Cherry On Top

Thank you Tori for presenting me with this Cherry On Top award. I love your blog and reading your uplifting comments to my posts! So I get to...

1. Answer the question: If you had one chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be?

I don't know if I would go back. If I did, I guess I would be a more loving daughter to my mother. I would do the dishes for her more, complain less, tell her I loved and appreciated her more, and not be so self-absorbed. Knowing that my time with her would be limited, I would cherish every moment with her. But I guess, that would defeat the purpose of what I've learned by losing her. Life is so precious.

2. Pick 6 people and give them this award. You then have to inform the person that they have been selected for the award.

1. Suzi at SpunkySuzi working towards a healthier me.

2. Lucy at Lucy's Own Blog

3. Diane at It's Time

4. Lynne at This Fat Suit's too Tight

5. Juli from Juli's Journey

6. Deb from Deb Will be Free

3. You have to thank the person (people) who gave you the award.

Thanks again Tori!! You are an inspiration and I totally respect your efforts with your running and "shreds".

Week 16!!

Weigh in this morning showed me having lost 5 pounds, and my man lost 6 pounds! WOW!! I have lost 61 pounds so far! My man has lost 66 pounds! We thought we had a slow week (too much checking the scales), BUT we both made efforts to drink LOTS of water and were pleasantly surprised this morning!

We checked our BMI today. My STARTING BMI was 49.6 and today it's at 38.8. My man's STARTING BMI was 41.8 and today it's at 31.7. He is so close to getting under 30 BMI and then he will be officially downgraded from "Obese fat" to just "fat". My man is more than 1/2 way to his goal!!!

I have a new Favorite Snack/Meal this week. I had ordered some powdered peanut butter (PB2) from Bell Plantation and it's been on backorder for like 2 months, but it came last week! I LOVE PB2!! For 2 T of Peanut Butter, it's only 45 calories and 1.5 g. fat. Compare that to normal pb which is more like 200 calories! And it tastes great and doesn't have the preservatives and hydrogenated oils as even the low fat pb do. I am SOLD!

I have the chocolate kind too and I LOVE to dip my medifast pretzels in the chocolate PB2. I've also mixed it with the Medifast hot cocoa and formed peanut butter cup balls! Love 'em! I need to order more of this stuff immediately!

This week I made an egg scramble for one of our L & G meals. I used 1 cup of egg whites (in "real eggs" carton), chopped peppers & mushrooms & celery, and some low fast cheese and scrambled it all together. SO yummy!

I also made this taco salad with ground turkey and lean ground beef with some taco seasoning, low fat cheese on top - all on a bed of romaine lettuce and some cucumbers. Delicious.

This week I have connected with several other people's blogs on their weight loss journeys. I have LOVED looking through their blogs and connecting. It's been SO inspiring. Lindsay, from Utah, on her blog "Healthy Stride" has already lost well over 100 pounds and is training for a 1/2 marathon. THAT is where I hope to be in less than a year.

SO inspiring.

I also was given a "Beautiful Blogger" award from Diane at her awesome blog "It's Time" who herself is also a great inspiration. Thank you Diane - I am truly honored! I will have to blog about the award and follow the rules for receiving it and awarding it to 7 others. Now to choose...