Weekly Weight Loss Update

Wellll..this week I lost 0.4....just under 1/2 of a pound! I will admit that it is a little discouraging...but I'll take it, because at least I am headed in the right direction!

As of today I am down a total of 15 pounds since Jan. 19th. I have lost a total of 9.16% of my total body weight!

I am looking forward to hitting that 10% goal soon. I have 1.8 pounds until I am "free lifetime" again at Weight Watchers. 3.8 pounds to go until I reach my goal!!

...until next week...

Jiggle Challenge

I lost 0.8 pounds this week
That brings my total to 4.2 pounds during this challenge for a total of 2.74%

**I have now lost 14.6 pounds since Jan. 19th for a grand total of 8.91%**

Overall I was hoping to do better during this challenge…BUT, a loss is a loss, and at least I am headed in the right direction, huh?!

I am now 2.2 pounds from being “free” at weight watchers, and 4.2 pounds from returning to my ww Lifetime goal! These last few pounds have been the hardest!!

I know that the challenge is over…but I am going to continue to post my weight loss on a weekly basis to keep me motivated and accountable.

...until next week...

Jiggle Challenge - Week 6

I can't believe that we are into the 6th week of the Jiggle Challenge already. Those past 6 weeks have flown by! I was hoping to have better results at this point...BUT, I am headed in the right direction...so that is good!

This week I lost 0.8 pounds (not quite the 1.0 I was aiming for). That brings me to 3.4 pounds during this challenge for a total of 2.22%

*As of today I have lost a total of 13.8 pounds since January 18th for a grand total of 8.42%.*

I am still aiming to loose a pound a week for the remainder of the month of May. Since I didn't reach that this week, I hope to loose 1.2 in the coming week to make up for my shortcoming!

We have walked to the park the past two nights....the warmer weather that we are finally getting will help me to be able to get outside with the kids and to get more active!

Until next week....

The Jiggle Challenge - Week 1

Today is the first day of the "I Jiggle, But Not As Much As I Used To" weight loss challenge hosted by Rachel and Lindsey. I am joining in! As many of you know I have been on a journey to lose the baby weight that I put on with Olivia. I have always been a fan of Weight Watchers. After having Blake I was able to shed 38 pounds following Weight Watchers in about 9 months. I was actually at a lower weight than what I was at when I got pregnant for Blake! I am on a mission to get back down to my lowest weight!! So here goes....

I have actually already started on this weight loss journey, so today I will post a re-cap of how I have done so far:

Start date 01.19.2011

Week 1 (01.26.2011): down 3.4 (2.08%)

Week 2 (02.02.2011): up 0.6, down 2.8 total (1.71%)

Week 3 (02.09.2011): down 0.4, down 3.2 total (1.95%)

Week 4 (02.16.2011): down 1.8, down 5 total (3.05%)

Week 5 (02.23.2011): down 0, down 5 total (3.05%)

Week 6 (03.02.2011): down 1.0, down 6 total (3.66%)

Week 7 – no weigh in

Week 8 (03.16.2011): down 3, down 9 total (5.49%)

Week 9 (3.23.2011): up 0.4, down 8.6 total (5.25%)

Week 10 (03.30.2011): down 1.8, down 10.4 total (6.35%)

Week 11 (04.06.2011): down 0, down 10.4 total (6.35%)

As you can see, some weeks have been better than others. I struggle with the same issues that everyone else does. Work full time, two babies, husband to cook for, no time to work out, etc. I HAVE to make this a priority for myself!

I still have 8.4 pounds to lose to get back to my Lifetime Weight Watchers Goal. I am motivated to get back to that goal, because then I am FREE again at Weight Watchers! At one point I was 5-6 pounds below my Lifetime WW goal...so in a dream world I will get back to that....but first I am focusing on these 8.4 pounds!

(That would be another 5.48%)

I am excited about this challenge and think that it will be the boost that I need! That being said, I am leaving for Florida with my family for vacation tomorrow....(excuses, excuses) so dieting is going to be hard....but I am going to give it my best shot each and every week!

Bring on the competition :)

Weight Loss

I haven’t posed about my weight loss or weight watchers in quite some time. However, I am still working on it. Mostly working on maintaining my weight loss….not losing any more. I weighed in at Weight Watchers last night and I was up 0.8 lbs. from my last weigh in. My last weigh in was before the holidays (over a month ago…yikes), so I knew that I would be up a bit. I am ok with the slight gain..but will try to get that off next week!! I was at my all time low when I weighed in on 12.16.09, so I would like to get to that and stay there!!

It stinks because I really don’t have any time to work out…so I just need to rely on my food plan and trying to “move more” when I can squeeze it in. I need to track my points this week because I always do SO much better when I write everything that I eat down!!
01.07.09: 1st weigh-in (about 3 weeks after having Blake)
01.14.09: -1.8
01.21.09: -1.6
01.28.09: -0.2
02.04.09: -2.2
02.11.09: -3.2
02.18.09: -1.6
02.26.09: -1.0
03.04.09: +2.0
03.11.09: -2.2
03.18.09: -3.0
03.25.09: -1.0
04.01.09: -0.6
04.08.09: -1.8
04.15.09: -2.4
04.23.09: -1.0
04.29.09: -2.0
05.06.09: -1.2
05.13.09: +0.8
05.20.09: -2.2
05.28.09: -1.4
06.04.09: -0.2
07.01.09: +0.2
07.08.09: -1.8 (reached my pre-bably weight...it seriously took me almost 7 months!)
07.15.09: -1.8
07.22.09: -0.6
07.30.09: -0.2
08.06.09: -1.8
08.14.09: -0.4
09.09.09: +1.0
09.18.09: -1.0
09.23.09: -0.2
10.14.09: -1.8
10.21.09: -1.8
10.28.09: +0.4
11.12.09: +0.6
12.02.09: -0.4
12.16.09: -0.6
01.20.10: +0.8

TOTAL: -37.2

Weight Watchers

I haven’t posted about my weight loss in a while…BUT I am still working on it! I have reached my goal…and now I am really just trying to maintain. I am still going to the weekly meetings with my mom, so I think that that is helping me to stay on track. BUT, last night I had a small gain. Maybe if I start posting about it again…I will be motivated to stay on track?

I started back in January after having Blake in December.

Here is what I have done so far:
01.07.09: 1st weigh-in
01.14.09: -1.8
01.21.09: -1.6
01.28.09: -0.2
02.04.09: -2.2
02.11.09: -3.2
02.18.09: -1.6
02.26.09: -1.0
03.04.09: +2.0
03.11.09: -2.2
03.18.09: -3.0
03.25.09: -1.0
04.01.09: -0.6
04.08.09: -1.8
04.15.09: -2.4
04.23.09: -1.0
04.29.09: -2.0
05.06.09: -1.2
05.13.09: +0.8
05.20.09: -2.2
05.28.09: -1.4
06.04.09: -0.2
07.01.09: +0.2
07.08.09: -1.8
07.15.09: -1.8 *Reached Goal
07.22.09: -0.6
07.30.09: -0.2
08.06.09: -1.8
08.14.09: -0.4
09.09.09: +1.0
09.18.09: -1.0
09.23.09: -0.2
10.14.09: -1.8
10.21.09: -1.8
10.28.09: +0.4

TOTAL: -37.6

Lots of posts rolled into ONE!

Wedding dress is HERE!
I went and tried on my dress yesterday…I hadn’t seen it since February, so it was pretty exciting! I still love it, and it fits way differently than it did in February (thank goodness :)).
NOW, I need to get a bra and shoes and head back for a fitting! There are a couple of places where the dress needs to be taken in a bit, but nothing major.

Ryan and I had a meeting with our Priest last night in preparation for our wedding. We had to take a survey and answer 140 questions about love, marriage, family, finance, sex, etc., etc. Next time we meet we will talk about our answers and any discrepancies we have…I feel pretty confident that we are on the same page, but we’ll see I guess!

While we were meeting, we left Blake and Ryan’s mom and dad’s…they just can’t get enough of him!

He started reaching for us yesterday! Best feeling in the WHOLE world. Ryan’s little sister was holding him when we got back…and he reached his little arms out towards me…..talk about melt your heart!! He did it to Ryan too…..OMG! SO CUTE!
Our friends Shannon and Mike are getting married this weekend…we can’t wait. Ryan is in the wedding. The rehearsal dinner is tonight and then the wedding and reception are tomorrow night.

This is Ryan and I at the lst wedding we went to...we have SO many weddings right now...I geuss thats what happends at our age! I look like a hunch back :(

My and one of my bff's Heather

Kellianne, Heather, and I again...can't wait to hang out with these girls this weekend!

Weekly Weigh-In
I weighed in this a.m. at WW, and I LOST 1.8 lbs! I am super excited about this, because I didn’t think that I was down that much! Only seven more weigh in’s before the wedding, so I am motivated to do good until then!

Weekly Weigh-In

Weighed in at ww last night and lost .6 lb. for the week. Not too GREAT, but I will take it. I partied a lot this past weekend on our trip up north…so there was lots of eating and drinking involved! I have reached my goal at ww, but I actually want to lose a few more. There are only 9 more weigh in’s before the wedding….so I am going to weigh in EVERY week!

I have been doing ww for 26 weeks and have lost a total of 31.8 lbs. I have to admit…it feels pretty good!

I am doing a boot camp workout in August for two weeks, so hopefully that will do something. Considering I do practically NO exercising right now, I am sure that it will! Haha

TGITh….

Thank goodness it’s Thursday! Today is my FRIDAY….b/c I have tomorrow off of work! We are heading to Traverse City for a wedding. We have really been looking forward to this weekend. I think that it is going to be a great time! We were planning on leaving in the early afternoon, BUT Ryan just found out that he has to work until 4:30, SO we will just leave then! That will give me some time to get some stuff done around the house anyway!

Blake is staying home with my parents.

I just got his new pics back. You can see that I updated the picture in my sidebar. I don’t like it as much as his 4 mo. pic, but he is cute no matter what. I just have to smile when I look at the little grin of his :o)

I weighed in at WW last night. I lost 1.8 lbs. this past week. That takes me to my GOAL (and just a little under actually). I have lost 31.2 pounds since January. Hard to imagine carrying around another 30+ pounds now. I still think that I have a few to go, but I do feel SO much better now!

Double whammy weigh-in

2 weigh-ins to report about today!

1st (and most important) is that Blake had his 6 month check up today. He will actually be 7 months on Monday, but we are a little off on our timing of these visits. SO, the dr. said that he looks great…but he is still kind of a peanut. He is growing though, so that is all that matters!! Ha. He is actually quite tall….in the 90th percentile….at 28 inches. The weight is a different story. He weighed in at 17.6 pounds…which is ok, in the 50th percentile. Is head is a little pea-head, in the 25th percentile….but that has been like that right along.

The dr. said that he is good…just tall and slender (I’m a little jealous :o)). He got 4 shots. One oral, and then three in his legs. Poor little guy! He is actually quite brave, and only cried for a few seconds, but he was fussy later this afternoon.

He can’t start eating 2nd foods not, meat and potatoes….sounds so sick to me, I would rather keep him a vegetarian, but I guess I will see what he thinks about the meat! We are also introducing oatmeal…instead of just the rice cereal. BIG steps for our little one!!

The other weigh in was ME. I stated back at WW last week after a few weeks off (after vacation). Last night was my first weigh in back on the program. I had gained .2 lbs. from my hiatus, but this past week I lost 1.8, so that put be back in the range of my “lifetime” goal…and I was FREE!! SO, now I just have 1.4 lbs. to lose to get back to my target! Yay. The end is in sight…then it’s just the maintaining :o(.

Little peanut in the stroller while dad was doing yard work:
you can see that his hair is coming in here!

Here are the "daily' Jamaica pics:

Ry and I lounging by the beach:

lounging by the pool (we did LOTS of lounging)!
View of the main pool (early in the day so no one was there yet!)

Weekly weigh-in

Well……lost….a measly 0.2 lbs! Oops. I was hoping for more. BUT, a loss is a loss…and I really didn’t do much to deserve much more than that.

I did yoga on Thursday, walked Tuesday and Wednesday….and that about sums it up!

I have lost a total of 27.8 pounds in 21 weeks. I REALLY want to reach my goal by the time we leave for Jamaica. SO, I have 3 pounds to loose in 16 days…possible?? IDK! I hope so…OR there will be NO pictures taken while we are on vay-cay (b/c I am SURE that I will need to be in a bathing suit 24 hours a day b/c of the heat)!!

Weekly weigh-in

I missed my meeting AGAIN last night, so I had to weigh in this morning. I was DOWN 1.4 pounds. I am pumped about the weight loss, but I do think that some of it has to do with weighing in at 9:30 a.m. vs. 5:30 p.m. BUT, a loss is a loss…and I am happy with it. I think that this means that I will have to do EXTRA good this coming week when I go back to weighing in at 5:30.

I have 3.2 pounds to make it back to my goal….so the end is in sight!!

I am trying yoga for the first time tonight….so that should be interesting! haha

Weekly Weigh In

WELLLLL….I LOST this week! HOORAY. Down 2.2 pounds, so that is pretty great. I was a bit surprised, but VERY happy! SO, now I have lost 26.2 pounds total, and have 4.6 to go until I reach my lifetime GOAL again! I HAVE to do it by June 20th, because that is when we leave for Jamaica…and when I will be LIVING in a bathing suit for a week!

It's not quite warm enough to be wearing a bathing suit here in Michigan...so I get a couple of extra weeks to lose!

BOOOO! Weekly Weigh-In

Well..I’m PO’d. I REALLY thought that I had lost weight last week…but I didn’t…I GAINED .8 lbs. It makes me sad :o(. SO…now I have 6.8 pounds to lose to make it back to my goal weight, not that 6 that I had last week. I guess I better get my buns in gear for this week and make up for lost time from this past week! How depressing!!

Weekly Weigh-In

Welllll....not quite sure how I pulled it off, BUT I did lose 1.2 pounds this week! Now only 6 pounds to go to get back to my goal. I have about 6 weeks, so I should be able to do it!! My total weight lost is up to 24.8 pounds. I am excited to hit the 25 pound mark by next week!

Weekly Weigh-In

Had the weigh-in last night. Lost 2 POUNDS! Pretty excited about that loss for one week. That means I only have 7.2 pounds to go to reach my goal. I have been at this now for 17 weeks and have lost an average of 1.4 pounds per week. SO, at this rate I will be down to my goal in just over 5 weeks….I won’t make it by Memorial Day weekend, but shortly after that! I WILL make it to goal by Jamaica, and that has been the ultimate goal all along….SO here goes for another week!!

Blake had to go to my ww meeting with me last night b/c his daddy was taking a test. He REALLY enjoyed it I think. All of the clapping was fun for him!!

I have more info on his 4 month check-up that we went to yesterday too…I will post that later!

Weekly weigh-in

I had to weigh in a day late this week because I had a work event out of town on Wednesday night. SO, I weighed in last night and went to that meeting instead. I lost 1 pound! SO….now only 9.2 to go until I reach my goal and become lifetime again! I REALLY want to reach this goal before we leave for Jamaica. If I lose about a pound a week I will make it…

I have been doing this for 16 weeks now. I havent missed a weigh-in or meeting for the entire 16 weeks, so that is pretty exciting! I have averaged a 1.4 pound per week weight loss, so keep your fingers crossed that I can keep it up!

Haven’t been working out enough, but hopefully soon I will have more time…and more motivation!!

TOOO BUSY!

I have been TOOO busy to blog :o(…..
Can’t believe that it has been a whole week since I posted anything. We have had an eventful few days.
Last weekend we had fun with Blake’s first Easter. Monday was is 4 month birthday, Wednesday his great grandparents met him for the first time, yesterday we enjoyed the sunshine for the first time in what seemed like weeks!

Here's what we have been up to:

Looking hansome on Easter:


Eating cereal for the first time:


Coloring Easter eggs:


Hanging out on Easter:


Bouncing in the Johnny Jump-Up:


Wearing cute little hats:


Rocking out in a cool shirt from grams:


Having lots of tummy time:


ALSO, still doing the ww thing...and getting closer to my goal all of the time. This week I lost 2.4 pounds (YAY!), bringing my total up to 20.6 all together. I still have about 10 more to go. Hard to believe that there are only 5 or so more weeks til Memorial Day Weekend (bathing suit time)...and a couple of months until out Jamaica trip! That is what I have to think about for motivation for my last 10 pounds!

Weekly Weigh In

Had the big meeting last night…weighed in and was DOWN 1.8 pounds. Hooray for that. I am pretty pumped about that loss. That brings my total to 18.2 pounds and I reached my 10 percent goal! Yay. Now my next goal will be the 20 pound mark!!

On a bad note, I haven’t worked out since Monday, and I can’t do it tonight either because I have a meeting after hours for work and Ryan is golfing, I will just have my meeting and spend my time with Blakers!!

He is just getting cuter and cuter. Last night he slept straight through the night until 6:00 this morning! I rolled over and looked at the clock and couldn’t believe that it was 6 a.m. already! I could get used to that!

My cutie....


Both my cuties....



AND, lastly....this is my 100th post! hard to believe. I feel like I just started blogging about my pregnancy...now here I am, still blogging about my 4 month old baby....and EVERYTHING else that I think about :o)

Weekly weigh-in…

SOOO I weighed in last night at WW, and to my (somewhat) surprise I was down a bit….I do mean a tiny BIT. I lost .6lbs. SO, I was a little frustrated, and a little pumped at the same time. I have been seeing at least A lb. a week, so to get less than that is a bummer…BUT as I mentioned yesterday, I really want sure if I was going to lose ANYTHING. My total amt. lost is up to 16.4…and that sounds like a pretty big hunk of chub (gross way to term it…but whatev)! I am motivated for another week now…MUST work out this evening for the first time ALL week!