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This stunning dress sleeveless matte This is the 1st Communion dress Hannah will wear on her special day next month:)  The picture doesn't even do it justice.  She looks beautiful in it!!!

Difficulties are just another reason to work harder

My weigh-in on Tuesday night sucked!! I gained 1.4 lbs. I keep flirting with the 130's but then I slowly creep up to 140 again. Can we say frustrating? My body loses weight very.slowly. Yeah..try like at a snail's pace!! The Weight Watchers leaders keep telling me that because I don't have as much to lose. Well for someone who's only 5'4 any gain I have shows on my body. At home I strip down naked to weigh myself. Too bad I can' do that at my weigh-ins on Tuesday nights lol. Well I suppose I could but they'd probably have me arrested for indecent exposure.

Weigh-in nights cause me a great deal of stress. I don't know what the big deal is. I mean weight is just a number right? Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a tape measure and take my measurements. Maybe if I see myself losing inches it will help me move away from my fixation of the number I see on my scale. I mean I did have to donate almost all my clothes to Good Will because they were too big for me. Oh darn! I guess I'm going to have to get new clothes for the spring/summer months. Including a swim suit. Thinking about that brings a whole nother range of anxiety for me.

I have seen some changes in my body since I began this WW/exercise journey. My legs are more muscular and my tummy is tightening up. I have tons of energy and my moods are lighter. I knew this journey wasn't going to be easy. Discouragement is part of any new change in life. I'll just keep on keepin on I guess.

Playdough anyone???

So if your kids are anything like mine right now they have cabin fever BIG TIME!!! Spring is so close I can taste it. But we still have to get through my least favorite month...March. Part of the challenge is finding anything that can occupy them to keep their minds off swimming at the beach, riding their bikes outside, and running through the sprinklers in their swimming suits. I made playdough this morning from scratch and it was such a big hit I thought I'd share the recipe.

Mix:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar

Stir into:
1 cup water
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
choice of food coloring (if desired)

Cook on low to almost medium heat stirring until it forms a ball. Knead and cool on wax paper. Store in plastic bag.


Super easy to make and provides hours of fun. I made Hannah's pink (her favorite color), Ava's is purple (her favorite color) and Brady's red. But it doesn't really matter what color I made Brady's because he's just going to try to eat it anyway. This playdough is so much better than the store-bought stuff and doesn't dry out if you keep it stored in a ziploc bag in the fridge.

Guaranteed to occupy your little ones while mama gets her Facebook fix in:) A WIN for everyone!!!

Got Milk?

So once I find a food I like I tend to stick with it. I guess you could say I'm a creature of habit. This morning's entree consisted of:

2 cups of Corn Chex (6 pts)
3/4 cups skim milk (2 pts)
1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries (0 pts)

I absolutely cannot eat just one cup of cereal in the morning. It just does not fill me up. Of course considering I used to never eat breakfast I'd say that's a vast improvement. Gone are the days of eating Cookie Crisp, Cocoa Puffs, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Hell if you're going to eat those why not just pour a cup of sugar straight in your mouth. Cuz that's all it is. Lucky Charms are my all time fav and from time to time I'll treat myself to them. But these days healthier breakfast cereals are lining my shelves. Things like Corn Chex, Rice Krispies, Special K, and Cheerios. And now that spring is here fresh fruit is starting to appear like magic. I've started buying oranges, strawberries, and {gasp} grapes. Do you sample a grape in the store before buying them? I watched my mom do that growing up. So essentially she taught me at a young age to shoplift! Lol. Is it shoplifting to sample a grape? I suppose one grape is ok, but if you're sampling enough to make a damn fruit salad then there's a problem.

I'm a skim milk girl. No 1% or 2% for me. And if you make me drink whole milk expect for me to promptly toss my cookies. I cannot handle whole milk. Even 2% is iffy. Skim milk is what we buy (or should I say I buy) in our house. The 2% milk is reserved for my 22 month old son. Hell, even he couldn't stomach (literally) whole milk. I taught that boy well lol. I've always been a big milk drinker ever since I was a wee one.

Well this girl is sweating from working out to Private Practice on the treadmill. I'm not sure if the sweat is due to watching Taye Diggs (the incredibly hot guy who plays Sam) or actually burning calories. Maybe the hotter the guys on tv the better workout I get?? Ya think? It feels good to have the workout out of the way. I'll do a workout dvd later with my daughters upstairs. Don't worry.....I'll stay away from the one I have that teaches you how to strip tease. They don't need to learn how to do that for another few years. Kidding!!! Happy Friday:)


Kara

On this weight loss rollercoaster

I'm losing it! Weight that is! Lol. Though I think it can be said I've lost my mind a time or two in my life. Haven't we all at one point or another? Welcome to the launch (FINALLY) of my new blog about my weight loss and exercise endeavors. This blog has been months in the making. I have toyed with the idea of starting a blog to chronicle my journey on Weight Watchers as I make my way to a healthier me. Now I'm doing it. I have never been one to enjoy exercise or having to count points. But as I see the pounds melt off I have a new-found appreciation for exercise and weight loss that I never had before.

I'm a busy mom of 3 kiddos. Hannah is 8 and in 2nd grade, Ava is 6 and in Kindergarten, and Brady is 21 months and INTO everything. When I'm not chasing Brady around the house I'm taking the girls to ballet and tap classes or girl scout meetings. Who has time to exercise or count points?? Im lucky if I can get a shower in or makeup on some days. There's laundry to do, dishes to wash, floors to vacuum, meals to be made, homework to help the girls with, and a toddler to entertain. Actually most of the time my son is the one entertaining me.

I've thought alot about the vibe I want this blog to have. What it won't be is me pretending I love to exercise or count points. Let's be real. Nobody wants to read about me going on and on about how much I love to run on my treadmill or figure out how many points an egg roll has. That's not real life. Some days the last thing I want to do is hop on a treadmill and sweat buckets for an hour. To me it's just another thing on my to-do list. After my last child goes to bed at night most of the time I want to collapse on the couch and watch The Bachelor. Did I mention I love The Bachelor? I'm addicted. I hope he picks Emily. But I digress. I'm not about farting rainbows and pissing sunflowers. Finding time to exercise and planning healthy meals is hard work.

And "life" gets in the way. What about the kid who gets the stomach flu and then gives it to mommy? Or the little boy who won't fall asleep for his nap so mommy can workout? Or how about when I'm working out on the treadmill to the Young & the Restless when some newscaster breaks into my soap for a "special report?" Dammit I hate it when that happens. Thank God for SoapNet. Even if there is some "special report" they think I must hear about HA HA HA. SoapNet doesn't break into that hour of me time for anything. And while I'm off-track I find it hilarious how damn excited weather people get about storms and tornades and think they must break into Grey's Anatomy to tell me about the tornado that is 30 miles away from me. They look so excited I swear they must pee their pants on the air or something. And those of you who know me in real life know that I have been dealt some real blows in the past couple years. Setbacks yes but I'm not known for giving up. What hasn't killed me has only made me stronger.

Even though my blog is primarily about weight loss and exercise I'm all for talking about my life. Because let's face it. It is kinda funny being a mom sometimes. I've been thrown up on, pooped on, peed on, fallen down the stairs, walked into a glass window while ON a job interview (and still got the job), washed laundry without the soap, and nursed my son in public only to have him yank the hooter hider off of me completely exposing me in public. Humor is so important in life. I laugh at myself every day.

So join me as I lose weight, gain weight, drop clothing sizes, add muscle, fall off my treadmill (just kidding; we don't want that to happen), and stress out on Tuesdays before my weigh-in at my Weight Watchers meeting. Please feel free to post comments, ask me questions, offer advice, or just laugh at how crazy life can be sometimes. I look forward to gaining some followers (just not weight lol). And now back to my regularly scheduled {crazy} life!