Feburary 22-28

Katie Update:
2/22/10 weight 171.1
3/1/10   weight 166.8       
Total earnings for the week $84. Amount in "account" $285 Time to order a body bugg! sweet!!

From my journal:
Day 1-2/22
Kept all $15 today! Hooray! I am so getting my blender at the end of the week! I surprisingly did well with food today. No temptations to give into. Will see how it is at the end of the week, but for now I am doing well! Olya, my friend, and mentor, whether she knows it or not,  suggested some books on raw to help me. I joked with Scott, told him my "professor" suggested some books. He is so sweet and told me go ahead! I got 7 books for $75! Whoop! Lot better price then his text books for law school! My school is WAY cheaper :) I'm exited for all my books, a few raw, and a few fit for life, I've been combining the two opinions into one to create my diet of choice that I hope to stick to for life!
I can do this. It feels good to know I can :) My tummy was a little blah today, not sure if it was hunger pain, to much dried fruit, gall bladder stones, or IBS. I hate having so many different reasons to why I am feeling the way I am, thus the reason I am trying to get my health in order and figure out exactly what my body wants and needs to live a happy healthy life that includes enjoying foods that I desire.

Day 2-2/23
 Just another day. accomplished all my tasks again! NO pains! Getting back to good food has been helpful! I love how I feel when I take a walk daily! I need to stick to it! It feels good to exercise, I like the results and how I feel after, I just need to do it earlier in the day.  I may have had one to many crackers, but I love them!

I'm prepping for a liver cleanse Friday by eating as raw as possible, this is the only non raw thing I have eaten. I'm planning to do just fruit and veggies tomorrow, so I suppose I subconsciously may have had one to many crackers, luckily they are "healthy" and I had them with avocado instead of cheese :)

Today's reading/findings are worth recording! First from my Ensign article for the day. "Two principles for any Economy" by Pres. Dieter F. Uchtodor found in the Nov. 2009 issue.First principle: Work  "It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we'll make the effort...It's in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals." Second: Learn "a man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge, and that, whatever principle of intelligence we attain in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection" "Knowledge does away with darkness, anxiety, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is." "the best books, in a sense can become your 'university'" "Strive to increase your knowledge of all that is 'virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy' seek knowledge by study and also by faith. Seek with a humble spirit and contrite heart. As you apply the spiritual dimension of faith to your study-even of temporal things- you can amplify your intellectual capacity, for 'if your eye be single to God's glory, your whole body shall be filled with light,...and comprehend all things" "It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lesson that form our character and shape our destiny."
I've also been wanting to do more Yoga having heard great things, so I got a book "yoga for dummies" Here is the list of benefits from Yoga * Tone Muscles *trim excess weight * Improve flexibility *Improve balance *Muscle control *concentration *strong *energy *ease aches, pain, stiffness *flexible joints. -When feeling depressed, under the weather, use deep breathing meditation. Yoga is relaxing, sweat free, so it is worth it to
do it daily!

Day 3-2/24
another day and doing well. Eating and excersize is going well, learning and growing even better! The Lord does love me! I got my college degree and I am D.O.N.E. with college, is how I have felt for years. But, I am not done learning! I knew/think about how I can take classes, read books, internet, and so forth, to expand my knowledge, talents, yet, I haven't been, what am I waiting for? The time is now! I hate that I got to 230lbs! 230!!! BMI: 40!! Yet I have no problem sharing it. It has been, and it is, a long journey getting to my desire wieght and health. Yes, I love seeing the scale go down, but most of all, it has been nice learning about health. I feel I  gain so much, and have health issues, to help open my eyes and get me to this point in life. A gift from God, yes I just said being obeses was a gift from God! Okay, so no, not the obeses part, that was not taking care of a precious gift he has given me, it is the opening my eyes that has been yet another gift from the one who loves us most! He has blessed me with someone I feel I can trust, and learn a lot from, thank you Olya! And now, I want to learn so much! I want to learn how our bodies work, how to eat healthy and happy, play the piano, tap dance, how to be a better mom, wife, friend, daughter, sister. Oh heck, there is so much I want to learn and do! For now I'm going to continue to eat rightr and exercise. Learn what is good for my body and learn to pass it on to my children, keep them healthy, fit, and happy. I love how the Lord gives trials and then helps get you through them with motivation to exceed your greatest potintal and be the best you can in this life, to carry all the knowledge, talents, and love into the next life.

 Life is good! God is Great!

Day 4-2/25

Farewell blender! I already posted about this. :) Other then that not much to report this day, other then, you may not want to know, but it is health related. New menstral cycle this month, no new wiser yet, all in Gods timing. Bright side, I have another month to reach my goal of 160 by next pregnancy :) Yes, yes I just shared that with you :P 

Day 5-2/26

Liver cleanse day! This is my 2nd time doing this. Luckily I have a wise friend walking me through this, otherwise I would be in the dark, thinking it didn't help and never do it again. But, I plan to do it 2-3 more times or until I'm pregnant and it is no longer safe. I want these stones out! I want to cleanse my body of all the crud I have filled it with over the years. I want to be healthy and avoid all and any surgery! I believe in the healing power of food and diet. Yes there are some things that only a doctor can take care of, but, if I start now, I have a better fighting chance from any diseases that try to corrupt my body from the food I eat and drink.

The cleanse wasn't bad at all, it's the fasting that always gets to me. In my findings today I learned about hunger and appetite from teh book, fill up to slim down. Hunger is when your body is nin NEED of food, where as appetite is a desire for food. Like when someone starts talking about a certain food, you want it, you see a photo, commerical, you want it, and so on. So while on my cleanse I hungered with appetite, made it through the day just fine which brings me into, 

 Day 6-2/27

doom doom doom. I only got $1 this day. 

 The finishing of the cleanse. Scott was wonderful and took care of Ellie so as I could stay laying down. He whowed her some dogs on TV and then she wanted to go outside. She loves looking for dogs. When she hears one she says, "doggie, woof" not quiet woof, but a noise that resembles a dog barking. Dang cute! So, my cleanse ended. i was really good and eased my self back into food after a fast. Had a yummy smmothie, and a nectarine. I had good intentions at lunch time. But my "appetite" kicked in. I was hungry! So instead of a lite salad, I mad gucamole, and dipped my yummy crackers in it. It was good! I justified because the dip was all raw and the crackers are made from grains. So, then dinner, still had good intentions, BUT, we ate out. My "appetite" won again! Scott had been so good to me, so I gave in to his desires, knowing it wasn't the wisest choice and we ended up at on the boarder. Luckily it didn't effect me as bad as I thought it would physically, but it did emotionaly, and healthy wise. We both weren't pleased and we plan to never eat there again. Why did I sabatoge myself that way! I just did a great cleanse and bam! I ruined it! Well, not next time! I promise! oh well, tomorrow is a new day, a new me, a new chance to be better. If you can't enjoy mexican food now and again what can you enjoy, lol :) 

On a happy thought. Ellie is wonderful! I was cuddling with her as she was gettting ready for bed. She would pop her head up to noises outside. I would look at her and tell her "I love you. I love you Ellie" then she would kiss my cheek. I love that girl!!!!

Day 7-2/28

EAsy day! Fast Sunday! Stake conference next week, for those wondering why today was fast Sunday. And Scott's nana is going into surgery tomorrow, so it was also an appropriate time to fast. Prayers for Nana! 

Nothing really to report. I am happy, and have put my bad choice day in the past. 

Ellie is being so cute day by day! growing so fast! Although others may not understand what she is saying, I do :) and she has been trying to say so much! I am going to get track this week of every word she tries to say, and which ones she says clearly. Her favorites right now are Daddy and Doggie, sometimes daddy gets called doggie, haha! I'm glad she only likes dogs, and doesn't understand that you can own a dog, I don't look forward to that day! We, Scott and I, do love dogs, OTHER PEOPLES dogs! :) 

I haven't taken a updated photo because there  isn't a change in my body from the last photo. The next time I take a photo is the day I find out I am prego :) So here is a reminder of my progression, down, down, down, down hopefully soon there will be photos of my progression going up, up, up, up :)

 Here's to another good week! Look out 160 here I come! :)