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My Atkins Experience

Howdy, I've decided to try the Atkins diet. I have no clue how well I'll do, but I have to lose some weight. I started on June 16, 2010 after I discovered I had "wings" under my arms. LOL

Anyway, I'm looking for some delicious ways to stay on this diet. I have to stay full or I'll grab the first thing that I can to stuff in my face. :)

So, I've discovered that I can eat all the meat I want (which is a good thing, since I like meat). But my real problem is the snack thing...what can I eat that is not full of carbs.

Here is a list of some of the things I've found so far...

1. Sugar free Jell-O (with cool whip)

2. Low carb chocolate covered ice cream (on sticks)

3. Pork skins (I made a dip of 1/2 cup mayo, 1/2 sour cream, 2 tbsp. spinach seasoning)

4. Dill Pickles

5. Vienna Sausages

6. Boiled egg



I do miss my Pepsi at lunch, though. The unsweet tea and water is not gonna cut it for me for long. I'm gonna have to do some more research to see what else I can drink. I don't like the flavored water stuff because of the Aspartame. It makes me crazy!!!

What I'd give for some Spaghetti and meat sauce.

Tomorrow, (June 30, 2010) will be 2 weeks on Atkins...I've lost 4 lbs. I guess that's a good start, but I was hoping for a little bit more. I may have lost an inch in the waistline, but I didn't measure when I started. I think of these things after the fact. LOL

My dear husband comes home tomorrow and I'll have to modify my eating to fit in with his, but I don't think I'll have too much trouble sticking to it. I'm bound and determined to lose this weight!!!

Getting my creative juices flowing

This past weekend, I went to Texas to visit a longtime friend and her family. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. While I was there, I learned how to make a no sew shopping cart cover. They are the cutest things I've ever seen. So, long story short, when I got home I immediately (as soon as the storm let up) went to Walmart and purchased some fleece and elastic. It took me about 4 hours to complete it, but complete it I did. It turned out good for my very 1st one. I'll have to take some pics of it and upload them in the next few days. Anyway, being around them and seeing all the creative things that each of the girls was doing has really jumpstarted my creative juices. I can't wait to dust off my sewing maching and get to work.

Something Weird!!!

As I was lying in bed this morning, trying to think of something to say to my boys about how much I love them and how each of them are very special to me and how proud I am to be their Mom... I had a very weird revelation.

It occurred to me that only this year (2010), between March 13th and May 8th, the following phenomenon happened.

Michael is 27....I gave birth to Bryan when I was 27

David is 24......I gave birth to David when I was 24

Bryan is 21....I gave birth to Michael when I was 21

Is this strange or what???? Has that happened to anyone else before???? I've never heard of such. LOL

Now all this changes on Mother's Day, May 9, 2010, because David turns 25, but for now...WOW!!!

December 12, 2001

I'm taking a trip in time...a time when my life as I knew it got turned upside down...but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

It was a Wednesday night and I needed a word from God. Well, just when you think He's nowhere in sight, He shows up. I was in the prayer room gathering my wits about me and when I went into the service, there was a message in tongues being given by Bro. Jim Fontenot.

The interpretation was this:

"My daughter mark this night, for this night shall be a memorial to thy spirit."

"For I the Lord have broken your bondage and have delivered you and I have led you toward your destiny."

"Beginning today," saith the Lord, "every place that thy foot setteth will be blessed."

"I have brought you out, to take you in."

"Know ye that I am speaking to you, O daughter of Zion."

"You shall prevail and be blessed and overcome," saith the Lord.



During the next 2 years, the Lord laid 2 special Bible verses on my heart....

Ezekiel 36:9---For behold, I am for you and I will turn unto you......

Ezekiel 36:11---I will settle you after your old estates and will do better unto you than at your beginnings; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.



I'm posting this as a reminder to myself at the promises that God gave me and also as a reminder to anyone reading this that God is no respecter of persons and if He does something good for one---He is able to do it for someone else.

May God bless each one of you.

A New Beginning, A New Year

Well, here's hoping everyone has had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mine was the pits. No, really, it was. I had a 4 day weekend for Christmas and we were supposed to spend it at Disney World in Florida. Can't you see it? Magic Kingdom on Christmas day? Beautiful, ahhhh. But then reality crept in or rather came in like Hurricane Katrina did. We purchased a used mobile home and of course we had to do some remodelling. Nothing major, but enough that we couldn't leave for the weekend. Major Bummer!!! But...thank you, Lord, for a roof over my head.

Now, for the New Year......My hubby had to leave on December 30th and I was by myself in the trailer having to paint and paint and oh, did I say, PAINT. I painted just about every afternoon after I got off of work, sometimes until 10 and 11 o'clock at night.

Well, finally, he gets home after his 2 week hitch and I have a 3 day weekend. Whoopeeeeee!!!! Ya think!! Oh, No....We can't go anywhere this weekend, either!!!!!! We have to put down laminate floor throughout the trailer......ARGHHHH!!!! Again, thank you, Lord, for a roof over my head and for a husband that actually cares about the house that we live in.

Well, I think I've ranted just about enough for one day. Thanks for "listening". I hope you all have a blessed day. Love ya.

Following God's Will

Have you ever been to a place in your life that you felt God leading you in a certain direction? I'm at that place right now. And I'll be very honest with you, it is the scariest place I've ever been. I know, I know, you all are saying that trusting God shouldn't be scary. Well, you try stepping off a cliff and not knowing what or if there is anything at the bottom to catch you.

My husband has been on me to sell our house, I love our house. We have totally gutted it and remodeled it and it's a dream house to me. I know it may not mean anything to anyone else, but nobody else has lived my life and went through the struggles and pain that I have. So, I fought against selling it. Then, it came to me that I was putting the house ahead of my husband, who is supposed to be the head of our household (sometimes I have my doubts about that one). So, I told the Lord that I would not be guilty of "laying down treasures on this earth" and that I wanted my treasure to be in heaven. I also told Him that if this is what He wanted from me, okay.

I know, I'm rambling, but I gotta lay a foundation. LOL

So, I contacted the realtor on a Monday. We signed a 6 month contract, she put up a sign. On that Friday, another realtor was in my driveway with a buyer. The buyer fell in love with our house immediately and made an offer while she was in my driveway!!! I tell you my realtor was in shock!!! Well, not everything is smooth sailing, even when you are in God's will. The lender required a home inspection and they told us we had to get a few things fixed in order to continue with the process. My husband said "nope". So, there went that. The buyer's realtor said that made the contract null and void. Then, this morning, my realtor calls and said that the buyer wanted to pay for the electrician herself, because she really wants the house. I told her she could do that.

Now we just wait and see what develops. I want to continue to be in God's will and not to be in His way.