On my way!

I have lost 2 lbs since last week. HOT DOG. I just have to keep exercising.

I weighed myself this month and to my surprise I hadnt gained anything or lost anything. Good. At least I wasnt doing terribly bad. I however have been inspired by several things. I was watching the Bachelorette and I cant believe how stinkin skinny she is! Im so jealous because she can wear so much cute clothes. I think being over weight limits what I can wear and even if I find something cute and it fits, it looks like a tent. After losing so much weight that problem seems to be going away but I still see it in the old clothes I have. So I want to lose weight to not only be healthy but to wear cute clothes. Dont we all? Another thing is I have my ten year reunion coming up next year and I want to look hot. I have always wanted to buy a dress but with such a poochy stomach that just isnt possible. So I plan on losing weight so I can look hot at my ten year reunion and at my husbands ten year reunion. She should definitely have some arm candy. Last is my sister. She lives an extremely healthy life. And as a result she has a body that I envy. She has the occasional treat, but I bet it makes it so much worth it to know you have done so well you deserve such a tasty indulgence. Dont you think? Luckily she has let me work out with her the past two days and it is such a help to me to have her there to push me. I need that. I have some yummy meals I have made. One is Couscous with sundried tomatoes and feta cheese and artichoke hearts. I added eggplant but I probably wont do that next time.Really good with some steamed veggies on the side. Another thing was Fried green tomato BLT's. So good. I dont have a picture, probably because I ate it too fast but I highly recommend trying it out. Click here for the recipe.

Back on track

So now that we are down one motorcycle, the only car left is mine and since Jesus cant drive, Im driving him to work. I wasnt too excited about this but it has given me a chance to get up early and exercise before the kids are up. Patrick woke up about 5 minutes after I did this morning which means I dont get to work out but I was at least able to stretch and lift weights a little bit. Hopefully I can continue to use this new development to my advantage. Our eating has gotten a lot better and I have collected a lot of good recipes to use. So wish us luck!!

With no time

So having to take care of two kids and a damaged husband has been stressful and time consuming so eating healthy eating has been difficult to commit to and exercise has been put on the back burner until my schedule has thinned out a little. I will try my best to be as healthy as possible and now that its not as crazy as it was the first few days, I can cut out the fast food and soda and go back to making all of my meals (except for those ones that people have dropped by and will drop by. Those people are awesome!) However I wont be surprised if I dont do very well this month. Maybe with the husband home for a while, he can entertain the kids while I go walking or something. Cross your fingers!

Failure

I got up really early this morning to work out, the first time in 28 days. I was excited to be up early and I turned on my Wii fit and it weighed me. I was so disappointed. I have gained weight. Yep, I messed up. I guess the breast feeding thing where I lose weight from eating healthy and breast feeding has come to an end. I have also been doing really bad at eating the last week. I have had a root beer float almost every day. How bad is that??!!! I was just asking for it. I had too much pasta and cheese and ate too much chocolate. So back to living life completely healthy and hopefully this is day one of many of getting up early and working out.

mmmmmmm

I have been on a veggie kick which is a good thing. I have been making most of our dinners with vegetables and I have collected a few yummy recipes. I have one that I tried the other night that Jesús loved (which is usually my ultimate goal). The recipe was chicken and summer veggie tostadas, Jesús said that he loved it and I actually believed him this time. I changed it up a little to make it the way we like it. Click here for the recipe.

Woot!

Okay so I am 4 days late on weighing myself. However Im down from 181 to 177!!!! Hooray!! I cant remember the last time I was in the 170's! Now if I can just get an exercise schedule maybe it would happen even faster. I cant seem to get up early and I cant seem to remember to do it while the kids are napping. Its hard when I get that time to myself, I would much rather sit down and relax rather than start moving around even more. Maybe I can start walking in the morning. I love walking in the morning and I miss my walking partner from two years ago. Katy, you should move over here! So I am still losing weight and I am not even exercising, other than chasing after kids all day, so all I needed to do was change my diet. Now that I am getting the healthy eating down my body is just naturally getting down to the weight it should. Yay!! Feeling healthy!