I AM FINISHED!!!

After a long time (10 years to be exact) I think I am finished with my schooling career. Now don't totally write off the idea that I won't ever go back to school but not for a while until both kids are out of school. I have been hiding under a rock lately and that meant I needed to stop blogging for a couple of weeks so I could focus on studying. I was able to keep track of my calorie counts the past weeks and I have lost 4 pounds so far. This past weekend has been a rough weekend because my aunt left for a new job in Washington for 15 months. She was a very close to me and inspired me to live a better lifestyle. We will keep in close contact but she won't be able to hop in the car and come over for game night or a swift kick in the tail when I need it. I also took my nursing boards test which is very stressful for someone who does not test well. I am happy to say that I passed with flying colors and after 265 questions I am ready to care for patients and their families. In all of that time I was careful in my eating, however this weekend in Dallas I was out of control! I ate and didn't care what I ate or the amount that I ate which is frustrating but after getting back to reality I am back on board and ready to count again. I am tempted to join weight watchers again with a friend and would like to know opinions. Have a happy day and hope to hear your responses.

Difficult Year but I am back!

I started this blog as an encouragement and a reminder to me that there are people out there in the blogsphere that are having the same problem. My last post was in April and I had to think of what I was doing that prevented me from posting and after a long pause I remembered...I stopped losing weight. I can blame some personal issues that came up, I can certainly blame my last semester for causing me to eat junk but then not eat much for days, I could blame my husband for not being as supportive as I think he should have been and I could blame medical problems, but I will not.  I have a problem, a real problem, I need to lose weight and I need to keep it off! We are taking a trip in July to California and visiting the happiest place on earth (Disneyland) and I want to ride on all the rides with my kids. The reason I say that is my sisters and I took a road trip one day and spent the day at Six Flags riding all of the big roller coasters. When I stood in line for 2.5 hours to ride the Batman ride I had to wait for a "more comfortable" seat so I waited for another seat and watched as my sisters rode without me (except for T).  When I waited in line for the mine train ride I sat in the seat and the bar wouldn't latch.  I was told I could not ride the mine train and I watched my sisters have fun, without me.  Do I want to continue to miss out on memories because of my weight?  I know that losing 50 pounds doesn't sound realistic in 7 months but I think with patience, increased activity, healthy changes in foods we buy and lots of prayer I know I can lose the extra pounds. Thanks for your continued support and I hope to hear some advice, encouragement, what ever you have to offer I will take it.

Today I ate a taco chicken salad, I had salad, chopped tomatoes and bell peppers and cooked chicken in the crockpot from a previous low fat recipe and no dressing. For dinner it was lasagne casserole, which can be made low fat but I needed to use up the italian sausage. Lots of veggies and noodles but I only had one helping and and piece of smart bread.