Day 21, ww

I'm really proud of myself this week. Even with Alanna's birthday party and eating my weight in pizza, I still somehow managed to lose 2.2 pounds. Making up for the 2 pounds I gained back last week plus another .2. I am at a total of 23.2 pounds. I am very nervous for tomorrow. Our family is heading out to Chris' families house, and they always have tons and tons and tons of great food. As long as I eat until stuffed (LOL) and then start fresh on Friday, hopefully there won't be a problem...Hope everyone has a happy Turkey day!

weigh in Wednesday, Day 14

I am so mad at myself...Today was weigh in and I gained 2 pounds...Thats all I have to say about that! MUST.DO.BETTER

On a happier note. I went and seen Kylee tonight. Oh, I miss her so much. She was so sweet tonight. She was wide awake for her Aunt Tasha...

Weigh in, day 7

I know all of you have been waiting for this..I know I have. I always get so nervous on wednesdays..to the point of having butterflies in my stomach. Hey as long as they don't weigh me down, I'll be fine, hehe. I lost a half a pound today (1/2). I know I could have done better..Its the damn caramel cubes the girls got for halloween. I'm addicted. I'm down 23.2 pounds. The weight seems to be coming off slower this session. Maybe because I keep treating myself to everything I have missed, telling myself its okay because I lost (blank) pounds...I really need to get back down to business. I just have to focus on my goal...

Tonights the night, 9 p.m, they induce...Can't wait for Kylee

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I am very proud of myself today. I went to weight watchers and lost 2.2 pounds. That puts a total of 22.8 pounds. I was in a little bit of a slump for a couple of weeks and now I am back on track. Lets just hope I can get through Halloween...Someone hide the candy!


Pictures of the girls coming soon. I have to wait to get some of Hannah...

ww and marriage

Week in Wednesday for week 2 of session 2. I lost .6 pounds. I am happy with this. Its over a half a pound and its much better than the pound I gained last week, so I will take it. Its been pretty hard getting back on track latley. I just want to eat all the foods I have not eaten since July and I have been weak and giving in, with telling myself that losing 21 pounds its okay to cheat, but then cheating turns into an all day event. I vow to get back on track, because now I have a date to work towards.
My grandma, yes G.R.A.N.D.M.A is getting married. My grandpa passed away about 2 years ago and my grandma moved to North Carolina with my Uncle and Aunt. Since then my grandma has been friends with a man, and they started dating. She has only been dating for 3-4 weeks and they decided to get married. The original date was in September but they don't want to wait so they moved the date to May or June. Now at least I have a goal in mind...Thats almost a year from my start date of ww. Lets see how I can do...

I {missed} you

My internet has been down for the past week, UGH! I have had limited posting options, since I try to not post a whole lot from work. Chris finally fixed the internet today so I will be able to post the pictures from over the weekend. We have some awesome pics of the apple orchard and also my nephews football game.

Oh also today was weigh in Wednesday. I gained a pound. I know, I am so sad too! But I was kinda celebrating all the weight loss my first session and didn't stop through the weekend. I had donuts, cider, pizza hut, bread sticks and on and on and on...But I am back and ready for next week. This time around my goal is 23 pounds...Thats gonna be tough since my session ends on January 3rd...that means I have to go through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years , Geez, talk about a challenge. I will take one holiday at a time I guess...

The girls got there flu shot last week, did I tell you this? All is fine for both except Alanna has not gotten over the fact she had a shot and still walks around at night in her night gown, gripping her theigh, whining boo boo momma. boo boo. Its quite amuzing!

ww, end of session 1

Well today was the last session of weight watchers, and I lost 1 pound. That put me only 4 pounds away from my 10% goal. Even though I didn't hit my goal, I am extrememly proud of myself for losing 21 pounds. I have never said that before, I'm actually proud of myself....
I signed back up on weight watchers. The meetings will start again next wednesday so there is no lapse...I can't wait.

Happy weight in!

WW

*Can you believe it, over a year of having a blog and my mom finally made a comment? Now let me pick myself up off the floor and tell you about weigh in wednesday.*

Okay weigh in today was the second to last of my 12 week session. For those of you following along, yes this should have been my last session, but remember I did not get to weigh in one Wednesday because we were evacuated at work, so we get a make up session, yay. Todays weigh in was awesome. I lost 1.6 for a total loss of 20 pounds. I still have 5 pounds to go for my goal, and thats for next week. I don't know if I will make it, but I will try....

ww

I am a little sad to announce that I had a slight weight gain this week. I gained 0.2 pounds. That takes me from 18.6 pounds up to 18.4 pounds. I know what your thinking anf its only 0.2 pounds thats not even a half, but I have had a steady weight loss for 10 full weeks and now a small weight gain. I do not know how this happened. It could be many things.

• I did not use my extra points allowed for the week
• I ate very well over the weekend and did not shock my body with other foods
• I did not clean my house which usually gives me an extra exercise in
• I am due to start my period any day now.
• I haven't been eating ALL of my points
• I have been having late night snacks just to use up the points

So you see, there is no one or nothing to blame. I just have to keep on track and not let this sway me from the already 18 pounds I have lost. I just have 6.8 pounds to work for now until I reach my goal.

weight watchers

I had weigh in today and lost another 3.4 pounds. That puts me a total of 18.6. My goal for this 12 week session was 25% of my weight which was 25 pounds and I have only 6.4 left to go in 3 weeks. (We get an extra week because of the evacuation..It wasn't out fault). So can I do it? All I can do is try.

Ugh, I am finally done with training at work. Training a new employee is so exhausting and takes all my patience and throws them out the window..

Basically we had a normal weekend here. Saturday me and my brothers girlfriend Tammy took the girls and Tammys little sister Jade who is 3 to a Princess Party at our local library. It was really sweet. Princess attire welcomed, so the girls wore crowns and necklaces...Alanna and Jade had on bracelts too. The fairy godmother was there and she read fairy books. The girls had apple jiuce and cookies and got to decorate a crown with jewels and then a pink castle picture frame. They took pictures of the girls with the fairy godmother too...of course I forgot my camera, so I have to wait until Tuesday to pick up the picture from the library..Hannah didn't have to much fun, I think she was a litttle old, but over all it was a fun morning.

I really busted on ww this weekend. Chris, me, the girls and my MIL went to Red Lobster, a sea food resturant, and I had some chicken, veggies and a potatoe..of course the chicken had stuff on it, the potatoe had butter and sour cream and then I had a salad with ranch...Did I mention the banana cheese cake? It was all sooo good. But I am back on track with just a moment of lapse for some sweet, yummy food.

Chris' brothers wife, I guess that would make her my sister in law, is due any day now with my nephew..he better get here quick because his Aunt Tasha is about to explode with excitment..Chris and I made a special surprise for them, but I can't tell you yet, because Lisa reads this, so as soon as Matthew gets here, I'll let you know...Oh the suspense!

ww and more..

Okay everone, yesterday was weigh in wednesday and I lost another 2.4 pounds which puts my total at 15.2 pounds. I am starting to see the weight loss, in my face and also in the cough...bra...cough, area. Some of my pants are getting loose on me, but here is my being fat sceret #1 I am exposing..My way of thinking was that if I bought my pants a little to big, then I wouldn't feel as big as I was before, because they wouldn't be tight. So my pants have always been a little to big...However they are bigger now. this is really keeping me motivated...I am the biggest LOSER in the class and thats one loser I am proud to be!

Last night Chris and I took Alanna to the emergency room. its started about 7:30 last night. She was really whiny (sp?) and just couldn't get comfortable. She would want to be held and then cry and then get down and then cry some more. At 8:00 she seemed to be a little better and at least smiling when we put her to bed. About 10:00 she woke up crying, which is so unlike her and then all of a sudden this loud, blood curdleing scream came and she would not stop. it really freaked me out. I tried holding her, rocking her, bouncy her and nothing would remotley calm her down. Finally Chris and I decided to take her to the ER because nothign else was open. Well Alanna has her 1st earache of the season...In BOTH ears. They gave her some numbing drops for her ears and some tylenol for her fever. She got an antibotic (sp?) too. This morning she seemed a little better, but she still looked sick. She still has a fever, but she has her Aunt Tammy and thats a good thing. This is one of the reasons I hate working so much. Nothing is more important than my girls, but I do have to pay some bills, so I had to leave her. I am sad, but Aunt Tammy has the phone near by so I can call every hour oin the hour to check on my baby.

Lots of updates

I know I'm a little late with my Wednesday weigh in, but I have excuses..Valid excuses. For starters I did not get to weigh in today. Usually my weight watchers meeting are at my work, and today right before the meeting started my building got evacuated. Some miles away there was a tanker truck that was releasing some kinda chemical in the air and the gas like smell was coming through our air vents. We had to stand outside for about 30 minutes and then they told everyone to take an hour lunch. Needless to say my meeting was canceled. I tried to weigh myself on another scale and it said I was down another 1 or 2 pounds, but for now, I will say nothing about weight loss. Hopefully next week I will have some good news. This does come at a good time however since I was really nervous about the weekend, so I have another week to get ready.

Tonight I had dinner with my mom before she leaves Friday morning. Just me and her..It was nice. We haven't been able to get together just us...in probably about forever. We talked, and laughed..No tears. That came later. After dinner I went back to her house to pick up a few things she was giving to me. As I was leaving, I hugged her goodbye and the tears started. I really didn't think they would come yet because she is sleeping at my house tomorrow (Thursday) night before she heads out early Friday. I cried, she cried and I told her how much she meant to me. I'm gonna miss her so much.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is Hannah's first day of second grade. I cannot believe how much my baby has grown. She is so excited, yet I can't help but be so nervous for her. I remember my days in school, not so much 2nd grade, but I remember being so nervous that I would make myself sick...My stomach would hurt, and I could hardly breathe. Tonight we picked out her outfit, packed her book bag and made a lunch. I remember how I cried her 1st day of kindergarten, and wow have we come a long way since then. I sure hope she has a good year. Last year, I wasn't to fond of her teacher, so I hope this year is better.

I leave you with some amazingly cute pictures of Alanna. She found a pair of her sisters pink sunglasses and has been wearing them non stop. She wakes up in the morning and puts them on and hardly takes them off until bed time that night. ENJOY!

rough days

I've had a really rough weekend these past couple of days. I've been trying to eat within my point range, but with bbq's and family get togethers it seems like I'm going over my points by 1 or 2 everyday. I've been really trying to eat well, but with hamburgers and chicken and hotdogs all on the grill its been really hard. Saturday I did get in a little bit of exercise but Sunday and then today not so much. It makes me nervous for weigh in on Wednesday. I only have 7 points left for dinner today and we still have to go to my father in laws house for dinner. Well, I guess with all my hard work, I will just keep trying and not let this discourage me. Wish me luck for Wednesday.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. I can't believe summer is almost over!

WW

I can hardley control my excitment today! I am down another 2.6 pounds putting me at a total of 12.8 pounds. I have never LOST 12.8 pounds before. Some have asked what I've been doing. I am on the point system..I write everything down. Even if I do go over my points I still write it down, so the next day I can try to make better decsions about the food I am eating. Any chance I get I am trying to exercise. If its taking the stairs at work, or being a fool and rolling in the grass with the girls..All the movement helps.

I do know that sometimes its hard, like going to a baby shower (been there), going to a BBQ (done that). If I know we are going then I still have a good breakfast and lunch. I eat the food, that is offered (even if its a little bad), but until I am FULL, and try not to over do it. I try to eat more veggies thats being offered than the other food. I also pass on the dessert. I have realized I will survive without cake...I know amazing, huh? Then the next day I am back to the points again, also being very careful I don't go over the rest of the week on the points. If I mess up, I mess up that meal, not the whole day, not the whole week. I control the food, the food no longer controls me!

weigh in wednesday

Well its Wednesday again and that means its time for weigh in wednesday. This week I am proud to announce that yes I did in fact get on the treadmill. It does not matter however, that it was only last night and I could only handle 10 mintues of running and was completly ready to drop afterwards...All that matters is I completed my goal of getting on the treadmil, yay me! i will try to keep up with the treadmil, at least a couple of times a week and hopefully for more than 10 mintues at a time. Oh, I almost forgot I lost 1.6 pounds which is a total of 10.2 pounds in 5 weeks. I feel so proud.

WW

Well I didn't get on my treadmill this week, and I am really disapointed in myself. But to tell you the truth, this past week, went by so fast, I barely remember it. I lost 1 pound putting it at total weight loss at 8.6 pounds for 4 weeks. Still not bad. I am keeping my goal of getting on my treadmill still for this week. Hopefully feeling my disapointment now will be a motivater.

I do have to confess that I ate BBQ ribs and chicken, baked beans, potatoe salad and corn bread over the weekend and I washed it down with way to many alcoholic drinks. Saturday night, Chris' boss had a party and that was the food/drink of choice. I had small helpings, but got off track a little bit. By Monday morning though, I was right back on to the point system.

week 3

Well week 3 has come to an end and more weight loss to talk about. This week I lost 2.4 pounds for a total of 7.6...Can we say YAY! I am so excited. This definitely keeps me motivated. My goal for this week is to get on my treadmill at least once this week. Hey, its a start right?

Good times

We had a really busy weekend. Our county fair was in town and we took the girls down to check it out. This year they are really family orientated and the girls had a blast. Check out the pictures below.

On Sunday, Lindsey and I met for lunch. We had a great time catching up and Lindsey is just wonderful. I can't believe we waited this long to get together again. We will not wait this long again...I left Alanna home with her daddy so I added a few extra pics of her so she wouldn't feel left out, hehe.

fun day

I played hookie from work yesterday and took the girls for a fun day out. My neighbor has a daughter Hannah's age and then an older daughter who is 15. My neighbor and I get a long really great and decided to take all the kids to McDonalds to play..We enjoyed lunch, and I surprised myself while we were there...I am a big fan of the Big Mac, but I stuck to my points and only got a hamburger happy meal with a diet coke. I still came in under my points for the entire day..I have never been this motivated before and I feel really good about it. next we took all the girls to the library. Now here is where I admit I am a horrible mother and have never taken my girls to the library before...Hannah had a great time, she picked out 2 books. Amelia Bedilia, and Junie B Jones (thanks Lindz for the help). Remember Amelia Bedilia? I read her as a kid and its so sweet to see Hannah interested in her now. The Junie B Jones bools was recommend last year my Lindsey and I had to call her to remember the book titles...if you have young school aged kids theses books are great, they are written the same way Hannah talks like a 6 or 7 year old is writing the story, Hannah read the 1st 20 pages while we were in the library. I am so proud. I picked the 1st harry potter book, because I am finally ready to see what all the fuss is about. Please don't hurt me for never reading a HP book or watching the movie. We finished the day off with a soak in the pool. After all the kids were in bed, my neighbor and I went back in the pool and exercised for about an hour and a half.wow, it felt so good. All in all I had a great day spending time with my girls just having fun. Not having to worry about cleaning the house or running errands. I just wish we could enjoy more days like that.