Never too early ....

..... For some good ol wine!  Cheers to this season!  Merry Christmas!

Wings Like Eagles Isaiah 40:31

 Have you ever had a go to scripture in the bible that picks you up and encourages you when you are having a less than perfect season in your life?  I do!  Isaiah 40:31

But those that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles.  they shall run and not be weary.  They shall walk and not faint.

How encouraging and restful is this verse?  So many times I know I try to do things on my own will and time, but when we wait for the assurance from God to know that his plan is greater; that brings so much peace and calm.  You can rest in knowing that everything will be ok.  He leadeth me beside still waters.  Psalm 23:2

This weekend......

I put up my Christmas tree and two blow up figures for outside, The outside blow ups are Grinch and a Christmas Penguin .  And a lot of yard signs I was able to get from Hobby Lobby. I am so happy with how it turned out.  

 

And just for fun!  Testing out the timer on the camera. Cheese! 

Second Christmas in my new home.  I am so grateful to have a home and getting to decorate it, is just as joyous!  I'll post some more pictures soon.  I have gotten a little lax on updating my blog. Now that the kiddos are grown and out of the house, I do not have as many life events to post.  But I will have to be creative.

And I now have the capability of uploading videos.  I have to work with the length of the video and editing so it is not blurry but that will be fun to add.   How amazingly awesome!  

Have a great week, this is the official last week of November!  

Weight Update

 Weight Update is that I am still maintaining and am now under 200 pounds.  So happy with the results!  

With depression, grieving and just feeling plain tired the previous year I was just determined to get in shape.  No bathing suit pictures yet but maybe one day when I feel 100% confident about my figure.  

This pic was taken today, 11/3/2023.

Here's to more running and drinking protein shakes.  Yes!  I feel so much better about myself though so it is all worth it.  

Maybe I'll post some fall pics in a bit of how I am decorating around the house.  

Have a great one!  Stay Blessed! 

Weight Journey

 Hello Friends!  And passerbys!  I havn't updated in a awhile due to not a lot of eventful things going on, it would have made for a boring read.  I have recently started a weight loss journey so thought this was worthy of sharing.  I have lost close to 30 pounds.  Yay for me!  

This has been a lot of work and I have sweated a lot more than I ever did in my 20's or 30's to try and lose weight.  I started a workout program called ifit and I absolutely love it.  The treadmill is linked to the ifit app and it keeps up with the trainers in relation to how fast they are going or if there is an incline the treadmill will automatically mimic the app.  It has helped greatly in my weight loss.  

Also I have continued with drinking water and lessening my portion sizes.  I used to just gorge on anything and everything all day and now it is more controlled.  I have to plan meals several days ahead so I don't try and make something quick that could throw me of course.  That has played a huge part in the weight program.  

Here is a before and then the progress I have made so far. 

1st week of April when I really started getting serious about weight loss and signed up for the ifit app.

This is the final week of May.  You can see the sweat that drips off by the end of the workout session.  I love it!  

The Pictures don't really show the change as drastically, but I have lost close to 30 pounds!  I feel a lot better and not so out of breath. 

I am going to continue the weight loss journey because I have seen results and want to continue.  I do allow myself a free day in the week and lately that has turned into 2 free days.  I am going to need to start curbing that in order to see results even more.  I will be 50 soon so I really would like to be in shape by then.  I am solely responsible for the maintenance of my home and my health, so I have to work extra hard to make sure I am on top of my game.  And to do that it requires me to be mentally and physically alert.  

Stay Blessed Friends!