Diet, Diet, Diet

Hi everyone.  I hope you have had a fabulous week!

I know last week I showed you some of the meals I ate while out of town......so I am sure it is no surprise to you that I gained a bunch of weight (hence this weeks blog title)!   I did not gain weight just last week, but slowly here and there for a while......However, first I will talk about knitting, then jump into food/diet/weight stuff.


I knitted on my secret project, and my skein of yarn is getting smaller....I am past the 50% mark:

I worked on the Wedding Shawl.....

I am really close to finishing this shawl......Yippee!!

and I worked on my socks (both heels done):

Again...the same three things....I hope to finish them soon so I can start showing you other stuff!


Darlene got me the cutest little knitting notions tin.....it has a pink and black sheep tape measure, and a wooden ball yarn needle gauge, and the top has a magnet to hold darning needles...it is just so cute!

Oh, and Linda and Tom Diak just HAD to come out with a new caramel color needle...this time I only bought one needle....I have like 10 interchangeable needle sets and I do not need more, but they keep coming out with the greatest colors ever!

I got size 5's

Now, I got size 5's because the needle is a little yellowish, and yellow is the 3rd color of the rainbow, but I forgot I had pink too....so for this purpose only, I am showing it in the size 6 slot, but in the future, It will be in the size 5 slot....I will figure it out eventually....LOL!

My Miss Babs Knitting Tour 2017 Package arrived!  We are going to The Moon.....here is the pattern.

Well, that is all the knitting I have.....so on to my food/weight/diet problems....the fact that I love food is probably my biggest problem, but when I came to work on Monday, I was complaining to Darlene about how much weight I gained (this just after she bought me a nutritious lunch of a corn dog).

but I did not do anything about it right away, because I went home and made deer sausage with fried potatoes...okay, the deer sausage is not bad, but those fried potatoes.....not the healthiest thing on the planet!

and then by Wednesday I thought.....I HAVE GOT TO EAT BETTER......so I went grocery shopping (Okay, I picked up my prepaid groceries from Walmart Grocery Pick up) and got Chicken Breasts, Steamed Veggies and Brown Rice with Quinoa....this will be what I eat a lot of for the next few weeks!

I know in the past I showed you all those Hello Fresh Means, and I did really good with the Hello Fresh Boxes, but they got a little pricey and not all of them were per say "Healthy".

Anyway, here was day one.....last Thursday!

It was not as bad as I thought.....but let's see how long it lasts.....

On top of that.....Paige has been having some stomach problems so she is trying a Gluten Free diet...and she is moving in with me in less than a month, so I may have to do a little gluten free stuff (Yikes)!!

I also bought a pair of walking shoes....nos, I am not doing a marathon tomorrow...I will be lucky to walk to the end of my street and back without feeling like I am going to die....but baby steps....

Well, that is all I have.....I hope you all have a fabulous week

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

The Big Retreat Update!

Hi Everyone!  How was your week?  Mine was fabulous!  I only knit on TWO things all week.  More on that later....First on to stash enhancements:

I got yarn to make Antonio a Lego Blanket.....I friend of mine is making one for her grandson....and I fell in love with the pattern....and Antonio LOVES Legos!  The pattern is in Crochet....but my friend converted it to knit.  I have not decided which way I will do it yet.  I think I will try making blocks in both ways and see which one I like better.  I got 3 skeins of each color and 6 skeins of black.

Here is the lego blanket (© Breejan):

Here is a pillow done with the pattern(© taraleigh)....which made me fall in love with the black around the blocks.  I do not think I will use any white in the blanket (I will have to see how it looks)

Here is the yarn I purchased:

Then, I got an extra skein of the lace for my Knit Swirl Cardigan.  I kind of like this one better and might start using it right away and alternating skeins.  Darlene ordered it for me because she needed to place an order too....so we got to split shipping.

Okay.....so on to the knitting....along with my Big 4 retreat.....you all know I am also doing my Sock a Month.....well, I took my socks to Hot Rod Night and worked on them there....  My friend snagged a picture of me, Jaime and her husband Bobby:

Jaime's Scamp

My Knitting:

Trying them on as it gets darker outside:

Finished :)

Now, for August, I am going to do my "Martian" socks....I love the oranges!

Okay....now for The Big 4 Retreat Update....I finished my Chart C on my Spire!!!!!  Yahoo!  One chart left....Chart D.  Chart D is the applied border.  I have cut the yarn and done 8 rows of a 12 row repeat.  I need to do 4-5 12 row repeats every day to finish by the end of August!  I made myself a new chart and I am ready to go!

So, that is it!  I am on track for my Big 4 retreat.....wish my luck!  Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!