Wedding Planning

Well the wedding planning (no not mine) is in full affect over here! Lots of color choosing, suit trying, flower smelling fun! After talking to my mom a few times Im really seeing that this could be a great little business opportunity. I thinks its fun and am pretty good at it (if I do say so myself). In case any of you have noticed but I have started a blog for my clients so I can show them picture of things without sending them a million links. Feel free to take a peek!


SheWillWed.blogspot.com

A Break to Get Skinny...er...in shape.

Just wanted to let you know I will be taking a little break from this blog to focus on my wight loss blog. Please feel free to come over there, and hopefully I will get around to posting some stuff here too, but for now the weight loss thing is my main focus.

Thanks!
Morgan

www.fortheloveofskinny.blogspot.com

She Reads

Look what I bought! It arrived yesterday from The Black Apple! I love love love it!

For The Love OF Skinny!

Ok becasue I love nothing more than starting a new blog, I have built a new one just for weight loss! So Ill try to go back to just crafting and things we are up to here and less WW stuff. But feel free to cruise over to the new one if your interested in weight stuff.


www.fortheloveofskinny.blogspot.com

WEEK FOUR - weight loss

WEEK FOUR LOSS (on WW): 2.4 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 11.4 lbs

YAY! That's way over track for my 20lb weight loss by the end of July. Im still shooting for just 20 (as opposed to bumping it up to 30) because they say your suppose to stick to reasonable goals, and that the average weekly loss on WW is anywhere from 0.5 - 2.0lbs a week and Im going above that so yah know...20 sill sounds goods and hey if I go over good for me!

Im treating myself this weekend to a manicure before Lindsey and I go wedding dress shopping with Kristin (who's wedding Im helping plan) so that will be fun.

Oh and in Crafting news I was on the front page of Etsy yesterday with my Flower Coasters. It had been a while so that's nice. Its my sixth time on the front page!

Eating Packaged Foods!

Since one can only cook so many nights a week, sometimes yah just need to rely on more packaged snacks and meals. These can be scary in the world of Weight Watchers when there is so much garbage out there. Even things you think wouldn’t be too bad can be deadly in points. That J and I have gotten pretty good at reading nutritional labels and looking out for that one key ingredient that can bring even 200 cal item to only two points...FIBER! Who knew right? Apparently fiber is what a gal needs to get skinny!

(A little blip on the benefits of fiber from here.

Benefits of a High Fiber Diet

1. Aids in Weight Loss
Fiber alone contains no calories. It takes more time to chew so that you body feels satisfied with the feeling of a full stomach. Eating fiber helps you lose weight because your stomach fills full so that you don't get hungry in between meals.

2. Prevents Constipation
A Diet rich in fiber prevents constipation and can keep you from getting diarrhea by adding bulk to your stool.

3. Fewer Digestive Problems
Studies have shown that a high fiber diet may lower your risk of irritable bowel syndrome and hemorrhoids

4. Lowers Your Cholesterol Levels
Soluble fiber found in beans, oats, flaxseed and oat bran may help lower total blood cholesterol levels by lowering "bad" cholesterol levels.

5. Controls blood Sugar Levels
Fiber is known to slow down the absorption of sugar. This can help improve blood sugar levels for diabetics. A high fiber diet may also reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.


Anyways so we are eating roughly 30 grams a fiber a day...woohoo!

But back to packaged foods we have found that WalMart carries the best selection at the best prices for Weight Watcher brand foods, which are awesome becasue they are low points and they put the points on the package. As well as Sam's Club (an affiliate of Wal Mart) for bulk Fiber Bars and 100 Calorie Snack Packs!
Heres some things we got tonight: (and things that dont have ww numbers on I write them on as soon as we unpack them so theres no guessing)












Oh and my good friend Pro told me about htis site where you can redeem Weight Watcher Brand products for points and lots of cool stuff, just go here!

ALMOST 50! (and a free gift)

Made a few new pins and art pieces about a week ago, and yes it took me another whole week to even get them listed...Im cool. Anyways Hula and I buckled down and took photos and listed all new items that are now in the shop.
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I also sent in an application for jury in a big fall festival in Littleton. Its their 35th year, 300 booths all handmade...woohoo! Im going to be doing it with a friend so hopefully Ill get my crap together this summer and actually have some inventory by October.

Oh and it really fun news Im at 49 sales on Etsy so whoever buys my 50th AND 55th item will get some fun little extras with their package as a big THANK YOU!