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Better Me: Day Thirty-Five

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I’ve been having a hard couple of days.  I totally lost it last night and ate two hot dogs and a sandwich in about an hours time.  It was compulsive eating at its worst.

I’m glad I only have low fat food in the house so the damage isn’t huge – but I’m still really disappointed in myself.  I hate confessing to to you but I’m determined to keep it real here.

Sean and I had Chinese food for lunch.  I didn’t overeat but it wasn’t Weight Watchers friendly either.

This is typical of my diet pattern.  After about a month I start to lose steam and get really tired of eating right. I don’t want to backtrack and put on any of the pounds that I’ve lost!

I’ve decided to switch things up and go l0-carb for the remainder of this 48 Day challenge.  I have mixed feelings about it.  I know the right thing to do is to make a lifetime commitment to a low fat menu but I’m also determined to lose as much weight as I can in this 48 Days – so I’d rather go for the change up and keep the momentum going.  After my Girls Weekend I’ll decide them about going back on Weight Watchers or further pursuing lo-carb.

Do you think there’s any big problem with switching back and forth every few weeks?  Would love to know what you think.

I haven’t lost my enjoyment for exercise, that’s a relief.

Why Do I Want to Be a Better Me?

I don’t want to be the woman who fails again and again at weight loss.  I’m tired of being that woman!

What Moms Love: Momfaves

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MomFaves is a new social network for moms. Moms join to share, promote and discuss their favorite products, services, recipes, activities, events and news that are of interest to moms in their local area and on the Internet.

Momfaves was started by Josh and Rebecca Unfried to honor Josh’s mother, who passed away from melanoma in 2004. She had a passion to share her favorite things with women in her community.

Moms appreciate having a place to come to sharing their favorite things with each other. Businesses appreciate the feedback they are able to receive from their customers.

Moms Reach Out To Another Mom In Need

Alaina Frederick (@alainafrederick on Twitter) of Dinker and Giggles is a wife and mom of three. She is facing a situation that could easily be any one of us. Her husband is in need of back surgery which will prevent him from returning to his work in an industrial supply warehouse for up to a year. She earns a part-time income from her work as a blog content manager but was facing an immediate financial crisis.

The WAHM community has banded together and as of early Friday morning, has raised over a thousand dollars to help Alaina and her family. What a beautiful act of generosity!

Putting Together a “Recipes We Actually Like” Binder

Scary EowynLike many moms, I’ve collected recipes over the years from various sources. My family is a picky bunch and it’s taken years to settle on recipes that we all like.

Originally I had hand-written index cards, a large pile of recipes torn from magazines, various sauce splattered cookbooks, and recipes printed from the internet.

The whole collection was pretty much wrinkled, tossed in a heap on the bookshelf. Messy and disorganized. After spotting an organized, 3-ring cookbook binder at my sister’s house, I immediately copied the idea. [Read more...]

Methods of Homeschooling

my kids know how to cook everythingWhether you are just thinking about starting to homeschool a young child or pulling an older child out of the school system, one of the first decisions you have to make is how you are going to do it. Some parents choose to use textbooks but there are other methods to consider. [Read more...]

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