The holidays are here in full swing!  I have gotten a little slack on diet and exercise but that will be back on the front burner as soon as my 'unhappy' time passes.  Meanwhile I am working like a fiend trying to find the best deals on all our Christmas obligationsand gifts   as well as slowly plugging along  knocking down the total of our Disney trip for next year.  Our original number was $3500-200 deposit we need to raise 3300.  Thanks to a cyber Monday deal I got a $50 discount plus I am waiting on a $50 gift card I requested from My points so that brings our total down to 3200.   I am earning a LOT of money on the new reward site I have been using Sunshine rewards.(there is a banner link on the join and earn page of this blog).  I joined Nov 8th and I am already up over $60.  After the new Year when the weather warms I will be organizing a yard sale to go toward the find and not long after will be the spring consignment sale.   

That is all for now I believe.  In case I don't have another chance, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Boy have I been busy!  With what? Well I am glad you asked!  Little Waffle started her competition season so gymnastics has been really crazy.  They have had two meets so far with two more before the State competition.  She has done pretty well but nothing to write home about, lol.  She is qualified for State and that is the most important thing.  We have another meet this weekend and I know she has come a long way since the last meet so I am hoping for good things BUT it is a HUGE meet so lots of competition.  So we will see.  

The next thing keeping me busy is my Biggest Loser Challenge that I have taken part in.  I have put in extra time exercising and watching my food intake.  I was doing really well for awhile, down 22 lbs until last weekend when I went to a concert and somehow came home 6 lbs heavier!  By the weigh in last Sat I had ballooned up 10 lbs!  I am down about 1/2 of that but still so much further to go that I shouldn't have had to deal with.  I am not going to beat myself up though, it is what it is! 

Finally I have taken on a couple of at home businesses that I am hoping will help me fund our next trip to Walt Disney World!! One is Jewelry in Candles.  You know those candles that have become all the rage with jewelry in the wax?  These are GREAT!

Please take a minute and let me know what you think!  The first person to order 5 candles will get a free gift!!

I am also an affiliate with Spirit Lockets.  They are lockets and charms. There are even bracelets which I am really digging!!  Look around here and please feel free to buy!!!

Today I am done with HCG, today I am going to start kicking ass with traditional 'deficit' dieting.  That means you burn more calories than you consume.  I am going to stay on track putting EVERYTHING into my account on myfitnesspal.com (I am lovthesurf on there if anyone wants to follow me and keep me accountable!)  

A friend recently gave me her copy of Hip Hop Abs and I am going to do those CD's at least 3 times a week with kettle bell work outs on the other two days AND I am going to try to get in a run/walk at minimum 4 days a week ( I am aiming for 5 or 6 but I know life sometimes prevents that)

Anyway that is all for today.  I am going to go do my first HHA wo

Hi sorry I have been MIA...again.  I have been crazy busy trying to teach my daughter and keeping up with her gymnastics schedule.  She started competition last week so things will be  a little crazy until about Christmas.  It's all good though, she loves it and this is why we home school, right? So back to the good stuff....
It has been 11 days since my last post.  I have to weigh in the morning so I will have to post that later but I wanted to post my measurements so we can compare. 

My starting numbers are from 9/4 and are as follows:
arms:16
chest:50 (no bra)
waist: 42
hips: 48.5
thighs: 25.5

one month later, (10/12)  I now measure:
arms: 15.5
chest: 46.5 (wow!)
waist: 38.5
hips:  46.5
thighs: 25.25
for a total of 9.5 inches lost in a MONTH.   I am not mad!!!! 

Heading into month 2 of my biggest loser challenge and I am excited.  I finish up my HCG tomorrow so now I can focus on proper calorie deficits for losing! 

I will be back tomorrow with a current weight!  Til then......tootles!

yep Day 27 already!  wow.....

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 224.4
change: -0
total lost so far: 18.3

It's amazing how far I have come yet I still have so far to go.  Later this week I will do measurements to compare with those I took on 9/4.(so I will do it on 10/4)

I have been competing in a biggest loser competition and I have come in either 1st or second most lost every time, so not going to complain.  However I will say I had a bit of an over reaching weekend and splurged a little so I am feeling icky today.  Today is a new day though so I am back at it and back on track. 
I am sorry I have not been around as much as I wanted to but thing have been a little crazy.  I am still trying to make this site what I want it to be.  Plus I got a few crochet orders which have been keeping me busy.
I hope to be around a little more but now we are moving into competition season for my daughter at gymnastics.  Her first meet is THIS Saturday!  She basically has a meet every other week after that.  

And on top of everything, hubby and I have been discussing out next Disney trip.  We aren't as on top of the money part as we would like to be so we are trying to decide should we book or wait. (who can suggest a REALLY good way to make money while I am still home with my daugh I think we should go ahead and book, it is better to have the room reserved, so when they announce free dining we have our spot. (we don't plan on going until Dec 2014!)  I just have to have time, without kids, to really talk to him about it.  ughhhhhhhh

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 232.4
change: -0
total lost so far: 10.3


It is late and I am tired so this will be short.....walked 3.72 miles and ate reasonably but obviously not perfectly since there is no change in weight.  I will say it never fails I get stalled at this weight....here's hoping I can push through and see a change tomorrow. 

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 232.4
change: -.4
total lost so far: 10.3

Yesterday was a tough day. Usually Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because it is the ONLY day my daughter doesn't have gymnastics so it is the one day we can relax and not have to rush around but I find all that 'relaxing' and being home all day made me much more susceptible to wanting to much all day.  I did cave and have a couple of my husband's caramel nut clusters but the desire to eat was much worse than what I caved and did. 

I did get out and walk approximately 3 miles though.

I am not going to beat myself up for having the candies, I am actually proud I didn't eat more than I did.  I am still down about a 1/2 pound and today is a new day. 

I am packing my lunch to go to our home school co-op where we will be most of the day.  I am trying to be preemptive....

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 235.2
change:-1.3
sorry I am late posting this, yesterday...honestly all weekend was busy, busy, busy.

I can't completely remember what I at Saturday so I am not even going to try to post food but I do want to mention I started a biggest loser challenge Saturday night...GO Purple team!!!  Anyway, we have a 21 day cut the crap challenge...yeah on that already.  Haven't had anything white since last Wednesday! 

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 234.8
change:-.4

A little upset with my results today but I know the closer I get to the 10 down mark I tend to get a little slow down and things don't "move" so well....if you know what I mean.  I also know because of the crazy day I had yesterday I ate ok but I did eat a piece of sausage which wasn't a great idea but I did avoid the cake!

This morning I started working out.  I completed the entire Walk at Home dvd, 5 miles with high calorie burn to target, arms, legs tummy and just plain speed depending on which mile you were on.  I burned approximately 872 calories and since I have yet to eat today I am in a way negative calorie place, lol.....I think I will go eat an apple before I shower and then get to schooling my daughter.    I am going to be right on track today...2.1 pounds to my first 10 pound mark...I hope to hit that tomorrow!

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 238.5
change:-2.9


Funny thing about my weigh in today...I weigh on my Wii Fit and it always shows your BMI change before your actual weight loss and from the change in my BMI I was starting to get a little upset.  I KNEW I did everything right yesterday and the change in my BMI just didn't seem big enough to have a decent loss but I guess I was wrong.  I will not complain about basically a 3 pound loss.

I had a salad for lunch with some strawberries. Then I had an apple later for a snack and dinner was an omelet with mushrooms and onions. 

The best thing I did was even though I had to eat late, I did NOT snack after dinner.  I went in my room and watched a movie so I wouldn't even be tempted.  My biggest downfall has always been eating even when I am not hungry.  Boredom is my enemy.  That is also why I have picked up my yarn again.  I am working on some crochet projects right now but next I am attempting a knit sweater.  Knit is not my thing but I want it to be so bad. 

And with that I need to head

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 241.4
change:-1.3

Day 1 wasn't too bad.  I do need to find a way to eat my dinner before my daughter gets home from gymnastics because 8pm is way too late for me to be eating. 
I had an apple for snack, shrimp sauteed with mushrooms and onions for lunch and chicken with miracle noodles with tomato sauce for dinner.  For the sake of full disclosure I did eat some vanilla wafers but day one is technically a fat loading day anyway so I am just happy for once my day one didn't result in an INCREASE> I am good with the -1.3 for day one.   SO running late today, gotta go!!!