tomorrow tomorrow................

Big weigh in day in tomorrow! I'm somewhat excited. I have had a marvelous week. Not just DIET wise, but in all ways. I have worked out 4 days this week, had some personal reflecting time, Bible study, laughs, ballgame, sunny days, family time, and just about everything in between. I have worked so hard to succeed this week. I will say my prayers tonight.

Terri

oh, and another thing....................

So, I have decided to do something I wanted to do in 1994 ish or so. I had looked into becoming a real estate agent. For many reasons, work, schedule, money, and kids, It wasn't possible back then. it came to me one day last week while driving to the gym. Was it a whisper from God? I thought about it for a few days before proceeding with anything then said something to Mike. He was on board with me for once on something. My bright ideas usually get me in trouble. I am a BIG dreamer! I do believe that you have to be, and you should always push for bigger better things. You will get it if you believe it. Problem was or had been, in the past I didn't listen to God. I didn't go to him about things sometimes until later, sometimes intending to then forgetting about it. I have been praying about this and asking God that if this is what he wants me to do, then show me the signs. Give me the ears to hear you, the eyes to see you are speaking to me. Help me to SIT and listen. At this point, it's been a go. I have signed up for a free class and have the schedule for the classes. I see no problems thus far. What does this have to do with weight loss? I will tell you.

SO, this means my daily routine is going to be out of whack for the 5 weeks that I will need to go to class. Classes are 3 nights a week. That means those 3 nights no working out. Classes are from 6-10 at night. So I have to PREPARE and I have to PLAN! Two biggies! I need to plan and prepare for meals and workouts. So for today I am going to look at the May workout schedule see what I can get in, in the daytime. Quick and easy meals will be needed and wait for it, wait for it...............................I am going to let my Mom and Mallory take some of the responsibilities for dinners! I am so picky when it comes to this. I am going to breath in relax and breath out. I need to let it go. It's 5 weeks. I can do it!

Running my race,
Terri

no concessions..............

WOW, I can't believe it. We are about half way through ball at Azalea Little League and I have only bought one thing this season from the concession stand, a coke oh yeah, and M&Ms. The fries smell so GOOD! That's ok, I got on the scale at home this morning and it was at 202 something. 3 more day's until weigh in. Wish I could make it to 199. something. We will see, if not this week maybe next. Mallory and I went to the gym Monday after school and will go again today. I should have went yesterday like I planned but I didn't. So I am going to try to get a walk in sometime today. I joined the walking challenge through Weight Watchers so I received a free walking plan. I need to read it more.

Keep Running Your Race and God will see you through,
Terri

happy birthday michael....................

Today is Michael's 15th Birthday! Happy Birthday! It is Sunday April 26th, 2009 it is 90 degrees here today, HOT! We went to church this morning, and Michael took his friend Curtis with us and he really liked it. They are going to attend the youth service next Saturday night. Mallory and Michael have been wanting to go but haven't tried it yet. I think they just want someone to go with them. This will be a good thing. After church we came home and I made a BOXED Jello brand strawberry cheesecake for his birthday. With his birthday money he purchased an i-pod touch. We are going to go out for, wait for it, wait for it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mexican! YAY! Control Terri, control! I had some bacon left over in the fridge from something I had made so I made myself a BLT for lunch. I did have some cheez nips earlier. I think I am good to go. I need to work on my workout schedule for the week, and our menu. I will do that when we get back from dinner tonight. I also need to get my butt in gear and start laundry.

You know I sit and go on and on about not having enough clothes. I have plenty of clothes, I just need to get back into them. Keep that in mind!

Also, I was driving to the gym one day and realized while hearing a conversation on talkradio, that years ago like in 1994 ish or so, I had interest in becoming a real estate agent. Something just hit me. One of those moments. I have decided to put that idea back into play. No real estate is not so great right now, but it will get better. I have signed up for a free class about starting your career. I was working at the bank in 94 and we couldn't afford for me to quit work for the classes an all so i let the idea go. My new thoughts are: I have a daycare business, my Mom is here helping, Praise the Lord, I have 2 kids in high school, Praise the Lord, so why not go for it? A little scary. I have the time. I have an income, so why not get started. I can't go back to school right now for teaching, and maybe teaching is not what I am suppose to do. Not sure, but guess what, I will pray about this and ask God to lead me.

And one more thing, I am still fasting from the food network! NO MORE RECIPES!!!!!!!!!

Thank you God for a wonderful day and thank you for two Wonderful healthy teenage children. Please watch over them and keep them safe.

Thanks Again, Terri

it's HOT.........................

Today the temp was around 88 here in Norfolk! Sunshine and wonderful! We had a pretty busy day with the kids. Michael had a baseball game at 11 A.M. it didn't get over until 2:30. They WON! Yippee, the coach was happy, he really wanted to beat this team. Came home and made dinner, we are going to Aunt Sandy's tonight and I am taking dinner over so she wouldn't have to cook since Uncle Al is still in the hospital. Mike has taken Mallory to get her dance pictures taken and then we are leaving. Tomorrow is Michael's birthday, he is going to be 15! WOW, he's growing up!

yay!!!!!...................................

GOOD NEWS! Haven't been to Weight Watchers in 2 weeks, was wondering what the outcome would be, BUT, I Lost! .6 ounces, yippee! I'll take it, no gain! SO, time to gear up for next week, plan workouts and meals!

Terri

Oh, Weight Watchers weight is now.......................203.4 (3.4 lbs to get to 200 first goal!)

wednesday/friday..............................

Here we are on Friday! What a wonderful week this has been. Wednesday was sort of spent putting the finishing touches on my kitchen. Finished going through all of my cooking magazines and I got rid of them! YAY! I am still fasting from the Foodnetwork! I was aware of all the food I put into my mouth. At four in the afternoon I got a little happy with the peanut butter and saltine crackers! Made a reall good meal from e-mealz.com, everyone loved it. Went to take Mallory to dance and stopped by dunkin doughnuts so she could see her boyfriend and he sent home a bag full of cake doughnuts with chocolate icing! Didn't touch then until 9:30, I ate 1. Then I felt so GUILTY. But, I did go workout at the gym Monday-Thurday. Thursday, my Uncle Al had double bypass surgery, so I went and sat with Aunt Sandy and her sons at the hostpital. I intended on having a Cheryl 7 point shake before I left but didn't make the time to make it. Aunt Sandy and them wanted to go to I-hop to get some breakfast while he was in surgery, crazy to me I wouldn't have left until I knew he was okay, but, to each his own! So, I tagged along with them, I was only going to get coffee. I searched the menu and ordered from the light fare. They had the numbers listed for calories and such and I had my calculator from Weight Watchers with me so I calculated the points and what I ordered was 12 points, how light is that? So in my mind I didn't eat breakfast and it was well after 10 when we got to I-Hop so I figured that would be breakfast and lunch. Supposed to be whole wheat pancakes with blueberries in them, topped with a sliced banana, and scrambled eggs (egg beaters). By the way Uncle Al did fine with surgery, praise the Lord.

So here we are to Friday, hoping for a good weigh in. I have some project listed to keep me bust between now and August, around the home. Cleaning closets, transferring home videos onto DVD's, daycare taxes getting caught up, and cleaning house. Oh yes, scrap booking. So I pray for the strength to GET UP and get it done!

Praying for favor,
Terri

end of the day......................

Well today was blessed! I cleaned my whole kitchen pretty much top to bottom. I went the extra mile this evening and went ahead and cleaned out my recipe notebook. I purged a lot of recipes! What was I thinking printing all of those? WOW! I think I am going to fast from the food network for 30 days! Every time I watch it I want to run out BUY all the ingredient's, the kitchen tools they used or just whatever. I need to focus my time and energy on something else like Bible study and prayer. I am even going to take my shows off Tivo!
All the things I have lay ed aside to get out of my house. I already feel LIGHT!

Thank you so much God for giving me the strength and energy today to keep moving along today, to get done some task that I have been putting off, Thank you God!

Amen,
Terri

running my race(s)...............

It's a process, I am committed for the long haul.
2 Corinthians 3:18 Changes us into his image.
The devil wants me to quit! He might as well forget it! I will stand my ground and do right!
Understanding the process.....................
John 5:1-3 about laying, not doing somethings you could be doing to help yourself with your process
John 5:5-6 ....................Do you want to get well?
John 5:7 pity party, been in the same stinking mess for years, just waiting for a miracle.
John 5:8 Get UP!
You cannot run your race laying down. GET UP!
Don't GIVE UP!

Peace,
Terri

busy busy busy.............................

Today I decided I was going to move my microwave to another location in the kitchen. That started the whole kitchen cleaning thing. I ended up dusting mopping and getting rid of some unused items. I think it's also called JUNK! I was occupied that I got my mind off eating or should I say MINDLESS eating? Yeah, that's it. Kitchen looks good, I am pleased.

I love to cook and am addicted to the food network. I have been printing out recipes for several years now and they have really piled up, really just have gotten out of control. So I pledge today to make this a new project and toss the ones that I haven't yet used. I also made a big pile of things to go to a yard sale or to the thrift store and cookbooks have ended up there! What a waste of money. I haven't even touched them except for skimming through them. With the Internet we have all the resources right here. So, out with the old!I did not get rid of all of them especially the ones that I do use frequently. So, NO MORE COOKBOOKS!

Mallory and I are going to the gym this afternoon as soon as she gets out of school. YAY! We can do this.

Terri

nice end to a wonderful day.............

Today was wonderful from beginning to end! Controlled my eating habits today, well except for two times. I did NOT go overboard though. Cheese Puffs and Milk Duds. Did I ever mention e-mealz.com? Great website! Forgot to say that i made it to the gym! YAY..........

See you tomorrow,
Terri

new day..................

It's Monday! I am going to go to the step class this morning @ 9:30 A.M. I am going to keep track of my points, pray for strength, smile, and hold my head up. I am going to have a wonderful day.
What a wonderful weekend we had. Friday evening I went to my craft cell group and enjoyed the conversation. Saturday morning was spent just watching the news, having coffee and I made a good breakfast for the family. I also decided NOT to let my weight watchers pass go. I need it. Son Michael returned from his schooner trip. He had a wonderful time, what agreat oppurtunity that was for him. We took him out to eat @ Max and Erma's Saturday evening. I started back to my bible reading. Got off track with that for awhile. Sunday morning we all got up and went to church and was joined by Zack. I sure did miss Laura! It's not like I see her every single day. Just knowing that they are right down the street brings so much comfort. They went home to Indiana for springbreak. The Pease family has been such a blessing to our family in so many ways. Glad they are all back home. Sunday evening we (me and my Mom) went back to church to see Darlene ????? ( can't spell the last name right now!) she was wonderful. After church mike and I had popcorn and milk duds, watched Slumdog Millionaire, good movie! That brings me to today. SO, after the great weekend Monday has GOT to be GOOD!
Michael has a game tonight @ 7:00 p.m. I will have to resist the concession stand. The fries smell SOOOOO good. I will take a snack for myself and my own coffee. Save money, we are back on that now. SO, I say Thank You to God for all the wonderful blessings, and for waking up to a new day.
Oh, I am going to count up 6 months to schedule an appointment with the doc. i go to my GYN in August/September so i hope to get back down in weight before then, Dr. Willard has been my doc since I found out I was pregnant with Mallory in 1991. When I last went in to see him he was so pleased with my weight loss. So that's a motivator for me.

Have a blessed day,
Terri

Proverbs 8....................

Went to my cell group meeting last night. It was so nice to have the conversations with all the ladies. Craft cell is made up of many different ages of women. Mostly older. It is nice to hear the advice that some give, but don't even know it. Wisdom, Proverbs 8. What would we do if the ladies wouldn't have been here to lead us? Thank you!

five favorite things in a room.............

Wind chimes by the window

My Bible

Picture Frame w/ pictures

T.V.

Pillow with a quote

I chose to pick my Five Favorite things from my favorite room, Our Bedroom! A place to escape!

friday..................

Oops! I didn't make it to Weight Watchers today so this is the second week I didn't make it. I would really like to get out of this old routine of always bad news on weigh in days! EXCUSES! I need to turn this blog around! I need some positive fun things to add to it! Well, I did buy a new shirt at TJ Maxx on Wednesday. It's a little snug in the belly area, need to work it! Want to wear it with jean shorts and brown wedge flip flops!

feeling blah on tuesday...........

Even though I was feeling pretty BLAH yesterday I went to the gym. I only did 15 minutes on the treadmill and did weights for the upper body. I did feel better about myself. Until the old new me returns I have to keep working at it. Returning to find strength in God and in prayer.

Terri

knees...........

I think I lifted to much last night, my knee's are a little aching! I am bored and tired! Opened a box a vanilla wafers! Didn't eat them all, but wanted to. Need to sit and figure bills and checkbook but not today. Maybe I just need to have some ice water that will help. I just feel BLAH.................

weighing in......................

OOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKK! So went to Women's Workout to get weighed and measured and sat up on the weights again, AGAIN! I think I'm addicted to gym's??????????? come to think of it, it's like I might feel as if What if I lose the weight, then what? I better get that straight! So here are my measurements and weight from Women's Workout.

4-13-2009

L & R Arm.......................14 1/2

Bust.......................47

Waist.................46

ABS...............53

Hips............47 1/2

L & R Thigh.... 24 1/2

Weight 210 lbs.

Not being funny or anything but I'm not real sure about the accuracy of the lady measuring me. She was BUSY talking to someone and the way she held the tape???? Not real sure. I have been measured many time in my life, remember I am a professional, a repeat offender! HA!

okay so here...............

A before taken in February

SO, now it's time to workout! Need to get rid of the BELLY! I am going to Women's Workout tonight to get weighed and measured. This belly is the reason my 16 jeans are so damn tight!

Terri

just one day..............

Got on the scale this morning at home @ 6:07 A.M. was @ 202.2. that's good. I weigh in at WW tomorrow so if I can just make it through one more day. This is the day especially that I need to pray for strength. So, I need to keep in mind the hours that I can screw it up and decide what I will do to make it through. I will wear my wristband today, a reminder that I can and I will! Remember, Friday May 5th, will be my last weigh in at WW for awhile. I am going get started on my Friday weigh in's at home. Just one day...................to go for the week!

Terri

Keeping in touch from Virginia to Italy

We keep in touch via facebook and e-mail. Not romantic,we are friends, I used to provide daycare for her daughter. They moved to italy because of military.

getting ready.........

I am trying to set myself up for success with all the tools and resources that I will need for my new journey.I have a new tracker/journal. Between now and then is no time for messing up though, so I will keep working at it.

Terri

letting go.....

I have made the decision today to cancel my Weight Watchers membership. WHAT? Yes, I am giving it up. For the past year and a half I have been spending $39.95, /month to gain a pound and lose a pond to get no where. With the economy the way it is, and I do not worship the economy, I need to start cutting things somewhere. I have cut all I can. I was holding on to WW. It has been my crutch for sometime now, I have been throwing the money out the window. Time to put it back in my pocket or my family's. May 1st will be my last weigh in then it will be all up to me. I will be looking to God as my support, not my meeting! I will start weighing myself on Friday morning's at 6 A.M. I will hold myself accountable. Can I do it? I am praying that I can. My church has cell groups that are centered around health and nutrition, I am going to check into one of those. My daughter and I have went back to our old gym that is costing half the price that the Y was charging. So I will call the month of May my Magical Month. Maybe each month should have a theme to get me going. Good idea. More to come soon, just wanted to check in with myself! Until then......................

Terri