I have been a busy gal lately. I’m trying to slow down a bit and I’m trying to put things in their proper order…but man life gets to flying by so fast!
Quilting
So technically I’m not actually quilting yet. I am working on piecing a quilt top. I like extra big blankets and quilts so I have sized this one to be king sized. I am also hand sewing it. Yes, I said hand sewing. You know…needle and thread in my hand. It has been fun and surprisingly easier to handle and do. I can sit on the couch whilst watching tv and sew….I’ve worked on it when we were in the car waiting for kiwi while he was in with the veterinarian (no worries it was just his normal yearly check up….and he got a clean bill of health!). I can move it around with me. Wanna be in a different room…let me just bring my quilt basket with me! I estimate that I’ll be finished putting the top together in mid to late February and then I’ll be working on quilting. That will be more difficult to cart with me..ok near impossible as the quilting frame I’ll be using is portable but still unwieldy. But no matter. I am enjoying the process. Here is a picture of what I have been working on and it will give an idea of what the quilt looks like.
2022 miles in 2022
I am hot on the trail of my yearly mile goals. I was ahead of the game by a few miles and building on my bank of extra miles…but on Friday I felt horrible. My headache was terrible and riding the bike was the last thing I wanted to do. So I used some of my banked miles. But that’s ok…that’s why I bank them! So I am doing really well with that! 5.5 miles a day isn’t really that difficult to get…not on an exercise bike! I have been trying on week days to get about 8-10. Weekends have been cold and icky so I haven’t been getting many miles on weekends…but the weather will turn and I’ll start getting weekend miles on the weekends which will allow me to bank even more miles!
Apple Dumplings
It came to my attention that while apple dumplings are a favorite of Jason’s that I had never made them. Never ever ever in my life. So I researched recipes…and I have been experimenting. I’ve tweaked and played and I think I have the perfect recipe…now just to continue to play to find the perfect way to make them so that they are actually pretty.
So there have been a few batches of apple dumplings made….and my oh my are they delicious! Not the best thing for a gal trying to lose weight though!
50 in 50
So with the thought of apple dumplings how am I doing on my weight loss efforts? Or more specifically, how am I doing with my mission to lose 50 pounds in the year that I turn 50 years old (this year). Well, I somehow pulled out a loss last week. For the official weigh in I lost and that brings my official loss to 5.8 pounds for the year 2022. So I am on track to lose the weight…my goal was an average of one pound a week. But there is a problem.
The problem…my weekends have been off the hook with eating and desserts. So I am in that cycle of gain all week and then spend the week trying to lose enough to at least clock a maintain. This is NOT a good cycle! This is not a healthy cycle! This is very much self sabotage! I need to get this under control! I know that I won’t be totally successful until I stop this cycle! I must get back to counting and tracking calories on the weekend and being strict with my ONE dessert per weekend/week rule!
So that’s the skinny on where I’m at…quilting, baking (which I love to do), riding the exercise bike and living life!