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Saturday, December 31, 2005

FOOD & WEIGHT Oh yeah and My life a little.....

IT'S SATURDAY NEW YEARS EVE!!!!!

Well all I don't think I am gonna make my 205. But I am ok with that. God is so awesome. He always sends someone to you when you just can't figure out how to get yourself up and back on track.

EXPLANATION:
I am up and down all night to the bathroom because of so much blessed water I am drinking all day. LOL so I get up last night around 3:25 AM and when I just get laid back down, Someone comes online and buzzes me. :( I was a little annoyed that someone would buzz me in the middle of the night. I answered the message and let him know I was sleeping. But I stayed and talked to him for a little bit. He ended up having just the right scriptures and the right words to touch me in a way that I get myself back on track with Life. He said HE was woke up early and didn't know who the Word was for until he got online and started talking to me.. THANK U LORD!!!! SOOOOOOOOO NOW THAT I AM BACK. I am so ready for the next challenge.

Now for today's Food and Weight Check In:

211.0 Lbs for today 12/31/05

Breakfast: NS Scrambled w/ Peppers, Cheese Stick, Redicup Applesauce

Lunch: NS Cream of Broccoli, Salad w/ FF Thousand, Light Harvest Peach Yogurt

Snack: Cheese Stick, Apple Slices

Dinner: NS Spinach Ravioli, Salad w/ FF Thousand, Green beans w/ 1 Tbs Butter (fat)

Dessert: NS Nutricrunch Chocolates

Water Intake: I will have in at least 2 to 3 quarts by time I go to bed. (I Promise)

I Know I am posting some of these foods before I eat, But I have everything set out already. And I Know I can STICK with what I Put down here. (OK UPDATE: I decided to switch Lunch & Dinner. Still same food though.)

Thanks to all of you that are keeping me accountable.

I Love U ALL and I am SO HONORED to call EACH of YOU MY FRIENDS.

Sherri G

Friday, December 30, 2005

December 30, 2005 Food Post and Weight Update

OK I know it is technically Saturday and I changed the date at the bottom, But thanks to karon and my finally remembering. I forgot to post the food yesterday. So here goes.

Breakfast: NS CinnaCrunch Cereal, 1C soy milk, 2 cheese sticks (1 for extra protein), Redicup applesauce.

Lunch: 5 oz sauteed stew meat, 1/2 C Risatto Rice, Salad w/ FF Thousand

Snack: Light Harvest Peach Yogurt

Dinner: NS Mac & Cheese w/ Beef, 1/2 C or Reg Mac & Cheese, Salad w/ FF Thousand (bad me, NO veggies)

Dessert: NS Nutricrunch Chocolates

Weigh in this AM was 211.8 Lbs

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Update: Food for the day

Update: Food for the day
Breakfast: NS CinnaCrunch Cereal 1C soy milk, 2 string cheese sticks, redicup applesauce

Lunch: NS Turkey Dog 2 Tbs light mayo, 1 white bread dinner roll, salad w/ 2tbs FF Thousand.

Snack: Light Harvest Peach Yogurt

Dinner: NS Teriyaki Beef w/ Rice, 3 oz Sauteed Stew meat, 1/2 C Rissato Garlic PrimaVera Rice.

Dessert: NS Nutricrunch Chocolates

Water Intake: as of 11 PM 5 cups and not done yet...........

I AM OK You All!!! (I think)

Well I am not really sure what I am today. So badly I want to give up on dieting, life, relationships the whole nine yards.

Bad emotion day for me today. I was touched so much by what Bob said the other day. I was so touched that I was not the only one feeling like that, and also scared that He may really quit. It just got me to thinking.

I mean I sit here today really messed up emotionally. I am tired of being alone. I am tired of dieting, but also tired of being fat. I am tired of life in general I think. The alternative to all of this is......... Well #1 digging a hole and crawling in for about ............hmmmmmmmmmmm ............The rest of my life.( NOT AN OPTION!!). #2 Quitting everything, including life.................(Not an option either). Or #3 Just trying to deal with the day and maybe crying myself into a stupor. (The only one that is actually doable).

I know I get lonely like this sometimes, but I don't remember being this bad in a LONG time. Even after I got scammed and found out Shaun was Fake. I do get down in the dumps sometimes also and just want to change or give up. But that doesn't happen either, I just get over it. And Tired of being fat is what caused me to start NS on the first place.
The part I am having so many troubles with lately is that all of these emotions don't usually hit me all at once. They like the aches and pains I have daily, usually take turns and only hit one at a time. Lately I have been SPECIAL. ALL AT ONCE!! And it is driving me BONKERS!!!!!!!!

Well I will just have to figure out how to deal with it in an OK way. Get into my WORD (Bible) today, Get before God and rest in Him for a while, or Have a good CRY and then Get before God for comforting and rejuvenation. Any or all of the above are good options.

I think I messed up on my dieting so much with weight fluxuation that I didn't think I could make it to my 205 goal for the end of the year. Or even come close to it. I am at 211.8 today and just 6.8 lbs to go to make that 205. Just 1.2 lbs a day for the next 4 days. And LOTS of H2O. So any and ALL of u can keep me in check and accountable for this loss. The closer I get to my mini goals the more I end up sabotaging myself.

So no more cheating on my NS diet, No more thinking about relationships, and no more Mulling over how messed up life is. JUST KICK MYSELF IN THE BUTT AND KEEP GOING!!!!!

Ok so as of today I am at 211.8 Lbs ( I said that already.......LOL) SO I just have 6.8 lbs to go. So THIS TIME FOR REAL!!, I am gonna log everything that passes these LIPS and goes in the mouth. Will update later on the array of ONLY NS diet stuff I eat. LOL..............Even though I REALLY want some of those chips on top of the Fridge. OK I know STEP AWAY FROM THE FRIDGE!!!! Luckily I am still blogging here...........LOL

Well Off to figure out what is for lunch.

Thanks Sue for being concerned and asking for this blog today or I may not have done it.

Well I have babbled on enough and I feel MUCH better.

God Bless U ALL

Sherri G

Wednesday, December 28, 2005


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Monday, December 19, 2005

IT'SSSSSSSSS MONDAYYYYYYYYYY

And a fairly good Monday too. It is always a good day when I wake up lighter than I was last week. It is only 8:25 AM and my final weigh in is around 10:30 (the time I started weighing when I first started this diet, so I stick with it) but first step is 212.8. Which means all the bad choices I made over the weekend and especially yesterday, didn't hurt me too bad.

On Saturday I went to Fellowship Gumbo party for another churches singles ministry. It was cool. I don't do parties really, but the minister of your Ministry asked me and a couple of other people to go with him and represent our ministry so I said yes. When we arrived I asked him if he knew the ones hosting the party. He said NO. My stomach almost flipped out of my body. So scenario: I was going to a party, (I don't do parties), and The Minister I went with didn't know anyone there. LOL I told him if he felt like someone was attached to him, They were. LOL So I did what I do best in parties. I found a chair and sat and talked to the other lady that came with us. (I thought I was bad. I looked over at her a couple of times and finally had to tell her to breathe. LOL It looked like she was just sitting there holding her breath.

Once I got inside and was there for a few minutes I realized it was ok. Atmosphere was nice. They had jazz music going and was peaceful.

I finally had to get out of my chair cause the slightest bit of stress my system feels lately (with everything else happening) I get wheezy and will end up in a full blown asthma attack if I don't catch it early. So I had to venture to find my jacket, and then find an out of the way place to hit the dumb thing. LOL restroom was the best place away from people, of course I had to open my mouth and ask where that was. Which kind of helped me get more relaxed. LOL the inhaler helped to. It makes me hyper and full of energy when I hit it correctly.

Well the Gumbo was done and the first bowl I saw come out had a big piece of Crab on it. (now the function cost $10 to come to, to help with the price of the Gumbo I guess) Yep and Guess What??? LOL I cant have crab. LOL There wouldn't be enough inhalers in the world to stop the asthma attack that comes on. So I asked if there was one with out crab, and they had made a small pot of one with no seafood, just meat. So I went that way. A bowl of rice and meat gumbo and of course cracklin cornbread and punch. Not very diet wise, but I almost knew that when I said yes to coming. I wasn't very good with my water either. I think I got 1 quart in all day, I THINK. I was good for dinner. I had a light yogurt and a small head of fried cabbage. (fried in olive oil, my fat for the day) and a sugar free jello for later. Ok something I ate that day was free of calories or little cals. LOL

Sunday consisted of Church. Another hard day for diets. I woke up late and forgot to bring my breakfast so I am at the store thinking, What can I eat and still basically stay on track. So I chose 2 light yogurts for the protein and a banana for my fruit. Not bad I don't think. I have found that Harvest Peach light yogurt is the kick. Now lets see how long it takes to see if I am allergic to yogurt still. Will find out soon I guess. I cant have milk and not much ice cream cause I get bronchial pneumonia if i eat or drink it. I do push my luck on ice cream but I know my limit and when I can have it. I don't even think about ice cream of I am not feeling well or have been sick. My immune system is down too low and I don't even chance it. Now I wonder if I should treat yogurt the same.

OK I know I got off track. (Now you know why I don't write much. I am choppy and go all over the place.)

So back to Sunday. I had a wedding to do Sound for, and of course there was a reception afterwards. So I go and food was there of course. (I was good this time and took my water in with me.) So they had salami and cream cheese wrapped in tortillas and a veggie bowl and onion dip and cut up bbq hot dogs. Oh yeah and fake crab. So I had a little of each and a lot of veggies. Then there was the cake. LOL MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! LOL It was a vanilla, chocolate swirl topped with caramel and cool whip. Boy!!! Was it good. :) so i drank 2 quarts of water before I even left there. Ok so anything after this water was all extra. When I got back to my nieces place I felt like I was hungry (kind of), not that I could have been after all that eating. So I had 2 ladles of homemade stew and a big salad. Later I had a jello for a snack and around midnight I had my NS desert. (for the first time in forever).

Well that was the extent of my weekend. All in all I had a good time. I did 2 things I don't like to do. One was the Singles Fellowship where I didn't know anyone except those I went with, and second was going to a place by myself. (oh yeah, I don't like to go out to parties or any place like that by myself, don't know why) It is really time to get myself out of the shell I have been living in and get myself out there a little. OK something I am working on little by little.

Well I have caught everyone up on my weekend and it wasn't that hard this time. LOL Didn't take me half as long as it usually does. So the final weigh in is in like an hour away, so I will update here what the outcome was. And also on Pam's Blog.

Thanks in advance to all that come and visit. Have a good one and God Bless.

Sherri G

OK weight update: LOL Final weigh in is 212.4. Not bad down almost 2 1/2 lbs from last week. WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Its Thursday finally...............

This week has seemed to take forever. It feels like it should be Next Wednesday already.

Well the scale Gods are looking fondly down on me lately. LOL

The scales are slowly going down. Really helps that I am eating More like I should be.

On Monday I weighed 215
Tuesday I was at 214
Wednesday I was at 213.2 (do we see a pattern here??.........LOL)
Thursday (today) I am at 212.

I am back on the eating track and the water track also. I went to work out on Tuesday and still am sore from the workout. I need to try to squeeze in another workout this Saturday. That way I am not so sore again on Tuesday when I was supposed to go back.

Well I am doing pretty good with eating today. I had lunch with my dad at CoCo's. I had a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (no croutons), Italian Dressing (on the side) and a bowl of Cream of Broccoli Soup. Oh yeah 3 packets of crackers. Almost forgot those......LOL I am up 2 almost 3 glasses of water and only a quart & a half to go.

Dinner will be a little late tonight so I need to plan snack somewhere in between. I also need to start remembering Dessert. I don't think I have remembered that in about 2 weeks now. I know BAD ME..........LOL

An update on everything. LOL the guy the never showed up says he is coming to fix everything before Christmas. LOL (U notice I am not holding my breath on this one). I told him if he wanted to prove he was for real he needed to come here in person and figure out what went wrong. Well Like I said I am not holding my breath waiting for him to come. I also told him NOTHING could be like it was. He could only hope for friendship possibly.

Home life is pretty good. I need to figure out how to find another job that I can work from home with. Any suggestions anyone??

Well now that I have basically caught everyone up. I will close this.

Have a good one and Danielle if you need to u can email me for any questions u have. I know u have some or at least one.......LOL

God Bless Everyone

Sherri G

Monday, December 12, 2005

Another day, another weigh in day..............................

Oh............... I forgot to do that today............LOL

I didn't even remember til I was reading Bob's Blog and he mentioned he lost 3 lbs this week. I almost hit myself. I am so dense today.

Well the low down on my life lately.

I have been doing pretty good on the weight loss thing. I mean holding my own I guess. I keep bouncing back and forth between 2 lbs. I mean I cheat and they come back and then I am good and they go away. LOL the yo yo effect. LOL

Well, I went to the movies on Saturday and saw The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. It was AWESOME. I need to go back again to see the parts I missed. The hazards of going to the movies with a 3 yr old. LOL
For my meal planing that day I didn't fair well, I had a double quarter pounder before we went and there I had a bag of M&M's and shared a popcorn with my niece. I had my NS breakfast and a LARGE Salad with Grilled Steak for dinner. No soda at the movies. OOPS..... That would be a couple of sips from my Gr. Nieces.

On Sunday I went out to eat with my oldest daughter and her boyfriend. IHOP is my weakness. A Big Steak omelet was the lesser of a few evils. Yes I stayed away from the gravy. Good for me. Bad me though, I ate most of the omelet and about a pancake and a half. I had baked orange chicken and white rice last night for dinner. My mistake was I had no veggies or salad all day yesterday. And I don't think the veggies in the omelet counted. LOL

So today I am back on track basically. I had white rice and yogurt and cantaloupe for breakfast. A 1/2 can of chicken noodle soup a salad and string cheese for lunch and not sure what dinner is yet. I am hoping for Cabbage, Spinach reviles and a LARGE Salad again. I have got to remember snack and dessert everyday. Half the time I forget. Maybe that is my weight yo yo effect problem. LOL and my munching and cheating............LOL

Well my stress level is on the high side with all the mess going on over here with the online guy. Which has kicked my asthma in A LOT lately. But I am working on that situation.

Well I guess I have blabbed enough and I will go ahead and post this blogg. I am still trying to figure out how to post a link to my daughter's (adopted) birthday party, and the cake fight. It is in powerpoint presentation. If any one knows please let me know.

GOD BLESS and Have A Good One.

Sherri G

Sunday, December 11, 2005

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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Interesting day today.............

I sit here and try to compile all of everything that is going on in my life right now. And not really sure what to tell and what not to. So here is some of the skinny. (I know I am a day late. But I did try this yesterday and it all got jumbled up inside me.) So here goes.........


The guy that was supposed to come has not and I am not even sure he is coming. Right now the way I feel that is fine.

A word of warning and I know people tell us this all the time, but until you have experienced it you always say, "It won't happen to me." Well, don't trust anyone with money except in cash in front of you. NO ONE!!! Especially those over the internet. That is all I am gonna say on that one. And I will leave it alone.

My weight loss is doing pretty good. I was down to 211 yesterday. The scale gave me 210.6 once but I never saw it again, so I took the 211. That is cool with me. I just need to get better at my water, ALL of my food and exercising a little at least. I may start charting my exercise here and what I am eating. AND my water intake.....LOL If I have to put it here maybe I will do it. And it wont go down here if I haven't done it. Starting today I will do that. At least there will be something here daily. LOL

I never would have thought I would be writing in a blog as an adult. LOL I used to hate writing. But as I get older, it really helps to journal. I mean I do to an extent with Me and God, but it isn't consistent. Kind of like this one. But maybe if I can be consistent with this one I can get in the right place with that one too.

SO today I am starting to go to my trainer in the evening. And am gonna try to start my own workout stuff at home. I need help with my abs from him, but I can work my legs & most of my arms myself .

So off I go. I hope this catches some of you up. It will also help me to stay focused for this challenge. Oh yeah. I have also adjusted my weight goal by New Years. I am shooting for 205. That should be fairly easy now since I am almost there already, but anything under that is all gravy........LOL good choice of words huh?? At least I didn't say Mashed Potatoes & Gravy............LOL LOL

I want to learn a few of the tricks of the link world in this thing. If anyone is willing to help out I would much appreciate it. And how do you all get those charts on here. I just don't get that one either.

Well this is WAY longer than I thought it was gonna be and I thank you all for stopping by and checking this out. Please comment or sign my guest book if you stop by. I know I am inconsistent but that is gonna change today. I will update later on the food, water and exercise.

God Bless Everyone and Have a good one.

Sherri G

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Complete Blogg Tomorrow..............I Promise Promise

OK I know I have been bad. My going through has been going through. Things are over with the guy that was supposed to come and I will go in deeper tomorrow. A little tired tonight and not in a thinking and typing mode.

Good Night all

Sherri G

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Ok update of Update from Yesterday/ Last night

Well Last night I went to the airport to pick up a friend I met online. We have been talking for almost 3 months now and he's finally coming. So I thought. Well He was supposed to call me from Minneapolis when he got in and he didn't. I kept thinking he got tied up in customs and was rushing to catch his connector flight. So I went to the airport and no friend. I was disappointed at first and then when I talked to the woman at the ticket desk I got really pissed off. (sorry for those who don't hear me talk like that). I left there and feel sorry for my youngest daughter, cause I tend to speed a lot when I am mad. I came home and was fuming for a while. Then praying and asking why?? I never did get anything. Well I never heard from him all night (or all day). Well I sent an email that wasn't very nice . (no cussing but very hurt in it). I get a message from his brother around midnight. Saying he had problems with immigration in Austria. Things got messed up and he couldn't call or message me yet. That I should hear from him soon.

At 5:30 AM I get him on my messenger explaining all that happened. Was a BIG mess up with the agency he used to get the plane ticket. Had to call back to states to his boss and everything. The mess is going to take a few extra days to get straight. Bummer.

I really had to apologize to him for the harsh email. And he apologized for other things. We are cool now. He is still coming. And I definitely am not going to airport til he calls me from the states. LOL

Well thanks all for listening to me babble. Thought I would catch some people up on what was happening. I was getting questions about how things went.

Well blogg again tomorrow about how the day went.

Have Great Thanksgiving to ALL, & God Bless

Sherri G

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

OK I only seem to be averaging once a week here................... :( :(

I just can't get myself to blog at a halfway decent pace. Either once a week or maybe if I am lucky twice. Well here is the update between last Wednesday and now.


I was MAJOR sick last week. Sore throat and headache, cough and all. Well I wasn't good on my food plan at that time either, but come Thursday afternoon on. I was very good. Got in most of my water those days and started feeling better. I actually made it to church on Sunday, kind of had to it was my day to minister for the Sound Board. Very interesting to do when your hearing is still all in a tunnel. LOL Luckily for me one of the other guys on the Team thought it was his weekend and helped me out. Still didn't feel 100% on Sunday but chilled and didn't do a whole lot more. Plenty of sleep on Sunday and woke up Monday feeling PRETTY GOOD. Whoopee!!!! Its about time!! Well last week I was talking to my special friend online and He is finally coming to visit. FINALLY!!! He has been trying to get here since we met in August. He has had all kinds of obstacles to hurdle over. But he is coming finally. At least I think he is. LOL I haven't heard from him yet and his plane landed in the states at 10:37AM PST. But his flight doesn't leave Minneapolis until until 3:17PM PST. He is due here at 7:09PM. This is going to be interesting. I met him online almost 3 months ago. We have been talking almost every day since then. I mean every day we could between his work schedule and mine and sleeping for the both of us. LOL a 8 - 9 hour time difference didn't help either. When I was awake he was sleeping mostly and when he was awake I was sleeping. LOL that was interesting. Well things finally got finished and fixed and he is headed here for at least a week. Just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday. This is awesome. Well I really am getting jittery with the time getting closer so maybe I will go take a nap and try to sleep some of the time away. LOL I thought my stomach was doing flip flops yesterday. Today seems to be worse. Bigger butterflies I think today and not really hungry either, even though I thought I was starving. LOL

Well gonna end this and update later tonight or tomorrow on how things went.

Thanks for all the support and comments you all leave. I really love to read for others. God Bless U all

Sherri G

11:52PM UPDATE:
Well I think I am stupid or something. He didn't show or call. I guess the joles on me this time, as always. LOL oh well. Well thanks for listening you all.
Sherri G

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

How to recover from a kicker cold and still stay on track...........................

Ok this is officially day 3 of a kicker cold I have. It started coming on last week with the headaches, but now I sound like a swallowed a family of Bull Frogs. LOL people keep telling me Juices and Soups, but these are not on NS plan of action. Especially the Juice. I mean have you looked at the calories in one glass of the stuff. Needless to say I could drink a whole gallon and not think anything of it. LOL

Ok, so any suggestions from any one today?? Do I blow the progress I have made to get better, or does anyone know of another way and still stay good. I have been hungry so I have been eating. I am trying to make good choices though. Like last night I was hungry after dinner so I made some Cream Of Wheat, it was warm and smooth, felt good on my throat, i have been drinking tea too. Ok well I am way open to any suggestions please.

Thanks in advance to any help out there.

Sherri G

Sunday, November 13, 2005

OK Flashback Friday......I know I am late..........

Ok I am bad with this but in talking to my niece last night I don't remember a whole lot of specifics about my childhood. I mean I can recall when someone is talking about an incident, but I can not pull up the whole story in my memory. So I figured I would blog about the one person in my life that I learned a lot from. Now if you feel sadness from this blogg I am sorry. And if I ramble on Please Forgive Me, but I have not really talked about my sister with anyone except my niece since she has passed away. SO Here Goes............... This is about My Sister, Her name is Ann. Early on in life, I was probably 5 yrs old I remember Ann helping me clean my room so I wouldn't get in trouble from my mom. She would show me, and help me put things away and in their places so it looked nice. I remember her always being around. My Niece says she was Miss Betty Crocker homemaker. She was always showing us that things could be done. Cooking, baking, just in general being there. (I don't remember my mom doing that. I mean she did but I was always told to get out of the kitchen. Hardly ever allowed to watch.) the best times for my sister was when she was baking cookies. Chocolate Chip at that............... LOL Yes they are my MAJOR WEAKNESS!!!!! I Loved (ok still LOVE) to eat the cookie dough from the bowl. I remember disappearing into the kitchen when she was baking a batch. Now the make up of the house I grew up in. The living room was on the other side of the wall from the kitchen. So when I would disappear into the kitchen, Ann would ask me what I was doing after a couple of minutes. And ALWAYS I would try to play it off by telling her I was getting a drink or something else. But invariably I had a mouthful of cookie dough. "Sherri GET OUT of the cookie dough and OUT of the kitchen." she would tell me. Then back I would go again after the next batch was in. I would either be stealing cookie dough, or a nice hot cookie. I always wondered how she had any cookies left for anyone else after I had made my trips to the kitchen. When I was 7 yrs Old, I remember I was sick and my mom came in my room first thing in the morning and told me I had a Birthday Present. June 1, is the day if you wanted to know). I was excited, and asked for it. She said it was still at the hospital, that Ann had had her baby. I was disappointed, I told her I didn't want that. LOL Who wants a niece on their birthday as a kid. LOL That was the best gift Ann could have given me. I Love My niece, her name is Melissa. Later I remember going on Vacation with my family and stopping at my sisters place in TX. That was cool, until night time. I Remember when the lights were off, looking at the floor and telling my niece the floor was moving. We turned back on the lights and it was HUGE cockroaches. EWWWWW.......... They seemed like the size of my hand, I doubt it though. Later when I was 13 I got to go visit her for a summer, well 3 weeks. I had a blast. There I saw her in action. Keeping up a house and cooking and caring for her kids. Her ex-husband was a jerk, I thought. (Well he still is, but that is a totally different subject). He was in the Armed Forces and I remember her cooking all afternoon so dinner would be ready when he came home. She would serve him first. That is the right thing to do. But he would be totally finished eating before she could get the next person served. I thought that was wrong even then, I asked her about it, but she never said a word, if I recall correctly she said don't worry about it. Now she had 3 kids, My niece Melissa (born on my birthday), my nephew Willie, and my niece Shana. A few years later she left him and came to live back home with my mom & I. That was cool, I liked it when she was around. I came home from school one day and my nephew Willie was gone and my sister was upset and beat up a little (she had a tear in her ear lobe and, cracked ribs and a lump behind her ear; she was always complaining that it hurt). Her ex-husband had come over taken him from her (of course there was a BIG struggle) and left. Now they weren't divorced yet. I remember there were times when she would have to go back to Texas to go to court about this matter. She never stopped fighting to get him (Willie) back. After a while I guess she had exhausted the court system but she had said that the court had awarded Willie to his father. YUCK that was sucky. A couple of years later I remember her being in the hospital and not knowing if she was going to make it. I found out she had Thyroid Cancer. That lump behind her ear that she had been complaining about was cancerous previous to the fight with her ex-husband. She had to have her Thyroids removed. A year or so after that she had surgery again, the cancer had spread to her chest but the Dr's couldn't do the whole surgery at one time. She had to recover from the Thyroid Surgery before they could remove the rest of the cancer. That one really scared me. I REALLY didn't think she was going to make it. She did though. We had the getting High incident and all and just other memories of her come back. Through out the years I remember always keeping in touch and visiting. We always talked about how the cancer was doing and how she was feeling. She had gone into remission for a LONG time. One day she told me the Dr's found a spot of cancer, and SWORE me to secrecy. She began telling the family through out the year. I remember she was really weak at thanksgiving. She was very uncomfortable that day. She didn't make it to Christmas. She died of complications about 2 weeks before. We had her Home Going service, I found out my brother led her to the Lord before she died. And then the burial, she was cremated and laid to rest in a Pig Cookie Jar. She REALLY LOVED Pigs. She is buried in the same plot as my grandpa and my mother. Well now that I have rambled on, and lost of few of you at times. I am sorry. I am finally finished. And yes many a tissue lost its life to the writing of this blog. Thanks for listening to me ramble. Sherri G Ok I finally found the pics of my sister. Been looking all day. Also been Looking RIGHT at them...................DUH They are not in any particuar order or year so Here goes..........

Ann, my 2 neices and Her husband

Not sure what year this is. I would assume she is about 6 or 7 yrs old

Ann, Me & Sister Cathy This was before my braces so it has to be around my 3rd grade. Which would be around 1973.

Ann & my Great Nephew.

I think he is about 6 months, so around December 1993

Senior Portriat 1971

December 1992, the Christmas before my mom died.

This is from left to right;

Brother George, Sister Cathy, My Mom, Me, & Sister Ann

Sept. 6, 1955; Cathy 33 mos, Ann 23 mos

George, Ann, & Cathy; not sure about the year

Ann at my mom's house. By the hair cut I would say Late 70's

Saturday, November 05, 2005

The Scarlet Challenge....................................An interesting Story from My Childhood

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................. This one could prove to some VERY shocking.................

When I was a teen I was a typical rebellion. I used to smoke cigerettes & Weed. One of my older sisters also smoked weed. So one day we went to one of her friends place and was getting Loaded. A couple of hours later, maybe 3, I started feeling really weird. I was going at normal speed, but everything around me was going SUPER slow. My sister had me lay down, go wash my face, everything she could think of to get me to be better. We even sat outside in the cold so I could get some (freezing, if I recall correctly) fresh air. None of this really worked. We ended up driving around for like an hour and a half just so my high would go down enough to be able to get home, in the house and past my mom, without both of us getting KILLED. Literally!! Needless to say, My sister kept saying ALL day. NEVER AGAIN you are not getting high with me, NEVER. I even asked her a couple of other time and I got, NO!!!

Oh a side note on this, My neice that is 7 yrs younger than me remembers this, she said my sister thought I was going to die and she was really scared. Now I feel bad about the whole thing

I do think the whole thing is kind of funny. I didn't stop smoking weed for a couple of more years when I had another bad high, from someone putting other things in the joints. I figured after that, that I really wasn't supposed to be getting high. A couple of years later I asked Christ to Live in my Heart and have been Living for Him as best I could since then.

This story is ok here cause My kids already know this story. So now you all know to.


Sherri G

Friday, November 04, 2005

Playing with Pics again...................

Ok I am playing again. I think I got how to do this now. Not sure about the word placement, But at least I got all the pictures in the same post. I knew it could be done. I guess I need to start reading everything again when I am learning things. I finally found it in the helps place.

Well sorry for the repeat and maybe I can fix that too.







Ok this is the Mid before pic. Weight 214.6 lbs on November 3, 2005



















I just cant stop laughing.......................




















OK ............ I think I have it under control.....................MAYBE??





















I have it under control now and it only took 24 shots to get this 1 good one.



Thanks for putting up with me everyone.

Sherri G

Thursday, November 03, 2005

I am VERY bad......................

I am VERY bad................... I have not blogged since Monday. It has been an interesting week. It is only Thursaday and I just wanted to Serverly HURT something today.
Ok I am better ................ Actually I talked things over with the one I wanted to Maime and things are ironed out.
On a very goofy note. I got s couple of full body pics........... Now here is the senerio.......... Late at night, Way after 10PM, Me and my neice trying to get a decent (just 1, am I asking for too much here) picture. LOL................... It took 24 shots to get the 4 I finally came out with. One is kind of a before pic of me (Blue shirt, rolls and all). I never really got a full body good pic before. and the other ones were just trying to get a good regular pic of me. I dont have many of those either. Posted by Picasa
OK........................Just couldn't stop LAUGHING.
almost ROFLMBSO Posted by Picasa
This one was almost as bad as the previous one. Posted by Picasa
OK................ I think I have it under control now................ After 23 shots and 3 shirt changes I think I got a good one..........................
WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO IT'S A WINNER!!!!!!
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Since I am Thick headed.............

and I haven't figured out how to get pics in a single blogg post then I will have to deal with trying to get these all in picture order for you all here from top to bottom as all one blogg............. Ok if anyone knows how to do this PLEASE HELP!!!! PLEASE??


Well I am gonna go for now. Talk to you all on Monday. I am not even gonna promise tomorrow. LOL I will try though................


Sherri G

Monday, October 31, 2005

Happy Monday............. All you NS Blogger Challenge contestants..................IT'S WEIGH IN TIME.

Well it is definitely Monday. Up early, LIKE, REALLY early. 4:30AM the first time. Back down at 5:30 and up again for good at 7:30AM. EWWWWWW!!!! I Really I just wanted to stay balled up in my WARM blanket. Nope not a possibility A kid to get up and moving so he isn't late for school. And the day starts........ LOL Well not much going for me this weekend. Obviously I am BAD with blogging. I was gonna blogg yesterday, but that didn't happen. LOL

Well here I am today. Not sure what happened with Pam and the weigh in Blogg, but you can check in here if you all want to.

I will add it to my chart and send the results to Pam so she can update hers also.

I weighed in at 214.6 today. I got Bob's weight off of his blogg he is 1 lb down for a total weigh in of 292 lbs. So All u NS Blogger challengers, Come On Down to the Weigh In Scale and record for the new week.

Hope there is a lot of Loss This Week.

God Bless U all

Sherri G

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

OK I Promise to Blogg today, Just a Little Later..................

OK!!! I know I am Lazy and just didn't get my backside in gear and blogg yesterday. So I will update a little later......... I PROMISE. LOL

Sherri G



UPDATE:

OK
THE WEEKEND:
Saturday I went shopping for new cloths. Pants kept trying to fall off. LOL
Well I am down to a size 20 pants and an 18 skirt. Got some blouses also, and a jacket that didn't look like a tent. LOL

Sunday was Church then to my friends place out of toen and to church again. Home late and off to bed, to be woke up at 5:40 AM by my friend in Austria. Hey I talk when I can.

Monday was a weird mood day again. I am finding a lot of people asking me about that. Seems it is going around for some reason. SCALE VICTORY YESTERDAY THOUGH!!!!! I am down to a skinny (LOL.LOL.LOL.LOL) 217.8 lbs. NOW I am WAY STOKED. I can DO THIS!!!!

Well I hope this is enough to keep me out of the blogg dog house. See I did keep my promise. LOL
Talk to u all tomorrow.

Love U all

Sherri G

Friday, October 21, 2005

FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!!!!

I plan on cleaning a little and relaxing I hope a LOT this weekend. Well Not much else happening. At least no food get togethers. LOL Some of us from Singles ministry are going out to the PunchLine Comdey Club tonight. Just to get out. Will have to take a dessert bar with me so I dont eat there.

Well Saturday there is a concert at the Church being put on by one of the Sisters there and some other people. It should be a blast.

Well this is Friday and I am gonna post kind of short today. Will take good notes this weekend and post again on Monday nice and long for everyone.

A SHOUT OUT to all my NS & blog Buddies. Let's GO with this NEW CHALLENGE!!!

Love U all, God Bless & have a GREAT WEEKEND


Sherri G (also known now as Sherri Or Shorty Pls. on NS BB)

Thursday, October 20, 2005

It's Almost FRIDAY!!!!!

Good Morning All,

And How are my fine friends of NS, or other places today??

Well this is a new day, I slept pretty good and am feeling MUCH better. I am really looking for my next project to work on now I think. I have to figure out something to do to keep me busy that I can take a 3 yr old with me. I only have her from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM then her brother gets home from school. Well, any good ideas??

I am looking at this whole attitude lately and just decided that things are not gonna bother me anymore. The Enemy has done a VERY good job at keeping me distracted lately, But I am taking control back. Thank U Lord for the strength to keep on keeping on with you daily. Take my attitude, and replace it with Peace Lord. Thank You for this. In Jesus Name.........AMEN.


Lord I want to lift up all of those in the hurricane path of Wilma right now. Please u weakened the storm over night but help shelter these people from her wrath. Turn her away from all paths that have life in it. take her someplace Lord where no one will be hurt or lose any property. Thank You for this Lord. Thank you for the peace and clarity of mind for those preparing their home and lives for this hurricane. Give them that comfort that everything will be ok. I thank u for this Lord. I know I stand with others in saying this Lord and You said that where 2 or more stand together There you are in the Midst. Thank you for being in Our Midst Lord.
In Jesus Name..........AMEN

Well I think I am going to leave this blog with that. I Love U all and will continue to keep those of you in the path in my prayers. If someone could leave me the specific names of those we know of. I would MUCH appreciate it.

Love In Christ,

Sherri G

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

A few things about me

Hey Everyone,

I stole this from Sue in KY, who stole it from Sue in PA. Thought it was a good idea. Thanks Sue In KY.......

Please feel free to steal it from me for your blog!

1. First Name? Sherri
2. Were you named after anyone? No
3. Do you wish on stars? Nope, Praying to God is LOTS better.
4. When did you last cry? last night.
5. Do you like your handwriting? Not really, Looks a lot like Chicken Scratch sometimes.
6. Any bad habits? Can't think of any.. Not keeping my room up like I should. If that is a bad habit
7. What is your most embarrassing CD on the shelf? Can't really think of any. I have some Jeff Foxworthy cd's in my CD book.
8. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? I think so. I am a pretty good listener and very supportive of my friends.
9. Are you a daredevil? I dont think so.
10. Do looks matter? Not really. Personality and who you are on the inside makes all of the difference. Sad thing is I konw in my head I have judged on looks. I am sooooo sorry for that.
11. Where is your second home? My Neice's Place. I am here every night except Friday Night saturady and Sunday. I am back Monday Morning.
12. Do you trust others easily? I do really. Up until I find out different.
13. What was your favorite toy as a child? don't remember the younger years but I got a green stuffed turtle when I was 16 I named him Yertle and he stayed with me in all my moves up until 2 years ago. He was like 16 yrs old. I lost him in a move with one of my old friends. I was sooooooo upset he got left behind.
14. What class in school do you think is totally useless? From Algebra on up. I have never had to use any of that stuff after my tests. don't really care how many time XYZ is subtracted and then divided by 598743. LOL
15. Do you have a journal? Yes
16. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I try not too but I know I do especially when I am in a goofy mood with my friends. Not hurtful sarcasm though that is going too far!!
17. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? LOL I had to look it up also, No never been to a concert. Here is the definition for anyone else who doesn't know what it is either. mosh pit: NOUN: An area in front of a concert stage in which audience members mosh.
18. What are your nicknames? Shorty to some of my friends, my friend Shaun calls me Heartbeat ( I dont believe in the word Boyfriend, but that is what he is if any one got confused)
19. Would you bungee jump? NO WAY, NEVER!!!!!!!!! Way!!!!!! TOO high. That height is VERY much PAST the 2nd rung of a ladder. LOL
20. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Not usually unless it is a pair of high Tops
21. Do you think that you are strong willed? very much so. not always the best quality I have.
22. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate Brownie...Ben & Jerrys (I think that is the name of it),
23. Shoe Size? I fit a 3 but have to buy a 5 or 5 1/2 to fit. (short stubby feet......LOL).
24. What are your favorite colors? Blue then Purple.
25. What is your least favorite thing? DisHonest, Lying Hurtful People.
26. How many wisdom teeth do you have? All I think.
27. How many people have a crush on you right now? Only one I hope
28. What do you miss most right now? My friend Shaun.
29. What color pants are you wearing? Tan overalls.
30. What are you listening to right now? My Great neice talking to herself while she colors.
31. Last thing you ate? Chicken pot pie & Broccoli
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Violet
33. What is the weather like right now? Breezy and kind of gloomy. Still early here though.
34. Last person you talked to on the phone? My neice Melissa, Last night on her way home.
35. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes & Mouth.
36. How are you today? Doing Lots better, thanks.
37. Favorite drink? Pink Lemonade.
38. Favorite alcoholic drink? NONE - don't drink. I used to like this shot called a Chocolate Cake. It tastes JUST LIKE a CHOCOLATE CAKE.
39. Favorite Sport? on TV - football; to watch live - baseball/softball.
40. Hair color? Natural - Black; Dyed - Medium to light brown
41. Eye color? Dark brown
42. Do you wear contacts? No
43. Siblings? on my mom's side 2 sisters 1 brother of which I am the youngest. On my Father's side 2 brothers & 2 sisters of which I am the 2nd oldest.
44. Favorite month? August.
45. Favorite food? Large Combination Pizza.
46. Last movie you watched? Started watching Sisterhood of Yhe Traveling Pants, last complete movie was Toy Story (my great neice's choice).
47. Summer or winter? Winter.
48. Hugs or kisses? BOTH Oh you said "OR" huh?? LOL I guess Huggs then if I have to choose.
49. Living Arrangements? at home - my dad, me and my 3 girls along with the grandbaby. At My Neice's Place - my neice, me, her 2 kids, Honey & Sarah (2 dogs).
50. What book/magazine are you reading? Matters of The Heart by Juanita Bynum.
51. What's on your mouse pad? 0n my computer - None, I have a roller ball mouse, on my Neice's computer - DisneyLand.
52. Last thing you watched on TV? The Biggest Loser.
53. What is one of the Most embarrassing moments in your life, or funniest? Mine was first when my mom talked me into getting on the roof to clean out the swamp cooler filters. Was easy getting up there only took like 5 minutes, Took better part of an HOUR to get down. It is a LONG way down off of a roof. LOL Scariest was When I cut my hand open with a butter knife while seperating frozen sausage, (don't be fooled they do cut flesh with enough force behind them) and called my friend to take me to the hospital. Her mom said she was doing homework so I hung up, I called back after about 5 minutes (couldn't get hand to stop bleeding) and told her mom, I REALLY!!! needed to talk to my friend. She let me, then got back on the phone and fussed at me for not telling her why I called the first time. LOL, I told her she had said my friend was doing homework. LOL

Well this is a little about me. Hope you had fun. And please take it and use it for yourself. I added that last question at the end. Happy answering.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Another day another twist on life.................

Hey there you all,

I was just having a very strange day today. Diet is going good but mood is sucky for some reason. I am trying to figure out what is really going with my friend. But God will show me soon, I Pray. Well with TOM I gained .2 lbs back this week. But i wasn't very good with my eating last weekend. So a .2 gain is good. I am just trying to iron some things out in my life right now which is adjusting my mood, on top of my PMS. GRRRRRRRR feel like hurting something.................. a nice brick wall would be nice. LOL no feelings and makes me think about doing that again for a LONG time. LOL really I will be ok once things settle down soon.

Well this blog has taken me forever to write, I got sidetracked and just totally forgot about it. I am brain dead today........

Well gonna close for now. Will update u all better tomorrow sometime.

Sherri G

Monday, October 17, 2005

A whole new look on life and............................situations

Yesterday was a very good day. Church was good but Sunday School was awesome. I got soooo much out of it. I always say things happen for a reason, and I couldn't figure out the reason why my friend could not manage to get time to come see me. Well after Sunday School I totally understand. Essentially I have walked away from my First Love......... :) That would be God. LOL See you thought something else huh?? Well I really have....... I say that because I know what God requires of me in order to have any kind of relationship with someone. That is for me to stay Rooted and Grounded in Him. Well to say the least I have been a BAD girl. Doing my own thing just messing around on the computer. Not really being focused on anything, much less what I am supposed to be doing for God. And to say the least not Keeping my self studied up To Show Myself Approved. If I don't approve of myself then I don't expect God to either. Well now that I am back Fixed and Focused where I should be I feel good again.

My friend came online last night and said he is almost finished there where he is at and should be here soon. This time I actually believed it. LOL

Not the greatest weekend for the diet but I think it is because of my weakness and TOM and the fact that I just haven't eaten correctly since Friday. I know Another KICK in MY PANTS. GO AHEAD!!!! Kick away. OK I am back on track this morning. Weigh in is tomorrow and I really want the scale to move even a little will make me happy.

I do have a NSV. Saturday I was messing around and picked up this summer dress that I bought about 1 1/2 months ago. My mistake when I bought it was I didn't try it on in the store so when I got it home it was WAY too tight. I struggled to get it on and struggled again to get it off. Saturday I tried it on just for the heck of it and it went on fairly easy. and even easier to get it off. So really if the scale doesn't move much this week. I am ok with it cause I am obviously losing inches somewhere.. WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Well Gonna end this Blog I have babbled enough for one day. Thanks to all why stop by today. Talk at you again tomorrow.


WITH ALL OF CHRIST'S LOVE,

Sherri G

Friday, October 14, 2005

Another Down.............. LOL

I woke up this morning to my friend buzzing me from the MSN messenger. We talked and played pool. Lol I lost of course. LOL Well today is a weird mood day again, But I am gonna turn this one around very soon. Not gonna be in this mood again today. Gonna get out and go somewhere maybe. Just get out of the house. Even if it is walking around the court again and sitting outside with the little one I babysit. Well My friend is working on another k=job for his boss. He is in Austria. Well I am still ontrack with the weight loss though even in my funk. LOL Can't let anything mess that up. Even though I did hava few natural corn chipos last night. Back on track today and no cheating. i really want to go out to breakfast tomorrow but that is about 2/3's of my whole daily intake for what I usually get. LOL maybe i will just dream i did. LOL I really want a weight loss this next week. Think I am gonna try to start Pilates for exercise. Then if I can build myself up I can go back to working out with this trainer I know. He will work the mess out of me. :D Well Just blogging here this morning I fell a lot better. I am glad I started doing this. Well I am gonna close this for now. Will blog again tomorrow. Have a great and Blessed day everyone.

Sherri G

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

A Little Update on My Life Lately

Ok I have been told I have not blogged in a while. Well it is true. LOL Sometimes I am not surte what to write and what not to write so I just don't. Well a catch up on things. My friend hasn't come yet. He is due to come soon though. Gonna stay for a few days I am prayin. My weight loss was a fraction this week but still a loss. I had a NSV tonight though. I went home to get some stuff and an adopted child of mine, (well she adopted me), said I looked like i have lost weight. I said THANK YOU, she said NO I AM SERIOUS. I again said THANK YOU. LOL didn't know what else to say. Was shocked someone noticed so early. i am stoked now. Well I am eating my dinner now a little late but still gonna get everything in today. Water intake was successful. 2 quarts and hopefully one more before bed. My kids are doing good. I have 3 girls, 19, 18, & 16 and 1 grandson 4 months old. Will try to post pics of him after this writing. Well food is getting a little cold so I hope I answered some questions you have had. So Until Later God Bless Everyone & Good Night.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

A NEW DAY WITH A NEW ATTITUDE

Not sure what has been going on with me but my attitude has been jacked really really bad. Biting at my kids and not wanting to be social. Not sure what brought this on but it can't continue.

Diet is going well...........except.......... I tripped & fell last night over some Natural Doritis, but I am back up and walking ok now...........LOL (Translation.... I cheated and had some Natural Doritos but I am back on track today.)

Not sure if the diet is the cause of my attitude or what but I must figure this out.

I met someone online and he is coming to visit next Monday 10/10/05. I am soooooooo excited and scared and all those emotions you can be before meeting someone new. Well will keep you all posted in the future on how that went.

Well closing this now................Talk later

Sherri G

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Sherri's Blogs

This was the true beginning of my blogs. I jus forgot how to get back to it. This was published on Sept 27, 2005 originally

The Beginning Of My Blog

Hi All I am just starting this blog area. Not sure what to put here right now, but I will be updating daily for all.

I started the NS diet this past Saturday and it is going pretty good. I started at 225 lbs and will eventually make my goal of 130 lbs. Not overnight or anything but eventually. I figure maybe a year or so if I can stay with it.

Well I am off for right now. More about me and my life next time.

God Bless and Have a Good One.

Sherri's Blogs: October 2005

is it this easy to be able to add other blogs as I just noticed. Well I will find out soon. God Bless

This Pic isn't very good but was taken about November 2004 at my highest of 232 lbs. It is the best full body pic I have. Posted by Picasa

Here goes, Not sure what I am doing.

Ok I know I have done this before, but I don't know what happened to the blog I had. So Here I go again.

Just a little about me. Here is my home Page for my web Page. http://home.comcast.net/~s_gartley/ I hope it blesses you in knowing we all go through things in our lives and God is with us if we just ask Him to be there.

Think I am going to leave this right now So I am not frustrated if it disappears again.

God Bless U all and Have a good One.

Sherri G.