pluggin away

Hello to all our fellow followers! I have been very worried about this time of year because of the three holidays in 2 months and when there's food.... I EAT until I'm stuffed. Having one Thanksgiving, 3 Christmases, and a New Years party, not such a good idea. BUT I weighed myself today and I weighed 223.6 WOOHOO!!!!! I've lost 32 lbs!!!!! I know I can reach my goal of being 200 lbs by May!!! Only 23 lbs to go...... thank you all so much for giving me words of encouragement and complements that really boosts my confidence...... stay tuned

I'm a trekkin along

Life's a dance you learn as you go........ so I weighed myself today and I weigh 232.5!!!! I am at the weight I was when I got prego with Ashley!! It feels so good to have lost that weight. I feel so much better about myself. I have a lot more to go but this gives me hope that I CAN do this. With the positive encouragement from everyone it really has helped so THANK YOU!! I have a goal to be at or under 200 lbs by May 25th (Ashley's first birthday) I think I can, I think I can, I think I can ....... I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!!!!!

progress update

Well live has been REALLY crazy the last two weeks. I am so flabbergasted as to how fast Satan works when he gets the opportunity to get his foot in the door. David and I have hit a bump in the road and we are working it out to better our relationship and family. Because of all the stress that I have been in in the past two weeks I JUST weighed my self and I weigh 237.8!!!!! WOW......

Struggles

Ok so we haven't been doing good at all :( We have had sickness in the house and have not eaten well at all. I bought a cookbook that I have started using. It is for people with diabetes. The meals I have made so far are really yummy and the kids will eat the food too which is a plus! One other thing we have changed is our pop intake. I drink one pop a day so that I don't get a caffeine headache. I also do 100 sit ups a day since a lot of my weight is in my tummy. My mom once told me that a woman's body is like a rubber band......it can stretch and retract for so long until it is so stretched out it wont retract anymore. I feel like my body has been stretched to much because it isn't retracting. Also if I don't do anything else (exercise wise) during the day I at least have done 100 sit ups. I weighed myself today and I weigh 253! My first goal is to weigh under 200 lbs by the time Ashley turns one. I know I can do it! David started bringing healthy food to work for lunch like cold meat roll ups. Before he would just go get something. Most of the time it was fast food. Its really hard to change habits you have had for years. Now a days people are so use to instant satisfaction. The fast and easy way and wanting things NOW... Well we fell into that trap and now we are paying for it. I am trying to not only change the lifestyle and path I was headed down (which isn't pretty) but also the lifestyle of our children. instead of grabbing a bag of chips or or a cookie...... grab a apple or a bag of pretzels. It is so HARD. I have noticed that I'm not craving sweets as much as I use to. I would go to the day old bakery at Wal-Mart and load the cart up with cookies, cupcakes, cakes, and doughnuts...... I know disgusting right? I can walk down the candy and snack isle and not grab what ever looked good. That was a HUGE struggle for me. I don't even want that stuff anymore. I can honestly say I have/had a food addiction. I eat because I am bored. Honestly I am scared for this Holiday season because I will eat and eat and eat. Because its there and I can. This is going to be SO hard to control myself because I have NO self control.

Some Motovation please!!

After 8 years of marriage and four kids. We as a couple have decided that we need to stop neglecting ourselves, and start working harder on physical, emotional , mental health and fitness. Many of you are going to ask yourself "why in the world would two fat people blog about their struggles, drawbacks, whining about "how hard" it is to lose weight and stay committed to being healthy?" Well the answer is because we need YOU to support and encourage US. We are both sick of making goals and promises to each other and never having the motivation to follow through. We need YOUR help, support, encouragement, and motivation to help us make a lifestyle change that will change our lives forever. Please follow us through our daily blog updates about our diet, exercises, lifestyle change, and most importantly strengthening our mental, emotional, and physical well being.

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* Freaky flashbacks
* Nausea
* Vomiting
* Blindness
* Major injuries to the eyes
* Or even motivation to get yourself fit

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