Thank You for electric breakers

I came home from Nate's soccer today and found that I had no power in my kitchen so I went down to reset the switch wondering why it was not working. Flipped the switch came back up still no power. So as the rest of the house is still working and the kitchen is the ONLY place that has no power and only a fw things are out I think to myself what has changed since before we went to soccer. Well, the ONLY thing was that I had started dinner in the crockpot. So I go and check the crockpot to find it is cool not quite cold yet so I unplug it to see why and realize the at the GD cord is still partially in the inside of the pot in between the bowl and the metal so it had been melted through and the wire had been exposed which is what must have shorted out the breaker for the kitchen.

All, I am thinking is we could have come back to our house on fire if not for the breaker switches. But, thank goodness it just means a new crockpot for me and a change of how I am cooking dinner.

Weight Loss update

Ok, all I have not posted and I said that I would. I have been to 3 weigh-ins since I last posted. week 1 - I went up 2.2 lbs(193), week 2 - I went down .4 lbs(192.6) and week three I went down 1.4 lbs (191.2). So I tracked EVERYTHING week 3, but i weigh in in 2 days and have not tracked 1 thing this week so ...

I guess I really need to track or change to the CORE plan but i like my sweets too much. Either that or I need to take the time to get some exercize in every day to help counteract the sweets.

UGH, so I am now UP in Lbs since the Oct 2 not looking too good for me but i have to do something so I still going to go to my meetings and will starttracking again today.

Buttermilk Brownie Recipe

Make your own slide shows and scrapbooks

Alright just in case you did not get teh email and were interested in the recipe, here it is. the pics are some my grandfater took, about a half hour after the shuttle took off in FL.

Weight loss...

Ugh, what an ugly thing to have for a post, but I figure if I start to blog about it maybe it will help me take more weight off as the days go on. I have been going to Weight Watchers for 19 weeks and have bounced back and forth on my weight loss. I started at UGH 195 and am at 190.8 as of today. I was down 6/10 of a pound this week which I feel is great because I am not in a hurry. Because I would rather take it off slow and keep it off. I am determined to lose 5 pounds by Christmas, which means that I have 11 more weeks of weigh-ins to do it in (so about 1/2 pound a week).

Ok so... here are some scary facts:

I am 190.8 pounds and 5 feet 2 inches.
My BMI is 35 which is considered Obese.
My recommended weight is between 109 pounds and 131 pounds.
That means I need to LOSE 60 MORE pounds to be at the top of the healthy weight range.
1 pound of fat is equal to 4 sticks of butter

I know that I can lose the weight, because when I actually track what is going into my mouth I do really well that week. BUT, I have NOT been doing so good about staying on track. I find that if I do NOT GO to the WW meetings I am less likely to follow plan. It also helps to have a "partner" to do it with me. Luckily, I have a couple of friends who have joined so that does not seem like it is going to be a problem. The problem is the fact that I LOVE sweets. But I get to eat them "in moderation". My other problem is the fact that Michael does not seem willing to lose with me. He like sweets too, so it is hard for me when he brings stuff into the house. I want to feel like I have accopmplished something by getting back into my "old" clothes, although I think it may be a ways off before I get back into a size 6 or 8 I am looking forward to it.

So please help me on my way by supporting my decisions, BUT let ME make those decisions. I will update on weight loss as the weeks go by.

Nate's first spelling test...

Nate had his first spelling test today. Well, his first where they did not get to work with the teacher to get the words correct. He got a 92! I am SO PROUD of him.