7/9

Well, I had hoped to be down more by this time but I have lost all but 1/2 pound that I gained on vacation. I'm trying not to get down on myself about it. I took the girls to McD's the other day and instead of being good and getting their yummy chicken salad I gave into temptation and got the Big Mac meal. Not too proud of that! I planned to have a salad for dinner tonight but Kelsey made a yummy breakfast pizza for dinner and I caved. Tomorrow will be the battle to fight the urge to get an elephant ear at Turkey Rama...we'll see what happens. I have worked out three days this week so I'm pretty happy about that.

7/1

Well, back from vacation and finally got myself on the Wii to do the body test. Gained 3.3 pounds since leaving 2 1/2 weeks ago. Kind of disappointed but not surprised given that I only worked out three times and while in GA ate pretty much with abandon! Now it's the 1st of July and I'm trying to get my butt in gear to start working out again. I've settled back into my good eating but I'm having a mental battle about working out. My goal for this month is to lose the weight I gained and hopefully lose 10 more. We'll see...

6/21

Well, I'm here in Missouri. I didn't make my 20 pound goal but I came close. I had lost 12 before I left on the 14th and I haven't been able to really get a good idea of my weight since. The scale that they have has such tiny marks I can't even see them. I'm not sure that I have lost any more but I know that I haven't gained. I've only eaten out once and that was a grilled chicked salad from McDonalds the day I got here. Amazingly, I'm really not even tempted. I just think about how far I've come and eating something "bad" doesn't even seem worth it. Exercise on the other had has been difficult. I did my strength training on Tuesday and Thursday but cardio has been hard to do. I thought I could walk in the morning or something but it is so hot and humid it is amazing! Brittany and I took the baby for a walk on Tuesday and Friday morning I took a 2 mile walk, uphill the first half!

6/7

I leave in one week! Not sure if I'm going to make that 20 pound goal, (can I lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks, one of the weeks being in Missouri on "vacation?) but I'm going to give it a good try. I have actually amazed myself with my eating. I have been very disciplined about what, how much and when I eat. It feels so good to get on the Wii Fit every morning and see the numbers go down! (now if it would quit saying "that's obese" every morning I would be really happy...someday...). Worked out 6 day this week, pretty good!

5/25

I am on the countdown until I leave to go to Missouri and Georgia. I had a goal to try to lose 20 lbs. before getting to Georgia to see my sweet hubby. So far, pretty good. I have lost 6 so far and have 4 weeks to go. I know that it is a pretty big goal but I'm still going to work on it. I have been really good eating, even with Memorial Day. So, so on the working out. Been battling a bladder infection (tmi) for the past week and really don't feel much like working out but I am trying.

5/22

I guess things are going pretty well. I've lost a couple of pounds, been eating pretty well, worked out four days this week. I'm still having a hard time working in strength training. Doing cardio first thing in the morning is working but I don't have time to get my strength training in then. Maybe when school gets out and I have more time in the morning. It's definately a work in progress!

5/7

Well, it's been about a week 1/2 since my last post. Kelly came home and we spent a lot of time running around, not really eating great. I did get pretty much all my workouts in. Did cardio all but today. I've been feeling pretty depressed yesterday and today since he left. I really want to lose some weight before I go to Georgia to see him in June. I just feel frustrated as to how to accomplish it!