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Ya.....I'm still here and hingin in there

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Summer is finally here! I was able to get out and push mow the yard. Yaaa..I got in 30 minutes of exercise.
I have been very, very lazy when it comes to the whole weight loss thing. I haven't been tracking, exercising very little....but I do read all the weight loss articles on Sparkpeople and I just signed up for fitbe so I could read some more articles.

My questions is why can't I read myself skinny? If I exercised and tracked the way I read I would get to my goal so much quicker.

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68ANNE 4/30/2013 6:46PM

Oh yes, reading my way to thin. I need to get on that.....teehee

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MARCIEMCGOWAN 4/30/2013 6:16PM

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Still Here

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Well, I know I have been gone a while, but I have been doing a lot of cross stitch, with two baby blankets sitting here looking me in the face I have been working really hard at both. The one I am down to detailing and the other I have a good start on.

I have also decided to go strictly with Sparkpeople. Trying to keep up with two weight loss sites was just frustrating me and took a lot more time than I really wanted to work at keeping up with. I am doing my weight loss slowly. (Very Slowly) But I have lost 10 pounds and have kept it off. So slow is the new fast for me when it comes to my weight loss.

Well gotta go, hope everyone has a wonderful Sparkin day.

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68ANNE 2/3/2013 4:49PM

So glad you are still with us. I know about lack of time to do everything you want but you are doing awesome with your weight loss. Keep it up!

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COOKIE_AT_51 2/3/2013 8:59AM

Yay for choosing Spark People ... and congrats on the loss!

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Today's Destiny :-)

Saturday, December 08, 2012

Hope everyone is doing well and almost ready for Christmas. Well if anyone isn't ready for Christmas, please don't feel like the Loan Ranger. I still have a lot to do. I still need to get more shopping done, Christmas cards out and the trees put up. Seems like since I have carried mail and the kids are all grown up Christmas just is kinda a more relaxed day off.
This year though my daughter and I have a plan. We are going to all get together and just have a very simple supper. Ham sandwiches and snacks. My husband makes wonderful stuffed mushrooms and I am going to try and make crab ragoons and I have some books on how to make food bouquet's. They are really pretty. I'm going to give it a shot.
As far as weight loss and exercise....I'm holding steady. I have been getting in more exercise on the treadmill. I fell behind on the TV show, Nashville, so I watch one episode at a time and I get at lease 40-45 minutes in.
About the food.....last night I seemed to be a bottomless pit! I ate a good breakfast of yogurt and milk and then for lunch, hubby had a turkey burger ready for me with a glass of milk and grapes. The problem was.....when I got home we took off for the basketball game.....there I had pizza, popcorn, split a pop with hubby, then we got home and I finished off a pot roast sandwich that I had boxed up and brought home from Bob Evans the night before. O my! I was never so happy to go to bed just to keep myself from eating anymore!
Well I hope everyone has a great day, week. Until next blog.

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68ANNE 12/8/2012 5:54PM

That plan sounds great for the party! My family gets together this month at a Senior Center for a small party, No one has to worry about cleaning or cooking!

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CSDAYS 12/8/2012 7:18AM

Next week I have my last weigh-in of the year and I need to get back on the diet.

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Yesterday.....Fun Day

Sunday, December 02, 2012

Yesterday my daughter and I went to Toledo and did some major shopping (only 12 hours) and had such a good time. We went to stores we don't normally get to go to when hubby goes with me. I found a few gifts for Christmas and we got to have some nice long talks that I have been wanting to have with her. We also got our lunch free at The Olive Garden. We sat and sat and sat. When we finally really started wondering if they forgot us the waitress told us the kitchen lost our ticket. Then the manager came over and explained the situation and told us lunch was on them. (And I only ordered soup and salad) When they walked away I told Miranda I should have ordered more or something a bit more expensive.
Well anyway we had a great time. The only downfall was I gained a pound. What a disappointment! Today we are all going to Fort Wayne and see my brother-in-law that is in the hospital and then we are going to all split up, some of us are going shopping and some are going to come home. I know Miranda and I are going to go shopping and I think my son is going to go with us also.
I am so excited about what I have decided to get Brandan for Christmas. I found a really good book I hope he can get into and I also found some more books by Vince Flynn for him on my Book Swap page. So I am getting two of them for free. I also got him some new running shoes and a new sweat suit that is rain resistant.
I still have quite a bit more Christmas shopping to do but I will get it done. Well I hope everyone has a great day, week or month. Talk to you later.

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68ANNE 12/2/2012 3:58PM

It is awesome that you got so much done and quality time too!

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I'm still here.....

Saturday, November 24, 2012

I'm still here. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have been working hard on getting a baby blanket done for my daughter. they have been waiting to hear from the adoption agency and two weeks ago they got a call. We were all so excited. Then the agency called and told them that the girl's mother wanted here to go to another agency. We were all so disappointed. I am still working hard on getting the blanket done because I am hoping they will hear soon.
My daughter and son-in-law have been married for five years and have shared a lot of fun and exciting vacations together. They are ready for share their lives and two little beagles with a baby. We have a family campout each year we all go to. It is the Halloween campout that is a lot of fun. We will however have a little one next year because my son and it wife will have a little one in June.
I have been squeezing time in for a 30-45 minutes walk on the treadmill each day. I don't get as many spark points as what I use to, but I am getting in my exercise.
Well gotta go, hope everyone has a wonderful day.