September 25, Friday Afternoon:  I just took my new "30 Pounds Off" photos and I'm so disappointed!  I look bigger in the new photos than in my previous photos!  Oh well, I will just keep losing.  Eventually there is going to be a huge change.  I can't wait!  I also hope it does not take me three more months to lose another 10 pounds.  Don't get me wrong... I'm happy to be losing no matter how slow it goes.  But I like to set little goals so my next goal is to lose the next 10 pounds in less than three months.  Anything less than three months will be good!

September 23, Wednesday Night:  I am one happy camper!!!  I had a good loss tonight at TOPS.  I'm down 30 pounds!!!  That means I can finally take new photos.  I promised to take new photos each time I lose 10 pounds and I can't wait to take them!  I will wear the same clothing like in the other photos.  Hopefully I can get that done by this weekend.  I'm just happy, happy, HAPPY!

September 19, Saturday Afternoon:  So far the scale is looking good to me.  I really try hard to not weigh myself often at home.  But I like a weekend check just to see how I'm doing.  So far, so good!  I had two gains the first two weigh-ins at TOPS in September so I'd like to have losses for the last two weeks.  I know I can do it!

September 18, Friday Afternoon:  Gee, I didn't get to bed until 5:30am and slept until 1:00ish.  Woke up because my aunt and uncle came over.  It's a good thing they woke me else I would have slept all day!  I had a very good day yesterday.  I was busy and even went shopping stayed completely on my eating plan, which isn't really much of a plan.  Mostly soup lately.  I love my soup!  And I also started working on a gallery for Skylar.  You can see the beginnings of it here.  I have a lot more photos to put up and also youtube videos.  Thank goodness for the internet!  I at least get to feel like I'm watching Skylar grow up.  I love her so much!!!

September 17, Thursday Night:  My granddaughter Skylar!!!  What more can I say!  Looks like a powerful business woman in the making!  You go my Sky girl!

September 16, Wednesday Late Night:  Yippee!  I lost 3.25 pounds at TOPS tonight!  I was thrilled.  That means I lost the weight I gained the past two weeks plus a bit more!  Now I hope I can have another good week and another good weigh-in next Wed.  I'm beat and it's time for me to hit the hay but I have another video of my granddaughter playing the pots and pans.  Maybe my son will have a future drummer for his band one day! Skylar playing pots and pans.  Now I'm off the the night and hope to have a productive day tomorrow... filled with more work and more healthy food :o)

September 13, Sunday Night:  I am happy and proud to say I was in the TOP 15 losers at my TOPS workshop yesterday!  I came in tied for 10th place with a 9 pound loss since the last workshop.  I was very happy with that.  It's giving me the encouragement I need to keep moving forward, no matter how slow I go.  I got a pink teddy bear that I will save to give to my granddaughter.  I can't believe I have a granddaughter to give a gift to!  I still just can't believe it.  She is so cute!  Here is a short little youtube video my son put up.  I love her!!!

September 11, Friday Evening:  I seem to be headed in the wrong direction!  I had two gains in a row.  But I'm not discouraged.  I was bound to hit a spot where I would have some gains.  This is only the 4th gain in an entire year so I'm not complaining!  And tomorrow I will go to my TOPS workshop and I hope to be in the TOP 15 losers!  I hope, I hope, I hope.  I've lost 9 pounds since the last workshop so that usually gets someone in the TOP 15.  I really wanted to lose much more but if there is one thing I've learned it's this... losing weight a tiny bit at a time is better than nothing.  And it's certainly better than gaining!  So now I will look forward to the next workshop in Nov and hope to have another loss by then.  And I'll post tomorrow night to let you know if I made the TOP 15 this time!

September 3, Thursday Night:  Well, bummer!  I ended my year long weight loss journey with a gain.  That's what happens when I put pressure on myself to lose.  But hey, losing 25 pounds in a year makes me happy.  VERY HAPPY!  I know if I had not started this blog I would have gained instead of losing.  So thank you to all my blog readers and let's start on year number 2!!!  Come on, you can do this with me!  You can!  Another year is going to go by no matter what so you may as well lose some weight if you need to!