Weight loss journey.

To be honest, the weight loss journey seems to have come to somewhat of a halt. I am not losing too much at the moment...just trying to maintain. I do have a 4 pd...leeway that I allow myself. I made the mistake of letting myself get carried away at Christmas time, and gained about 9 pds. I was down to 183. Now I am between 186 and 189. I do believe that if I could get myself to exercise more, I could get back to the 183 or less. I can't seem to find the time or the energy. I am not giving up though....
As always, my weakness is still the salty chips, etc. Too bad...because they are like poison to me.

Encouragement Booklet

This is actually the first and last page of the booklet. The rose is made from paper...Just in case you couldn't tell....:)

I have a friend who does a lot for others. I figured now would be a good time to let her know that someone notices how much she does. This booklet was made from a set of coasters. I think it turned out quite nicely. Do you agree?

There are 12 pages altogether, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like. I did put some ribbon and fibers on the ring after I was all done. Which of course, I took the pictures before I did that....so you will have to use your imagination a little.

Try one...it's a cinch.

Here is a picture of the back...

Just another scrapbook...

Here is a couple pictures of my newest scrapbook I made for my friend Jessie.

The pages in the album spell out her name. The pages are cut from cardboard, and her theme is owls. She just like owls...so almost every page has an owl or two on it.

Heres the front cover...and hopefully you can see the letters spelling out her name.....

The weight loss journey.

Just thought I'd quicky say...the gastric bypass journey is still and ongoing thing...LOL! I lost one more pound, but that is after gaining 4 of them back. I believe they were water pounds, because I bought some of those little packs of stick pretzels. 120 calories per pack. I ate one pack one day, and the next day...I had gained 2 pds. Now mind you everything else I ate was pretty much as usual. The next day, I ate 1 more pack and gained another pd. One more pack the next day and one more pd. Well, at this point I decided that pretzels are my enemy...and have not eaten the other packs. In the next three days..(yes, even with a water pill it took me three days ) to lose that water wieght, plus one more pd.(not only the water pill, but iced tea, and watermelon...)
I have decided that even though pretzels are lower in fat...they are not a friend to me. No more pretzels...No more pretzels...no more.......I will try really hard...LOL.

Weekend project

Here is my friend album that I made for a special lady. I thought that I would share it with you. I think it turned out quite well and was sooooooo much fun. If you look really close, you can see my first attempt at making a figure out of fimo clay. Back between the roll of tape and the calculater on my desk. .That was unintentional, but well...he wanted to be shared too.

Have a good day...and make it your own. In other words....enjoy it.

Gastric bypass update

Wow, its been a long time since my surgery. I have lost 131 pds. Feeling pretty good most of the time. I can tell when I eat too much and don't forget it...LOL!!! To be honest, I do eat too much sometimes, but mostly I do pretty well. I have not been so good, with the exercising. I probably could lose some more weight if I could only get myself back into excercising. I started this journey weighing 320 pds. Now I am 189. I would like to lose another 14 pds. I am still trying, but sometimes I just need to work a little harder.