It's been a good week. I am finding it hard to eat alot of salads, but I am. I wish I had time to cook lowfat healthy dinners. My husband Tom has been cooking, and healthy but its the sauces or pasta i can't eat! Rice is ok, but oh well.... Exercising is going good. I really enjoy the workout every morning that makes me feel good. I am looking forward to the warmer weather so I can go for walks, because that is what I really like. Bye for now Patty.

Saturday was the monthly weigh in and I was happy with my progress. I lost 6.2 pds. I actually wanted to lose 10 pds.,but I was happy for losing 6 because atleast I lost weight, and I know I am doing as best I can. It was nice to see everybody at the weigh in. Alot of the people looked like they lost weight and I am sure everybody is trying to do their best. I take weekends off from working out at the gym and I am looking forward to tomorrow Mon. morning to get back there and exercise it feels good. BYE for now Patty!

It's Monday and weigh-in is on Saturday, 6 more days away! Wow time is sure flying and I am still doing pretty well. I look forward to the weigh-in. I look forward to seeing everyone, beause I was so late getting there last month. Good luck everybody! See you soon. Patty

St. Patrick's Day and I am Irish. I love corned beef and cabbage, redskin potatoes and rye bread with butter! I must tell you I ate the whole dinner and even had 3 beers! I feel very full and very good because I ate those foods I love on a very special day. I did work out at the gym today and that's a good thing, but for today I ate the things I love I hope my stomach can handle this, truthfully I feel too full and i will hit it hard tomorrow at the gym and eat alot healthier, but for today.....I AM A FULL IRISHMAN...full of balarney! Bye for now Patty.

As I thought about this past week I realized it was good. I lost alittle more weight and maybe inches, but the thing that made me smile was what happened on Wednesday morning. My jeans are getting too big!! Yeah! But, I still want to wear them so I had bought a belt about a six weeks ago and I wasn't happy then with the XL size and oh well I bought it for $10.00 at Walmart. I seemed to be tightening the belt to the last hole and then I had a problem keeping the jeans up with that so I had my husband make another hole in the belt so it would keep my jeans up!! Wow! That felt good! The other thing I  realized lately is that I am enjoying green vegetables like broccli or asparagus or brussel sprouts ect..... I like eating them like I used to like doughnuts, candy or other sugary crap. Does this mean my taste buds have changed? Or am I finally realizing that there is alot of things out there a person who is trying to eat right and healthy can choose from that is good for you and when you eat it you are rewarded in your body. Not like sugary stuff that tastes good while your eating eat but then turns on you literally turns in you to FAT! I will sometimes eat a cookie or something sweet but not overdo. I am wondering why it took me so long to firgure this out. I think I really knew deep down, but didn't care. Now I care. Bye for now. Patty

It's been a good week. I have still been eating healthy and going to the gym in the morning. It really does seem like the weight is coming off more slowly than in February, but I know that the first weight you lose comes off fast, and then you have to really work at it. That part of losing weight I don't like working at it. Exercising is still good and I look forward to it, but eating healthy sometimes is so hard. I believe alot of it is discipline, and that's never been a strong point of mine. I mean I want to succeed, but its like running a race...Byou have to keep on going and going and running to win even when your tired, but in the long run you will finish and be happy. Finish to win? Or just finish knowing you did your best. Both scenarios sound good, but with me...i really want to win. Read the News-Herald today and saw all the weight everybody lost! Congratulations to everybody and I hope everybody continues to run the race! Bye for now Patty.

Tonight is Wednesday and I don't understand why, but I am very hungary and I ate dinner. I ate a stuffed pepper, rice, and a nice salad, but for some reason I am still hungary and that's not good for me because I want comfort foods. I fed Price a toasted cheese sandwich and was eating it too! So I made him another and was eating his cheese curls! My mind said stop but my hands kept putting the food in my mouth!! Wow! I ate some more and then realized I was on the verge or a binge, so I walked out of the kitchen and drank some water. I kept thinking eat an apple, but I already had one at 3:00, so any way now its close to 8:30 and I am getting Price ready for bed. I don't feel like I BLEW it,but I am wondering what happened to me I mean I haven't been this hungary since the beginning of the contest and I ate breakfast and lunch today!!! All I can say is I probably need to stay out of the kitchen or maybe just go to bed!!!! Can't wait for tomorrow being a new day.....