He is HOME!!!!!!

Jerome made it in Saturday Morning! We are so excited!! I will post pictures soon. Playing on my new imac that he bought me today. I have the best husband in the whole world :o) He came home with a new diamond ring too!! Love you all. Thanks so much for all your prayers and support this year! You have all been a blessing to me.

11 Sticks of Butter!!

WooHOO!! 2.8 pounds shed this week!! I didn't get to ski this week at all, and I just walked one day. I didn't track very well either, so I thought I had gained this week. I almost didn't go to a meeting, because I have LOTS to do before Jerome gets back this weekend. I am so glad that I did!

Now I have to go find the perfect outfit for meeting my hubby on Saturday!!!! We are so excited! This year is FINALLY over!!!!!!! I will post pics of reunion when he gets here.

1.8 GONE!!

I lost approximately 7 sticks of butter this week!! It is slow progress, but it is steady! So proud of myself for sticking to it!

Being skinny feels way better than that chocolate taste!!

After School Ski Club

I started going with the after school club on Mondays and Wednesdays. Justin was already a part of it, and since I am going Jared can come too. Justin is in a faster group, and since I have to stay with Jared, we are in the slower one. But he is getting pretty good :) He loved going all the way up to the Fort Richardson flagpole by the highway. It was pretty cool!

More Ski Pics ( Me & Jadyn )

Jadyn did pretty good on Peyton's skis, even though they were WAY TOO BIG for her. We saw two moose on our adventure too. The pictures don't really show how close they were to us. They were only like 40 yards or so...maybe closer. There were a lot of people on the track when we first got there, and the moose didn't seem to care at all. They were just hanging out.






Jadyn didn't last too long, and I didn't have good enough of a workout to leave. So, I loaded her up in the Mei Tai wrap that she used when she was smaller and we made the loop. Of course, we took the shorter loop. Man she was heavy!! But she had fun!

Does Muscle REALLY Weigh More than Fat??

So I was really looking forward to weighing in tonight. Why in the world would I ever look forward to THAT, you may ask?? Well, I did really well this week with tracking AND I went CX Skiing THREE times AND I drank plenty of water this week!!! PLUS, the awesome time I had at Kohl's earlier this week in my NEW SMALLER clothes made me really curious as to how much I lost this week!!

Well, It was NOT a good weigh in - I actually GAINED one pound!! WHAT!! I am still not discouraged. I have smaller clothes and I know it is working :) I am gonna just keep on skiing, keep on skiing, keep on skiing...

I am addicted now!! I went ahead and rented the skis that I borrowed at Dyea today for the rest of the season!! I went with Justin, and Jared tagged along too at the After School CX Club. The trails at Dyea were NOT groomed, which made it a little more difficult, but it was an awesome workout!!

Tomorrow After PWOC I am going to go back to the Elmendorf Golf Course. Jadyn is gonna borrow Peyton's little skis and see if she can do it too!! I might end up carrying her on my back! That will be an even harder workout for sure!! Can't wait to see how she does!

Happy Birthday Boys!!!

Justin's Birthday is February 4Th and Jared's is the 11Th. For their Birthday this year we took some friends to McDonald's for dinner and cake and then we all went to an Alaska Aces Hockey Game. They had a blast, and even though it was a bit hectic with 9 kids and two adults, it was the easiest Bday ever!! Thanks to Monika for going with us. I don't think i could have managed them alone!!

Narnia

Some places along the Golf Course CX trails look just like Narnia! It is so cool! Today I went again with Monika, and we also took Jared and his friend Ethan. Neither one of them had done it before, and the equipment was a little too big for them, but they did GREAT!! Jared got tired part way through and just did the shorter loop, but Ethan stuck it out with me. It was snowing most of the time, and sometimes pretty heavy, but the temperature was like 30 so we were BURNING UP!!!!!!! About halfway through the clothes started coming OFF!! By the time it was over we just had on our snow pants and tshirts, lol. No hat, gloves, or jackets...too hot! But it was Fun. I am addicted now! Gonna start going when Jadyn is in school on Monday mornings...maybe more







This one is my RED FACE, LOL. I get so red when I get hot. It happens a lot when I am home in AL, but not so much here in Alaska.

New Clothes :)

So I had to go shopping yesterday for some new...hmmm undergarments. While I was trying them on I noticed that my jeans were looking a little too baggy. I had not really noticed too much till then, but I decided to go get a pair of 10's to see if they would fit. Well, really I was gonna just see how much more I needed to shed before they would fit. But, When I pulled them up I was doing the Happy dance!!! I know the lady in the next stall thought I was crazy, LOL. They fit perfect!! I am so excited!! I bought a bunch of size 10 shorts back at the end of summer to take to Thailand, but if I keep this up I might need even smaller ones. I am so excited!! Whoo Hoo!! I can't wait till Monday night to weigh in!!



This was my new outfit that I wore to the Aces Game with the Boys :)

Cross Country and Good Food

Monika and I decided to try our hand at Cross Country Skiing today. The Elmendorf Golf Course has a FREE program. Every day from 10-2 adults can come get skis and use the trails on the golf course. I have never been before, and Monika has only used her daughter's skis once. She only did one lap around the baseball field. We were a bit nervous about getting lost or running up on a moose. But we ventured out anyway! It was a BLAST!! I have horrible balance as it is, just ask Jerome, lol. Monika did great, she didn't fall at all. I did pretty good. I lost my balance a few times and fell, but I was barely moving each time so no injures!! I can't wait to go back! It was so FUN! Plus it was worth SEVEN Activity Points, YEA!




This recipe was on the back of the Healthy Harvest Pasta bag. I was curious about how many points it would be, so I put it in the recipe builder link on the WW website. It was only 5 points, so I thought I would try it for dinner. YUMMY!!! And, since I could add extra veggies for zero points it was very filling too :)

A Good Day after A Bad Week

Well, I am determined to attend weekly meeting. I need the motivation and the accountability that they provide. I was pretty sure that I had gained weight this week. I "fell off the wagon" one too many times, and I did not track as often as I should have. But I knew that if I went to a meeting I would come away with some motivation to keep me focused. So I planned to go knowing that I might be disappointed.

BUT, When I put on my black pants this morning I was pleasantly surprised!!! It had been a little over a week since I had worn them last, and I could definitely tell that they were LOOSER!!!! YEA!!! I had to keep pulling them up all day, HE HE! That makes going to weigh-in a little bit less scary! Even if I did gain...my clothes can tell the difference!!

I was even happier when I got to the scale and I had not gained anything!! I did not do too well mind you, but I still lost! (0.8 pounds) One of the ladies in the meeting compared pounds in human fat to pounds in butter. That made me feel even better!! I lost almost 4 whole sticks of butter this week!!! LOL

I bought the Weight Watchers crock pot cookbook too. So maybe I can have some yummy new recipes to try out on my kids :)

WATER

So, I said I was gonna start drinking more water....but that never happened. So this week my goal is to DRINK WATER!!!! Most days the only thing I drink is my morning coffee and then tea or water with dinner. Got me a water bottle, and gonna force myself to make drinking it a habit, lol.

John 4:14
14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."