WI!!!

Well WI was yesterday and I lost 4.2#'s for a total of 17.2#. I was so surprised! I had gotten back in my old habit of weighing every five seconds so this week I put my scale up. I found myself heading for it several times. Im trying not to be a slave to the scale!

I changed up breakfast this past week and instead of having a green monster every morning I had a bagel thin with either WW cream cheese or with the laughing cow cream cheese. I did that with wheat toast today and it actually tasted better and the same points, lol!

I've been trying to get in activity whenever and wherever. Which sometimes is during the older 2 baseball practice since Maddy does not enjoy just sitting for over an hour.

I finally downloaded a NKJ bible app from youversion.com and picked 2 reading plans. One is read the bible in 90 days and another is one for busy women. A great friend of mine has been posting about this app so I decided to try it. It has been very handy with actually getting to read because I can do it during one of Maddy's many eating sessions!

Jellybeans

Well this weeks WI was a 0# loss. I'm ok with it. Thankfully there wasn't a gain! I really struggled this week and consumed a whole HUGE bag of jelly beans. I bought 3 bags and now that I think of it I may have eaten 2!!!! There is only one left. I'm not sure, which is never good! I am not buying them anymore! I'm not even a candy person but I like the tartness of them and apparently can't control myself lol!
On a good note I was able to run 3 times this week and the walking is less and running is faster. Pushing a 20+# baby in the jogger I think is helping me get stronger :).

Well here is to a new week!

WI

I can't say how happy I am to have a loss of 1.2#'s this week!! I earned 11 AP's as well. I focused on making sure I got in cardio and even managed some strength training :)

I'm also really looking forward to our Women's Day at church tomorrow. I pray it will be a blessing to all!

God continues to amaze me daily :)

WI last Friday

This past week was a no loss for me. But I have lost 6 inches in almost 4 weeks since I last measured. Very excited about that!!! I'm just going to keep after it. We'll see what this Friday brings!

Spring time = busy time

It's been crazy busy around here the last couple weeks. My little Maddy is almost 8 months old and decided at 7 months it was ok to start pulling up and cruising. Last night she let go and stood for all of 2 seconds! I can't believe how quickly timed goes. Michael and Lilly are doing great in school. Only about 4 weeks left and then it's summer break!
It's been about a week of sleep interrupted nights for me. Between the weather, family, coughing something is always waking Maddy up. Which means no sleep for mommy! I've gotten a few runs with walks in. Michael and I did a mile other evening and it was so fun! We ended up running as fast as we could, then walking until we could breathe again, then repeat! Now Lilly is waiting her turn.
I've had, at least for me, some disappointing weigh ins lately. I had 2 0.6 the last 2 weeks. I'm hoping to have a better one this week. Last week I tried eating all my WP's so I really can't complain about a small loss. Thankful it wasn't a gain! Trying to make time for exercise. Really need to do some strength training and rebuild muscle because that will mean burning more calories :)

Words

Well today is weigh in day and I lost 2 #'s!! For a total of 10# and 5% of my body weight :) I'm a happy girl!


Maddy and I got out early this morning for our walk/run and did 2 miles. She fell asleep so I guess that means she is loving it! I was running the last 1/2 mile back to the house and rolled my ankle and almost wrecked poor Maddy. Thankfully all seems ok and I finished my run. Sage and Rooster (German Shepherd and Mini Aussie) go along as well. I am sure we look like the running circus but, hey, it's good for all of us!


And on to my current favorite book: "A Woman After God's Own Heart" A Heart That Shows it Cares. "Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord" 1 Corinthians 15:58. This chapter talks about learning to reach out.  Being a giver, being bold, and being a generous soul! It is amazing how we  touch another life by our own actions. It is up to us if that experience is good or bad. We are doing a women's day in church soon and the topic is Silver boxes, Gifts of the spoken word. How fitting! Just by our words alone we affect someone else. Our words alone could lift someone up or crush them, again its up to us. Lift someone up today!

All about my numbers

So this is where I will confess my weight and all the details. The lowest I have ever weighed was around 105#. That's a number I don't care to see again. Too skinny for me! I'm pretty happy around 130-140#. The most I have ever weighed was with Maddy 223# on delivery day. Michael and Lilly were both 206# and 203#. I lost weight fine after both of them. But gained after decided to have another baby. Guess I was practicing "eating for two". I gained after I stopped nursing Lilly because I sadly did not reduce what I was eating and woke up one day at 180#. Was losing the weight great and then our little surprise came along. After I had Maddy I lost 30#'s right away and the last 15# just weren't budging even with nursing. Today I weighed 190.2# (why is it so hard to admit those numbers) size 14. Which is crazily the jean size I was in before Maddy but I weighed 175 ish.
I lost 3#'s this week. I was surprised when I weighed. I haven't been using my extra weekly pts but for a couple treats. Sadly still haven't found exercise time. But hopefully soon.
So here are some numbers I like. My goal weight is like I said before 130-140#. Puts me around a size 5. I want to run a half marathon before I turn 31 (I turn 30 in August). Turning 30 this year actually doesn't scare me. It's just another chapter in life.
Oh and this past weekend in the city I bought 2 dresses (gasp!) and 2 new pair of heels. They are a love of mine :)