Moving On

I have been absent from Blogger the last few days. I am getting back to the things I loved to do do before my life was consumed by losing weight. Do you ever feel like you have forgotten who you are? besides a person who is trying to lose weight?

Michelle is my name. I love to read, craft, scrapbook, take pictures, be outdoors, camping, walking, riding bike, shopping, baking/cooking, canning etc... I love my family, God and myself. I am not just the girl who has lost almost 45 pounds...

I have been reading 2 different books the last few days and I am in awe of the writers and their message.

This devotional is wonderful. Please check it out:)

If you are a wife, you MUST read this book, it is an amazing read!! Everything about it hits home for me and it will for you too.

I also have been doing a few crafts:0)

I found this idea on Pinterest. You take an old picture frame,insert a piece of notebook paper instead of a picture. I decorated mine with a few buttons and scrapbooking flowers:) Now you have a dry erase message board to leave messages for your family. *Use with dry erase markers only*

I love making my own cards!! It is something I have been wanting to get back to for a while now.

I will end this post with the Prayer from my devotional today.

Dear Jesus,thank you for creating me as you did. I Pray today that I would think as much of you as I do my appearance. Help me to be a woman of substance today and honor you in the time I spend on me versus the time I spend with you, Amen.

Me a runner?!

A quick post today to tell you all that I signed up for my 1st 5k in May!! I also convinced my husband to do it with me, even though its on his bday:-)

I better get training huh?! I know I can walk it no problem, but I would like to be running the whole thing:-)

Have a great weekend everyone!

It's what's for lunch

Here's a look into my lunch today:) In case you were all interested;)

Homemade Ranch Dressing:
5 tbsp. dried minced onion
7 tsp. parsley flakes
4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder

*Mix together and store in airtight container( I love mason jars to store things in)

Dressing:- Mix 2 tbsp. dry mix with 1 cup mayo and 1 cup sour cream.

Dip:-2 tbsp. dry mix with 2 cups sour cream

*Mix up a few hours before serving.

My salad:9 Dole salad in a bag, tuna, and a little parm cheese and dressing of course:)

Weigh in #18

Here are my results for this week.

-4.2 lbs lost

Thank you for all the feed back on yesterdays post ladies:)

Funny moment

Yesterday I was on the phone with my Mom and I am telling her about my progress this week and the conversation changes to me telling my Mom about the new jeans that I got the other day. My oldest daughter who is almost 16 is listening in on the couch next to me says "Mom, you bought/buy jeans in the junior section now?!" I said, Yes, Yes I do:-) I wish you could have seen the look on her face;) Priceless!

A question for all my fellow "athletes". Do you find when you workout to the extreme your weight on the scale sometimes shows a gain? I have really been pushing myself outside my limits and this morning the scale was up a bit. My eating hasn't changed, so I was just wondering if it was from working out? Can that be?

Busy day!

My day has been crazy busy, but a good kind of busy:0) I walked 4 miles in the mud and ice..but goals were never met by sitting on the couch! I did laundry, dishes, cleaned the toilets:P (my least favorite thing to do)and made Lemon Tea Bread.

Here are my new jeans and belt. The shirt is new too but I didn't get it in the pic.

Then I had my little man take some pictures of the cute pockets of my jeans.

Back pocket. Tx little man:)

Hitting goals

Well guess what...