Char Week 14

Hey there sassy sistas, I sure miss not seeing you post and getting to know some of you better. I hope this next week will be a great week for all of you and that we may continue to remember the reason for this glorious season and teach our family and friends the true meaning of Christmas. I hope that all of you have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. My points are 28+ 1 Total 29. and about 5 pounds less that when we started. Thank you for letting me participate and get better at scripture study. That was one of my biggest missions. Again, have a wonderful holiday season. Love ya tons, Char ")

Char Week 13

Hey there ladies, I hope all of you are getting into the spirit of Christmas. I love this time of year. I wish it could last all year long. Time with family, christmas songs, and thinking about the true meaning of Christmas. I have done fairly well with this last week. I really have to watch my points so that i do not drop to 2 points daily, that means i have really had to be good with my treat points. Hopefully I will be able to start walking again this week. I miss my pals at 5:3o in the am. My points for the week are 30+1 total 31. Have a great week and enjoy the season. Love ya, Char ")

Char Week 12

Busy week trying to get things under control at work and home to have some surgery on Wed. Surgery went well home on Thurs. night. Ready to rest and relax (I think) and enjoy the upcoming holiday season. Hey girls, Amy, Jana, Becca, I really miss not walking in the morning but I am hoping by next week I am ready to go again. My days are not the same if I dont walk and visit with great friends daily. Thanks for your friendship. My points for this week are 30+1 total 31. Not sure the following week will be as good but will try to make it a good one. Enjoy the season, slow down and remember why we celebrate Christmas and enjoy good times, family and friends. Love ya, Char ")

Char Week 11

Good morning ladies. Welcome to the wonderful winter. It has been quite a week. Busy with being thankful for good friends and family and also black friday shopping. That was great fun and I finished most of my shopping, and even got most of the presents wrapped. Yippeeeee, My total points for the week were 31 30 +1. Have a great week, be careful if you are driving, please be very careful. Smile at someone it will make their day. Love ya tons sistas. Char ")

Char Week 10

Holy cow what a week!!!!!! I spent the most fabulous weekend with some very wonderful friends at Time Out for Women. Thanks to Amy, Jana, Becca and Beth for the best weekend ever. I am so grateful to have such wonderful women in my life. You are all a great inspiration to me and it makes me want to continue to try hard and become better every day. Thanks to Amy's mom for letting us borrow her beds to sleep in. Batteries are recharged and I am ready to start the new week. Points for this week are 30+1 31. Sistas have a great week and a very Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends. Love to you all, Char ")

Kristin Week 9

I totally forgot to post on Monday. I got 30..no bonus this week. Although, I am super proud to say that none of those lost points were on treats. This is now starting the 3rd week with no treats. It's going pretty good, although I've never wanted a mini snickers, or ice cream quite as bad as today. The scale is going down....little bits at a time, but going down. I was thinking more would be gone by now, but it's holding at a 4 lb. loss in these 2-3 weeks. I'm holding strong until Thanksgiving...then there will be some treats. Exercise has been harder because of sick kiddos, but I'm ready to get on it again.

Char Week 9

Gosh, first week ever that i have not posted on time. When you get out of the groove of your daily activities it screws every thing up. For fun this weekend we went to Heber Valley Camp with the new senior staff for next year. It was fairly chilly, a whooping 40 degrees. We had a ton of fun and to watch the girls come up with ideas for camp is so fun. Lots of personalities to work with. Anyway my points for this week are 32. no extra point because i forgot to post this am and I can't get on the blog at work. Have a terrific week and keep going. We are getting healthier. Char ")

Kristin Week 8

This is the first week I have acutally NOT had any treats!!! Surprised?? Yea, so am I. I've worked hard this week. I actually got all my points. 35+1=36, my best week. I'm feeling really good, a few pounds have actually fallen off too (Imagine that, you quit eating crap and it comes off, who would have thought??).

Becca...missing weeks

Hey ladies... I am still here. I haven't been participating fully. I have been sick for about a month and just haven't had any energy to do one more thing...good news though for any of you that know me, I hate dr.s with a passion but thanks to the help of Amy I actually have an appointment to go to a new dr. Hopefully she can figure out what is wrong. I appreciate all of you who are still hanging in there. We are over halfway there now. Keep up the good work ladies!

Char Week 8

Wow, what a busy week. I only did a little better on points this week. I had a busy week of 12 hour days all week long. So needless to say I ate not as well as I should have. For fun this Sat. I went to a turkey bowl that our floor at the hospital does every year and had a great time. My son went with me and was impressed that i could even run let alone make a touch down. Yippeee. Then we went to a open house for my daughter and our new son in law. Much fun there as well. then we went to Shelbee's 1st bday party. Saturday was a great day full of fun and family. Points for the week are 29+1 30 total. Will continue to work at being better this week. One thing for sure is that this challenge has helped me with scripture reading and preparing better for my Laurel classes when I teach. Have a great week sistas. Love ya, Char ")

Kristin week 7

I almost didn't make it posting on time this week. 29+1 for me this week. Treats and one day of exercise missed. I must say I'm feeling this coming week is going to be a good one. I've made it an entire day without a treat today. Jared and I are planning on going completely treat free from now until Thanksgiving. Hopefully I'll see some results in the next couple weeks. I'm excited.

Week 7- Amy

I am thinking that we should have started this contest November 1, maybe I would have done better. I had caramel apples, cookies, candy bars, cake. I think I am finally treated out. I do really well making my bed, that is pretty much automatic. I am getting better with my personal goal. I really do feel better when I actually get ready for the day. Sleep is killing my points. I have a really hard time with the 7 hours. I get between 5 & 6. My total is 26 +1 so 27. I am going to focus more on exercise these next few weeks. I really need to lose some weight.

Char Week 7

Wow, what a week. It has been a whirl wind this last week. Treats have been my big down fall. I do resolve to re energize this week and be better. There were several of us at work that had blood work done and cholesterol and other blood tests not looking so good. So here is to a brand new week and DETERMINATION. Points this week are 28+1 total 29. Actually better than I thought. Have a great week and remember to enjoy yourself. Happy Fall!!!!!!!! Char ")

Kristin Week 6

I'm a couple days late in posting. This week I actually had a day where I did not have any treats..an improvement from the previous weeks. I am SO happy with my personal goal. I have read my scriptures every day since we started. I'm loving how I'm feeling. My points are 30--no bonus. I've decided on Nov 1 I'm hitting the treat thing big. I'm really going to work on it. I've got the scripture thing down, exercise down, it's time to hit the treats. I'm ready. Here we go.

Amy 3, 4, 5 and 6

I did a post earlier today and I just got on to see what everyone had posted. And post was not here. I have no idea what happened. What I think is funny, that I did my post and thought we were only on week 5. I was wrong, week 6. I have not posted anything for a whole month. That is terrible. I think I got 25 for weeks 3, 4, and 5. This past week I got 29 plus one for posting early. If you will still give it to me. I do have to say, this is by far the worst I have ever done on any contest. I am a slacker. I have made my bed every day. I am doing okay at my personal goal, which has been a challenge, but I am doing better. TREATS ARE YUMMY and I am having a hard time with them. I decided to allow myself to have one a day, that way I would not be getting -1 every day. I need some serious motivation. I think I have probably gained 3 pounds since we started. I was hoping to lose about 15. I guess the only way that is going to happen is if I actually put my head in the game and do something. This week should be better. I am just feeling weird right now.

Char Week 6

Wow what a week it has been. Very busy with all sorts of things, work, home and callings. The fun thing i did on Saturday was to get my hair done. Wahoooooo. I also had new countertops placed in my kitchen. They are gorgeous..... Treats were hard this week I think around the holidays they are always hard though. It could be worse right????? Well, this week I have a total of 32 (31+1)
The exercise and bed making are going good. It is the treats that are getting the better of me. But, i will resolve to do better this week. Ladies, have a great week. Char ")

Kristin Week 5

29 +1 for me this week. Treats are still the problem. I have a renewed motivation this week. So we'll see how it actually will go. I'm hoping I can get it under control this week. My new calling has been A LOT of stress these past few weeks. Treats has been a way to cope, I know it isn't right, but it's how I've been handling it. I'm going to try to just let things roll off my back this week.

Char Week 5

Wow this week was not as easy as the others. I had trouble eating treats this week. I am learning that there are many things i can do instead of eating all those treats, like go for a walk, go spend some money, talk to a dear friend, go visit friends and family. I am continually learning. Saturday for fun my boys and i tore out my kitchen counter top. I am so excited to get new countertop. My boys and daughter then went shopping with me to by a kitchen faucet (boy they are not cheap) and some other stuff i probably did not need. But it was time spent with family. Gotta love them!!!!!! My points for this week was 32 (31+1) yippeeee. I continue to make sure that my bed is made and that i am getting my exercise and daily scriptures read. I am working toward my young women in recognition award and need to finish the book of mormon..... Ladies have a great week and continue making great strides in your goals this week. Love ya tons, Char ")

Kristin Week 4

This week was pretty good. I got 29 (28+1). I missed a day of exercise...which was pretty good considering my whole routine this past week has been a complete mess. I love my personal goal. I have learned more this time around, more than I have ever gotten out if it before.

A journey of a thousand miles - Week 4

Hey Soul Sistas!  Hope you all had a FABULOUS week!  It was so fun to see Gayle & Kelsey this week and to finally meet Lindsay.  It was also a treat for me to see Beth, I hate not seeing you twice a week!  Averi's baptism was so great!  Okay so I need to admit my mistake.  I thought I was using all of my tech savy skills to create a spreadsheet to track my points which I forwarded to Amy, Jana & Beth so last Monday I went and plugged in my points and just used the total but it wasn't until later in the week after talking to Amy & Jana that I found out I had done a formula wrong so it wasn't adding in all the points, so my total for last week was actually 20 (GO ME!!) And my total for week 4 was also 20 giving me a total of .... hold on to your hats ladies ...41 total points for this contest!!!  Sorry, but due to my schedule I will not be signing autographs later.  Just kidding and all silliness aside I am kind of proud of myself, 41 things better than I was doing 4 weeks ago!  This week was really really hard for me.  I had mid terms and used treats as a way to keep me awake during my late late night studying.  BUT this week will be better (at least the first part of it), looking forward to the weekend.  My fun thing this week that I did was go to Averi's baptism, and then I had a good case of shopping therapy with one of my best friends who was in town for the weekend.  Yesterday I went to my first singles ward meeting!  (AAAAHHH) I really missed the family ward, but it will get better!

A bit of inspiration for us all:

And one of my favorite quotes from this general conference:

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.

Elder Richard G. Scott

Have a sassy week Sistas!  We can do this!  Just gotta keep walking!  

PS Char!  Congratulations on the weight loss, you rock lady!  And Super big congrats to Amber on her wedding!  That is so fabulous!