First of my Pin a Week Challenge

It was bad enough when Pinterest was introduced and you could click and sort awesome ideas and recipes at your convenience, but then they came out with the app for iPhone.  Just click and hold and there you have it!  I have been going "pin crazy" while Hailey is napping lately, intending to find ideas for my classroom, but one pin leads to another.  So I have all of these pins and probably haven't done anything with most of them.  What is the use of pinning if I am not going to do it.  I have seen the Pin a Day challenges, but I don't have time for that between my family, teaching, my side business and now coaching color guard! So I have decided to go with the "Pin a Week Challenge".

My first project was something I pinned to my PCOS board.  Because of the inconsistent sugar levels in my body and they way my body processes those sugars, it is extremely difficult to lose weight.  I needed a visual to keep me going, and this seemed perfect!

Weight Loss Jars

You will Need:

- 2 jars of your choice (I used two cylinder vases that were .97 each at Walmart)
- Marbles, floral stones or something else that can be counted out.
- paint markers or "puffy paint"
- glitter or other decorations

Directions:

All I did to complete this project was use my paint to write "Pounds to Go" on one vase and "Pounds Lost" on the other.  I decorated with polka dots, dusted on some fine iridescent glitter and let it dry.  Once it dried, I counted out how many pounds I need to lose to be at my goal weight, which is 94 pounds! Yikes!  Those stones went into the "Pounds to Go" vase.  I then put how many I had lost already (I made these a week after I started my lifestyle change) in the vase labeled "Pounds Lost", which is 7!  Each week when I weigh in, I will be able to move stones over for pounds lost.  If I gain, I have to move them back :(  My hopes are that I am not going to want to move them back and am going to strive to fill the "Pounds Lost" side, even if it is just one stone a week.  

Hope this is something that can help you too!  Enjoy!