I am trying to document my weight loss journey and anything else that comes to mind so I hope I will be able to keep this up it is a goal of mine.
The below posts were done on another blog that I found out later nobody could see that I wanted to so I am starting over here.
Aug 19, 2006
Scrapped today
Woke up with a major migraine and was upset that again my day was ruined by a head ache. Took some meds and went back to sleep. When I woke up I did feel some better and decided I was scrapping today no matter what. I had gone to bed last night with the plan of doing that today. I was able to finish up a 6x6 album that I had started for Tanya with pictures of her 1st poker run with David on the Harley. Then did a 2 page layout of Collin's 1st day of school and a 2 page layout of Whispers broken leg. It was uncomfortable and I hurt but was determined to do it. Most days I want to scrap but just feel too bad and don't push myself to do it anyway. I am going to make some cards tomorrow stamping with some stamps I got off ebay. I also realized that nobody can read this unless they sign up for the webmate so guess I am just doing this to save for myself and will take it off my signature on my email. It has been thundery today but no rain. Oh and I am happy to say I am 13 #'s lighter. Yippee!! The graphic below is from the following website http://www.geckocountry.com/milgraphics.htm

August 17, 2006
Feeling tired(2 views)
I am having a feeling tired day today. Some days are like that for me and I have a hard time keeping my eyes open. I hate them, it is like I have no control over my own life. That is part of my fibro symptoms and it is no fun. I hate not being able to do the things I want to because I am tired. It is Thursday and the second day of school for the boys. They went 1/2 a day yesterday. They had a good day the 1st day and Collin liked it after he got there, before that he was not going to school. He came out after school with a big smile on his face. Our trip to Tucson on Tuesday was a quick one. We tried to get back in time for Tanya to take the boys to meet their teachers and we made it. Buds appt was at 1:20 and we were even able to stop at the TTT to eat and it was so good. The dermatologist told Bud his skin cancer area had healed well and he zapped about 10 spots that were precancerous. So now he has blisters in those areas. He will not have to go back until next yr unless he has a problem. I finally got an appt with a specialist in Tucson that takes my insurance for my stomach. The appt is on Tuesday the 22 in the AM so another trip to Tucson next week.

August 15, 2006
Not able to sleep(6 views)
Here it is 4:43 AM and I am wide awake. Had to get up early today anyway for a Dr's trip to Tucson for Bud. I woke up at 3:30 and could not go back to sleep. My mind had a million things running through it as well as my stomach hurting. It has been since March and sometimes is very painful and I get no relief from anything. Dr has no idea what is up and so far the tests I have had show nothing. My insurance is causing me trouble as many Drs do not take it. The insurance tells me that any Dr will take it if they are medicare approved and the Dr's office tells me other wise so I am trying to find a Dr in Tucson that takes it. It really is the pits to have health problems. I really feel for those who do not have any insurance at all. If it is this hard for me to find a Dr with insurance I an only imagine the problems people have without insurance. We got some rain last night, it was raining as we went to sleep about 11 PM. We need the rain so badly it has been so hot and dry. Today will be a long day and I am not looking forward to this trip. I have such a hard time staying awake in the car and then it is rush, rush while we are there. Tanya is going so that is good she can drive. She hopes to get some more school clothes for the boys school starts tomorrow. She took the boys to get their picture taken on Sat they actually cooperated with the photographer and the pictures turned out very good. It is easy to see in the pictures that they are getting more grown up. I guess seeing them everyday or so it is easy to miss.

August 12, 2006
My Weight Loss Journey(3 views)
I am happy to say I have lost 11 pounds on the way to my new life. I am not on a diet I have just decided to change my whole way of eating for the rest of my life by using Nurtisystems as the method. So far so good. If you are reading this and are interested in joining there is no charge to join, only for the food. If you let me know I will send you an email coupon for $15 off. That would be a great way to get started. Today I have not had a migraine so that is good. I have them often and that is a real problem in my life. I also have fibromyalgia and if losing weight will help that I am all for it. I can feel the loss even if it is not evident in seeing me yet. I know this is a long journay but I am prepared for the long haul for the rest of my life. I finally have the mind set to make the change and that makes all the difference.