Easter

Have a wonderful Easter with your family and remember what Easter is about. Enjoy the looks on the little kids that find the eggs. It is truly priceless. Remember the soldiers that are away from their family's. I will.




"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."
-- John 11:25-26

Day 170

Dinner last night was something new. Turkey burgers. I love turkey but I wasn't sure that I could get my husband to go for a turkey burger. He doesn't have the issue I have with weight. In fact he can't even gain any. Anyways I thought it was good. I will not always eat turkey burgers as I love me a juicy beefy hamburger. Turkey will be the majority of the time though. I also made turkey the other night in the chili and I got thumbs up to continue that!



All that red is Franks Hot Sauce which has replaced ketchup & I decided I would rather have the baked fries over the bun!! As you can also see by the word fire towards the top of the picture. Yup that's the mustard. We like it hot in this house.

Now I have a question. I work part time from 10-2. I try & eat at the last minute because I know I won't get to eat until I get home. Today after I ran errands I didn't get home until 3:30 & was starving. By any chance am I screwing up my metabolism or what I have worked so hard for. Eating at work isn't a option. When you only work 4 hours you don't get a break.

Still deciding on the heart rate monitor but I saw that the PX has pedometers. I will be getting on of those in the mean time. I also found some wrist weights so I will be getting those. I don't see me getting to do Zumba anymore which depresses me but you are to put your child first so soccer practice and bible study have taken over the only two times left to go to Zumba. Its a sad day today.


I hope everyone has a great weekend & Easter!



"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key." -Eagles ("Already Gone" from 1974's "On the Border" album)

Day 169

OK I have come to the conclusion that if my weight would come off as fast as the weeks went by then I would be good. Since that is not the case I am reporting a repeat of last week. A loss of .9 pounds. If you have been following me you know that this is normal for me. Not that I agree with the normal.

Sunshine Mama has talked about blizzards from Dairy Queen and she knows that I am a no go on Diary Queen until I move back to the states in 2012. She wanted to see some pictures of some goodies that we get here so here are some from last summer. The ice cream shop has been closed all winter and just now opened but I haven't been down there yet. The owner speaks no English so I won't go without Chris which makes it better on my hips!! Getting him to go is like pulling teeth.

This one strawberry...



This one had strawberries and peaches....



This one is blueberry....



They all come with fresh fruit so does count? To date I have never eaten a whole one. I have always had to split it with Chris.


"I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has to get down to work."-Pearl Buck

Day 168

I had this whole routine figured out for exercise since I can't get to Zumba. Well I forgot about mother nature. I got up this morning, dressed and ready to go. I then decided to look outside. It was 4 and really windy. There was no way I was running in all that wind. Hopefully tonight I will get to walk or I will do a video.

I am so tired from work today. Need to get back into things. I think this will help with getting me moving more. I went non stop. I am also the only American so I am hoping that this works out. I feel kind of odd and some of the women only speak German so they are explaining to me in German like I know what they are talking about.

The break room table was covered in sweets. Holy cow. I am safe as of now because none of it looks that great to me. It is all store bought so I am not missing anything. If they start bringing in homemade stuff this might be interesting.

Tomorrow is weigh in day and I hope to have a loss. I feel like I am getting better about getting exercise in but it may be to soon to get any results by tomorrow. Maybe I will start doing Yoga in the mornings before work and then run after or go to the gym.

Off to clean the house. I need to get used to not having all the time in the world! It is great getting out of the house and making money. I feel like the old me is coming back.

Work, gym, drop off and pick up for bible study and soccer practice, grocery shopping, laundry, dinner...It's a beautiful thing!!




"Failure is only postponed success...The habit of persistence is the habit of victory." -Herbert Kaufman

Day 167

The sun has been out all day today and I love it. Went to my last Zumba class that is held in the morning. I am going to miss it. Zumba last night was full and there were some women there that weren't paying attention. If you aren't going to do the class leave or shut up so I can hear the teacher. That is just my thought though.

I am going to be purchasing a heart rate monitor this weekend. I am also looking at getting the Zumba DVD's. As much as I hate doing videos I do love me some Zumba. This will be great practice for me as I am going from 3 days a week to 1 maybe 2.

I have really been trying to work on my arms. I want tank top shirt arms. I am not getting them and this is frustrating. I have been looking at 2lb. weighted gloves to wear on nights I do Zumba and when I run. I hope this will help.

I have noticed some bloggers talking about this new find



Here in Germany we are behind on getting things but they finally have them so I decided to give it a try. Usually when I want pizza I grab Weight Watchers or Lean Cuisine. Well it is smaller and not paying attention to the box I never realized it came with 2. So I ate the one half. Paired with a salad or fruit it would be perfect.

Off to soccer practice so I am not sure if I will get a walk in tonight or not but tomorrow morning I plan on leaving with my daughter to do a run before work.


On the heart rate moitors I am looking at a Polar FT40 & a Polar F7. Any suggestions? I have read reviews and I keep going back & forth. I guess with the amount of money I want to make sure I like it. Buying things and returning stuff through the mail is such a hassle here that I like to make sure I get it right the first time.


"Leave nothing to chance. The difference between the championship and merely good team is often the perfection of minor details." -Coach John Wooden

Day 164,165 & 166

I went to the gym this morning. Did the elliptical and the bike. I also did a little abs but I think I ate to close to going to the gym because it made me sick to my stomach. Went back to Zumba tonight.

This weekend I wanted to to get out and walk or run. It decided to rain all weekend but finally last night after dinner I was able to get in a short walk. Felt good to be outside again. I am pleased to report that the store has my yogurt again (for the time being) so no more paying almost double to get it on the economy!

There has been some personal issues going on that I am trying really hard to not let it get to me. Well I finally broke on Saturday. I would call it a binge. I ate because nothing filled me up. I wanted to forget about what is going on. Clearly the food didn't work because the issues are still there. Why did I do it? I have no clue because the sad part was well I was eating I was thinking about needing to stop. I knew that I was regretting everything I put in my mouth. I am just lucky we really don't have much to binge on. For once being behind on grocery shopping has payed off.

It is so hard to to hit these speed bumps in this journey. Some blogs never hit speed bumps or they at least make it seem that way. I wonder when I hit one if that isn't normal. Should I be over the speed bump phase already? I feel like I should have this down by now.

I am scared that when I get to goal weight if I hit a bump along the way that I will throw in the towel. This is something that I have to work on as I go along so that when I get to goal I know better how to handle these days. I know there will be bumps because there are bumps in this life. It is only expected. It is how I learn to handle them that is what is important.

Well I am off to eat dinner. It was hot in the gym and I am hungry!

Day 163

Finally Friday! Not that I work or anything but it means that I get to see my husband for more then 2 hours a day! Friday is my whatever day for working out. I decided to go running/walking outside. It was 14c when 10 this morning. I wanted some sun and it was perfect. Now since I am learning to run more then a block I have a question. My lungs were burning. Does that go away after I learn to run more. I went 1.25 miles in 17 minutes and I have no clue if that is good or not. I ran more then I walked and I think I could of pushed myself more if my throat wasn't on fire. Any suggestions on the burn?

Whats funny is how much the friends that we make on these blogs play into our lives. I wanted to stop running a couple times but Dawne kept me going even though she has no clue. I just kept thinking about her running and how much she talks about just going a little more. Thank you Dawne for pushing me all the way from Canada!!!



One day I will run on the beach and I want to do it well I am over here in Germany! That is my new goal!!

Ex Hot Girl wrote a blog on being obsessed with the scale. I thought that I would share with you my obsession with the scale.



I weigh myself every morning after I go to the bathroom and I am up and walking around for a little bit. Nothing enters my mouth until I have stepped on the scale. I will randomly step on the scale during the day but every night after before I go to bed I get on the scale. I want to see how my eating and drinking went for the day. If I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, know matter what time it is I will step on the scale. This occurs every time I get up during the night no matter how many times. I wouldn't call that obsessed would you? OK so maybe I am a little obsessed but I am at the point in my journey where the number does matter to me. Nothing at this point will change how much the scale effects me. As I get closer to my goal weight I hope I can tone it down. Though from previous attempts to lose weight I think I will need to be a everyday scale junkie. It might be the only way.





"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved." -Ralphe Waldo Emerson