I'm confused.

Last night, Sam wouldn't let me put him down. I could barely keep my eyes open, and he wasn't having anything. I would gently and carefully attempt to lay him in his beloved car seat or at my side and nothing worked. Tonight, I randomly laid him down on the chair just to run to the bathroom and the kid hasn't moved since.

Huh?

Anyway. Happy New Year! Well, in 13 minutes. My house is quiet. I've got three extra kiddos here. My niece and nephews are cozied upstairs after much chattering... finally they fell asleep. The snow is pounding us and my sister's plan of leaving them with my mom and dad overnight was sort of thwarted by that. Driving an hour in this is just not ideal.

So. We have six children tonight. I'm the only person in my house who is awake, and I have to say, it's hard not to answer the call of my growling stomach. Today was a success, though, and I'm readopting my former motto....

I WIN.

Whenever I make a good choice or walk away from something I want or exercise when I don't feel like it... I WIN... and I tell myself that I win. It works.

I woke up and there was Billy and his brand new amplifier. After the warm up, I soon realized I wasn't quite ready for the amplifier yet. It's a 3 pound bar that you use WHILE you're doing the typical tae bo moves, which already kick my butt. Anyway, I still worked up a sweat in spite of the fact that I had to stop halfway through to feed Sam, who, Sophia reminded me is "Way more important than exercise."

That made me laugh.

After that, I did pretty well with my eating - even forfeited my coffee and creamer... and then tonight we made that stir fry. YUM. My sister and her family came over and we all ate stir fry and drank diet sodas and water. Then we ate a Weight Watchers dessert which was really good. It's a lemon pie, and it's really lemon-y, so that made it sweet... sweet enough for me to avoid the cookie dough while I baked cookies for the kids (and Adam who has never had a weight issue.)

Anyway, I like to try recipes other people have tried and recommend, so I'm going to post this one here. I got it from the WW website, and I do recommend it. My sister said she should've baked it a little bit longer - it wasn't quite set, but it's super easy and really good. :)

Ingredients:

• 6 whole reduced-fat cinnamon graham crackers
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 11 oz fat-free sweetened condensed milk
• 2 large egg(s)
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Grind graham crackers in a food processor until fine, or place crackers in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. Place crumbs in a small bowl.
• Melt butter on stove top or in microwave and pour over graham cracker crumbs, mixing with a fork until completely moistened. Press crumbs evenly onto bottom of a 9-inch pie pan; place crust in refrigerator while preparing lemon filling.
• Place condensed milk and eggs into a bowl and mix until smooth. Add lemon juice and zest and stir until incorporated. Pour milk mixture into prepared crust.
• Bake pie for 15 minutes. Cool completely, and freeze for up to two weeks before serving. For best flavor, serve chilled.

So, that's about it. Day One. In a nutshell. I won't tell you about all the laundry and dishes I did today... ugh.

I hope your New Year's was happy... and I hope you'll join in if you're wanting to lose the weight. :) Like Zac and Vanessa say... "We're all in this together..."

(yes, I did watch the High School Musical Sing-along... I even DVR'ed it... but no, of course I don't have a movie crush on Zac Efron...promise I don't! he's like, 18, for pete's sake!)

Bring on 2008!

Comments

[Sharmaine]

Happy New Year Courtney, glad it started with you being true to your resolution and hope today is another good day :)

[Patty Craft]

rock on! thanks for your sharing your winning ways. i like the idea of telling myself "I win!" each time I make a good decision. I'll try it.

i walked this morning despite the cold and did some yoga, so I feel good about me on this first day of 2008.

love you.

[Bridgette Mehlig]

Happy New Year ! !
I'm glad that you and you're family are doing great. I seriously can not believe it's 2008 ! But I know it's going to be a great year ! : ) I LOVE High School Musical and HSM2 ! There just fun and entertaning movies !! lol. Thanks for everything !

love you XOXO

[Susan Beth Breuner]

I exercised (step areobics in the basement), drank water moderately well - still have time for another 12 oz glass or two - and made good breakfast choices. the mid-day meal was a serries of snacks, some good, some...well, not so good, but dinner is on the way any minute, and it is good. So, I think I can say "I win." but it was not by a landslide. But, a win is a win, right? Tomorrow a.m. the scale will tell.

Glad you had a good day. Hope the baby sleeps well tonight!

[Cyndi Hoehn]

Happy 2008, Courtney! I took some inspiration from you and am making a commitment to drink more water. My downfall is soda and diet just doesn't taste good to me =( I would like to lose ten pounds. I'm 5'3 and am about 130 lbs. Not extremely over-weight, but out-of-shape for sure! I'm in on the journey with ya - WE WIN =)

I also am reading the Bible cover to cover and hope that it will show in my daily life.