other stuff from August

Historic Folsom

The most amazing drinking fountain ever. See the one for your pet?
P.'s good friend, Maya.


At a park to meet D.'s soccer coach.

P. pics

coming home from church

he really liked those balloons

a little more (and to think I hardly took any pictures!)

It got a little smudged when she hugged my mom.

some pics from D.'s 5th b-day party

We had a bouncy house (free to use from the complex, thank goodness), snow cones (from my little machine), snacks (thanks to my mom), face painting (my mom's a face painting super-star! She learned in one day! She saved us $185--remind me to tell you about that one day!), a crown-making craft, cake (thanks to my mom), princess decorations (thanks to my mom), and cute little hummus pots for the parents (thanks to my mom). I felt pretty lucky to have my mom!

An unfortunately small amount of pics from D.'s b-day party

I was too busy to take many pictures, so I missed some fun stuff. Hopefully my brother and my dad will email me some pictures.

Here's how: (#2)

I got a second "hands clapping" charm after attending 32 meetings. You get one every 16 meetings, if you want one.
The only charm left for me is the "lifetime" charm, in the shape of a key. I have 4 more weigh-ins until I'm a Lifetime Member (you have to maintain your goal weight for 6 weeks, and then when you become a lifetime member you never have to pay again, if you gain no more than 2 lbs above your goal weight).
And here's all of them put together. I always have the keychain on the zipper of my purse. At first I thought it might be embarassing, but I realized that I wanted it there as a reminder that I can do anything, once I decide to!

(I didn't want to smile like that in the picture, but A. tricked me into smiling)

Here's how: (#1)

After seeing some Halloween pics, and after not being able to play with P. the way I had with the girls, and after not being able to buy any clothes that fit, I decided I needed to change my life. So I tried eating healthier, and lost 6 lbs in November. I got really down because I realized that I was not strong enough to do this by myself. My mom told me about a girl I grew up with who lost 40lbs on Weight Watchers, and I was impressed. My mom offered to pay for it if I was interested, and I accepted after swallowing MAJOR pride (I really wanted to say that I did it all by myself, and at first I thought joining WW would be embarassing).

So, I joined! (in December) The first goal with WW is to lose 10% of your body weight. Studies show that just this step alone decreases all kinds of health problems, etc.

They give you a key ring that's in the shape of a "10," and note that it has little pictures on the left of the major WW weight loss accomplishments. After you get your 10%, you set your ultimate goal with your leader.

The next thing I got was this little "weight" that says "25," because I had lost 25 lbs.
Then I got a "hands clapping" charm after attending 16 weeks of meetings (1 meeting/week)
Then I got the star charm when I reached the goal weight that I had set with the leader.
Here is the "weight" charm I got when I lost 50lbs.

See next post...