Six weeks until Christmas

Christmas is my favorite holiday! It is the time we celebrate Christ birth, but you knew that already. Still it gives me a thrill to say it. Anyway, this year I am setting a 10 pound goal. So by Christmas I want to weigh 166.

I can do this!!

Time to Exercise

It's time to bite the bullet and see if I can find a marathon in my area. I need a goal or I'm never going to get back into shape. For me setting goals makes me push forward, without them I tend to "forget" what I should be doing. So I'm going to start my search for a marathon to train for.

Any suggestions on how to search for marathon's in my area?

Time Got Away From Me!!

I can't believe that two whole months have gotten away from me! Things have settled down now and I'm going to be more faithful to post.

Last week I dusted off my Weight Watcher's book and Eating Out Guide and vowed to start fresh on Monday. So please join me as I share my progress here.

Weigh In's are on Friday now. Yesterday I weighed in at 176.6 Next week I hope to be down two pounds.

Anyone joining me? It would be nice to have a partner...

Recipe Time

I pulled this from the Internet and LOVE it!!!

Just remember to keep it in an airtight container... if you don't eat it all at one time. LOL (You really shouldn't you know)

Sweet and Spicy Snack Mix

3 cups crispy rice cereal squares
2 cups toasted O-shaped cereal
2 cups small reduced-fat pretzels
1 cup oyster crackers
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 egg white
1/2 cup SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granular
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
Beat egg white until foamy; stir in SPLENDA® Granular, Worcestershire sauce and red pepper. Pour over cereal mixture, tossing to coat.
Spray a 15- X 10-inch jellyroll pan with cooking spray; spread cereal mixture in a single layer in pan.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool.
Makes 16 (1/2 cup) servings.

On the Mend

Life is good! I am mending nicely, thanks to God.

The day I got home I weighed. Silly I know but I wanted to see how much a gall bladder weighed (remember still under the influence of good perscription drugs) I stepped up on the scales and gasped.

I gained 8 pounds!!!

Now to the people who are not taking prescriptions you know that this was due to the solution in the IV bags that weigh a lot! And they gave me at least 4 bags of this wonderful hydrating fluid. So as husband calmly explained, there was my water weight.

This morning I weighed again, I have lost the eight pounds and a few more onces. So I weigh less today then I did when I went in. So far I have lost 9 pounds in the last few weeks.

186/177/135

Surgery

Tomorrow I am going in for gallbladder surgery. Wouldn't it be great if gallbladders weighed like 10 pounds? then I'd be ten pounds lighter tomorrow morning :) But, my sweet husband says I should be thankful that mine doesn't weight that much because I'd have a big scar to go along with that weight loss. Sometimes he's such a spoil sport. Anyway, I will be offline for a day or two. Until then, everyone keep up the good fight to be healthy!

Weight Loss Journal

Today I weighed in. I'm happy to say another pound has fallen to the way side! This week has been hard as I've been in town almost everyday and have been eating out, A LOT! I think the trick to losing weight is to cook healthy meals at home. You can eat out and still do so pretty healthily but it's hard. I stuck to salads and dressing on the side, it seems to have helped.

When you eat out, what are your choices?