Hey!!! It's Snowing!

Woke up this morning only to it snowing......okay it's early for my neck of the woods, (MS) but the weather for the past 2 years has been erratic. I was a pleasant surprise only to remind me that Christmas is just around the corner.
Today is a DD for me and this is my second week and my body is adjusting to this WOE.
So far just coffee and cream but bought soup for lunch.
I'll check in a little later!

Me a short time ago!

Me after my first 5k and I was feeling good about myself. I was 30 pounds lighter and on my way to where I wanted to be. Then life happened, mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and I stopped everything to give her  my most attention. She was dx Nov. 4, 2010 and during this past year she has had 3 kinds of Chemo. Her lowest time was October this year when we almost lost her.
Thanks God she pulled through it and is weak but stable. the 3rd chem she received and is still taking seems to be slowing the progress of the cancer. We will see how much next week when she has her scans.
I've recommitted myself back to being healthy and getting back to this point above and lower in my weight loss efforts.
Today was a UP day for me and the funny thing about it I thought I would go haywire on these day eating up a storm. I am so glad my cravings are under control and I feel more in control of my eating.

Breakfast was the Chex cereal and soy milk, lunch; hamburger with water, dinner: 2 small link sausages and 2 pancakes.......Yes for dinner. for snack a corn-dog.
Alright I know no veggies....I promise I will get them in tomorrow.
Later!

Down Day!

Down day today and it went pretty good. Coffee this morning with cream, a few chips and water.
This evening I ate 2 pieces of baked fish and a celery and apple salad (2 stalks of celery chopped and 1/2 of a large apple chopped) I ate roughly 1/2 of this.
Drinking my dessert now which is coffee with SF french vanilla creamer.
I had a 3.6 pound loss for my 1st week on plan!
WoHooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I picked this cereal up yesterday just to try. I'm trying to reduce the amount of gluten in my diet slowly until I can eliminate it all. I really like....love this cereal, I like honey nut cheerios so I thought I would give Honey nut Chex a try. You will not be disappointed. YummY!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday with Mom!

I am spending the day with my mom. Cooked her lunch and just relaxing now. My mom love old western movies so this is what we've been watching most of the day. It's okay with me because I don't watch much TV at all.
Today is a up day for me and I started with the gluten free Chex cereal...honey nut flavor, I really like this cereal and will buy more. I will try to stick to around 2000 calories with minimal junk food.
Later!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a Beautiful Friday!

This week I've been kind of under the weather. It turned very cold, was rainy and wet. I felt like the weather. I also started eating differently this week by reducing my intake of sugars and I think that contributed to my achy body.
I'm eating very light today and not over doing anything. Alternate day meal plan with today being my Down day (consuming around 500-550 calories) for me. So far today has been the easiest DD (down day) so far this week.
As for today being a Beautiful Day.......it is, the sun is shining, the weather will warm to a nice 66 degrees and no work tomorrow!
I am loving myself more and finding who I really am.

M.I.A.

I know.....I've been gone along time. Things have changed...I have changed. I am ready to start back blogging about this journey of Losing fat to Gain ME! This summer I cut my hair very short and everyone was shocked.  You see the past year has been a testing of my fate and self. My mom was told she had breast cancer Nov. 4, 2010.....now 1 year later we are still dealing with those words. She has been through so many things and I know I've gotten stronger just watching her. I told her if she lost her hair I will lose mine, that's why I cut it.
I am now taking the Natural hair journey, weight loss journey, and the of Peace.
Peace within my Soul and the assurance that I am and everything around me will be just fine.

Alternate Day Diet is what I am doing at this time but not as strictly as the plan is written. I will have my own little twist to my healthy eating plan.
well............let my browse some of the blogs I've subscribed to to see the great progress.....later Bloggers.