The weather is soooooooo nice...........

When its so warm and sunny outside I just want to be outside all the time. Rusty and I went to Guntersville on Saturday. We might camp out there this summer. And when I say that, I mean in a tent. He doesn't want to do it until we have our boat. If I can stay away from shopping, we should have enough money saved by my birthday to buy one. It will be nice because we can use it at our lake here or the numerous state parks here in Alabama. Guntersville will be the best because its so big and beautiful. Another thing we came upon there was a "floating condo" It is essentially a series of houseboats that look like little log cabins floating along a pier. We stopped to check them out and to take a look inside. He says we will definitely do it but he will have to take something for motion sickness. We also went to Pell City to check out Lake Logan Martin. When his daughter graduates from high school this summer, some of his family will be coming down and we wanted to take them boating. Logan Martin is close although not as big as Guntersville. It is bigger than Sportsman's lake, although we might take them there one day too. I did weigh in this week. I lost 1.4. That brings my total to 8.8 although they messed up and wrote 9.2 in my book. I wish it were so. For anyone following the Weight Watchers program, I recommend buying the Comfort Foods cookbook. I tried two recipes out of it this weekend, one a meal and one a dessert, and they were excellent and easy to prepare. I also bought a new Walk Away the Pounds dvd. This one has 3 and 4 miles. I did the 4 mile one at the free aerobics class I go to in Springville and I did the three mile one here at home. I alternate the ones I choose. Today I did the 2 mile one from my other video. The three and four mile dvd has a little more stretchie band work, but if you dont have the stretchie, you can do the workout without it. I also realized that I will be able to take that dvd with me on a trip, because you can do it just about anywhere, even when we go camping. (I do intend to take the portable dvd player with me!) I can "rough it" to an extent, but I would like some comforts of home. So now is the time to kick it up a notch. My goal is to try to make my total weight loss at least 20 lbs by my birthday. Thats just over 11 lbs to go. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

The weather is soooooooo nice...........

When its so warm and sunny outside I just want to be outside all the time. Rusty and I went to Guntersville on Saturday. We might camp out there this summer. And when I say that, I mean in a tent. He doesn't want to do it until we have our boat. If I can stay away from shopping, we should have enough money saved by my birthday to buy one. It will be nice because we can use it at our lake here or the numerous state parks here in Alabama. Guntersville will be the best because its so big and beautiful. Another thing we came upon there was a "floating condo" It is essentially a series of houseboats that look like little log cabins floating along a pier. We stopped to check them out and to take a look inside. He says we will definitely do it but he will have to take something for motion sickness. We also went to Pell City to check out Lake Logan Martin. When his daughter graduates from high school this summer, some of his family will be coming down and we wanted to take them boating. Logan Martin is close although not as big as Guntersville. It is bigger than Sportsman's lake, although we might take them there one day too. I did weigh in this week. I lost 1.4. That brings my total to 8.8 although they messed up and wrote 9.2 in my book. I wish it were so. For anyone following the Weight Watchers program, I recommend buying the Comfort Foods cookbook. I tried two recipes out of it this weekend, one a meal and one a dessert, and they were excellent and easy to prepare. I also bought a new Walk Away the Pounds dvd. This one has 3 and 4 miles. I did the 4 mile one at the free aerobics class I go to in Springville and I did the three mile one here at home. I alternate the ones I choose. Today I did the 2 mile one from my other video. The three and four mile dvd has a little more stretchie band work, but if you dont have the stretchie, you can do the workout without it. I also realized that I will be able to take that dvd with me on a trip, because you can do it just about anywhere, even when we go camping. (I do intend to take the portable dvd player with me!) I can "rough it" to an extent, but I would like some comforts of home. So now is the time to kick it up a notch. My goal is to try to make my total weight loss at least 20 lbs by my birthday. Thats just over 11 lbs to go. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

OK.......I brought myself back into WW after several weeks away. I only gained .2 Thats not so bad considering how I ate. That was Thursday and I went to the Harry concert last night so, of course, I had to eat out with my friends. The concert was wonderful and the food was good. Tomorrow I am back on track. I went to the Core plan one week and lost 4 lbs that week. What I learned is that I truly need to incorporate more proteins and fruits and veggies into the diet. The Core plan only lets you have carbs (whole wheat pasta or a potato) once a day. I dont think I could do that every day. So I will do the Points again this week but still try to limit my carbs to once a day, but the carbs of my choice, add in more vegetables and the protein shouldn't be a problem since I mainly eat chicken. Then if I get to a point where I am not losing I may try the Core plan again one week. The weather was wonderful this weekend. It is so nice to be outside. Rusty and I bought two fishing rods today and went to the lake, but it was getting dark and the fish weren't biteing. I think we'll try again tomorrow if the weather stays nice. I'm going to try to add a photo from the concert.....we'll see how it goes.

I think I got lost.......

I haven't posted in almost two weeks. I was sick with a cold and a pinched nerve. I was weak and felt those were good reasons to not follow my Weight Watchers. Back to the grindstone this week though. No matter what, I am weighing in on Thursday. I may try to start some walking again this week, but no hand weights for the upper body for a while. I will have to splurge this week though for the Harry Connick Jr concert. Thats Friday and my friends and I are eating out. I will still try to make a wise choice. The good thing about losing weight is when you go to try on clothes and you find something really cute that fits really well. I'm excited about the dress I bought for the concert. My friend Donna is looking awesome and is wearing a super cute dress too. My other friend April bought a cute outfit, so I think we will all be looking hot. Donna bought the Walk Away the Pounds video and said she lost 1.2 lbs this week. Awesome! I will try to post again this week and let you guys know how I do at weigh in and the concert!