WW Weigh-in #4

I lost another 2 lbs. this week. I was hoping since last weeks was kind of small this one would be a bit bigger and I'm happy with 2 lbs. That makes a total of 10.4 lost so far. I began on March 22, so I'm just over a month now and still going strong. I'm also excited about my loss this week because we were very busy and travelling and food was not easy for me at all. I really had to work at times to eat the right things, but in the end it was well worth it.

P.S. I have begun using mobile.weightwatchers.com (only works if you have internet on your phone) and it's made things much easier when I'm out.

I also updated my weight loss ticker. I changed the goals from WW to mine. My 1st one was 10 lbs. by Josh's graduation. I've now met that one, so my next one is 15 by the time we leave for vacation in 3 weeks. I have my goals set according to events. You can go to THIS POST and scroll to the bottom to see a list of my goals.

Wheres and Whats

Things have benn CARAZY here lately! We left on Wednesday evening and returned Friday from Ft. Benning, GA. We were there seeing my step-son for the first time in 4 months. We went to his "Turning Blue" ceremony, that's where he got his infantry chord and then on Friday we went to his graduation from Army Basic Training. I am officially the very proud step-Mom of a United States Army soldier! It was just amazing and I'll put up a whole post about it soon.

Saturday I headed out to our women's retreat only to stay for two hours before we all headed home do to the impending stormy weather. Then I headed out to take the girls to have their dance recital pictures taken (boy was their Daddy excited that he wasn't the one that had to do this). They looked so pretty and grown. They love their costumes this time and they are actually in two dances. Their recitals are amazing. This one is themed around the life of Moses.

I have a crazy work week ahead trying to finally catch everything up, then a meeting with my boss on Thursday. Please pray for God's favor and that Patrick and I will have some answers from the Lord regarding my job, prior to the meeting.

We will also have our last week of co-op this week. It's very bitter-sweet. I'm ready for a lighter schedule, but we have made the decision not to return to co-op next year. We are a bit sad, but I'm so ready for a more laid back year.

That's what's going on with us for the moment. I'll be weighing in the morning, so I'll post an update sometime tomorrow. Hope you all have a great week!

1st Goal

Technically I do not weigh until Monday, but I had a mini-goal set for myself. I wanted to have lost 10 lbs. by today or tomorrow. After Monday's weigh-in I wasn't sure I was going to make it, but for kicks, I went ahead and weighed this morning and I DID IT!!!! I've lost my 1st 10 lbs. and met a goal I set for myself. Yay Me!!!!

Some Down Time.....

for me! Last night I had plans to teach a friend to make a pillowcase dress. I decided to leave home early and get a few things done that I'd been wanting to do. First I went and I got my very first pedicure. Most of it was lovely. I do think the massage chair was a little harsh and made my muscles sore and at one point I thought the salt scrub was taking even my good skin off. Other than that I was thrilled, especially with the results. I wear flip-flops all summer and the older I get the dryer my skin seems to get (I do drink a lot of water and no I don't moisturize nearly often enough). I then grabbed a quick supper and ran to Hobby Lobby for some things we needed for "class". From there I went on to the dress project. Her dress turned out really cute and I think she's confident that she can do it again. For a long time I've been eyeing the watches at Cracker Barrell. They are bracelet watches with interchangeable bands. Well on Easter Sunday I realized the battery had died on my other watch. It had seen much better days, so I decided to get a new one. I went last night and got the watch face and two bands, one has black and clear beads and the other has cream and brown. I can't wait to get some more options. There was a kind of creepy man outside and it was dark, so two very kind men escorted me out. Then I went to the tanning bed for the first time this year and came home. I was out for almost 6 hours! It was a nice relaxing time. Now to get back to the real world and get some major things accomplished around here.

Disclaimer ~ I know people have varying opinions of tanning beds. I understand those concerns. As a matter of fact I do not tan every year, even though I can go free because of my job. However, I am very fair complected and we are going to the beach in a few weeks. If I don't go to the tanning bed and very slowly work my way up to a base tan, I will burn badly while we are on vacation. Even with a base tan I'll still have to slather the sunscreen on almost constantly. I'll probably go a few times a week for about a month and then stop. I don't enjoy it, but have found for me, it's necessary if I'm going to be spending a ton of time in the sun.