I Can. I Will. End of Story! ~*Stacy's Journey.*~

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:grouphug: Thanks Y'all!

11 Dead thus far now.

So PROUD of my community! So many volunteers we are being turned away.

Donations are key now... Please Join Me if you can and Donate to the North Texas Red Cross & North Texas Salvation Army!

So very important bc we have soooooooo many that have lost everything... Apartment Communities with no insurance and of course just paycheck to paycheck families that have nothing now.

My friend lost her salon in Copeville/Farmersville connected to Gas Station shopping strip and 3 people died there. Her and her husband had just left salon 20 minutes before it was hit/leveled.

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THANKS!!
 
So sorry for the losses. Sending support.

P.S.- Your mock baked potato casserole is awesome, I'm going to make it again.
 
Happy New Year from a very wet UK. I gave up making New Year resolutions 30yrs ago but I've made one this year: To stick with aqua aerobics. First session Monday.
 
So sorry to read about your devastation. I am very glad that you are okay though. Despite it all I came here to wish you a Happy New Year and I truly hope that 2016 is your best year yet.
 
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Hi everyone! I'm back! lol

Tried to update avatar but I cannot resize to make it show up well..It was so blurry..

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Thanks everyone for your well wishes, support & concern!

So glad you love the recipe Butterfly! :seeya:

The end of 2015 was so sad/crazy and the start of 2016 was very busy!

So glad the holiday's are over and we also had the celebration of son's 22nd Birthday on the 5th and ZuZu's 10th Birthday on the 5th!!

Got Christmas all down/packed and started on more packing for the move!

Now, I have to balance healthy lifestyle/fitness with the craziness of packing and finding our new place to live! We hope to move late Feb.

I have to get a lot more packed before we can even look bc here, they will not hold anything long when you are leasing..(only a couple of weeks)

When we find the place, we have to be ready to go quickly!

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Back on Track Week for me started on Tuesday the 5th.......

Starting Weight: 190.3 (Before Cmas I was 187.6)

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Tuesday: Burn 30 * 2 mile aerobic walk w/2 lb each hand weights * 30 mins

Wednesday: Scrub Cleaning Day with lots of mopping/vacuuming

Thursday: Burn 30 * 2 mile aerobic walk w/2 lb each hand weights * 30 mins

Saturday: Burn 30 * 2 mile aerobic walk w/2 lb each hand weights * 30 mins

So Far This Week:

Sunday: Firm 30 * High Impact Warm Up for 10 mins * ST w/3 lb each dumbbells...Squats, Lunges, Arms, Butt, Hips, Core/Crunches and so on for 20 mins.

I look forward to finally being able to check on all of you in your journals! :grouphug: :waving:
 
Thanks Cate! :seeya:

I have a long journey ahead!

This has just got to be the year I get myself together and make serious PROGRESS!
 
You´ve certainly been active! Moving is horrible, I do not want to think about the fact that I´m planning to move in 2016 as well...
 
Great picture, and great job fitting in some activity in with all the stuff you've got going on! Ugh, I can't imagine packing everything up and moving.... I certainly don't envy you for having to do that.
 
Thanks Oaks! ;) Thanks LaMaria! ;)

Yes... This packing thing stinks! Man do I enjoy our beautiful collection of things from 22 years of Marriage, but when you have to spring clean it all and pack it - not so much! :smilielol5: :willy_nilly:

Most of the blame falls on Hobby Lobby! hahaha! You can find anything there and I LOVE "themed" rooms.. Our kitchen/dining room is all about vintage boxes/labels - chickens, roosters, sunflowers, vintage corningware/pyrex from my Nannie and so on.. Living Room is all Word themed/country... Wooden-Painted signs.. Country Living...It's A Wonderful Life..Wish It, Dream It, Do It...Live-Love all that kind of stuff with Family/Home stuff mixed in.. Lots of Wall Sconces, Flowers, Shelves and so on.. Mixed in with that are Christian framed scriptures and flower sprays that hang.. Bedroom is all Texas Western...Bathroom is Christian themed...Just A LOT of stuff.. :svengo:

So Far This Week:

So Far This Week:

Sunday: Firm 30 * High Impact Warm Up for 10 mins * ST w/3 lb each dumbbells...Squats, Lunges, Arms, Butt, Hips, Core/Crunches and so on for 20 mins.

Monday: Burn 30 * 2 mile aerobic walk w/2 lb each hand weights * 30 mins
 
I'm sending you hugs Stacy, We moved house 3 years ago after over 30 years in the old one and NEVER have I worked so hard packing up. Good luck for 2916 The Texas tornado was on our news over here, I had no idea you were in the middle of it. How are things now? The news channels have stopped broadcasting from our flood areas in the north, so people forget that the devastation goes on long after the news coverage stops
 
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Hi Ya Polly! :hug2:

It is bad hon!

Since it was an F4 - Entire Apartment communities and too many neighborhoods to count are complete rubble. The clean up will take so much time.
Helping everyone is KEY now.
Thank Goodness for the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Churches and the Community for working quickly and endlessly!
 
So Far This Week:

Sunday: Firm 30 * High Impact Warm Up for 10 mins * ST w/3 lb each dumbbells...Squats, Lunges, Arms, Butt, Hips, Core/Crunches and so on for 20 mins.

Monday: Burn 30 * 2 mile aerobic walk w/2 lb each hand weights * 30 mins

Tuesday- Firm 30 * 10 minute High Impact Wam Up * 20 minutes of ST w/3 lb each dumbbells..Squats, Leg work, Arms, Hips, Butt, Core, Crunches and Back..

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Note to Self:
*Open Discussion* Feel free to share your view/opinions as well...

I have got to FIGURE OUT A LIFESTYLE PLAN! :rolleyes:

Fitness will never be enough when you have 30 lbs to lose and your body has stored fat in a few areas and you become so misshaped.

My inner thighs and thighs in general have just become terrible.. Not to mention a terrible mid-section/waist!

I wish I had support at home but hubby and son are just not on board. Gosh, that would make this journey so much easier for me! Plus, they need better health and weight loss as well!

Portion Control with the same type meals that they love and I love are just not working. I made good changes of course with everything white to wheat, low sodium, fat free or close to fat free, low calorie, lean beef, more chicken and of course things like that when it comes to cooking casseroles and their favorite meals.

We have tried ground Turkey and Ground Chicken several ways and NONE of us likes it, so that stinks! That would be such a life saver!

We truly do not like fish either, so that stinks as well.

I just cannot figure out what to do?!!?!!

I have heard great things thus far re: the NEW Smart Points/System by WW, so I may sign back up for that on-line.

Early last year I did lose 8 1/2 lbs the first month on WW Points Plus, but I was starting to feel very deprived - especially when I was so hungry still.
I did stick it out but then my health issues went crazy and then had a lot of dental work and everything was destroyed and then we were havin' $ issues and I had to cancel.

I'm also so scared of FAILURE and that keeps me in the Never Finish What You Start Cycle.

MY STRESS LEVELS are through the roof which is so UNHEALTHY and that is one of the #1 reasons for slow weight loss and even weight gain.

I have had emotional binges related to bad stress days.

Long Story Short:
Messed up childhood...Low Self Esteem...

Things got better when married/havin' our son..

Family matters seemed to improve

The biggest change happened when we had to move away from Texas for hubby's job and live in NE AR for 3 years (Jonesboro- only 45 mins from Memphis, TN) and we could not afford to travel to keep up with family. We were only able to make 2 trips for only 2 days total there 3 years we live in AR. My Mom and 1 sister came 1 year to stay/visit and the last year we were there, my Mom and both sissy's came.. My dad or brother never tried to come. None of hubby's family ever came.

One sis is 34, the other 28 and my bubba is 29. We have always been soooooooooooooooo close...

Once back home everyone seemed excited and helped us with unpacking/getting settled and then silence..........

No one answers phone, returns texts, chats on fb and so on.. Any time we went to visit "them," an argument always arose... No one can grasp that not everyone is alike/has same routine/schedules and so on..

I began to be made fun of and put down for the way hubby and I live re: graveyard shift hours..(at that time I was working same shift as him)..

All we did was sleep all day.... :rolleyes:

When I stopped working, the crap really hit the fan bc in their eyes all I did was sleep, watch tv and was LAZY... LMBO...

They couldn't grasp the only way I SEE MY HUBBY is to keep his hours!

Anyway, the rejection from my family just warped me back in time to my HORRIBLE childhood and rejection issues, depression and more..

I had enough and firmly put my foot down (especially where my father is concerned) and now I'm disowned.. He deleted me, my hubby and his ONLY grandchild (our son) from fb and we are not welcome at the house. My mom and I meet up every once in a while somewhere to visit. We are not very close either. My youngest sis and brother still live at home w/parents.

My other sis has very clearly stated (100% in agreement with my father) that I'm so lazy, stupid, worthless, mean nothing & basically just a mistake. I will never have value or be accepted/loved.

So....Why am I sharing this.... ???

Honesty..

This is the main source of my stress...

This aids in keeping me in failure mode and I HAVE to BREAK FREE from these chains of bondage.

#1 Most Important To Me: I have got to get back on track spiritually... Jesus Christ is the only one that is going to be able to get me through this emotional battlefield through His Word/Promises.
I have got to find BALANCE in my life and put Him first and study/get back to a personal relationship and find a church as well.

My OCD is such a hindrance re: a balanced day/time management.

I have to figure this out! *** I have to get it all in.. Time w/the Lord, Family, Chores, Errands, Fitness and so on.

HOW??!! lol

This has been my battle... How do I get it all in?

I need a plan... I need to figure out HOW to work on balance/time management...

2016 has to be the year I first learn to ACCEPT the Love and Approval of the Lord...Then, Love and Approve of myself.. That will be half the battle won right there...

I have a lot of GARBAGE to release from my mind, soul and heart as well..

I have a lot of work to do this year!

I'm WORTH IT!

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That is a lot to deal with and I´m afraid I haven´t got anything snappy to offer. I think you are right that the most important thing to work on is your feeling of self worth. You can´t change the way your family sees you, nor can you convince someone else (hubby and son) to eat healthier. Healthifying family favorites is probably a very good idea and the kitchen scale should solve your portion problem. When I don´t have control over what lands on the table I have a small portion of whatever is being served and make sure I add a large portion of salad or low-cal veg.
Good luck on finding a better place hon.
 
Thanks LaMaria! :)

Yes, it is a mess!

Some family favorites have truly turned out great w/the major changes.. ;) One big thing I have to work on though is CHEESE! Gosh, we all love cheese!
Casseroles are bad when they call for cheese...lol

I also love MILK.. I have been on Skim Milk a long time but I still drink too much..

At least some things are very upfront and I know 100% where weight control issues are and need to work on cutting down/changes.

Stress: Oaks and I have been talkin' about the Adult Coloring (so neat that I had just read an article about that) and I will be picking stuff up on Friday to start that..
I think that will help a lot....like meditation it seems...
 
Let's keep talking about the coloring books so I remember to use them, ok? I haven't touched mine since Friday!

2015 sounds like a bad one for you but the good news is that it's done now. You ARE worth it, so get at all that mental garbage out into the trash where it belongs.
 
:hug2: Amen to that Oaks! ;)

Yes..We Will! lol...I am excited about picking everything up. :)

Hubby wasn't quite sure about it when I mentioned it to him (guess he had images of me using a Barbie coloring book or something :D ) but once I showed him the awesome adult books he thought it was really neat.

One thing I would use if I still had it would be my Fashion Plates!

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HA! Omigosh I loved that thing!

They are a fortune on ebay!!

:leaving: Yes, I have looked at the price on line.. :smilielol5:
 
:D Pretty sure mine is still in working order, somewhere in the catacombs of my parents´ place... O, and I too have an adult coloring book, thanks for reminding me. They´re postcards so they don´t take too long and when I´m done I can send them to my mom. Must remember to make one tomorrow.
 
*teehee* I see a play-date in our future! :D

That was where my creative writing was born! I wrote a story about twin sisters..Title: Double Trouble

Used the Fashion Plates to illustrate book! :smilielol5:

Man, I'd give anything to have that book! What a keepsake that would be! The fashion plates to of course!
 
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