well I did it!!!!!

We are just about to leave for our vegas trip and I had to post because I had to share my news. I accomplished my goal of losing 15 pounds wooohooo!!!!! I got on the scale this morning and what do ya know I did it. I hope I don't gain it all back this weekend but if I do then I will have to work really hard to get it off when I get back and hopefully more.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! (I know I will)

only 3 days.....

Only three more days until I am in Sunny Las Vegas!!!! I can't wait. I need a break big time. I need some R&R in the worst way. It will be fun because during the day the guys are going to NASC.AR and the girls are going shopping and probably get a little pampering in too. I really haven't spent much time on the strip since right before me and Rick got married. I have been to vegas since then but we haven't gone to the strip and us girls are going to spend some good times there this weekend.

Have I told you how bad I need a break? Seriously though we are having problems with Deshawn and his sleeping again. We decided to put him on some pills to help his brain relax when he sleeps and they were working extremely well until the last couple of weeks. It went from complete perfection with a full night sleep to wham he is up every night again. The other morning I heard him stirring and I went to check on him and usher him back to bed and he had all the lights on in the house and the other boys had their heads covered with their blankets because the light was too bright. So I turned everything off again and put him back to bed. I get so frustrated because I don't know what to do. I am afraid we are going to turn him into a zombie if we keep adding more and more meds. So far I have not seen him turning into a zombie but I just worry about it ya know.

The thing about deshawn is he has this thing where he gets attached to something and he can't relax about it. That thing for right now is Adam's gameboy. Of course this is not good because it is Adam's not Deshawns and Adam is not too happy about sharing his gameboy. He does a pretty good job but still I can understand that it is his. Anyway I think part of the reason Deshawn is waking up in the night is because he is looking for Adam's gameboy. He is fixated on it and he obsesses until he has it. So when we get back from our trip I am going to start looking for a used gameboy advance for him because it really does keep him out of trouble and maybe if he has his own maybe he can relax and sleep.

Anyway that's what's up with us peeps. Oh yeah can I say that spellcheck is working and I am so glad:)

Week 4 weight loss!!

Okay this has been a tough week. I have felt like CRAP all week. I have had a cold and it has zapped it all out of me. I still managed to try to keep up with my routine the best I could but I still had a hard time. Anyway I am pleased with my results this week. Here they are:

Weight loss: 3 LBS

calories consumed: 8629 daily ave is 1233 (this is a little lower than I like but I had a hard time eating cause I didn't feel well)

Exercise minutes: 475 daily ave 68 min.

I have also been able to drop my insulin a whopping 14 more units

Grand total: 12 LBS (I have three more LBS to loose before friday I don't think I will make all three pounds but I will try hard)

week 3 weight loss!

Okay here are the stats for this week.

Weight loss: 2 LBS (I am happy for this number since I didn't have my treadmill all week)

Calories consumed: 9200 Daily average is 1314

Exercise minutes: 408 Daily average is 58 min

I have not adjusted my insulin this week. Hopefully next week.

One thing I have changed is making my breakfast and lunch with a little less calories and "grazing" throughout the day. I got that tip off of the big.gest loser and I think it has helped this week.

So my grand total so far is 9 LBS

I am such an impatient person. I want it all gone now. If I continue to lose at this same rate it is going to take me six or seven months to get down to the weight I want to be. I hope I can keep it up. I want to lose the weight primarily for my health but my self esteem could use a little boost too. Plus I want to get a tummy tuck and I won't do it until I lose all the weight I can. I have zero elasticity in my skin and I have dunlap syndrome. It is ugly but that is not the only reason I want it gone. It is uncomfortable too. Okay here's to next week.

The day after valentines.....

Well I for one am not a fan of the day after valentines day. My reasons are simple. It is a messy holiday. I find little candy wrappers everywhere. The kids only want the candy but if you even think of throwing away the valentine part it is a total breakdown. So for a week I find little valentines cards in various locations around the house. I do throw them away one at a time when they aren't looking but it usually takes a week to get em all.

Although I don't like the mess I love to see how my boys react to holidays like this. I mean they are boys and the lovey dovey stuff is not really their forte but I have to say I must be doing something right because they were too adorable last night. I can't count how many hugs and I lub you's and Happy balentimes I heard all night. It makes my heart swell. I love it when my guys love on me. Who wouldn't? I feel like a princess with all the attention. I can't wait to see the men they grow up to be. Until them I am happy as can be with my little balentimes just the way they are. Aren't boys so much fun?????

Sorry if my spelling is crap. This blogger spell check is not working and I for one am not happy about it.

The picture above is a little older but they are too cute in it so I had to share!

how did you meet your significant other?????

Hey HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!

I thought it might be fun to see how everyone met their special someone. Leave me a comment I would love to know.

Me and Rick met at work. I thought he was a jerk at first but in time I learned that he is the most gentle, sweet and loving person. I think most people get that impression of him at first because he is so big and intimidating and quiet when he doesn't know you. Anyway we flirted with each other for a few months and I couldn't figure out why he would never ask me out. Later I found out he was waiting until I reached the tender age of 18. My dad worked at the same place and evidently he was scared of my dad. Now anyone who knows my dad will think this is quite comical because my dad in 5 foot 2 inches and weighs nothing and Rick is 6 foot 3 inches and weighs over 250lbs. Anyway when I turned 18 he still waited awhile and being the impatient one I made my cousin (his boss and friend) set us up. So my cousin and his wife invited us both over for dinner and well we have been together ever since. We were married about a year later. I know I was a baby but I think I was mature enough at the time. I can't say everyone is but I know I was. Here we are looking forward to our 12th anniversary next month. Amazing!!! And we are more in love with each other everyday.

It's been a while......

I know it has been a while since I have posted. It has been crazy lately. So for those of you that kept your fingers crossed that my treadmill motor would get here quickly your fingers are broken:) I just checked my tracking and what do you know the package that I paid extra money to get here faster is not expected until the 19th. Can you say I am pissed! I am dying without my stupid treadmill. I paid to get that motor here in three days the 19th will be 10 days. HMMMM Does anyone else see a problem here? I even thought to myself even if it gets here by friday that is still acceptable to me. So when I checked my tracking and saw that I was crushed.

I know I can go to our city rec center but it is really a dive hole. Plus I am a little self concious. We are getting a new center that should be finished in may and I am really excited about that. It is HUGE! I know it will have a indoor track which really excites me. I love indoor tracks. You don't have to worry about the weather or if it is dark outside or even wierdos that want to rape and pillage you(okay I know that was a little over the top but I have a tendency to be paranoid) But for now I will just have to keep using my weights and recumbant bike. I was worried I wouldn't be able to lose any weight this week but so far so good. I think adding more weights to my workout has been a good change. But we will know for sure on Saturday when I weigh in:)

Well now I have done it......

I wore out my treadmill DAMNIT!!!!! I am totally pissed off right now. It really is about time that it started falling apart. We have had it for quite some time now. It is a real nice treadmill too. I am real frustrated because I have goals and I need my treadmill to accomplish them. I was hoping it was a small fix but it is the motor. When I run on it the stupid thing just shuts right off 20 minutes into a workout. It totally freeked me out cause I was running super fast on it and it just stopped suddenly and I fell right in to the front of it. I ordered a new motor($180 later) and it should be here next week so hopefully it won't be out of commission too long. Now I need to come up with something else that will work me out as well as the treadmill. I have a recumbent bike and a weight bench plus a variety of options for aerobics but none of those things get me moving like my treadmill:( I need you all to keep your fingers crossed so I get my motor fast.

Thanks for listening! I know this is real trivial but it's something I am frustrated about ya know:)

Week 2 weight loss!

okay here are the stats from last week

Total lost: 2 LBS (I wish it were more but at least it is something)

Total calories: 9957 daily avg is 1422

Total exercise: 400 min daily avg is 57 min

I increased my calories a little because I heard if you have too little calories than you body will hold on to your fat and I don't want that. But I did so much better last week in weight loss that I am considering dropping them again.

I was also able to drop my insulin another 6 units a day. Very exciting!


Anyway it has been harder than hell and I hope it all pays off. I have lost 7 lbs so far and it feels good I just hope I can keep it up. I still have a very positive attitude so I hope that doesn't change.

I hope everyone out there who is battling like me has a great week next week and can keep up with their goals for the week:)

Adam!!!

Well I went to parent teacher confrence for Adam last night and I just had to share how well he is doing. Last year he really struggled in reading and so this year I think between the combo of a really eager new teacher and the tutoring I put him in outside of school he has grown so much. His teacher says that he is doing excellent. His reading and math have excelled this last quarter.

He was never too far behind but I think he just needed a little boost so that is why I put him in tutoring. Plus I think reading is very important and I can't get him to do his reading at home so I think that tutoring is a great option for him to get his reading in.

I told myself if he doesn't improve this year I would move him to a charter school but I think he is doing much better. I actually was looking into putting him into a charter school this year but he was so upset about leaving his friends that I decided to give it one more year. I am glad I did. He really is doing well and I couldn't be more proud of him.

weekend recap!

Well we had a busy weekend. Of course we had the usual saturday basketball game for adam and then we went to Rick's parents clear out in the middle of nowhere. They live about 45 min from us. Seriously too far. We use to go and visit them all of the time when they lived in the home Rick grew up in but they are just too far to stop by on whim anymore.

Rick was able to texture 2 large bedrooms and a couple closets and hallways so they can get some more of their basement finished. His dad had called us and said he needed some more projects so we needed to get over there and texture those walls so he can hang doors and paint. When I think of the word workaholic Rick's dad automatically pops in my brain. He has to be a busy body. Well we ate supper there and Rick finished and we got home right at bedtime YEAH!!

Sunday we got SNOW!!!! Wow did we ever get snow. We haven't seen that kindof snowfall for awhile. The snow finally subsided and we were off to our superbowl party. We had a fun time hootin and hollerin at the big screen. Rick won the pool too. He won $88. Not to bad for only putting in 10 bucks. So while we were at our party it decided to start snowing again. That was the scariest drive home. I am glad Rick was driving. Even he was nervous. He kept telling the kids to shut up and they weren't even being noisy so you could tell he was nervous. Thank goodness we took the plunge and bought $600 worth of snow tires this winter.

All in all we had a great weekend. I left you with a quick snapshot of me and my honey!

Week 1 weight loss

Okay here they are:

Weight loss: 5 LBS

Calories consumed: 9463 the daily avg was 1351 per day

Exercise minutes: 347 min the daily avg was 49 min

I have also been able to drop my insulin 20 units. I know once I get back to maintaining my weight instead of losing then I will prob have to add some more back in but it is still nice to drop it instead of having to keep adding more.

I wish the number was higher of course but at least it is something. I have worked really hard this week and I plan on continuing. Hopefully next week will show some good results.

WOW! What a week

Well I know when you read that title you expected some juicy story about my week but really there is nothing to report. I have been working out like crazy and I am starting to feel like it is doing something.

I decided that I am going to weigh in every Saturday and post my results. I decided with this diet I am going to keep it real honest. I have been writing down all of my calories and all of the exercise I have done. I figure if I blog about it too I will place it all out there and have to be accountable for my week.

Now I know you all could care less about my results but this is just another way for me to "keep it real".

So you will be hearing from me tommorrow on my last weeks results. So stay tuned!