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We got back from Thanksgiving already.  It was an odd day.  We are normally there until evening playing games but things ended early this year.  His grandmother is in ill health and was sleeping.  SHe did get up and enjoyed the meal with us and that was great.  We are certain this will be her last Thanksgiving.  Please keep his family in your prayers. 

I did okay with the meal.  The veggie tray saved me.  His mom also made pumpkin pie and put some in a dish without the crust so that is what I had.  I’m not a crust eater anyway so that was wonderful.  I counted points when I got home of what I ate.  While I was 1 point into flex it wasn’t bad. I saved all my flex points for today. I’ll use them for supper.  I did snack more on the veggies then I did anything else.  Heck,the points may be off  with me having points to spare but I would rather err to the bad instead of the good so I don’t overdo it at supper.  Supper I’m sure will be something small.  We may order pizza.  We don’t have anywhere else to go.

It’s now time to consider Christmas.  I do not do black Friday when I have 2 good feet so tomorrow won’t be a problem.  I have therapy.  We are then going to eat at the new restaraunt in town called Beef O’ Brady’s.   It just opened last Monday.   We already started our Christmas shopping.  My son’s major gift is bought.  We just have the little things left.  Hubbies family and ours are not big so there isn’t many to buy for.  Plus, we’ve all started just buying for children.  We have our son, a neice and nephew, 2 great neices, and 1 cousin to buy for.  We do a gift exchange game on his family but not sure if we are doing it this year or not. I hope because I think it’s fun.   Hubby and  I do exchange gifts but not sure at all what he’s getting.  He knows what I want.  LOL!!!

Well, I hope you all are having a successful day!!! 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!  I just wanted to come on and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!  Enjoy your family and day!

First, I want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. 

I’m thankful for so much this year. 

1.  My family.  They have all pulled through for me during my surgery.  They did  far better then I imagined.  I normally take care of them so to know that they can care for me is very heartwarming.

2.  My health.  I’m thankful that overall I have my health.  Yeah, my foot is still healing but I will get over it. (BTW, got to try driving.  Ok, for town but not real comfortable.)

3.  My friends.  My friends have been very supportive of me in all ways.  I consider all of you my friends and I feel very thankful for you all.

4. Weight Watchers.  I feel very thankful for them.  Without the boundaries set by the points system, I do not doubt that I would have gained  weight.  Instead, i lost approximately 10 pounds while not walking.

5.  School.  I get the chance to be a nurse.  While this is not a lifelong dream, it has been what I’ve been pushing for since I went to school.  It was great to know that I am able to obtain the job I worked hard for.

6.  Job.  I’m thankful that I have a job.  I also have a meaningful job.  I’m a nursing assistant.  My job is worthwhile.  My residents need me and depend on me.   There are so many people that are unemployed and have hard times.   We are not rich by any means but we do live comfortably which is what matters.

7. Life.  I’m just thankful to be alive.

There is going to be changes this year.  My grandmother is no longer with us.  I’m sure she is looking down on us though and smiling.  My husband’s granny is passing away and this will probably be her last Thanksgiving.    We are all going to do our best to make it good and normal.   I guess this may be why I am focusing on family and not food.  We never know if this is going to be the last holiday with a loved one or not. I did a huge Christmas dinner for my grandmother last year and i’m so glad i did.  Family is important. 

Again, I wish everyone a Very Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your families and let them know you love them and are thankful for them!!  I’m thankful for all of you!!  Thank you for all the love and support you’ve given me.

Why am I impatient?  I want to walk on my own two feet.  I want to be able to get up in the middle of the night without having the damn walker.  I want to walk without the boot. I want to exercise.  I know if I could just take a walk that I could lose the weight faster.  I have plans to get my Y membership back so i can use the pool again.  I want to be normal.  I really want to drive and take myself places without having to have someone take me.  It is starting to really suck even more then  it did.  I’ve been laid up now for over four weeks.  Yes, I can do a lot more now then i could but I want to do it all.  The only thing I don’t miss is work.  I like my job for the most part but I really don’t want to work.  I like being home with my family.  It’s the one upside to being laid up.  I know the boot is only for a couple more weeks and then i should be back on  my two feet.   I know just be patient.

Today was much better then yesterday.  While I went over points yesterday, I didn’t use them all today.  I started off with the munchies but end up not hungry.  I ate all three meals as well so that was good.  My snacks were 0 pt jello and 1 pt popcorn.  I kept snacks at low points.  I ended up having 9 pts left.  I am supposed to eat all my points but seeing as I went over the last couple of days and Thanksgiving is coming up.  I’m not going to feel to bad.  I will use them tomorrow. 

I have my son home tomorrow.  It’ll be nice because it’ll be just him and me.  I’m sure he’ll be out playing if it’s not raining.  If it’s raining, then maybe we’ll decorate for Christmas.  I decided I wasn’t putting the tree up this year because we have 2 kittens and 2 big cats.  The big cats leave the tree alone but I’m sure the kittens won’t and I don’t feel like picking the tree up or having broken ornaments.  I will be decorating in other ways though.  Next year we’ll be okay for the tree.  My son just informed me that he cleaned his room and made room for the tree.  He said he’s going to put it up and close his door so the cats stay out.  I’ll probably let him.  It’ll make him feel better.

Well, I really hope all is going well for everyone.  I think I read all the blogs today.  I really do enjoy reading everyone’s blogs.   You are all so inspirational and the great attitudes you all have are contagious.    I know the holiday season is not necessarily the best time for those of us who are watching what we eat.  It is a time for us to be joyous though.  I really wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Ok, funny story here.  WW stresses that you get two teaspoons of oil a day.  You can mix it in pudding, oatmeal, or whatever.  They want you to use oils like safflower, olive, etc.. The ones high in Omega 3 fatty acids.  Well, yesterday was my first day of trying it. I decided to add it to a small portion of my tuna helper.  To me, it was absolutely disgusting. I spit the bite out and about threw up.  Well, when my 11 year old son came home from school, we got talking about it.  He goes “mom, here’s all you have to do”.  He proceeds to go into the kitchen and get a cap full of olive oil.  He comes in to me and tells me to watch.  He proceeds to down the shot of olive oil.  It was funny to watch his reaction.  Needless to say, he didn’t like his olive oil shot.  It was hilarious.  Ok, not as funny writing about it as it was seeing it. LOL!!  He spit and sputtered for quite a while.  I don’t think his idea is going to work. LOL!!!

I’m doing much better today then I did yesterday.  However, I’m having the munchies really bad.  I know I’m going to start my TOM in the next couple of days due to the fact that I am having munchies and I cried over something really stupid and trivial this morning.    I always do this prior to my TOM.  It then dawned on me that my TOM is going to not help me on Thanksgiving. Ugh!   I will just stick to my guns.  I will make this work. 

Last night my family helped keep me in line.  I was telling them I wasn’t going to count points on Thursday.  My husband and kid both looked at me and said that I needed to. I tried to tell them it would be hard to do.  Jason, my husband, reminded me of the plate that I wrote up at the ww meeting on Saturday that gave point values for traditional foods.  While my points won’t be exact, I will have a rough idea of how good I did.  Mind you, I didn’t say bad.  I will focus on the family though and not the food. I’m taking a seven layer salad and brownies.   I normally do take brownies but I bought these brownies from a fundraiser from a girl at work and don’t want to keep them in my house.  I’ll take them there for everyone to eat on.  These brownies are 6 pts a serving.  I can make my own for half that amount of points and they’ll taste just as good. 

I’ll be back on tonite or tomorrow!!!

Okay, I screwed up.  I was doing good all day.  I thought I was going to be doing good all day. However, hubby decided that mexican food sounded better then the KFC that we had talked about last night.  I had  a lot of points left by the time supper came but I still went over.  I did well and would have left with 4 points leftover if it hadn’t been for the fried ice cream.  I wasn’t going to order any but hubby and child did and I followed suit.  Bad me!  Oh well!  I am doing what I tell everyone else.  I’m picking myself up, dusting off, and moving on.  I’m not going to dwell on it.

Tomorrow is a fresh day and I’m going to plan out my food in the morning.   I know things will be okay.  I’m anxious for Thursday.  It’s going to be nice to be able to visit with Jason’s family.   Ok, the food is sounding good as well.  I love turkey and dressing. I make a good 7 layer salad as well.   Yummy!!  I’m not a huge desert person so that shouldn’t be a problem.  I’ll have a small slice of pumpkin pie and call it quits.  I’m going in with a plan. 

Oh, I did have another accomplishment today.  I got into and out of the tub by myself. I guess what they say is true. Where there is a will there is a way.  Hubby was in the room with me when I got out just in case.  I’ll be fine now doing it myself.  I needed him there just to be sure I could do it by myself. 

Well, I will start drinking my water tomorrow and  I will eat right.  I promise!

See my last blog if you want to see pics.  I’m so proud of myself today.  I am feeling somewhat normal again.  Here’s what I’ve accomplished today:

1.  I got all my dishes done.  Yippee!!  I did them!!  I hate dishes but it felt good to do something for myself. 

2.  I got a good start on laundry.  This will take at least a couple more days to catch up and then I’m sure I’ll start all over again.  Same as number 1,  it felt good to do it myself.

3.   I made jello and my blueberry squares again.  Blueberry squares are good for breakfast.  Jello is a 1 point snack and that is only if you have the whole box.  Yes, I can eat a whole box of jello.  The jello I make is sugar free.  I use fat free whip cream.  Yummy!!

4.  I did go over my points by 5 because of an 8 oz glass of chocolate milk. I  had a big mac and md fries for supper and enjoyed every bit of it.  I found these small bags of popcorn that is only 1 point and makes for a great snack.  Yummy!!

5.  The only thing I didn’t get accomplished and this was thanks to hubby was my bath.  I’m not dirty but he knew I wanted a bath.   He went to bed without even telling me goodnight.  Why does it matter if he went to bed?  Well, I can only stand or walk on my foot when I have the air cast on my foot.  I can’t put the air cast in the water. I  can get into the tub by myself no problem.  I can’t get out of the tub without his assistance.  It really sucks.  I will get one tomorrow night. He goes to bed on me again and I’ll put myself in the tub and scream for him to get me out.  I’ll wake his butt up!!!

I also need to set some goals for this week.  Ok, here are my goals.

1.  No more flex until Thanksgiving.  I will enjoy that day with moderation.

2.  Drink 2 bottles of water every day.  I’m not a water drinker and need to do so.

3.  Eat more veggies;

I’m going to accomplish my goals. I’ve learned from past experiences to not set time lines for weight or even expect losses every week.  I do want a loss every week.  The weight will come off as it will.  I won’t worry unless I have more than a two pound gain with no explanation.  It’ll all be good as long as I stick to plan.  I can’t exercise right now and I’m sure my body will only go so far without it.  I am moving around more and trying not to stay sedentary. 

Okay, i’m off to bed now.  Good luck everyone this week!!! 

I got my pictures uploaded.  Let’s see if I can get them on here. 

The above picture was taken on Dec. 31 of last year and I weighed 258.

  This picture was taken yesterday at 245.  I can tell a difference and it’s awesome. 

Ok, now I’m salivating. LOL!!!  I’m watching the Today show.  They are talking about turkeys. Now, I’m wanting Thanksgiving to get here. LOL!!  I’m not even hungry at the moment but the turkey just sounds good. 

Okay, enough turkey talk.   Steph and I  took before pics yesterday.  Well, actually during pics.  They were her first pics and I had more.  I tend to put my before pics on the fridge. I put up the new ones and didn’t dawn on me that my old pics were up there.  The last pics I took were at 258.  The ones yesterday were at 245.  Steph looked at them and saw a difference.  I looked and believe it or not did too. It was a good feeling to visually see a difference. I also fit into a shirt yesterday that I haven’t fit into for a while.  I was so happy.  When I get a chance to go out to the main comp, I will put my pictures in here for everyone to see.  I’m wearing the shirt that I haven’t been able to fit into.

Today started off to a great start.  I’m trying to get into normal mode again.  I can walk unaided so that helps tremendously.  I’m cooking again. Today’s task since my uncle’s dinner got cancelled is to get back into the task of cleaning.  On the agenda today is dishes and laundry.  I’m going to try to keep from overdoing it.  My foot will ache when I over do it.  I don’t want to do that.  I also fixed myself some breakfast. I’m not a breakfast eater. I do know that it is imperative how ever for a healthy lifestyle.  I haven’t been eating it because my men are not morning people and getting them to get it for me wasn’t going to be easy. I picked and choose my battles. LOL!!  Anyway, I’m off to read some more blogs.  I’ll talk to you all later in your blogs.  Love ya all!!!

My weigh in at weight watchers was absolutely awesome.  I know i told you that I had an 8 pound loss a week ago or so.  However, it wasn’t my official weigh in.  I’m going to be sticking to my weigh in’s at ww so I’m consistant.  I do weigh myself at home but ww is the one that counts.  Anyway the last time I weighed in at ww on October 18, I weighed 255.2.  Today i weighed in at 245.8.   I lost 9.4 lbs since I’ve been off my foot.  How cool is that!!

Steph and I spent the whole day together today with our families.  We fixed a new dish called Hunter’s Chicken.  It was delicious.  The kids loved it.  The guys didn’t think so much of it but that is okay.  We were happy with it.  I was talking to her and realized something that may not be so good.  The one advantage to being off my feet and not walking is that I couldn’t get up and get food.  Guess what?  I’m walking freely now.  I can get up and get food.  I fix whatever I want.  I don’t think this will be much of a problem because I only have so many points availabe.  I have gotten in the habit of sticking within my points so I know I will continue to do so.    I’ve lost a total of 12.4 while on weight watchers.  I also lost 25.2 pounds since June.  This is very doable. I’ve left the 250’s behind.  I will NEVER see them again.  230’s here I come. 

I’ll be honest.  I don’t look to lose to much over the holidays.  I can’t be disappointed if I don’t expect to much Right?  I want to lose and will be thrilled.  I’m going into Thanksgiving with the attitude of spending it with hubby’s family and making memories.  I will have small bites of food but not go overboard.  Thanksgiving is doable.  I was supposed to have a Thanksgiving dinner but due to health problem with my uncle’s MIL. The dinner has been cancelled so tomorrow will not be hard. 

I wish everyone luck!!!