my summer vacation (oh, the joys of being a teacher with summer's off!) so I know I can keep things going at least that long and then the long days of summer will be the challenge again. So, my primary goal is to finish out these last 7.5 weeks of school on the right track.So, how did I do today? Much better. I have eaten more than I really needed to, but all of my choices have been good. So, here's the run down:
Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios and Skim Milk
Snack - Strawberries, Almonds, Half a Peanut butter sandwich
Lunch - Herb Chicken Dumpling Soup by Progresso and Crackers (too many of these)Snack - Sliced Chicken and cheese sandwich
Supper - Some type of Lean Cuisine Meal and some salad probably (haven't eaten yet)

I steered clear of the junk today....no snack cakes, no chips, no ice cream or anything else detrimental to my health and well being.
I will succeed!!!
I will not be another blogger or dieter who gives and starts again next year!!!
I will succeed!!!
I will succeed!!!
One more time....I will succeed!!!