Hearth and Home and a 50 lb weight loss.

Beautiful jacket made by Leona!!

I've hit an incredible milestone.  One, I actually never set out to accomplish.  I've slid to 122 pounds, a 50 lb weight loss.  I don't know how long I'll stay here.  I had no expectation of getting here, but here I am.

I ate an ice cream cone...gave me a stomach ache and tonight I had a slice of homemade pizza...a real slice, not just eating off the toppings.  It was an incredibly thin crust so I suspect it was around 23 carbs.  I also had a meatball sandwich for lunch.  I have, in fact consumed 75 carbs today.  I'm actually still in a low carb range.   Just a reminder, low carb is a diet of 130 carbs or less a day.   I normally am at 30 to 50 carbs a day.

It's getting colder.  I wore my favorite jacket today.  My incredible friend made it.  Thank you Leona. I received 12 compliments on it today!  It's true, I counted.  I had thought I had lost it.  I have been mourning it's loss for at least 3 years.  I had to move to find it.   There are a few things in this world which bring you home.  With the smell of fires lingering in the air, I feel I'm home, with my amazing wool masterpiece of a jacket, I feel I'm home. With my homemade cheese and pepperoni pizza, my kids feel like they are home.  Tonight..for the first time, they both told me, it was the best pizza they had ever had.

Harvest of Memories cover photo

I've made some serious life changes in the last few months.  I've had to make a lot of changes, I've had to come to accept a few things I don't think I would have ever accepted.  I'm growing up at 44 and I have yet to really figure out where I'm going to go, beyond the point of knowing I very soon need to start sharing with you my story.  How I got to here, from there.  Why I left the best place on earth to pursue magical dreams only to seek out the comforts of home.  On Dec. 13, I'll launch a new blog called Falling Out of Oz.   I hope you'll join me there.   Until then...enjoy the smell of the hearths in your neighborhoods, hold your loved ones close, have a lovely Thanksgiving.

This holiday try the pumpkin cheesecake and the spaghetti squash muffin recipes.   But more than
anything...believe in yourself at this time of reflection and thanks.   I've been working on editing a book of poems I wrote a LONG time ago, highlighting it with pictures of my kids at the same time of when I experienced the poems, it's been a lingering project.  The book of poems is called "Harvest of Memories" and it will be the 2nd edition and available online through Amazon..hopefully by the new year.

For those who know me..I miss you!! Happy Thanksgiving!  Happy Carb Counting!