Woohoo!

While I haven't really lost any weight recently, I did manage to put on my size 12 capris this morning! They are still a bit too tight (can you say Muffin top?) so I took them back off but I was thrilled just to get them zipped! I'm coming to terms that I more than likely won't lose all my baby weight any time soon- at least until she nurses less. I'm still doing Weight Watchers but I think I'm maintaining rather than losing and my body must still be shifting the weight around from the pregnancy.

Upbeat post

Since my last 2 posts have been downright depressing, I thought I'd post a more upbeat one. I lost another pound this week! (WI was Friday actually). I've been working out on my Wii Fit 2-3x a week for about 30min.

20lbs to go until my pre-pg weight.

And for some laughs... Jeff Dunham and Peanut (warning- foul language)

WW update

Down another 2.6lbs this morning! I know after this week it should slow down but I'm happy none the less.

Lack of options

I'm so tired of the lack of clothing options in my wardrobe! Nothing fits anymore and it's driving me bonkers. I have a babyshower to go to on Saturday and I have nothing to wear. All I have that fits is some jeans and maternity shorts and I still have a muffin top(which I guess means they don't really fit). Ugh! All my shirts are tshirts. I stopped by Target tonight and found NOTHING. I'm just frustrated right now. It doesn't help that I only get 2 hours max to shop before dh is calling me about Bella. She's hungry and wants food...and of course that means NOW to her. sigh....

WW- weight loss update

Forgot to post this on Saturday- down 4lbs this week!

Hungry Girl!

If you've never heard of Hungry Girl, you MUST check out her website. I just got my cookbook in today (bought one for my mom too) and there are some fab sounding recipes in there! All the desserts caught my attention. :D I can't wait to try some out and maybe use my friends as guinea pigs too. Hmmm... Mom's night in should be coming up soon.....

Journey in pictures

Since I'm back on my WW, I thought I'd share some of my fat pics with you so you can see just how far I've come and where I need to get back to. Because I'm so proud of what I've accomplished, I'm not really embarrassed to post these and I can adamantly say, I never want to be back at that weight ever again.

2003- November (with Logan)


2005 (with Ian)-before starting WW


I started WW in January 2006...

2006- December- lost over 60lbs


2007- June over 70lbs lost


I don't have many 2008 pics of myself. I was pregnant of course up until a month ago(tomorrow!). I'm sure we'll get some more soon enough. Problem is, I'm always behind the camera!

It's that time!

I rejoined Weight Watchers just now. I have to. I'm not losing the weight like I used to do. I'm nearly four weeks postpartum and breastfeeding is going well so I'm restarting my journey. I have a good 40lbs to my goal and 28lbs to my pre-pregnancy weight. I hate trying to put on clothes to go anywhere right now as nothing is fitting. I'm back in size 14 pants and not all of those fit right. I know my body is still getting back to normal though so I'm trying to be patient. I don't want to go out and buy new stuff either but I may have to. All I have to wear right now is jeans (too hot for summer) and maternity clothes. Yuck. I want out of those! So here it goes....lucky for me, I get extra nursing points which = extra food! :)

2 weeks!

I'll try and post some pics later (after I've taken some).

It's only been 2 weeks but I still have a ton of baby weight to lose. ugh. We're talking 25lbs. I usually lose it all within 6 weeks so we'll see. It's just more frustrating this time since I'm itching to get back into my normal clothes. For some reason, I can't even find my bigger size clothes to even try on. So I'm stuck with a few pre-pregnancy tshirts and early pregnancy shorts/pants. My ON capris still fit nicely though and are soooo comfy!! I just wish they didn't stretch out so much after wearing them a few minutes. I'm hoping to start back on WW at about 4 wks postpartum. We'll see....

Where to begin??

I haven't blogged in a few days so this will be a mish mash (is that a word?) of things.

Let's see.....Friday night we went to the zoo for Summer Safari Nights. The weather was looking very bad- tons of lightning in the distance as we were driving towards the zoo but luckily for us, it moved past us so we had a good time. They opened a new penguin exhibit which we didn't see. The line was ridiculously long. We did see a lot of other animals though and the kids all had a great time. Julie and I like to people watch and boy did we see something. I'm not sure what this woman was thinking but I'll let you look and decide...

While I'm glad she's confident in her body, this isn't something I'd expect to see at the zoo!
Before it did start raining on us, I did get a few shots of the kids.
Ian on the carousel

The gang of older kids

And the double rainbow!


What else... Logan went to bed with real underwear on last night. Wow and yippee! He's been very good at staying dry all night (knock on wood) but he still feels dependent on his Goodnites. That will be over by tomorrow though. He has none left.

Oh yes, my BOC (see a few posts back). Well, my real BOCs have shipped so I can't tell you what I got yet, but I did get my Roomba which we've named Mickey (mouse) courtesy of Logan and I got my BBCBOC from the Babycenter gals. Here's what was in there...

Want me to list everything? Good. LOL
Johnsons Lotion, Caraway seed paint sample, butterfly napkins, Atlanta Zoo bumper sticker, brush, pink stretchy band, wood owl thing, USA puzzle, hairband, pez, Lindt chocolates (obviously melted Oops!), 1 pregnancy test, You are my sunshine plaque with stand, Aerosole tote bag and wine pourer with handle. Lots of good crap! LOL I can't wait to see what 's in the real BOC.

The boys are doing so well in swimming. I'm very proud of both of them.
A few swimming pictures:
Ian

Logan just after he jumped in.


Oh and one more pic tonight... me! I'm at my lowest weight so far- lost 74.4lbs.

Here's a BEFORE picture

I have around 12lbs to go to my goal weight. I've gone from a plus size 18 to a 10. It feels good.