Happy Saturday!

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding
I couldn’t resist the urge to weigh myself again this morning and am happy to report that the scale said 208.5! This is encouraging because it means the two-pound gain I showed yesterday truly was from a full day of eating and nothing else. I know you rejoice with me in this happy moment. 🙂 In fact, I’m going to change my stats on the side bar to show the lower weight. That actually brings me back down the pound I gained last week too.
Woo Hoo!!
This morning my mom left to go back home. One of my daughters got up with me at 6:00 am to take her to the airport. We stopped for donuts on the way home, because we promised the kids donuts for a treat today. When we got home I was a little more awake, so I asked her if she’d like to go for a walk with me.
She agreed and we enjoyed some chatting and walking for 32 minutes around our neighborhood. It was about 43 degrees out, and nice and sunny.
I made her some hot cocoa when we got home and now we’re going to sit and quietly watch a movie until the rest of the household wakes up. Since we were up very late last night and then very early today we might just fall back asleep on the couch. 🙂

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Thanksgiving Choices

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

Well, I feel the need to share with everyone how my eating went yesterday.

We had a very nice time.
I got up and got my turkey in the oven. Then I cleaned up around the house before getting dressed. We had done so much prep work on Wednesday that I really didn’t have as much to do as in the past.
The meal turned out wonderful. My sister-in-law made a dish that is custom in her family and a couple that came brought a yummy pie and side dish.
I had a small spoonful of everything. I almost took a picture of my plate to share with you, but I didn’t want to make everyone else feel uncomfortable. There was about 2-3 small bites of everything. It was enough to leave me just over satisfied and little enough that I knew I hadn’t overdone it. I also chose to drink water with my meal instead of soda so as to not fill up on carbonation.
What a great feeling!!
I had a small piece of French Silk Pie with my coffee for dessert and that was fine also.
The only area I kind of “messed up” in was the crackers and cheese ball with the relish tray.
I LOVE green olives and ate a few too many crackers with cream cheese ball topped with olives.
They began to make me feel sick. Ugh…. but I knew I hadn’t overeaten throughout the day, so I could recover from the snacks easily.
So, that’s it. My honest post about how I ate. I feel I did fine.
Could I have eaten better? Yes, I could’ve stayed away from the hors d’oeuvres. That’s what I will change for the future.
Am I proud of my other choices? Yes. My plate was by no means piled high with food and I didn’t go back for seconds.
All in all, I made some good choices and I learned from other choices. I enjoyed wonderful time with our friends and family. We played games and talked a lot and it was a great day!
I hope you all had a wonderful day and enjoy some more rest and recreation during this long weekend.
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Weigh-In … Could’ve Been Worse

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

Today’s Weight: 211.5

Loss/Gain: +2.0 lbs.
Total Loss So Far: -19.5 lbs
Well, I wrestled with whether to go ahead and weigh myself today or weigh myself yesterday morning. Since I forgot to weigh myself yesterday morning today won by default. 🙂
Am I worried about a two-pound gain the day after Thanksgiving? No.
I weighed myself on Wednesday morning and I wasn’t up at all, so I know that this is all due to eat more than normal yesterday.
I know it will come off this week, so I’m not worried. Plus, I’m glad that I controlled things enough that it wasn’t a five or seven pound gain.
I hope you don’t think that I’m too flippant about this. If you do, oh well.
Yesterday I enjoyed the time with our family and the only regret I have regarding my food intake is that I ate too many crackers with cheese from the cheese ball. Whew! We were playing a game in the evening and I had to just make myself sit there with some water because I could still taste the cream cheese & Ranch in my mouth from so much I had eaten.
Otherwise, I did okay and I’m not upset about it. I’ll post more later on how it went.
For now, it’s back on track and continuing down my weightloss journey. 🙂
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Great Thanksgiving Posts

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

Since my mom has been visiting all week I haven’t had the time to post all the things that have gone through my head. Yet, each day Diane at Fit to the Finish has so eloquently posted things that I completely agree with and have found very insightful in regards to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

So, I decided to go ahead and post links to them for you to check out in case you don’t already read her blog. I know you will find some pointers that will help you to have a successful, fun-filled Thanksgiving! You’ll also see my comments on each one of them. Enjoy!
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Thankful

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

First, I want to take a minute to thank each and every one of you that has stopped by my blog and left such encouraging comments. Blogging has been one of my greatest tools in reaching success in my weightloss journey. If people weren’t responding I might not find it so helpful. 🙂

With Thanksgiving just around the corner – literally less than 24 hours away now – I can’t help but think how blessed I am.

Here are some weight-related things I am thankful for:

I am no longer feeling helpless about my weight.
I am able to do things physically that I didn’t think I could before.
I have my health and energy like never before.
I have met some very nice, supportive people through blogging that give me the support and direction I need to continue on down this journey.
I have seen close friends and family become super supportive of me in my weight loss no matter how slow it goes.
While I’d love to take credit for these wonderful blessings, I can’t. I must take a minute to give thanks to Jesus for His saving grace and boundless love. I truly give Him credit for helping me to overcome my emotional issues that have contributed to my weight gain issues. He is my strength and high tower and I have been able to work through many things because His word has been faithful to speak to me in times of need.
I am a blessed woman, both by family and friends and now also in my health and I give all glory to God.
I pray you too can know the love that God so freely shares and find out that blessings can be yours also, no matter what your weight or current place in life.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!
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Hot 100 – Update #6

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding


I’m a little behind in posting my Hot 100 update. I knew it was coming, but haven’t checked blogs or anything since Thursday night I think.

Anyway, here it goes!
My Hot 100 November Goals:

Scale Goal: Reach my first scale goal of 199 by Thanksgiving. That is losing 15 pounds between now and then.
Emotional Goal: Learn how to stay on track while my mother visits the week of Thanksgiving and not feel bad about it. I tend to not want to make her feel bad with my losing weight. I’ve told her this and she is most encouraging, but it’s still rough for me.

I must tell you that I know for sure that I will not hit 199 by Thanksgiving. I guess if I starved myself and worked out a lot I could lose 10 pounds in the next four days. 🙂 I just don’t see it happening though.
A week or so ago I was very upset when I realized I wasn’t getting closer to 199. However, I’ve gotten out of my funk and decided that it’s a goal I am still going to try and hit by the end of the year.
I have not given up and I will keep working on it.
As for the emotional goal… my mom came into town on Saturday. So far it hasn’t been too hard to eat less. Plus, I’m noticing that she is eating less also. Glory! I think I will definitely make my emotional goal this month. 🙂

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No Stress Allowed

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding


Hello! Well, Thanksgiving week is upon us and there is so much to be done. I really love this time of year. I enjoy cooking up the Thanksgiving meal and baking some pies. I enjoy putting together some baked goods for friends and spending time with loved ones over the long holiday weekend.

I wonder how many people are nervous about this holiday centered around a HUGE meal? How many people are already nervous about putting on a couple of pounds, or not being able to eat anything because it’s all too high in calories? How many people think they will lose all control this holiday and in turn they will feel like they are a failure at weight loss and give up?
I’m not. I will eat what I like. I will enjoy a little of my favorites and then I will stop. Yes, I will even have a small piece of dessert, or bites of a few different ones. I will enjoy the food, but in moderation.
I’ve done this before and I know it can be done.
Will I lose weight this week? Honestly, I’m not sure. I know I will be careful the rest of the week and I will try and fit in some exercise, but I’m not going to stress myself out over my weight.
In my humble opinion, Thanksgiving is too wonderful a holiday to ruin it with weight-related issues.
My body knows what it wants and it knows to tell me when it’s had enough. This Thanksgiving I will listen to my body and I will stop eating when it says, “Okay, we’ve had enough.” and I will be content with that.
How about you? Are you stressing over the amounts of food that may possibly be set before you this Thanksgiving and your ability to control yourself around it all?
Please don’t be.
Do your best and don’t stress. If you do put on a pound or two, please don’t hate yourself. You’ll have plenty more days and weeks to continue working on your weight loss.
Have a great week everyone!
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"Hey Skinny!"

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

Yesterday at school a teacher’s aid asked me if I was losing weight. I told her, “Yes, I am and thank you for noticing!”

She said it was “really noticeable” when she walked in the room and saw me. I explained that it’s been a slow process, but changes are being made and I do feel better.
Of course, you know that made my day. 🙂
Well, today I was at the school for about an hour as Mom, instead of substitute and the same teacher’s aid sees me and says, “Hey Skinny!!”
I just laughed! I know at 209.5 lbs I am NOT skinny.
She gushed again about how it’s so noticeable and I look great. I giggled and thanked her again for her kind words.
Silly lady. She’s definitely a friend I’ll have to keep around! 🙂
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Weigh-In … I Don’t Really Care

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

Today’s Weight: 209.5

Loss/Gain: + 1.0 lb
Total Loss So Far: -21.5 lbs
Well, this might be a good time to say that I weigh myself a couple of times a week. Earlier in the week, about two days ago I had a weight that would’ve shown a decent loss for this week. I figured if I could stay around there I’d be doing good.
Then I just didn’t drink hardly any water and yesterday I didn’t eat weightloss portions. They weren’t huge, but they weren’t light either. To top it all off, I ate dinner at 8:00 pm. Not a good combination the day and night before weighing in.
So, when I say that I don’t really care about this gain, it’s because I know that I’ve been doing better. I’m back on track making better choices and I’ve been exercising. I just had bad timing with some “free” eating.
I know that I need to make sure to make every day count so this doesn’t happen again, and I will keep working on that.
I hope you’re having a great Friday!
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On The Go Energy

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Leah@MyNewEnding

I’ve had a very busy, on-the-go week so far. Last night I was so tired I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed and it was only 10:30.

As I go about my days I keep thinking ahead to Thanksgiving next week, and even Christmas after that. I’ll stick with talking about November today.
My mother comes in Saturday for a week-long visit and then my brother and his wife are coming on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with us. There are plans zipping through my mind as I go about my days.
What do I need to clean?
What to buy for the Thanksgiving meal?
When to bake for some friends?
Do I have to take daughter to her practice, or will husband be home in time for that?
What days am I working this week, and how can I plan accordingly?
The list could go on, and I’m sure most of you can relate. It’s a busy, busy time, but I love every minute of it!
As I was cleaning up the kitchen the other evening, exhausted but determined to keep the house picked up, I realized that I’m so glad I have the energy to keep up with it all.
Miraculously I have been able to keep my house in decent order through all the activities of the past weeks. It’s like I have this hidden energy that drives me.
Don’t get me wrong, I look forward to relaxing a few days with my mom, but I’m just a bit amazed at how I’ve been able to keep going even when I’m tired.
Then it hit me…maybe, just maybe this is because not only have I lost 22 pounds, but I am exercising regularly!! You see, I only currently weigh a few pounds less than I did a year ago and even two years ago, but I am exercising regularly now.
HA! I’m seeing an added benefit to my weight loss and exercise change – More energy to keep up with a busy household!
Speaking of which… I need to go check on my soup and finish getting dinner ready. Then I’ll yada, yada, etc. etc.
Boy, am I loving this! 🙂
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