It is finally real to me...

I didn't want to say anything on the blog about my weight loss because it seems every time I do, I fail and never post again about it. Well, this time is different! I am no longer saying that I am trying to lose weight. I AM losing weight. There is a big difference in doing and trying. Trying is setting yourself up to fail. No more trying here! I have a vision and won't stop until I get there!!!

I have been getting my mind in gear and slowly working on it since Thanksgiving (with a huge set back over the Christmas break). I am much more consistent now.

So, I am going to start giving you my goals, achievements, set backs, and victories here. I have been following a few different blogs that have been doing the same for a long time now. I comment and read their posts, but never post here.

January:
I have lost 7 pounds so far this month and hope to make it a couple of more before weighing in on Tuesday, Feb. 1st. We will see!

I just started journaling all my food intake so that I could count my calories. They were eye opening! I just wrote down the first couple of days without adding them up. Wow! I had no idea how many calories I was putting into my mouth regularly! These days, I was even thinking about it! My daily goal is no more than 1400 calories. Here are my totals so far this week.

Day 1 - 2773.5 YIKES!!!!
Day 2 - 1153
Day 3 - 1437.5

Today is Day 4 of my week, so totals still to be tabulated.

I have the fitness goal of going to the gym at least 4 days a week and getting some activity 6 days out of the week.

I have gotten a fitness buddy from Eclipse, which has been such a wonderful blessing!!! I now have a friend and encourager who I keep up with several times a day via email! This has made all the difference!

I will report back on Tues.!!!! Please join me if you have total health as your goal!!!

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My baby is walking!!!

Education Cubes!

Well, I have been promising pictures, but couldn't give them to you due to technical difficulties. Here are just a couple to start with. Here in preK, my K threw up one of the snow flake ones and then found the number that matched.

Education Cubes!!!

I just wanted to let you know about these fun tools to use in your home school! Are you learning letters, numbers, money, or place value? How about shapes, colors, or seasons? How about ANYTHING you can possibly think of!! If you have a learner who enjoys shaking it up a bit, using their bodies, and breaking away from workbooks, you should really check these out. We are having lots of fun with them! I will post very soon with our own ideas of how we have used them and our pictures!

History and Science Co-op Week 2

This week we studied Noah's Ark (Genesis 6-9), the Ice Age, and Dinosaurs! What a fun week, right!?! We read What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs, played with dinosaurs, watched a video of what it might have possibly been like when the earth started to flood, looked at pictures of reconstructed arks, and made ice cream!!! You don't want to miss our recent blog posts that show pics of us making the ice cream (in plastic bags!), the recipe, and all the links!

Mystery of History / Science Co-op

I have joined up with a couple of friends in a history/science co-op! We will be going through the Mystery of History Vol. 1 this year, beginning this week with Lesson 1-3. Each week, we will be posting videos that we find to enhance our lessons, activities that we do, and other resources that we find. I just posted some videos I found for our first lesson here.

You can go and check out the book we are using at this site.

For science, we are just going to be studying an animal, bird, fish, or bug for the week. We will then spend just a few minutes telling each other what we learned. We will be having the children practice speaking clearly in front of a group during this time.

Our co-op is geared toward the younger students (ages 3-7ish). I have two older students (ages 9 and 10) who will be going a little more in depth. For example, this week, my girls are studying evolution and the big bang theory while we read about creation. Then, they will teach the younger ones briefly about these topics and how God's Word lines up (or doesn't) with them.