Day 25

I’m still at 191. Boy is this going slow now. I walked this morning to see if that will help any. I was feeling a little hungry at breakfast but I had a funeral to go to this morning so I figured I would be okay till lunch and I was. While I was at the funeral I happened to cross my legs and discovered something I haven’t seen for a while, my calf and foot hung down instead of across. I was so excited to see that. I can’t tell you how good it made me feel.
After lunch I started deep cleaning the living room and putting away the rest of the Christmas stuff that got missed earlier or that has been delivered since Christmas day. I was finding nuts and chocolates and popcorn that hadn’t gotten eaten and my brain started in on me that I needed to eat it, all of it, as much as I could fit into my mouth. I knew I wasn’t hungry so I had to think about what I was feeling and I remembered that I hadn’t taken my pills this morning so I took them and that helped a little bit and then I just had to get out of the house before I did something I’d be sorry for so I told my daughter “let’s go now” She had been wanting me to take her down to her friends house.
I stopped into Green Valley Spa, after dropping her off, for a lecture but the lady didn’t show and I ended up staying and talking with a couple of women who are on their first 500 calorie day. You go girls!
I fixed swiss chard today to go with my fish for lunch. I’ve never had it before and it wasn’t too bad. For dinner I had chicken and broccoli and a baked apple for dessert.
I just read Kenley's posts and laughed and laughed, I know how he feels.

Day 24

Today I weighed 191, hey a pound is a pound right? Know what I discovered this morning? My eyelids have lost fat! They aren’t drooping over my eyelashes anymore. Man o man this is so great, every day there is a new discovery. I went to Marium’s class tonight on body coding. It was pretty interesting, I think I’m mostly warrior but have a little of everything.
Breakfast was the same… tea and water.
Lunch was fish and celery sticks, melba and an apple. Dinner was fish and cabbage.

Day 23

192 still, but that’s okay, I’m working again today and I know the exercise will help.
Chef Dino greeted me with “Hey skinny”, I liked that. My family says I look thinner, my youngest daughter says my boobs are getting smaller. I don’t know if I liked that one or not. I’ve always had large breasts and wanted smaller ones and now to hear that it kind of hurt, just a little. Maybe I’ll just have to work on firming them up.
Today I had tea and water for breakfast and for lunch, which I almost forgot about because I wasn’t hungry and was busy, I had a chicken salad with melba toast. For dinner I had chicken and radish salad, melba and strawberries. Love that part.
I tried taking new pictures but I don’t know how to work the camera so when my daughter gets home I’ll do pictures.

Day 22

Finally 2 more pounds, I weighed 192 this morning. I feel better, I was getting a little nervous there thinking this might be it. I hope not, I’ve got 18 more injections, I’m more than ½ way. If I can do this anyone can do it. I was the worlds worst dieter, two days and bingo, I’m stuffing my mouth with whatever will go in it. I still can’t believe how easy the HCG diet is.

I went back to work at Entrada today and did great. I wasn’t hungry, wasn’t tempted, great day. I applied for a 2nd job at The Inn at Entrada either housekeeping or front desk. These days you’ve got to take what you can find and if it’s at Entrada it’s at home, I love it there. The members are great the employees are great and the bosses are the best ever.

Day 21

Still 194 today I guess I’ll do an apple day. The hardest part is waiting ‘til noon to start the apples. If you need to do this you better get small apples because after you eat 2 large ones you really don’t feel like eating anymore. I haven’t been very thirsty either.

I was looking for cream of wheat to fix my girls for dinner tonight (they’ve been playing out in the cold and that’s what they wanted to eat) and I found a bag of mint M&M’s…I ignored them, wasn’t even tempted. I wonder what I’ll do when I’m done with the diet and the HCG is out of my system. Will the cravings come back or not, will I want to eat even if I’m not hungry? I can’t believe the amount of time I have spent in kitchen since the diet started and I haven’t eaten everything in sight. I’m finding myself wanting to cook dinner for the family now, before I hated it, probably because self consciously I was overweight and didn’t like it and knew that bad eating habits were the reason…who really knows.

Day 20

I still weigh 194 so that proves it… you cannot cheat even a little or you don’t lose weight. Never ever.
We had a very merry Christmas here today.
This is Molly in her new hat and sweater. I'm glad she was able to stay for Christmas.Taylor and Josie each got 50 bucks.
Dad likes Words of Wisdom so he got the perfect gift.
I got a big table book on horses. Notice the tea, that’s breakfast. Josie got a fun bag from her sister Taylor.
Taylor took the tree down and had the living room all back to normal by noon. She is such a sweetheart.
I had fish and cucumbers for lunch and fish and radishes for dinner.
You know what I noticed today? My feet don’t hurt anymore and the more I thought about it I haven’t noticed them hurt for quite a while now so I got to checking and my thumbs don’t hurt and the end of my crooked finger on my left had where rheumatoid arthritis has been very painful is hardly noticeable anymore, my back hardly aches and I’m not feeling a need to take my afternoon naps anymore.
Tomorrow will be even better.

Day 19

Today I still weighed 194 so I must have been pretty accurate with my figuring on the other scales. It’s sad though, I wish I were losing faster. Now that my wild weekend is over I can get back to walking the neighborhood in the mornings. That can only help, right? I can get to some classes at the spa too. I’d like to try yoga, I’ve never been very good at it but hey, something is better than nothing.

Okay, before I go any further I have to confess. I snitched a bite of bread pudding tonight. I made ham and potatoes for our dinner tonight and I made bread pudding for dessert and I really had no intension of tasting it, I’ve been so good up til now but my daughter just about fainted when she tasted it and I couldn’t believe her that it was that good so I did it, I cheated. I’ll walk extra fast tomorrow to make up for it and that’s all I had, I promise. Other that that I had chicken and celery sticks for lunch and chicken and salad for dinner and a baked apple for dessert.

Merry Christmas from all of us!

Day 18

I weighed 194 again today, according to my sister’s scale. Tomorrow I can weigh on my own and see for sure where I am. I feel good though. I got up early with my sister and we had a good talk this morning before anyone else got up. For breakfast I had tea and ½ a grapefruit. We got on the road about 11 am, it was snowing in Bountiful and Salt Lake but once we got around the point of the mountain it was blue sky and sunshine until Beaver and then we got clouds but no more bad weather the rest of the trip.

For lunch I had chicken and cabbage and melba toast. When we got home for dinner I had Tilapia, broccoli and melba toast and for dessert later I had strawberries.

Tomorrow I need to go to GV Spa and get my injection and weigh in maybe hit a class or two, maybe. It will be Christmas Eve and I need to get a lot of shopping done, ahg, last minute shopper this year.

I’m fixing ham dinner tomorrow for our Christmas Eve party I’m pretty positive now I’ll be able to get through with zero problems.

Day17

I weighed in at 194, again on my brother-in-laws scale, I'll double check it when I get home. We left Burley this morning around 11am and got to I-84 south and it was closed due to white out conditions. We went back to Declo and took the frontage road all the way to Malta, blasting through snow drifts but it wasn't any better so we drove back to the junction and went to Pocatello and down I-15. We got to Bountiful and decided to spend the night here with my sister.
I did good this morning, I got up and fixed everyone sausage patties, hashbrowns and eggs. It is really kind of irritating me that I have no cravings anymore, that used to be one of my favorite breakfasts. I had tea. We were on the road at lunchtime and I forgot about it until my husband said that he was hungry so I fixed him some cheese and crackers and I had my chicken and cabbage salad. When we got to my sisters home I fixed them sandwiches and soup and I had fish and tomatoes. I'll fix a baked apple for dessert and go to bed, I'm pooped.

Day 16

I weighed 195 this morning on my brother-in-law's scale. I won't know for sure how accurate his is until I get home to double check with mine. It is cold here in Idaho, it's like in the teen's but Winchester hills near St. George has more snow than they do here... well they did have more it's probably melted by now.
Today was a good day. I had my tea for breakfast as usual and a grapefruit half about mid morning. I worked all morning on ham and potatoes for lunch for the family and had energy to clean Bub's kitchen too. When it came time to eat I fixed my chicken with broccoli and melba toast and was just as satisfied as if I had been eating the ham. For a mid afternoon snack I boiled an apple, mashed it and sprinkled cinnamon on it. I call that my mashed potatoes. For dinner everyone had spaghetti and garlic bread and I had tilapia salad and melba toast. Yum, Yum. right now I feel so full I could burst.

Day 15

Dec 20th Day 15
I weighed 197 still this morning. Another plateau? We left early this morning. The girls came in and woke us up at 3am. They said they didn't want us to wake them up. We filled up with gas and
headed out. The weather cooperated with us very well. There were a few snowy spots but it didn't cause us any problems. I was a little hungry on the drive but drank my tea and water and didn't have to eat until 12:30, chicken and tomatoes. I ate in the car before going in to the party so I wouldn't have to eat in front of my family. Okay let me say this. I was not hungry when they ate and everything looked and smelled great, I was not tempted to eat but I did feel like I was missing out on a fabulous meal. That's me eating the apple.







When we left we stopped for gas and I went inside to pay and noticed the donut case, again I wasn't tempted but felt like I was missing out on what other people can enjoy.
I know it will all be worth it in the end.
About 6pm I felt hungry again so I had tilapia and was good until 9pm when we got to our destination I had the cabbage and melba toast. To full for fruit tonight. I took some pictures at the party and when I get home I'll post them.

This was a fun game we played. Everyone drew a slip of paper out of a bowl and it is the name of an animal. Only one other person has the same animal as you ( so there are pairs of animals, a different animal for each 2 persons) when the caller says "go" everyone starts making the noise or actions of their animal and tries to find their mate before anyone else does. It can get pretty noisy so be prepared.

Day 14

This morning I weighed in at 197. Yeah! I finally lost some more poundage. I didn’t have to do the apple day either. Which probably wouldn’t have been to bad today because I was so busy at work I didn’t have time to eat lunch until after 4pm.

This is me at work. The nut roaster. My last day.

I had chicken, lettuce and melba toast for a late lunch and I’m really not hungry for dinner.
We need to get packed to go to Salt Lake City to see my family and Idaho to see Terry’s family tomorrow. I hope I can keep up on the blog while I’m on the road.

Day 13

Today I still weighed 199. I’m trying to stay very positive about this but it is getting frustrating. I called Marium and told her and after a few questions about my health and diet she suggested that I do the “apple day” where starting at lunch I can eat up to 6 apples whenever I feel the need. I am not allowed anything else but water and only enough to quench my thirst. I do this until lunch the next day. Pray with me that I loose some more weight today.

Today was my last day at the Totally Nuts warehouse :( (www.totallynutz.com). I loved working there. When I first started I was eating nuts all the time because I had to sample them to make sure they were cooking right and of course I had to sample all the other nuts and sweets too for quality control you know. (another example of how my eating was out of control) It was close to 1 month later when I started the HCG Diet and immediately had to stop eating them. It was hard at first because I had gotten used to taking one off of the tray when I would rack it. I would find myself going to do this and pull my hand back and say, “no, no, can’t do that any more.” And except for one occasion when a pinhead of hot glaze splashed on my hand nothing from the warehouse went into my mouth. After a few days I wasn’t even tempted anymore.
It’s amazing how I’m not tempted on a lot of things. My girls and I made caramel corn puffs tonight and I didn’t even want to taste one and when it was time to break them up I didn’t even touch them because of the butter in them, I didn’t want it to absorb into my skin.

I had the same breakfast and lunch was chicken salad and dinner was tilapia. I’m really getting to like that fish. My husband asked if I could have halibut because he likes that too and then we could all eat the same thing. I think he’s starting to realize this ain’t no hoax.

Snow Day up in Winchester Hills.

This was Monday's snowfall that left about 8 inches. It was so bad that the School District called and said that the students that live up here have a snow day, and don't have to come to school. 
 
 
 

Happy birthday Noah

I am following this blog because the owners photograph my grandchildren often and you should see the latest pictures of Noah.

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Day12

I still weigh 199, hopefully this is the last day at this weight.

I went to bed late again and forgot to set my alarm and didn’t get up until 4:45am I am already late for the day, I hope it won’t be like this all day.

My bosses took our small work group to breakfast this morning to The Egg and I. The food there is so good and I couldn’t have anything but tea, they didn’t have any grapefruit. Everybody’s plates looked good, before this diet I could have eaten everything they got but I really had no appetite. Again I think of my old eating habits and it makes me ill to think I used to eat like that or that I even could’ve eaten like that. When this is over I’m pretty sure I’m going to be feeding my family better.

Day 11

Today I weighed in at 199. The same as yesterday’s weight. Dr. Simeon’s book Pounds & Inches says that this will happen but I didn’t want it to happen so soon. The book says that when the fat cells empty of fat the cells are no longer needed and so they are broken down and water replaces them for a few days but will soon be flushed away. So the diet is still working it’s just in another phase for a couple of days. Still… I like to see the scale going down.

Did you know that Oreo cookies have a chemical in them that leaves you wanting to eat more Oreo’s? No wonder I could never eat just one. They don’t even have to list this on the package because the FDA says that it’s a safe ingredient.

My menu today: Tea, water and more water for breakfast. Grilled chicken, radishes, melba toast and an orange for lunch and on the run I grabbed chicken, cucumbers and melba toast for dinner.

I was kind of having dizzy spells on and off during the day and thought that I must be really tired, I get up at 4:00 am every morning and usually don’t get to bed until 9 or 10, think that could be it?

Train Ride

Check out this site. I was moved to tears.
http://www.openmyeyeslord.net/LifeOnTheTrain.htm

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Can you believe this! It's very rare that we get this
much snow at one time.The girls had to go out
and build Mr. snowman.















These are the lights on our house this year.
The whole family helped put them up. We have
blue ones on top of the garden fence that is to the right of the house. Just out of the picture.

Day 10

Today I weighed 199. One more pound on my way to being thin again.
Today while I was at work I grabbed my lower arms close to my elbows and they felt so thin I couldn’t stop doing it. My upper arms felt thinner too. It feels so good to know that the fat is going away. I can’t believe how good I feel. I’m not tired during the day and I have enough energy to get through it without any problems. My old habits are still thinking that I should eat more often but then I check myself for hunger and it’s just not there. No cravings either. My daughters were eating mint M&M’s (one of my favs) and I didn’t even want any. Amazing!

Day 9

Today I weighed 200. I had a very good day today. I worked at Entrada this morning and my co-workers there haven’t seen me since my 2 eat a lot of fat days. I’ve lost 16 pounds since I saw them last. I was able to wear clothes that I haven’t worn for 2 years and they were loose on me. They all said they could see that I had lost weight and sweet LaRae said I had looked good before the diet too. I love my co-workers.
I just had tea and water for breakfast again and I grilled chicken on the George Forman Grill for lunch and had some celery with it.
I spent the day in the kitchen after work. I made chicken stock. I started it this morning before work and let it simmer about 10 hours. I strained it through cheesecloth first and then tried to strain it through coffee filters but as soon as the filters clogged up they wouldn’t let the stock flow through any more. I ended up with about 2 gallons of stock for myself and I made chicken noodle soup for my family out of the chicken, celery and onions I had boiled. I made them new stock with chicken cubes and water and it must have tasted good because my 2 girls that don’t eat much each had 2 bowls of it and my husband had 3. I sure wanted to eat some of the soup too along with the biscuits but I was strong and didn’t even sneak a taste.
For my dinner I had tilapia with tomatoes and strawberries for dessert.
My husband is so cute he keeps saying “You’re disappearing right before my eyes” I told him I feel like this is a dream and I’ll wake up tomorrow and it will all be over. He assures me it’s real.

Day 8

I weighed 201 this morning, only a 1 lb loss from yesterday so it looks like it may be one lb a day now.
I went to Green Valley Spa today to a cooking class for the HCG diet. Mariann showed us how to make chicken stock so tonight I went and bought all I needed to make my own, I can’t wait.
My hunger is kind of subsiding more and more each day. This morning I had water and tea and ½ of a grapefruit and did just fine. For lunch I had chicken and tomatoes and did fine again till dinner. Oh, hey, I had fish tonight for dinner. I never thought I could do it but at the cooking class Mariann was telling us how to cook the fish and it sounded so good I just had to try it, and I liked it.

While I was walking around today my pants felt very baggy on me and it felt good.

Day 7

This morning I weighed 202, can this be right. So far I have lost 14 lbs. from day one. I really think the thin person inside of me is saying “Thank you, you have found the right stuff and have finally released me”. It’s funny because at night after dinner I feel so full and I think I must have gained weight but in the morning there’s the proof. I’m amazed. If I could lose another 14 lbs this week I’ll be looking so good for my family Christmas Party next Saturday. I haven’t seen any of my family since I started the diet and that includes my married daughter, my father and my step mother that live here in St. George. I want to surprise them and I think they will be surprised.

Okay, I finally found out how to take and load pictures with the new camera so here they are. In the first one I am standing normal not holding in or pushing out.

In the second one I’m holding everything in and

in the third one I’m pushing everything out. That way you will know what size my tummy is.

My husband just wanted to take the fourth one for fun but I’ll post it anyway. Marium says that my body type is the warrior. I guess that means the broad shoulders and the big bones.

Day 6

I weighed 204 today. That number reminds me of one day when I was over to my sister Paula’s home in Hurricane. It was a family gathering of some kind because a bunch of us were sitting around the kitchen table playing a card game (which we do when we get together)and my score happened to be 204 and I blurted out hey that’s how much I weigh! Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, they said my face went red. I remember thinking how heavy I was and felt so ashamed for letting my weight get out of control like that. Three of my sister’s are skinny and they can’t gain weight, as much as they long to. I don’t think they know how fortunate they are. Of course I was like that growing up until I reached about 34 years old. I remember the day I threw out all my pants that I couldn’t fit into any more. I held on to them for so long thinking someday I’ll wear them again, that was like 40 lbs ago. Now I’ll get to buy new ones… Yes!
I wore my current pair of 501’s to work and by walking in them, within a week I had rubbed a hole in the inner thighs. I always wore out the knees first and then the seat but never the inner thighs first, of course I cried. I was going to patch them but now because of this diet I’ll get to buy skinnier ones.

Day 5

My weight this morning was 206.
While I was fixing my lunch this morning I was getting hungry and I pondered on that for a moment and listened to my feelings. My brain is used to getting up and eating breakfast first thing even if I’m not hungry. I just loved putting food in my mouth, I love the taste of food, I love the look of food. Now that I don’t eat breakfast I think I’m starving. My body started to feel weird like I was going to pass out and my mind is saying just eat something but I know I can’t blow this diet or I will be forever fat. I drank some tea and instantly felt better, so I quit worrying. I walked to work this morning it was 28* burr….

I noticed at work today that it was easier for me to bend over and the constant runny nose I’ve had at work is gone. My pants are also getting loose on me.
I had a beef salad for lunch today with a soggy apple. I think I’ll make applesauce out of the rest of them.
For dinner I had chicken with broccoli and melba toast.

When I got home from work my girls were in the living room and I had to show them how I could bend over and they were so excited. They wanted to know how long it had been since I could do that, ha ha ha. They must think I’m really old. The best thing was that while I was bent over I could talk. I didn’t have to hold my breath.

Pictures will be coming soon.

Day 4

I weighed in at 208 this morning! That’s a 7 lb loss from yesterday morning. I would love it if this is how it’s going to be everyday. But I’m going to stay realistic and say I’ll lose 1 lb a day, anything more is just a sweet bonus.

Today I fixed 3.5 oz mustard crusted beef for lunch with cucumber slices and an orange. It got me through until 6:30 when I fixed chicken salsa for dinner. I’m becoming a little creative with what I have to work with. A baked cinnamon apple for dessert and I’m good… to go to bed and sleep. I am really tired tonight.

Day 3

I forgot to take my night time pills last night and thought I would die before I got out of bed but when I got up I was actually okay. My left knee was feeling kind of weird but it feels okay now. I weighed 215 when I got out of the shower this morning, ugh, here comes all that fat I’ve been eating for the last 2 days.

Today is the first 500 calorie day, for breakfast I’ll have tea and water. I’ll walk to work with my weights in my backpack instead of carrying them. Mirium said they could throw my back out if I carry them.

I dallied to long at home to leave in time to walk to work because I was fixing my lunch food so I had to drive but my husband came and picked up the truck so I walked home.
By about 10 a.m. I started to feel hungry so I ate ½ of a grapefruit and I drank water every time I felt hungry until lunch time. I can’t stop working to sit down and eat so I just take bites as I can. I had 3 oz. of boiled chicken and a ½ cup of red radishes. I forgot to buy melba toast so I didn’t have any to eat.

My husband and I went to a Christmas Dinner tonight, he loaded up his plate I got about 3 oz. of lean beef and a handful of lettuce. It’s funny that I really wasn’t very hungry, but I felt board and old habits wanted me to put something in my mouth. It made me realize how bad my eating was out of control.

Day 2

I didn't fall asleep as fast as I normally do last night. When the alarm went off I barely heard it only because my husband was trying to turn it off. I got up this morning just a bit tired. I went downstairs and took my morning pills, cleaned myself up, weighed in at 210 on my scale at home, went back up and got dressed. I forgot to put on my fat hider and when I looked in the mirror to see how bad it was I was actually surprised to see my tummy wasn't poking out as far as I thought it would after eating all that I did yesterday. It made me feel kind of skinny so I braved it and didn't put it on. I went down to eat something and noticed that I didn't have an appetite so I fixed me some tea and off to work I went. I figured by the time I got there I would be hungry but I wasn't. I had to force myself to eat but nothing sounded good. I finally decided to have biscuits and gravy and to make it better we added some shredded cheese and some bacon bits. We as in the Sous Chef, Dino, was assisting me. He commented on what I was eating by saying "A girl after my own heart" meaning he liked the way I piled on the food. (He's a big Polynesian Chief.
I had more biscuits and gravy the same way for a mid morning snack and for lunch I ate another bowl of the beef & baked potato soup. For dinner I had a macho nacho and macho chili cheese fries from Del Taco and chocolate cherry nut Ice cream for dessert.
Dino is going to assist me tomorrow as well, my first day of 500 calories. It's our company Christmas party and he is in charge of the food. I asked him what they were fixing that I could eat so he showed me the menu and we determined that I could have 3 oz. of lean beef and romaine lettuce and strawberries and he will fix it for me so it's plain. He's the best buddy ever.
I picked up 2 syringes from Green Valley Spa after work so I could inject myself tonight and tomorrow. I had my husband help and all went good.

Day 1 continued

Waiting for a teenager to get off the internet is like waiting for the first drop of ketchup from a new bottle.
The party was fun as usual. The dinner was the same thing as usual. Ham, baked potato, salad, roll and desert. Again I stuffed myself to uncomfortabeness. (if that's even a word)
I saw Dr. Hinkle today, we talked about the different pills that I take and he seemed to think that I would be able to quit taking them. It is up to me if I want to stop now or latter. I'll stop one now because I'm sure I won't be eating anything that I shouldn't after tommorrow. He gave me my first injection along with some B12, in my hip, I didn't even feel the medicine going in. I could totally give myself the injections. I go back in tommorrow to see Monica, the nurse, for the next injection and weight check. Today I weighed 216. The heaviest I have ever weighed. (boohoo)

HCG day 1

Today is the official 1st day of the HCG diet. It's the 1st high fat day. I went to work at Entrada Country Club this morning at 7:30. I am the hostess for the restaurant so I figured I could get lots of fat at work. I started with a cup of decaf green tea and then a cup of hot chocolate then a cup of Sierra Mist. I ate 2 cheese and bacon biscuits and had some hard candy I brought to work to share with everyone. I ate a thin mint and then fixed a warm brownie and stuck 2 candy cane kisses in it and ate that. Just before lunch time I had a bowl of beef and baked potato soup and then topped it all off with a chocolate lave cake with vanilla ice cream. The cooks at work are shaking their heads and can't believe that I can eat all that. Me either. When I left work I went to the grocery store and bought a half gallon of eggnog and drank half of that undiluted. Ugh. I feel so full and I really want to throw it all up but I know I won't. I haven't even got to dinner yet. We are just on our way out now to a Christmas Dinner at our church. I'll catch you up when we get back.

Diet eve

This is my 2nd post that was supposed to go online yesterday. Marium called me this morning and said that I will start my HCG diet on Saturday.
She said that for the first 2 days I am to eat (gorge on) a high fat content diet of hamburgers, fries, milk shakes, cookies, candy bars, bread & butter and so on.
Are you for real! I asked her why I would want to do that and she said it will kick start my metabolism or something like that, I’ll understand better as I read more and get going on this. When you don’t eat much your body holds onto fat and we want it to let go of the fat so eat away. So, the first thing I think about is a Big Mac. I haven’t had one of those in years. I was at a health fair a few years ago and the only thing I really remember about it was a booth that had a row of test tubes filled with fat from different foods. Some had a little bit in and others had more but the Big Mac had 2 tubes full of fat and it made me sick to think of all that fat going into my stomach. Don’t get me wrong, they taste wonderful and I still want one but this time it’s actually okay to eat one and not fell bad. Halleluiah brother! MacDonald’s, here I come. We’re talking large fries and large chocolate shake and maybe even a cherry turnover, oh yeah. That’s just lunch. Breakfast will be a huge glass of cold eggnog, undiluted, or maybe chocolate milk, I’m feeling kind of kinky and then dinner! Where should I go. How about Outback no… Chili’s, they have this creamy dish of pasta that is out of this world. Oh man, I’m drooling all over my computer.
Do you know that the Lin’s ad this week has Hershey’s candy cane kisses on sale for $2.79 a bag. (I bought 2) One of the first things my husband said when I told him about doing this diet was “Do I get to eat all your candy now?” “Not for two days!” I told him. I’m eating it as fast as I can, I never thought eating candy could be such a chore.
Marium had me come in for a Micro Fit Test today. I think she really just wanted to see how much hurt I could take before going down. She took those darn pictures of me and had them on the web site before I could edit them. Then she wanted to see how many times I could take off and put on my shoes and socks. Then she wanted to see how many stairs I could climb in three minutes, but I got her on that one. That was the only area where I was actually in shape because I have been walking to work the last five weeks. Then came the crunches, are you kidding me! You want me to use what muscles? It was a struggle to do one, I barely made two. I did a little better with the push-ups (4). Am I pathetic or what, I shouldn’t even be alive. I bet I sleep good tonight though.

I took this from Sarah's blog

Do it yourself! Copy and paste the list into your blog and bold or highlight the items you have done. Here we go....+
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own?
I've done 50 things. You?

HCG Diet

I got a phone call from a good friend of mine who happens to work at Green Valley Spa here in St. George. She told me I won an hcg diet from the What Women Want Expo free of charge and all that I have to do is blog about it every day. This is what I wrote the very first night I heard about winning it.
I am a 48 year old mother of 7 and grandmother of 4.33 grandchildren. I am 5'9" and weigh 214 lbs. To the average person I am big and overpowering. There is nothing I can do about my height and I have tried to get my weight down but for some reason I just keep getting heavier. When I was in high school I weighed 148 and was 5'10". After I had each one of my first 3children I got back down to 150 lbs. I had a job in a school kitchen and during the 9 months of school I could and usually did gain 5 lbs. but would lose it again during the summer. Then 7 years later when I decided to have another child I gained 30 lbs with her and after she was born the weight just never went fully away. I was at 170 lbs. when I got pregnant again and again I gained 30 lbs. It was harder than ever to lose weight after that. I followed a doctor’s diet plan and lost 25 lbs but it didn't take long and it was back. I started a new job and the stress from that helped me lose weight again but as soon as I got comfortable the weight started coming back. I was able to use the exercise facility where I worked and that helped me maintain my weight at 180 lbs. for a while but then even with exercising I started to gain again. I left that job just over a year ago and since I quit exercising I have gained weight again and am now up to 214 lbs. I hurt everywhere. My back because my stomach is so big and I arch my back to balance myself. My knees hurt from the extra weight. My feet hurt from all the pressure on them, (I think I have flat feet now) I have very low energy and whenever I bend over I have to hold my breath until I stand up again. I have to sit down to put my socks on because I have no balance when I lift one foot off the ground. I have to lay down to zip up my pants. See where I'm going with this? My sister has done this diet and lost 40 lbs. in 40 days. We basically have the same genes so I'm thinking if it worked for her it has to work for me. People used to say that I looked a lot younger than I was but they don't say it so much any more. I feel like I'm 60 years old. I really would like to get fit and be able to stay that way. My sister has been taken off all her medications because of the hcg diet, my hope is to be able to do the same.
You will have to go to their web site to see the before pictures of me. www.mygreenvalleyspa.com

New Residents to St. George

My dad and stepmother just moved to St. George. Well not just, they've been here for maybe a couple of month's. Their new home is in Bloomington Hills, just south of St. George. It was kind of a fixer upper and they have done just
that. I didn't see what it looked like when they bought it but it sure is cute now.
They painted using the fall colors that are so popular right now. They moved the old wagon into the front yard
and a playhouse out of the back yard. They have planted fruit trees and grape vines in the back yard. Dad is going to make the garage the music room and build a roof over the side drive for a carport. The tree you see in the picture is the palm tree Dad bought just after they moved in. He is so proud of it, hense the picture. They now have a few more palms in the front yard

The Zismer Family Reunion
Held in Manti Canyon by the resev.

Tammy was in charge this year and she did a great job. She and Todd brought up their horses and let anyone who wanted to ride them. I went on a two hour ride and got a bad sunburn on my face.

This is Sarah and Payton on the horse and Josie standing by it.

Dan and Kary brought up their 4 wheelers and gave rides on those to whoever wanted to go. I think Nana went on one.

Gathering for the family picture is always the highlight of the trip. There's something like 68 if we all show up.

Dan, my oldest sibling, & his wife, Gaylene, are awesome people. They opened their home to the Phister klan for our 2008 family reunion. I'm not sure what they thought they were getting into though. We have a huge family. From Grandma Phister through my Dad there are (and I may be off) 11 children, 51 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. That doesn't include the spouses, that's another 21. and all but a handfull were there. Add that all up and that's 101 (WOW if I'm wrong correct me pleaseeee.

There were people upstairs, downstairs, outside in front, outside in back, and in both bathrooms constantly flushing the toilet. I bet that water bill is sky high.

In the first picture Mike is in the chair, Sarah G on the floor with Noah, Raquel is on the floor in front of Mike and I can't tell who the two others are.


My camera ran out of batteries so these are the only pictures I got.

In the 2nd picture Tiffany is on the end of the couch, (Mom)Grandma Phister is in the middle and Great Grandma Webster is next to her. Amy is on the floor next to Scott on the loveseat and I don't know who is next to Scott on the floor.

On the 4th the town of Riverton, Ut. has their parade and it goes right in front of Dan's home. We all set up spots on his lawn and sidewalk and enjoyed a Nacho table set up for all. As always a water fight broke out somewhere in the family.

On Friday we had our family BBQ. Everyone contributed a salad or dessert and the food carried us all through the weekend.

On Saturday we all packed up and went to 7 Peaks Water Park in Provo. I had never been there before and had quite a fun time, even the older folks got wet on the rides.
In the 3rd picture is one of the twins, then Joni then Jasmine, Sadie, Tanya with her back to us and Donna looking in the cupboard. Not sure who's back we see.

Sarah's Family and me went on up to Roy for a couple of days and stopped back by on our way home for some more visiting. (didn't get enough the first time round)






The last picture is brave Gaylene, she is so fun to be around I wish I lived closer to her.

I just want to add that July 4th is a time to honor our brave soliers who fought to give us this free country. Let's not forget them.

God Bless The USA