Good grief.....it started snowing/sleeting yesterday afternoon and the mess continued all night. Everything is encased in ice! Walking is an adventure and I was glad I had my Yak Trax to put on my shoes! Those things are great! Had to head out early this morning to go to the Red Cross office for CPR recertification. What a day to have to go out early! Yuck!

I dipped into my Extra Points a little bit yesterday. I had a hair appt after work and till I got home, I was starving! Ended up eating a 2nd helping(a big no-no). Oh well.....I wrote it down and counted it. Tonight's dinner is a shrimp stir-fry, so that will be way low in points. No treadmill this morning since I had to be up early and I'm not heading to the gym on these icy roads! Tomorrow is another day.

DH is babysitting our 4 year old grandson today and has called me twice already! Sigh.......He wondered what I was making for dinner and when I said shrimp stir-fry, he didn't think that would go over so well with the little one. Oh well.....I can always make him scrambled eggs, or a hot dog or something. I wasn't informed that I'd be having dinner guests ahead of time so I could plan on anything! We'll make do. No one will starve! Pappy will take him to MCDonald's for lunch and to play in the Playland there. He loves the chicken nuggets with apple slices so lunch is easy! He doesn't eat much...he's just a little bugger! LOL!

Ok gang.....have a good one!

Nova

This is Day 6 for me and its all under control! I'm just taking it one day at a time.....not stressing over how long its going to take to get to goal. When you think about it.....there is no end. This is Day 6 with a lifetime to go! Intuitive Eating has to become "me", just what I do, or in a year, I'll be right back where I am now. I'm not on a "diet" I'm on a "live-it"! Not to say I'll never have a day or a week where I eat with abandon.....the key is to get back to IE ASAP!

Its supposed to start snowing here sometime this morning. Ugh.....2-4 inches of snow and then ice/freezing rain. Should turn to all rain sometime tomorrow. Have I mentioned that I hate winter?

Hope you're all having a great week!

Nova

So far, so good! I ended up taking Friday afternoon off from work to make a bit of a long weekend. Yesterday(Saturday) dh and I went to Sam's Club & TJMaxx and did a bit of shopping. Then on to Olive Garden for dinner. I did great! I had one of their low fat options, Shrimp Primavera. I ordered the lunch sized portion, and only ate 1/2. I have enough left for 2 lunches this week! I also ate 1 breadstick and salad, and shared a glass of wine with dh. I've been sticking well within my point allowance.

Tomorrow morning is the restart of my treadmill workouts before work. It seems like its been forever! I'm shooting for 30 minutes, but if I only make 20 for the first few days, that's ok too. Then I'll head to the gym at lunch time. I can only imagine how packed it will be. No matter......I'll make the best of it.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Nova

Had a very successful day yesterday for my first day back to Intuitive Eating and counting points. I'm hoping in a couple months the IE will be firmly entrenched and I can stop the point counting, but we'll see. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get to my goal and stay there for the rest of my life. No dieting here....its called living! I'm doing the WW thing on my own with the materials that I've had for years. I've promised myself that if I'm not in Onederland, or at least darn close, by March 1....off I go to a WW meeting. I don't want to spend the $$, but this weight has got to come off, whatever it takes.

I'm looking forward to sharing this journey with you all in 2009. I just know its going to be a great year for all of us!

Nova

Okay, my friends........its "D" day! I don't know about you, but I'm feelin' it! I had to update my weight....ugh.......that hurt. Up 7 lbs over the Holidays. Not surprised, but it hurt just the same! No worries, that number is on its way down!

I'm doing a combo of Intuitive Eating and WW points. I need the accountability of journaling and counting points for awhile anyway

This is our year girls.........I just know there will be a bunch of us who get to our goals in 2009! I'm looking forward to sharing the journey with all of you!

Nova

Today is mental prep day. Tomorrow is Jan 1......a new beginning. I am going to go get myself a pretty little notebook to use as a journal(idea from Gwynn) and I'm going to try to keep it faithfully. I need to be accountable. I'm going to begin counting WW pts again....on my own. I am hoping I can have success without going to meetings. I really don't want to spend the $$, but if it just isn't working, I'll do it. 2009 is the year I finally get to goal and stick to it!

Yesterday in the mail I got my Kim Bensen book. Her story brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion. She lost over 200 lbs on WW. I'm not quite thru the book......hated to put it down to go to bed last night! I'm anxious to resume reading tonight. There are some recipes in the back that I'm anxious to read as well. She is just beautiful......what an accomplishment!

Hard to believe that my nice long vacation is over! Sigh.....Thanks to all of you who commented on the picture of my Christmas baby! He's just precious. I spent most of the afternoon holding him!

Now to the business of getting back on track. The whole month of December has been a blur of being sick, eating way too much and not exercising! Things have got to change.

Ok......good luck to everyone who is planning a New Year's resolution.One day at a time!

Nova

I'm not quite sure how to do this, but I'm going to try to post a pic of my Christmas baby!

Started off the morning by heading to our son's to see our 4 year old Grandson. Our son bought him a 4-wheeler and we got to see him give it to the little guy......too funny! He was so excited. He looks too cute with the helmet and riding around on the 4 wheeler.

We came home around 10AM and I began dinner preparations. Our daughter and her family were due around 1 for dinner. Well, about 10:30, we got a phone call......yep.......our daughter's water broke and they were on their way to the hospital! Its about an hour away. Anyway, now we are waiting for word. We will head down to see her and hopefully the new Grandson in the morning. We figured there was nothing we could do by going to the hospital tonight. The last we heard, she was 3 centimeters dilated. We had Christmas with her 5 year old son this afternoon. He is staying with his other Grandma across town.

So.....this has been a Christmas we won't soon forget! Hope you all had a great day!

Nova

Okay.....it is what it is and I will deal with it! I am gearing myself up for a good re-start on Monday, Dec 29. I only work today and tomorrow and then I'm off till the 29th. Could I start exercising and dieting sooner? Sure. But, let's be realistic! Truly, I'm watching what I eat this week, but I'm not stressing over it. I'm working on getting my head screwed on right for the 29th.

Daughter has still not had her baby! I swear......that boy is stubborn as a mule! She is so, so uncomfortable. She can't sleep and the baby keeps head-butting her bladder! She has to pee every 5 minutes! DH is going to go stay with her tonight and possibly tomorrow night. She has a Dr appt today and I'm hoping the Doc says....Ok.....come on....we're going to the hospital and get this show on the road! We'll see! Her husband went back to NYC to work for a couple days.....wish he would have taken this week off......sigh.....at least DH is finished with teaching for the Christmas break and can go and be with her. She lives about an hour from us.

Ok.....just about lunch time. Have to run some errands etc. I hate to go out, although I think it has warmed up to about 12!! Brrrrrrrrrr!

Nova