2010 October | Table for Five

Optifast Week 1 Update

October 19, 2010 By Elizabeth

I had my weigh in today at Sparrow Weight Management - I lost...drumroll, please... 4.6 pounds! Woo hoo!!! When the nurse said I could step off the scale, I jumped up and down, yelled "Yay!", and did a little dance! I couldn't believe I had lost that much in 6 days! They took a "before" picture of me for my chart, but I didn't take one myself. Since I was the same weight last week as I was at BlogHer, I'm going to use this as my official "before" picture: Date Started: October 13th, 2010 Starting Weight: 204.3 Height: 4'11" 1/4 BMI (Body Mass Index): 41.3 Goal Weight (based on healthy BMI of 25): 124.3 Total Weight needed to lose: 80 pounds Week One Weight: 199.7 Total Weight lost: 4.6 pounds Challenges: Getting in all six products a day, drinking 64 ounces a day of water Comments of a supportive and encouraging nature are always welcome! Tips, Optifast Phase 1 recipes, links to your weight loss blog are also welcome! Thanks for stopping by! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: optifast, optifast week one, Weight loss

Single Moms and Dads, I Salute You

October 19, 2010 By Elizabeth

This past week has given me a whole new appreciation for single Moms and Dads. I do not know how you work, either in an office or at home, plus take care of kids, plus keep up with grocery shopping, meal prep, dishes, laundry, housework, doctor's appointments, checking the homework, getting everyone to bed on time - it's exhausting. Mentally and physically. I am a terrible housekeeper, that's no secret. I can't prioritize the work and so I just let it go as long as possible. I'm trying to delegate chores to the kids, but yesterday Ryan was standing next to me rinsing a dish at the sink and I noticed he looked really sad. I asked him what was wrong and he of course said "nothing". I said "honey, you know you can talk to me any time about any thing. Is everything okay at school?" "Yes." "Everything okay with your friends?" "Yes." "Okay, then what is it?" He heaved a sigh and said "it's just so stressful here at home." Oh. OH. Now, this is a kid who is more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Being a Mom, Health Tagged With: optifast, parenting, ryan, Stress

Friendly Friday 10/15/10

October 15, 2010 By Elizabeth

Happy Friendly Friday! This is a weekly blog hop that anyone can participate in. It's a great way to find new blogs and get new readers! To host the link list on your blog, click "Get the code here..." at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way to get even more traffic to your blog and make Friendly Friday more beneficial for everyone. Here's how to participate in Friendly Friday: Join Google Friend Connect and post the widget code on your blog so that others can follow you. Follow the hostesses of Friendly Friday by looking for the Google Friend Connect widget on their blogs and clicking the Follow button. The hostesses are Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier, Christi at Frugal Novice and Charla at Healthy Home Blog. Also, I'd really appreciate if you would follow me on Google Friend Connect too! Write a blog post and publish it each Friday. Go to one of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendly Friday Tagged With: blog hops, Friendly Friday