30 day commitment to get over my hump day (14 days)

[proverbs31woman]

I am inspired by your willingness to stick to the plan. You are a great mother and wife from what I know! You inspire me in so many ways. Thanks!

[Love the Lorax]

LOL - are you going to have three challenges going on at once? The 7-10 pounds in 7 weeks starts tomorrow, or are you going to see how the BC challenge works based on this new one starting tomorrow? I'm right there with you on this challenge, and nervous simply because EVERY SINGLE TIME I've gotten my weight back into the upper 130's I turn around and put it back on. Sigh... I'm quite tired of fluctuating there. Really. Want to see 135 so badly I can taste it, if nothing else to prove I can do it. I was always the skinny one before kids, this thing of having trouble losing weight is really frustrating.

Hey, we are sort of in the same boat - my kiddos are going to school for the first time this month! Yeah, I know.. big age difference, but it will be a change for all of us.

Glad your monthly visitor finally came so you can get on with life and know what's happening.

[sksamboots]

Wow. your doing great

[Loveskale]

I am glad to hear you had a good day, it sounds like things are going well

[sksamboots]

I don't blame you. I don't like spiders either, I hear September is the month that the eggs hatch, o boy. Hope your day was good

[Love the Lorax]

WOW. Powerful.

I am such a coward... I don't know if I can bring my self to watch it, even though I should. I'm the one who couldn't stand to watch Shindler's List because I'm so sensitive. Reading about these things gets to me in a big way. I read books to my kids and get all choked up. I read your post and want to run sobbing and throwing up, knowing that such things happen and I truly, honestly can't understand how humans can behave in such a way.

I feel like such a coward because my family eats SAD, and hands down, no way would my hubby watch this or does he have any intention of changing right now. Therefore, I end up buying stuff that I hate to buy.

You are so brave to stand up for this and put it in Facebook. Way to go!

[janluvs2heel]

Debbie-that was a powerful review. I am going to go check Facebook, see how many friends that you have made. Ha,ha.

Love the Lorax-I dont blame you for not wanting to watch. I am not sure that I could either, but I may try. It is an individual's choice whether to eat meat or not, you can't make your husband/family not eat it. And I am sure there are those who could watch the movie & still eat meat anyway. The ones who say they wont watch the movie but are still eating meat, well, they are in denial. Sad, very sad.

Jan

[ncyg46]

i shared it from two different sites! Thanks!

[lfwfv]

I am such a coward... I don't know if I can bring my self to watch it, even though I should. I'm the one who couldn't stand to watch Shindler's List because I'm so sensitive. Reading about these things gets to me in a big way.

I am the same way Love the Lorax! I had to turn away when i watched the only gory scene right at the end of Fast food nation. I really don't know if I could watch the blood and gore.

Thank you for sharing this post Debbie.

My own journey to veganism began solely as a journey towards better health (after learning I was a celiac, cooking only whole foods, reading the China Study, and then learning I had many food sensitivities on top of the gluten). My husband joined me on my path to low fat, whole foods veganism because he was thoroughly convinced by the China Study---his family has a major history of heart disease and cancer and we both wanted to do everything possible to avoid those diseases (I was 27, he was 30 when we began this journey).

After all the reading and DVD watching I've done since then, I am becoming much more of an ethical vegan as well. It's not something I would yet comfortably share with others because everyone we know believes meat and dairy are very healthy foods--my husband's family spent decades running dairy farms! but I am not ok with factory farming, I am not ok with the meat we buy in stores, or the eggs and milk our society blindly indulges in.

I am also a christian and this also affects my view of meat/dairy. I don't believe it's a sin to eat meat and dairy. The men in my family hunt. They kill one moose each year and share all the meat between the whole family. If I am going to ever eat a piece of meat again, it will be something I know has been killed humanely and that has lived a respectful life in nature. (That said, I don't enjoy meat--I used to eat it only because I 'had to'. I was thrilled when I read the China Study and learned it was not only necessary, but actually detrimental to my health to eat it. Yeah!!) It is the torture, neglect, indifference, and greed of the meat and dairy industry and the North American culture that I have a problem with. Such excess, waste, and lack of concern for humanity and ethics.

Thank you for sharing,
lfwfv

[Love the Lorax]

LOL... Debbie, you do give me a good laugh at times! I totally understand about the spider thing. I've always had an aversion to them - I like snakes as long as they aren't poisonous, but not spiders. AT ALL. We live in NV, and of course there are black widows here. Any time I see a spider I think black widow. After all, I'm not going to flip the thing over to find the hourglass to make sure, and even that is only the females (FWIW, I have red/green colorblindness and have a devil of a time seeing those hourglass signs anyhow! My hubby once killed one and pointed out the hourglass and I could barely make it out when the spider was totally still.) Needless to say, I have little tolerance for spiders in the house.

((Hugs)) to survive the climbing child. Amazing how much they will climb, isn't it? This too shall pass, all to quickly once you are looking back. Hope the sick one is doing better.

I'm moving along on our challenge of 7 pounds in 7 weeks (or more, might be nice...). I think I'll just start putting down the same weight loss for our challenge as the regular MWL... I will get too confused trying to remember - ok, this week is X pounds for the challenge but only Y for the regular counting. They are close enough that is just isn't worth a headache over a few ounces. Too much else going on in life, KWIM? Of course you do, three young children says it all. Maybe someday you'll be able to post on your blog again.

I've been thinking of you, hope things go well now that you are off the pills.

[janluvs2heel]

I have Black Widows, too. I thought the males have the red on their backs. Those are usually the ones I see, although I have seen some females. One time I was outside, I picked up a board & there was a female with her egg sack. I had on my sneakers & stepped on it. As long as I have shoes on, that cover my whole foot, I dont like to but I wil step on them. In the house, if I see them, I will use my Dyson. It sucks them up, so far havent had one big enough to get stuck. That would be a problem. Spray is always a last resort for me, but if I was having a problem like Debbie, yes, I would definitely spray. You need to get a pair of sneakers & never wear them outside, so you can keep them on in the house & keep them on your feet so you can squish when necessary.
Debbie, you tell that hubby of yours it is the man's responsibility to protect his family. Just because he isn't afraid, that is not an excuse.

Jan

[janluvs2heel]

So glad to see how well you are doing. And I see that weight is down again today. That is great!!!

Whoo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan

[Love the Lorax]

Glad things are going well! Let's shoo away a whole bunch of lard birds during our 7 week challenge! bye bye....

Can I grump for a minute, one mom to another, I need a shoulder to pout on ... my daughter just had a meeting with the "real world" and while she needed it in a big way, it is frustrating and hard as a parent to watch it take place. Sigh.... in summary, she has always been great at math. Aced the standardized tests, did work at home 1-2 grades levels above her age, easily. BUT, she had really developed an attitude during math work (we homeschooled), and would argue with me that her math was right when there was something wrong, etc. Well, to go to public school this fall she had to take a math placement test since she had never been in the school system before. She was 100% sure that she aced it and would qualify for the advanced accelerated class. Guess what, she didnt, and not just by one point. The look on her face was indescribable when she found out. No one to argue with since I didn't give it, just the harsh reality that while she flew through test on testing day and thought she was all that and more, she wasn't. Now, she is only in the accelerated class, and will have to prove herself in class and MAYBE get moved up if the teacher thinks she deserves it, which will mean getting solid A's and A+'s. Yeah, no pressure there... KWIM?

Now moving the spotlight back to you since this is your journal and not mine....

[Love the Lorax]

Well, I didn't quite say those words, but I did let it be known that she had brought it on herself...

I could imagine for me, I would have such a hard time refraining from saying NEENER NEENER NEENER

Thanks Mom and you for stopping by and cheering me on.

[Loveskale]

Debbie, congratulations on finishing your thirty day challenge!!!