Weigh in Day

Not much to say today except, I am down 2.2 pounds!!!!!!!  My goal was 2.5 pounds, so I am calling it a WIN for this week!

47 more pounds to go!  I can do this!!!!!

JAWS

No,  I am not talking about sharks.  I am talking about this photo of me.

Look at my JAWS!  How did I get this way??????? 

 I know, I have been eating whatever I want, whenever I want.  Well, as of June 1st, that has STOPPED! 

I am on a mission.  We are planning a family vacation for November.  And I plan to be down 50 pounds by then.  That means, I have to lose 10 pounds per month, that is 2.5 pounds per week.  I can do this.  I have done it before, I can do it again.

How am I doing this?  Well, I have cut out as much gluten as I can (I am sure some slips in every once in a while).  I am exercising on the treadmill an hour each day, increasing my speed as I can.  And I am cutting out eating out to one time per week.

Seems simple, huh?  Well, its not.  Its is a struggle.  But, I am determined to do this.

So far this week, I have lost 1 pound.  So, I only have 1.5 pounds to go for the week. 

Yes, 50 pounds is a BIG goal.  But, I am a BIG girl and will get there. 

This year was our 25th anniversary.  I told my husband that this would be the last year he is married to a fat girl.

This was me 5 years ago on our 20th anniversary.

I was close to the weight I want to be.  See how it doesn't look like it hurts to smile?  Now, look at the now photo.  I look like Elvis in the later years.  It always looked like it hurt him to smile.  I'm not old enough to have seen him in person, just looking back on the videos.

Anyway, Here I go!  I will be sharing things that I am doing to cut out gluten out of my diet.  Such as, Tuesday night we had sloppy joes.  Well, I wrapped mine in iceburg lettuce instead of using a bun, and it was DELICIOUS!  Bye Bye Gluten!

Bye Bye Fat!  Hello skinny!  I can't wait!

Until next time!

The Past is Repeating Itself

I think I learn more than my children do in history class every day.  LOL!  Honestly, we didn't learn this stuff in public school 30 years ago.  I don't even think we would have learned it in the Christian school I went to before the public school. 

I love Mystery of History!  It brings the secular world and the Christian world together in ways that you can't get from "real school" (as my kids call it).

This particular lesson has shed light on a subject that is in the forefront of newscasts today.  Lesson 50 of book 2 of Mystery of History is about the Coptic Orthodox Church.  I know, I know, you are thinking, that is not at the forefront of newscasts today......

But, this is.

Did you know that "in 642 the Arabs invaded Egypt with such fierceness that they almost obliterated the Copts?  The muslims made it difficult to NOT convert to Islam."  Is this starting to sound familiar now?

Back then, if you did not convert to Islam, then you were taxed at a MUCH higher rate.  So high that the families that chose this barely made it, and a lot didn't make it.  They starved to death.

Fast Forward to 2014, well before that, but last year we started seeing reports on the news of beheadings and killings because Christians were not converting to Islam.  Children being cut in two because they would not bow down to Mohammed.

Have you ever learned about this time in history?  Its not in any of the history books that I ever remember studying.