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September 2011 Food, Fair & A Funeral

What a Month!!


This month has been insane.

• Camping

           This was a blast the kids loved it, the weather was perfect for it
            we cooked some really good campfire foods, played "redneck golf"
            And spent good quality family time :)

• Getting goats ready for the fair

           This was a way bigger job than I dreamed!! From teaching them to lead right
            to clipping them, bathing them and getting them there, but when it got down to
            Show time it was worth it all to see the kids out there showing their goats! 
            They showed toggenberg dairy goats and won first and second, grand and reserve
            And Willies goat got best of breed, and it came down to his oat and one other for 
            best of show! I was so proud! And then for showmanship they all won first, but in
            in the books Willie won it cause he got the plaque!!

• Family Death 

             Last week Bubbas Grandpas wife of 16 years passed away. This has been hard

             on the whole family, many of the kids are heartbroken a lot of them thought of

             her as a great-grandma. Their real Great-Grandma (Nanny Bradley) Passed

             away 17 years ago, that was truly heartbreaking for the whole family. I was not 

             around for that but I truly wish I had been blessed enough to have met her.

             Sue, his second wife loved there grandpa but as with anyone in that situation

             she could never take her place. She had been sick a while on dialysis for years

             and in and out of the hospital for the past month with pneumonia and then a 

             stroke, followed by many strokes. She lasted much longer than anyone thought

             But did not die until all the family had been out to hospital to see her, We were 

             the last ones who had not been out there as soon as we left they had to put her

             on morphine and she passed a little over 24 hrs later. She was loved and will

             be missed. she was 75 years old.

•    Trying to recover the house

              Today I am trying to get the house back into order. It is crazy what a whole week

               of not being home can do to a house!! This will be a big task that I must now get

              back to work on before time to pick up the kids from school!!

My journey to a healthier lifestyle

From the very beginning..... When I was pregnant with Keilyn I gained weight that I thought I would never loose. I was 145-150 before I got pregnant and 198 the day I had her and she only weighed 6.14 after that my weight teetered around 190-200 with Willie I got up over 210. And with Casey I lost some--down to 185 before going back up to 195-200 and I lost all hope of ever seeing the lower side of the scale again. Then right before I had Mason I decided it was going to be different this time, I was going to loose the weight no matter what it took. I was at 179 2 weeks after Mason was born and Breast fed him till 5 weeks, at that time My Dr. gave me a appetite suppressant to "kick start" my diet, and it worked!! I lost about 10 lbs. in that first month(on the pills) and have kept it off...plus shed nearly 9 more lbs. for a total (today) of 19 lbs. down to size 11/12 from 16 /18. I feel fanfreakintactic! The changes I made where changes I can stick too for good, like no cokes (could not say goodbye to my sweet tea tho) very rarely eat sweets of any kind I no longer eat fried foods I grill, bake or pan sear my foods, I eat very little beef anymore but when I do I try to cut my portion at least in half. I eat lots of grilled chicken salad lots of veggies, I have newly discovered brussel sprouts...yum! I also eat lots of weight watchers and lean cuisine meals. I still cook the food my family likes to eat and if it isnt loaded with calories and fat I will eat a small portion of it, but if not I eat a salad or frozen meal. And as for the exercising portion of my lifestyle change I did a cardio/core training dvd for over a month, to the point I was completely exhausted, so I gave it a rest. in lieu of cooler weather I started walking (today was my first day) I put the boys in the wagon and took a walk, Casey was scared he was going to get run over, lol but was fine on the way back home, My walk is going to become a daily (school days) routine from here out, idk how far I walked but I kept a good pace for 20-25 min. Im planning on doing the race for the cure (5k) in October and by next October Im going to run it (in 27 min or less) I still have 10 lbs to go and hope to be really close by my birthday so I can by my new clothes. I will be saving my birthday money until I do reach my goal.

Some people may feel I cheated by taking pills, but that is far from the truth, I still had to make the healthier choices, still had to do the workouts, and have lost almost the same amount off the pills as I did on them. loosing weight is about saying no to fatty foods that you love, choosing water over coke, the light menu over the classic menu...Its the choices you make, not the pills you take. I am very proud of myself no matter what anyone may think of the help I had in the beginning.

THANKS FOR READING :)

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