busy, busy, busy

So we have been extremely busy lately. As most of you know Morgan and I decided to rip of the carpeting through our house beccause we discovered beautiful hardwood floors underneath. We decided to take on the challenge of re-doing those floors. It is now 4 weeks later and we have done the computer room, living room/hallway, seths room and skylars room. We started with the computer room and completly finished that floor before we decided to take on the rest of the house. So we have been on our hands and knees for the last 4 weeks everynight pretty much after work sanding and stripping the floors and staining the floors and it has been a long process but well worth it. So here are some pictures of the living room and skys room and the different sports team logos that we painted by ourselves in seths room. We saved ourselves probably about $300 by hand painting the symbols instead of buying the stickers to go on the walls. We also had a lot of fun working together and knowing that we completed these projects together. I am currently training for my first 5km run on October 3rd, and I am still debating on doing a half marathon in February. We will see either way the exercise is good for me. I have for the most part been able to maintain my weight but still have lots to loose, so I am hoping that this will motivate me to get moving and loose some more weight before I go home in October. We have gotten the kids back full time again now that school has started so I am still getting used to having two other people to get ready in the morning instead of just myself and Morgan leaves at 4 in the morning so he is long goen by the time we get up. We are adjusting well and the kids are enjoying being back at our house and back in school. So we are hoping that this is going to be a great year for them this year. Well that is all that is new for us at this moment so I will post again later.

Not much going on.

So there hasn't been much going on in the way of weight loss, however our life has been very busy as you can tell by the lack my my postings. Well we had weight in day today and I am down 10.4 pounds so I haven't really been loosing but I have been maintaining. I have lost 14.75 inches from all over which is great because my clothes are fitting very loosly. We started a new project this weekend we have torn up the carpet in our spare bedroom and are attempting to refinish the beautiful wood floors that were hidden underneath. I think we are going to try to distress them by hitting them with chains and blots and I can't wait to see the finished product. I am at work and we are really busy so I am making this short. But here is a picture of morgan and I from this last week. Can't wait to see everybody in October.

New Measurements

So even though today isn't weigh in day I haven't done my measurements in awhile. So I had them done today..I have lost the following:

Waist -2.25
Abdomen -3.25
Hips -3
Left bicep -.5
Right Bicep -.5
Left Thigh -.25
Right Thigh -.25
Neck .5

YEAH ME!!!!!!!

July 4th Weekend

Well we had a GREAT weekend with everyone up in Hemphill. We stayed with Morgans grandparents, and went back and forth between there and his Aunt Terrys house. Uncle Cornell and Aunt Terry put on the best fireworks that lasted over an hour straight. I don't have much time to post but I wanted to get these pictures up before I forget. So I am off to bed..ENjoy the pics.

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.