Wednesday Weigh In.

1. Reiterate my goal and where I stand in reference to this goal. (BMI info from this website)

Starting BMI: 30.8
Starting weight: 227

Last Week’s Weight: 227
Current Weight:224
Goal Weight : 190

Last Week’s BMI: 30.8
Current BMI:30
Goal BMI: 25

2. Discuss what I am going to do to achieve my goals.

I'm using the Lose it app to track my calories. I really like it a lot. Now it has a feature that allows you to scan the bar code on you food and all the nutrition info pops up. So easy and so cool!

I want to complete week one on my beginner running program.

I'm going to eat a salad every day.

I'm going to drink more water.

3. Try to motivate others to join in on trying to lose weight

Hub is on board now! He got up and went to the gym this am! I’m so happy he's not wasting the free gym membership that he got a few weeks ago.

Bloggers I follow that are participating:
If you want to join in just leave me a comment, so I can follow your progress too!

The Donor Diva is TTC #2



4. Post a (reasonably healthy) recipe that I’ve tried, a cooking tip, a new idea for working out for people to try, a photo update of my weight loss, or anything else I feel like sharing.

I'm working on digging up some good healthy recipes that I will post as soon as I test them.

Day 1 week 1

I managed to run even though my hip is still a bit sore. I wish I knew what I did to it, so I don't do it again!

I finished all 20 minutes of time today. I feel pretty good! I hate that I got so out of shape.

Hub got in on the fitness with me. He saw that I had saved my workout schedule on the computer and he's doing it with me. Although I think it might be too easy for him, but at least he's doing something. :) It's easier when he is on board with my weight loss, and trying to drop a few too, because that way he won't be bugging me to go out and eat junk.

All our snow is gone. It rained and thunder stormed all night, and its about 50 out right now. I can't really say I’m too sad about it because I REALLY hate snow.

Off to go clean and do laundry.

OUCH!

So I woke up this morning and I have a crazy searing pain in my hip/back/butt area. I don't have a clue what caused it, I think I must have slept wrong. Not cool universe! I'm starting my new training program tommrow. Well at least I hope I am.

We've had a pretty laid back weekend. Just hanging around the house. Hub took Jack out to play in the snow for a while yesterday.

Today I think we are going to go out for lunch, we are all starting to get a bit of cabin fever.

I keep running...

Last week I started back down the path marked weight loss again. I've got about 35 pounds to lose again. Oddly 20 of it isn't baby weight, its post baby weight. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I have gained back extra weight after having Jack. But I did. I got really weak from being on bed rest for over two months. I got discouraged, whenever I tried to work out. I went from running 4 miles to getting hopelessly winded doing the laundry. So I gave up. And I gave up again, and again. But this time I can't let myself give up. I can't do it. Last week I ran a mile for the first time since before I was pregnant. It felt amazing. (Afterwards.)
I lost a pound last week. I was hoping for more but a pound is okay. This week I've set my mind to lose more than that.

I'm following this to get back into running.

10 Week training schedule.

Memeish.

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?

I taught a real live human being to walk and talk.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year it was to lose all the pounds. ... so no...

This year will be lose all the pounds and maybe run a 5k.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Not really too close. But half of Hub's family spawned this year... they are all boys, every single one of them.

4.Did anyone close to you die?

My dog Hemi. He got hit by some asshole car, in front of our house.

5. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?

More time with my family, and more of the skinny.

6. What countries did you visit?

Canada... passing though.

7. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why:

Date? Memory? What are these things of which you speak?

8/8/11 ... Jack's 1st birthday.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Teaching the mini human to walk and talk and be a cool person.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Not losing all the pounds, also adding more pounds. ( not many but a few )

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nope. We made it though this year in one piece. :)

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Kitchen Aide. :) It's from the 70's kinda little ugly, but its mine all mine.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

ummmmm... I'll get back to you...

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My Sil. She is odd... and makes me sad.

14. Where did most of your money go?

See Mini Human.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

First steps and first words.

16. What song will always remind you of 2011?

I;m sexy and I know it... except that's probably not at all what its called. That song is the mind worm of the year.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? Mostly happier.

ii. thinner or fatter? about the same... a few pounds extra.

iii. richer or poorer? same ole shiz.

Aunt Becky's replacment questions:

i) more or less like Justin Beaver - less... I'm not a gay 17 year old boy... also someone please tell him to go away.

ii) more or less likely to decide inanimate objects looked like boobs - Probably more. its fun.

iii) more or less likely to watch Glee – Less... that show has never been on my radar.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Being out side before the weather went to shit.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Stress. Also, time wasting on the internet.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

I was at home with my momma!

21. There was no #21. I don’t know why there was no 21.

Invented # 21.

Something I don't ever want to forget about this year.

Jack's little voice squealing HI!! like he hasn't seen you in 10 years!... its full of the awesome.

22. Did you fall in love in 2011?

Just more in love with the ones I already loved. :)

23. How many one-night stands?

... 0... I are a old married lady...


24. What was your favorite TV program?

Reruns of Jerico. That show should have never been cancled.
Also Psych.


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Nope just the same people. :P

26. What was the best book you read?

The Help. Full of greatness.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

... red solo cup... tee heet.

28. What did you want and get?

Kitchen Aide

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

We bought a Zoo was good.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

We went to Joe's crab shack. Im 26

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

2 more pink lines.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

Gee I hope those are clean.

34. What kept you sane?

I haven't had any of the sane for a long long time.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Alex O'Loughlin.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

umm... all of it... the compleet lack of anything constructive done makes me want to vomit.

37. Who did you miss?

My momma.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

I didn't really meet anyone new. Sad but true.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011:

Dont be afraide to make an ass out of your self if it makes your kiddo happy.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.


I'm tagging anyone who reads this, if you do it leave a comment so I know you did it. :) Happy New Year!

Blogger Help.

Does anyone know why blogger wont let me comment on people's posts? this has been happening for a while and I dont know why!!!

If you havent heard from me thats why... its not cause I dont love yall any more. :)

Shrinking again... for real this time.

So almost 16 months have gone by since I had Jack, and I look like I'm at least 6 months pregnant. I've gained and lost about 15 pounds over and over since I had Jack. Now I ready to lose it for good.

Today I started the 30 day shread. I think it might take me more than
30 days to get through. I was only able to do about half of it before my lazyness overtook me and I gave it up. I will try agian tommrow.

Right now Jack is napping, when he wakes up we're going out to get some fruits and salad stuff. I'm going to try to recreate my eating plan from when I lost the weight before I got pregnant.

I'm hopeing to get healthy enough to get pregnant with number 2 before Hub goes back to a boat next fall. That lil monkey up there has made me want a house full of babies. He makes life so awesome. I'll give a Jack update soon.

So...

I haven't posted in forever, so I thought I'd start out nice and easy.

A Christmas list.
  

Pictures from last Christmas.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? hot chocolate ... egg nog is so gross!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?   Santa has elves to do that...

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? We have white... but I like colored better.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? I have in the past.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Honestly not sure if we will this year. :( We are going to my momma's for christmas, and it seems like alot of work when we arent even going to be here to enjoy it... maybe I will put up a few just for Jack though.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?  Stuffing! :) yeah I'm weird.... my mom makes prime rib some years, and I still like the crappy bagged stuffing the best. lol

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?  Being with my family. It never really mattered much what I got or didn't get, it was just good to be with the people I loved and that loved me.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? When someone sent me into the basement to get something from the freezer, and all of my gifts were on the work bench.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No... but we are going to let Jack open his Christmas jammies the night before.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? We had alot of hand me down orniments from my MILs tree. But they were so old and falling apart that we got some new ones last year at the end of the season.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Please god can I have no snow... That is the dirtiest 4 letter word of all! GAH! I hate snow!!!

12. Can you ice skate? NO... I'm not what you would call graceful.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? One year I got a doll that read stories. Pamela, I still have that doll.

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being together with my loved ones.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pumpkin pie, or chocolate pie. :)

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Cooking with my Mom.

17. What tops your tree? We have a bow... a lame one... Note to self get a new bow... Our tree is too tall for a star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I like to give gifts. I think I'm pretty good at picking stuff out. I'm pretty excited to pick out stuff for Jack this year. It should be an awesome Christmas!

19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? Sure... they are okay... but there is usually so much other stuff around they get forgotten about.

20. Favorite Christmas show? The Island of Misfit Toys. :) or How the Grinch Stole Christmas... the old one.

21. Saddest Christmas Song? Christmas Shoes.

22. What is your favorite Christmas song? most years it has be Sailling Home for Christmas by Doug Stone. Hub has been deployed or underway gone 4 out of 7 years.




This is a good one too. Its called Belleau Wood By Garth Brooks.

ONE

Jack will be one on August 8th. So taking first birthday pictures is pretty much my life right now. I have one more idea, but I have to wait till I have help. Taking pictures of busy toddlers requires a baby wrangler. :)

Things that have kept me from blogging.

SO. I signed up for ICOMLEAWE this month in hopes it would make me post SOMETHING on here. it almost worked. Almost. I have thought to myself a thousand times this would make a good post. Like the time we took Jack to the zoo, or we went to Chicago for the weekend, or that girl who was behind me in traffic plucking her eyebrows. But for some reason I just haven't posted. I want to be better. I do. I'll try...