I went to the gym on Monday night and was measured and weighed. I have lost 9 1/2 inches overall. Pretty exciting if you ask me. Then last night was the "official" weigh in. Are you ready? I lost another 5 pounds. I am officially down 30.5 pounds!!!!! Yes, I am almost to the point I can weigh myself on an old fashioned doctors scale!! How fun is that?
Even when I am stressed I not over eaten. Although they are torturing me with Texas Toast again downstairs. I am telling you, that is one of the hardest items for me to walk away from. Have you ever had it? It is amazing. All garlicy and buttery!!! Yummy.
Okay, enough dreaming of Texas Toast.
I pray that all is well for everyone and thanks for reading my goofy blog.
In Christ,
Karen
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Just Checking in
Good morning. I have two more meetings with the program I am working with. Tomorrow night and then two weeks from tomorrow. I am not afraid to stop going to the program. Right now they are mostly working on preparation for the lapband or bypass surgery. I was thinking about the lapband but so far I am doing well without surgery. I am going to just keep going.
Tomorrow is the official weigh in for the meeting. I will be utilizing the scale at the fitness club as my official weigh-in once the program ends. I finally will get to move to my next card after tonight. There are 12 boxes on the card and once you have all of the boxes filled then you get weighed and measured again and a new card issued. I asked them to give me more exercises for my hips and other area's near there if you know what I mean. : ^ )
Okay, here is the question of the day. Do you think that God is bringing someone to my heart and mind that I had a major crush on when I was 11 years old to help me to let go of some of the past that I am working through or that He just wants me to pray for this person? (Okay, that was a really long sentence. My english teacher would not be happy with me.) Maybe there is something going on with him and he needs prayers? See, these are things I ponder. And you wonder why I am so goofy? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. (Not the goofy part, the question part)
Have a great week. (Only 30 days until Christmas)
In Christ,
Karen
Tomorrow is the official weigh in for the meeting. I will be utilizing the scale at the fitness club as my official weigh-in once the program ends. I finally will get to move to my next card after tonight. There are 12 boxes on the card and once you have all of the boxes filled then you get weighed and measured again and a new card issued. I asked them to give me more exercises for my hips and other area's near there if you know what I mean. : ^ )
Okay, here is the question of the day. Do you think that God is bringing someone to my heart and mind that I had a major crush on when I was 11 years old to help me to let go of some of the past that I am working through or that He just wants me to pray for this person? (Okay, that was a really long sentence. My english teacher would not be happy with me.) Maybe there is something going on with him and he needs prayers? See, these are things I ponder. And you wonder why I am so goofy? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. (Not the goofy part, the question part)
Have a great week. (Only 30 days until Christmas)
In Christ,
Karen
Friday, November 23, 2007
I survived my first holiday!!!
Yes, with God's help I successfully made it through the holiday where most people eat over 5,000 calories in one meal. I tried a little bit of everything I wanted and I am sure by the end of the day I did not stay at my 1,500 calories but I know I didn't go over 2,000. That is pretty exciting.
I pray that everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went to my brothers then I went to my church family. Both places were fun.
The good part is that I love strawberry pie and my mom made one for yesterday. It looked really good but I was okay to not have a piece.
How many of you got up and went shopping this morning? I think even if I had the money, and since I decided to rip the front bumper cover off my car and cause $1,000 worth of damage, I do not have (a whole different story, just ask Phil what my new nickname is.) I would not have gotten up at 4am to go shopping. I like my sleep too much. It would have had to be something extremely special to get me out of bed at that time.
Well, only 32 days until Christmas. I can officially listen to Christmas music now. I boycotted it until today. Some radios play it way to early. I will let you go. Have a great day.
In Christ,
Karen
I pray that everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went to my brothers then I went to my church family. Both places were fun.
The good part is that I love strawberry pie and my mom made one for yesterday. It looked really good but I was okay to not have a piece.
How many of you got up and went shopping this morning? I think even if I had the money, and since I decided to rip the front bumper cover off my car and cause $1,000 worth of damage, I do not have (a whole different story, just ask Phil what my new nickname is.) I would not have gotten up at 4am to go shopping. I like my sleep too much. It would have had to be something extremely special to get me out of bed at that time.
Well, only 32 days until Christmas. I can officially listen to Christmas music now. I boycotted it until today. Some radios play it way to early. I will let you go. Have a great day.
In Christ,
Karen
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The two days before Thanksgiving
Twas two days before Thanksgiving
The first months of my life change
Already starting to be nervous
Because of my low calorie range
I know with God's help
I will probably do well
But if I go overboard
I've got to not dwell
But worrying now is just not right
God wants us to trust Him in all we do
So I will be praying for guidance
For me and for all of you
Because we all need His direction
In all of lifes many ways
So lets let Him take the lead
And follow Him all our glorious days
Karen
11/20/07
So, I know that this is a cheesy poem but it is how I feel. I am already obsessing with my eating on Thanksgiving and I don't want to do that. I know that with His strength I can be successful and make the smart choices. But it is still scary.
I was just thinking about how quickly life can go by. Today would have been my friend, Beth's, 41st birthday!!! Some of you know Beth. She passed away about 19 years ago. It still seems like yesterday. There are things I do that make me think of her. There is a box of "Karen's Favorite Stuffed Animals" in my garage and I know that in there are two matching bunny rabbits. When our youth group went to Washington D.C. one year Beth and I bought the matching bunnies so that we would know we each had one. When she passed away her mom asked me if there was anything that I wanted of Beth's. The first thing I thought of was the bunny. I put a ribbon around it's neck so I would know which one was hers and now they both sit in a box in my garage. It is still precious to me but the memory of Beth is so much more important than a stuffed animal. I know that Beth would have been proud of me for my weightloss. She was a wonderful friend. She put up with my grumpy selfishness that I had through out my teen years. (Those who know me now, I really have changed!!!! I was a lot worse then).
Okay, so this was a long post and very reflective. I go again in a week for another official weigh in. I pray that it is good. With my cold and stomach problem I have not done a full workout since last Monday night so I am going tonight and will hopefully be able to breath while I am doing the treadmill.
Anyway, I will let you know how I do on Thursday. If you know Christ please keep me in your prayers. If you don't know Him this would be a great time to get to know Him. We owe everything that we have to Him. I, for one, am very thankful for that!!!!
God bless,
Karen
The first months of my life change
Already starting to be nervous
Because of my low calorie range
I know with God's help
I will probably do well
But if I go overboard
I've got to not dwell
But worrying now is just not right
God wants us to trust Him in all we do
So I will be praying for guidance
For me and for all of you
Because we all need His direction
In all of lifes many ways
So lets let Him take the lead
And follow Him all our glorious days
Karen
11/20/07
So, I know that this is a cheesy poem but it is how I feel. I am already obsessing with my eating on Thanksgiving and I don't want to do that. I know that with His strength I can be successful and make the smart choices. But it is still scary.
I was just thinking about how quickly life can go by. Today would have been my friend, Beth's, 41st birthday!!! Some of you know Beth. She passed away about 19 years ago. It still seems like yesterday. There are things I do that make me think of her. There is a box of "Karen's Favorite Stuffed Animals" in my garage and I know that in there are two matching bunny rabbits. When our youth group went to Washington D.C. one year Beth and I bought the matching bunnies so that we would know we each had one. When she passed away her mom asked me if there was anything that I wanted of Beth's. The first thing I thought of was the bunny. I put a ribbon around it's neck so I would know which one was hers and now they both sit in a box in my garage. It is still precious to me but the memory of Beth is so much more important than a stuffed animal. I know that Beth would have been proud of me for my weightloss. She was a wonderful friend. She put up with my grumpy selfishness that I had through out my teen years. (Those who know me now, I really have changed!!!! I was a lot worse then).
Okay, so this was a long post and very reflective. I go again in a week for another official weigh in. I pray that it is good. With my cold and stomach problem I have not done a full workout since last Monday night so I am going tonight and will hopefully be able to breath while I am doing the treadmill.
Anyway, I will let you know how I do on Thursday. If you know Christ please keep me in your prayers. If you don't know Him this would be a great time to get to know Him. We owe everything that we have to Him. I, for one, am very thankful for that!!!!
God bless,
Karen
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
WAY TO GO BUCKS!!!!!! If you didn't see it the Buckeyes beat Michigan. Chris Wells had over 200 yards rushing.
Okay, so what do the Buckeye's beating Michigan have to do with weightloss? Absolutely nothing but I thought I would start my post off by this comment. I am a Buckeye fan you know.
I went and sat in the Sauna and did an upper body workout today. I have a cold so I am not feeling well but I wanted to get some exercise in since I missed Wednesday cause this was starting. I like working out I just wish you didn't have to drive to the gym and wait on the equipment in order to accomplish the workout. I still can't talk real well. Glad choir isn't singing tomorrow. (Yes, those who knew me as a kid are probably shocked but I am in the church choir. Pretty funny huh?)
I bought two pairs of pants today. They were a 26/28 which is a size I wore probably in 1993. They are a little snug but this will give me some time to wear them for awhile before I have to buy some more. It is the upper part that is snug and I can cover that with a shirt.
I will keep you posted on the progress. I can't wait until I can get in my 2x Pittsburgh Steelers sweatshirt. I also have a 2x Steelers coat. I am so excited to get to wear those in a few months. That will be a good picture to post. So, it may be the middle of July when I get in that coat but I will wear it!!!!! : ^)
Well that is all for now. Nothing really profound. I will stop back in a few days to let you know how it is going.
In Christ,
Karen
Okay, so what do the Buckeye's beating Michigan have to do with weightloss? Absolutely nothing but I thought I would start my post off by this comment. I am a Buckeye fan you know.
I went and sat in the Sauna and did an upper body workout today. I have a cold so I am not feeling well but I wanted to get some exercise in since I missed Wednesday cause this was starting. I like working out I just wish you didn't have to drive to the gym and wait on the equipment in order to accomplish the workout. I still can't talk real well. Glad choir isn't singing tomorrow. (Yes, those who knew me as a kid are probably shocked but I am in the church choir. Pretty funny huh?)
I bought two pairs of pants today. They were a 26/28 which is a size I wore probably in 1993. They are a little snug but this will give me some time to wear them for awhile before I have to buy some more. It is the upper part that is snug and I can cover that with a shirt.
I will keep you posted on the progress. I can't wait until I can get in my 2x Pittsburgh Steelers sweatshirt. I also have a 2x Steelers coat. I am so excited to get to wear those in a few months. That will be a good picture to post. So, it may be the middle of July when I get in that coat but I will wear it!!!!! : ^)
Well that is all for now. Nothing really profound. I will stop back in a few days to let you know how it is going.
In Christ,
Karen
Friday, November 16, 2007
7 Weeks In
Hello, this is my first attempt at "blogging". Don't know how it will work.
Well, I am 7 1/2 weeks into this journey called weight loss, or getting healthy or whatever the PC term should be. So far things have gone very well. I am down officially on the program at the Barix clinic 25.5 pounds and then 18 pounds in one month from my doctors office.
My pants were baggy before I started losing weight now they are really!!! getting big. I will have to go out and buy new pants tomorrow.
I am so excited to be sharing this journey with whoever reads this. I first and foremost want to let you know that without God in the equation I would still be almost 400 pounds. There is no way I am doing this on my own.
Did you know that since last Saturday I have had a grocery bag full of Hershey Kisses in my vacinity and have eaten 5 in that entire time? We won't count the Reese's cups in my desk drawer that I have not even considered touching. Now tell me He is not controlling this situation? It is amazing!!!
Well, I won't keep you but just wanted to stop in and give this a try. Hope you enjoy reading.
In Christ,
Me
Well, I am 7 1/2 weeks into this journey called weight loss, or getting healthy or whatever the PC term should be. So far things have gone very well. I am down officially on the program at the Barix clinic 25.5 pounds and then 18 pounds in one month from my doctors office.
My pants were baggy before I started losing weight now they are really!!! getting big. I will have to go out and buy new pants tomorrow.
I am so excited to be sharing this journey with whoever reads this. I first and foremost want to let you know that without God in the equation I would still be almost 400 pounds. There is no way I am doing this on my own.
Did you know that since last Saturday I have had a grocery bag full of Hershey Kisses in my vacinity and have eaten 5 in that entire time? We won't count the Reese's cups in my desk drawer that I have not even considered touching. Now tell me He is not controlling this situation? It is amazing!!!
Well, I won't keep you but just wanted to stop in and give this a try. Hope you enjoy reading.
In Christ,
Me
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