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Sallybean Weigh's In!

Starting Weight: 239.8

Last Week: 235.2

This Week: 235.6

Week Change: +.4

1st Short-Term Goal: 220

Total Pounds Lost: 4.2

How I Feel: So I am a little bummed. I started out the week great and then by Friday and the weekend it kind of went downhill. Kind of. Sort of. Same but different. I tracked everything I ate and of course I was over on calories on several days which is why there is a .4 gain. And so even though I am bummed I will choose to look at a couple victories. One being that I tracked everything even though I knew it would put me over my allotment for the day. And the other victory I will claim is that I am still tracking and have not given up on this journey. I am still tracking, exercising and wanting to lose weight and be healthier. What happened is that life got in the way a bit... husband was traveling and so we went out to eat. Daughter #2 had a birthday and so I ate cake. A. Lot. Of. Cake. It was delicious. 

Goals from Last Week: 

Run/walk 4-5 times this week. - I think I only 3 times because of life & schedules & such.

Track all my food intake.

Goals for This Week:

Run 4-5 times this week... I think I am going to have to run in the mornings instead of late afternoon, it's getting HOT!

Track all my food AND stay under my allotment for the week.

Accountability, accountability, accountability

I've been on a diet, trying to get healthy, trying to lose weight (whatever you want to call it) since I was in 3rd grade. I'm 37 now. Still in a yo-yo pattern of life with food. It's a love-hate relationship. I love to eat and my body hates me when I eat too much. *sigh*

So here I am again... I've never written or blogged about my weight. I've never taken "before" pictures either. But I'm doing those things now. Not for anyone except for myself. I think things are starting to click in the right direction in my head. One little step at a time. I'm pretending like this is my first time doing this. This weight loss thing. 

So a few facts... I started on April 30th, 2012 at a starting weight of 239.8 I am using the Lose It app & website to track all my food intake and my exercise. I will do my weigh-ins on Tuesday. I try not to weigh myself everyday but I do anyway. Maybe I'm not trying that hard. Anyway every Tuesday I will do a post like this and here it is for this week:

Sallybean Weigh's In!

Starting Weight: 239.8

Last Week: 237.8

This Week: 235.2

Week Change: -2.6

1st Short-Term Goal: 220

Total Pounds Lost: 4.6

How I Feel: I feel great. I feel like my head is back in the game and I am making great choices.

Goals from Last Week: 

Start running program Ease Into 5K again. Took a break after a race at the end of March. check.

Goals for This Week:

Run/walk 4-5 times this week.

Track all my food intake.

Dave Ramsey, this is all your fault!

Life on a budget is hard.
Life on a budget is restrictive.
Life on a budget is no fun.
Life on a budget sucks.

BUT...
Life on a budget is freedom.
Life on a budget can be easier.
Life on a budget can be fun (without the guilt).

For the second time, the hubs and I are enrolled in Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University. For the first time, we are actually implementing the baby steps and living on a budget. Who knew? We certainly thought we did, but definitely did not know. Know what? How we should be living day to day, week by week and month to month. If we had been doing this since day one of wedded bliss, we would not be in the financial mess we are in today. But now it's a neat, organized financial mess, but a mess none the less.
We are in debt... quite a bit actually... but we have a plan. And we don't eat out nearly as often and we don't spend nearly as much on groceries. And when the hubs gets his next bonus? It will actually be a bonus for us and not be used to play catch-up with the bills. Hallelujah, praise Jesus. We owe this all to Him... and Dave Ramsey of course.

So moving on... my last post was obviously some time ago... and I kinda kept y'all hanging with my Oscar comments. We definitely saw all 10 nominated Oscar movies... it was really fun. Not all the movies were enjoyable but watching a movie just because it was nominated was definitely a cool experience. My favorites were (in no particular order): The Social Network, The King's Speech, and Toy Story 3. I also enjoyed The Fighter, True Grit and Black Swan.  Would love to try and do that again next year.

Sooo... my 5 1/2 year old is a smartie.

The hubs has been away on a business trip all week. We decided to tell the girls that he's not getting back until Saturday so when he actually flies in on Friday we could have a date night. Only a very small part of me feels the least bit guilty... I think it is much better to have them think Saturday rather then have them see him for an hour or so and then ship them off to Grandma's house so we could go catch a movie. More on that in a minute... so. My 5 year old precious daughter Abigail asks me in the car on the way to school this morning, "Mommy, are you going on a date tonight?" Seriously. My answer, (another little lie), "I don't know sweetie, why?" She says, "Well I was just wondering because we are going to Grandma's house." Really. So I said, "Well it's been a long time since you have spent the night at Grandma's (no joke) and she really misses you. Plus you guys will have so much fun!" She says, "OK mommy." Holy cow, really? I thought I would have had to dodge that bullet with the older one...
So, the reason for all the lying and sneaking about? We have been on the Oscar road. One that I thought was a lot shorter than the 10 movies it really is. I had to plow through 127 Hours and we still need to see Winter's Bone and The Kids Are Alright (both of which are on Pay Per View this weekend). Which leaves The Fighter, hence the reason for a quick date night because that one is still in theaters. We have never made the effort to watch all the movies that are nominated for Best Movie of the Year, it's really been kind of fun. I have and will see quite a few that I never would have otherwise. I absolutely loved King's Speech! If it hadn't been nominated, I don't think I would have seen it. Others, like I mentioned earlier, I have had to plow through. Like 127 Hours. That movie was really good, but not on my list to watch and I was really bummed when I realized it was on the list of 10. And I am not looking forward to Winter's Bone and The Kids Are Alright. But with this much invested already, let's go all the way. I'm anxious to see if it enhances my Oscar viewing at all. Will keep y'all posted. :)

Contentment

So this year for Valentine's day, the hubs and I spent the evening at home with the kids having a nice dinner of BBQ chicken, salad and garlic rolls. Our finances are really tight and we do not have the extra money to spend on a nice dinner in a restaurant, to pay for a babysitter, or buy each other gifts for that matter. Like so many other families we know, we had to make do. At the end of dinner, I hugged my spouse and decided to tell him what I would have gotten him, had our situation been different this year. He told me what he would have purchased for me. The whole thing was really sweet and very endearing. Something that actually took me by surprise. Being content is hard for me. Not being able to buy the things I want to buy, do the things I want to do, when I want to do them is something that I am still getting used to. God is pruning me in this area and He showed me how wonderful being content is this past Monday night, on Valentine's Day. I guess you could say it was His Valentine to me. I was so thankful for my husband and his love for me and my love for him and our family that nothing else mattered. ;-)

Scentsy!!

I am so excited to announce my new business venture - Scentsy! I have been wanting to start up another direct selling business (have done Melaleuca and Pampered Chef in the past) and after much research, landed on Scentsy. I considered going back to Melaleuca or Pampered Chef but the market around me has become so saturated that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to build a very good customer base. Then I thought, everyone loves candles and I discovered that Scentsy (a wickless candle company) is a great company. I get more and more excited all the time about this new venture. I had my initial  launch party this past Saturday and it was such a huge success! And then on Sunday I had a girlfriend call me wanting to place an order and we set her up to be the hostess of an additional party! I am so thankful to God for this opportunity and I pray that I can keep my focus on Him so that I will be successful for Him only. I am also grateful for my amazing husband who is so supportive and even got up early with me on Saturday when I couldn't sleep anymore because I had so many details running through my head. He is so wonderful and I am blessed to have him by my side.

A Halloween update in December

Yeah, I'm on top of things for sure! I said I would post a Halloween update and here it is. Never mind it's what... almost a month late! Well earlier in the year, Miss Ainsley had said that she wanted to be Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. And of course Miss Abby... well her mind changes on an hourly basis. SO when it came time to pick out a costume, Ainsley fell in love with an Athena costume (from Percy Jackson series) and Abby finally decided to be a cheerleader from High School Musical. Both absolutely adorable in my humble opinion. ;)

One thing that made things interesting this year was that I had knee surgery on Friday, the 29th. I didn't think I was going to make it out trick or treating with the kids, but my wonderful BFF had a brilliant idea of pushing me around in a wheel chair and my wonderful husband was up to the task! It was fun, I must admit being pushed all over the neighborhood! I'm almost sure I won't be able to get away with those shenanigans next year. ;)

Cheerleader & Athena!