Organic

The top pic is of a strawberry growing in our strawberry patch. They are June bearing so we should be getting them very soon. There will be hundreds of strawberries. The second pic is a rough pic of another part of our garden. This is the early stages. In about 4 weeks all we will see is green!!! The bottom pic is a yummy meal with spinach and tomatoes. I can't wait until I can make this meal with my own veggies. I'm not much of a veggie eater but when it grows out of my garden I just can't help myself. Once we get some good sized green tomatoes, we will have a fried green tomato night! So that will be a "little" cheat. But other than that I will be free to eat all the fruits and veggies I want!

These pics were taken of me when I was 50 lbs. thinner. We went on a trip to the Keys and my sister and mother-in-law went on a huge diet with me! Then I only had to lose 20 lbs to get to this weight. Now I have to lose 50! When we left for this trip I still wanted to lose about 5 more lbs. I remember how good I felt at this weight and told myself to never gain it back. Seven years later...... But it's pointless to dwell on would uh could uh should uh. I'm not ready to post my actual weight, I don't know why, it just seems so embarrassing. But I will say this.....I was 145 in these pics. So yeah do the math and there you have it!

Mom and I have decided to put 5 dollars in a money bag for every lb. we lose. Once we get to 100 lbs. total lost we will have a nice little nest egg for our trip to see my brother. Both him and his wife are very active and do not own a car. It will be nice to go to Portland and be able to walk around or bike and feel healthy!

Mom got her food today and she weighed in. She is doing solutions for life and they put her on a strict diet. She can have around 800 calories a day. She can only eat the food and shakes in their program. Mom weighs 217 and wants to get down to around 140. So keep posted, this will be a crazy hard journey, but will be so worth it in the end.

Day 1

Well our first day is done! So much to say. I woke up early and should of went for a walk but didn't. Went to my friend Ranee's and had coffee. Skipped breakfast, not good, then had mcnuggets for lunch. Okay and maybe a few fries. Had grilled chicken for dinner and wanted to exercise but my son had already went for his walk. Good job Cam! Not so good for my first day. But knew this was going to take baby steps. I will exercise tom. :)

Mom did not have her weight loss class today. She is going to Via Christi and they are putting her on a program. She is type 2 diabetic and this program could help her hugely!!!!!!! Talked to her tonight and guess her day was about like mine. Some good choices, like eating oatmeal for breakfast, but ruined it by eating fast food hamburger and corndog for super. She threw in an apple and banana during the day so that's good.

Wow writing this all day makes it so real. If anyone has scripture that can encourage me, I would love to hear it!

I'll start on Monday!

Starting Monday April 19th, My mom, son and I are going to start getting healthy. We took a picture today and hope to publish it tomorrow. I'm going to blog about it to keep me accountable. This is going to be real hard because I will have to be real and honest about the horrible habits I have developed the last 5 years. My mom and I have over a 100 lbs. to lose and I'm hoping Cam can start feeling better about himself and his body. With school sports starting next year, we want to help him get faster and stronger. I know I don't have a lot of followers, but I hope if you peek at the blog you can either give us words of encouragement, or suggest a challenge for us. Whether it's a new healthy recipe or an exercise challenge. I will be posting pictures and be revealing our day to day struggles and accomplishments. I'm not quite ready to reveal my mom and my weight, but I know this is an important part of the process, so in due time I will have to swallow my pride. It's just a number, right? So keep posted!