Patience and Jerry ( Daddy)

When they told us they would help Jerry lose weight, I had no idea he would lose so much!!! Although he works alot he still manages to work out.

A fun thing...

One of the fun things we have been doing to come up with meal ideas. Is what ever book we are reading we create a meal that is like the book.

A healthy version of course I will try to post pictures soon of some of the book creations. It makes reading fun and eating healthy fun.

Patience hard at work...

This is Patience little art project she did of the Mayflower..

Pretty good for her age. I love that im able to spend time with her and watch her learn.

Turkey wrap with apple

Patience has maintained her weight and managed to lose a couple more pounds

since home school. She does that by eating protein, veggies, fruit. For lunch half of a wrap and fruit or sandwich. I'm so proud of her. For Breakfast we try to stay away from bread. However some days she may have a whole wheat bagel or waffle. It has really surprised me how she is losing weight while doing home school. I think she is more active because we are able to walk everyday.

Whats happening

Sorry I havent blogged, my computer is down. Since my last post I lost a little girl @ 10 weeks. Due to her having a extra chromosome. :( I decided her name would be Love.
With Patience daily we are making sure she stays active. Nightly before the sun goes down she walks 2 miles with me. Pretty good for alittle girl. Her weight is staying off with Dr. G's plan. And her skin is so pretty. When i get my computer fixed ill post photo's.

One of the things we do for her is make her fave's but modify it. Meaning for strognof we dont add the noodles. We make mixed frozen veggies, no strachy veggies. Add the cream sauce then add shredded grilled chicken or ground turkey. With a small dab of sour cream. In others words we take all the recipes that call for noodles and replace with veggies. We compromised by giving her the cream sauce. Like lasagna we replace the noodles with eggplant. Its all about the yummy veggies and protein. Im amazed how she keeps her weight off. And Jerry. Im sorry this has no photos i will be back at it when my computer is working. With photos.

Patience is now 7. And this year she will homeschool. Im glad she will no longer go to school and deal with seeing the other children eat sugar. I plan to expose her to many dishes of culture this year and expand her apperation for a healthy life style. With her Pe I plan to keep her active by walking, exerise tape for children, and meeting with a homeschool group @ the park. A couple times a month i will take her to a community center to swim indoors. A small update for whats happening in our very small town in our corner of our life :)

Eating right during pregnancy....

A few weeks ago I found out I am expecting. My due date is my son Kaplin's 18th birthday.  ( 1- 10- 2012 )I will almost be 40 years old.
In the past few weeks I have given in to terrible cravings. Not awfully bad but things I haven't ate since we started our health journey. 

Last week I received the news my Dr. wants to start me on insulin shots. So I just got to take this very seriously.
Lately I have been failing at walking also. Because all i do is sleep. After watching biggest loser last night I dealt with my conscience with the way I have been eating. And I realize pregnancy isnt a excuse to eat what i want.

And i realize I'm not just eating for me I'm eating for my baby.
The baby is so loved just as much as i love any of my children on earth. So i have got to clean up my act and eat right.

Is it possible....

That since Patience has lost weight I have bragged to much?
It could be.
However in Mother's defense this is my little girl. And she has come so far. Wearing jeans for Patience was something she did at 3 years old. And it took two more years later till she could wear kids clothing. What came natural for other kids was a struggle for her. So yes i bragged my heart out. Bragged with JOY.

For people that still look at Patience they still see a little girl who is a little over weight. But she is no longer in the obese range. I see my butterfly that changed.

I know for adults that lose weight there comes a point that posting photo's could come across as being vain. But in all honesty as A mother all I was saying is I'm happy I'm daughter has her life back. She isn't stuck in women's clothing. Patience enjoyed taking the photo's.

I don't know... oddly enough a comment was made it was weird how i posted so many photos. But the person who said that gets paid to get their picture taken.

This is my blog, yes I wrote it. This blog is about our life things we encounter on our weight loss. My feelings, Patience feelings. I figure if the wrong person reads this blog to bad. You didn't know us or how far she has come. You didn't know she couldn't wear a child's ring for two years. You didn't know on picture day she had to wear a ladies shirt.
When I post so many photo's it's because I'm happy my daughter is healthy.

So until you walk in someones shoes do not judge. A kind word is sometimes enough to make someones day. If posting to many photo's of my child makes me a bad parent. Then so be it.  But the one thing  you can never say is I dont have a right to be happy.