A great week!

I lost 5 pounds this week at weight watchers! I have been losing consistently, but only .4 or .2. I'm so excited! I'm finally at my pre-pregnancy weight. Now, this isn't where I want to be, but I'm glad to be here. I just tried on 5 pair of old jeans, and each one fit! It's been a long time since I've been able to put on a pair of pants and feel good. I'm down 14.6 from my WW start and down 15.8 from the very beginning of my journey. I'm also down 10 inches overall!

A little post from Hawaii

It's my last morning in Hawaii... very bittersweet.  I will miss Derek like crazy, but I have 2 sweet little men at home who I miss terribly.  It's hard to have your heart torn 2,500 miles apart.  I've had a lot of fun here, and I'm hoping that my exercising and conscious eating will pay off.  We will see tomorrow morning at Weight Watchers.  I don't have a scale here to give me an idea of how I've been doing... blind faith on my abilities is all.

On Thursday, when Derek went to work, I went to the gym here in the hotel.  The elliptical here sucks!!!! I busted out 60 minutes even though I hated every second of it. Friday morning, I woke up at ran 4.5 miles.  We didn't do too much walking that day, just to the mall for dinner.  On Saturday morning I rested up because we planned on hiking Diamond Head.  Once we got to Diamond Head, it was packed... we decided to hit up Koko Head (click to get a good blog of the hike we did).  It was intense to say the least.  And that afternoon/night we walked a ton! Derek's pedometer said we walked around 12 miles the whole day.  Sunday morning, I was tired... I opted out of a workout and decided to just relax.  Monday morning I was up and running... I ran 4.91 miles!  That is the farthest I've ran to date!  I'm excited... I'm just that much closer to a 10k.  Oh, and we walked a ton again lol.

So, this brings us to today... relaxing this morning until it's time to leave :( I'm really hoping for good numbers on the scale tomorrow and I'm hoping to be down 10 pounds from my WW start.  I've already lost 10.4 pounds and 11 inches since I started!

Slowly, but surely.

I'm down another 2.2, which puts my WW total to 7.2 pounds gone. No, it's not coming off as fast as I'd like, but it's coming off. I would like to close my eyes and have it all be gone, that's not gonna happen though! I've made it to the gym consistently and have upped my cardio. I'm now doing 60 minutes on the elliptical, and 45 of running (alternating days of cours). My mom and sister both have said they can see me getting slimmer already, which is great to know that when the scale barely budges, I'm still losing inches. In fact, I'm now down 7.75 inches! I love that! 3 inches from just my waist... I have had a little set bak though. As a reward for Owen being good, I took him to The Rock for lunch. I should've known better than to eat their pizza, but I did it anyways. So, this morning I woke up to go to the gym, and I was up 2.9 pounds!!! Not happy at all. After my work out, I had dropped .8 of that, but now I feel like I'm back peddling. NO MORE ROCK PIZZA!!! It's like it's made of lead or something...

Up with the birds

This week I lost another 1.4 pounds, putting my Weight Watchers total to 5 pounds! 5.9 from when I started 5 weeks ago. Yes I wish it were more, but I had a few snafoos along the way. I have really committed myself to the program and working out. My buns have been at the gym at 5:30 4 days a week! This time is working out because I don't have to worry about a babysitter, since everyone is still asleep. Even though, I'm NOT a morning person, I've decided to get up even earlier and get to the gym at 5 am. This is so I can get an hour of cardio in with my workouts. My body is so used to the typical 30 minutes weight training and 30 minutes of cardio. I didn't get much sleep Monday night and didn't get to the gym Tuesday morning, so I went Tuesday night... At 9:30. I got 55 minutes on the elliptical, which I don't think I've ever done. And this morning (running day!) I set my iPod to 45 minutes. I can't believe I did it... It's just been so long since I've ran regularly and I did it! 4.5 miles :) I'm going to have to get to bed even earlier cause I'm beat!

Up to date

Well, I've officially sucked at doing this weight loss update lol. I am still only down 5.8 pounds, but I switched things up a bit, and Derek being home for a week really screwed me up. I rejoined weight watchers and have being doing great on it. I lost 3.6 pounds last week! I have to keep reminding myself that this will not happen overnight and I need to work hard for it.

As for the gym. I have started going at 5:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday's I have my Weight Watchers meeting. The weekends are kinda up in the air as to when and if I go. I worked the JBF sale last weekend and this weekend is Easter. When I went down to Orting to pick up my boys, I ran. It felt so good to not be on a treadmill! Gorgeous weather and scenery. I did my 5k in about 29:30... Pretty good if I do say so. I've got the itch to get back in shape and I'm not going to let anything stop me.

week #1

Weight: 187.6 (down 5.8 pounds)
Measurements: Lost 1" in arms, thigh, and waist for 3" total loss!

I was down 7 pounds Friday, until I ate pizza at the Rock for dinner. I thought I might gain a pound... nope! 3.2 pounds for some pizza. NEVER again! It frustrated the heck out of me, but at the same time it showed me that I can't just "cheat" while I'm trying to lose.

I joined a gym and met with a personal trainer. She's really confident that I can lose the weight I want to lose in a fairly short amount of time. I meet again with her on Tuesday for a workout session... I am still hurting from our "meeting" on Thursday! haha! I made it to the gym 3 days and did yoga at home 2 days this week. Yesterday I was bound and determined to run. I put my treadmill at 5.0 and ran for 30 minutes straight. I didn't run as far as I used to run in a 30 minute time frame, but I'm starting from scratch again. I am planning on a 5k in May or June and I'm hoping to beat my best timed race of 29.46 .

I can do this!!!

a different journey

On this blog I've documented our journey to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. I feel so amazingly blessed to have my little man now. For everything that we went through to get him, I'm a better person. Now, though that I have this little miracle... I have some weight to lose. Wait... a lot of weight to lose!

A few of my friends have dropped a significant amount of weight and have inspired me to get my flabby buns in gear. I'm joining a gym, cutting the carbs and really going to bust my rear to be a better me.

In July 2009, I got to a good goal weight with Weight Watchers. It took me 8 months to lose 30 pounds. I'm hoping to not take that long again, considering I have 40+ pounds to lose to get where I want. Nothing against WW, but I'm doing a low carbohydrate diet this time. I've done it before and I lost about 45 pounds in about 4ish months and I kept if off until I got pregnant with my oldest. Seems like the best idea to me. So, I'm on here hoping for some accountability, tips and encouragement.

Starting weight: 193.4
Goal: 145 (what my drivers license says!)

What's been happening...

Well... I just took a look at my last post... wow, January 1st?! So much has gone on since then! We ended up walking away from the house we were going to purchase, mainly because the lender (Kiel Lending) who we went with sucked majorly. They couldn't get anything done on time and required 2 extensions and was going to do a 3rd. I was heading to Hawaii for a while with the boys to stay with Derek and I really didn't want everything up in the air while we were gone. So, Derek and I talked it over and made the tough decision to move out. So, in 5 weeks (after having a baby mind you) I moved our house 2 times. Right now all of our belongings are in a 10x20 storage unit and in a 600 sq ft hotel on Waikiki. But something great happened before me and the boys hopped on a plane.

My brother in law started sending us some houses... we put an offer on one and were beat by an offer that was already accepted. Oh well! He then sent us an email about the possibility of building a home in my mom's neighborhood. Ideally where we'd want to be. The builder is on site and we checked it out. We were hoping for the 1888 sq ft rambler and wanted to see the floor plan. Well, it happens to be my mom's exact floor plan which we LOVE! We got the ball rolling and in 2 hours (with the help of my brother in law), I picked out all of the flooring, finishes, extras and outdoor colors. Man... I didn't think there would be so much to pick! We are hoping for a March start to the build and that would put the finish around June.

Now, the boys and I leave Hawaii March 9th. We were going to stay until Derek's job finished, but these tight quarters and a small baby are really making things difficult. We will come back to visit if Derek is here as long as they say. Anyways... So, we will be moving into my sister and brother in law's very large family room. We will have a half bath, couch, love seat, table and chairs, tv and then I will bring in my bed and dresser for clothing storage. What's nice is that we can close it off and be alone. My aunt has graciously offered her place during the day for us to "escape" if needed. So, we're excited for what is to come and we know that it's going to take a lot of sacrifice on our part, but we're ready for it!!!

2012

Happy New Year! Man, 2011 was quite memorable. We were blessed with a gorgeous niece, handsome son and had the joy of purchasing a home. Well, we're still in the process of purchasing the home. We moved in a week before Christmas (without the husband!) and are just renting until the deal closes. I'm praying that it gets all done before the end of January so we don't have to move again... that would be no fun.

Anyways, I hope to be a better blogger now that life is not so hectic. I have another blog that has just gone down the tube. I haven't posted in months. I may just switch to only one blog.

I don't have any resolutions... once again I don't want to feel like a failure if I can't stay with it. Although with all of the holidays gone and a trip to Hawaii in 4 weeks, I'm gonna try to whip my buns into shape and lose a few pounds before we go. I finally got the clear to work out right before Christmas and bought an elliptical from a friend. Here's to getting into a good routine of yoga, running and working out!