I have been asked...

I was asked by my friend Jodi and my neice Amanda to write 7 things about myself.... then pass the fun along.  Hmmm, not sure if you would really want to know me!

Well, here goes:

1. I have a wonderful husband of 23 years and 3 (gettin' old) children.  I dairy farm with my hubby and he is sweet enough to support my addiction.

2. My addiction - is any animal that I can pluck or shave to spin their fibre into yarn, dye it, knit it, weave it... or just sit and cuddle its softness (on or off the animal).  Hence why I have sheep, alpaca's and angora rabbits.. long haired cats, dogs...  I try anything.

3. I am obsessed with looking like a skinny bitch (I am far from it!) but at least I have a goal in life. lol

4. I have travelled some of the world... UK, France, Norway, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, USA, Canada...

5. I have lived in ON, NB, AB & BC... but toured ALL the provinces of Canada at one time or another.  If you haven't guessed by now I love to travel :)

6. I have fabulous farm gal friends that keep me on the straight and narrow... Love you all!!!!! thru thick and thin hehehe

7.  Last but not least... I tend to volunteer a lot and have a hard time saying "No"... hence why I am organizing a Fleece Sale for this weekend with vendors & demo sheep shearing... yay! and I am already thinking of a date for next year and how we can grow the sale!  Okay... this is part of my fibre addiction!

Now apparently I am supposed to send this to 15 more people... hmmm. I don't have 15 people to send this to so please enjoy it on here :)

I Finally Did It...

I made the call... to JC... simple really.. I went online and it said to press a button for an instant call back.  It was definitely a call back in an instant!  No sooner had I pressed, my phone rang.
I chatted with a lady for about 15-20  minutes - paid a fortune and now I wait for everything to arrive by UPS on Wednesday. 
The lady I spoke to was very easy to talk to.  I was VERY reserved cause I am very educated about the what and what nots... I also don't like "salesmen or woman".  She was very conscious of me being reserved but soon melted me and I loosened up a bit (when I say a bit - it was only a bit). 
I am still struggling with the fact that I should be able to do this with WW and not resort to JC but I did find huge similarities and I also like one perk they have... Its called the Metabolic Max... yes I joined the most expensive program they have... but on the other had you get big perks.  I figure I have spent a lot of money with WW and I would be spending more each week going but not moving my weight.
Back to the Metabolic Max.  This is an item you wear on your body and (in short) it records your calories in and out. You plug it into the computer and it keeps a diary for you - of course its only as good as you program it :) 
But I think this is something I need.  Exercise is one thing that is truly lacking in my "program".  I also think I need a 1:1 person to talk to.  I know there is a lot more to my weight issues than just portion sizes and what I put in my mouth.  There are a lot of deep issues that I push waaaaaay down and hope they will go away.  Ironically, they don't go away, they pop out in other ways... my weight, my emotions...
Yes, I hope I get a good consultant that fits "me".  I can see it becoming a counselling session each week over the phone but I think I am ready for it now.
I really want to know why I can't keep my weight off and I think this might be the answer.
You know I was only 10 lbs away from my goal weight in 2007 then....... shit happened and I let it get in the way of my success. 
I will admit I get comfortable then I let things slide... once they start to slide I start to gain... then I go into "I don't care" mode...(but I really do care) and I spiral into an upward slope of weight gain that I am no longer controlling.   THAT is what I have to STOP.   I have to become accountable for my sliding.
So with that said - my accountability has started... Wednesday I will open a treasure box... at the most busiest time of my week!
I have a sheep fleece sale coming up this weekend that I am getting ready for, setting up and organizing.. but hey - when is it EVER a good time to start?  Tomorrow never ever comes, so the best time is

NOW

I want to be...

.... a skinny bitch!
It has been awhile since I have posted.  Not that I haven't thought of posting as I am one of many words but I haven't had a whole lot of time on my hands lately.
No time but lots of frustration.  and YES I do want to be a skinny bitch.
I started, on Nov. 17th, a challenge with a friend... the first to lose 10 lbs... well our end date was May 28th - that's tomorrow to be exact... but my usual WI day was on Wednesday the 25th so we ended it then.  I checked my weight and I rolled across the scale at 179 lbs... hmmmm... I looked back in my records and LOW N BEHOLD on Nov 17th.... I was 179 lbs!!!!!!!!   HUH! well one thing is for certain.. I know how to maintain! 
It should have been doable... 10 lbs in nearly 6 months! SO doable! phffffft but I don't know WHAT happened - or better yet what DIDN"T happen!
so....
I have been thinking....
my biggest problem is
1. portion sizes
2. I hate cooking
3. I never have time to cook
4. I don't want to take time to cook
5. I want someone else to do the thinking for me
6....
I have decided I am going to join Jenny Craig.
Okay, okay, okay... I know... a WW Lifetimer saying she is going to join JC?  Almost the unthinkable!
but...
WW has let me down a bit over the last few years. 
I have asked and asked for menu plans - thinking already done for me - I can swap in and out any foods on their plan when I want but at least I have a base to go by...
but NOPE they are very stingy on that part.   Not only that when they do have a menu plan (for a week) they use foods I don't even know exists! Where the heck do you buy that?

So I am going to try it out. JC that is.  I am going to be anonymous - at home - and continue to WI at WW cause I AM a  lifetimer! 
I HAVE to get this weight off AGAIN. 
In 2007 I was 10 lbs away from my goal weight.  A lot has happened since then that has caused some pretty good emotional eating but now I want to try and get it under control. 
Here is to a skinny new me in 2011...
now to just make that Jenny call :)