Goal Review - Goal Setting - Progress Pic

I cannot believe this is the last day of August!  It seems like this month just flew by!  So it is time to see how I did in meeting my goals for August.  Here were my 3 goals I set for myself:

1.           Lose 8 pounds. – Did not make this one.  I lost 5.2 pounds in August.  At least the number is moving in the right direction!

2.           Work up to 20 minutes on the elliptical.  – Nailed this one!  YAYJ

3.           Do something special just for myself! – I bought myself something special.  I will share it with you when it comes in!

So my goals for September:

1.      Lose 8 pounds.

2.     Track EVERYTHING I eat.  I am having surgery on the 9^th and won’t be able to exercise for most of the month so my food intake will be crucial.

Here is a new comparison picture.  Starting weight on the left was 402.2, the right was taken this morning at 317.4.  Down 84.8 pounds!!!  I am actually starting to see a difference when I look at the pictures.

Next week’s weigh-in will include measurements for the month.  I am excited to see if there is any change!

Hope you all have a great Saturday!

Keep Losing,

Kari

The end of a rough week!

Finally Friday! And a 3-day weekend at that!!!  That does mean more cook-outs and get-togethers, which means A LOT of temptations.  I will be going into this weekend with a plan! I can eat and enjoy real food in moderation, so if there is something I really want that I don’t normally get, I will have just a little.  No deprivation in my plan!

I will be open and honest about this week.  It has been a little tough on me mentally.  I am not sure why, but this week I have had cravings for things I have not had in a LONG time.  I have struggled emotionally to assure myself that I do not those things and that eating them won’t make me feel better about myself.  I did give in today and had a Snickers bar with my coffee this afternoon.  I was fighting a major migraine and was hoping the caffeine and sugar would help get me through a business meeting.  I counted the points and adjusted my dinner points so I was still on plan.  My head let up enough to make through the meeting, so it was worth it to me!

It has been awhile since I have shared more from Made to Crave, by Lysa Terkeurst.  If you are a new reader you can click here.for my intro to this book.  Chapter 2 of this book is called “Replacing My Cravings.”  How appropriate for this week, huh?  One passage from this chapter really hit home with me:

“I had to get honest enough to admit it: I relied on food more than I relied on God.  I craved food more than I craved God.  Food was my comfort.  Food was my reward.  Food was my joy.  Food was what I turned to in times of stress, sadness, and even in times of happiness.”

MAN OH MAN! I could have written those words myself.  I am a food addict (recovering, but will always struggle).  Everything about my life revolved around food, what is for breakfast, can I sneak a candy bar, at the cookout there will be……, etc. 

I love what she says as a response to this:

“Each time I craved something I knew wasn't part of my plan, I used that craving as a prompt to pray.  I craved a lot.  So I found myself praying a lot.”

And

“One day of victory tasted better than any of the food I’d given up ever could.”

I am really trying hard to pray each time I feel a craving come on (especially when I am not hungry, but just emotional).  This is a new part of my journey and something I am really going to have to work on.  But with God, ALL things are possible!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Make choices that make you happier and healthier!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Thursday Weigh-In!

Today started off way too early.  We had to leave early this morning to drive to Greenwood for my eye appointment.  My specialist is going to perform surgery on my right eye on September 9.  He keeps telling me there are no guarantees, but with a 50% chance, I am willing to at least try.  Surgery will put me out of commission with exercise for a short while, so I will really have to watch my eating!  I also had to have an IV test, fluid drawn out of my eye, and a shot (YUCK)! For more information (for those new readers) on my eye condition, click here.

I did manage to sneak in a weigh-in today after my appointment.  I was down 0.6 for a total of 84.8 gone.  I am happy with that.  I realize that it will take a long time to get the scale to be where I want it.  The number on the scale does not reflect how good I feel or how much healthier my body is.

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Monday Menu

Happy Monday everyone!  It is a brand new week and a chance to make some healthy changes!!  This is going to be a busy week for me.  Lots of appointments and obligations this week.

On the menu for this week:

Monday: Crock Pot Cubed Steaks, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans

Tuesday: Roasted Turkey Breast, Baked Sweet Potatoes, and a veggie

Wednesday: Saffron Chicken, Couscous, Broccoli  

Thursday: Grilled Steaks, Roasted Red Potatoes, and corn on the cob

Friday: Leftover Night

Saturday: Going out to a fish fry!

Sunday:  Grilling out with friends!

Not a whole lot new is going on to write about today, so I will close for now! Hope you all have a great week!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Welcome and a Short Introduction!

Lots of new faces here today thanks to Sunshine sharing my story with others! I thought I would take a minute to catch up with all my new friends!  My name is Kari.  I am 36 years old and I live in Mitchell, Indiana. I am married and have two boys, ages 11 and 13.  I started this blog to help document my journey from being an overweight, out-of-shape loser to becoming a winning loser.  I joined Weight Watchers on November 1, 2012.  I weighed in at a whopping 402.2 pounds.  I was so embarrassed! I knew I was obese, but to be over 400 pounds was another thing.  Since then I have lost 84.2 pounds. I LOVE this program.  It has become a regular part of my everyday life.  I want to use this blog as a public accountability tool for myself, as well as a hope to inspire others who are struggling with their weight.  Being fat is not easy.  There are embarrassing moments every day.  I want to become healthier for my husband and my children.  They deserve a healthier, happier mother and wife.  On this blog, I will write about every part of my journey (even the negative parts).  I am tired of feeling embarrassed about who I am.  I hope you will join me on this journey so we can become an encouragement to each other.  Feel free to read some of my older posts to see the things that have already occurred o my journey!!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Anti-Depressant and "New to Me" Foods Finds

I have so many things to write about today.  So in totally being transparent and honest on this blog, I have to confess that I somehow slept until 10:00 this morning.  I RARELY sleep that long.  I guess my body needed it.  When I got out of bed I was so achy and thought “I guess that means another rest day.”  I sat I my chair and had my coffee, read my devotional, and then just stared at the wall.  I was feeling kind of down and just feeling sorry for myself.  BUT, I made myself get up and do my workout.  I cannot even begin to tell you how much better I felt after my workout.  I was in a better mood and had much more energy. I still don’t love exercise, but I love the feeling it gives me. 

For lunch today, I tried 2 “new to me” food items.  The first ones was a Lean Cuisine, Honestly Good, Pineapple Black Pepper Beef.  This was SO yummy and only 8 points+.

I also had a Chobani Bite greek yogurt.  It was coffee flavored with dark chocolate bits in in.  YUMMY!!!! Only 2 points +.  I love it when I find new foods.  Sometimes I tend to get bored with the same things over and over again.

Finally, hubby drove me to a yard sale that claimed to have TONS of plus size clothes (I had been tricked by that before), but she really did have TONS.  They were nice brands and even nicer prices.  I bought 2 huge bags of winter clothes for only $34.  When you are losing weight and dress sizes quickly, it is hard to pay full price for clothes you may only wear a month or so.  AND even better, there were some really cute things that I loved, but they were too big for me!!!!!!!  It was so awesome to be able to shop and not have to buy the biggest sizes!

Gonna go for now!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  My day started off rough, but now I am feeling fine!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Thursday Weigh-In Results

Today was weigh-in day.  This has been a really good week for me.  I have been able to stay on plan and exercise on every scheduled day.  I was down 1.2 this week for a total of 84.2 gone since November 1, 2012.  I am very happy with that number.  I worked for every ounce I lost.  I still have about 173 pounds to lose and it will take a while to accomplish, but slowly and the right way I will get there.  I am trying to not let the scale dictate how I feel about myself.

Yesterday I rode my bike to get my nails done (3.4 miles) and then from the salon to the office (2.6 miles).  I was so proud of myself, I didn't even have to stop for a break.  And then my hubby said he would workout with me so I did a workout in the late afternoon on top of the bike ride.  I LOVED having hubby work out with me (even though he was on his phone the WHOLE time).  I really wish he would do this with me 100%.  He shows interest but has not fully committed to it.

This week’s Weight Watchers meeting was about smart grocery shopping.  After listening to everything I have made a new goal for myself.  I am no longer going to buy food for ANY of my family that I would not eat on my plan.  I don’t do too bad with this, but there are times I buy them “treats” because I feel bad they don’t get what they used too.  Don’t get me wrong, a “treat” once in awhile is okay, but how bad will I feel when my kids grow up to be morbidly obese because I enabled them.  I never want my boys to struggle with this like I have had to.  This journey is HARD and my boys and hubby have been supportive and encouraging. 

NSV (non-scale victory): yesterday one of my co-workers actually noticed that I had lost “a lot” of weight!  Made me feel good!  When you have a lot to lose, it takes a lot to notice a difference! But the way I feel now compared to last fall is beyond words.  I cannot tell you how much better I feel and how much more energy I have.

 

Gearing up for a mountain hike in October!!!!!  My goal is to be down 100 pounds by then.  I am well on my way!

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Keep Losing,

Kari

I have a new addiction and I wish it was exercise!

Monday – the start of a new week.  Today has not started off so well.  My oldest baby stayed home sick today with congestion and a sore throat.  Hoping he can rest and feel better quickly!  I was slow moving this morning.  I did not want to get out of bed and definitely did not want to exercise.  But, I sucked it up and did both.  I am having one of those mental blah days.  I am not sure why either.  I guess we all have days like that. 

So in one of my posts I talked about being a food addict (click here for original post).  I think I have a very addictive personality.  I have dealt with the food issues pretty well and I know I will always struggle with them, but I know how to move past the feelings.  However, I am finding I have a new addiction – THE SCALE.  I had problems in the past with this, but I was doing better.  I find myself weighing numerous times a day and I let that number dictate how I feel.  Sometimes I even weigh on 2 different scales.  I know part of this journey is losing weight, but seriously I have to stop letting the scale tell me how to feel.  Actually, I need to stop weighing at home PERIOD.  I need to just weigh in once a week at my Weight Watchers meeting.  I know I am doing the right things to become a healthier and happier person.  Why should the number on the scale change that?  It is easy to tell myself that, but I have difficulty feeling it when the scale doesn't move and I have worked so hard.  This is something I am really going to have to work on.  Anyone else ever have this problem?  How did you overcome it?  How can I convince myself that I am more than a number on the scale?

Okay, on to other things.  I told you last week I was going to give my ActiveLink one more try.  For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is an activity monitor that Weight Watchers has.  It translates your activity into extra points+ values.  It gives you a goal and it ups it each week as you work on a challenge.  My goal for the next 12 weeks is to work up to earning 3 points+ a day.  I had a hard time before because as hard as I was working, I had a difficult time reaching 100%.  I am ready to try again though.  Here are my results so far:

Thursday – 60% (this is my rest day so I was good with that)

Friday – 139% and earned 3 points+

Saturday – 152% and earned 4 points+

Sunday – 98% (this is my other rest day J )

So far I am pleased with these numbers.  It is encouraging to see how active I am at different times of the day.

Well, I am gonna go for now!  Hope you all have a wonderful Monday and don’t forget to be AWESOME!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Saturday Somethings!

What an amazing start to my weekend!  Slept in (a little) this morning.  Then went to do my work out and my hubby and kids worked out (a tad bit) and watched me the entire time.  My hubby even told me he was proud of me! J  Now if I could just get them all on board with working out every day and eating healthier all the time! I know it would help me if they were doing it with me. Wish me luck!

Today I decided to make more baked oatmeal muffins.  I changed up the recipe a bit to try some different flavors.  Instead of the banana, chocolate chips, and dried cranberries I used ¾ cup of pure pumpkin and 1 cup of butterscotch chips.  They are pretty tasty and still only 3 points+.  I love ANYTHING pumpkin!  Hubby tried them and he likes them too! SCORE!  If you missed the blog with the original recipe just

click here.

Tonight I am making a zucchini casserole I found on the Emily Bites blog I shared with you earlier in the week.  I will let you know how it turns out.  Click here for recipe!

I love this quote.  I (we) will struggle through this journey.  No one said it would be easy.  But great success will come out of great struggles.  Together we can do this.  If you are on your journey, at goal, or just starting just remember these words.

My oldest son has a friend (a girl J) over, so I am gonna go for now.  Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! 

Keep Losing,

Kari

Friday!!! NSV's!!!!

Happy Friday!!!  I hope everyone had some great plans for the weekend!  The weather here is still beautiful.

Today I thought I would share some NSV’s (non-scale victories) with you.  I tend to worry A LOT about what the scale says each Thursday.  However, this journey is about so much more than a number on the scale.  I cannot even begin to tell you how much has changed about me since November 1, 2012.  Here are a few NSV’s:

·       My workouts are 45 minutes longer than they were 2 months ago!!!!

·       I have so MUCH MORE energy.

·       I feel happier and like I am worth more.

·       People are actually noticing that my clothes are too big on me!!

·       I get excited about riding my bicycle in the evenings!

There are so many blogs and Facebook pages that I follow.  Each one is inspiring me to keep going.  I love feeling like I am not alone in this journey.  Other people struggle with the same things.  We have to learn to be more open and share our thoughts and emotions in order to work through them and come out a better person.  Even if we cannot see the physical changes in ourselves, there are so many unseen things changing about us as we eat healthier and move more!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Thursday Weigh-In Results

Thought for the day:

Another beautiful day outside!  I am glad as I still don’t have A/C.  A lower motor was out and the part won’t be in until tomorrow.  Yesterday evening, my sisters and my boys took a hike at Spring Mill.  It was so nice out we couldn’t resist getting some outside time!

Well today was weigh-in day.  I will admit I was very nervous about weighing in.  I had not been able to exercise for the past two weeks and I was so worried.  I know the scale is not the most important thing, but I still struggle with that.  I was thrilled: I lost 3.4 pounds for a total of 83 pounds gone since November 1, 2012.  So I have 17 more pounds to get to my 100 pound goal before vacation on October 12.  Now that I can work-out again, I am hoping to get rid of those 17 pounds as quickly as possible!!!

This journey is not always easy, but so worth it!  Even the hard times present opportunities to grow and learn.  I am excited about what the future holds for me!!!

Short but sweet today!

Keep Losing,

Kari

HUMP DAY!!! (and Duck Dynasty)

It is such a beautiful morning here!  It is about 50 degrees and sunny!  Thanks goodness because our air conditioner has been out for 2 days and today I opened the windows!!!!!!  Hopefully they will show up today to look at it.

So I got up this morning and made breakfast for the kiddos.  I had one extra because my nephew stayed overnight with me.  When you see three smiling faces like this:

How can you not be in a good mood?

After they got off to school, my hubby was leaving and I was heading upstairs.  My evil plan was to lie in my bed and read for a while.  He asked me if I was working out and I was not planning on it, BUT I went upstairs and got my workout in!  I even added 5 extra minutes on the elliptical, 5 extra minutes on the bike, and 20 extra crunches!  Good thing I worked out alone today because anyone would think I was crazy.  I was yelling at myself “Don’t Quit,” and “Take that fat.”  I may have a problem!!!  J I have decided to give my Weight Watchers ActiveLink another try.  I reactivated it today so we will see if I like it any better!!

After my workout and shower, I baked some oatmeal muffins.  These are a favorite at my house.  I thought I would share the recipe with you.  I got the original recipe from a blog called Emily Bites.  (click here for the original recipe) She has AWESOME weight watchers recipes.  I have never made anything from her site that I did not love!  I made a few tweaks to her recipe:

Ingredients:

3 cups old-fashioned oats

½ cup packed brown sugar

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

2 egg whites

1 egg

1 ¼ cups skim milk

¾ cup mashed banana (I usually use 2 bananas)

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips

½ cup dried cranberries

Directions:

1.      Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly mist 18 cups in a muffin tin with cooking spray.

2.     Combine the oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and stir until mixed.

3.     In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg whites, egg, mashed banana, milk and vanilla.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until blended together.  Stir in the chocolate chips and dried cranberries.

4.     Spoon the oatmeal mixture evenly between the prepared muffin cups.  Bake uncovered for 18-22 minutes or until oatmeal s lightly brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

These are like a baked oatmeal muffin.  They are moist and so yummy.  I love to eat these for breakfast or a snack.  And each muffin only has 3 points+.

I am off to enjoy this beautiful day!  Make Hump Day a good one!!! And Duck Dynasty starts tonight!!!!!!!!!!

Check in tomorrow for weigh-in results!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Tongue Patch Tuesday!!!

So I will start off with an update from the new eye specialist yesterday.  He actually gave me some hope!  He said there are 5 treatment options, 3 of which they will not even try on me, 1 I have already tried, and 1 more.  The one more is a surgery to remove the abnormal blood vessel.  This is the same surgery I had almost 7 years ago on my left eye.  And it was NOT fun!  He said there is 50% chance it could get better and a 50% chance it could stay the same but not much chance of the surgery making it worse.  He said that he could do the procedure or the doctor I was seeing before could.  I am going to try with my old doctor because of the relationship we already have.  I meet with him in 2 weeks and I hope he is comfortable enough to do the surgery.  I am not excited about surgery, but very excited about the possibility of regaining some of my vision!  Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

I struggle a lot with negative emotions and negative thinking when it comes to myself.  I am a pretty positive person about everything else, but I just have a hard time finding things about myself that I like.  That is terrible.  I found a “mantra” online yesterday.  And while it does have a curse word, it was very powerful to me!  I am thinking about retyping it out and making myself repeat it every day and hang it around my house.  

Part of this journey is going to be learning to love myself no matter how heavy or skinny I am.  Loving me does not mean I have to stay the same, but there is more to me than my weight.  I really struggle in this area and it is something I know I will have to work on for a long time and make a conscious effort to stop the negative self-talk.  I cannot see the physical changes in my body and that is tough.  I feel it in my clothes and other people notice it about me, but I still feel like I weigh 402 pounds.  When you have a lot to lose it takes losing a lot to see a difference and I am ready to look in the mirror and see something different.  It will happen, but I want it NOW!!  Us humans and our instant gratification.

A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook this morning.  A new weight loss surgery:  they take the mesh that they use to repair hernias and sew a patch of it onto your tongue.  You are restricted to an 800 calorie a day diet that is broth, applesauce, and liquids.  Supposedly it is painful to eat solid foods.  After 1 month, they remove it!  There are so many issues I have with this.  What is this teaching people about a healthy lifestyle?  After the month is over, wouldn't you go back to old habits?  If I have to reduce my calories, I would rather eat real food than liquids!  Goodness gracious, all these “weight loss miracles” out there are crazy!!!!  Good old diet and exercise! Something I can live with forever!  Now I am not putting anyone down that has tried other ways and been successful, but it is not for me.  Each person has to make their own decision as to what works best for them!

Link to Tongue Patch Article

Better go for now.  Extreme Weight Loss is on tonight! YAY!!!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Monday, Monday!!!

I want to start off today telling you all why I write this blog.  I do not do it to make money (even though there is nothing wrong with that, I am just not that good at doing it).  I don’t do it for fame or to get 15,000 likes (even though that would be AWESOME).  Here are the main reasons I write:

1.     Accountability: knowing I have to publish my weight once a week and anyone who logs on to my page can see it keeps me honest and accountable.

2.     Documentation:  I like the idea of being able to express my feelings and documenting my journey over the next few years.  Having a record of all the things I have accomplished and the mistakes I have made will be priceless when I reach my goal.

3.     Motivation and Inspiration:  I hope that maybe just one person will be inspired to start their own journey.  I hope that by reading my words will help you realize that you are not alone in this struggle.  And your comments and likes help keep me motivated to keep going!

So now onto other things!  I have had a rough past 2 weeks.  I haven’t been able to exercise, my emotions have been all over the place, and I have just wanted to quit.  This morning I woke up and realized that it could be a fresh start.  Last week was supposed to be “get in the new routine” week and that didn’t happen with a hospital stay!  So I got up this morning and made breakfast, read my devotion, made the beds, straightened up the house, and did my first workout in 2 weeks!!!!  I was a little nervous about working out, but I managed to make it through the whole thing.  It is amazing how much better I feel physically and emotionally so far today.  In about an hour I am leaving for a long drive to Carmel to see the new eye specialist.  I am hoping a new and fresh opinion will give me some new treatment options.  I will fill you all in tomorrow!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!!

Keep Losing,

Kari

God is in Control!

Finally Friday and finally home!  It has been a crazy past few days.  Wednesday I started having severe chest pains again and it was hurting in my neck and down my left shoulder.  After three doses of nitroglycerin, hubby took me to the ER.  All the tests showed no sign of a heart attack, but they kept me overnight.  After the cardiologist reviewed all my tests, he was confident that the pain is not heart related.  Which was a huge relief even though I still don’t know what it causing the pain.  They are going to treat me for anxiety and stomach issues for a month to see if this makes a difference.  I am SO glad to be back home.  I feel asleep at 10:00 last night and slept until 10:00 this morning.  I was exhausted!

I missed my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday because of being in the hospital, so I have no weigh-in results to share with you.  It is kinda a bummer, but I will survive another week.  Today I am just taking it easy and getting back to my routine. 

I decided that today I wanted to share something that I wrote awhile back.  There are so many people going through so many things and sometimes we question why these things are happening to us.  I needed to read my own words to remind me that God is in control:

I have so many things in my life to be thankful for.  However, there is one thing I am the most thankful for that has allowed me to become the person I am today.  I am very thankful that God has a plan for my life.  He knows better than I do which direction my life should take.  One of my favorite verses is Jeremiah 29:11  - For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  There have been many times in my life when I wanted things to go a certain way.  I prayed and prayed and prayed that God would give me what I wanted.  Sometimes, that happened.  More often than not I did not get my way.  For the longest time I would be so angry and upset and not understand why God would not want me to have those things.  As I have grown up and experienced the loss of my first husband at a young age, I learned that it does not matter what I want, God is going to give me what He wants for me every time.  There is a reason for everything that happens to us.  The Bible says in Romans 8:28 that We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.  Knowing that the Bible is the true word of God teaches us that no matter what happens to us, God will make good out of it.   I truly believe that and it brings me such joy to know that I don’t have to worry about anything in my life.  God is in control.  He tells me in Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God and asks me in Luke12:25, Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?  There are times when I want to worry and I want my way.  However, I try to remember what good God has brought out of the experiences of my life and I continue to trust Him.  I am so thankful for the peace and joy that God’s plan has brought to my life.  So I will close with one last verse that sums up how I feel.  It is found in Philippians 4:7 - And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I hope these words help you remember that God has a plan for all of us.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Keep Losing,

Kari

Randomness!

What a day today has been!  It was gloomy this morning and I just could not get woke up.  It didn’t help that I couldn’t drink any coffee because I had my heart echo-stress test today.  I won’t get the results until Friday or Monday, which still means no exercise!  I know I talked before about wearing a sign about my journey.  I really wish I had one today.  The nurse was talking to me about if my test came back okay that she would like to see me start a slow exercise program and lose weight.  I wanted to say “look lady, I exercise about 2 hours a day and I have lost almost 80 pounds”, but I just nodded and agreed.  She was nice about it, but it is frustrating that people don’t know your story and you sometimes feel judged (even though they are probably not judging you).

As for my low vision evaluation yesterday, I was so surprised at the results.  The doctor put some special telescopic and magnifying lenses on some glasses and I was shocked at how well I could see.  He even said that I will probably be able to drive again with bioptic lenses.  I will have to take a 30 hour driving course to learn how to use them, but YAY!!!  And the good part is vocational rehab is helping to pay for the new glasses.  I am getting 2 new pairs, one for driving and one that has three interchangeable lenses for reading, computer, and TV watching.  Now these glasses are very dorky looking, but I won’t have to wear them all the time and if they help me, I really don’t care about what people say! It will probably be a few months before I get them, but I am so excited!!!!

The boys had a great first day of school yesterday and already have homework tonight! My oldest has to go and order his glasses tomorrow and he is actually excited about it!

I just want to say thank you to all my family, friends, and people I don’t even know for all of your support on this journey.  This is so much more than just losing weight to me and the comments and “likes” just inspire me to keep going.  I also love reading your stories about your own journeys!

So today’s blog is a bunch of randomness, and I hope you all have a GREAT night!  I am going to get my chores done so I can watch Extreme Weight Loss tonight!

Keep Losing,

Kari