I forgot to post last week! Oh well, here is this weeks.
Yesterday was Kyles birthday party. We had a Halloween party for him. It turned out really good. I rented a room in the convention center through the fire department and it was a great place to have a party. We had some yummy foods too. I made meatball sliders, chicken nuggets, tater tots, mummy dogs, veggie platter, and chips. For the cake, I got a small round cake that had a monster face on it. I also made "critters" They were chocolate cake thingies that I added m&m's, candy corns, mike and ikes and reeces pieces to make them critters. They were a hit! :o) I am glad everyone had fun. After the party, my sister Carol asked us to watch her triplets so she could go to an adult Halloween party so they stayed the night with us and she picked them up this afternoon. The boys like getting to play with them like that.
Now, for weight loss! Last week I was down to 241.0 and this week, I am down to 239.6! That is a total of 34.8 pounds in 13 weeks! I am getting close to the 100 day mark. :o) I am thinking I will be down more than 35 pounds by November 6th which my original goal was 30 pounds. Since I passed 30 pounds 2 weeks early, I had thought 35 instead but it looks like it could more than the 35 by then! I am so darn excited. My next mini goal is 50 pounds by mid January. I know I can do it! I am already almost half way to my overall goal.
My mom was finally able to come visit us! She got here Tuesday night and gets to stay a little over a week. I love having her here. We all miss her a lot when she has to go home. I am just glad she gets to stay for so long this time around.
My Weight Loss Journey!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
11 weeks and full October 16th!
Today is a full day for celebrations! It is Kyle's 8th birthday, mine and Ken's 11 year anniversary, and Keng's birthday! We aren't having Kyles birthday until October 29th though so he could have a Halloween party :o) I don't know when Ken and I will celebrate our anniversary.
Today was also my 11th week weigh in! I think I had mentioned before that my 30 pound goal was officially set for Nov. 6th but I wanted to get there by Halloween so a week early. Today I weighed in and was down 30.4 pounds! I made it to my goal 2 weeks early! That means I have a whole two weeks more to lose weight and make my loss even more by Nov. 6th! It would be awesome to get to 35 by then! I'm starting a new program 10 pound slim down. It has yoga days which I have found that I really like yoga so I am super excited about it. I can't believe I have lost as much in 11 weeks when last time it took me like 6 months to lose this much! It motivates me so much more and makes me feel so much better about myself. We went to the Scout Stampede yesterday and there was tons of walking around, up hill, down hill, all over the place for a couple hours and I wasn't out of breath at all! I am so happy and I can't wait to lose more!
Halloween is just a couple weeks away. I had planned on wearing my cop costume with Jacob as my prisoner. I couldn't find one his size though :( So, he decided on Thomas the train as his costume. So, for my cop outfit, We found a prisoner costume for Ken! LOL We are all going to be dressed up this year. Kyle decided on a ninja. He got his swords to go with it and everything. They strap on his back. Mom is going to be here for Halloween this year so it makes it that much better!
It has been a long time since I have been so excited about things and looking forward to things...and just LIFE in general! It seems like I started this life changing journey, my whole life in every aspect has gotten better. Who knew my life would be so much better? I LOVE MY LIFE!
Today was also my 11th week weigh in! I think I had mentioned before that my 30 pound goal was officially set for Nov. 6th but I wanted to get there by Halloween so a week early. Today I weighed in and was down 30.4 pounds! I made it to my goal 2 weeks early! That means I have a whole two weeks more to lose weight and make my loss even more by Nov. 6th! It would be awesome to get to 35 by then! I'm starting a new program 10 pound slim down. It has yoga days which I have found that I really like yoga so I am super excited about it. I can't believe I have lost as much in 11 weeks when last time it took me like 6 months to lose this much! It motivates me so much more and makes me feel so much better about myself. We went to the Scout Stampede yesterday and there was tons of walking around, up hill, down hill, all over the place for a couple hours and I wasn't out of breath at all! I am so happy and I can't wait to lose more!
Halloween is just a couple weeks away. I had planned on wearing my cop costume with Jacob as my prisoner. I couldn't find one his size though :( So, he decided on Thomas the train as his costume. So, for my cop outfit, We found a prisoner costume for Ken! LOL We are all going to be dressed up this year. Kyle decided on a ninja. He got his swords to go with it and everything. They strap on his back. Mom is going to be here for Halloween this year so it makes it that much better!
It has been a long time since I have been so excited about things and looking forward to things...and just LIFE in general! It seems like I started this life changing journey, my whole life in every aspect has gotten better. Who knew my life would be so much better? I LOVE MY LIFE!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Big Week 10!
This past week was one of the best! First, Ken ordered me a heart rate monitor that I have been debating on buying or not and decided I wanted. Then, I got great news from someone that I had been talking to about a job...I GOT IT! WooHoo! It is at an in-home daycare and I get to take Jacob with me and Kyle on his no school days. I started last Wednesday and I must admit that I really like it. This time of the year we can REALLY use the money! We will actually have money for a good Christmas and Kyles birthday party is in a couple weeks so we need the money for that as well.
I can't believe my first born is already going to be 8 years old in 6 days! Where did the time go?! He's already in second grade, a Wolf Cub Scout, and...EIGHT! He is getting so darn tall too! He is already almost to my armpits. Since his birthday is on a Sunday this year, we are going to take snacks up to his class on Friday. I have to work so Ken is going to have to be the one to do it. :*( That is one of the things I am going to miss by having a job. Doing things like this with the boys. It makes me sad just thinking of having to miss out on it. I know, it is just snacks in his class. But, it is something that I have done for the last two years and like doing. Another thing is I won't be able to volunteer in his class now. But, to be honest, I think he would rather me work and us have money to get him stuff LOL He is already thinking of things he wants me to buy him. He needs $110. With that, he is going to buy bb gun stuff, nurf guns, and beyblade things. *rolls eyes* That boy. Don't know what to do with him and would die without him.
I got paid some on Friday and I was actually able to give my mom some money to go get something to eat and go to the movies. For the longest time, she was the one helping us out when needed and it feels great to be able to help her now. Tomorrow I am going to go get her phone card thingy for her phone at Wal Mart. :o) I also told her she doesn't have to pay as much to us monthly to pay back what she owes us and that I will start paying off her storage each month. Maybe with me having a job, she will be able to come visit us more often again. She is coming the end of the month for Kyle's birthday party and staying a few days. By the time she gets here, it will be two and a half months since she was able to visit. Much too long!
This weekend is going to be a big weekend for us. Friday is snacks for Kyles class, Saturday there is a stampede thing for the cub scouts and then we are going to go sale popcorn at QFC. Right after we are done with that, I am going to drop Kyle off at his friend Nathans house to spend the night again. He also stayed last weekend and then we all went to his birthday party that was at the bowling alley. Then, Sunday we have to sale popcorn again. I just hope that it doesn't rain! I hope we get lots of sales. Kyle doesn't have all that much so far. I just want him to get up to the 600 point so he gets the prize for that. :o)
OK, so onto the weight loss part! Last week I was down to 246! It has been 4 years since I have been down to that. Before that, it was in 2002! That means I am down 28.4 pounds in just 10 weeks. The time seems to have flown by. In just a little over 4 weeks I will hit my 100 days! I am so excited. I only need to lose 1.6 pounds this coming week to reach my next goal of 30 pounds lost! If I don't make it next week, it is fine because the date I want to be there is November 6th. It would just be awesome to make it sooner. I also decided since I have some extra money now that I am going to do a reward for reaching my mini goals. My reward for reaching 30 pounds is going to be a mani/pedi. :o) It's been a few years since I had one of those. :o) My next goal is 50 pounds so I will have quite a while to decide what I want to get when I reach that point. My goal date for that is January 15th.
The 30th of this month is the ending point of our Biggest Loser challenge. So far, I am ahead by about 4% lost. That can easily be passed by someone else though so I still have to keep everything up and give it my all these next two weeks! I would love to win that money. Not only that, but love to know that I put my all into this the whole time and did my best. If I don't win the money, I will still be happy with my weight loss! I started with an overall goal of 75 pounds. I am ALMOST 30 pounds closer. I want to get to that point (or beyond) by our final weigh in :o) 30.25 would be even better putting me at 11% weight loss! Next thing you know, I will be out of the obese range and just in the overweight range. Right now, I am at 36.3 and to be in over, I have to be 30 or less which is under 203.2 pounds. I don't know if I will ever be in the "Healthy" range as it is under 169.3. I can't even remember the last time I weighed that little! When I graduated HS in 2000, I weighed 195...and I thought that was super fat! LOL I just want to reach the 100's and be in ONEderland! :o) Once I get there, I will see how things are and if I want to continue or just maintain.
Well, it's getting late and I am a working gal now so I can't stay up all night like I was before so I need to end this here :o)
I can't believe my first born is already going to be 8 years old in 6 days! Where did the time go?! He's already in second grade, a Wolf Cub Scout, and...EIGHT! He is getting so darn tall too! He is already almost to my armpits. Since his birthday is on a Sunday this year, we are going to take snacks up to his class on Friday. I have to work so Ken is going to have to be the one to do it. :*( That is one of the things I am going to miss by having a job. Doing things like this with the boys. It makes me sad just thinking of having to miss out on it. I know, it is just snacks in his class. But, it is something that I have done for the last two years and like doing. Another thing is I won't be able to volunteer in his class now. But, to be honest, I think he would rather me work and us have money to get him stuff LOL He is already thinking of things he wants me to buy him. He needs $110. With that, he is going to buy bb gun stuff, nurf guns, and beyblade things. *rolls eyes* That boy. Don't know what to do with him and would die without him.
I got paid some on Friday and I was actually able to give my mom some money to go get something to eat and go to the movies. For the longest time, she was the one helping us out when needed and it feels great to be able to help her now. Tomorrow I am going to go get her phone card thingy for her phone at Wal Mart. :o) I also told her she doesn't have to pay as much to us monthly to pay back what she owes us and that I will start paying off her storage each month. Maybe with me having a job, she will be able to come visit us more often again. She is coming the end of the month for Kyle's birthday party and staying a few days. By the time she gets here, it will be two and a half months since she was able to visit. Much too long!
This weekend is going to be a big weekend for us. Friday is snacks for Kyles class, Saturday there is a stampede thing for the cub scouts and then we are going to go sale popcorn at QFC. Right after we are done with that, I am going to drop Kyle off at his friend Nathans house to spend the night again. He also stayed last weekend and then we all went to his birthday party that was at the bowling alley. Then, Sunday we have to sale popcorn again. I just hope that it doesn't rain! I hope we get lots of sales. Kyle doesn't have all that much so far. I just want him to get up to the 600 point so he gets the prize for that. :o)
OK, so onto the weight loss part! Last week I was down to 246! It has been 4 years since I have been down to that. Before that, it was in 2002! That means I am down 28.4 pounds in just 10 weeks. The time seems to have flown by. In just a little over 4 weeks I will hit my 100 days! I am so excited. I only need to lose 1.6 pounds this coming week to reach my next goal of 30 pounds lost! If I don't make it next week, it is fine because the date I want to be there is November 6th. It would just be awesome to make it sooner. I also decided since I have some extra money now that I am going to do a reward for reaching my mini goals. My reward for reaching 30 pounds is going to be a mani/pedi. :o) It's been a few years since I had one of those. :o) My next goal is 50 pounds so I will have quite a while to decide what I want to get when I reach that point. My goal date for that is January 15th.
The 30th of this month is the ending point of our Biggest Loser challenge. So far, I am ahead by about 4% lost. That can easily be passed by someone else though so I still have to keep everything up and give it my all these next two weeks! I would love to win that money. Not only that, but love to know that I put my all into this the whole time and did my best. If I don't win the money, I will still be happy with my weight loss! I started with an overall goal of 75 pounds. I am ALMOST 30 pounds closer. I want to get to that point (or beyond) by our final weigh in :o) 30.25 would be even better putting me at 11% weight loss! Next thing you know, I will be out of the obese range and just in the overweight range. Right now, I am at 36.3 and to be in over, I have to be 30 or less which is under 203.2 pounds. I don't know if I will ever be in the "Healthy" range as it is under 169.3. I can't even remember the last time I weighed that little! When I graduated HS in 2000, I weighed 195...and I thought that was super fat! LOL I just want to reach the 100's and be in ONEderland! :o) Once I get there, I will see how things are and if I want to continue or just maintain.
Well, it's getting late and I am a working gal now so I can't stay up all night like I was before so I need to end this here :o)
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