Hello everyone!!!! How is everyone's week going?? Mine has been pretty great. My little man still has the pox. The first spots are dried, but the last break out is not just yet. He still is loving the oatmeal baths. Everyone else in the house is pox free, so all is good in that area.

Well, my schedule is more back to normal. I have made a mommy rule: NO computer untill certain things are done each day. Those things include: getting dressed, breakfast, school, and daily chores. All these things always got done, but not very timely. Basically by afternoon....I reward myself with computer time, heehe. I was always getting side-tracked. This way everything gets done then I can surf the net and visit. So far so good with the new rule. I was really late getting on Monday. I went to town on Monday and did a BIG shopping day. Somehow that shopping took me way longer than expected....I did not get home till around 4pm. We do not do school on Mondays. (daddy is off that day, so we do school Tues-Sat) That was one less task for that day, but I needed to do some major cleaning. So, I was able to get on the internet at 11pm. While, I hope that is not the norm, I am proud of what I got done that day. Today was much better, no trip to town. I was pretty much done by just after lunch. WAHOO!!! Then I can get online and even do extra things....like high on my list is sewing. I have projects in mind...and think I may have just fixed my schedule to find the time.

OH, was this a WLW post, hahahahahaha. I wanted to catch up and WLW. heehe.

As far as WLW, I gained 4 lbs while in Orlando, so this week I worked on getting that off. It is gone now, so I hope to decrease even more. Basically over the last year I have lost those 30ish lbs. I go up a few then back down. I have maintained the orginally weight loss. Although that is wonderful, I need to lose much more. I know in my heart I am not being as strict as I once was....also not putting in enough exercise. The exercise is really where I need to focus this week. I am eating okay....have portion control pretty much mastered (Knowing and doing sometimes are different things). I am drinking my water daily. I even am doing better at my 3pm slump. (I am eating extra protein then) I used to exercise at night before bed. So if my schedule is off.....and I am behind all day..........guess what gets skipped?? You guessed it, exercise. That just can not be the case. I have to do at least 30 min of bike riding each day. (Burning 300 cals.) I was up to 1 hour before the hernia. I am 4 months post op now. All in all it does not bother me, but there is still pain in a certain spot, on and off. It really does not bother my exercise, but I used it as an excuse. It has pain, so....excuse, excuse, excuse. Well not anymore. I am riding that bike nightly no matter what. (Repeat, repeat, repeat...till I am convinced, heehe)

I want to share what I had for supper tonight. Left over BBQ Sloppy joe (I use ground turkey) and sweet potato fries. The sloppy joe recipe I found several weeks back and it has become a regular menu item. The sweet potato fries were yummy. Just cut them up and put some extra virgin olive oil on them, seasoned salt, pepper, galic powder...then bake 400* for 20min. But the best part is........I made a dipping sauce for them. I have extra cream cheese (cause it was on sale and I had a coupon). I bought 4 tubs last week. 2 regular and 2 onion and chive. (Low fat, of course) I can eat it on bagels, but not 4 tubs worth. However, I bought knowing I could make dips and things for church....so I purchased them....got them for 50 cents a piece. (We eat at church every Wednesday night and sometimes more for special occasions....we do potluck each meal.) Anywho, I was able to use up 1 tub of the plain for a ladies bible study last week. So tonight I thought what can I do with the onion and chive kind. I searched the www for recipes. I seen lots of dips and sauces. I just read the recipes and adjusted them for 2nite. I added 1 tub into a small sauce pan with 1/3 cup of low fat milk.....and let them heat on low till creamy. So the cream cheese was low fat and the milk as well, so all in all not bad. I had maybe a tablespoon with my sweet potato fries. It was so yummy. It was very filling as well. So a little goes a long way. The family liked it as well, so it was a sucess. It is nice to jazz things up every once in a while.

I hope you all have had a great week!!!!!

We will get there in a slow and healthy pace TOGETHER!!!

Be blessed,

Chasity

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When you read through Weightloss Wednesday's Post- remember this:

~This is a Blog

~It contains opinions and thoughts, and links to other sources of information.

~For any important health or medical issues - you should be talking to your doctor - not taking the advice of an on-line blog.

~Before embarking on any major change in diet or exercise you must consult your local physician.

~Any information listed on this site is for my own education and the encouragement of others. It is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

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If you want to join us just....
~Make a Weightloss Wednesday Post. It could be about your personal journey or an idea or tip. You can be a prayer partner to the group as well.
~Some how link to me, Chasity, so others will know where to go to join WLW.
~Come back to me and let me know you posted your WLW by using Mr. Linky.
~Then please go visit other sweet friend's wonderful stories. Also leave comments, everybody needs the encouragement.

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Well, I just ran out of time today. I usually pre write this post. With the trip to FL last week, my schedule is still a little off. I tried to get to it all day today (Tuesday). So now it is 1230am and no post is written. I am going to be quick with this and try to get some sleep. Although, I wanted to get the link up.

As far as me.....I need to get back on track since the trip. Some meals were perfect and very healthy. Some were not. Since being home, I have not got completely on track with everything. I do have one with chicken pox and my days have been well.....life of a mom, heehe. I tend to take care of everyone else and there is not time left over. I am sure each of us can share in that experience. I hope you are all doing well!! Love you!!

We will get there in a slow and healthy pace TOGETHER!!!

Be blessed,

Chasity

*****Disclaimer*****

When you read through Weightloss Wednesday's Post- remember this:

~This is a Blog

~It contains opinions and thoughts, and links to other sources of information.

~For any important health or medical issues - you should be talking to your doctor - not taking the advice of an on-line blog.

~Before embarking on any major change in diet or exercise you must consult your local physician.

~Any information listed on this site is for my own education and the encouragement of others. It is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

Now for the rules of the meme:

If you want to join us just....
~Make a Weightloss Wednesday Post. It could be about your personal journey or an idea or tip. You can be a prayer partner to the group as well.
~Some how link to me, Chasity, so others will know where to go to join WLW.
~Come back to me and let me know you posted your WLW by using Mr. Linky.
~Then please go visit other sweet friend's wonderful stories. Also leave comments, everybody needs the encouragement.

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Hello from sunny FL. How are you all doing? Guess what?

Me+Road Trip= Bad food choices

While, I am trying to eat for the most part decently. We are eating every meal out. I will be tired of that by the end of the week, for sure. We had 2 funerals in 2 days, last Thursday and Friday. We traveled 4 hours one way to them. Then, we left again Sunday afternoon. (God is obviously preparing us for evangelism, heehe.) We have road trips down pat. Hubby is here to attend a Campmeeting. The kids and I are just along for the ride. While, I am not eating the best in the world........I am getting in lots of exercise. (so just maybe it will even out, huh?) We spend the mornings with daddy (Looking for housing), then after lunch he leaves for campmeeting. The kids and I do school. Then we head out for FUN!! We have done LOTS of walking and swimming. (the pool is heated) We are having a lovely time, making lots of sweet memories.

I have no way of weighing here, so ??? Although, I am perfectly okay with that. The scales will be there when I get home. For now, just enjoying my family.

I hope you all have had a great week and are doing wonderfully. I will catch up with you soon. (The hotel where we are saying has no free internet, so I will go in town to post the WLW......but I won't have loads of time. So I will catch up with you all when I get home.) LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!

We will get there in a slow and healthy pace TOGETHER!!!

Be blessed,

Chasity

*****Disclaimer*****

When you read through Weightloss Wednesday's Post- remember this:

~This is a Blog

~It contains opinions and thoughts, and links to other sources of information.

~For any important health or medical issues - you should be talking to your doctor - not taking the advice of an on-line blog.

~Before embarking on any major change in diet or exercise you must consult your local physician.

~Any information listed on this site is for my own education and the encouragement of others. It is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

Now for the rules of the meme:

If you want to join us just....
~Make a Weightloss Wednesday Post. It could be about your personal journey or an idea or tip. You can be a prayer partner to the group as well.
~Some how link to me, Chasity, so others will know where to go to join WLW.
~Come back to me and let me know you posted your WLW by using Mr. Linky.
~Then please go visit other sweet friend's wonderful stories. Also leave comments, everybody needs the encouragement.

If you would like a Weightloss Wednesday button for you page...Go HERE