Getting hard

My husband and I had our first "holiday" with his family yesterday. We joined his mother's side of the family for the Lee Family Fall Fest and Hayride:) Their version of thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. John Roy had his first hayride, he was there last year but he was only a month old and it was chilly so he didn't ride. But this year he had a blast playing in the straw on the wagon:) It was a beautiful day!


Anyway, this was the hardest day yet. There was not a lot of food choices for me and the temptations were everywhere between the cupcakes, apple crisp, and smores!!! But I am proud to say that I didn't eat anything I shouldn't have! :) I even took my own unsweet iced tea so I would not be tempted by the lemon aide. I did so want a dessert though. I would love to have taken the sugar free brownies that are in the BFC book but I can not find the Maltitol anywhere! I have been to all three health food stores in my area and none of them carry it or have even heard of it! Do you think I could use Truvia instead? I am desperate for a dessert!!!! Does anyone have any other ideas or recipes for a sweet treat? PLEASE SHARE!!! :)

I'm Back :)

Hey everyone, I know it has been a few days since I posted. My mother was not doing well and was in the hospital but all is well now and she is back home, praise God!!! :)

Well I have stuck to the plan. The only day I did not eat well (by well I mean I did not eat at all) was the day my mother went in. I also was not thinking right and had one sip of soda which was waaaaaaay too sweet and I quickly came to my senses and got a water lol.

Anyway I weighed myself two days ago and........HEY, where's my drum role? :) I weighed 256!!!!! TEN POUNDS!!!! And when going to look for a house for AJ's (my husband) mother, his grandma Lee (who thinks everyone should lose weight) commented on my looking thinner! Yay. Which she said right in front of my holier than thou sister in law who had to wear maternity pants for six months after having her baby, hehehehe, ok ok I won't be mean but one more time ok? hehehehehehehhehhehehehehehhehehehehehehehheheh there I think I got it out of my system :D

People are starting to notice!!!

So I went to a couple parties this weekend with my husband and several of my friends (even the ones that did not know I was on the BFC) commented on my looking thinner!!!!


I have been sticking with then plan:) Even at parties I am able to choose low/no carb options. There were sweets at all of them but I was able to just say no lol:) But oh how I did want a S'more!!!!! They looked so good, warm and messy. So that is my new goal in life, to find a BFC approved s'more recipe. I know we can have the 85% dark chocolate but I need to find sugar free graham crackers and marshmallows. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!!

Day Nine

II have been really tired the last couple days. It has been dark and rainy so maybe I just need some sunshine.

Today was good, I stayed on the plan with no probs and went for my twenty min walk (even though I did not feel like it).

I think I need a hot bath to relax and then off to bed early.  Night all :)

i was bad :/

I know I know I have not posted in a bit but I did stick to the plan yesterday but Tue I had a bit of a lapse of which I am not very proud. I went to a food tasting party with a friend and was very very good there, but on our way home we stopped in for a drink and we got lemon drops (a shot of vodka with a lemon wedge and sugar). So I had pure sugar and it must have gone over my limit. I am not sure how many grams of sugar is in one packet (of which I had 1/2).


Anyway I am not going to look at this as a failure. I would have before, and told myself that this diet is way to hard and I do not have the willpower to stick with it and I should just give up. I am however going to be proud of myself for then drinking water instead of the countless sprites I would normally order. And a big lesson learned, I will always carry some stevia packets in my purse in case I ever need a lemon drop :)

Day Eight

Can I get another whoo hoo for the 6lb weight loss?!?! WHOO HOO!!!:)

Ok down to business. Today I had my six servings of carb which totaled 81grams and I went kinda heavy on the sugar totaling 13 1/2grams but still under my 15gram limit. The sugar is mainly due to the blackberries n cream for breakfast with my whole grain spelt toast and then the blackberries n cream I just had for dessert. No, I would not say I like blackberries n cream, where on earth would you get a crazy idea like that :)I will tell you another thing I will be having for dessert pretty soon, HOMEMADE ICE CREAM!!!! Yepper there is a sugar free recipe in the BFC book that uses eggs, heavy whipping cream and vanilla, so I am giddy over that:)

See ya tomorrow :)

My weight loss for this week is........ Drum role please :)

6 POUNDS!!!! I now weigh 260lbs!!!! And not to get too personal here but this was a week where I would normally put on a few lbs in water weight :/ But nope I lost 6! I can hardly believe it, haha I even did the get on the scale off the scale thing to make sure it wasn't that I wasn't standing on it wrong lol :P


Not only that but I noticed last night more energy and it has stuck with me today. I even exercised!!!! It was way too hot outside (mid 90s) to go for a walk in the woods today but I got on the treadmill (positioned in front of the air conditioner :) and walked for 20 minutes/one mile. I plan on doing that AT LEAST four times a week for a week then move to more time.


I have noticed that I am happier too, whether that is just because I am feeling better and have lost 6lbs or cause sugar was altering my mood I have no idea but I like it anyway:)


The end of this week is supposed to be nice out, sunny and in the 70s so I hope to take the lil one out for some walks get some fresh air and enjoy nature.


I will post on food later tonight after dinner but I was too excited about the weight loss and just couldn't wait:)


ttyl!!!!