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.

End of the Year cook out at school.....

Patience teacher wrote me a note saying they are going to have a cook-out.
Would I like to let her participate or bring her lunch. She has only participated in the Valentine Party and Christmas Party. Every other event she has no thank you.

So that was a easy answer....I'm not thrilled with the cook-out food.
Regular hot dog, white bread bun, and chips, and cookie!!!!!

How our family would modify the meal would be
100% beef hot dog or veggie dog (meat hot dog with no nitrates)
Whole wheat bun
And fresh fruit

However I know the school cannot afford to feed that many children with those food choices.  Patience has done so well later that evening I will make sure for dinner she has fish/veggies or a protein  with green veggies.

That day the children will play outside most of the day so she will have exercise.
On a rare occasion we have went to a gathering and they have white bread, chips, cookies. Patience will whisper "Momma this isnt so great for me"

And I will just smile and say shhh. She truly knows the difference.

One snack.....

Almost every day I will pack fresh fruit in Patience backpack for her snack.

Every now and then I will pack low sugar dried apple chips.

Trip to Walmart....

We shop at Walmart often and some of the employee's have noticed Patience transformation. One day a employee had inquired what her diet was. Her time was limited because she had to return to her cash register. We spoke briefly.

She explained to me her own son was 9 years old and weighed 210. My heart was troubled by this because she had named her doctor's it was the same doctors Patience was going to before.

Anyway at a later time I gave her my phone number and email. Told her I would email her Patience sample meals. She told me her son had gained more. Later that week I seen her purchasing soda.

And she had said it is diet, my son will not drink water.
I have yet  to hear from her. I don't know....
That little boy has really been on my heart and hope some how she is lead to the proper doctors and she receives a good plan for him.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Like any child Patience still loves peanut butter or almond butter and Jelly. We do put that in her lunch sometimes. Instead of Jelly we use Spreadable fruit. The main reason is it all natural and no high fructose syrup.
The sugar free jam has chemicals or Hfc. With the spreadable fruit it has fruit pectin. ( fruit juice)
In the past we would have thought sugar free was doing "the right thing" just another added tip we have learned from Dr. Goglia. :)



The brand we use Polander. When we put peanut butter and jam in her lunch we usually had carrot sticks or celery. Not another fruit. Or a fruit such as apple because of the fiber. Using only whole wheat bread. And all natural Almond Butter or Peanut Butter. I really shutter to think of the weight she would gain using white bread, regular jelly, and regular peanut butter. And the most important thing how good it would be for her.