Big Changes this past month and a half.

The biggest change is the one where I have quit drinking alcohol. I have not had a drop in almost a month. Yesterday I had two sips of beer and noticed that it tasted disgusting and that I have just lost the taste for it. WIN for me!! YAY!

Yesterday I went to my place of employment and quit. What a relief that was. The place was making me insane. I felt like it took my soul and crushed it up, ate it, then spit it out and stomped on it. That is a horrible feeling about a place that I needed to be at for 8 hours a day. So I decided to look elsewhere. Yay. I start a new job on March 3rd.

My lessons with the Missionaries are over. :-( But we will still meet :-) Now I need to get to church a few times and set up my baptism then I will be a member of the LDS church! I am super excited about that. Way beyond super excited actually! I have a sweet friend who will be attending church with me at least a few times (she is in a different ward) but I also have another friend who attends the location I will be going to.

So with the next two weeks off I plan on working on getting my home in order. I have a bunch of items that are going to the donation bin. My goal this year is to minimize the items on our home. I am a pack rat. This is terrible. I place a lot of emphasis on items. Such as a jello mold my sister in law gave me 4 years ago that sits in a cabinet. I have never used this (we don't eat jello in my home) but I can't part with it because she gave it to me. No offense to her but it is slated for the donation bin as well. There are many items in my home like the jello mold that just sit here and get no use but I keep. Well, I have decided that needs to change.

It has been awhile since I have posted a picture. So here is a picture of my Princess.

She took all her toys and placed them on the blanket. Most of them are there again (of course this time we needed to put them there) and stay there. She is very protective of her stuff. If that cat even goes next to her blanket she runs over there and sits glaring at him. LOL She is too funny.


I hope everyone has a blessing filled day!




"To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

Day 1

Well, I was side tracked by some personal issues. But I am back on the road to a healthier me.

 Yesterday was Day 1- Day 1 of no meat.
 Breakfast- piece of cake (ok now don't shoot me!)
 2 cups decaf coffee with Sugar Free French Vanilla Creamer

Lunch- tri colored rotini pasta salad with cucumbers, onions, tomatoes and italian dressing
 1/2 twix bar. (I ate the left side. lol)
 half a sprite
 15 four cheese cheezits

Supper- Half a mediterrain. veggie sandwich from Dominos
 2 pc of med. white sauce pizza with green peppers and onions.

 Drank over half gallon of water My breaks at work I have been trying to stay active and walk around. 

Yesterday was also Day 7 of no alcoholic drinks! Sunday I had a sip of Frankie's beer but that was it. Just a sip. I drink a lot of water (not that this has ever been an issue), gatorade (probably not the best but we all have some type of vice right) and Lemonade from my Soda Stream.

 So as for the Dental work I had done. Let me say I am not as fond of the dentist as I was 2 weeks ago. My mouth is healing for the most part but NOW I have bone sticking out of the back of my gum. Bone from the graph the dentist insisted on doing. I am less than happy. I will not go back to this quack job. I will need to find someone else to fix this guys mistake- if it can be fixed.

My lessons with the Missionaries are going well. I did finish lesson 3 with them. YAY! I really love my Missionaries. My friend, KF, has been such a blessing to me.

Welp. Time to get ready to head to work.

Hope everyone has a blessing filled day. "To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten

New Year. New Me. New Attitude. New Goals.

I am back. I feel so disappointed in myself for letting myself get to this point in my life. To the point of weighing and hurting so much. I hate looking at myself and hate being the fat one. I need to get off my arse and get moving.
 I am FAT, Overweight, OBESE. (ouch these words hurt.)
 I hate that I can't walk to my car after work and talk on the phone without getting winded. Grr.. Damn it I am only 40 and there are 90 year old healthier than me.
 Now that I have admitted this to myself I feel that I can get on. I am only going to go down from here. Down to a smaller size. I plan on writing here daily (but know that maybe only twice weekly I will get here but I will try) of the trials and tribulations of my weight loss journey. I know it wont be pretty. I know it wont be nice but Damn it I am going to do it.. I am going to get myself down to my goal weight.

 Starting Tomorrow. (only because today I am on pain killers for a tooth that was extracted last week and has caused so much pain to my jaw.)
 My plan for tomorrow is:
 Meet with the Missionaries and my friend KF.
 Devotional- Finish 1Nephi 19 and 20. Finish up with Lesson 2 Plan of Salvation.
 Housework
 Monkey to USPS to pick up package
Dinner
 Work out with Hubby using our Beach Body workout DVD's (he has P90X BUT I can't do that.......YET!)

I have changed my eating goals again. I am planning on a mostly vegetarian diet. I may add the occasional red meat and often some type of seafood. But mostly vegetarian (I had cucumber sandwich yesterday- OMGosh JUMMY (as we say instead of yummy!) Right now I have some red beans slow cooking in vegetable broth in my crockpot. These will be broken up and vacuum sealed into smaller portions (approx. 1.5 C) some will be used right away. I recently purchased a new Vegan Slow Cooker cookbook that I just can't wait to use.

 So about my tooth. I had broken a tooth last year sometime (mid year) and put off going to the dentist. Finally the pain became too much and I figured the amount of Orajel going into my system had to be bad.. I broke down and went to the Dentist... BUT not for the broken tooth. That one still does not bother me. I went to the Dentist Jan 6th only to be told that I had a major infection in my mouth (WHAT!!) and that I needed to be on an antibiotic for at least 24 hours. Not a happy camper was I. So back on the 7th. Had the tooth pulled AND a bone graft done. Good thing that came from this is that since then I have had no desire to drink beer.. That must have been my beer tooth! lol I did drink some one night. Two nights ago I was able to finish one. Last night I could barely drink the one I had. So no beer... Never thought I would say that. Can't guarantee how long that will be the case but no beer now (this will help with the plan of weight loss too!) I think I over did it and started eating solid foods to quick but after 4 days of mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and pudding I had to have real food... Well... Not good. Two days ago at work I was eating a chicken salad wrap (safe right? pretty soft stuff- my thought process) and BAM! HUGE BUTT bone poked me in the gums. Of course it could have only poked one place and that was all it took. I have been in terrible pain since. Son of a motherless biscuit eating goat it HURTS!! So now it is back to soft foods for a few days. But I found that a baked potato and chili (thankfully Wendy's chili has such little pieces in it I am able to mostly swallow instead of chew)fill me up. A large chili will last me two "feedings" (lol)


 Hope everyone has a wonderful blessing filled today. "To God Be The Glory Great Things He Has Done!"



JMFK 11/27/2010 Gone but never forgotten