Visiting Orphans

There's an organization that I've just learned about called Visiting Orphans. They organize mission trips to go do just what their name says: visit orphans.

CAN WE SAY WHITNEY ALMOST SIGNED UP FOR ALL OF THEM?

I'm definitely praying about going on one of the trips.

Pretend time.

I have a theory. When the fat leaves my body, it'll look like this. and go to wherever the Doctor sends it to.

Little sisters and dieting

Please, bloggy-world, meet 2 pieces of my heart.

Now, that being said, day 2 of the diet=I'm feeling mehhh right now.
Bran muffins (yes, I am a 70-year-old grandma. I knit as well) are my saving grace right now (bran keeps you fuller, longer, come to find out. thank you my mother for introducing me to that little fact). Bran muffin in the morning for breakfast, apple/orange for snack, whatever low-calorie thing I can find for lunch, almonds (unsalted...yeah I had the same reaction) and tonight, steak for supper. Since I was starving and I still had over 1000 calories before my 'limit' was met, I got to have 2 servings of steak (a serving size of steak is 3 ounces, about the size o

f a deck of cards...thus my excitement that I'd get to eat more than the food required to feed an elf) and some potatoes (that awkward moment where you're cooking something that you know is gonna be delicious, but then you remember that you've put yourself on a diet...). Had a bran muffin and a glass of milk for evening snack, which leaves me at...

1837 calories. my 'limit' is 2034. So I'm still good (another class of milk, anyone?)

anyways, it did show on the scale today that I gained 3 pounds (I managed not to cry), but then I read that sometimes when diets are started kind of out of the blue (like mine was, haha), that it can send your body into starvation mode and you gain a few pounds. As long as they go off.

weight-loss journey

1, I have a new boyfriend. He's great.

2, we've challenged each other: whoever loses the most weight in 2 months wins.

3, don't know what the prize is gonna be.

anyways, I'm on the journey of, as I told one of my youth kids, not being at risk for having a heart attack by the time I'm 40. I'm not doing a specific diet plan. Just doing portion control, subbing fruit for Little Debbies, exercising, etc.

Start weight: 213 (hold your EEEKKKS, I did my own).

Goal weight: 190 (goal for now)

other goal: survive combat fitness (more on that later)

actually, i'd settle for under 200 for a weight at this point.
mind you, I'm a fairly big-boned girl. my hips are set wide, and i'm not sure if I'd ever see a jeans size under a 10 or a 12, just because of how my hips are set. But it's not about being in a smaller jeans size (although if my current jeans would fit a little better, i'd be content). It's about being kind to my body, being healthy, and moreover, respecting my body as the temple of God that it is.

this morning's breakfast: 1 serving oatmeal and an orange.

exercise this morning: 30 minutes on the Wii Fit.

afternoon plan: run/walk 2 miles.