Twenty Thirteen Is Here! (Late post by 7 days)

     Twenty Thirteen is here and I just know it's going to be an awesome year. I started the year off on the right foot. The scales showed I'd lost another lb. for a total of 35 lbs gones forever. It made my day. I'm not afraid to get on the scales now. That's a first for me!

     I went to Karen's house to visit with them and Kason was so sweet. He loves riding his horse and watching the movie Across the Great Divide.

     We had a great supper at my mother & father in laws house. We had cube steak in gravy, rice, cabbage, mustard greens, black eyed peas, rolls and cornbread! To say it was delicious is an understatement! I typically don't like black eyed peas, but these were delicious. Frances even had her cherry pie dessert. This is a cold pie and it's a favorite of ours! The only pic I took was of the pie. hehehe...

I hope you have a fantastic year! Did you set any New Year Resolutions? I'd love to hear if you did or didn't! :)

Until Next Time,

New Beginning...called Atkins Diet in Progress as of Today!!!

     (This was written 3/31/11..sorry so late for posting, but as my Mom always said, "Better late than never!" ):   Today is a new day for me. I have started the Atkins Diet! I am kind of nervous, excited, anxious all rolled together! I know I can do it because I did it back in 2004. I just fell off the bandwagon big time! I'm not going to call this a diet though...I'm going to call this a lifestyle change! I just want to use the Atkins Diet to really jump start the process and really until I get to where I "want" to be then I want to eat healthy and not go back to my emotional eating!
I also know I have got to incorporate excercise into my new way of living. I'm just not sure how or when!!! I definetly want to get the diet down pat first. Some of you that read my blog already know this but for those of you who don't I have Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (more in depth explanation will be for another post!). So it's really hard to feel like exercising, but I know I need to fit some in so that I can maximize my weight loss & to become healthier. I will. Soon.
Chuckie got up this morning and fixed my breakfast for me!! Since I've started my job at Shands (Aug. 2009) & I have to leave the house between 6:30-6:45 he always fixes my lunch for me & packs it! ;) He says its because I fixed his lunches when we were first married (for the first 6 or 7 years) so now it's his turn!  This morning he fixed me scrambled eggs, fried bacon & broke into pieces & put it in a bowl with the eggs & sprinkled a little bit of cheese on top! I ate it on my way to work. :) Yep, I was multi tasking! My healthy breakfast was delicious!!!! I enjoyed a Diet Cherry Pepsi too. I called Chuckie after I finished eating to thank him. :) This did hold me until lunch too! I know this is alot better than a Debbie Cake Honeybun! lol
For lunch today I fixed a salad, two slices of lunch meat ham, one slice of cheese broke into little pieces, 1/2 tomatoe & a tablespoon Ranch dressing. I still need to buy the fat free kind. It's on my list! Oh yeah & SoBe Life Strawberry Kiwi Life Water. CVS has them BuyOneGetOneFree! :)
For supper I ate two chicken patties (the kind you fix in the oven) & put shredded cheese on top & 3 slices of tomatoes. I was extremley full!
All in all today I was not hungry in between meals, I didn't crave sugar, & I feel satisfied!! I'm totally surprised, espescially about not craving sugar!!! Who would have thought? 
I did find an inspiring quote which made me really think about doing the Atkins NOW. Here it is:

2011 Is Here!

I took this cute pic @ the coffee shop @ Shands. I just love the baby

elephant following behind his Mommy. I fell in love with it when I seen it!

I'm only three days late with have a "Happy New Year!" I so meant to publish a post this weekend and as you can tell it just didn't happen. That's life. At least I'm doing it now instead of never posting & wishing everyone a Happy New Year. As the saying goes, "it's better late than never." 

I do have a few New Years Resolutions I'd like to share:

*I'm going to lose weight. I'm not going to say how much because I also get fixated on a number and end up getting discouraged if I don't lose that certain "number". I have a ver good reason for losing weight(besides for health reasons): We have a wedding to look forward to at the end of this year!! Colby (our oldest son) and Sarah will be getting married on December 31, 2011 so I have to lose weight!!!!!!! :) 

*I am going to post more regular here on my blog, at least once a week but I'd love to 2-3 times a week! Just think, one post a week will be 52 posts by the end of the year. I look at this blog as a journal for me and for my family. At the end of the year I will have a journal of happenings that went on in my life!! Without this blog at the end of the year would I be able to tell you 52 separate things that went on in my life? Nope I sure wouldn't! It puts it in perspective doesn't it?

*Read my Bible on a regular basis!! There is  plenty of room for me to improve in this area. 

I do not want to over do it with a long drawn out list because it probably would not make the completed list! Sad, but true! So we'll see by me keeping my list to a top 3 if I can follow through!??

So what is your top three or four or five? See, I've just given you an idea for a post! :) :)