WI

Well, I totally screwed up this week. With me not feeling well and not drinking even half the amount of water that I should have with my sore throat, it kind of went out the window. I still managed a .2lbs loss. Not great, not awful. I am feeling a bit better today so I'm hoping this is the end of it. Off to crash for a bit before my parents get here!

Something great, something not so great

Well, I haven't Shredded since Thursday cause I feel like crap again. I was finally starting to feel better and then Thursday evening I started feeling yucky again. I went for an hour massage and that was wonderful but for some reason my whole body ached later on. My muscles and my joints all really hurt. I wasn't sure if it was from Shredding or my massage or both or being sick but I felt yucky. And then Thursday night Zach hardly slept. We went to bed around 12 and he woke up just as we were crawling into bed. I went down and tried to get him to back to sleep just by hugging him but that didn't work. So because I was tired, I thought I'd lay down beside the playpen like I have done before. Well that didn't work either. He kept sitting up and looking to see if I was still there! So finally around 2:20 he fell asleep and I crawled back into bed. After getting comfy and almost falling asleep I hear him crying again around 3. GRRRRR!! So this time I just grabbed him and sat in the recliner and let him fall asleep on me. Well of course I don't sleep well when we do that cause I'm worried he'll fall off of me. So he woke up around 6:30 and I was able to get him to still cuddle until almost 7. After that we went upstairs. Well Friday I felt awful so I just took the day easy. I didn't even do any house work! Last night thankfully he slept the whole night. I think it must have been his molars. Anyways, I'm feeling a bit better, but that is probably just because of the 2 Tylenol and 2 Advil I took! That seems to be the only thing that works.

On a good note, my dad is coming down next week to build the kids a playhouse!!!!! Can't wait!!!! We have wanted to get them one for quite a while but I've never really liked the look of the ones you can buy. I always thought they looked cheap. So my dad designed one for us and we got it all priced out and it's a little more than what we wanted to spend but with Jeff working so much, we said go ahead. And we got the slide for $25 on Kijiji! It's a 10 foot slide, and new they are worth $150-200! Here's a drawing of what my dad designed. Excuse the colours, he did that so he would know which is what kind of board. They are supposed to be coming on Wednesday and he thinks he can have it done in 2-3 days. The playhouse is 6'X6' just so you know how big it is!
That's all I have to say for now, have a good weekend everyone!

Sweaty!

Wow, it's warm out! I'm glad we have our basement finished so I can exercise down there cause it's awfully hot upstairs! Last time I checked it was 76F (25C). Not bad when you are just taking it easy but when your Shredding, not fun!

I did my DVD for the 4th time today and it is definitely getting easier every time! I was actually able to do the push ups in the beginning without feeling like I was dying! I did notice today that my calves are really starting to get some definition in them! Yay for muscle definition and not just squishiness!!!!!

I took all 3 kids out grocery shopping today, boy that's a lot of work! I usually get a few looks like they are saying "Wow, she's crazy for having so many kids so close together!" It actually went better than the last time. A couple of weeks ago I took them and Kayla and Juliana fought the whole time! It was so embarrassing! This time, I threatened them beforehand that if they fought I would not let them have dessert tonight and I'll tell Papa not to build them a playhouse (my dad is going to build us one!). It seemed to have worked perfectly! Although once we got home, then it was all let loose!

Zach is still sick. His nose is running so much that it's starting to crack from wiping it so much! I've even switched to lotion Puffs but that doesn't help. I've just stopped wiping it unless it's really bad. Poor thing! This morning I went to get him when he woke up and I brought him into bed with Jeff and I. He laid on my chest just cuddling and he ended up falling asleep for about 1/2 an hour! It was so nice. Especially after the Tori Stafford case, I've been really hugging my kids lots lately. So sad!

Anyways, enough babbling, off to do some dishes! We're having yummy BBQ'd burgers and Taco salad tonight! Yum!

10% goal and 20lbs lost!!!

Today was an awesome day for weighing in!!! I not only hit my 10% goal (169.2) but also passed that and reached a total of 20lbs lost!!!!! I am so happy! 20lbs is a good bench mark, because if people ask how much I lost, 20lbs just sounds good, lol!

I really love that I've got my motivation back finally. I did so well the last time that I did WW (back in 2007-2008) and I kept failing this time that it was really frustrating. But I know that there is no looking back now cause I'm in the groove! LOL! I'm really hoping that I can be in the 150's in about 5 weeks or so.

Off to celebrate!!!!!!!

Water is wonderful!

Well, I hopped on the scale this morning and I was down to 170.4! So if I keep up with the water today, and eat well, I'm hoping I'll see a loss tomorrow!

I'm not sore at all from doing the Shred yesterday so I'm very happy! I'll be able to keep going daily (or at least when I'm able to) and hopefully it'll help me lose more weight and start running soon!

Both Zachary and Juliana slept the whole night last night! I thought for sure that Zachary would be up lots but I plugged in a humidifier before bed so that helped with his breathing.

We have soccer tonight for Kayla, so it'll be a hectic night and then Juliana goes to Totnastics tomorrow morning so I'll be back tomorrow to update either my loss or my gain!

Beef, beef and more beef!

Well, since we were leaving Friday night after Jeff got home from work, we decided to hit Wendy's on the way, that way we could get to my parents in time for bed time. So I had a burger (I know, I should have ordered something better, I was just sooo hungry and a salad wouldn't have cut it!). It was good, and I don't feel too badly about it. Saturday morning, I had some dry Mini Wheats for breakfast that equaled 2 points. Lunch we were going to some friends for a BBQ. And did we have??? Burgers! They were very yummy ones actually! So we stayed there and visited for a while, and then left to go to my sister's house for a family get together and to pick up our boat. My whole family was going there so we could all see each other. And what did we have???? BBQ'd burgers again! LOL! They were all yummy, but I think I'm done with burgers for a few days!

I stepped on the scale this morning and I was up to 172. Not bad but not great. Considering I had probably 2 glasses of water the whole weekend, that is probably a lot of water weight. So I've been drinking lots today and hopefully I'll be able to get back down the the 169's and even lose my .2lbs so I can hit my 10% goal.

I've been turned onto this awesome treat from someone on a board I belong to. You take a 1L tub of Fat Free Cool Whip, let it thaw a bit and stir in about 1/4 cup of peanut butter. Don't mix it all the way just so you have kind of like a ribbon of peanut butter through out. Now she said to put them into about 8 muffin tins and drizzle some chocolate over top and then refreeze. They work out to 1 pt per "muffin". I did it a different way since I'm a huge sucker for ice cream. I just mixed in the PB and then some chocolate sauce and then refroze it that way. So when I want some, I just scoop it into a little bowl and I'm fooling myself into thinking I have some ice cream, and for way less points! And it's very yummy! Tastes kind of like PB ice cream!

I did the 30 Day Shred again today. It took until Sunday for me to be able to walk properly again from doing it on Thursday! I was able to do it today a lot easier than the first time. It was still difficult, but it felt easier. And I'm not shaking like I was after it the first time. We'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow, if I'm sore at all!

Zach and Juliana are both sick right now. Zach's got a major runny nose and a little fever, plus he's teething his 2 bottom molars right now. Juliana has a fever and is kind of whiny. I'm hoping they feel better soon. It seems like our family can't go longer than a couple of weeks without someone being sick. I know it's just cause Kayla is in school now, but it's annoying! I'm still fighting whatever it was that I had. My head still feels a little foggy and my nose is still a little stuffed but I'm feeling a bit better.

Well, that's all I have to say today, I'll check back in either tomorrow or Wednesday for my WI. (That is if anyone even reads this, LOL!)

ETA: A picture of the Cool Whip dessert!

Ouch!

So I did the first workout of the Shred DVD and wow! That is a hard workout! I think it's definitely the hardest one I've ever done! It's really fun in a way though too. It starts out with 2 minutes of warm up with some different stretches. Then it goes into the 1st of 3 circuits. 3 minutes of strength -- some pushups and other things, but I can't remember. 2 minutes of cardio -- some jumping jacks and can't remember (LOL!). Then 1 minute of abs. And without any breaks at all, you jump right into the 2nd circuit with 3 minutes of strength etc. There are 3 circuits in total and then 2 minutes of cool down. Wow, my arms were about to fall off when I was done. I only used 3lb hand weights but it was still very tough. Especially when I had to do side lunges while lifting the weights up to chest level (can't remember what it was called, LOL!) I know I'm going to be very sore tomorrow, but it is so worth it! She said in the video that you won't get results without basically kicking your butt! So I did some measurements and I'm going to see in a few weeks if I've lost anything. I'm going to try to do it again tomorrow but we'll see how sore I am! LOL!

Almost time to Shred!

I'm finally starting to feel a bit better. Last night I had a pretty sore throat but I find I'm always worse at night. This morning I feel pretty good!

I checked the shipping status of that DVD and it's in my mailbox waiting for me! I take the girls for a hair cut at 11 so I'll pick it up then!

DH paid me a huge compliment last night. He always thinks I'm hot, even when I was big. But last night he told me that I'm starting to get my curves back. I even noticed that in the mirror last night too. My waist is starting to thin a bit and I actually look like I have some curves now I never was one to have the nice big hips and tiny waist. I always had a stick figure. I always wanted those sexy hips. And I think Zach may have given some to me!!!!

So I have a few goals that I decided to set for myself. They are just little ones. I want to be at or past my 10% by next week (it is 169.2). I want to be at 163, which would be 25lbs total by June 17th. That gives me 5 WI's to lose 6.4lbs, which is an average of 1.2lbs each week. That may be pushing it, but I'd like to at least try. When I did WW last time, I averaged that each time. Some weeks would be more, some weeks way less. So that's my goal. And when I get to 25lbs lost, I'm going to celebrate by getting myself some new bras!

Weigh In

Well, I lost .6lbs (down to 169.4) but I'm still .2lbs away from my 10%. I'm happy that I lost but I bet if I would have stayed away from the stupid Rice Krispie squares that I bought for Kayla's soccer snack for all the kids, I'd be there, LOL! Those things are evil!!!!!!!! I'm not sure exactly when, but I do know that I haven't been in the 160's since I was pregnant! I've tried looking back on my old blog but I never posted my weight (and I can totally see why -- 70lbs + gain!). I know I was about 149 when I got pregnant and I gained about 15lbs in the first couple of months, so I'm sure it was around my 3rd to 4th month! I can't wait to get to the 150's!!!!

On another note, I've heard tons of rave reviews about Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred so I ordered it yesterday. It should be here tomorrow! Lots of girls from a board I'm part of have been loving it and the way it's changed their bodies just from doing a couple of weeks. And the thing I love is it's 20 minutes! Most of my videos that I have are at least 40 minutes and it's hard to fit that in during the day, especially when I want to do without Zachary around! He tends to get in the way and I don't like kicking him, lol! I've heard this video is really tough and you want to scream at her the whole time, but it's a quick and very effective video, so it should work for me. I really want to start running again but I don't want to go from doing nothing to running. So if I do this and get a bit more in shape then maybe in the next couple of months (when I'm not sick anymore and Zach sleeps good!) I can start again! Toodles for now!

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Well, I haven't done that great this week. I had some major computer issues and I was kind of in a funk. Our computer crashed Tuesday night and Outlook wouldn't open on Wednesday. I spent quite a while trying to get it to work. Well I ended up reinstalling it 3 times and it would finally open once I moved the file that it saves everything to. I think that file had been corrupted somehow. Anyways, I've lost everything - emails, contacts and all my appointments and things in the calendar. I was pretty upset at first but am now over it. Plus I got AF and felt like crap and I started getting a pretty bad cold. So I let my eating go out the window, bad I know! As of yesterday I was up a couple of pounds. But yesterday and today I've got my eating back on track and am trying to drink lots of water. I still feel like crap though. My head is really congested and feels like it's going to explode. I hope that I can overcome my many failures last week and still manage to lose .8lbs so I can get to my 10% goal.

I thought I would post some pics of the kids since I haven't done that in a while.

Zach is obsessed with the broom lately and I snapped this picture the other day. I love the look on his face!
The kids all watching daddy cut the grass
The girls riding on a toy together (they are actually getting along here!)
The Sears portrait we got of all 3 of them!
Zach being cute!
Cuddles with daddy!
Zach was acting goofy when he was playing with his music toy!
My beautiful Mother's Day bouquet
Kayla's 5 year portraits

I have my WI on Wednesday so I'll be back to update you all if I made it!

Here's my new blog!

I just haven't felt the motivation to update my other blog and I'm really sorry, but I thought maybe if I started another blog, it might help.

I kind of feel like I started over with my weight loss so I kind of didn't want to keep being able to look back at where I was the last time I did WW and feel bummed knowing that I am so far away from where I was. So I thought that if I started over, it might feel like a new fresh start!

So here's my stats!

Started WW October 8th, 2008 at...... 188lbs!

Screwed up lots, had some good WI's, and am at 170 as of today for my WI. So that puts me at 18lbs down. If you are at all interested in reading my other blog, here's the address. http://ahomefullofloveww.blogspot.com

I plan on updating this blog regularly to keep me accountable. I really truly hope that I can do it this time. I have started and failed and restarted and failed WW so many times since October, it's not even funny. But I have really succeeded this week with self control and it paid off with a loss of 2.2lbs. So I'm hoping that I can be at my 10% goal (169.2) or better next Wednesday.

Stay tuned for my smaller me!!!