Wow...it's been a while huh?

I'm not sure why I haven't updated this for so long. Lazy I guess. Anyway, I'm still plugging along on Weight Watchers. So far, I've lost around 55 pounds. I'm very pleased with my progress and I can really see a difference in how I look and feel. I've finally had to put my "big" clothes away and dig through the closet for smaller sizes. Woohoo! There's been no major setbacks but there has been a few weeks that I really had to give myself a pep talk to stay focused. I keep track of my weight everyday even though the 'experts' say not to do that. Eh, what do they know...

Now scrapping....well that's a whole other thing. I haven't done much at all in that category. I do have plans to work on a layout or two this weekend. But I have a whole laundry list of things I want to get done this weekend so we'll see...

So, I guess that's it for now. I'll try to be a little better about checking in here.

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I just gotta tell ya.....

This losing weight thing ain't easy! I've been working at it since November. I wanted so badly to hit the 35 lb mark this week. I didn't. I stayed the same....to the tenth of a pound. Next Thursday is the last week of this session. I, of course, am signing up for another session. So I will have to think of a new set of goals to achieve this time.

For starters, my long term goals for the session are to lose another 10% of my present weight and then to hit 50 lbs by the end of June. That would give me 10 weeks to lose 15 lbs...a pound and a half a week on average. Should be doable. (crossing fingers)

Short term goals...hmmmm. I need to drink more water and get more exercise. I do have a 4 mile walk coming up on April 25th for the March of Dimes. But I need to more. the problem is that I don't LIKE exercise.....at all. Never have. Never will. But I KNOW I have to do it.

So for now, that is enough to think about.

Just a little update....

I'm still pushing toward my weight lose goal. I lost 2 lbs last week, which puts me at 32.6 lbs total. I'm pretty darn proud of myself for hanging in there this long. There's been days that I didn't think I could do it, believe me! But the pay off on weigh in day always makes it worth the struggle. The WW leader had a little motto written up on the flip chart during class. It's nothing that I haven't heard before but I wrote it down anyway.

There are people who make things happen.

There are people who let things happen.

And there are people who say how in the world did that happen?

I'm going to be one the people who make things happen. I'm going to keep working to reach my goal and be healthy.

Thirty pounds of Potatoes!

Yep! That's right! That's what I've lost now! Well, 30.6 to be exact! I envision 3 of these attached to my body. And now they are gone! Woohoo!!!

More layouts...

I've been keeping busy with my scrapping lately. Between the challenges on the Sneaky site and working on my heritage albums, I've been scrapping at every opportunity. These are two that I completed this weekend.

The first one is one of my grandmother when she was 12 years old. Love this photo! The paper flower was made by folding 8 circles into petals. Karen gave us the instructions on the Sneaky site.








This layout is also of my grandmother. I don't know how old she was in the photo but I am guessing 30-ish? The paper is Basic Grey and I have had it forever but have always been intimidated by it. But I pulled it out last night and it matched the photo as if it were made for it! The chipboard title was laser cut at my LSS. I painted it with Tim Holtz Crackle Paint. The jury is still out on whether I like this stuff or not. I've used it a few times now and I'm never sure what the results are going to be. Maybe I need to try another color or something. I chose a neutral color so I could use it with more things.

missed it by THAT much!

These are my two latest layouts. Both of them were for challenges we are doing on our Sneaky site.

Today was weigh in day. I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. But I didn't make my 30 pound mark like I had hoped. I lost 1.4 lbs, which puts me .4 (yes that's point 4) lbs from the big 3-0 mark. Oh well...I'll get it next week.

I have also come to the realization that I am not going to make my previously set goal of 15 more pounds by the first day of spring. And it's my own fault. I've been pretty lax about journaling what I eat and keeping track. I gotta get my ass back in gear here.

Other than that, not a lot going on. I've been scrapping pretty steadily and feeling good about it. I did set a goal to work on at least one of the layouts each weekend for the four heritage albums. I completed one last weekend and have another one ready to work on this weekend. I have a few altered projects to do as well.