Workout in. 35 minutes HARD. I did walking and jogging. Wowsers. I plan to take it slow, so I dont get hurt. Phew, shower time :)

My 24th week weigh-in. I lost 2 pounds for a total of 24 pounds in 24 weeks. Woohoo, next week that 25 pound magnet is MINE. Had a good week, but still only got 2 workouts in. SO I am losing pretty much by watching what I am eating. I know I cant lose the last 25 just watching what I am eating. I will need to get moving. Spring Break here so I plan to get some workouts in.
Love, JoJo

Crunches ...OK ouch !! I started doing crunches, now I have decided to try and do them every day. Wowsers, if there is a muscle in there it is broken now. I look forward to having a stronger tummy. I am sure it will get easier, but I am sure it wont be too soon. LOL

Spring Break is here. I am so ready. We have soccer all weekend and 3 baseball practices, but not getting up every day will be heaven. The goal is to get the house in order. I am hopeful. Hope you all are well?

Getting ready to workout once the Heating and Air Conditioning check is done. They called to say they are on the way, wanted to know if it was OK if they were early...sounds good to me. It will be a quick job, they will tell me I need a new unit soon. I know :) Will use my tax check from Bush to stimulate the economy. $2100 of the $6000 it will cost me. I will take it.

Love, JoJo

Finally a workout in the month of March. I just finished one hour on the treadmill. (calories burned 465) So now I am off to shower. First, I will do some core exercises on the exercise ball though. Anyone else moving?

Well, Grit I know you arent today. Hope your mouth feels better. Nothing like a root canal to make ones day. (((((hugs)))) Love, JoJo

Lost another 1.2 pounds. I am inching towards my 25 pound mark at WWs. I have actually lost 25 pounds since I started at home. Goal this week: WORKOUT!!! Need to get my butt moving again.

Crazy week. Will be an interesting weigh-in. I have been eating everything in sight. And yet the scale keeps going down. I will say though because I am hungry, I have been looking for lowpoint things to eat.

Happy Easter Everyone!!!!

Gift Card Choices:

Here are the stores you can choose from for your gift card:

Best Buy
Target
Amazon
Home Depot
Old Navy/Gap/Banana Republic/Piperlime (card allows you to shop at any of these)


Guess which card I decided to get? I will reveal after you have guessed. Love, JoJo

I lost 1 pound today. I lost the .4 from last week and .6 more. Today I am going to workout. Sadly, it will be my first workout for the month of March. But the good thing is I and ready to get back at it. I was looking at my numbers and plan to continue eating 26 points plus whatever flex I want. I figure as long as I am leaving 7 flex (since I should be eating at 25 points) each week and I am still losing then I am happy. I know I would lose more if I ate less, but my goal is still to eat as much as I can and lose. So far so good. I am easily wearing 14s now and I feel really good. I bought a new exercise ball so the girls and I can work on our core strength. I am sure it will kick my butt as my abs are weak, therefore my back is weak. I am excited to get that area of my body stronger.
I hope you all are well? I love you guys, JoJo

Where is everyone? Where are you Jo Jo? Hope everyone has a HOLY Holy Week. It is 12:36 AM and I should be in bed but for some odd reason I can't sleep. So here I am. I am helping organize a fundraiser for a friend whose daughter is battling cancer. So far I have some really cool items for the silent auction. My friend Becky Morken works for Vera Bradley and is going to give me something. Dr. Ray Guarendi who is that child psychologist that is also like a stand up comedian emailed me yesterday to say he would send me "some things"--I am assuming that means autographed books. I am going to ask our brother Tom for two ND football tickets. I am going to ask Steve's boss if she will donate dinner for 2 at the Club. It is fun to try to see what I can get--Starbucks said they would give me a pound of coffee and a mug. :) I am going to have a flyer made tomorrow and take it to area businesses to collect more donations. Emilija is a sweet heart and I wish I knew how to upload her picture for you to see her. David just came down. I gotta get him back to bed. Nighty night. Love, Ruth

I participated in a program online during the holidays called "maintain, dont gain" over the holidays. They sent emails and offered tracking items, food and activitities to print out. I actually got a really nice pair of socks for taking a survey at the end. My name was entered into a raffle and I won a $100 gift certificate. I will find out later this week what my options are for spending my $100 GC. The best part of it all is I lost weight all the way from October (when I started WWs) until just yesterday. I will let you know when I find out where I get to spend my GC.

Week 21 Well, I weighed myself yesterday and saw I was up a little over 2 pounds. I decided to have a perfectly on program day. I drank my water and ate all my points. I had a food fit at one point, thinking oh I am up anyway, what the heck. I stopped myself and later went to bed. Today I weighed in and was up .4. Guess I should have stayed with eating on track. I may have had a maintain and no gain LOL So I gained less than a 1/2 of a pound. Goal next week, lose the .4 and more. Today I am sleepy. Went to 4 stores looking for a glue gun because I dont feel like looking for mine. Found a 2.99 glue gun, but they didnt have any sticks. Now I need to go look for the sticks or go find my gun and sticks, sheesh. I would rather take a nap. Christine is running the mile tonight in the track meet. Matthew has CCD at 445-6pm and then he and I have a First Communion meeting from 630-830. We will be eating Wendy's in the parking lot. At least I know what I am eating tonight. Making my WWs chili today, too. Hope you all are doing well? I am still coughing, but not so it is bothering me. Love, JoJo

Week 20 weigh-in. Today I lost 1.6 pounds for a total of 20.2 pounds in 20 weeks. It was another good week with regard to eating. Even though I have felt horrible all week, I journaled everything and I still made really good choices when I had to. SO next short term goal is 25 pounds. I am 4.8 from 25 pounds lost and 5.8 pounds from another lower weight class :) (I am like a wrestler) Hope you all are well? I am still coughing my brains out. I cant wait until I feel 100% again.