3.2 in the right direction!

Tuesday morning I start early her in the clinic.  Since no one is here yet I take advantage and get on the scale. 

I try to wear the lightest weight clothing that is still acceptable for the office and I always use the same scale.

October 19, 2010  282.5 this is 117 lbs over what I weighted when in high school!

November 16, 2010  279.3 , 3.2 lbs in the right direction!

My goal is to be 272.5 by December 14, 2010.  I have no idea what I did to lose this weight.   I have just been watching what I have been eating and doing my best to increase my walking.  But I have no true plan for eating.  I use to do Weight watcher and usually the first month have much success then i gain the weight back.  I was calorie counting but I did not keep track of everything I ate so that became a chore that I did not want to deal with.

So I have just been reading articles on healty eating and lifestyle and trying to incorporate them in what I do daily.  If I like it , it becomes part of my routine and if not I find something else.

I have increase my intake of vegetables, raw, frozen, canned.  Especially at night!  I get off work at 6:00 in the evening and usually don’t get home until 7:00 and by the time I am finished cooking its 8:00 then I try to sleep by 10 or 11:00.  Since the time change it is much darker at 7:00 than before so I cannot get a walk in before dinner.    So I have to come up with something different for the remainder of this month and going into the next month.

I will take any and all suggestions!

Beautiful bride.

I often drive myself crazy with self-doubt despite know I am capable to doing just about anything I put my mind to.

November 5 was the wedding day as K.S. she asked me to make sleeves for her wedding dress.  Why is it that all the  wedding dresses are sleeveless?

She is a very beautiful young lady and she and her future husband had been together for some time.  She was very excited about getting married and soon discovered the challenges of merging two families together.

I searched for the material needed to make the sleeves and decided on an ivory dull organza which matched the dress perfectly.  She loved it and she really liked the little jacket that I made.   My goal was to make the sleeves without seams so she could maintain the look of the dress and have the comfort that she wanted.

I worked on this little item for days!  Couple of days merged into the next day.  I was able to work up a pattern and them sew it together and when she tried it on she loved it except for the bunching of the fabric under the arms. 

If you understand fabric you will know that there is NO stretch to organza and KS wanted this to fit tight.  I explained that this would just tear the fabric since it is sheer and has not stretch to it.  She would not be able to move.

Well several days later and many changes to the jacket I just made something else but it would not solve the problem but at least she will have 2 to choose from.

On the wedding day , which was a friday morning, she arrived at the church sleeveless!  I thought  what happened.  Later as the day progressed i spoke with the wedding planner and one of her assistance who explained that she woke up the morning and decided that she did not need sleeves and a couple of her girls from out-of-town took the items and hid them to make sure she would not wear them.

She was a beautiful happy bride and I was saying to myself  I will never do that  again.

However after 4 days od having nothing to do I call a woman who asked me to make a skirt for her.  We have an appointment next week.