Hi Folks!

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted. Did you miss me?
In response to a comment from Kim (btw, you HAVE to to check out her flower blog, beautiful pics!) I haven't given up on my plan to get healthier. I did however, become totally engrossed with photography for a few weeks and for about 4 days was very sick! Just starting to feel better now, in fact yesterday I was finally able to add some solids back to my diet. Of course 3 days of liquids,,and hardly any of those either added 6 pounds to my weight loss, which is nice, but now I need to try and keep those off as I slowly begin eating normally again.
Some good news on the walking, my daughter got a job with staggered shifts, which means I pick my grandson up from school each afternoon , a 20 minute walk both ways, and some days I take him too. So now whether I feel like it or not, I HAVE to walk!
Still haven't gotten the bike road ready, but am hoping to to that before snow falls and on mornings I take him in, I plan on walking the bike down and after dropping him off taking a bike ride before going home. That's the plan anyways, let's see if it works out.
Am not sticking strictly to the vegetarian meals due to a small revolt by the boys in the
family, but have only added chicken, tuna and other fish. The other *meat* we can still fool them with by using the veggie alternatives. We try to have non veggie meals no more than a couple of times a week.
I have discovered though, that by careful counting of calories I can pretty much eat anything as long as I stay within my calorie limit, or below which I prefer. I've found this works out pretty well, as we can order pizza (no more pepperoni for me though,,only veggies!) and I can have a couple of slices with no harm done, or other things of that nature. Like an ice cream cone now and then, with low fat frozen yogurt of course :-)
So I am learning to change my eating habits entirely and not by depriving myself of foods I love, but by being smarter about my choices and eating smaller portions. Much easier to live with and easier to stick too also.
So far I have lost 25 lbs. Just a drop in the bucket, I still have to lose over 100 pounds but it is enough to make a shirt that once was too small to fit again! And I can notice the difference in my face, which has resulted in my getting a hair cut, and beginning to *do* my face. By *do* I mean a smidge of blush and that's it...lol
So that's it for now, wanted to let you all know I was still here and working away at my plan. How are you doing with your goals?

Did you know that playing cards or board games with your kids for an hour will burn 111 calories? Time to shut off the tv and break out the Monopoly!