Jen's Diary: To 180 or Below...and Maintenance!

Thank you, lovely ladies! :)

I'm not getting much work done today... or any at all.. haha! My main writing job is on a short break, while we wait for Ask.com to send more work, and my other job requires WAY too much thought to do with two kids running around. lol! I'll be doing that later tonight I guess. I kind of needed a break today anyway. I think I'll work on some artsy stuff today. I've been doing that more lately. It's a huge stress reliever to me, and I need all the stress relief I can get right now.

I think Chef and I have the moving situation figured out... hopefully anyway. It's not exactly what I want, but it's probably going to have to do for now. The town we live in is super small, so the choices we have are very limited. It's either an apt in town, OR a bigger, more expensive house, out in the sticks. If the winters weren't so bad here, I would choose the bigger house, but I hate winter driving, and the back roads are usually horrible during the winter. I just don't want to deal with that.

**Since I started this post, I had to take a small break. My daughter came in to tell me there were bubbles all over the kitchen! hahaha. The dishwasher was spewing out bubbles like mad. Ah, fun!!!! lol! I think I have it under control now though. **

Ok..back to my regularly scheduled post..... I'm hoping that we will be moved in the next month or so. In the mean time I have to start doing a ton of sorting and packing. I want to get rid of as much stuff as possible. Old toys, clothes, junk we don't use. I'd rather get rid of it, then box it up and move it. There's just a lot to do. On top of packing and moving all of our stuff, my mom is also moving in the next few months. She'll be moving into a seniors apt, which will be great for her I think. I'm the only one that can really help her move( my brother lives a 1000 miles away), so I get to pack and move all her stuff too! yay! At least it will be lots of exercise. lol! Hopefully everything works out for the best, and things will calm down A LOT in the next few months. Must. Stay. Positive! lol!

Aaaaanyways... my calories are still on track for the day. I plan on having a bowl of leftover chili for dinner. YUM! I love chili! :) The kids are going with their dad tonight, so it's a night of peace and quiet for me. :)
 
I love moving house--Think I'm the only person in the world who does! I'd move every 6 months if I could. Say hi to Chef for me! I miss his posts. Glad you two have the moving thing sorted--as long as you're together that's all that counts :D xxx
 
Aww thanks, guys! I hope the move goes good as well. *fingers crossed* Sunflower, I will tell him. :)

Well, today has been a busy day. I went to the doctor this morning for my yearly physical...so that was super duper fun! lol! Then I've also been doing laundry, work, grocery shopping, and dealing with the kids. I could easily go to bed right now I think. lol.

Calories were good yesterday....I was just a hair under 1300. My mom and I went out for lunch today... so I'm sort of guesstimating on calories today... but I think I'm still going to be around 1300 or 1400 for the day. I feel so much better being back on track! Hopefully the scales reward me on Saturday! :)
 
Thanks, Mystic! :)

Calories were around 1380 today, as best I can figure anyway. So I did pretty good. Super happy about that. :)
 
Thanks, guys! :)

Today is another snow day for the kids. I haven't been outside yet, but I'm assuming it's because of ice, and not actual snow, since we only got about an inch. So driving might be fun today. I have to go to the store later and pick a few things up, hopefully they have it sanded/salted by then.

Weight today was 187. 2. Gonna be super good today, and keep my fingers crossed for 186 tomorrow. :)
 
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Thanks, guys! 186.6!!! That is down from 189.8, so that's a 3.2 lb loss. I'm happy! :D Next week ...184!

I was just sitting here thinking about the fact that I'm only 6 pounds away from the goal weight I set for myself way back in 2009 when I joined this forum. 6 pounds...that's it! It's taken a LOT longer than I would of hoped, but I'm almost there! Hopefully I will see 180 by my birthday next month. That would be a great birthday present to myself. :)
 
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3.2 lbs is awesome!! Well done Jen!

That goal of yours is sooooo close and what a feeling it must be to be so close. One of these days we will have a HUGE celebration with you!!
 
This is fantastic jen_renee!! over 3lbs of loss - awesomeness!!! :party:
It must feel amazing to be so close to your goal weight! Fingers crossed you can reach it by the time your birthday rolls around!!
 
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