Update

Hello Everyone,

I'm sure you all thought I fell off the face of the earth or something. I'm sorry I've been so terrible about posting this year. I will update it soon. It just seems like I'm constantly busy with something. Anyways, I'll be taking some pics this week and get everything posted soon....

Jenn

"Weight Release": Week 1 Results

I am pleased to announce that I have made it one week on my "weight Release" program. My mother in law told me about how it's better to call it "weight release" than "weight loss". Your body doesn't like the idea of losing weight and attempts to stop you from losing weight. So that's another positive encouragement.... I have tried really hard this week to cut my calorie intake, increase my water, reduce the soda and guess what... I weighed myself today and I have lost 9 lbs this week and I had previously lost 10 lbs before that... I have released 19lbs!!!!!!!!!!
I am open to starting an online Weight Release program among us friends with whomever would like to join me... we can email, blog and support each other to our goals. Mom McQ is going to join me on this goal... please let me know if you're interested... I'm going to create a group contact and maybe we can even create Health newsletters and such...

Week of January 1-8, 2009 in Review

This has been a crazy busy week for us. The first thing that changed this week was my work schedule. I've been working Thursday through Sunday nights for about a year now. This time around, my work week is Friday through Monday nights. It's not a significant difference to most people but I notice the change. I worked the first five days of this new year. Things at work are going well. I've been made the "Team Lead" on the graveyard shift which makes me very happy. We're in the middle of getting a new supervisor and I'm still debating on whether to apply for the position. It would be nice to be promoted but I also hesitate because I would have to work day shift. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a night owl and hate getting up super early in the morning. I also know in my heart that there is one person in particular who deserves the promotion more than I do. So I will pray about it and see what happens. We were finally able to get Rylan a big boy bed. He's just reached that point where the crib is too cramped for him and I'm praying he can be trusted in a regular bed. This will require a lot of adjustment on all of us but it's time. I'll be spending most of the day today cleaning his room, putting things out of reach, etc...etc.. I'll post photos when it's all done but here's a preview of his bed. The photo shows brown but Rylan's bunk beds are a dark blue. I've also decided that 2009 is the year that I will get healthier and skinnier. I decided that if I said "2009 will be the year that I get skinny." that it might seem unachievable and unrealistic. I have to face the fact that I have a lot of overweight people in my family and I'm a very tall girl to try to be "skinny" but I do need to be healthy. Roger and I are both devoted to making this change. I know it won't happen overnight and it will require more will power and strength than we've had in previous attempts. We have to do this for ourselves and for Rylan and we will do it. I don't plan on posting my actual weight on here yet as I'm still very embarassed by that. However, I plan to update this blog as to my weight loss and will include some photos. I'm working with another co-worker to see if we can get together enough people to do a Biggest Loser type program. I've always stayed away from this type of thing before due to embarassment but I've decided to change my feelings on it. Please wish me luck. This is going to be a tough thing for me. I'm a MAJOR soda drinker and gotta love those fast foods, chips and PIZZA. I am pleased to say that this last week at work, I did not have one single sip of a soda. I drank lots of water- on average between 6 to 8 bottles a night. I felt better! Well that sums it up. I'm working on my blog book and have to manually import all photos and posts because Blurb and Blogger do not work together anymore. (So annoying!) I'll keep ya posted...

New Years Eve Pics

Here's a few of the photos that we took on New Years Eve. We finally got Rylan to look at the camera!

2009 is here! Happy New Year everyone!!

I was trying to finish up my blog for the year on Jan. 1st. but I might not make that deadline. I'm just going to post some photos from Christmas. I plan on turning my blog into a book this next week so wish me well with that task.

This Christmas season was a blast because we were able to spend some good quality time with Mom McQ. We spent a lot of time playing with Rylan and just relaxing. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family. My mother, Dale and uncle made us some fabulous meals and we were blessed to have that time together. Here's our photos.