Slight Success......Maybe

Well, thank you to everyone who thought I could lose as much weight as last time.....that being said I must say you were wrong. I did not even come close. I got up this morning and weighed myself and the scale said that I had gained 0.2 pounds, I tried again and it said I had lost 1.8 pounds, then again at 1.8 pounds, then it said I weighed the exact same as last week, then the exact same again, then it weighed me at losing 1.2 pounds, to be sure I weighed myself another 6-7 times and it came out at a loss of 1.2 pounds so that is what we are going with. I think today I am going to buy a new scale. I think now I will keep it to monthly updates, thanks for all your support!

Success!!

Well today was my weigh in day and I am happy to report that the voting was mostly incorrect. I was able to lose 4.6 pounds this week!! I was so thrilled. It was really hard and I was sore for the first 5 days, but I am not sore any more and it is getting easier to resist the fatty foods. The things that have saved me were: Splenda (like sugar free Italian sodas with no cream), Yogart and Fruit smoothies, and turkey sausage. These things calmed my cravings a bit. I found it really helpful just leave the house because I am to darn cheap to buy something while I am out. I also tried to follow the same rules that applied to my kids, like when I would say no no only one candy after lunch. Normally, I would give them one, then after they left the room I would have a few more. I dont know why we have such a double standard, but no more. Probably the biggest thing for me was to just stop eating when I was full. I know that sounds like a ...duh...statement, but I really like food, so if there was a dish that I really liked I would be tempted to have seconds, even if I was full, so I simply didn't do that this week. Thanks for your support it made all the difference in the world to know that after a week I had to let everyone know how I did! I will let you know next week how it goes also.

Ok, Ok, enough people have asked that I guess I should add this to my post. I am going to lose weight the good old way. I am going to work out every day for about an hour (I am already REALLY sore) and watch what I eat. I am not cutting out all carbs, I am watching my portion sizes and trying to make healthy choices. For example instead of regular butter we use a low calorie butter. Instead of seconds on the spaghetti, a salad. Instead of 5-6 candies a day only one. See what I mean. So there you go.

Weight Loss?

Ok, I have put this off long enough, I am finally going to try to lose some weight. I know, I know....."you just had a baby" But that does not work for me, I dont fit ANY of my clothes and summer/swimsuits are coming, so I have to do something. I thought it would help motivate me if I had a support group, so here goes. My goal is to lose at least 35 lbs, if I can loose 40 lbs then I will be at the wieght I was when Bryan and I got married. I will keep everyone updated once a week. I have decided to only weigh myself once a week so that I do not get obsessive, you know kind of like a biggest looser style. Anyway, if you want to join in and compete a little feel free, but for now I think all I need to do is post a picture of myself now (the before picture) then again next week. My weigh in day will be Wednesday mornings. So here is a picture of me at Trevor's birthday party (I know that was a few months ago, but I still look exactly the same....aka blah! but with shorter hair) please vote on the side and BE HONEST! It really will help motivate me!

Cousins!

We are so glad that Kim and Ken were able to come visit us. It was great to get the three cousins together. They were so cute. None of them look to much alike, but incase you can't tell: Abe is on the left, then Ashton, then Jace.

My Sweet Little Girl

Kaylee decided to get sick last night...well more like this morning (about 1:00 am). After the first throw up, I had tucked her back into bed and she said "don't worry Mom, I wont hold the babies tomorrow." And if that wasn't sweet enough, at around 6:00 am (after she started having a diarrhea problem with each time she threw up....which was about every 20 minutes through the night) she decided to try and clean up her accident by herself. When we asked her why she said "I knew you guys were tired and you needed to get some sleep, so I tried not to wake you up." I thought that was so nice that even though she was feeling miserable, she considered our feelings. I am lucky to have such a great daughter!

Sunday-Snowday

We got an ice storm yesterday, followed by rain, which froze about an inch of ice on the ground, then it snowed 5-6 inches this morning (and it is still snowing now!) So we got a call this morning letting us know that all church meetings were canceled today. The worst part is that we worked hard all day yesterday to get the house clean for company (boy am I glad I knew Kim was coming because my house would never have gotten clean otherwise!) But now the kids are home all day and we don't do work on Sunday, so we have had to improvise. After the kids played out in the snow, we made cookies to bring to our friends down the road. Bryan pulled Kaylee and Trevor on the sled and I pushed Nathan and Ashton in our big bike trailer stroller. It actually worked really well, and our friends were all shocked to see someone at their door in this kind of weather.