oops

I just realized my last post might not make much sense. I had tried a new diet and, after 3 years of not being able to loose any weight at all, no matter what, I was finally able to start losing again! Woohoo. I lost 8 pounds and 23 inches during the 2.5 week trial I used to try the diet, so I will be going back on it again when Tom goes back to work. It's one you're not supposed to be on for more then a few weeks at a time, so it will work well for me to go on it when he's gone and then bounce off of it when he's home.
Then when I went off this time, I had a very bad reaction to wheat, so I'm going gluten free. It hasn't been too bad so far, I've found a lot more stuff then I expected and most of what I've tried in the ready made stuff has actually tasted pretty good. Even Tom liked it! I will be doing a lot of recipe revision and experimentation in the next few months.

Week 2 results

Another 3.5 pounds and about 8 inches lost! Woohoo!!
This gives me a 2 week total of 7 pounds and 23 inches. That means I've averaged a half a pound a day! And almost 12 inches a week! I can hardly believe that! It's just amazing and I love it!
Now I get to start adding things back in a little at a time to see how I react, and to get ready for the Hubby's return on Friday and the return of cooking for someone other then myself who won't eat most of what I've been eating for the last 2 weeks (and who wants to cook twice?). Friday and Saturday night I had the grand daughter for a few hours, so I made some 3 year old friendly foods during that time, and I will admit that I sampled. So I know I'm good with rice, potatoes and cheese already. I really wasn't too worried about having problems with any of them. So it was good to have that confirmed. However, today at Church I had a tiny piece of bread during the Sacrament (it's kinda like the Catholic Communion for any non-LDS folk out there..) and within minutes I had a headache and my throat started to feel a little closed off and tight. So, it looks like I do indeed have a wheat intolerance of some sort. I know I don't have Celiac Disease, thankfully, but I don't know yet if it's just a wheat allergy or if it is an all out gluten intolerance. Will take a bit more experimentation. But for now I am doing some research and will start slowly replacing things in the house with gluten and wheat free alternatives. This is going to be hard though. I love bread, and crackers, and pasta, etc so very much. At least these days there are viable alternatives, and I've already learned quite a bit in just an hour or so online about converting recipes, so, if I can find the things I need, I should be able to still do a lot of things.
Is going to be interesting the next few months while I get this all figured out and get my pantry all sorted through.

February

Ok, I am managing to remember to post. Woohoo!
Not much is going on right now. Winter has been weird this year; too warm and not enough snow, but it seems to be trying to be normal again now.
Hubby is off at work for another week and a half and while he's been gone this time I decided to try a new diet. Shockingly, it's actually working! I lost 3.5 pounds last week, and 15 inches over all! This is the first time since the car accident in 2007 that I've been able to loose anything at all and I'm loving it! I know I've lost more inches since I did my weekly weigh in check (do those on Sundays) and I'm just loving this! Not sure how long I'll be able to stick to this once T comes back from the slope, I'm not supposed to do this for more then a few weeks at a time anyway; but I am going to be doing it every time he's gone, that is for sure!
I have been taking a provident living class every other week and this week I managed to get started on the "home work" for it. We were told to put together 5 cook book binders and start collecting our favorite recipes. The binder topics that were "suggested" didn't really work for the way I cook, so I came up with my own and wound up with 10 of them to start with. Some of them are for things we haven't covered yet in the class, but it will make it easier for me to sort my recipes.
And I'm going to be getting ready to get my seeds started for this year's garden here any day now. Soon as I get a chance to sit down and see what all I have and if I still need anything. The greenhouse is up in the front window and nearly ready to go. I need to find out from Hubby if I'll be able to use the window bay in the master bedroom this year or not (it is a construction zone currently) so I know how many tomato and pepper plants to plan for.
The de-construction of our master bed and bath continues. Well, it's on hold while Hubby is away, but he got a lot done last time. The linen closet walls are down, there is a big hole for a window in the wall between the 2 rooms and the sink counter is out. There is, sadly, a big pile of drywall bits on the floor as it was too cold to move those out before he left, but those won't be there long. We are hoping to get the tile and tub out this time and to maybe even get started on replacing the flooring in the bathroom area. We will have to order the tub itself soon and it will take several weeks for that to show up. (We have to special order it because of the color we want it in - gray.) Should all be very nice once we get it all done. Just hope it doesn't drive us all crazy until then. :)
In other news.. B1 and C have a house!! They close on the 17th and we're all very excited about it. It will only be about a 20 minute drive from us, so it's not too bad. :)
And.. B2 took first place on her oratory last weekend in speech and debate!
That brings everything new and exciting more or less up to current :)