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Motivate Myself Monday
After a super successful December, I need a little kick in the pants this January. I have prepared some great eating plans, and feel satisfied with what I have been eating (for the most part) but I...
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Keeping Myself Occupied
Even though this started off as a blog to chronicle my struggles with weight loss and as an outlet to vent some of my frustrations, for the longest time I really wasn't posting very often because...
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Another bag
I finished my second bag... Got the tutorial from In Color Order :) I liked how much easier this was with lining everything up and sewing. This is what I would want to do if I make the first bag...
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Monday... Motivation?
I have this problem... See, I seem to have lost my motivation and can't seem to find it. I feel like sleeping. I feel like eating carbs. My throat kind of hurts, and I don't want to go to work. I...
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Look within
When you can't count on those around you for support... When you are kicked when you are already feeling down. Remember YOU have what it takes.
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What I have been up to.
I had my weigh in with the dietician today... and hate that their scale weighs me 5 pounds heavier than mine does. But still, it also recorded the two pound loss I talked about on Monday.We talked more...
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Falling...
Whew! I feel like I have been in a backwards slide this past week! I keep forgetting to weigh myself in the morning, so have not been able to post my weight this week. According to the night time...
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New Look- How to Create a Banner
Since I haven't been doing such a good job on improving myself lately, I thought maybe my blog could use a little face lift! I have wanted to make a new banner for my title for awhile now, but still...
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Motivation Monday- Steering Myself in the Right Direction
I have brains in my head, and for once I used them today to make a smart choice about my lunch. Because when it all boils down to it, that is really what weight loss is all about. Making smart...
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The 2012 Goodreads Challenge & my first book reviews this year.
I love to read. LOVE. So this year my goal is to read 65 books by the end of the year. I know, crazy! But last year I read 52 books, and I actually thought it was a little too easy for me, so I...
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What I've Been Up to...
I have a couple of projects under way, one is a quilt and a new tutu for Ava. Once I am finished, I will have to post pictures and a tutorial! What I have mostly been up to this past week though, is...
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I think I fell off the deep edge!
Whoa! I have not posted in nearly a month! What on earth is going on?! Not only have I not posted, but I haven't been sewing, or crafting, or eating right, or exercising either. I have also been...
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Motivation Monday
So where have I been? Well, I wrote some time ago about falling off the deep end... and I guess I wasn't done yet. I have definitely had a bit of a backslide as far as my weight loss goes, and I...
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Book Update
I have made a little more progress towards my Goodreads Challenge... after reading the Fever series, I moved on to the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Steamy? Yes... Good books? Yes... you actually care...
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What I've Been Up To
It has taken me a really long time to finish the 24 blocks for my first bed-sized quilt... But here they are! I used Good Fortune by Kate Spain fabric, and I really like how my swirls are so bright and...
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Mindfulness
I love to post gratuitous pictures of Ava, but truly she does relate to my post tonight. The topic of Mindfulness. Lately I have been thinking a lot about being mindful in my actions, and much of...
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Motivation Monday- Here We Go!
(source)I did it again! I went all in and decided to do another detox in order to help me get back on track. I have to say, that I felt great during my last cleanse in December. Unfortunately, I...
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Swing, Swing
As part of my meetings with the Dietician, I took a quiz to look at my food "personality"... and one of the types that came out included that I tend to be a Swing Eater. The goal for a person who is a...
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Exciting News! Blog Refocus and New Co-Blog!
After thinking about it for awhile, I have decided to change the focus of this blog, and create another blog about some of my other interests. I love the thought of Jack Sprat's Wife, especially since...
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