It is sunday

It is the last day of August so seems summer is over and get to go back to the fun of the school year and the schedules we all make ourselves do. Sometimes i like schedules other times i really hate them.

Keah will be 22 this week hard to think she is that old already. Where has the time gone. Just a few pictures of her as a baby not real young as i do not have any of those on the computer. What things have changed in the 22 years is amazing too. We still have a film camera but we rarely use it as it is so much easier to use the digital ones.

have a good day today

fall layout

Thought i would put up a layout i just finished. It is only from last fall so i guess only a year behind from how current i am. I used my silhoette to cut the words and the corn. It was fun learning how to use it more. I really like how this came out and maybe will motivate me to do more now. It was fun going to this maze it was more for young kids but still a nice family outing.

Fit or Fat

What an appropriate article as I have been wondering at times about this concept and a friend of mine we have chatted about this at times too. Are you better off being a little overweight with excess skin and be metabolically healthy or just being thin and having cardiovascular problems or high blood pressure ect? As the article says weight is not everything and i really believe that so much more now.


In a study from The Archives of Internal Medicine, the weight and cardiovascular risk factors of over 5,000 adults were analyzed. The results are a little surprising: Half of the overweight people and over one-third of the obese people in the study were “metabolically healthy.” This means that even though they were carrying extra pounds, it didn’t influence their cholesterol, blood pressure or other measures that indicate risk of heart disease.

Size doesn’t always equate with health. In this study, about one out of four people who fell into the “healthy” weight range had at least two cardiovascular risk factors typically associated with obesity. So maybe you shouldn’t be jealous of your thin friend who eats whatever she wants and never exercises--she might not be as healthy as you’d think.

Several studies from the Cooper Institute show that fitness level is a much better indicator of health than BMI. People who are overweight (or obese) but can still keep up on treadmill tests have much lower heart risk than people who are slim and unfit.

What does this mean for you? First, the number on the scale doesn’t tell the whole story and should not determine whether you’re a success or failure at becoming healthy. In reality that number is, well, just a number. What’s sometimes more important is whether or not you can walk up a set of stairs without being totally winded, or could easily walk the local 5K without wondering if you’ll be able to finish. I remember during my first marathon, I was passed by a woman who didn’t look like your typical athlete. She was overweight, but obviously fit enough to complete a 26.2 mile race (and made me look like I was moving in slow-motion).

There are a lot of factors to consider when it comes to overall health, so make sure you step back and look at the big picture. Research like this proves that it’s not only size that matters.

Happy Monday

Today has been a productive day. Exercised, cleaned, watered the grass, did some scrapping and figured out what is for dinner.

The girls have started college again hard to believe the summer is just about over and how the time just went by quick. I will be glad when the heat is done though as i am tired of the heat and humidity. I do not mind the cooler temps as i can go out in that a bit more and enjoy it. I am also looking forward to my electric and water bill going down. I guess because of my health i have to run the air and doing that makes it so that we pay for that more and then because our house is new and we have sod we had to make sure that it did not just up and die this year.

We have enjoyed the garden vegetables though and so that has been fun we still have peppers and tomatoes and a watermellon on the vine. The peppers are turning colors so that is fun we have orange and red and yellow ones.

I am putting a few new pictures of me that we took yesterday. I have not worn a belt with a shirt in a long time so that is kind of fun to see happen.

frustration

I went out yesterday shopping with Michelle am working on some ideas for young womens lesson i will teach soon and thought i should get some pants for when i strart to work at weight watchers as i have one pair that fit. Driving by we saw old navy has jeans on sale not what i can wear to weight watchers but for 12.00 a pair not bad. so we went in and for one a lot of the jeans are not ones i would wear low cut. but they have one style that is higher so thought i would try them on well the one pair is a bit too snug and the other too loose. So we did not buy any at old Navy. We went to Kohls next and was finding the same problem or they were out of the size i might of been able to wear. I know the ones i have in my closet that seem to fit are Riders so I think i will need to go and find those the ones i have i found at K-mart not a place i normally shop but they seem to have a few things on occasion that i can wear.

The thing too with all this is never did i think i would even be trying on a pair of pants at old Navy so that in itself is a big thing for me to. At first i seemed upset with not finding anything but then i think back and am proud of what i have done and just because they dont make things to fit my body should not make me upset but to just find what will fit and be happy with that.

allergies and such

Well i have been doing fairly good lately but then again the heat has not been too bad and so i do not think at times as not doing so good. Today though i went outside and noticed it was quite humid which i do not do too good in. I did call ben and he told me the mold was high and i said yeah i could tell my breathing is harder to do and a few other things so i came home and have been inside most of the afternoon.

I made some canned peaches today. Keah loves peaches and i love canned ones so thought i would do them this year since i have been canning other things too. I have also got a lot of fruit frozen to eat with yogurt as i do not like the pre flavored kind any more. My favorite lately is cherries though. I like them in smoothies yogurt and oatmeal.

free things

I love free things and better yet when it is something that will be useful and helpful to me with other things i own. I found this software that will help me with my silhouette and normally the program would of cost 79.00 but today it is free. Even if i do not use it a lot i saved the money by getting it for free to begin with. Just a nice thing to share today.