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Well I’m getting there but it’s starting to be a bumpy road.  I’m glad I came to post today because I needed to vent a little.  I’ve slacked on my excercise routine, not because I wanted to though but there was a whole week my mother-in-law was down and then I’ve been sick for nearly a week now. Well since last Thursday.  I believe I have a sinus infection.  I was going to go to the dr. yesterday but I thought I was getting well and then by 4 pm yesterday I was crawled up in the bed for hours, body aches and all. I feel a little better this morning because I ate something, and took some tylenol.  I haven’t been hardly able to eat since I’ve been sick either.  I’ve been eating like one meal a day.  I just feel so bad I have to make myself eat when I do.  I just hope I can get better soon.  I think I will try excercising today because they say it will help boost your immune system.  Well I will keep you all updated, talk to everyone soon and take care.

Well I’ve been mia for a little bit but my mother-in-law came to visit from Kentucky and Thanksgiving holiday dinner and just everything in general has kept me more busier than usual.  I have also missed a few workouts in the midst of the craziness but I hope to get back on track today.  I’m going to go for my 40 minutes on the gazelle and do the ab lounge and I think I will be back on track.  I think I did pretty good on my eating on Thanksgiving.  I did keep it under control.  I’m also looking forward to my fall semester ending.  I can’t wait until I can get a couple of weeks away from all this school work.  My professors love piling it on at the end of the semester.  I really need a break from school work.  Well I guess I will talk to you all later.  Take Care!

I’m finally making it back to blog like I used to which is a great thing for me : ) I’ve always been told that consistency is key and I know it’s true.  If I can continue blogging and working with my diet I know it will pay off.  I want to share something I got off of Sparkpeople(yes… I cheated, lol I go to sparkpeople as well) but I thought everyone might enjoy it.

Every day is a chance to build momentum or to slack. Every day, you have to decide to make the right choices. Keeping your goals and motivators close by helps you make that decision and feel good about it. Remember, this is a positive experience! You’re doing something good for yourself, your loved ones and your future. Don’t waste any opportunity to remind yourself of that fact and congratulate yourself on progress. 

 This so spoke to me, and everyday is a new day for me to get closer to my goals.  I’ve thought of printing this out and taping it to my fridge or mirror.  I think it is such a great reminder for me. 

 On to a different thought yesterday went well, I go to excercise I done 3 miles on the gazelle and 150 crunches on the ab lounge.  I guess this is a good start because I usually spend an hour doing it. 

Well I need to go everyone, I will talk to you all soon, and take care.
  

Well this past weekend went well, and the kids was out of school Monday so this has been a pretty busy week so far.  But things don’t seem to falling apart underneath me.  I’m still holding on strong.  I ate some oatmeal for breakfast this morning, and I’m getting ready to eat some chicken noodle soup for lunch.  I think I will work out about 1 pm today.  before Kaylee gets home and that way I can get it in.  I’m trying not to skip a day excercising but I skipped yesterday, but my computer crashed and I had to redo everything.  But it’s running good now.  Anyways, that what kept me so busy yesterday, and I had school work to turn in so I had to get my pc up and running b4 I could turn it in online.  But anyways things seem to be going good today, I’ve already got most of my house clean! Yah me lol   Well hopefully I will make it back tomorrow, and I can let everyone know how everything is going : ) Take care everyone. 

Everything has went well today.  I have followed my correct portion sizes, walked 3 1/2 miles on the gazelle, and spent around 30 mins total on the Ab lounge today.  I’m really proud of myself for doing so good today.  Well, I weighed myself today and It said 175.  And if that is true then I’ve lost almost 10 lbs, since the last time I weighed myself.  But I’m not going to get my hopes up yet.  But that would be sooooo great! I can’t even remember the last time I weighed in the 170’s. If it’s true I am going to be so happy.  That would definetely be a great motivator to get out of the 180’s.  I think I have been in the 180’s for over 3 years now.  But overall was a good day today.  I stayed on track, no binging, no overeating, and I excercised.  I think I may try to get another 1 1/2 miles in tonight I’m not sure yet.  My cuz was supposed to come over and work out with me but she hasn’t yet, if she does I know I will probably get another 3 miles in instead of another 1 1/2.  Take care everyone, I will keep you updated!

Well things seem to be going pretty good.  My cuz made it to my house today with the gazelle and the ab lounge and we worked out together!! First workout went good, I done a mile and half on the gazelle and spent around 30 mins on the ab lounge.  I kinda dread tomorrow though because I don’t know how sore I will be lol.  But I guess my body is going to be telling me ” see if you would workout more I wouldn’t have to do this to you” lol.  Well I’m going to work out every day.  Unless I am just so sore I can’t.  But that is my goal, even if it’s just a mile or 15 mins I will get on the gazelle and the ab lounge every day that is my goal.  I want to add in other things as well though.  I’m thinking of getting me an excercise ball this weekend. But I definetely want to get some scales and measuring tape so that I can track my body changes.  I done turned my bonus room into a workout room today.  : ) I taped a few rules for myself for a little daily reminding glance and a workout log to the wall.  That way I can track how much I’ve been excercising every day.  One of my new rules, well old but new, it’s one I used to use when I was slim but my back in use rule I guess you can say is No eating after 8 pm.  It’s better not to because it’s close to bed time and your body doesn’t burn the calories as much when your sleeping.  As soon as I get my scales I will definetely update my weight.  Take care everyone and keep up the hard work!

Well buddies I promised that I would start coming back to blog and I’m back again.  I just hope I can make it every day.  Or at least every other day.  Every thing has went pretty well today. I did indulge in a few chips today but not too many.  I’m going to stop eating them all together though.   My cuz had decided to team up with me too because she is trying to loose weight too.  She’s going to bring her Gazelle and Ab Lounge over and we can work out on them together.  I can’t wait! She’s supposed to come and bring everything over tomorrow.  It will be great being able for us to support each other.  Because we need all the support we can get.  It’s hard getting started but once we do I know we will do great!  I have such a good feeling about losing weight this time.  I know I can do this.  I have nothing holding me back! Kaylee, my daughter was doing an ab video I got online last night with  me.  It went pretty good. : ) Talk to you all soon take care!

Hi buddies, I’m just now making it back on since all the things that have been going on lately.  But I wanted to give you all a update.  For starters the kids are doing great, Kaylee has lost her 2 front bottom teeth, and she’s 7 now. Josh is doing good now.  He’s been going to pre-k.  I haven’t been able to blog about what’s been going on with him but I took him to a local school and they done some screening on him and said he was developementally delayed in speech, cognitive, and adaptive behavior, so he is going to a special education pre-k this year for 2 days a week.  But since he has started and with all the extra help his is getting from home now(they was able to show me how to teach him things on his level) he is doing great! Halloween was great Kaylee was a hippie and Josh was a pirate when they went trick or treating it was so cute : )

Well … I’ve been doing pretty good here lately, I’ve been taking 5 classes this semester.  And for some of my new buddies that are wondering, I’ve been going to college since the summer of 2006 for my associates in Accounting, and associates in the arts degree(back up plan in case I do decide to go for my bachelors) I should be done soon.  But I’m trying to loosen up the work load I have been doing on my school work because of all that I’ve got going on. 

Onto a different subject, my diet… well I haven’t been able to afford going to a gym or anything but I know I am losing weight because my clothes seem to be getting looser.  I have been reducing my portions and trying to keep myself more active during the day.  Also I’ve going to start walking my driveway a couple of times a day.  Because to get to one end it’s exactly 1/2 a mile long so if I walk that a couple of times I will definetely be getting some good excercise in : )  But I have really been trying to get more active at home like a few days ago i went outside raking leaves for like 1-2 hours, after cleaning the house all day(late  spring cleaning lol) But I’m going to try to do some stomach excercises as well because I have been told by many people that i’m “top heavy” so if I can get the love handles and stomach in shape I think that will better porportion my body as well.  If I could just loose the belly that would be great, I had both of my kids from a c-section so that has a lot to do with it.  I’m hoping to at least lose 15 lbs by Christmas.  I’m going to go buy me some scales next weekend, that way I can update my weight.  I’m also thinking of getting some measuring tape to help with the measuring of my waist and keep up with my inches lost.  Sometimes when we get in a weight rut we may not realize it but our bodies are toning up and were losing inches and I love losing inches lol because that means smaller clothes!

Sory the blog is sooooo long but I wanted to get everyone updated and I promise I will start coming to blog more often

Well I don’t really know where to start… I hate not being able to blog as often as I used to.  I’ve just been so busy.  I know that isn’t a great excuse but it has been really hard to find time to blog.  Taking 5 classes and then I’m running around to taking the kaylee to school and josh to screenings because he’s starting pre-k part time.  I’ve been kind of holding off until then so that I can get a membership at the YMCA when he starts so I can use some of that time that hes in preschool to workout at the Y.  My cousin is wanting to start walking and would like me to get involved with her.  I really like the idea of it but I really need to do mine in the mornings and she only can do her workout in the evenings.  Maybe we can figure it out.  But mornings is so much better for me because in the evenings I feel like I’m rushing around to get everything done with supper, cleaning up, homework, and bath time, and my school work too lol.  I don’t know if I’ve lost anything or not.  Things have just been hectic and crazy since last month.  My grandmother passed away around 3 weeks ago and that’s really had me down and out.  She was like my 2nd mother to me.  I was very close to my grandmother.  She had congestive heart failure and the fluid was building up in her lungs.  And the treatment to get the fluid off of her lungs could cause her kidneys to fail and in her living will she didn’t want dialysis.  They done the smallest amount of treatment they could do and her kidneys failed.  But she had lived a full life she passed away exactly a week before her 87th birthday.  She was a wonderful person.  

Well hopefully I can blog in the next day or so.  Talk to you all soon.

Well I finally got to weigh myself today at my kids doctors office, and I’ve lost 4 lbs since my last weigh in.  Which brings me to a total of 8 lbs!! I was so happy to get my first white star on buddy slim.  I’ve been on buddyslim a long time off and on and it feels great to be down to where I’m at now.  I know it’s not my goal weight but, whats great about the news is that I know for a fact that I have been down to this weight for over a year now.  I was weighing 193 when I started.  My highest weight was like 201 after the birth of my son.  I feel like this is really going to help me, knowing that I’ve lost a few lbs.  It’s a great motivator.  I’ve also been working on my food journal and a food planner.  I’m going to try and start planning our meals a week ahead of time that way there is no reason to go eat out for something quick.  I want to start eating healthy, not just for me but for my family as well. Well talk to you all later buddies and take care and eat well!