Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Fiction Friday

 It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged, and I just saw that my last entry was my 1500th! If I was paying better attention I wouldn’t have done a Wordless Wednesday!

In any case, it’s Fiction Friday! I couldn’t remember if I posted a pic of my masterpiece. This is what happens when you loan out your 1985 copy of a Christmas Carol and it gets returned to you in pieces! 

I read 18 books in January. My faves were definitely Secret Garden and The Awakening. I almost always enjoy Cozy Mysteries, and I joined a challenge with a goal of 40 for the year, and I’m off to a good start!

Here’s one of this month’s Cozies. I’m almost done with it, I’m about to find out who the killer is! 

This one is a Once Upon a Book Club pick. I am a few behind because of the holidays and it was a great pick me up. I’m currently reading a Dean Koontz and a Stephen King a chapter or three  at a time and I needed a break!

One of the volunteers at the used bookstore where I volunteer made this wreath. Isn’t it gorgeous?!?

My February TBR pile. I never read them all! I do manage to get through half, though! I participate in a monthly challenge on Litsy (think Instagram for book nerds) and we choose 20 books and number them 1-20. The host chooses two that we need to read to earn entries into her annual contest. Then all of the numbers get chosen at random and entered  into a bingo board. The Bingo part is just for fun, you only earn entries for the first two. So much fun and a great way to decide what to read next! 

I’m ending this with Miss Benson’s Beetle. Yet another Book Club selection. I never would have read this on my own and yet I loved it! The gifts are a nice addition! If you want to try it out head over to OnceUponABookClub.com and use BARKINGMADRUN10 at checkout for a discount! 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Medi Weight Loss Monday

 I’ve been hinting for awhile that I started seeing a nutritionist, and I’m finally read to start talking about it! It’s hard to admit that you can’t do something on your own, and nothing else was working, so I finally called Medi WeightLoss and made an appointment. They work with your insurance, which is nice, because it can be spendy otherwise.

At my first appointment, I had to fast for bloodwork, which was so much fun. I got light headed afterwards which was mega embarrassing, although the guy who took my blood was super cool about it, especially after I told him that I wouldn’t puke! It’s the little things.

Then they told me about the plan. Obviously I can’t go into minute details here, but it’s very similar to keto and the first week about killed me. Until I weighed in and had a loss of 5 pounds. 

Each week, I go in for my appointment and get weighed in, along with my blood pressure and heart rate. Oh, did I mention this is a clinic? I see nurses and everything, it’s awesome. Then the nutritionist  comes in and we talk about my weigh in, my food for the week, any challenges coming up, etc. They will even give me recipes to help me, one we for pumpkin waffles, and they make me feel like I’m getting those carbs, even though it’s all protein. 

They do have products, although you don’t need to use them. I usually get shake mix and protein bars. I do have my faves, and these replace snacks, not meals, or I wouldn’t do it. I like to eat my food!

There is even hot cocoa mix that’s protein! 

I started right after my trip to Disney, mid November, and have lost 18 pounds so far! Every time I weigh in, I get details about body fat lost, etc and it’s really motivating to see my fat percentage and BMI go down! 

I will try and post updates every Monday. So far I have lost almost 10% of my original weight, and I’m hoping to hit that 10% in the newer few weeks! I lost 3 pounds last week, so this week may be much lower! I’m 4 pounds away from that mark!