Well what can I say. School has already blasted off full speed. Andrew so far is doing fantastic. He is currently on ADD meds, the lowest dosage possible of 5 mg. He has been so proud of himself telling us he has been writting, and doing quite a bit of it. He has been raising his hands to ask questions about math problems and does his homework with out issue so far. We are very proud of the way he has carried himself and made himself want to be responsible. Elora is proud of herself as are we for being in the first grade and not wanting to stay home like so many of her classmates complain about in her class. Caleb was nervous at first, but who isn't on the first day of school? He is a bit better and even has a new friend who comes over just about every day to see if Caleb can play outside lol. Its been an interesting first week of school. Wish I could say I enjoyed it but I didn't not with consignment going on. I am sure once consignment is over I can get things back into a routine and done with. I am just so glad our first week of school went well for the kids and they are enjoying being back!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday Morning
Good Morning!
I can't believe I am awake, but that is thanks to my husband who couldn't decide if he was coming or going. I've realized I haven't blogged in a long time. Just been so busy and got so caught up with our weight loss and then we had decided we were going to still go on somewhat of a vacation. Just foregoing Cali since we don't know our transfer status we decided to save the money and we went to Arkansas to see the grandparents instead. This trip was a much more pleasant experiance to say the least. Of course there was a couple little "hiccups" along the way but it wasn't anything to do with us and our immediate family, more like the in-laws or "out" laws as some people like to call them...I handled things a bit more graciously this time then I would of in the past, guess that means I am growing up some hu? Yeah don't laugh too hard, doubt it. Just have learned when to bite my tongue and when to let it go, this time it benefited me more than I could of thought or imagined.
Weight loss update:
I started February 26th 2010 and I was a whopping 203.6 lbs and climbing. I know my waist was over 46 inches. The weight has steadily but not always so easily dropped and I am currently now 150 lbs and dropping!!! I am feeling fabulous! I haven't exercised in a while being on vacation (I know its not an excuse) and I had gotten sick prior. I have lost a total of 53.6 pounds and still hoping to reach my ultimate goal of 140 by Christmas! I am so excited every time I try on a pair of clothes and it is a size 10 or an 8! It was great taking pictures on our 11 yr anniversary trip and not feeling like a fat blob and being able to walk and walk and walk and not feel so winded or tired, and man did we walk alot (I had three huge blisters to prove it).
Enough weight talk. I am sure I have annoyed people plenty with facebook statuses out the wahoo while dropping so many pounds and inches.
Summer vacation came to an end all too quickly in our opinions. Mark and I enjoyed having the kids home so much though it was great. Am I glad they are back in school, yes I would be lying if I said I wasn't, do I miss them most definitely. Our vacation was two week in AR but thankfully not all two weeks were spent in Dermott. No offense to my husband and his dear grandparents but there isn't much to do in Dermott let alone in heat that was 110 and heat index of 120 (yuck with a CAPITOL Y) lol. We got to go visit some friends in Hot Springs which was nice. It was nice for the kids to spread out some and run around and just to visit with friends and hang out in a not so tiny house. We thankfully got home safely and in one piece, barely had any time to unpack anything and went to Tampa 3 days later. We visited our coastie friends which made us desire living on an airforce base lol VERY Nice =)
Our friends were gracious enough to watch our three little monkies while we conquered Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure solo with out the kiddos. We got a very nice upscale hotel onsite to take advantage of their fast pass and it was GREAT. Being it was peak season those fast passes were a life saver, we never waited longer than 10 min on a ride and even the new Harry Potter ride that is in Hogwarts wasn't that long or at least didn't seem like it cause there were so many things to look out and take in. It was fantastic and now I dont think we can stay anywhere else BUT a universal hotel for just that reason! Hoping to have pictures uploaded to a website so that I can resize and upload onto the blog. Summer came to an end but it was a great one for sure.
Until next blog...
I can't believe I am awake, but that is thanks to my husband who couldn't decide if he was coming or going. I've realized I haven't blogged in a long time. Just been so busy and got so caught up with our weight loss and then we had decided we were going to still go on somewhat of a vacation. Just foregoing Cali since we don't know our transfer status we decided to save the money and we went to Arkansas to see the grandparents instead. This trip was a much more pleasant experiance to say the least. Of course there was a couple little "hiccups" along the way but it wasn't anything to do with us and our immediate family, more like the in-laws or "out" laws as some people like to call them...I handled things a bit more graciously this time then I would of in the past, guess that means I am growing up some hu? Yeah don't laugh too hard, doubt it. Just have learned when to bite my tongue and when to let it go, this time it benefited me more than I could of thought or imagined.
Weight loss update:
I started February 26th 2010 and I was a whopping 203.6 lbs and climbing. I know my waist was over 46 inches. The weight has steadily but not always so easily dropped and I am currently now 150 lbs and dropping!!! I am feeling fabulous! I haven't exercised in a while being on vacation (I know its not an excuse) and I had gotten sick prior. I have lost a total of 53.6 pounds and still hoping to reach my ultimate goal of 140 by Christmas! I am so excited every time I try on a pair of clothes and it is a size 10 or an 8! It was great taking pictures on our 11 yr anniversary trip and not feeling like a fat blob and being able to walk and walk and walk and not feel so winded or tired, and man did we walk alot (I had three huge blisters to prove it).
Enough weight talk. I am sure I have annoyed people plenty with facebook statuses out the wahoo while dropping so many pounds and inches.
Summer vacation came to an end all too quickly in our opinions. Mark and I enjoyed having the kids home so much though it was great. Am I glad they are back in school, yes I would be lying if I said I wasn't, do I miss them most definitely. Our vacation was two week in AR but thankfully not all two weeks were spent in Dermott. No offense to my husband and his dear grandparents but there isn't much to do in Dermott let alone in heat that was 110 and heat index of 120 (yuck with a CAPITOL Y) lol. We got to go visit some friends in Hot Springs which was nice. It was nice for the kids to spread out some and run around and just to visit with friends and hang out in a not so tiny house. We thankfully got home safely and in one piece, barely had any time to unpack anything and went to Tampa 3 days later. We visited our coastie friends which made us desire living on an airforce base lol VERY Nice =)
Our friends were gracious enough to watch our three little monkies while we conquered Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure solo with out the kiddos. We got a very nice upscale hotel onsite to take advantage of their fast pass and it was GREAT. Being it was peak season those fast passes were a life saver, we never waited longer than 10 min on a ride and even the new Harry Potter ride that is in Hogwarts wasn't that long or at least didn't seem like it cause there were so many things to look out and take in. It was fantastic and now I dont think we can stay anywhere else BUT a universal hotel for just that reason! Hoping to have pictures uploaded to a website so that I can resize and upload onto the blog. Summer came to an end but it was a great one for sure.
Until next blog...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
So close yet so far...
It hasn't seemed like it has been 19 weeks going on 20 but here we are, far from that first week of when I decided it was time to change my life, change our life and eating habits and time to get moving. 19 weeks ago I was 203.6 lbs, my waist was 47 inches, my hips some where in the high 40's as well. I haven't measured my waist and hips in a while but the last time it was 35 inches on my waist. I am currently 160 lbs which I haven't been in a very very long time. I am very proud that I have made it this far and continue to drop in weight. I used to wear a size 18 and was climbing. I am now a size 12 but sure I am a size 10, I just haven't tried any on and my size 12 pants are large indeed. I figured these last 10 pounds to my first goal were and are going to be the hardest to drop. I haven't yet started my journey on p90X just yet. Things just keep coming up but soon no more excuses will be acceptable for myself. I am on an exercising haitus. I can't wait to shock those we visit in AR. In june even at 165 our friend who hasn't seen us in 2 months was in utter shock and it was a great feeling, one I would like to experiance over and over again! Here are some updated pics for those who are curious:
Just have to keep on telling myself to keep on going! Until next time...
Just have to keep on telling myself to keep on going! Until next time...
Friday, June 4, 2010
It's been a Long time
It has been quite a while I have realized since last posting on this blog. I know I was supposed to keep up daily and weekly updates but what can I say, first and foremost I am a mother to 3 active children and a military wife to boot. SO things have suffered due to the course of which my life had taken me. But I am here for the time being and hopefully can keep up with the blog and updating even if sometimes it seems like no one really gives a crap.
Enough with the self wallowing lol
Just to put it out there in the world wide web, I know that once I send and post to the internet it is out there for ever. Thank you for reminding me "the Young and the restless" lol.
Yes I am full of humor this evening.
I went for my 14 week check up with the nutritionist. I am happy to report that my current weight is 169.6 I am down 34 pounds and dropping. I had lost 2 inches more off my hips than the last time I went which was about a month ago and that I am in a size 12 pant with plenty of wiggling room to drop, and excited to buy new clothes and definitely a new bathing suit this summer!!
Our plans for our california vacation ended up falling through for a number of reasons. 1) we have other expenses that need our attention now 2) Our oldest son was diagnosed with ADD which needs medical attention in the new up coming months and need to be close to GA to attend those.
3) we transfer next Sept and may end up at the west coast and will let the navy pay for our "vacation".
4) we are still going to AR and possibly to Atlanta to see the worlds largest Aquarium, which I bet is a sight to see!
My personal goal this summer is to
1) buy a new DSLR and start dabbling with photography more
2) teach all three kids how to swim since I am buying pool passes. Elora and Caleb are already getting the basics down and can swim a short distance of course with constant adult supervision.
3) Get Caleb and Andrew FCAT practice books to study over the summer
4) enjoy my family as much as possible.
5) buy plane ticket for my Mom to come visit during Christmas vacation
6) look into cruise prices from the ITT office
7) re-decorate both bathrooms lol
8) tone up my belly, arms, and thighs
9) Get to know my new friends better
10)to be happy and not regret anything as each day passes by.
Now note not all in that order lol
Enough with the self wallowing lol
Just to put it out there in the world wide web, I know that once I send and post to the internet it is out there for ever. Thank you for reminding me "the Young and the restless" lol.
Yes I am full of humor this evening.
I went for my 14 week check up with the nutritionist. I am happy to report that my current weight is 169.6 I am down 34 pounds and dropping. I had lost 2 inches more off my hips than the last time I went which was about a month ago and that I am in a size 12 pant with plenty of wiggling room to drop, and excited to buy new clothes and definitely a new bathing suit this summer!!
Our plans for our california vacation ended up falling through for a number of reasons. 1) we have other expenses that need our attention now 2) Our oldest son was diagnosed with ADD which needs medical attention in the new up coming months and need to be close to GA to attend those.
3) we transfer next Sept and may end up at the west coast and will let the navy pay for our "vacation".
4) we are still going to AR and possibly to Atlanta to see the worlds largest Aquarium, which I bet is a sight to see!
My personal goal this summer is to
1) buy a new DSLR and start dabbling with photography more
2) teach all three kids how to swim since I am buying pool passes. Elora and Caleb are already getting the basics down and can swim a short distance of course with constant adult supervision.
3) Get Caleb and Andrew FCAT practice books to study over the summer
4) enjoy my family as much as possible.
5) buy plane ticket for my Mom to come visit during Christmas vacation
6) look into cruise prices from the ITT office
7) re-decorate both bathrooms lol
8) tone up my belly, arms, and thighs
9) Get to know my new friends better
10)to be happy and not regret anything as each day passes by.
Now note not all in that order lol
Monday, April 5, 2010
Okay some weight updating
Okay Okay I know lately I have been using our family blog to talk about my weight but I promise next post will be bout the family and some pics too. Well after a very interesting weekend of eating out starting Thursday when we had yoga berry & five guys burgers and fries for dinner. Mark and I kept it pretty simple and smaller portions and we both worked out, Friday we ate at Olive Garden for dinner which I mostly ate salad and bread sticks and Andrew and I split fettuccine alfredo BUT Elora ate most of mine haha. Saturday Mark wanted to go out for his Birthday dinner and we ended up at Texas Road house. I had steak and salad and a baked potato which tasted funny to me so I didn't eat it lol. My stomach is really getting used to eating smaller portions so I only eat half of my meals most the time. Mother nature showed up Friday of course so that put a damper on my day but thankfully has left to visit someone else for a while. Sunday we grilled chicken, ate salad, and mac n cheese with Carrie and Jeremy plus the kiddo's. So it was a good time not to mention I made Mark a cute birthday cake! So I will post what I weighed on Satuday during my weigh in....At week 5 I weighed 185.2 but this morning I weighed in (drum roll please) 184.6 so I am stoked to say the least! See you can eat what you want and still loose weight!!!!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Eek I know I know
yes yes I know I know I haven't been blogging at all lately. Just been so dang busy. Between the three kids, their school activities, friends, husband, after school activities, at HOME activities including up keep of our home and keeping up with exercising the blog has been left behind =( I'm sorry!
On a better note I did have my doctors appointment and I did great. I was 15+ pounds less than my first visit and she was extremely proud. She told me to intake more fiber for my bathroom issues lol. Yes I know I tell too much to complete strangers who happen to stumble onto my blog but guess what that is alright. We are all human and we all have human problems and issues lol. So with that being said, I had lost 7 inches in my stomach and hips. My goal for April is to drop 10 lbs according to the doctor! At first I was like HOLY cow! That is a lot. To go from loosing a single digit number to a double digit is a big deal. I felt like the first 15 pounds were easy due to a good portion being water weight and now I don't have that at all to fall onto. But with eating the way I have and exercising 5 days a week I have managed to loose the first 3.4 lbs of that 10 lb goal. I am 8.1lbs away from my very own half way goal!! Not to mention I am 6.6 pounds away from the doctors goal. Which is lessening my "worry" about reaching 10lbs which hopefully I will do the same amount as last month if not a little more (crossing fingers). I am hoping to be in the low 170's by Caleb's birthday. Guess what??!!?! That leaves me with 20 some pounds to loose before reaching my first big goal!!!! From there I can loose up to another 5 pounds and keep hitting 5 pound goals from there until I am 140-135, I would love to be that again BUT the last time I was 150-155 I felt great, I was healthy, looked great and wore a size 9! My body has definitely changed since I was a teen and first married to Mark. I was 125 and a size 5 I don't think I desire to be that small again fitting into size 8,9, and yes even 10 will be fine with me as long as I am healthy and happy and can maintain that weight. So yes my first real goal was to hit 150 and then take it from there. The last time I was 150 I was 22 and here I am 31 hoping to be a size I worked hard to get to after I had Andrew. So 150 just may be skinny to me =) I just love that my size 16's and 15's are too big and I don't think I have anything sized 14 but I refuse to buy pants and shorts until I can at least drop these next 8 pounds and maybe even be a 12/14 some where in there. But even so I would like to wait and do a clothing over haul once I hit 150 and that should be around the time I am almost ready to go home on vacation!! Wouldn't that be awesome to see everyone's face when I went home! Mark loves that I am so motivated and is showering me with attention and teasing I am not going to be allowed out of the house soon! Things are really good between us finally. I am enjoying every process and trying not to get discourage when things get slightly rough. It took 10 yrs to put on this weight and I am not expecting a miracle and have a lot of hard work to put in, in order to work it off in 4-6 months. I do have high expectations of myself though so I plan on proving I can do it!
Much love and respect to all!
On a better note I did have my doctors appointment and I did great. I was 15+ pounds less than my first visit and she was extremely proud. She told me to intake more fiber for my bathroom issues lol. Yes I know I tell too much to complete strangers who happen to stumble onto my blog but guess what that is alright. We are all human and we all have human problems and issues lol. So with that being said, I had lost 7 inches in my stomach and hips. My goal for April is to drop 10 lbs according to the doctor! At first I was like HOLY cow! That is a lot. To go from loosing a single digit number to a double digit is a big deal. I felt like the first 15 pounds were easy due to a good portion being water weight and now I don't have that at all to fall onto. But with eating the way I have and exercising 5 days a week I have managed to loose the first 3.4 lbs of that 10 lb goal. I am 8.1lbs away from my very own half way goal!! Not to mention I am 6.6 pounds away from the doctors goal. Which is lessening my "worry" about reaching 10lbs which hopefully I will do the same amount as last month if not a little more (crossing fingers). I am hoping to be in the low 170's by Caleb's birthday. Guess what??!!?! That leaves me with 20 some pounds to loose before reaching my first big goal!!!! From there I can loose up to another 5 pounds and keep hitting 5 pound goals from there until I am 140-135, I would love to be that again BUT the last time I was 150-155 I felt great, I was healthy, looked great and wore a size 9! My body has definitely changed since I was a teen and first married to Mark. I was 125 and a size 5 I don't think I desire to be that small again fitting into size 8,9, and yes even 10 will be fine with me as long as I am healthy and happy and can maintain that weight. So yes my first real goal was to hit 150 and then take it from there. The last time I was 150 I was 22 and here I am 31 hoping to be a size I worked hard to get to after I had Andrew. So 150 just may be skinny to me =) I just love that my size 16's and 15's are too big and I don't think I have anything sized 14 but I refuse to buy pants and shorts until I can at least drop these next 8 pounds and maybe even be a 12/14 some where in there. But even so I would like to wait and do a clothing over haul once I hit 150 and that should be around the time I am almost ready to go home on vacation!! Wouldn't that be awesome to see everyone's face when I went home! Mark loves that I am so motivated and is showering me with attention and teasing I am not going to be allowed out of the house soon! Things are really good between us finally. I am enjoying every process and trying not to get discourage when things get slightly rough. It took 10 yrs to put on this weight and I am not expecting a miracle and have a lot of hard work to put in, in order to work it off in 4-6 months. I do have high expectations of myself though so I plan on proving I can do it!
Much love and respect to all!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, why are you so bossy!
Monday is not everyone's favorite day. I have learned to live with her, even though she demands work to be done LOL.
I woke up to pink eye. WTH. I am totally not happy about this AT ALL. On that note Monday isn't looking good for me lol. Monday's are usually busy days for me but NOOOOOOOOO not today. I do have to run to stupid walmart for my eye drops and cat and dog food. This whole time change has me all screwed up. Thankfully Mark was home and took the kids to school since this morning my eye was soooo puffy and nasty it made me want to crawl in a hole and stay there. But I got up, was interested to see if walking helped my bad choice in food yesterday. It did thankfully. It even shaved my 191.2 down to a flat 191 lol, hey .2 is better than nothing I tell you!
So here is my day so far:
9:30 am meds
11:00 AM slim fast 200
Haven't had one of those in a while but it was quick and easy and filling
1:00: snack-100 Calorie pack
4:30- beer bread and artichoke spinach dip
6:00 PM slim fast
Exercise walked 2 miles
I woke up to pink eye. WTH. I am totally not happy about this AT ALL. On that note Monday isn't looking good for me lol. Monday's are usually busy days for me but NOOOOOOOOO not today. I do have to run to stupid walmart for my eye drops and cat and dog food. This whole time change has me all screwed up. Thankfully Mark was home and took the kids to school since this morning my eye was soooo puffy and nasty it made me want to crawl in a hole and stay there. But I got up, was interested to see if walking helped my bad choice in food yesterday. It did thankfully. It even shaved my 191.2 down to a flat 191 lol, hey .2 is better than nothing I tell you!
So here is my day so far:
9:30 am meds
11:00 AM slim fast 200
Haven't had one of those in a while but it was quick and easy and filling
1:00: snack-100 Calorie pack
4:30- beer bread and artichoke spinach dip
6:00 PM slim fast
Exercise walked 2 miles
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