Non Scale Goal

Weight Watchers is about losing weight, but they are trying to teach us all to look "Beyond the Scale", don't be so focused on the numbers.  They also challenged us to start some sort of activity goal for the summer.

As you know, I signed up the for St. Jude 10K.  I started the Couch to 10K program and have done good so far.  I definitely would rather run outside where I can look around rather than run on a treadmill.  I hate the treadmill, although I did it some this week because of the heat.  Today I did it outside.

My non scale goal is this:

I have a "fanny pack" that I use on my walks, it holds my phone and keys.  You see the little extension, THAT is my goal.  To get rid of that extension before December when I do the St. Jude 10K.

I can do it. 

I got my 50 pound charm from Weight Watchers

Father's Day 2016

this was funny....Austin called from NYC and was face timing us and Daddy was so cute talking to him.

Dallas First Birthday Party

 

Click to watch video.  I love his sweet smile.  He was so happy!

St. Jude 10K - What was I thinking???

Friends:

I have decided to take the plunge with my friends at work and participate in the St. Jude 10K race.  You read that right....10K.....6.2 miles.  I think I can, I think I can!!  I have done a few 5K races before and since I am on a journey to a healthier me, I feel like I can train and do this. 

"But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint."

Isaiah 40:31

I would like for my walking/running (I use that term very lightly) to make an impact. As I train for my race, I will be raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

We all know someone effected by cancer.  For me it was my grandmother (Mary Thorne) and also my sweet momma (Barbara Thorne).  Momma was my biggest fan and I miss her so much.  

The research done at St. Jude for children's cancer can also impact the way we treat cancers in adult.  I HATE cancer, so whatever we can do to cure it once and for all, the better I will like it.

St. Jude also treats other blood disorders.  A couple of years ago, our daughter Annabeth was suffering from anemia and they thought she had a bleeding disorder.  We spent a day at St. Jude as a patient and it was the best experience we could have imagined.  Thankfully, it was a false positive on the blood test.  We were so grateful.

My fundraising goal is not very big.  If you would consider making a donation to the kids at St. Jude, you will be a HERO too.

Click here:  Kay's St. Jude donation page - Be a HERO!

What I don't miss being on Weight Watchers

I saw this little cartoon and it really did strike me as funny. So often I feel like all I do is think about food. How many points this food is, planning a grocery list, how many points do I have left, where can we eat, what can I cook, how many weekly points do I have, how many more points will I have, I need to go for a walk, I need to go to the gym, I wonder what the scale it.

It is so crazy, it is always on my mind. Part of me misses just "being" and doing and eating what I wanted to, but not really.

I don't miss being tired and exhausted all of the time, I don't miss not being able to sit in a booth at restaurants, I don't miss having a hard time fitting into theater seats, I don't miss having a hard time bringing the groceries in from the car, I don't miss getting winded at work, I don't miss struggling for air at the top of the stairs after walking up from the cafeteria at lunch, I don't miss how I looked melted and poured into my big clothes, I don't miss having to buy almost everything online because rarely does a store carry a size 26W.

I hope that one day this truly does become a lifestyle for me and that I don't have to think about it so much, but for right now, it does not come second nature to me. Until then I will continue to use the tools that WW provides and reach out to my community of friends and keep on trusting the program.

Dallas Monthly Pictures

Orange Beach 2016

We stayed at the Phoenix III - in Room 3014.  We won't ever do that again.  It was the first floor.  We were excited....no waits for the elevator.  Well, there was no elevator alright.  There were 10 steps to get in to the room.....ughhh!!!  That was alot of trips up and down with all of our stuff. 

We had red flags and Tropical Storm Colin brewing for a couple of days.  Orange Beach had their first drowning the third day we were there.  So beautiful but yet so powerful and dangerous.  

Don't mind me....I had to put my hair up....it was so humid and yucky!!!

Annabeth did a fishtail braid

The beach is her happy place too.

This was the place we got Hawaiian Ice each afternoon.

I love the pink sky

NONE of us should have gotten sunburned

We had a friendly game of putt putt golf and race cars with Steve, Tammie and Claire Pellegrin.  Steve told Annabeth that you keep score kind of like in baseball....high score wins, so according to his rules, the Conlees won by a landslide.  

Ummmm.........you lost something

This time of year the sunrise and the sunset is behind the condos, but the pink sky is still my favorite. 

This was the first year that I was not horrified to have my picture made....even in a bathing suit.  I am so thankful for Weight Watchers.

When Austin was a little boy, he got one of these and chased Annabeth around with it.  Every year we see it we think of him as a boy.

This girl loves to paint her nails on vacation

 

We missed not having Sarah and her family and also Austin with us this summer. 

It was so bright

It was still so bright.

It was SOOOoooo bright.

trying to be artistic

Annabeth got a mermaid henna tattoo

She's a dreamer

My happy place

My heart