11/28/2017
So far I'm down to 165.1 lbs! I'm feeling really good. Mentally, Physically. I'm lagging in the spiritual department.
I survived Thanksgiving relatively unscathed. I ate some cranberry sauce, it was yummy. I didn't leave like an overstuffed turkey and I went on about my day feeling fine. Kelsey and I went shopping later, I found some shoes to replace my super old tennis shoes. I threw those out. I got some new socks too and some fun things for Kayden.
I have a confession. I've been drinking Decaf Flat Whites from Starbucks off mealtimes. The contain milk so I need to stop unless it's with a meal. I can't do black coffee, but I can drink herbal tea. Even this morning I had a cup of coffee with milk, it was with breakfast, but still an additional amount of protein/fat.
I'm looking forward for the holidays to be over with already. Not that I'm not enjoying them, I just want to be thin and I want the journey to be over with quickly. I know that's not a healthy mindset, it's just how I feel. I really think I've found the answer with the teachings of BLE. I just don't get to have sugar. I miss it sometimes and I can smell it when there are donuts in the kitchen, but I just ignore it. My cravings have lessened tremendously.
Today I had Overnight Oats - my favorite breakfast hands down but I forgot the cinnamon, I need to move that to the breakfast shelf. For lunch is a 10 oz Spinach Salad with radish, yellow bell, 1 oz of feta and .7 ounce of balsamic dressing. 6 oz of cooked lentils in sauce. For dinner I was planning on roasting a bunch of veggies, potatoes, butternut, cauliflower, etc but maybe I'll make some chicken and spinach too. I really need to use up the 18 oz tub of spinach and remind myself not to by stuff like that at Costco. I hate wasting vegetables, food in general, but especially vegetables.
I'm off for now, having a cup of Mint Tea and getting to work. Ciao!
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Thanksgiving Eve
Dear Lord,
Thank you for all that you do for me everyday. Thank you for a sound mind, body and soul. I really need help with forgiveness and mercy toward R. I'm still plagued with thoughts of retribution, anger, and false imaging. Lord help me to forgive, I know that I want to have my say, but I just need to keep my mouth shut. When you were being scourged you didn't speak a word.
Lord, thank you for the upcoming family visit. I can't wait for my monkeys to get here.
Thank you, Lord, Thank you! Thank you for my family, my life, our home, my job, Ted's job. Thank you for Kelsey.
I thank you for a long life, thank you for my health. I thank you for Bright Line Eating. Thank you for Molly and Trudy. I hope we can get a group together in our church.
Thank you for all that you do, thank you for showing me mercy and grace.
Amen.
Thank you for all that you do for me everyday. Thank you for a sound mind, body and soul. I really need help with forgiveness and mercy toward R. I'm still plagued with thoughts of retribution, anger, and false imaging. Lord help me to forgive, I know that I want to have my say, but I just need to keep my mouth shut. When you were being scourged you didn't speak a word.
Lord, thank you for the upcoming family visit. I can't wait for my monkeys to get here.
Thank you, Lord, Thank you! Thank you for my family, my life, our home, my job, Ted's job. Thank you for Kelsey.
I thank you for a long life, thank you for my health. I thank you for Bright Line Eating. Thank you for Molly and Trudy. I hope we can get a group together in our church.
Thank you for all that you do, thank you for showing me mercy and grace.
Amen.
Monday, November 20, 2017
Bright Line Eating - Week 9
Dear Jesus,
Yesterday I overate and felt terrible the rest of the day. I don't want to feel like that ever again, although I am concerned that I will forget how I felt. Please heal my brain, mind and heart and deliver me from evil. Thank you Lord, you are so good to me.
Yesterday I overate and felt terrible the rest of the day. I don't want to feel like that ever again, although I am concerned that I will forget how I felt. Please heal my brain, mind and heart and deliver me from evil. Thank you Lord, you are so good to me.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Day 61 -Gratitude
Good Morning Jesus,
I was thinking of writing to the world, but your name typed in instead. It only makes sense that I would write to you, you are my audience of One.
Lord, thank you for BLE. It's changed my life/heart/mind. I'm feeling more free by the day. Thank you for the revelation the other day. Had my diet been good from the start, my life would have been different. All these years it's what I or others (as a child) have put in my body that's made me so unstable. Please help me to remember that when I am weak and desire things that you did not create for me.
Lord, Thank you for Ted. He is a good husband to me. He really loves me and wants me to be happy.
I'm officially down 15.9 lbs from 9/25 but closer to 18 lbs from 9/18. I can't remember my exact start weight. I'm losing about 1-1.3 lbs consistently every 5 days or so. That seems so slow to me, I want a 3 lb a week loss, but I don't drink enough water.
Today is my housewarming party/open house. I'm excited to have people over. I love our new home. Thank you God.
Lord, thank you for getting me a good deal on plane tickets for Charleena and Kayden. I'm so excited to see my family again. I ask that you bless this time of mourning with Joy! Unspeakable Joy!
Lord, thank you for my job. I know I complain about how boring it is, but I have no stress and I love that! And I thank you for my paycheck.
I love you Jesus - I know I don't always show it, but at the end of the day, what I want is You. Thank you for all you do for me. Thank you for loving me, thank you for liking me.
Love, Karen
I was thinking of writing to the world, but your name typed in instead. It only makes sense that I would write to you, you are my audience of One.
Lord, thank you for BLE. It's changed my life/heart/mind. I'm feeling more free by the day. Thank you for the revelation the other day. Had my diet been good from the start, my life would have been different. All these years it's what I or others (as a child) have put in my body that's made me so unstable. Please help me to remember that when I am weak and desire things that you did not create for me.
Lord, Thank you for Ted. He is a good husband to me. He really loves me and wants me to be happy.
I'm officially down 15.9 lbs from 9/25 but closer to 18 lbs from 9/18. I can't remember my exact start weight. I'm losing about 1-1.3 lbs consistently every 5 days or so. That seems so slow to me, I want a 3 lb a week loss, but I don't drink enough water.
Today is my housewarming party/open house. I'm excited to have people over. I love our new home. Thank you God.
Lord, thank you for getting me a good deal on plane tickets for Charleena and Kayden. I'm so excited to see my family again. I ask that you bless this time of mourning with Joy! Unspeakable Joy!
Lord, thank you for my job. I know I complain about how boring it is, but I have no stress and I love that! And I thank you for my paycheck.
I love you Jesus - I know I don't always show it, but at the end of the day, what I want is You. Thank you for all you do for me. Thank you for loving me, thank you for liking me.
Love, Karen
Monday, November 13, 2017
BLE WEEK 8
November 13th, 2017
I'm down to 168.2, I can taste freedom! I know I still have 43 lbs to go, but it seems way easier to say than 60!
My grandpa died yesterday. He was 94. March 8, 1923 to November 12, 2017. He went quickly, sitting in his chair, doing his crossword. I wonder if you know its your last day when you wake up in the morning. My mom called and Ted and I went over there. He was lying on the couch, pale with his mouth open and no teeth. His eyes were black and empty, she tried to close the lids but they would not shut all the way. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and said good-bye.
We sat there until the coroner came, it's such a weird experience, but we all die. Grandma is still here for at least a while. She will continue on with her life as normal.
It's weird that his chair is empty. He's been in that part of the living room in that corner all of my life. He's had a few new chairs, but they all looked about the same.
I hope he is in Heaven. I don't want to judge his soul, but I really hope that God takes everyone, even those who didn't know Him well or at all. Maybe there is no afterlife, maybe reincarnation is true, maybe Islam is correct, maybe Hindus or Buddhist. I don't know for sure, but I do believe in God.
I guess I'll find out one day for sure. But I won't live to tell about it :-)
I'm down to 168.2, I can taste freedom! I know I still have 43 lbs to go, but it seems way easier to say than 60!
My grandpa died yesterday. He was 94. March 8, 1923 to November 12, 2017. He went quickly, sitting in his chair, doing his crossword. I wonder if you know its your last day when you wake up in the morning. My mom called and Ted and I went over there. He was lying on the couch, pale with his mouth open and no teeth. His eyes were black and empty, she tried to close the lids but they would not shut all the way. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and said good-bye.
We sat there until the coroner came, it's such a weird experience, but we all die. Grandma is still here for at least a while. She will continue on with her life as normal.
It's weird that his chair is empty. He's been in that part of the living room in that corner all of my life. He's had a few new chairs, but they all looked about the same.
I hope he is in Heaven. I don't want to judge his soul, but I really hope that God takes everyone, even those who didn't know Him well or at all. Maybe there is no afterlife, maybe reincarnation is true, maybe Islam is correct, maybe Hindus or Buddhist. I don't know for sure, but I do believe in God.
I guess I'll find out one day for sure. But I won't live to tell about it :-)
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
BLE Week 7
Nov 7th, Week 7.
I'm down over 15 lbs and have moved off the Obese list to Overweight. I'm excited for myself and this journey. Last year 2016, between March and September I had lost 30 lbs, went from 187 to 157 and then I don't recall what happened but I started to gain it back and was 184/185 by the end of January. That diet was called Naturally Slim, do what thin people do. I only ate 1 or 2 small portioned meals per day. It was okay, but I never was excited about it.
I'm excited about BLE and the hope it's given me. I want to be happy, thin and free!
The Facebook group is very helpful, I'm getting some good ideas on recipes and staying encouraged.
I'm reading "All the light we cannot see" by Anthony Doerr. Great book, I can't wait to get home to continue reading it.
I'm so glad that the house is as done as it's going to be and I have time to read/relax and do whatever I want. I'm going to get some puzzles to do once we get a coffee table.
Life it good, I'm looking forward to my future healthy self.
I'm down over 15 lbs and have moved off the Obese list to Overweight. I'm excited for myself and this journey. Last year 2016, between March and September I had lost 30 lbs, went from 187 to 157 and then I don't recall what happened but I started to gain it back and was 184/185 by the end of January. That diet was called Naturally Slim, do what thin people do. I only ate 1 or 2 small portioned meals per day. It was okay, but I never was excited about it.
I'm excited about BLE and the hope it's given me. I want to be happy, thin and free!
The Facebook group is very helpful, I'm getting some good ideas on recipes and staying encouraged.
I'm reading "All the light we cannot see" by Anthony Doerr. Great book, I can't wait to get home to continue reading it.
I'm so glad that the house is as done as it's going to be and I have time to read/relax and do whatever I want. I'm going to get some puzzles to do once we get a coffee table.
Life it good, I'm looking forward to my future healthy self.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
November 1 - Let the Holiday's commence and Ted's heart :-(
I survived Halloween unscathed. I really just have to avoid all the goodies, cake and pizza. If I stare at them, I'll eat them. I think I'll be okay at Thanksgiving - typically that was always my favorite holiday because of the FOOD. I was going to have some pumpkin pie but I'm going to skip it. I might make some cauliflower rice pudding to enjoy. Birthday/Christmas will have to be the same. I just need to keep my eyes off it.
Ted is still in A-fib, he is back on meds and needs to get a sleep apnea test due to low blood oxygen. I hope he decides to go my diet. Losing weight and avoiding sugar/flour will be so helpful to him. I just need to step up my game and make him delicious meals that he will be happy to eat. If I can pack his lunch for him while I'm doing mine, I think he will go for it.
Actually I should make him pack our lunches together, that way he will be able to do it himself when I'm not around. He'll probably lose all of his weight in 2 wks or something crazy like that.
Ted is still in A-fib, he is back on meds and needs to get a sleep apnea test due to low blood oxygen. I hope he decides to go my diet. Losing weight and avoiding sugar/flour will be so helpful to him. I just need to step up my game and make him delicious meals that he will be happy to eat. If I can pack his lunch for him while I'm doing mine, I think he will go for it.
Actually I should make him pack our lunches together, that way he will be able to do it himself when I'm not around. He'll probably lose all of his weight in 2 wks or something crazy like that.
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