Day 21/30

I am so excited to know Warren is coming home NEXT WEEK!  It feels so much easier on the downward slope.  And it was great to have Suzy and her family visit to help break up the monotony.

Day 7/30

It was a father's day gift...

I envisioned

he would

take it to work...

He did no such thing...

No...

Only I could be such a

 master at self-sabotage...

A jar that use to be full of

chocolate kisses...

I don't even know if he

enjoyed

a single one

before he left...

So Here's the Deal...

I'm having a hard time keeping up with this blog at the moment for several reasons:

-Braden won't nap unless I lay down with him, that was my blogging time.

-Braden lost my SD card to my camera.

-Kids are home from school now.

-I'm finding I want to spend as much time with Warren as possible before he leaves for Mongolia on June 20th.

-And summer's just busy - yard work, 4-H, yard sales, barbeque's, parks, traveling... and just enjoying the warmth while it lasts. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Warren in Mongolia, Summer 2011



So I'm going to take a break until Warren leaves,

then I'll be posting much more. 

I'll be back the 3rd week of June. 

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!



So Simple It's Brilliant!

I've been frustrated with my weight loss. 

Or, since April, the lack of. 

I know where I went "wrong." 

My birthday. 

My excuse to bake a cake and have a piece

...or two. 

Here is where my all-or-nothing thinking gets me into trouble because then there is guilt, then there is the feeling of messing things up so I might as well have a couple more pieces the next day...and so on until old habits come back and the cycle continues.

But I've found something so simple it's brilliant!  Apparently it's been around a while but this is the first time I've heard of it.  It's called The No S Diet developed by Reinhard Engels.  Here's the idea:

3 rules and 1 exception:

• No Snacks
• No Sweets
• No Seconds

Except *sometimes* on days that start with "S" (Saturday, Sunday, Special Occasions)

That's it.

There is a book available at Amazon:



But really there's a lot of information on the website which includes a podcast and forum.

So in keeping with my 12 reasons I'm giving up on counting calories,

here are 12 reasons I'm liking the No S Diet:

1. I get to eat what everyone else is eating.
2. There are no forbidden foods or even acceptable food lists.
3. It frees up my mind to think about other things besides how to make a snack healthy or thoughts of guilt, or calories, calories, calories.
4. It frees up my time since I don't need to snack. 
5. Did I mention it's simple?  Three meals a day.  Three plates a day.  (Except occasionally.)
6. I still get to eat sugar in moderation and *sometimes* sweets.
7. It forms good habits.
8. It encourages moderation.
9. It teaches individual responsibility and not excuses.
10. It supports all the healthy habits I've learned like loading most of your plate with vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
11. I can focus on the enjoyment of food and not the worry part (bad vs. good food).
12. There's nothing to buy -  a nickname for this diet is the No $ Diet.

No S Diet, used by permission

I have followed this diet for only a week so far and it's totally doable.  I'll admit:

I get hungry between meals at this point but not weak. 

I also load my plate up embarrassingly full. 

And yes, I've lost weight.

How does this sound to anyone out there?

 

A Little Inspiration

Here is a great video!  Thinking of you Dad.



Cherrytree Post

I posted today on my family's blog, cherrytree, about Hailey's 4-H animals. Warren is really enjoying the time he spends with her while they care for them and Hailey absolutely adores these animals. She is such an animal loving girl. Someday we may be able to get our own land where we can keep the pigs and lambs but for right now we keep them nearby at a former 4-H-ers house. It's a short bike ride away.

One question.....

Why is it that

my inability to control

ANYTHING 

leads to the

lack of control

over the one thing

 that I do have complete

and total control over?

UPDATE:

I've found something that has helped!  Christ-Centered Meditation - Join me in my webinar as I teach how to and why, as well as how to overcome difficult subconscious programming that seems to run our lives.  Check it out!