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   This week I have lost 3 lbs. By next week I am hoping to meet my 2nd mini goal, I chose that mini goal one because when I reach it I will have less than 100 lbs. before I reach my total goal!

I have come this far with support, motivation and inspiration from some wonderful buddies! Without you guys, I don’t believe I would have come this far. I have always given up and thrown in the towel. It has been a lot of hard work, and a lot of ups and downs!

Have a great day my friends!

this is unusual. I never have me time! Hubby is working his weekend job. The youngest and only one still living at home is with friends, and I have no grandchildren. It is nice and quiet something I am not use too.

The diet is going great, the excercise not bad, but I know I need to do more.

The past couple of days has been crazy. I amsuppose be on break until summer school starts up on July 5th. Well yesterday the boss wanted me to go with the new driver to do a dry run. Well the directions we got were so bad we were gone for 4 1/2 hrs. instead of about 2 1/2 or 3 hrs. Then today I was asked to come in and call parents to let them know their childs pick up times.  It makes me feel good when the boss wants me to do extra things like calling the parents or filling in for hubby’s dispatching. He likes my phone skills. I wish I could find a receptionist or secretarial job. I love my job as a bus monitor for my special needs preschoolers, but the pay stinks. Yea, I am so happy to as now I have only 5 children on my run, it is still the longest run as we go the farthest with the realy rural ones. They are giving us a van instead of a bus and it will have a CD player so I can take my grandkids CD’s of childrens music with me……(hope my new driver doesn’t mind). The way I look at it, it’s all for the kids, what makes them happy on the long ride, plus if they are entertained they are happier, plus I think my drive would rather hear  the CD’s than me singing (I’m tone deaf)!

Tomorrow I have to bake cakes for my youngest granddaughters 2nd Birthday party on Sunday,she is having a  Pool Party at my brothers. I bought the kids some new pool toys to take.

Well I guess I have done enough rambling on, so I  will be off checking some blogs.

Have a great night buddies!

  I am so excited! It took me awhile and a  help from Crystal, but I finally can post!

I have had my 4 year old granddaughter since Sunday and I am taking her home tonight! It is nice having her, but also nice when she goes home.

I have been sticking to my plan pretty well and even getting in some excercise, not as much as I would like, but I will get there. I need to work up to it.

I have also joined a challenge group The Fearce Grizzlies! I have done the first 2 of the 3 challenges for today and will get the other one in this evening! I think being in a challenge group will help motivate me to get my butt in gear!!

Have a great evening everyone!

I didn’t count my calories yesterday, or do my food journal, but I think I did well. I ate lots of fruits and veggies before the real food! I ate little bits of lots of stuff, but only little bits   and when I was done, I tossed away my plate. I think there was a few factors yesterday that also helped me to stick with it.

1. I wore a skirt I had bought last year that was snug, this year I would not have been able to wear it if it weren’t for the belt!

2. I got so many compliments, asking how much weight I have lost and how I have done it!

3. My grandkids, I am now able to chase and keep up with them, which use to be harder for me!

Yesterday, I brought my 4 yr. old and almost 2 yr. old granddaughters home with me! I am sure they will zap my new found energy, but it will be worth the fun! I am keeping the 4 yr. old for a couple days, but the little one will probably go home tonight!

I hope you all have an awesome day!

today I have a graduation party for my niece to attend. I hope it is like her brothers last year, I plan on filling up on the fruits and veggies first and then I won’t be so tempted by all the other foods.

Next Sunday is my youngest granddaughter’s 2nd Birthday and we are having it at my brother’s she is having a pool party! We are having a cook out! I am making her cakes, but I am also making sure we have lots of veggies!

I have finally gotten back on track and started to lose again, and I am not going to mess up again…..( well if I do, it is right back on track for me)!

I hope my buddies are all having a great day!

is moving down again. I lost 5 lbs. this week. I took off the 2 I had gained last week (I didn’t adjust my chart when that happened) plus 3 more. I am 5 lbs. away from my 2nd mini goal!

The calorie counting is much harder for me than the other diet plan I was on. All the journaling takes a lot of time, but I feel it has been making me a lot more accountable to myself about what I eat.

I have my 7 year old grandson this weekend. He has our plans all set for the weekend, he has brought his ball and glove and bat. He says he needs to practice. Papa has to work so I will be doing what his PaPa normally does. Good bye house work until he goes home, but the heck with it he is worth it.

Have a great weekend buddies!

the diet part and counting calories has been going okay for me this week. The excercise well not as good, lets put it that way. I am on break after tomorrow until July 5th, so I will work out a excercise program for myself while I am off.

Have a great day, buddies!

Yesterday I stayed under 1500 calories, I had 1469. I was happy with that.

Yesterday I bought hubby a new weedeater for Fathers Day. I bought a lightweight electric one, hoping I would be able to help with the weadeating. He did the yard and the motor went, so much for being lightweight, guess our weeds were just too much for it….he is going to buy a bigger gas one.

I bought myself a pedometer. I am going to aim for the 10,000 steps a day!

Well heres to another brand new day!

Have an awesome day Buddies!

I don’t think I did to bad yesterday. I had 1708 calories. I would like to make my goal 1500 calories a day and see how that works out. I didn’t do as well as I would have liked with limiting my fat, but I will just have to work on it. I am using the food journal on this site. I think it will really help.

Letting hubby sleep in after all it is Fathers Day! We will be stopping at hubby’s dads today. It is not always easy for me on Fathers Day. My dad passed away almost 9 years ago and it is days like this that I really miss him.

Well off to read blogs and by the time I get that done my granddaughter will be awake!

Have an awesome Fathers Day!

I haven’t done this in awhile.

I am having a wonderful day with my granddaughter Natasha. She is amazing little girl. I have missed my NaNa time so much, I am so glad I gave up that p/t job! I may not have   gotten all of my cleaning done, but we have worked outside with the flowers and spent time looking at the clouds deciding what they look like. We live in an area that has a lot of Mennonites, I explained as much to her about them as I thought she could understand. She can