Sticking to a goal

I have been on a diet so many times before. I always lose like 10lbs and then I quit. I don't know why, most the time its because Ive hit a plateau and I get frustrated and I stop working out and most the time gain that 10lbs back. So this time I knew when I hit 10lbs I would have to bust my butt so hard to fly past the 10lbs so I wouldn't quit so I wouldn't get frustrated and give up and you know what my determination got me? Another 3lbs GONE!! So I sit here 13lbs lighter. I have worked so hard for this 13lbs and I'm even more determined to hit my first goal of 20lbs!! Then my second of another 20 and my last of another 20.

This is a life long change I am making. I know I will always struggle with my weight because I love food. But I love feeling better about myself more. I love being healthy and I love being able to keep up with my husband in a kick boxing class (even with a busted knee and two bad ankles) =P I love seeing my clothes fit better or just being able to fit into them. I love my husbands little comments about how he thinks my waist is getting tiny. I love that he says I never needed to lose weight but that if I'm unhappy with how I look he would be supportive of me. He even gave up soda and wont snack at night because he thinks that it would be mean to eat a big bowl of ice cream in front of me. And yea he's right it would be mean, but I never would have asked him to stop. Why should he be punished because I'm over weight. But that's just who he is. He's super supportive and even started eating better and has started going to the gym with me just so we don't have to spend that much more time apart. (and believe me we spent a TON of time apart)

I just cant believe I am actually doing it. I cant believe I am becoming a Gym Junkie. I cant believe I'm eating 1700 calories a day and still losing weight! I cant believe this healthier person I'm becoming.

So here are my 10lb weight loss picture difference

Before:

After:

Cant wait for the next 10lbs weight loss pictures!!

I DID IT!!

I'am offically DOWN 10lbs!! I'am so excited to see my hard work paying off. 10lbs in 3 weeks is amazing (to me!) Thats 3.3lbs a week.

 

So here's to the next 10lbs!!

 

And the next...

 

And the next...

 

Oh and the next 30lbs... haha

A Day In The Life

 

 

My morning starts at around

6am

 

 

Coffee and quiet time is a must or Im in a cranky mood the rest of the day.

 

 

Marcus wakes up at 645, we cuddle on the couch till 7.

 

 

I go get ready for the day

 

 

 

Had to wake Ten up at 730 (she was not happy about that)

 

 

Get both kids dressed, fed, teeth brushed, hair done in oh 20 mins since we have to leave at 750

 

 

But I do have to say they are looking mighty cute today and supporting our incredible nation on such a sad tragic day in America.

 

 

830 Marcus is off to at school and Ten and I head to her Gymnastics class!!

 

 

While we wait 10 mins till they open we goof around with mommys new phone

 

 

915 Ten's First Gymnastics class! She loved it!

 

 

 

 

 

1015 Mommys turn for the Gym.

 

1030 Evil Killer Arm and Abs class (about DIED)

 

 

1200 Go pick up little man from school

 

 

1230 Lunch and Dishes

 

 

1 Nap TIME!! (best part of the day, just kidding, no really it is =)

 

 

115 Start dinner

 

 

200 Fold this massive pile of clothes =(

 

 

400 Kiddos wake up from nap and its snack time and get ready to go

 

 

430 Head to Grandma's to drop off Miss T

 

 

5 Marcus food therapy for an hour and I get to some quiet time so I READ!! (Its the only time I ever get a solid hour to read)

 

 

630 Daddy picks up Ten and goes home and puts yummy casserole in oven

 

 

7 Bubs and I finally home and Daddy's putting Ten to bed

 

 

730 Finally eat dinner

 

 

8 Bubs to bed

 

 

801 I fall asleep from exhaustion!! HAHA!

Show and Tell Babies!!

 

 

1. Tell us your favorite baby names? Aside from your own babies, if you have some :)

 

 

Boys: Marcus Levi(since thats my sons name its gotta be in there) Grant, Landon, Elliot,

 

Girls: Tenley Prius, Addalyn, Lux, Lexi, Alexis, Molly

 

2. Show me your "dream" nursery {can be your baby's nursery or one that you love}

I would LOVE to have a nursery like this if we have another baby. The round crib is a LOVE of mine.

 

 

3. How many children would you like to have? How far apart?

 

Oh my, I have 2 of the best babies I could ever ask for. Im not real sure as to if I want anymore. The hubs and I go back and forth all the time on if we want more. But for the next 5 years at least we wont be having anymore =)

 

5. Show us your favorite newborn photo {can be your children or random}

 

I will show one of each of my babes =)

 My little Marcus Levi 7lbs 8oz

My sweet little Tenley Prius 8lbs 1oz

Progress and our weekend in Review

So not alot of progress this week. I'm done 9.2lbs in 3 weeks. I got stuck at a plateau and finally busted through it with a 1.2lb weight loss. Not exactly as much as I wanted but I will take it.

I mean its a little over 2lbs a week. So slow and steady wins the race. I also think why this week was only a pound weight loss is because sat night I kinda crashed into a wall!

 

This wall =(

 

Ok so my little sister turned 11 and she wanted to go play mini golf and go gokarting. So while in a car with Marcus it had kinda started sprinkling. Not enough to shut down the track but enough that occasionally you could feel a drop of rain. Well Marcus and I took a turn and we lost control and ran smack into a wall. It hurt so incredible bad. Marcus was screaming, I was crying. It was bad. I felt like a horrible mother for crashing with Marcus in the car with me, but after a LONG time of Chris telling me it wasn't my fault I began to feel a little less guilty.

But I have a super banged up knee and some serious seat belt burn. Marcus so far has no brusing or pain. So I think it more scared him then hurt him. So all sat afternoon I was stuck on the couch icing my knee and most Sunday on the couch icing it. LOADS of fun.... NOT!

 

 

Also, I feel like my little man is getting all beat up this weekend. He got in a accident, while holding a hand while walking down the stairs he stopped paying attention and fell down 4 stairs and landed on his little wrist and now that hurts. While icing it, Tenley wasn't paying attention and tripped over him and her chin went into his eye and now he has a black eye. He is on pitiful little man today.

 

I woke up today feeling much better and took the little man to the chiropractor and his back was all messed up and he actually had popped his wrist out of place. But he got his wrist back in place and his back fixed and he is feeling so much better =)

 

Even considering our bumpy, crazy weekend we had a blast =)

 

Now time to get my butt in gear and workout.

A Mommy and Tenley Date =)

I ADORE when my mom takes my little man because that means I get plenty of time to just play with my baby girl. With her being the second child I feel that she doesn't get a lot of my time. Marcus got me and all my attention for the first 2.5 years of his life and not with all his speech therapy's and food therapy and taking him to school and soccer practice and soccer games. Ten kinda sometimes gets the short end of the stick. So I LOVE being able to spend time with just her. And yes you could say don't you see her everyday while Marcus is in school. And the answer would be yes and no. We go straight from dropping Marcus off to the gym and then we go home and she naps and then we go and get Marcus. So we really don't get to spend that time together.

 

So at first it was going to be a Daddy, Mommy and Tenley date but Daddy had to work so it turned into a mommy and ten date. Which was fine by me =)

 

We went to Starbucks and for the first time I allowed her to have non almond milk (the organic milk) and she LOVED it! Then we went to Hob Lob and have fun playing around and she was extremely hyper from the chocolate milk. HAHA. Then we went to chipolte and let me tell you, Girlfriend LOVES her some spicy chipolte. And last but not least we went and got frozen yogurt, which is her second favorite thing in the whole wide world.

 

Once we got home she helped me clean up a bit, we did pedis, she got a bath and then it was off to bed for the little one.

 

I Love Love Love her so much and think she is just a HAM! She is the easiest baby and the best little shopper and just has such a laid back personality. I guess she really isn't a baby anymore. Tech she is considered a toddler but she will always be my baby. Marcus will always be my little man and Ten will always be my baby.

 

Here are a few pics of the little miss and I

 

 Is she not the sweetest and cutest thing EVER?

And just because I cant end this without a picture of my little man here he is at his Aunties wedding rehearsal looking like the stud he is =)

 

Our Super Long Weekend

This weekend was the best weekend we have had in a LONG time because for the first weekend (in weeks) Daddy was HOME!! We loved every single second of this weekend.

 

Friday, The Hubs let me have a girls morning and I went and had coffee and did some shopping with my bestie and then I was able to go to the Gym. It was so nice and so needed. The hubs and I don't get to go out on dates very often so we do date nights at home ALOT. This weekend we decided to do something a little different. Friday night was ALL ABOUT ME and Saturday night was ALL ABOUT HIM. So on my night, I got to pick my favorite dish and dessert and pick any movie I wanted. I picked my favorite shrimp Alfredo and I had a glass of wine as my dessert. HA! But I ended up so sick that I went to bed early and the hubs watched football. But it was still a super nice night to be waited on and not have to do ANYTHING =)

 

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and headed to the ZOO! We were so excited!

We got this double stroller for the kiddos and they loved it. Ten spent most of her time in here eating and drinking and she loved every moment of it

I had such a blast with Marcus looking at all the animals and seeing how excited he was

Of course I had to share Marcus with his Daddy

My crazy little monkey man

This was a vent and since it was 100 degrees outside this was our favorite spot =)

This was Ten's first time ridding on the carousal.

 

 

We had such a fun time at the Zoo until it started raining and we had to leave early. But it worked out perfectly because it gave me enough time to run to the store and make french bread pizza for the Hubby's night. We ate fatty pizza and watched Michigan LOSE big time. But it was fun =)

Oh did I forget to mention that we also had enough time to go Sears and buy a bike for me to be able to do workouts at home =)

 

Sunday was pretty uneventful. We hung around Sunday morning, I went to the gym, we had lunch, the kids napped and then we went to the In laws for some super yummy shrimp in grits! Amaze-Balls!! Then we played some volleyball and took the kids home and went to bed.

 

Monday, We took a family trip to the Gym and the Hubs kinda killed me, like literally! I was running sprints and I landed on my foot wrong and was in extreme agony. So we went home and did nothing all day long so I could sit on my butt and rest my foot.

 

The reason my foot was so sore was when I was like 15 weeks pregnant with Ten I was taking a Zumba class and landed on my ankle wrong. Why I thought dancing and being pregnant went well but I thought I would have enough balance to do it, obviously I didn't. HA! So a few days after that happened I went to the doctors and they said I had fractured it. So every now and then when I run hard my ankle flares up.

 

I do have to say we found this show called Falling Skies and it is so GOOD!! We cant stop watching it!