Busy Busy....

I know I have neglected to keep up to date with my blog! Between work being slammed and home life just out of control, I rarely have the ability to sit and relax for a few and type anything. So I am taking a few minutes today to do just that.

I have several pictures I need to upload of misc items. My daughter drew a penguin on her boyfriends valentines card and she is quite the artist. I took a picture to share here. I also have been working on my hubby's rag throw blanket. I am just about done and will share that as well.
We have really started working on the house and getting that prepped to be sold. I bought a new unfinished kitchen table and have been staining and painting that. I have one more coat of paint on the legs to do and then sand the top and do another coat of polyurethane. I didn't take before pictures as I was too anxious to get started but I will take after pictures. Now I need to find some kitchen chairs that I can paint. Hubby won't let me touch my current set. :o(

On the weight loss front here are my stats:
Starting weight: 145.6
After Load weight: 147.6
Day 29 VLCD: 131.4 and a whopping 20.75 inches lost!!!
So I am down 16.2lbs in a month! I am happy about that. I am nearing the end of the diet though and I am happy about that too. I am ready to starting adding new foods back in and maintaining the weight loss. I would like to lose just a few more pounds though. I am hoping to get to 128 before this round is over.

Not much going on

My birthday was this past week and it came and went. Not a lot of good news on that day.
I woke up to a phone call that my Great Grandmother passed away the night before. So sad but she was 91.
Then we missed the school bus but I still got on the road to work on time.
There was an accident on the highway which caused me to be 15min late to work. Bummer....
My wonderful co-workers though decorated my desk and had a food day for me and was considerate to my diet! It was so nice.
Once I got home I had a wonderful bouquet of flowers from my hubby and the kids were cleaning up the house. Very sweet of them all. Later in the evening I got an email from a friend and she was wishing me a Happy Birthday but then mentioned she was starting chemo in 3wks. I didn't even know she had cancer! So I called her and found out she has stage 3 breast cancer and had a mastectomy the week before. She found out she had cancer Dec 23rd. I am so sad for her but let her know if she needs anything at all to let me know and I will be there. They are moving about 4 miles down the road from us this month and I am beyond Excited!!!

It has been a long week needless to say and it ended with a trip to urgent care on Sat with my middle child. She had been sick and it wasn't getting better and she has a serious case of strep throat. Poor gal! She is doing a little better but still running an off and on fever and her throat really hurts. She is determined to go to school tomorrow.

On the diet front:

Pre Load Weight: 145.6
Post Load Weight: 147.6
Day 14 of the Low Cal diet: 135.2
Total weight lost: 12.4lbs!!! WOOHOOO
I still need to do some measurements but haven't.

Here's to a better week!! I have done a tad bit of sewing but need to take pictures of the finished product which won't be done until next weekend.

Diet Update

Well the update is good! I am handing the diet well and the food choices really aren't that bad.
I am down 9lbs since Jan 25th and several inches now. I did up my dose on Sat from 0.5 to 0.6 because I was still dealing with a lot of hunger and being very tired. After upping the dose I feel much better!

So here are the results:
Pre Load: 145.6
After Load: 147.6
after 7days on the Low Cal: 138.6

Total weight loss so far: 9lbs in 1week! I am thrilled

I will do pictures after 2wks so there will hopefully be some very visible change. I can see a difference in my clothes so that is good.