May 2009 here at 178

  these next two May 2110 at 161!!!!

I put on the same outfit and tried to get a similar pic as last years,

Yes this is me today after going to WW meeting with a glowing smile because I lost "3" pounds!!!! This is my biggest loss yet!  So that's 11 pounds since I started in Feb.  How I did it... walked almost everyday, and biked, and mostly stayed in my points budget, and PRAYED!!!!!   Thank you LORD!

I got a star a WW for this being my second five pounds, and a bravo star for all the walking. That also put me loosing 5% of my weight! I am happy, can you hear it thru the screen???

So I would love to hear from others who have decided to join this journey.

My challenge for this week.....drink more water instead of diet pop, and keep up the walking and biking.

Have a wonderful wednesday!     ~Jill~

ps, I have an early morn, tomorrow, thats why it says Tues on my Wed post! LOL!

I an hoping and praying that today I will feel better, I've been battling light-headedness and dizziness. Last night makes the second time in a roll that I've left church service early feeling sick (I'm beginning to thing the devil has a hand in this!) Anyway last Sunday early AM I stumbled out of bed trying to get to the bathroom. I told DH how I was feeling, but I tryed to push on because it was Mother's Day. So I made it thru sunday school and morning praise and worship time, and then left, and spent the whole day on the couch. So thankful it was still a good Mother's Day for my precious family took care of me, fixed dinner and let me rest the whole day .

So then I was fine all week until last night getting ready to walk out the door for evening service when the light headedness hit me again, I went a head and went, I had everyone ready by then! I made it thru the service but left soon as Pastor was done preaching. Back home to the couch

So far this morning, I'm feeling better, DH prayed for me before he left, so I'm asking all my praying friends to keep me in prayer also.

Mother's day on the couch!

I've decided to go a little more public about my journey of weight loss, for one reason, I need someone to tell about it, for another reason, I need some sense of accountalbilty! So I'll start with last May weighing 178 lbs, I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting with a friend, I only went 2 or 3 times, and then it was time for our family to go on our summer trip of deputation work for the Prison Ministry my husband serves in. Sooo, that was all the meetings for me, I continued to do the program in the summer until it became too hard without the support of the meetings, I had lost a little and I felt better...but then the Holidays came and I gained some back.

May 2009 178 lbs.

Being misserable again, this Feb. I went to the altar one morning at my church, asking God to please heal me of this thyroid problem, or help me lose weight and feel good again. The next day....I went searching online for a weight watchers class closer to home than the one I'd went to before...and would you believe, that there was a class starting the very next DAY, the next block up from my house at the Babtist church?!!! Isn't God good???!!!!

So after talking with DH there was no question, I was going! My begining weight this time was 172,  I have started walking, and biking several times a week now, my weight loss has been slow but steady, as of last Tues, I had lost 8 lbs. When I get to 9 pounds, that will be 5 % of my weight, then 17 is 10%. So 8 pounds in about 12 weeks. I got my first "are you loosing weight?" compliment this morning at church!  I hope you will follow along as I will be doing a Wednesday Weight Update, and cheer me on! I would love to have some of you to join me if you need this journey as well. My prayer is to Glorify God in all I do, I want to become confortable with my self again, and be more usefull for the Lord!          ~JILL~

this one is from a few weeks ago, I'll try to get a more recent one in the next update

this was Mother's Day 2010

A while back jimsruby posted about a good mascara, and we tried it really like it, now I'm wondering if anyone has found a really good lipstick that stays on for several hours like the mascara does? I don't wear stuff thats bright in color, but I would like to have one that would stay on!  Hope someone can help!

Outside my window.... Hot and Humid, 86 degrees! Summer is here in the Panhandle!

Around the House...Hannah Grace is just getting back from Art class, Leah just left for Art class, and Rachel is getting ready to go to Piano lessons! Hope is contently (for the moment) playing with her tea set .

Hannah Grace eyeing a spider  a few weeks ago at the park.

What I'm thankful for...times like last evening at Bible Study, listening to Pastor's sermon, I was sure he'd been listening to some things I'd been saying! Saying to David and to the Lord! It was if I was the only one there! Anyway, so Glad that God loves me so much to pay attention to my every need.

Another thing I'm thankful for...that I MADE myself go on my 2 mile bike ride this morning! It's way to hot to now, and I feel better for going!

What I'm hoping for...to lose more than ONE pound at weight watchers next week! I know slow and steady wins the race too, but I'm getting impatient to get into the next size down!

I am thinking about...getting a perm in my hair for the summer, and so I won't be so impatient waiting for it to grow out some!

this is my hair with just it's natural wave when I moused it)

what do you think? perm or not?)

From the kitchen...plans are for DH and I to fix a meat loaf dinner for tonite.

I am praying for...our check to get here, that the paperwork had been lost or misplaced, for Leahs thyroid to be healed, for a whole lot of other stuff!

I've accomplished today...cleaning out the little girl's pj and underwear drawers, and starting on changing over the little girls winter clothes to summer, AND making two little girls very happy by taking them thru MCD's for ice cream

Upcoming plans...a walk with DH in the morning, since he doesn't have to leave for work so early, maybe a movie on Friday eve. at home, maybe some yard sales SAT morning, more closet cleaning, school bookshelf clean out, and church on Sunday.

Have a Great Weekend!    ~Jill~

I am now mother to a 15 year old!

she's not changed that much! LOL!

Happy Birthday Leah!  Love MOM 

Oustide my Window...hearing the rain come down, lots of it! Back yard is flooded!  Kind of dark and dreary.

Inside....Hope in her house robe looking out talking to our dog Daisy, Hannah Grace sitting at her desk beside me coloring. Big girls sleeping in too long! A house that needs attention, school work to be done, ect, etc!

Plans for today...Weight Watchers meeting at 4, Homeschool meeting (curriculum display) after that. I'm to bring something yummy for that...thinking about fruit pizza  I may have to wade out to the grocery to get the ingredients.

Time to get busy!

  doesn't he look scary wearing this shirt! LOL! 

I had already wrote about Fri, and a little about Sat, but Sun. Dave had a sing with Fortress, so this time I decided to pack everyone up and go,(with plans of finding a park afterwards).  They sang at a Methodist church in a little old town. It was thier homecoming day, so they also had a wonderful lunch afterwards!

Before we left the house, we had packed up extra clothes to change into, and swimsuits (which was supposed to be a secret from the little girls)! But...Hannah Grace saw them and wanted to why we are taking swimsuits!  Tryin to not make a big deal of it, because I wasn't sure if we'd swim or not... I said with a laugh "oh we might want to jump in a lake somewhere .

So we go this park, there is a little lake there, and the girls played in it for a while, while DH and I lounged in the chairs wishing for a nap! When we were getting ready to go, Hannah Grace says..."and I thought Mom was just kidding when she said we might jump in a lake somewhere!" She is always saying something cute that makes us laugh!

The rest of the evening was finished at home with bbq chicken on the grill, a few in house projects, and that's about it. Very nice weekend!

Last evening DH and I had a nice time on our date, came home and watched the movie Blind Side. Then before we went to sleep, I asked him if he could do something for me in the morning. What I asked for was if I could just stay in the bedroom for a while, if he would get up and take care of things (children, mainly) for a little while. 

So, this morning I had the pleasure of resting a little longer, feeling the cool breeze thru the window, listening to the birds sing, listening to the mostly quiet house, listening to little Hope and Daddy talk to each other in the other room, I had the pleasure of thinking about my dear Lord, singing songs in my mind to him, time to plan the rest of my day (on paper), time to drink almost a whole cup of coffee without setting it down (which was made by DH and was very tasty!) I simply had time to just STOP and soak for a while. It was so refreshing, it was just what I needed!   I also wrote DH a thank you note telling him so.   Last but not least, he took ALL of them with him to the grocery store, so as I am writing this, I'm again enjoying the quiet.

While I'm on that note... I'm so glad our heavenly father knows just what we need when! I'm so thankful for the Husband he gave me, so thankful for his(DH's) gentle servant's heart he has.  I am BLESSED!

Time today was well spent. My plans for the rest of the day is to continue to live in His pressence and soak up his Love.   

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Psalm 108:1