Week 7: Grinding Hard!

I wanted to see this week if I increased my exercise that it would mean that much more weight being lost. I know I said in my post last week that I was at my peak in my walking and I would keep the total amount per day at 6 miles, but I guess I changed my mind. I moved my total walking distance up this week to 9-10 miles per day. So how do I have the time to walk that much you ask? I walk at a walking track before we open the office in Greenville about 6.5 miles or on the treadmill before we leave for work. Then when we get home, I walk my usual 3- 3.5 miles on the gravel road and the Downing's turn rows. So did it matter that much increasing that much distance?

Starting Weight

299

Total Weight at The End of Week 6

259

Total Weight at The End of Week 7

254

Total Weight Loss

45 lbs.

I don't see where the extra three miles added each day helped out that much and my hips and back were starting to hurt. So I think I will keep my walking totals each day between the 6-7 miles per day and maintain my weekly weight loss at 4-5 lbs. I am now looking at reaching my goal of 210-215 in about 2- 2.5 months so "I amz goinna keepz grinding hard".

The Furniture Affair!

Remember the blog post: http://www.theleflorefamily.blogspot.com/2011/08/love-at-first-sight.html and how I thought "Old Blue" was out of the game or fixed per say and we didn't have the floor space for any more chairs in our sitting area in the bedroom. Little did I know about the gestation period of chairs and how fast they could reproduce. I woke up Monday morning to find a baby chair in the siting area and it truly looks like a mix of "Old Blue" and "Greenie".

The results of Greenie and Old Blue

Actually it is Ann Fleming's new chair that Royann and Ashley got for her at The Furniture Market in Tupelo, MS.

She was so excited

15 Months Old and Potty Training

Can you believe at 15 months old Ann Fleming started using the potty? I know I couldn't. Pi, Ann Fleming's grandmother, started training her just after she was one with putting her on the potty. We continued puttin her on the potty with no pee pee for a couple of months. She hated just sitting on the potty. Then Royann decided to put some M&M's in the bathroom for rewarding her if she sat on the potty after getting up in the morning, because she always stayed dry through the night. So getting her up and taking her straight to the toilet was frustrating sometimes, because we both like to lay around for a couple of minutes after waking up. Then a few weeks back on August 3, Royann and I were brushing our teeth after putting her on the potty. Then we heard this strange music coming from the potty. It was music to our ears. It caused a party in our bathroom. First with the music from the potty that plays when the detectors detect pee pee. High fives were going all around. I think we gave Ann Fleming like ten M&M's we were so happy. Fast forward to today and she is going to the potty three-four times a day. This week alone we have only been using for Ann Fleming about three diapers a day. I see pull-ups in the near future.

Ole Miss Scrimmage and Oxford

Ann Fleming and I met up with Royann and Taylor at the condo in Oxford to go to Ole Miss's scrimmage this past Saturday. Taylor and Royann were already there because they with Pi, Kelsey, and Ashley were setting up a booth at Sugar Magnolia, a marketplace in Oxford and they also were attending the furniture market in Tupelo. We had a great time at the condo and at the scrimmage. Royann stayed around in Oxford and the girls and I came home after the scrimmage to go to church. Here are some pics from the day:

Foley and Taylor: Foley just found out Taylor was a Ole Miss fan

Taylor just found out Foley is a cow college fan

Happy to be at the scrimmage!

Ann Fleming cheering on the players!

Royann, Taylor, and Ann Fleming with John Vaught

Me and the kids!

Misc Kid Pics

I took some pics of the kids the other day while they were in matching outfits. I am no means a great picture taker or a expert at setting up scenery. I just wanted a few pics of them and their cute outfits.

I guess we know what Taylor will look like when she is a Grandma! The towel is awful, but I didn't want them to get nasty.

Sweet Sisters!

Ann Fleming's best friend, Bud the Cat.

Papaw's Straw Hat

Ann Fleming loves her Papaw's yard hat. She keeps it on most of the time she is at my parent's house.

Women's Football Camp

Every July, Chyna Ward-Polley (shes the football coaches personal assistant) at Ole Miss hosts an event called the Ladies Forum-High Heels and Hotty Toddys. This is my 3rd year to attend. It is a blast. I look forward to going each year. Over 450 Ole Miss faithful ladies attended this year. You start the early morning with a picture with Coach Nutt and then he leads you out on the field-yes, women are cheering Hotty Toddy through the tunnel and they have the smoke blowing and everything as you run onto the field. The Chucky Mullin's Memorial statue is even out to rub on Chucky's head as you enter the field. The rest of the day is spent in different stations learing about football and everything that goes on behind the scenes. You learn plays from the coaches, position play, techniques, tour the locker rooms, training facilities and you even have time to shop with the vendors that bring their Ole Miss stuff to the Indoor Practice Facility. TV timeouts are informative topics that range from organic products to hormone replacements therapies to botox and everything in between. Each year is also highlighted by guest speakers. This years speakers were Leigh Ann Touhy and Micheal Oher. They were great. Here are some pictures from the day. 

Getting ready to go thru the tunnel and run out on the field

Coach Gunner Brewer (former Ole Miss Coach Billy Brewer's son) demonistrating "soft" hands that is a good quality for our offensive players to have. The lady in the center in the yellow poncho -Dr. Dinah Jordan-is one of my former professors at MSU-CVM that is a huge Ole Miss fan. They were tossing water balloons.

Action shot-see the water balloon grenade in the air.

Micheal Oher-the former Ole Miss Left Tackle#74 and current Baltimore Raven #74 Left Tackle. Taken int he first round of the draft and subject of The Blind Side with Chyna

Mrs. Underwood and her daughter. This was her 1st time to the forum and to say she loved it is an understatement. She is one of my clients.

We are so excited to have #34 Brandon Bolden back on the field this year!

Coach Decker in the weight room with to the back left-current left tackle-Bradley Sowell, center newest rebel Matt Hall and Brandon Bolden.

Shots from the locker room. It is really neat and so motivational. Whoever designed all of the sayings and lay-out does and awesome job.

Kentrell Lockett's locker

Accountability-something needed for any team. Dr. Jordan is also on the right

We want to be in Atlanta at the SEC Championship Game

Week 6: A Fifties Party With no Poodle Skirts

Week six is here and almost finished. I have been pushing hard this week with my exercising or "grinding hard" as some college athletes say. Royann actually took up some time this week and exercised with me. I increased my volume of exercise to the peak of where I am going to hold it for a while. When I first started this whole diet thing, I was only walking about 3.5 to 4 miles per day. That was mainly because my legs couldn't handle all the walking or it was the weight that pressing down on my legs and hurting my joints. I am now walking between 5 miles minimum to 6.5 miles maximum per day. It all depends on weather, business at the clinic, or what the family has to do. I try my best on any day to get at least 1 hour of training per day. The treadmill seems to work harder on my joints than walking outside. I have actually found a nice walking trail in Greenville that I have been using lately. I usually drop Royann and Taylor off at the clinic and Ann Fleming and I head for the half mile trail before things get busy around the clinic. I push Ann Fleming in the stroller while I walk. She loves it because there are some stray cats and wild squirrels that hang out beside the track and she gets to talk to them while we walk. If it isn't possible to use the trails in Greenville,  I use the roads in front of the house and the turnrow's of our great farming neighbors, the Downing's. MDOT and the county road crews could take lessons from the Downing's on how to keep a road in great shape. So here are the stats for this week:

Starting Weight:

299

End Of Week 5:

263

End of Week 6

259

Total For The Week:

-4 lbs.

Total For 6 Weeks on Diet:

40 lbs.



This isn't Chucky Cheese!

I recently took Ann Fleming and Taylor to the tire shop with me to get some tires put on my truck. Taylor slept the whole time we were there, but Ann Fleming had to get out and explore. They don't have a waiting room at the tire shop I went to, so it was either stay in a jacked up truck or explore the tire shop. I overheard one of the workers saying, "This ain't no Chucky Cheese!", while we were walking around. Ann Fleming didn't cause any trouble walking around, she just wanted to see what all of the guys were doing with the tools that were making so much noise. We took a few pictures while we were inside.

Wanting so bad to get out of the truck.

So we got out and looked around

The only playground area they had or should I say playpen.

Nana's House

I know you guys get sick of reading blog post about our family making our monthly trip to Nana's, but if you are gonna keep up with our family, then I guess you can read further or skip this post. Each trip is unique in its own way and it seems like something special happens each time.

We loaded up and headed to Nana's after lunch on Saturday. Royann had to get some rest after our early morning walk. She thought she could hang with me, but she found out she is out of shape just slightly. We just went for a leisurely stroll around the fields of our neighbors, the Downing's. I said it was a leisurely walk, because it was a off day for my exercising. We didn't walk but 4.5 miles. I think by about the third mile, Royann was about 100 yards behind me and the kids that I was pulling in the wagon, but she made it and I was proud.

We made it to Nana's around two in the afternoon. Our main purpose was to visit with Nana and help her move her furniture back around because she has been having renovations done to her house. Her house looks amazing. I know she is real proud of it also. She fixed a nice lunch for everyone. Patti Long, Kay and Jimmy Slater, Nana, Royann, Myself, and the kids were all there to get all of her things rearranged. We got everything situated back around in the house and Ann Fleming, Royann, and I made our way to the yard to play and take some pictures. You all know what I think about Nana's yard from previous post. Nana's yard and surroundings will always throw you a surprise every time we go to Nana's. I would say the unique thing about this trip was Ann Fleming got to see her first horse up close and personal. Whether its a deer, turkey, or in this case a horse that is staying in the pasture behind the house it is always something fun in Nana's back yard.

What trip to Nana's wouldn't be special without playing Mexican Train Dominoes or Ann Fleming finding and trying to eat all of Nana's blueberries. We accomplished both of these along with lots of family time with Nana and Kay. So overall the trip was great and really enjoyed by us. Here are a few pictures below of the day:

Pose with horse in the background

Calling him over

Closer

I think we were both excited he came over.  Ann Fleming loved petting the horse.

He was more scared of Ann Fleming than she was of him.

Ann Fleming posing

Swing on the back porch

Ann Fleming's first boo boo. She stuck her hand in my treadmill while it was running.

Blueberry Action

Feeding Aunt Khaki

Climbing a ladder

To the top

Dominoe action