Christmas weigh-in

So, as usual these holidays have been filled with all the things that are bad for us. But luckily we got a Wii for Christmas! Who knew Nintindo could prevent weight gain?! Instead of death by chocolate, I've been "training" on Wii Sports! Boxing, baseball, tennis, bowling, and golf. Instead of gaining weight I've broken even! Oh, and solved 5 CSI cases! I suggest we all get Wii's!

Pilates!

Pilates just works for me. Everyone has certain types of workouts that are more effective for their bodies than others... pilates is that for me. Sandie and I just started them last week and I feel so... GOOD! Every time I do them, I think why don't I do this more often? So I am making it my goal to do pilates at least twice a week. Hopefully it will shake things up a bit because I seem to have hit a bit of a plateau... which is lame, because at this rate there is no chance of me being at my pre-pregnancy weight by Matthew's birthday! So wish me luck!

Guilt Free

Here is one of my friends opinions on Guilt-Free Chocolate Cake. Mmmm.

Go Ahead and Laugh

I have just accomplished something huge. I can now fit into my old "Fat" clothes! Yay, I feel so skinnier!

I walked the 5K today and I reached my goal! I thought I could do the race in 1 hr, and I did it in about 49 minutes. I was much more prepared than I thought I would be, so my next goal is to run a 5 K, I haven't come up with a deadline on that one, though. I also didn't want to finish last, and I finished 621 out of 740, and 251 out of 288 for my age group. So, I met my goals, but I definitely have room to improve.

HOORAY!!!

Goal #1 met, minus 1 pound! SOOOO excited, now onto goal # 2... which is about 33 pounds away, but whatever... I will not dwell on that right now, so happy!

You know you need to lose weight if...

if someone sees a picture of you thats a few years old and says "wow I wouldn't have known that was you!"

Here is the picture:


Depressing, to say the leaste...I forget sometimes that I don't look like that anymore, but I'm always reminded when a new picture is taken of me. This is the reason I have avoided having my picture taken at all cost. The few pictures that have been taken, I wish to be deleted! The sad thing is, this means I really don't have many pictures of Matthew and I. I don't like the idea of not having any pictures with my baby boy in the first year of his life! I mean, he is 8 1/2 months old which means we are not so very far from a year.

But the good news is, I've lost 4 more pounds since I last posted! Sandie and I finished our Chalean Extreme program and we've moved on to tennis and running! We started the "couch to 5k" running program. SO HARD, at leaste on my ankles and calves! But I'm really enjoying it, my asthma is really bad so this is a good thing, I WILL work through my asthma!

On another note - I have 3 weight loss goals. #1 is to be XXX (I'd rather not mention!) #2 is to be back at my pre pregnancy weight, and #3 is to be back at the weight I was when I got married (really crossing my fingers on that one) - so the good news is, I am 1 pound away from my first goal! SOOOO excited about that! Anyway, just thought I'd share my good news!