HOUSE FULL

I am down south with a house full of women. We are down here for the USWGA'S Spring Open golf tournament that starts on Monday. We are down here doing two practice rounds and fine tuning the preparation for the tournament. So, to make a longish story short, I will be hard pressed to get anything entered on this blog. I have several thing to share with you. Some of these things are going be events that have happened in the last week but I do want to share them. I will be posting a blog on Tuesday night or at least on Wednesday.

Talk to you soon.


Remember live your Life in Celebration.

IT HAS STARTED

Just wanted to give the update on the wight loss this morning. I came in at 3 pounds down from when I started. Yahoooooo. It works. Who would have thunk that by watching what I eat and counting points would help one shed some poundage. I also have to comment that my blood sugar was a little lower today also. Life is good.

Remember to live your Life in Celebration.

TOMORROW IS THE DAY

Tomorrow is the day I weigh in. I really have tried to follow the plan and drop those pounds. I know it is very important to me to get the weight off. I am still not seeing any change in the sugar level in my blood. I have been watching what I eat and exercising almost every day. I have also been watching my blood pressure which another little gem from the gene pool. At my annual check up they said my blood pressure was normal. When I check it at home it is showing above border line. I will need to start eat that celery again. I have that ringing in my ears which is a symptom of high blood pressure. It really sucks to watch yourself fall apart.  I know they have medication to help with all of these things but I would rather not have to take anything. When I go into my physical therapy on Thursday I will see if I can make an appointment to have my blood pressure rechecked and a new A1C to see where the blood sugar is at. I am going to be like old people and have a big basket on the table full of my daily meds. Darn I am getting old. I want to be in my 80's and still out playing golf, riding my bike, walking the mall with old people, and climb all the stairs I want too. 
I really got onto a tangent didn't I? I will report on what scale 'the enemy' had to tell me in morning and will let you know in my blog tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Remember to live your Life in Celebration.

OUR MARY

MARY LEE

Here is Mary and me in St. George at  the girls weekend. Which this year will be named the Chihuahua Open for or dear friend Carol. There was tons of fun and lots of drinks to go around.

Here is Mary showing us her skills on the golf course. Mary is new to the sport and seems to really enjoy it. She is trying to not get frustrated and quit as most of her close friends here are all players.

Out to breakfast in St. George before our round of golf. Sitting next to her is our friend Carol. Yes the one we are naming the girls weekend after. You remember the Chihuahua Open. Can't wait for this fall it should be another fun filled event.

What this blog is about today is Mary. The butt. She will be winging her way to Ireland for the summer to stay in their cottage they bought last year. She will have her daughter Jen with her along with her family nearby. I know this is a wonderful time to spend with her family and enjoy the land of her birth. I know for myself and many other of her friends she will be greatly missed. She will not be at the Friday morning coffee with the girls, she will not be leading us up hillsides in the mountains for our hiking, she will not be there to golf with us on Sunday mornings, she will not be there with her quite laughter and she will not be there to talk to in her soft Irish accented voice. 

Mary, we are going to miss you greatly and will anticipate your return. Have a wonderful trip and don't forget us. Make sure you come home we have that Chihuahua Open and we can partner up again. 

One more thing don't forget to write.

Remember to live you Life in Celebration.

DAY TWO OF DIET

DAY TWO

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Things are going okay. I don't want to step on enemy as of yet because I want to be surprised when I go for the cattle call and the mass weight in. I feel I am doing okay but the lunches with friends almost everyday really makes it hard to stay with it. I am keeping track of the food I am eating and it seems like I am eating more than I would if I was on some other diet. It really is about keeping track of what you are eating. I have forgotten what you could eat on this diet. You can eat anything you want as long as the total points add up to a set number. If you crave a piece of chocolate cake have it but you got to remember that cake maybe 15 points and that could leave you with less than 10 points for the rest of the day. It is all about making better choices. I am really trying to make better choices. Two down and five to go until I weight in. 

Remember to live you Life in Celebration.

THE ENEMY

THE ENEMY

 This very small scale is a spirit breaker. How many times have you stood on this very innocent looking and wondered how in the heck did I get to this weight again? It just sits on the floor. Doesn't harm anyone. When you step on it gives you an accurate answer sometimes it groans while it is doing it. Well, I am going really work on getting this stubborn little scale to become my friend. I am going to work on putting less pressure on the poor thing. For most of my life I have been battling the bulge. I am at the time of my life where genetics are taking over and I am losing the battle with my health. My blood sugar is becoming a problem as my A1C is starting to inch up and by exercising is not taking care of it. I have been battling the weight issue for most of my life. I remember being in high school going to the doctor who gave me Speed to help curb my appetite and make me move around more. I went over to my sisters house and stripped all of her wood floors in one day. Talk about speedy. I don't think there has been a diet that I have not tried. There was the Cabbage Soup Diet which I lost some weight on then I went directly into the Atkin's Diet with devastating result. I kind of new that I did not digest a lot of meat very well and the Atkin's Diet is all about protein. I had an attack of Diverticulitis which I did not know I had. I spent a week in the hospital with a contagious decease in my blood. So, needless to say I off that diet. Then I went to Weight Watcher's after I saw a picture of myself and I thought I was beginning to look like a beached whale. I lost 35 pounds. That weight probably stayed off the longest but, as all of us who are battling weight issues know they do seem to come right back on. Luckily not all of the weight found its way back to me. When I noticed that the scale was starting groan every time I stepped on it I thought I would try some other ways of losing weight. There was the French Women Don't Diet  diet. This diet you eat whatever you want but only half and you eat very slowly. It was working somewhat. Then came my husband being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I lost 24 pounds when my husband lost 35 and it was all done with watching what we were eating. It was low fat, no sugar and smaller portions. Well, needless to say that ain't working anymore. The latest and not so greatest was the Six Week Body Makeover. Man can you lose weight fast. The pounds just drop off. You can lose 10 pounds in a week. But, let me tell you something the pounds come right back on if you go off and they come on quick. Now comes the next diet. I went back to Weight Watcher's today. I thought that it is one diet that seems to work and I did not feel I was denied. So, I am going to give it my best shot. I am going to be updating my progress each week and no I will not tell anyone how much I weight. The update will be just how much I have lost or not lost. I am hoping with me sharing my progress will shame me into being good and losing the weight. I need to stop the yo-yo.

Wish me luck and remember to live you Life in Celebration.

MONDAY IS LAUNDRY DAY

IT IS MONDAY AND LAUNDRY DAY!

I cannot believe how much laundry two people can have. How does just two people have so many dirty clothes? There are at least six loads of wash here and that does not include the dry cleaning I need to drop off. What is interesting is I don't work outside of the home so you would think I would have less laundry but, NO. I am going to have to keep a closer eye on my husband because he has to be the one who is dirtying all of these clothes. He must be trying on different pants and shirts then dropping them in hamper. I would hate to see what the piles would look like if there were four of us. I could not imagine what it would be like if there were ten members in our family. Those families must be doing laundry everyday. Then just think of all of ironing there is. Does the mother get stuck with all of it or is it divided up? If it is yours you iron it? When I think about the piles they must have I am very happy with my six loads.  Plus I do not iron. I send all of my husband's work clothes to the laundry and dry cleaners. The only thing I iron is some of my stuff that was sent to the cleaners but now that I don't work out of the home any more I did feel that I should be at least doing that. Well sunlight is burning and the laundry is not going to get done by itself. We can only wish. 

Remember to live your Life in Celebration even if the day is spent doing laundry.