Moving On... For Now

So I did a week of low carb, then I had a bagel. My hubby never got on the low carb train this time so it was hard. So now we are going to do something different, just portion control and tracking... at least for now.

I did lose some weight since the holidays, I went to the doctor last week and was pleasantly surprised that I weighted less than before the holidays... actually to the point that the nurse asked me what my secret was! 😀

So, it was a crazy week, stress at work, stress at home and crazy back issues, different day/different issue. So now I need to focus on what I am doing. I will be trying to take pictures of what I am eating, not sure that I will do the daily logs but at least try to post most days. I would like to go back to the overnight oats for breakfast and salad a couple of times a week (but not too much as salad does not get along with my digestion.

I also bought a yoga mat and bricks and would like to start doing that, I have Prime Video, Hulu and Netflix so hoping there are some good yoga videos out there, oh, YouTube on my TV is amazing!

I'm also gonna look back at some of the old posts, tweak a few, do some new ones and see where this takes me. Stick around, won't you?

Here I Am... AGAIN!

So here we are again... but this time, it is for life... MY LIFE to be exact.

I turned 41 a couple of months ago, you know when people say your body changes after 40... they are not kidding! I have pains in places I never knew I had. I can't breathe, of course I have gained back all the weight I lost a couple years ago... I have to do this or I feel that I am not going to make it.

So I decided to come back here, do the Weight Loss Journey and the Downsizing Me Log again... It can't hurt and maybe I can inspire some of you along the weigh... See what I did there!

Stick around!

Back Again, Again!!!

Wow…

Its been a long time…

Like 6 months…

The Healthy Before 40 didn’t work out to well…

So, let’s try getting HEALTHY @ 40!!!!

I will be turning 40 years old tomorrow. I need to get healthier.

If you have been following me for a while, you know that I have been through a lot... kidney stones, cancer, surgeries... but now I have been having heart issues. It is a wake up call that NEEDS to be listened to.

So, I need to get healthy. Its a matter of life and death.

Stick around and help me, encourage me and kick my ass when I need it.

OMG

255.9

Oh. My. God! What the hell have I done. 

I got on the scale this morning because I am starting back on track today. It said 255.9 (which was better than a split second before when it said 257). I weighed 209 in November 2015. I have gained back almost 50 pounds in a year and a half. I want to throw up. 

But, we start again… I have to get healthier. I hurt all over. My back kills me all the time. I have no energy and don’t want to DO anything. I have stomach issues. I am done with this. We prepped meals this weekend and I will be counting calories and exercising (at least trying). 

If you could give me all the support you can spare I would appreciate it.

First (well, you know) Downsizing Me Log comes next week…

Stick around and check it out.

Guess who's back... back again...and again...and again!!!

New Year's Resolutions 2017

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Weekly Downsizing Me Check In - 12/14/2016

Date - 12/14/2016

Week Start Weight - 243

Week End Weight - Yeah, no...

So I will be taking a break until the new year. With holidays it is hard. I will try my damnedest (is that even a word) to eat right and get some movement during the day. But it is too hard to keep track right now. See you in the new year with a new format and some new content (Planner Obsession!!)

PLANNER ADDICT

Hi, My name is Annie and I am a Planner addict…

This is something new. I have wanted an Erin Condren Life Planner for a couple of years, but they were always to expensive (I can not spend $65 dollars on a PLANNER, for goodness sake…). BUT… for black Friday, when everything was 30% off… sure, I can do that…

So I built my planner and added some extras, then I started looking at Instagram. I have become addicted to this hobby (lifestyle). I started a new Instagram Account JUST FOR PLANNER STUFF. I followed like 100 planner pages on Instagram in 2 days… I have 24 items in my Etsy cart. I want to go to the store and look at all the stickers…

I will be adding some planner topics to the blog. I will be showing off my spreads and also showing some other planners that I am following…

Follow along and indulge in my addiction with me, won’t you!

100 THINGS I LOVE (and am Thankful for...)!!

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

Thunderstorms⛈
🛏Getting into bed at night
When my mom comes to visit
Snow (but not driving in it!)❆
Nights out with my hubby
🍝Any Italian food
Fire in a fireplace🔥
My car!!
Bleeding Heart flowers
The smell and sound of rain
Overnight Oats
🐶Puppies
Bread and butter
The color purple (the actual color, not the book; although that was good too)
Getting a magazine in the mail
Owls
Banana Bread
Soft Green grass
Quiet
The Walking Dead
Facebook
Weekends and days off
"Pirates of the Caribbean"
Seeing Plays and Musicals
Laughing until I cry and my belly is sore!!
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
"The Seeker"
New Orleans
Pentatonix (music group)
Candles and candlelight🕯
Carrot Cake
"Harry Potter"
Air conditioning
Russos subs (restaurant in South Florida)
🎶Music
Books 📚
Reading those books
Chocolate
Cute Animal Videos
Halloween
Baskin Robbins Pralines and Cream ice cream
Massages
Going out for breakfast
Computers🖳
Mashed Potatoes
The color green (and I mean ANY green; well, maybe not fluorescent)
Bookstores
Sushi🍣
Napa Valley
Maxi skirts
NCIS (the original)
"Pitch Perfect"
🎄Christmas
Christmas Music
Laying in bed listening to the thunderstorm from #1
Elephants🐘
Ranunculus Flowers
Writing
Mac and cheese
Disney
Instagram
Cheesecake
💅Nail polish
The Phantom of the Opera
Vietnamese food
The sound of the waves on the shore
Pizza🍕
Red Hair
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
Getting ANY mail (as long as its not a bill)
Purses
Lists
Eeyore
Being a Supervisor
Caramel
Stationary (but who sends letters anymore?)
Libraries
Brownies
Magick
Chick fil a
Really good chocolate ice cream
🌚Moonlight
Naps
Hot tubs
The sound of a babbling brook
Hugs
Pinterest
🍓Strawberries
Coffee with cream
Coffee Mugs to drink that coffee out of 😊
Jimmy Johns subs
Emojis (obviously!!!!😍)
Wicked
Nora Roberts aka JD Robb
Eating pretty much any food!
All the dogs I have had and known
My friends
My family
My husband
ME (my life, my body, my soul, my dreams and thoughts)

A reminder from my friend Jamie!! She shared this on Facebook and it was a great reminder.

Dutch - Its been 3 months

Its been about three months since my puppy, Dutch, passed away (well, not a puppy, but you know...) I miss him but it is getting better. I don't constantly think about him anymore. I am not in tears, as much. Our other dog is still getting spoiled (extra treats, getting on the bed), but I am not as stressed that something is going to happen to him.

Last night, Dutch came to visit me in my dreams. It has been a rough couple months. I have been stressed at work, stressed at home (just life in general) and then, to top it all off, the election was yesterday. It did not go at all how I would have liked. I was so stressed last night. When I went to bed, I was so worried about what our lives would become, what our COUNTRY would become.

Then, in the middle of the dream, I turned around and there he was. There was no one else in the dream that I recognized. I was not at home, my other dog was not there, it was just one of those random dreams. But Dutch was there. I went to him and was petting and loving him. He looked at me and disappeared. I think he knew that I was stressed, so came to help. I woke up and actually felt better. I could breathe.

I miss him, but it is getting better.

Birthday... and the rest of my life...

OH MY GOSH!!! Today I turn 39...

It has been MONTHS since I have posted. It has been a long couple of months, yet, it has flown by... funny how that works.

I have been having some anxiety/depression issues. It has made me not care about anything, including eating right, exercising and taking care of myself.

THAT STOPS NOW...

I have to do something. I don't feel good, like ever... I am running out of clothes since I got rid of all my "fat clothes" last year. I have gained about 40 pounds back since stopping Nutrisystem earlier this year. So, last night, we reordered Nutrisystem. I lost like 80 pounds on that and hubby lost 100. We are going back. We know how to do it this time and have the committment. WE HAVE TO.

So, my pledge to myself is this -

I WILL GET HEALTHY BY MY 40TH BIRTHDAY. 

I have a year, stick around and watch me do it!

Dutch (aka Greyboy) 2007 - 2016

The End...and The Beginning

The End...

Okay, this is the end...

The end of NOT doing it. The end of giving up. The end of feeling like crap.

The Beginning...

Okay, on August 1st, I will be getting back to the blog. I will be doing the Downsizing Me Log. I will be doing my Goals. I have been away too long.

We were doing so good, Nutrisystem was so good, Hubby lost about 90 pounds and I lost about 75 pounds. And then, the unthinkable, we stopped... At Thanksgiving... WHAT THE HELL WERE WE THINKING!!!

It didn't all come back, I gained back about 25 pounds, Hubby about 35 pounds. But it is so disappointing. We could be so much closer to where we want to be. But, we stopped.

Well, now it starts, again... and this time, we DON'T stop.

We have been doing Keto again for the last week. I have lost about 5 pounds and Hubby lost about 8 pounds. We will be taking more photos, doing some more recipes round-ups (and our own recipes too). We are thinking about actually using the YouTube page that I set up and doing some videos to keep ourselves accountable. What do you think, would that be something that you, fabulous readers, would be interested in? Seeing us do some videos about what we eat, how we live... Let me know in the comments.

Downsizing Me Log - 5/22/2016

Date - 5/22/2016

Lazy Off Plan Sunday

What I Ate Today -

• Breakfast - 2 Hard Boiled Eggs with Nutrisystem Pancakes and Walden Farm Syrup
• Lunch - Nutrisystem Meatloaf Sandwich with a slice of cheese and veggies
• Dinner - Out to Dinner - had Steak with mashed potatoes and gravy with green beans and a side salad

Eating On Track Today - uh, No!

Comments - So mommy's coming to visit for a WEEK in just over a month... gotta get going on this Nutrisystem thing before she comes... No more off days or meals... for a GOOD LONG WHILE!!!

Downsizing Me Log - 5/8/2016 (Mommy's Day)

Date - 5/8/2016

Comments - Its Mother's Day.

I miss my mommy. She is 8 hours away (by car) and I sent her an gift card for Southwest so that she can come back to Las Vegas and visit. I am still thinking about my food and body stuff and having an off day. Went to breakfast this morning (normal breakfasty stuff). Then had some chips and olives and tomatoes. Just had some butter toast (it sucked, hard as a rock and VERY disappointing). Not sure what I will have for dinner.

Back on Nutrisystem tomorrow. Gonna try the higher calorie count plan that I lost so well on last year. 1500 calorie plan which is actually a range of 1500 to 1799 calories. More food, a little more options with powerfuels (PF - protein) and smartcarbs (SC - carbohydrates). (4 powerfuels a day and 3 smartcarbs as opposed to 3 and 2). My day will look something like this, sometimes with the PFs and SCs moved around:

• Breakfast - Nutrisystem Entree and PF
• AM snack - PF and SC
• Lunch - Nutrisystem Entree
• PM snack - PF and SC
• Dinner - Nutrisystem Entree and PF and SC
• Late Snack - Nutrisystem Dessert

Well, we'll see how it goes... Either way, we have so much Nutrisystem food that I have to give it a couple more months... I want to be healthy, not skinny, not even slim or thin, just healthy...

Also, I and my household are going through some stuff. More tests for me, have to watch my doggies since the legs don't work issue (no other issues, however, one of my dogs has a belly full of little rocks, seems like a silly thing to eat to me, but, hey... DOG). Just having to take it day by day, actually hour by hour at this point.

TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY! LET US SEE WHAT IT BRINGS...

I'm BAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!

So, I have been out of touch… for a while… a long while.

But I am back, from outer space… No, that’s not right.

I am back from Florida. Last week I went to Florida because my cousin was getting married. For WEEKS before that, I was trying to eat right, I really was… but it just was not happening. Nutrisystem for breakfast and lunch, but then pizza, hamburger and fried chicken for dinner…

No More!!!

Starting Monday, 4/18/2016, hubby and I have made a pact. We will be eating right, joining the gym again and this time, we plan to stick to it! We Have To!

Okay, enough excuses and promises… lets talk about Florida.

I grew up in South Florida, and moved to Nevada about 12 years ago after going through 3 hurricanes in a month. We went back a couple of months after moving for my cousin’s daughter’s birthday. My hubby and I went back in 2010 for my best friend’s father’s memorial. (Hubby got pneumonia while there) So now, 6 years later, I went back to Florida for my cousin’s wedding.

It was beautiful. The weather was perfect, cool and breezy, not too hot. There were a few raindrops to be seen, but not a lot. We stayed at a cute little hotel on the water, Jupiter Waterfront Inn, for a couple of nights.

Jupiter Waterfront Inn

The wedding was at a beautiful venue, Old Fish House in Jupiter, Florida. The wedding was beautiful. The ceremony was perfect and we were visited by two bright orange butterflies in the middle of the vows (the spirits of my grandparents, I believe).

photo credit:917e blaze of orange via photopin (license) 

Visited all my old haunts, the condo I grew up in, my aunt and uncle’s house from later. We saw my grandparents’ mobile home and my best friend’s house (she no longer lives in Florida, moved away a couple of years ago). My high school has changed a lot. My favorite restaurant, Russo's Sub Shop, has not. Still so good.

Russo's Sub from http://russossubs.com/home/photos

All in all, it was a great trip… did I mention I don’t fly well…

I haven't been on an airplane in 6 years, I do not like it, I would rather drive. When I visit my mom, I drive 8 hours instead of flying for 1 hour... I know, I know...Stupid, right?!? I actually made my mom come get me for this trip, she came to Vegas a day early so that we could fly together to Florida. She is the flying expert with all the traveling and visiting she does. Every time the plane did any kind of, well, anything, I looked ay my mom so she could tell me it was okay. I know, I'm a baby...

5 days in Florida, spent some time with my family, my cousins all have children who are growing way too fast. I miss them and really need to make more of an effort to keep in touch. They are really the only family I have as I am an only child and don't really have any other connection. 

So, here I am, home again and really need to get back to me and my health. We are going back to Nutrisystem, hardcore, starting Monday. I will keep you updated and will start the food posts again, it seemed to help me and gave others some ideas about what to do with the food. 

Stick around for a while to see our transformation with Nutrisystem...

New Year - New Me - New Blog Direction

Hi there! I am taking a little break from, well, everything over the next couple of weeks (well, 11 days, more or less)...

I have decided to change up the blog a little so I will just say this now...

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to the new Plus Size to Downsized!!!

Well, it won't really be new. Its just a new direction. I will still be looking at my weight loss and downsizing me and my life, but I will also be looking at more about my life in general. I am sure that my like will take some interesting twists and turns, it ALWAYS does!!

I will have some new features... and keep some of the old ones... 

I will still be doing the Downsizing Me Log, but it will be on Saturday

I will still be doing the Monday - Listless No More weekly feature (most of the time)

I will be doing a 52 Week Gratitude Journal...not sure what day that will be on!

One of the new features will be the Oracle of the Week... I have several sets of Oracle Cards and will pick one every week to indicate where the week (may) take me.  

I am not really sure what direction this will take, but stay tuned and we will find out together!!!

Monday - Listless No More - Thanksgiving Day Food List!!

Our Thanksgiving Meal Plan!!!

So, my mother is coming for Thanksgiving. We are making Thanksgiving food. I would say dinner, but it is more like food plan, since we pretty much eat all day!!

Thanksgiving Day 2015

Monday - Listless No More - Ways to Relax

Its almost my birthday and every year I tell myself that I am going to quit stressing as much and learn to relax and let things go... it never really happens.

Here are some of my favorite ways to relax, and a few new ways that I am going to try...