Another Milestone Reached!! WooHoo!!

I hopped on the scale the other day and am pleased to report that I am OFFICIALLY in the 130's!! WooHoo!!! 138 to be exact! I am soooo happy!! Only 13 more pounds till I reach my goal and only 3 lbs away from not being a liar on my drivers license.... haha!!

PiCtUrEs!! 24 lbs LOST!!

So.... I'm just past the halfway point with my weight loss. Melissa wanted people to post some "before and "after/during" pics. Soooo..... here ya go!!

And I swear I normally wear cuter clothes, but this is the best outfit (short of taking a pic in a bikini.... not happening anytime soon peeps!! lol) I have to show off my loss. And I normally wear make-up, but it seems that everytime I remember to take a pic of my progress.... I don't have any makeup on.. ha ha.

These are "mid-way" pics since I'm just past my halfway point. ;-) Just 16 lbs to go!! Wish me luck kids!!

April Weigh In!!

I am really proud of myself this month. Even with Ricky's grandpa's 80th birthday party, Cohen's birthday party, and the Girl Scout Cookies that my two sisters-in-law brought from Utah to sabotage me, hahaa, I still managed to lose 8 lbs in March. Go Me!!! woohoo!

I also added some workout DVD's to our Q on Netflix. I can't wait to get them. I really need to start getting in shape. The WW diet is only gonna get me so far. I've lost weight, but now I have flab.. gewww. I know I say it every month... "I need to workout." But this time I mean it! I've started walking with our dog in the mornings. It's just hard because Ricky has started to run in the AM to and we can't both be gone at the same time (there's some law about leaving young children home alone... pff! haha), so..... I need to wait for him to get back, and sometimes.... he doesn't get back in time for me to go. We're still working out all the kinks in that plan. ;-)

Once it gets nicer out, we're gonna start walking to the park with the kids in the evenings again. But it's not quite warm enough for that yet. Plus... the kids are lazy and they don't always wanna walk back home and they are too heavy to carry. LOL Once Ash gets better on her bike, Ricky can ride bikes down there with her and Cohen, while I walk with Mars in the stroller.

I'm also gonna start tanning again. Yes I know it's A-W-F-U-L for me and I'll get cancer and wrinkles, and yada yada yada..... I don't care!!! I loved tanning in high school. I looked fab, and I was going through old pics a few weeks ago and came across one of me from my freshman year in college. I was up at Central Michigan Univ visiting my BFF and a few other friends. I was all tan, skinny, blonde.... hot! hee hee Ricky saw the pic and was like..."Um.. you're hot. Can you look like that again?"

So, ya... I'm gonna get tan. Maybe I'll do it the safe way, from a bottle... but we'll see. ;-)

Utah trip has been Cancelled!

Due to a sick kid... again!! Ash's turn this time. She spiked a fever the other day and it has yet to subside (goes away with Motrin... then comes back full force). Grrrr!!! I'm sooooo over this stupid flu bug. At least she's the last of our kids to get it. Hopefully we're all done after this!

Oh well.... we're coming in June FOR SURE!!!!! Ricky's good friend is getting married and there is no way we are missing it. So..... if anyone wants to meet up the weekend of the 12th??? let me know!! ;-)

1/2 way pic, and coming to Utah!!

Sorry for the lack of posts. My sister had a baby last week so I've been down at her house visiting for the last several days. I'm home now.... but not for long... we leave Wed for Utah for a few days! All my fellow BL's that said they would meet me for lunch, I'll be in Orem, so... anywhere in Utah Co. is good for me. It's looking like Friday, noon-ish... is the only time I'm free. So.. anyone who wants to meet up... let me know! I'll try and check the blog before I go but if you do wanna meet me... you can call my cell (801) 735-8365. If I don't answer leave me a voicemail.

;-)

Oh yes... and I thought I should post a halfway pic for your enjoyment. This is from last Tuesday, at my hubby's G-pa's 80th birthday bash. My goal was to have lost 20 lbs by his party.... and I'm pleased to say I did it (actually... the morning of the party I was down 21lbs!!)!!! Only 20 more lbs to go!!! That's me on the right, in the black dress. My SIL Cyndee is on the left, she's joined WW with me.... and the shorty in the back?? That's my other SIL.... Karilyn!! LOL I love ya Kar!!

WooHoo!!! 1/2 way there!!!!!!

FINALLY... F-I-N-A-L-L-Y the scale has moved!!! It was hovering at 149 lbs forevahhhhhhh!!! I was seriously ready to chuck out the window. I was getting really frustrated and felt stuck.

But.... I hopped on the scale this morning nd I am pleased to announce it read..... {drum-roll please.......} 145 lbs!!!!!! That's halfway to my goal chicas, and only 10 lbs away from my high school weight (which in all honesty I'll be happy with once I get there).

So yes.. I am super stoked to go to WW this week and get my 10% thingy. I can't wait, and I am so happy that I broke thru my first platau. It was getting really annoying. ;-)

Another month down....

So, we had the big weigh-in this morning. I was really bummed cause I was only down 6lbs this last month. :( I know I should be happy I lost anything, but after losing 10 lbs the first month... I was really hoping I would keep up that pace, or at least be a little closer to it.

Oh well!!!!

It's a new month and I know what I have to do. EXERCISE!!!!!! I haven't done any type of exercise at all since we started and I know it's crucial to a new healthier lifestyle. I was just doing the WW thing, watching the pounds fall off... but all the while knowing it wouldn't last for long. Guess I hit my wall with that. *sigh* My hope now is... by starting to workout everyday I will get back on the losing streak. ;-) Here's hoping anyway.

It's just sooo hard to find the time! For those who don't know... the hubby and I are currently living at the ski/fishing lodge his G-pa ownes in Cali. We also work here. So while it's great that I can bascially "work from home" and have the kids with me all day (okay.. that one's kind of a double edge sword.. hahaha) it makes it hard to find the time to workout. If I open the office in the morning I have to be all set to go by 8am. Not too bad, except that's usually after a not so restful night with a nursing baby, so I'm not in the mood to get up any earlier than need-be to work out. Then, by the time I'm done working (keep in mind I have been doing the mom thing all the while I'm working in the office as well), I usually have to get dinner ready, then get the kids to bed, then I'm wiped and wannna sleep. If I don't open.... I usually close, so... I can't do anything at night as far as working out. Those are the days I really need to get up early and do something physical. But alas.... I just enjoy sleep far too much. Not to mention.... Ricky has a bad back and so usually he ends up sleeping out in the living room in his recliner. So I'm not sure he'd like it all too much if I turned on my Tae Bo DVD at 6am and began working out in front of him. (He too values what little sleep he gets.. haha)

I really need to just find 20 mins in the afternoon or mid-morning and just DO IT!! No more excuses. Once the weather gets a little better I plan on walking everyday, but it's still too cold out to do that. I'm a fair weather walker/runner. haha