Not much progress this weigh in

Well I paid for my week of bad behaviour, because I only lost 1 pound at yesterdays weight in. I am glad though that at least I lost something instead of gaining. So this week starts my last week of phase 2 and than I am on to phase 3 which is where they say you see the most dramatic changes in your body. I can't wait for that. I am hoping that I should be down under 190 by next weight in. It is possible. I am just excited that I hit the 10 lbs mark. I think it is crazy how long it seems to be getting this weight off but I don't remember it taking this long to put it on. Although I think it will make it easier for me to now regain it now that I have worked this hard getting it off. I think I'm just going to be to scared to gain it knowing that if I do I will have to do this all over again. I am glad that we have a pool that we can go to for free, the kids enjoy spending all day in the pool and Morgan and I enjoy it as well. If we get there early enough I am able to do some laps in the pool before everyone shows up. We will be going to Hemphill this weekend and I am pretty excited to get to spend the weekend with morgans grandparents and his family there. Normally when we go visit it can be a bit hectic because all of us are there together. So it will be nice for it to be just Morgan and the kids. Because this next week is my "rest" week it will be a lot easier for me to get my workouts done there because all I will have to take is my yoga mat and my resistance bands. There is no weights this week. I am looking forward to going to be fat blaster class tonight at the rec center. I didn't get to go last week because we just had to much going on. So we are back at it again tonight. Looking forward to it. Anyways I am going to go hit the showers before I head off to work. I really am starting to hate seeing 4:30 in the morning and wish I was able to sleep in and just wake up whenever I want to. Have a good day.

Starting this week over

So I am starting this week over, not the whole program (although before I go home in octocber I might try to start the whole program over). I got off track this last weekend, I had full intentions to do my workouts and to get up early to make sure they got done. However I have not worked out int he last week. So I started the week over again this morning. So now I am half way done again. Next week is my rest week, not sure why they call it a rest week because those weeks are all cardio so I find the workouts a little more intense. I think we have decided to go to Hemphill next weekend for the 4th of July celebration. Would it be wrong to dress the kids in the Canada Day wear that my mom sent down? I personally think it would be hilarious. Anyways I did try to start me week over again on Monday but you see I had a little accident on Monday night during my workout. I was doing the Back and Bicep workout. i use resistance bands instead of weight for two reasons. 1. because they don't cost as much as buying a whole set of weights 2. i can pack them up and bring them with me a whole lot easier. The only thing wrong with resistance bands that I have found out is that after you have used them for awhile they start to get these little tears in them. When you still use them with these tears in them they sometimes break. Well let me tell youwhen they break when you have the resistance set really REALLY tight and you are doing a congdon curl (which is a bicep curl that you do but you bring your arms out in front of you to do the curl so you are curing up towards your face) and it breaks with the curl pointed directly at your nose..it HURTS....BAD. So we went and bought another resistance band (thanks goodness they are only $10) but I have been a little nervous to do the moves that I need to do. So I got over my fear this morning. I have done my workout and I will go to my Fat Blaster class this evening. I do have a small bruise on my nose and a little bump. I am just thankful that I didn't end up with 2 black eyes likeI though I would. Anyways I now have 45 minutes to shower and blowdry my hair and get dressed and make a lunch and eat breakfast and get out the door to work. So I will post again later... Love you all

I have to stay on track

So I have been doing really good, until this past 4 days. I worked out twice on Thursday like I always do. I usually work out twice on tuesdays and thursdays because I do my P90X workout in the morning and then I go to a class with a bunch of girls from work at night. Well I did good Thursday but Friday came along and I didn't do so well. I had full intentions of getting up at 5 to get my workout done. But Thursday night we were up late planning and getting ready for my mother in laws 52 surprise birthday party. So I was tired and didn't get up early and then Friday I planned on working out that night, but Morgans grandparents were down from Hemphill and I just never got around to doing it. We got up early Saturday morning to get ready for the party and we were are the beach from 8 a.n. until 4:30 p.m. and when we got home Skylar was running a fever of 105 degrees. So needless to say I was caring for her and didn't get my workout in that night either. And Sunday well that was fathers day and so we went out for lunch before Morgans grandparents went home (I limited myself to 2 rolls) and then we had promised the kids that we would go swimming. We ended up being at the pool from 3 ish until 6:15 so at least swimming was some kind of exercise and Saturday we did a lot of walking and hauling coolers and all I drank was water and unsweetend tea. I did have 2 pieces of cake though. But anyways I am trying to get back on track and am really lacking the motivation. I am half way done I am going to start this last week over because I don't want to just skip the workouts. So I just need to find the motivation to get through these net 45 days and if I can loose another 10 pounds that would be awesome. I am planning on going home in October for my cousins wedding and I really want to look good. Anyways I am going to go do my workout now. But I just wanted to post this picture of me us from yesterday. The skirt I am wearing in the picture I havent been able to fit into since we went to Mexico and even then I probably shoudln't have been wearing it, it was so tight. And in this picture I wasn't even having to wear a baggy t-shirt to cover up anything. So yeah me..k gotta keep going..i think i can I think i can I think I can.

Photo after phase 1

So these are pictures of me from today. One month ago when my family was here visiting I wore those shorts and they fit but were uncomfortably tight. I am starting to see some really nice results and am starting to feel like my hard work is paying off. I will admit that if I watched my eating more that I would probably being seeing much better results. However I have been able to stick with it longer by not being as strict on my diet. So anyways...yeah me I am off to bed now because Morgan and the kids have gone fishing. Apparently they like fishing when you can't see anything. I have a huge headache that hasn't left me since I woke up this morning. But since I didn't think my mom would appreciate a headache for my little sisters graduation today (congrats kate) I kept it all to myself. Goodnight

Week 1 of Phase 2

So After tomorrow I will be done the first week of phase 2. For some reason whenever I start seeing results I like I end up not having the motivation anymore to keep going. It should really be the opposite shouldn't it? I should see what I have accomplished so far and want to keep going. Anyways I have been wanting to slack on my workouts but I have kept pushing myself this week. I attended a fat burning class at the rec center here in town tonight with a friend from work. It is a great class and the teacher really knows how to keep you going. The style of the class is like the turbo jam videos with Chalene Johnson which I love and I owe her whole set of dvd. But there is just something about going to a class that makes me push myself harder. I guess because I don't want to quit in front of everyone. I have been using these classes lately to help me get through my weeks worth of workouts. It is like that class makes me push harder for the rest of my workouts because I can see what I can actually do.Anyways I really enjoyed my class tonight and we got our results from last mondays weigh in at work and I am down 2.68% of my own body weight. Not sure what the equals up to in pounds exactly but we have another weight in again this coming monday. I am excited to see how I have done. I have had this knot in between my shoulder blades for a few weeks now and I just can't seem to get it to pop. I figure I will more just the right way one of these days and I will get it. I miss my chiropractor from home, I don't want to have to pay to go see the DR. to get a referral to go pay to see the chiropractor. I will just wait until the next time I am home and go see Dr. Kevin. Anyways I am going to go hit the shower and I am off to bed. Morgan is finally feeling better he got sick after Skylar this weekend so I am glad to have my whole family back in good health. I am also glad that somehow (knock on wood) I seemed to avoid it. Anyways good night.

Continued...

So I was just finishing up the other day when my daughter got sick again. Well she is all better today she slept for like 4 hours straight yesterday and when we asked her if she felt ok she always replied "I'm just really tired" and she would close her eyes and go back to sleep. Well she is back to her normal self today...I don't think she has stopped talking since she woke up this morning. We had a pretty boring day today, Mogan left to go fishing at 5:00 this morning and so I got to sleep in until about 8 when I could hear the munchkins roaming around and decided to get up before they got into something that they would get into trouble for. Skylar is still kinda scared to eat anything because she thinks that is what made her sick. Morgan came home around 10 so we switched off and he entertained the kids while I did todays workout and the workout from yesterday that I failed to do. When I was done working out Morgan fell asleep at about 1:00 and he woke up at around 4:30. He felt fine when he woke up but by about 7:00 he wasn't feeling well either. He has been sick all night since then, and I even ran to the store to get him Dr.Pepper and lemons (he said that always makes him feel better) so I heated up Dr.Pepper and added some lemon juice to it and gave it to him. He says that he is freezing meanwhile I turned up the air to 75 and now I am sweating. So he took some tylenol PM and went to bed. The kiddos are watching a movie and I have time to check everyones blogs and facebook and my e mail. The workouts that I have been doing this week have been very different from the phase 1..it seems like there are more pushups, but I am able to do more so I guess that is a good thing. I am starting to notice a big change in the way my clothes fit me. I am also starting to see a little bit of definition in my arms...thanks to all those pushups. I still don't think I would be able to do a pull up though my back just isn't strong enough for that yet. Not only do I get my good looks from my mother but I also inherited her bones...which is why I am working now to strengthen my muscles and live healthier. Love you mom. I am actually starting to like the yoga workout. It is super hard and I sweat like crazy during the first half but then during the second half is a lot of balance work. I got up at 4:30 almost every morning this week with morgan to make sure I got my workouts in and I think I like getting them done in the morning. I sleep better at night and I have more energy through the day and I seem to have more patience during the days as well. Which is good during registration. Well my kids are starting to realize that they are alone and are starting to get pretty loud. I better go wake them up before they wake up morgan. Will try to post again soon. Good night

Phase 1 complete

Well...ok long time no post.Sorry, but I have still been very faithfull with my working out..blogging not so much. But I have completed Phase 1. Before Morgan and I went to Mexico I was down 8 pounds and some inches. Well once we got back I had gained it all back and then some. So I started again at day 1 and have now worked through the first phase and I am almost back to where I was before mexico. I still need to loose 2 pounds to be back at that weight but I have actually lost more inches this time. So that is enough motivation for me, I don't care so much what I weigh it is how my clothes fit me and right now my clothes are fitting me great. I am going to keep going and I will try to be more faithful with blogging. So I had my rest week last week and by rest week I dont mean that I got to sit and do nothing I mean it was no weight lifting last week. Last week was full of yoga and plyometrics and core synegistics. I have a new love hate relationship with core synergistics...I have also been doing a fat blaster class at least once a week at our rec center here in angleton with a few girls from work. Tonight was seths last baseball game but about 30 minutes into it skylar complained of having an upset stomach so I told her to go try going to the bathroom well she cam back and had gotten sick in the bathroom so Morgan drove us home and she got in the bath and she just got out and says she is feeling better. Opps she is running to the bathroom blog again later.