Goodbye Butter!

I was up late last night making cinnimon rolls for church the next day. I went to go pull butter out of the freezer to use and realized it was my LAST stick. I not only like butter, but I would venture to say I LOVE butter. I love butter on toast, waffles, how it carmalizes onions, on rolls, and especially in and on anything to do with a potatoe. It's at it's best when it is whipped with honey. Since I have started this new lifestyle change, I haven't been really able to eat butter. And as I gave up that last stick of butter this song popped into my head that best summs up my feelings about butter. "At first I was afraid, I was petrified, Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side, But then I spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get along." I WILL SURVIVE." If I have learned anything in these past four weeks it is that I can do anything. I am strong, I can survive the temptation of food and it's ridicoulous hold that it has had on my life for so many years. I am ready to leave it all in the past and start to look forward to an extremely bright future. Thank you to everyone so far for all of your love and support. You help me to keep going and stay on the right path. I know I will survive because I have such loving friends and family who may not taste as good as butter, but are much, much better!

In 4 weeks, I have  lost a grand TOTAL of 5inches off of my belly!!!! I ordered a pair of pants that was 2 sizes smaller than my original starting point. Can't wait for them to get here. Sometimes I just think that I am squeezing myself into a smaller pair, but then I look at my pictures and realize that it is real. I am really shrinking!!! Proof is in the photos.



Week 1





Week 4 (5 inches TOTAL)

AMAZING ISN"T IT?

I love lists!

I love lists. They are short and conciouse and always get straight to the point. You are able to read and understand a lot more in a short period of time. They don't seem to add in all the extra fluff. So here is my week in list form.
1) Completed week 3 of my diet.
2) Had my Martina McBride cd fall into the toaster and well it is toast. (pic below)
3) Went to Red Lobster on Friday. Was able to look up menu before hand so new what to order when I got there.
4) Car broke down.
5) Got AAA, got a tow truck and got the car fixed.
6) Broke my diet on Saturday at Butterburrs. Any resturant with the name BUTTER in it, is worth breaking your diet over.
7) Slipped and fell on the ice for the 3rd time in a month.
8) Found whole wheat pitas!!!
9) Found a great grocery store that carries health food!
10) Lost 1/2 inch this week. I am thinking Butterburrs had something to do with the other 1/2 inch I could have lost.
This week was semi stressful with the car breaking down and me feeling completely helpless on what to do. But if there is one lesson I have learned this week is we all slip and fall and we all get back up. Ice is very good and blending in and sometimes we don't see it coming, and before we know it we are either on our butts or on our face. Either way we get up, we brush yourselfs off and we keep on moving. That is what I learned to do this weekend. Yes the car broke down but luckily I was able to use my smarts pick myself back up and get it taken care of. Well since I am trying to live boldly I have decided to post my side shots this week. They are not pretty but they show results and I am proud of myself for that.



Week 1 (2 1/2 inches lost)




Week 3 (4' total)




Poor Martina Mcbride. Carrie Underwood also dropped in but I was able to save her.




I looked out the window and saw this strange cat sitting on my car. Not sure whether to think of it as a good sign or bad. I guess it depends on how you feel about cats. Bad most likely.



This Week...

1) I completed week 2 of my diet.
2) Completed 2 full weeks of excerise and phase one of "Last Chance Workout".
3) Lived through "Last Chance Workout". There were times where it was pretty touch and go.
4) Got pink eye.
5) Luckily have a friend who's mother is a doctor and they called in a prescription for me.
6) Got to take the day off because I had pink eye and went to Pocatello and bought groceries for the week.
7) Went to Idaho Falls this weekend to go shopping at the mall and target. (An hour and half drive)
8) Got new underwear at Victoria Sectrets semi annual sale.
9) Bought a new pair of pants that were 1 size smaller!!!
10) Went to church and resisted eating the chips at linger longer.
11) Got called as the 2nd counselor in the relief society.
12) Lost 1' off my belly this week to make a grand total of 3 1/2 inches.

It was quite an eventful week for me. I am doing things everyday that are bringing me closer to my goals. I keep in mind that each day is it's own unique challenge, and the choices that I make for that day are important. As I am growing and learning on this journey I continually look for and am able to see the Lord's hand in my life. I feel more blessed  and happy than I ever could have imagined feeling.
Here are a couple of pictures from this week.

                    

 I must say that I am really excited about my new jeans!!

Week 1 (2 1/2' lost)



Week 2 (1' lost)

             

     

I wanted to add...

On Sunday I also watched a CES fireside on the BYU channel. It was amazing. It really helped me to put this year into perspective, and the goals that I have set for this coming year. It is definantly worth a view. It is about 35 minutes but worth everyone of them. He mainly talks about our living well day by day. It was such an uplifiting and inspiring devotional. I spent qutie some time afterwards meditatiing on his words and thinking about how I can apply them into my life.


http://lds.org/broadcasts/watch/ces-fireside/2011/01?lang=eng&pid=738917358001&pkey=AQ~~,AAAAmBrDwtE~,_58lK-P1xvJ5WTHbRnmdONkYkAiPKoal&bcpid=738917358001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAmBrDwtE~,_58lK-P1xvJ5WTHbRnmdONkYkAiPKoal&bclid=738194652001&bctid=739437377001

Oh Sunday

Here are a few of our sunday day activities.

Taresa talking about old times.

Me intently listnening to every word.

Oh wait I got distracted.

So exactly one week ago I started living my new years resolution. I started to live BOLDLY. I decided to start with a diet change. I have never fully stuck to a diet and allowed for myself to be successful at it. I have decided that this year I would do something I haven't ever done before and lose an insane amount of weight. I have been faithfully following my new eating plan for one week. I am feeling better than I have in a  long time. I forgot to take a before picutre so I searched back through and found a picutre of me in Hawaii that I think pretty much says it all.

Before

Week 1

There has not been an huge and significant change, but I am feeling better. And all the changes I am feeling on the inside will finally start to reflect on the outside.

I'm Back!

Well I have taken a long break from the blogging scene. I just got lazy would be the best way to say it. Well I spent my holidays in not so sunny California. (Pics soon to come). It was so great being with family, friends and civilization AKA shopping malls and resturaunts with GOOD food. Being in California was a lot of fun, but I was glad to return home to Idaho. Those are words I never thought I would say.
    So the new year is now upon us. I am really looking forward to this coming year. I am not sure what is in store for me but I am excited to watch it all unfold. I typically don't make new years resolutions but this year I decided to do so. My news years resolution is to live life boldly. Take chances, dare to do things I have never done before. I want to accompish things that I or others have said I wouldn't be able to do. This is going to be the year of I CAN. For so much of my life I have let outside influences tell me how my life should be run. This is going to be the year that I take my life back, and really start to live it. It has only been 5 days into the new year, but I have already made positive changes that is helping me to live boldly.