~Not Looking Forward To Weigh In Today!~

Good Morning.

Today is my WW's weigh in day!

 I have been soooo bad and haven't been paying any attention to my diet lately. Then I wonder why I haven't lost any weight! What a dufuss I am!! Starting TODAY, I plan on getting back on schedule. I have to, no questions at all about that!

Hope you all have been doing good. I've been trying to stay cool with all this hot weather we've been having and still are to have in the up coming days. I don't ever recall it being so hot here for so long of a time. Our high might get up to 107 today.. and that's without the heat index factor. The rest of this week is supposed to be in the 3 digits... Oh my.. sooo hot!! I thank GOD for the air conditioning that we have in our homes, cars, stores, etc. I don't think I could make it without, that's for sure!

~ZOE~

~SHELBA~

Our puppy dogs have been enjoying being inside our home and out of the hot weather. They do get spoiled  by Ma every now and then.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day! ♥

Blessings,
~Lynn

~Weigh In Day Uh Ohhh....~

Good Morning~

Today is my Weight Watcher's weigh in and meeting day.. I am keeping my fingers crossed that their scales show some sort of a weight loss for me today! I've been trying to fix my plate as pictured... Trying to watch my portions on everything.. I will be finding how soon how good of a job I've done!

Hope you all have a great Wednesday! These days seems to be going even faster than what they did before our time change! That top I'm on seems to be going faster and faster and faster! Like I'm in a whirlwind!! WHEW!!

The kids around here are on their Spring Break this week.. When I was working on the school bus, I think I looked forward to having Spring Break off about as much, if not even more than what the kids did!! It was sooo much fun sharing their excitement of having it off with them!! Ohhh, the laughter and giggles we had going on in our bus was totally awesome!! I sure do miss that and them!! I enjoyed all the years that I worked there, that's for sure!

I've got to get ready now... Wish me luck!!  Thank You! Have a wonderful day!

Blessings,
~Lynn

~Do I....Or Don't I?? That Is My Question Today!~

Good Morning!
My question today is... Do I or Don't I go to my Weight Watcher's meeting today? I know I really should go..but, I have a feeling that their scales is going to show another weight gain for me, like they did last week! I really do want to get back to my goal weight, but find that I'm running out of persistence and all the other things it takes for me to stay and keep myself focused! Who would have ever thought that I would have to be fighting a weight battle at this age and stage of my life! I get sooo frustrated!! I just want to be like I was when I was in my 20's and 30's... eat whatever I want and not gain any weight... That was great until I was in my mid 30's when I met my husband, Dan, and we first started dating, and then were married two years later. I noticed that my size 6- 8 clothes were getting tighter and tighter on me, but, I didn't pay that no mind.. I was just happier than what I had been in years and was eating all kinds of food that I didn't eat before I met Dan... Everything tasted sooo good and sooo delish!! I know, I'm in control of what and what I can or can't do or accomplish for myself... I've got to grab the bull by the horns and get completely serious about this weight gain/loss thing and get myself on with the program! YES,  I am going to my Weight Watcher's meeting today! I am going to start making the right decisions for ME! I am going to try my best to stay focused!

Here is a model of Me at my current weight..

Here is a model of Me at my goal weight....

I am really wanting to get back to my goal weight, as I felt sooo much better!

Gosh, I am having a hard time getting my font to print right, but I'm not going to start this all over again.. so please hang in there with me, okay? Thanks!

This Is Me Now... Taken ... Monday Jan.10th, 2011

This Is Me At My Goal Weight....


I felt and looked so much better! These few pictures ought to give me the motivation to get with the program too, don't you agree!

I'll let you know how I did at my weigh in... I'm ready for the scales to show a gain, so as I won't be too disappointed if they do. If they happen to show even a tad bit of a loss, I would be sooo tickled!

You all have a wonderful Wednesday, and Thank You so much for stopping by and visiting me today.. Please do leave me a comment as I love hearing from you... Thanks!

Also, please say a little prayer for me today to do well at my weigh in and with doing and staying on my weight program agenda itself...  Thank You so much! ♥♥ I appreaciate you all sooo very much!!

Blessings,
~Lynn      

~OH MY GOODNESS!!~

It is now 100* outside! That's not including the heat index factor! WHEW!!

There are many other states and countries who are even hotter than that though!

I think they say we might get some showers on Friday! We sure do need some rain! They're calling for a 30% chance..

Well, I went to my Weight Watcher's Meeting today... and, I gained 2#... I told my leader, Judy, that I was just going to quit eating altogether.. She gave me "the look", that said, you've got lots of food you can eat.. remember, the diamond's that are beside each of the food names in our little weigh in booklet?? Remember, diamonds are a girls best friend! I am going to have to go over them again, and really try to do better. I know that I've been slacking off my diet alot lately.. It's time to get myself back on track!! and... I've started getting back on track TODAY!!

Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! Have a great evening!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Always enjoy having you stop by!

Blessings,
~Lynn

~I HAD A WEIGHT LOSS FROM MY WEIGHT WATCHER'S WEIGH IN TODAY!~

I am soo excited! It really isn't that much of a weight loss, only .4lb., but it is a weight loss just the same and now I know that I am headed in the right direction, once again! Sometimes it can be sooo hard for one to lose weight, but I've already made my goal weight once, and by golly, this lady will reach her goal weight once again! After my WW meeting, I stopped by SubWay, and bought me a 6" turkey breast and black forest ham sub. I got a plastic container of Sweet Onion sauce for over top, and I got me a small bag of apples, and my diet coke to drink. I had received a sample pkg. of Ranch Multigrain Crisps today at my meeting, and I also ate them for lunch. My lunch comes up to 8 points which isn't bad at all! My sub is 6 points, bag of apples 0 points, diet coke 0 points, WW multigrain crisps 2 points.. equals 8 total points. I had a small apple for 1 point and Peach fiber one yogurt for o points for breakfast, along with my morning coffee.. So, that leaves me with 10 points that I can have for supper and maybe a snack later on too. Not too bad at all, I'd say!... :) Keep your fingers crossed for me that I'll be able to continue onward the way I'd like to! Thanks!

I wasn't 100% sure if I was going to my meeting today until I talked with Daniel earlier today, and he said, "Mom, you're going to decide to go to your meeting." and he was right! He knows how hard I've been fighting with this wanting and not wanting to go to my WW's meeting syndrome for a while now, ever since April anyhow.. I am so glad I decided to go. Thanks a bunch for your imput today too Daniel! Appreciated it! I love it when others are wanting and willing to help me work towards my weight goal. Means a whole bunch!

I hope you all have a good day today!

Thank you so much for coming by!

Blessings,
~Lynn

~I'M BACK ON TRACK ONCE AGAIN!!~

Hello!
Well today, I made up my mind to actually really *GO* to my Weight Watcher Meeting! I haven't been there since April 27th. I've been so frustrated with myself, as my bathroom scales show ME my weight gain, and SO have the pictures that have been taken with me in them recently.. Not a pretty site to say the least! I've got to get serious again and get back to my goal weight. I felt so much better, and also looked like I did too! Starting today I am going to work seriously hard at getting back and staying on track. So far, I've done good! Wish me luck! I've made it to my goal once, and by golly I know I can do it again!! Only this time when I actually do make it, I want to stay at my goal weight for a lot longer than what I did this last time!

I never, ever thought that I'd be one to have a weight problem, as I was one who could eat whatever and however much they wanted to without gaining an ounce of weight, that is until I hit 35 years old! Then that's when my weight started coming on! I had divorced at that age and I also wasn't anywhere as active as I had been before I divorced. Exercise really does play a really big part in losing and keeping weight off, I've found out over the years. That's my problem now, I don't exercise anywhere nearly enough. So, I've got to really disapline myself to get out there and do some walking for a half hour to an hour a day. Makes for great exercise, this I already know for a fact! Wish me luck...again you all!! I need all the positiveness that I can get at this point and time! Thanks!! I haven't been doing my 30 day shred with Julian the way I had wanted and hoped to be doing either.. I've just been so, so very BAD!! Gosh, I've got to get myself into doing these important things better!!

Have a great evening!

Blessings,
~Lynn

~MY Goodness, Here It Is Tuesday Already!~

Good Morning!
Gosh, here I was thinking that I had a few more days yet to go before I had to think about going to get weighed in, but lo and behold, the day has arrived! I'm sooo not ready to get weighed! I've not been to weight watcher's for a couple weeks now because of dr. visits, hospital visits, etc.. and, I think, NO, I KNOW that I've gained a couple more pounds! I keep asking myself, will I ever make it back down to my goal weight?? Guess I've got to try a tad bit harder at doing so!! I've not been so disciplined with myself lately, and it really shows, that's for sure!

It is a beautiful sun shiny day out today, which makes me very happy! I love to look out my windows and see such a beautiful day waiting for all to enjoy!

I have been really enjoying my virtual vacation trip with Colleen from designing dna! Today, Corryanne hosted our trip and we went to London! Absolutely beautiful! They have a wonderful restaurant there called Church Hill Arms and Corryanne said that they serve delish Thai food! Then, Corryanne said that there's also a place called Gordon's Wine Bar which, to me, sounds like a neat place to go and taste some of their great wines! I enjoyed going to the different wineries and tasting their wines while visiting with my son out in California.. We're going to have to get together again here soon and do that again!

You all have a wonderful Tuesday!! Thank you so much again for stopping by and visiting my blog and for leaving such sweet and kind comments!

Blessings,
~Lynn

TRUFFLES AND WEIGHT WATCHER'S DON'T GO TOGETHER TOO WELL..

and especially with me! I LOVE them and are really addicted to them! My Hubby thought he'd bring us home some Easter Candy that we both really like and... the rest is HISTORY! There's no throwing them away, nor giving them away, so, we try to limit ourselves to TWO pieces a night, which one truffle piece is two Weight Watcher points.. The one's we really like are the white chocolate and the milk chocolate ones... Sooo good, but, oh, so, not very weight watcher friendly! Dan bought the STRACCIATELLA ones(in the blue bag) this time and they have the white chocolate shell with chocolate pieces. They are good, but not as good as the milk chocolate ones that we love! I really do think that..after we are done with these truffles, that we had better leave them alone... for a while anyhow, since both Dan and I are wanting to shed some of these extra pounds we're carrying around, *Thanks* to our LOVE of CHOCOLATE Truffles!

I hope everyone had a real nice weekend and Monday! It's such a beautiful day outside today! I love waking up to the sunshine and gorgeous warm weather!

I have my Weight Watcher meeting today...and I pray that all those bowling games my Hubby and I played on our Wii game helped me whittle away any extra pounds I may have put on from eating all those delishious truffles! ;)

You all have a great day! Thank you so much for stopping by! Thank you so much Jamie for visiting my blog yesterday and for leaving your Mom such kind comments and for becoming one of my followers too! Love you young man!

Blessings,
~Lynn

IT'S TUESDAY ONCE AGAIN!

Good Morning!
I have been sooo very BAD this week with my eating! I just know I've gained a few pounds since I weighed in last week! And to think that I actually had a weight loss last week! I get so mad at myself! I am soo addicted to the delishious milk chocolate truffles that absolutely melt in one's mouth! My hubby also bought some individual chocolate ice cream cups and of course I, well we both, had to have not only one but two of them almost every night! I can't lose weight eating these things! So... on to a start of a new weight watcher's week! I'm going to really be watching what I put into my mouth this week! I've got to really get serious as I want to get back down to my goal weight, which I know I can do, since I'm a Lifetime Member of Weight Watcher's.. So, back to disaplining myself and definately watching what is on that eating utensil of mine!! So green salads, veggies, fruits, soups, fish and chicken, here I come, with fork and spoon in hand!! (Only eating all the right portions though)... :)

It's a beautiful and gorgeous day outside today! I guess we are to get to around 72* or so.. I can sooo handle that temperature a whole lot better than 30 some degree weather, that's for sure! Hard to believe that it was wintertime here just a few days ago! I love this kind of weather a whole bunch better!

You all have a great Tuesday! Thank you so much for visiting today!

Blessings,
~Lynn
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P.S. I also would like to share that Cathy from Treasured-Heirlooms is having her home featured in the Cottage Syle Magazine and is having a great $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE Giveaway to celebrate. The winner of her drawing will be announced once she reaches 500 followers! She's currently at 419! Please go check out her beautiful blog and enter in her great giveaway while you're there! Thanks!

Blessings,
~Lynn

Oh My Goodness... It's Tuesday and We All Know What That Means To Lynn!!

Good Morning!
Oh yeah, we all know what that means to Lynn!! Weigh in day at weight watchers!! Oh noooooooo...
Again I've had a real bad week for eating, and I don't think I've so much as lost an ounce.. Gosh, what am I going to do?? I know what I'll do, I'll just quit going to buy groceries!! Let my Hubby go instead! No, that'd never work, as he likes his snackie items more than I do! I've got to just get more disciplined!! No more snacks inside the house anymore except for popcorn! Think that'd work?? I'd be sure to have on hand plenty of carrots, apples, yogurt, bananas, salad makings to eat, that I know are more healthier choices. I just know I've got to do something!! I want to lose weight, not gain weight!! I made it to lifetimers at weight watcher's not so long ago, so I know it really does work! Please keep your fingers crossed for me this week, okay? And please say a little prayer for me to become more disciplined too.. Thank you!

Dan did go to the dr's yesterday. They have him on amoxicillin, that he takes for ten days. It's like 875mg. That's a bunch of mg's, and ought to really be able to knock this out of him like real fast!! At least we are hoping that it will! He's also using a cool vaporizer in our bedroom, which I think is also helping. I think he slept alot better last night than he did the couple nights before, which is great.. Thank you for keeping Dan in your prayers. You all are such wonderful friends!

I haven't heard yet how Penny's surgery went. I pray that all went well. I'll be keeping her in my prayers, as well as Shauna, Becky, Deena, Michele, Jamie, and my hubby..

I received my package of goodies that I won from Donna, from one simple country girl! She is so sweet and so very kind! The Wildberries tart cake candle smells absolutely wonderful!! The 3 heart bowl fillers are real cute with their buttons and rusty small bells! The heart shaped plaques are beautiful! Donna sent me another heart plaque that has a red,white and blue flag, red barn,salt box house, willow tree & darling sheep painted on it.. That was so sweet of her to send that to me too! I love the rose note cards she sent, as roses are my most favorite flower and the candies Donna sent all smell and look soo delish! I will be sure to share pictures when I have everything right where I want it all to be in it's new home! I do have some ideas as to where I want everything! So, it shouldn't take me real long to share some pictures with you! Thank you sooo much Donna for everything!! I love it all!! I am so lucky that my name was the one drawn in your beautiful giveaway!!

Be sure to check out the other giveaways that I have on my side posts! They all look really great!! Be sure to get your name in their drawings, you'll be so glad you did!! Be sure to check out Dan's new chair rails in his home at Yesterday Once More! They look really beautiful!!

Please keep Penny, Shauna, Becky, Deena, Jamie, Michele, & Dan in your prayers still.. Thank you so much!

Hope you all are staying safe and warm! We still have lots of snow here.. Can't wait till it's all gone! Really, I can't wait to see green grass again!! Oh, I forgot... today is Ground Hog Day! I wonder if Punsutawney Phil saw his shadow back there in Pennsylvania?? (My Home State) I will have to go check and see!!

**Well I guess Punsutawney Phil did see his shadow this morning, and that is suppose to mean that winter will last us for another 6 weeks.. Between you and me, I think it most always lasts us that long anyhow, but don't let Punsutawney Phil or his friends know that I told you that!! ;)

You all have a blessed & wonderful Tuesday!! Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Blessings,
~Lynn

Always Having Good Intentions ...

Good Morning! It's such a beautiful looking blue skied, sun shinny day, but.. oooh so cold of a morning here, as it's only 32* out.. But there's just something about looking out and seeing the blue sky and sunshine that makes one not really care about what the temperature might be outside.. at least with me it seems that way.

I titled my writing today as.. Always Having Good Intentions.. One of my good intentions as I have shared a picute of is... starting my day out with me eating a good breakfast and to continue my day out by my eating of good food too..but, then my good intentions somehow stray away.. Now how do I even begin to imagine that I will be able to get back to my goal weight unless I discipline myself more?? I have really good intentions of eating right throughout my day then.... Believe me, I am really trying to work on this so that I can get back on track and get back to my goal weight, as I've been at my goal weight before and I know Weight Watcher's way does work! I just have got to do more than have good intentions...

I hope everyone had a good weekend! We had a real nice one! We went to Church and then after Church we met Daniel at IHOP for lunch...and then later Sunday early evening, Dan and I went to Johnny's and Dan had a chef salad and I had their cranberry, mandarin orange salad, which is sooo delish!! Saturday was just a laid back day for me since Dan had to work.. I just read, puttered around the house and was on our PC for awhile and then also watched some tv. Now today will be somewhat different for me, as I like to get our laundry all done on Monday's! Especially since on Tuesday I go to my Weight Watcher meeting and that's when Dan and I have our set datetime for eating lunch out together during the work week. I love having these times to look forward to, when Dan and I get be together..

I was wondering if you all would join me in saying prayers for these people:

Penny, Shauna, Deena, Michele, Jamie, Dan, Tammy & Jason & Family, My cousin Clifford and Sandy's son who has cancer, Cathy, Mary, for our Military troops who are serving overseas and for those military soldiers who are at home in the United States and for their families, and for the soldiers who died for your's and my freedon in the U.S. and their families and for all of the hurting people and their families in Haiti, and for everyone in need of our prayers at this time.. Thank you all so much.

Please do check out and enter the great giveaway's listed down on the left column of my blog.. They all sound soo great!!

I wish you all a real good day and a wonderful week too!!

Blessings,
~Lynn

Weigh In Today At Weight Watcher's!!

Good Morning!
My goodness is it ever foggy outside! It is 37* out and is to get up to 65* today! That sounds sooo good!!

Now, to write a bit on my original topic! Today is my Weight Watcher's Tuesday weigh in and meeting.. I am hoping that I have lost some weight, as I've really tried hard being good all week long! I lost .2 last Tuesday...I'll let you know how I did today!

I did make it to my goal weight back in June 25, 2008. So, I'm a Lifetime member now, but... for me not to have to pay my monthly fee, I've got to weigh no more than 2 pounds over my goal weight.. and, to say the least, I'm like 13 pounds away from the 2 pounds that is allowed over one's goal weight.. I get so mad at myself, as I know how hard it is to take the weight off, but did I do anything about it?? NO!! Losing 5 pounds would be alot faster for me than what 13 will be.. But anyhow, I'm working on getting myself back on track...once again! I really should get myself into walking each day.. I know for a fact that does work and works well! When we first moved here, my son Daniel and I would take a 30 minute walk every day and it made me feel soo much better and also caused me to LOSE weight, weight that I wasn't at that particular time trying to lose. I was just awed by all the gorgeous homes that was in my son,Jamie and his wife's neighborhood, and just enjoyed walking around checking them all out!! One day I was putting on one of my skirts, getting ready for church in the morning, and I noticed that my skirt was quite a bit large for me... I got weighed on my daughter in law's bathroom scales, and lo and behold, I had lost 26 pounds beknowns to me.. as I wasn't aware that I was losing weight... I was just enjoying walking around the neighborhood looking at all the gorgeous homes! Anyhow, I lost 38 pounds this last time being on weight watcher's and I surely don't want to gain it all back, that's for sure! Wish it would come off as easily as it comes on, that would be wonderful!! So, I'm trying to get myself back on track so I can stay at my lower weight.. If anyone has any other suggestions as to what I might try along with walking, please do share with me! I appreciate any help and suggestions that anyone might have.

Wish me luck today!! I will let you know how I did at my weigh in tomorrow!
Have a wonderful day!

~Lynn