New Year Goal Update

Once a month I do an update on my New Years goals...

Stop reading now if this bores you ~

If not, thanks for sticking with me... here is how I am progressing

My goals are in bold

1.50 lb Weight Loss ~  I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome I feel... I know I lost something because now my normal jeans are baggy and today I am wearing a smaller size jean!!!!! 

Oh and the hubby said he could tell I lost something too ~

he is not sure where though... lol! ~~ MEN!

Here are pics taken one month apart... aside from my hair cut... not too sure if there is much of a facial difference...YET!

My outlook is so much brighter on a lot of things (jobs to name one)

Oh and I can actually TASTE food... prior to this I would eat and never even taste a lot of things.

I am taking my time eating and although

 I am eating what I want (healthy) and NOT counting calories daily but I am still staying at about 1500 per day. (I did count for a few days just to see)

I am loving the spring weather because I can get outside and WALK!

I have been spending time each day outside and it is awesome!

I am so excited!!!

I am planning a Dr appt by next month so by then I hope  I will have a pound loss amount

Wohooo!

2.Make Room to Create ~ DONE

3.Conscious Decision to be positive~ I am still a work in progress

Neither of our job situations have changed but we are doing what we need to to be okay and I am feeling better about it.

I cannot base my happiness on my lack!

4.Make more time for ME...  this is still tough... I am feeling guilty when I do something for me... in time I guess!

5.Make more time for God... I am doing a lot of talking and a lot of listening to Him!

6.Read all of Nicholas Sparks books~ I am DONE!!!

Wohoooooo

... follow up coming soon

7.Join Twitter ~ hated it!

Will possibly try it again!

8.Household Projects

•Finish decorating our bedroom ~ all that is left is to spray paint our mirror and move the curtain over our bed

•Find and re do a small desk for the office DONE

•drylock the basement Soon

•new front door and shutters Spring

•install lighting outside Spring

All the lights are now purchased we just need to install them

•new light fixtures in yard and on stoop Spring

purchased... just need to be installed

•cut bushes in front of house Spring

•cover for the air conditioner in the living room Spring

So that is it!

I am proud so far of what I have accomplished!

Weigh Down (long)

In my quest to lose 50 pounds this year I am  looking for a way to help me get to the root of my eating issues.

As I wrote in the past, I do not necessarily eat bad foods... I OVER~EAT (all) foods!

A few weeks ago I was having some eating issues... I was so wanting to over eat and just give in. 

 I decided to pray.

 (even my I love you box was not going to help)

The next day I was having thoughts all day about my naturally thin friends... I was tempted to ask them to write down what they eat for a week so I could see what I was doing wrong.

I envy their ability to eat what they want and then stop... STOP!

In their homes they have real foods too... full calories and full fat goodies ~ snacks and meats and cheeses!

I am telling you... if I had this in my house... well lets just say I wouldn't because it would be gone!

As some of you know another one of my goals is to read all of Nicholas Sparks books this year.

I knew I had The Notebook and The Wedding in our basement.

I looked and looked like a mad woman and then FINALLY gave in when after searching to no avail,  I visited the library.

I always check the sale table before I go in to the library to see if there are any must have books

I did not see any so I headed in, checked out my two books.

 As I was walking out the door... I felt a pull

Really, a pull!

I looked to my right and there on the table was the book...
The Weigh Down by Gwen Shamblin

I watched a show on WE a few weeks back about the Weigh Down however I knew that I could not afford to buy yet another program... and FAIL ~ so I disregarded it.

So I took my dollar back into the library and was on my way!

I read the book that evening.
The next day was Friday.
 I began a "diet" on Friday...

The thing is, this is NOT a diet!!

The permise of the Weigh Down is EASY...
Too good to be true... EASY??

Here is the basic jist

Eat what you want... when you are physically hungry
STOP eating when you are comfortably full



I am serious ~
When you feel  your stomach growl... you are allowed to eat.
You pick and choose what you want on your plate the most.
Eat the items that you like the BEST ...
Rate your foods

So for example...
A meal of grilled chicken, salad, baked potato and green beans
I personally would eat all of the salad, 3/4 of the chicken, 1/4 the green beans and the whole baked potato
That is what I would enjoy!




You eat some of your meal and then halfway through the meal ask yourself on a scale of 1-5 how full you are
If you are a 1-3 ... continue eating another 1/4 the meal
If you are a 4-5 stop

I know this makes sense to mostly all of you but to me this is a new concept.

Another concept that I appreciate is that there will be another meal in a few hours...
When your stomach growls again
This too may be obvious however for me this again is a foreign concept
I would eat till I was overfull ~ thinking that I would not eat again.
I would also eat whenever I wanted to



The reason I over~ eat is emotional
I get sad and I eat... I am happy and I eat... Something triggers my thought and I eat.
Well with this plan... I have to wait until I am actually physically hungry... which makes me like a "yo-yo" as the hubby kindly told me a few times this past week.
I explained to him what I was doing and he is assured that it is not him... it is tough but I WANT this weight off more than anything and this is the year that I will get 1/4 of the weight off... for good!

So... it really is EASY and logical


There is an emphasis too on God...
This book is very much about your relationship with God

He and I have a good relationship
However I NEVER thought that my overeating issues had anything to do with my relationship with Him until reading this book...

I will not go into all of the details about my personal relationship with God  however I will say that since beginning this plan almost 2 weeks ago...

I physically feel ALMOST  fabulous!
Emotionally I am getting better each day although I know it is a LONG haul
Spiritually I am on a journey...


I read the book and since found the website as well

There is a section on the website  (weighdownathome) which is basically the book in audio form
It is free
I made no plans to BUY anything more... I guess there is a program etc...

I am inspired beacuse many people have lost 100+ pounds and kept it off
One was on the Today Show... Joy Fit Club

I am a little disheartened because I did read some negative publicty that the program is a religious cult.
I did not personally feel this way


Let me know your thoughts and if you read it or had success with it

I will let you all know by the middle of next month how I am progressing

Many Blessings
Patricia