Ben Visits Aunt Nan

I got to spend some time last nigt with Benjamin. He's 18 months old and is a sweetie. He ate dinner (Chloe REALLY wanted him to share!) We also went for a walk around the block several times. The first time he stayed with me and it was easy to "manage" him and Chloe. The second time he decided to ignore me, run away, chase geese while screaming "fly, fly, " and pick up anything he could get his hands on. Good news....I don't think he ate any bugs. Bad news.... I could not do this 24/7. How do parents manage???? Maybe that's why you are supposed to have them while you are young! Regardless, he is a special and very loved little man.

Monroe News Multimedia Presentation

Bryan Bosch, a gifted photographer (and now a friend) who works for the Monroe News, has followed my weight loss efforts over the past eight months. His work has resulted in a multimedia slideshow on the Monroe News web site. It is a remarkable piece of work. I can't begin to express in words what his work means to me and how much his efforts to capture my story have changed my life. The pictures, while sometimes hard to look at, tell a story about my challenges, frustrations, and successes. The audio captures what I am all about, the message I wanted to share, and the reality of what it's like to struggle with weight loss. What's amazing is that I can't even begin to imagine how hard and time consuming it must have been to look through 1000's of pictures and hours upon hours of audio, put together something so beautiful, and make it look so incredibly easy. I know it wasn't. I know that I have been blessed by having the opportunity to be a part of this and everything else I have taken part of in 2008. I have met some incredible people, been supported by so many people, worked with remarkable students...................... I am so grateful.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you Bryan! This will be a memory that I will never forget.

http://www.monroepublishing.com/multimedia/nancy/

The Wedding

My nephew Tim married Michele on August 23rd in East Lansing. It was a wonderful celebration and lovely event. Here's a picture of the two of us. There will be many more pictures to come but this is my favorite so far.

The wedding was so special and the reception was a great party and an opportunity to visit with family and friends.

Tim and Michele are a special young couple and I know they will have MANY years of happiness together.

Disney World....What A Trip!!!

Last week I was at Disney World enjoying the trip I won during Lifetime's Clean Start Challenge with my sister and some friends. It was an incredible trip. We had a blast, went to all the parks, walked from dawn to dusk every day, slept very little but it was oh so worth it!!! It was the first vacation I have ever taken where I exercised every single day and ate reasonably. It felt good to be in control and not blow it!!!

I did several videos for Lifetime and here's one reflecting on the changes in my life. The quality of the video isn't the greatest but the feelings are real and the memories will last forever.

Girls Trip 08 - Grand Haven, MI

I spent the last two days with eight girlfriends who graduated from High School together. Every summer we get together and take a two or three day trip. We've been doing it for around 20 years and have a great time every year. This year.... Grand Haven, MI. It's a lovely town on Lake Michigan. I took over 100 pictures but here's a few of my favorites!

One is a lovely sunset (one of my favorite things) and the other is a pictures of us girls!

Pepper

Sad to say that I made the difficult decision tonight to have Pepper put to sleep. She has been part of my life for almost 16 years and had been going downhill in recent months.

I miss her already but know it was the right thing to do. Chloe and I are very sad to tonight. We'll be ok but not right now.

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Team Milan is Getting Smaller!!!!!

Not in the number of participants...we're adding members...getting close to fifty people. The getting smaller refers to the weight loss of course. The group weighing in at my house this morning did a great job. Many people with BIG numbers (including yours truly). It looks like we will be really close to having lost 600 pounds as a group. Pretty remarkable huh???


I FINALLY had a great week. I lost 6.8 pounds for a total of 80.3 pounds since January. It feels so great to see results when I am working so hard. My goal for two weeks (this past week and this coming week) was to lose 6.5 pounds because I am going away with some girls from High School and wanted to be able to say I have lost 80 pounds. Met my first goal in one week. Cool! My next goal was to lose another 10 pounds by the wedding and I am confident I will be able to accomplish that. (maybe more???) Gotta remember this so when I have a slow week I will not be so frustrated and get so down on myself.


I took measurements two months ago and decided to take them again. In a little over two months I have lost 18 1/2 inches from my body. This really helped me this week when I was struggling. Just knowing that something was changing made it a little easier to deal with the slow weight loss.


Going to the Tiger game tomorrow with some friends. Supposed to be a nice day and will be a nice way to celebrate a weight loss success (without food of course)!