Losing weight. I am sure most women have a story. Its hard to maintain a healthy weight, when it is so easy to pack on the pounds, right? If you knew me in High School, and saw me now you would probably want to ask, "what happened?" Starting in junior high and all through High School I was between 100 and 105 pounds. Skinny! Now I am...well numbers don't matter...we'll just say I am far from 105.
So the journey begins...or continues...
With the inspiration a good friend, a month ago, after swearing off diets I decided to try counting my calories. Research on the Internet informed me to lose weight I needed to eat only 1200 calories a day. So I tried it....the first week, with only counting calories I lost 2.9 pounds. Yippee!
The second week, nothing. Nothing gained and nothing lost. A little discouraged, but not defeated (yet), the third week, I decided to start walking while still counting my calories. 4.2 pounds lost. This last week, 3 pounds. I think I am on a roll now.
The goal right now is to lose a total of 27 pounds. Each day is till a fight to stick to the plan. Write down all calories, walk everyday, and drink lots of water. One day at a time, but hopefully I will get there.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Must.....finish.....something!
The weekend was very productive. Saturday was filled with sunshine so I spent a good part of the day, walking around the trails of one of the islands famous WWII Parks. It was just a good friend of mine, my red nose Pitt bull, Kane and I. We just walked around exploring new trails and bunkers I haven't see before, chatting about life and it was wonderful.
Sunday was not filled with sunshine but rain and lots and lots of rain. For some reason I woke up at 8:30am and couldn't get back to sleep, so on the coffee went and after about an hour of waking up, I dug through my yarn stash and found some tweed yarn. I only had 2 balls of this tweed yarn, because it was given to me by a friend, who bought them for me while on vacation in Florida. So the mission was to make something that only called for these 2 balls. This is what I came up with.....
I did have to go to the store and purchase the yarn for the border, but I was ok with that. I am very happy with the way it turned out.
As promised here....."Did I Actually Finish Something", a picture of the Cullotes.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Put Some Sunscreen On
The weather has been fantastic lately. Full sun, slight breeze and between 50-60 degrees. Summer is on it's way, which means time to get the some projects done outside. Last Saturday, it took me all day, but I managed to prune, and clean up the raspberries bushes, and the entire side yard where they live. In their lifetime, they have probably never been looked after.
Do you have raspberry bushes on your property? Do you know what you need to do to produce great bushes each year? I didn't till a week ago, now that I do, I feel I need to share with the whole world! A raspberry "cane" (basically a stick growing out of the ground), produces fruit the second year of it's life. Meaning one raspberry bush, or whatever you want to call it, will grow two canes...the first year cane #1 will produce fruit and it will grow a second cane that will not. The following year, cane #1 dies and cane #2 will produce fruit and so on and so on. All you have to do, each year around this time, is break off the "dead" cane. You will be able to spot these as they will not have any buds on them and they should break off fairly easy. If you live in a place that gets cold winters, I suggest clipping off the tops of the canes that will produce fruit (about 5 to 6 inches), as the tips are probably burned by frost.
That's it really simple. Now what to make with your raspberries when they come in??
Do you have raspberry bushes on your property? Do you know what you need to do to produce great bushes each year? I didn't till a week ago, now that I do, I feel I need to share with the whole world! A raspberry "cane" (basically a stick growing out of the ground), produces fruit the second year of it's life. Meaning one raspberry bush, or whatever you want to call it, will grow two canes...the first year cane #1 will produce fruit and it will grow a second cane that will not. The following year, cane #1 dies and cane #2 will produce fruit and so on and so on. All you have to do, each year around this time, is break off the "dead" cane. You will be able to spot these as they will not have any buds on them and they should break off fairly easy. If you live in a place that gets cold winters, I suggest clipping off the tops of the canes that will produce fruit (about 5 to 6 inches), as the tips are probably burned by frost.
That's it really simple. Now what to make with your raspberries when they come in??
- Raspberry Muffins
- Raspberry Jelly
- Raspberry Butter
- Raspberry Pancakes
- Throw them in your salads
- Raspberry Cheeses Cake
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Daily Movements
Each day could very well blend into one great big long day sometimes. Monday thru Friday, wake up...make coffee, take dogs outside, get ready for work...work...lunch...work...go home...make dinner, watch a little TV...go to bed....do it all over again. It can be so hard to break up the monotony of daily life. But trust me you have to find some way to break that.
Crafts:
It only took me 2 months to finish a hat for a co-worker of mine, but I finally finished it. It was a simple crochet hat with a brim. I had to re-do the brim 5 times before I could get it the right shape...talk about frustrating! The hat turned out great and she loves it. I was so glad to finish it and get it out of my house that I didn't even take a photo of it. Now on to the numerous other unfinished projects.
Life:
Walking. I am finally into a routine! It only took a couple months to get a schedule down to actually walk everyday, but I have finally done it.......till the next time I decide "I just don't want to walk today".
Peace
Crafts:
It only took me 2 months to finish a hat for a co-worker of mine, but I finally finished it. It was a simple crochet hat with a brim. I had to re-do the brim 5 times before I could get it the right shape...talk about frustrating! The hat turned out great and she loves it. I was so glad to finish it and get it out of my house that I didn't even take a photo of it. Now on to the numerous other unfinished projects.
Life:
Walking. I am finally into a routine! It only took a couple months to get a schedule down to actually walk everyday, but I have finally done it.......till the next time I decide "I just don't want to walk today".
Peace
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