Okay I was never able to get on here yesterday and I wasn't so good at writing everything down all day so I am just going to guess it all out.

3/4 cup Honey Bunches of Oats
1/2 cup skim milk
1 banana
1 1/2 cups of mac and cheese
med. sugar free, fat free white chocolate latte
muffin
3oz venison steak
1 slice of 35 cal wheat bread
2/3 cup corn
just shy of 16 oz of baby carrots
To the best of my knowledge that is everything.

Thank you Ladybug for stopping in and dropping some of your encouragement on me. It sure does mean alot to me to know that there are people out there rooting for me to win at this game.
And look at you! As always your doing fabulous.

Yarmiah I really appreciate the candor of your statement about the honesty.
I wasn't proud of the fact that I ate 6 slices of pizza in one sitting. But let's face it if I was always honest with myself on what I ate I wouldn't be in this situation that I am on now.
So for me right now "Honesty is the best Policy"
I know that you guys will help me with that.

Kimberly Thanks for always being there to help me along. As far as the hours go I have 4 hours in currently. With my Fit for life class tomorrow I will be up to just about 7 hours, as I plan to walk to the Ymca. And when I do that round trip it takes about 70 minutes. Add onto that the actual class which usually takes me about 80-90 minutes.

Sweetiepea
Of course I will hold your hand when Mr M starts driving. The best advice I can give you though would be just keep your eyes closed! LOL That way it will seem more like a ride at Cedar Point then a trip in a handbasket to H. E. Double Hockeysticks!!!! hahaha
Thanks for the encouragement. And you were right. I was busting my butt. I was at my PowerCore class.

Kudos for busting your butt! You're doing awesome this week on the exercise and the food--despite the pizza party..lol.

Good luck with the weigh in this week!

I never had a chance to get on here yesterday.
I got in a whopping 3 hours of exercise yesterday. With that said once again I did not have a stellar day with the eating. I am not sure if it is the weather or if it is 'cuz I always seem to feel soooo tired lately that I am eating like crap.
I know what I need to do but it would seem that I just can't bring myself to do it.
I actually debated with myself yesterday on NOT going to my Fit for Life class. I didn't debate about it long. I just wasn't feeling very motivated that is all.
I did walk to the Ymca. Which is just about exactly 1 1/2 miles. One Way.
And it took me about 35-40 minutes to get there.
It was so funny when I got to the Y and the other people in my class were looking at me like I was nuts.
It was actually quite cold yesterday with the wind blowing pretty hard. But once I got it into my head that I was going to the Y I just made up my mind to walk there.
My dd walked with me! I was surprised. Since daddy was home she could have stayed with him but she chose to go with me. We actually had a very nice time chatting and playing alphabet games all the way there and back.
She even asked if we were going to walk again today.
Unfortuanately Wednesday's are my very very busy day and there was no way that I could fit the walk into the schedule.
I am planning on walking tomorrow with my ds.
I won't be on here much at all tomorrow as it is his b-day and we are of course having a party.
He is turning 5! I can't believe that he is that age already. When my hubby and I got married his son from his 1st marriage was the exact age as T-Dawg. And I look at T and then I look at Alex who just turned 17 and I can hardly believe the differences. I am sooooo not ready for him to grow up.
He is my last one so I think that I will be slightly lost come this fall when he goes off to school.
Even though I did ask Dh jokingly what was I going to do this fall when I was home all by myself. The first thing he said was I would be like a cat taking naps all the time!!! LOL and then he said seriously he expected I would be exercising more since I wouldn't be shuttleing kids along with me. Things like long bike rides and hiking on trails.
He is most likely right!
So anyhow I hope that everyone has a great day tomorrow!
I know that I will.
Ciao

Hi ya beautiful Bell.

Wow OooO Wow! 3 hrs.

That's fantastic!

Awwww... Turning the big 5 huh?

I hope the party goes well!!

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Hey Stac!
It sure is nice to have you back. I just missed ya so dang much! Once or twice I thought you was back because I saw your name next to the BL thread. Then I would be like "Duh!" LOL She started it so that is why her name is next to it.
Then of course I would be disappointed.
But not anymore!!!! Yeah!!!
I have gotten much better with the exercise. Unfortuanately the weather around here has taken its toll on my motivation and willpower to get to it everyday. Even today I don't "feel" motivated.
It is funny that when my dd turned 5 I was so excited for her. 'Cuz it meant she was growing up. With ds I don't want him to grow up as he is the last one. And I am not ready to not be needed so much. Even though he is the sweetest thing in that he apologizes to me all the time 'cuz "he can't help that he is growing up". But he does promise to love me forever and that he will never leave. At least until he goes to college! LOL

My weight was up today.
It doesn't surprise me. Unlike last week where I had a few days ahead of the weigh-in day running low I had none of those this week.
It has been a bit stressful around here for me this week and I am sure that my "gain" has something to do with it. I am hoping that the gain is just water and not a true gain.
Like I said the stress was pretty high.
Between my dd having a pretty rough week here at home as well as school, dh and I also revamped the budget.
Which is funny to say as we never had a budget before! LOL Hence the need for one. How we made it this long with out one I don't know.
But of course there was lots of things that had to come out ( soul cleansing admittances on my part ) that made for a stressful few days. Especially when you go to the mailbox and there is a "stress" just sitting there waiting to be opened up.
But with this new system, and for the record we are doing this together as a team, it will be all corrected by summer. In the mean time that means that every penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar has a place to go. Except we will each have a small amount ($10) to do as we wish every week. Until summer that is. Once everything is back on track that amount should go up. And I can always save mine up to do what I want it.
So the budget was the major stress of my week.
Add into that my baby boy turning 5 and I was a hormonal wreck this week.
I am happy that he is growing up. And he will be such a good man when he gets there if he holds to the current trend. But I am not ready to admit that I am having no more and that he is it.
He is no longer a baby even though I want to love him that way.
The book by Robert Munsch called I'll Love you Forever puts my feelings to paper beautifully.
In fact I have taken the main part of that book and turned it into a song that I sing to my kids everynight before they go to bed.
I know I am a sap.
But I would have it no other way.
I don't forsee any stresses for next week so hopefully will show a lose on the scale.

I took Saturday as a vacation day to take Sweetiepea aka Sweatpea, out for her birthday. Unfortunately another good friend of mine, her mate of 12 years passed away on Tuesday. The funeral is tomorrow. The day I wanted to celebrate with Sweetiepea. We will still celebrate but not to the degree that I had planned.
At least I am blessed enough that I will be able to attend the funeral with my friend. At this time she needs all the support that she can get.
I hope that everyone is enjoying their Fridays and that your weekends go well.

I referenced this book in my last post and is one of my all time favorites to read to my kids. If your prone to crying get your kleenexs out now.
Enjoy


Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid is driving me CRAZY!"

But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was nine years old. And he never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited he always said bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo!

But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine-year-old boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo!

But at night time, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house across town. But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove across town. If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and said, "You'd better come see me because I'm very old and sick." So her son came to see her. When he came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always...

But she couldn't finish because she was too old and sick. The son went to his mother. He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And he sang this song:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my Mommy you'll be.

When the son came home that night, he stood for a long time at the top of the stairs. Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and very slowly rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while he rocked her he sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

(The Official Robert Munsch Website )



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Hey Bell-

Can't have a loss every week, right? Life would be too boring. Seriously, you have some idea as to why, and even when we try our best, the scale often dosnt reflect our efforts. In either case, don't dwell on it- just keep on a truckin!

Why not!!! *In my best whiny voice, jumping up and down!!!* LOL
Ya at least I can figure it out pretty much but I really wanted to do well this week. Especially since I was pushing it pretty hard at the gym. Heck I even walked there one day. That added in about an hour and 20 minutes of exercise.
Oh well.
I am sure too that having a b-day celebration the night before weigh-in didn't help! LOL
There's always next week.
That is if my team doesn't get eliminated! YIKES

Hey Bell!

I can't believe you typed out that whole book! That took a lot of effort. I've read it many times.

I think you would also like a book called, I love you the Purplest. It's about kids and they ask their mom who she loves the best. My SIL got it for us/the boys one year.

See you tomorrow!

Hey GF! Thanks for the day out. It really was a beautiful day and to have such a beautiful friend as you reminds me how blessed I am.

Hopefully we won't have gained 10,000,000 pounds by tomorrow.

Oh and thanks for the purse, it's lovely!

Awww Shucks!
I just wanted you to have a GREAT DAY!
And just remember I got 1/2 ownership of that purse so take care of it! LOL

And you know I think your the bestest friend ever!
"We're like peas and carrots!"

I was thinking more like ice cream and cake...LOL!

Ya your right!!
That is more like it!!! hahaha