{Weekly Weigh In: Week 2}

Start Weight: 302 lbs

Last Week: 299.5

Loss/Gain: + 1.1 lbs

Current weight: 300.6 lbs

It's been a bad week. I have been stress eating like crazy.  I am just glad that I haven't eaten late at night and I haven't forgotten breakfast which has helped alot in only gaining 1.1 pounds back. I also have been exercising this week - not in a conventional way or even in the way I wanted but I have been burning calories like crazy whenever I can.

I am going to try harder to keep my stress eating down and hope I can choose better foods when I can't resist to stress eat. I am hoping to get out and walk and enjoy this non-winter weather while it lasts.  I am keeping fresh vegi's and fruits on hand and I am going to make an effort to make home cooked meals instead of eating out or ordering in.

I am trying to make lifestyle changes - most I kept from before but I have lost some I had before and need to reassert them back into my life. This is alot harder the second time around but I am going to take it one day at a time, really that's all I can do.

{Girls New Bed}

I found a great deal on some twin bed frames for the girls room. I pulled them up from a basement by myself and then hauled them up our stairs to the girls room. I am so sore but it was worth it because the new beds don't take up a ton of floor space.

I will recover the headboards during the summer but I just adore the shape of each headboard and the guy said his mom had them since he could remember and he was at least 65. I got them both for fifteen dollars. What a score not only for me but for my girls!

I sold Myrna's crib and decided to forgo the toddler bed and just go head long into a twin bed. Now I just need to get a bed rail for her bed (easy enough to find). The girls are so happy with their new beds and Ruth doesn't miss her daybed frame (which over powered the room and needed to go anyways).

Finally I am making sense of their small shared room and hope to make it more them in the next coming months!!

This was taken the night I set up the beds

the following images were taken the next morning as Ruth was playing Cinderella for Myrna

{Standing Girls}

I created 3 new gals that are free standing with hinged arms. They were so much fun to make I think I will be making more this next week.

{Before and After}

I just finished another gal today. She was so much fun to do as they all are. She is listed on etsy if you want to purchase her. I am in the process now of making 4 more, two of which will be for my girls since they loved how this one turned out. The one for Myrna will not have arms or legs but Ruth's will.

when she was clay to all painted up.

{Weekly Weigh In: Week 1}

Start Weight: 302 lbs

Loss/Gain: - 2.5 lbs

Current weight: 299.5 lbs

Last week I was 302 pounds and today I am 299.5 pounds. Even though I haven't been eating so well (check what I have been eating here) I have lost a bit of weight and I think it's because I have been making the effort to actually eat breakfast in the mornings.

I have been working on making sure I drink lots of water, eat at least 3 meals a day and have a snack or two inbetween meals and I really think it's helping. I am just working on stifling my cravings for sweets. This week has been hard since I have been "visited".

This next week I am going to work on my eating habits, (eating better and watching my portion sizes).  I am also going to start walking a minimum of 30 minuets each day and increasing it by 30 min each week until I am up to 2 hours of walking.  I need to get moving regularly and I think this is the first step to getting back into shape.