Holidays, love them... but this one was tough.

I love this time of year because of the decorating, holiday spirit, shopping and that natural high you get from buying others presents! Oh and who am I kidding ... the food! We had an outstanding feast in the company of our parents. There was one thing or person missing, my mother-in-law. For those who know me, I am a fixer! I want to fix the situation, make my husband feel better, I want her my (MIL) to walk in the door! I know, I know time heals all wounds, it's only been two months and yadee, yadee, da, da! I know all this but I can still pout and be angry, right? I also know that we are not the only family going through this .... unfortunately one of my dear, dear friends mom passed away in March and I know that her family is going through this too. I will continue to "pluck along" and have faith that with time things will get better.

I weighed myself this morning and I weighed in at 168. I haven't drowned myself in food, well not entirely! I hear that WW's is changing their program this week so I am looking forward to that. I have been exercising and although I don't look forward to it, the feeling I get afterwards is totally worth it!

So this week I will continue with my challenge and the C25k. I will also write down all that I eat and hope that I can post a loss by next week.

Thanks for reading and please say a little prayer for us! :O)

Workout done for the day ...

I am off from work this week because our school district was kind enough to give us the entire week off. Yay!! So, today I decided to go to bootcamp at 5:30 this morning. As I was driving to the gym I kept asking myself if I should be proud of the fact that I woke up at 5:00 or just declare myself insane. Bootcamp was tough... I cussed a couple of times, in my head of course! When I looked at the clock and saw that it was 6:30
I felt a great JOY inside of me. It was over, finito, done and man was I excited that a) I lived through it and b) my workout was done for the day!  So day two of my 21 day workout challenge is d-o-n-e!! Happy day to all!!

First run down and a little "Craft Fever"

Wow, so I officially started my first day of my 21 day challenge and it felt great! I must say I did a lot more walking than jogging but I was moving rather than sitting on the couch! In my book, that is a start and a good one I must add.

Besides wanting to be fit and trim I long to be a little crafty creature. You see I have friends that are super crafty like Erin at http://craftsandsutch.blogspot.com/ she is super talented and every time she makes something it turns out super cute. She has been my inspiration for some months and I have finally created some of my own "Crafty treasures". These are by no means complicated or out of this world but they are cute and a great start!

Button Gift Bow

Picture Block

Hiatus ...it's over!!

Wow it has been so long and I must say that I have missed you! Thanks for all the sweet comments in regards to my mother-in-law. We got the autopsy report and it seems that she passed away from pneumonia out of all things! It's been almost two months and it is still hard but we are coming to terms with her death and good days are now outnumbering the bad days.

The past two weeks I have been a snot fest!! I had pretty bad allergies so the working out part came to a halt yet again. The counting of the points ... well apparently took the same path as the counting of the points, non existent. I thought to myself yesterday that I could just wait until after the 1st of the year to get back on track. I quickly realized that if I adopt that philosophy I will gain more wait thus have more weight to lose after the first. I have only gained 2 pounds but those 2 pounds could quickly turn into 5, 10 and 15. I must say that considering all the stress we have been under 2 pounds is pretty good for yours truly!

I am off all of next week so I am thinking that it is time for another self challenge let's say 21 days starting tomorrow. In order for it to count it must be at least 1 mile. I think this is what I need.

Wish me luck and I want to know .... what was the "thing" that finally made you say I am doing it and you stuck to it!