Yummy things to Share!

One of my favorite things ever is dehydrated apples!  I could probably eat my weight in them!  They are chewy and crunchy all at the same time and a little sweet!  It is just apples that I cut up and put in my dehydrator! 

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I also tried this today and It was great except for 1 thing!  I don't like red onions ... well onions period.  So I had to pick them out which wasn't easy but it was worth it.  I also love almonds so I added a few chopped almonds to it which added 2 extra points but it was only a total of 7 before so that only brought it to 9 points for a huge lunch salad!  The dressing with this one is FANTASTIC!  Highly recommended even with all the extra work!!! 

Today's workout 1/29/13

I wanted to see how fast I could do a mile and I came in just below 16 mins... It's a good starting place

Then I went ahead and did 30 mins!

I love running!

This is me: Pain and Joy

I have struggled with my weight since middle school.  I would gain, then lose, then gain, lose, gain, lose...the ultimate yo-yo.  I was thin in high school, I was chunky in college, but I wasn't really fat.  I met my husband in May 2004.  We went to high school together, but never dated.  He had been "in love" with me (or so he says) when we were in school and had to have a chance to date me.  So we started to date.  Our relationship was sorta tumoultuous, and I won't get into specifics here, but there were red flags.  Nevertheless, he joined the Army in 2005 and we were married in 2006.  I knew he was going to deploy, and I was so scared!  We began to fight a great deal and I was convinced that it was because of the upcoming deployment.  In January 2007 my husband deployed to Iraq.  I was devastated and missed him everyday so much I couldn't breathe.  And I ate a lot...and drank a lot.  In March they sent him home for R&R (yes, only 2 months after he left) so we had a nice month together celebrating and what not.  Then he left to return to Iraq, and I was once again distraught.  And I ate, a lot...and I drank a lot.  In April of that year President Bush announced that the US Army troops would be staying for 15 month deployments and that would apply to those already deployed.  I mean talk about the worst news, I couldn't believe it.  They only received the one R&R, so that meant I wouldn't see my husband for over a year!  I'll never forget, he called me on the web-cam and we were chatting, missing each other, loving each other, etc and you know when you video chat you can see your picture.  I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I LOOKED LIKE!  I was SO embarrassed!  I was 178lbs, the heaviest I had ever been. 

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**THIS NEXT PART IS HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT, BUT FOR THE INTEREST OF HONESTY IT MUST BE SAID SO I CAN SEE WHERE I WAS AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND WHERE I AM GOING**

Everyone has there issues.  I loved food, not going to lie, but I was in a different type of situation.  At the time I didn't realize it, but my husband was an emotionally abusive person, especially when he drank.  He would tell me how fat I was all the time.  Not just hey you're fat, but really, really hurt me.  I honestly don't know why I stayed, but I did...I thought if I could just love him enough, he would love me too and stop drinking and being so awful...such a fantasy.

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So I decided that I was going to lose that weight and get myself skinny for my MAN!  He was going to be BLOWN away and think I was super sexy and I was his favorite thing in the world and love me forever and yada-yada-yada.  So it was April 2007 and I joined Weight Watchers (BEST PROGRAM EVER).  Below is what I looked like when I joined WW:

Needless to say I had a LONG way to go.  This picture is one of the best pictures I can find that really showcases just how out of control my weight had gotten.  When I joined, I jumped in with both feet.  I was going to do this and I was going to do it well.  I drank 96 oz of water a day, I ate only WW recipes, and since it was just me, I could cook whatever I wanted!  It was fabulous!  Now I am not going to lie, I still had some boundary issues.  I would eat a great breakfast and lunch and then at night I would go home and drink a bottle of wine and eat a can of green beans...definitely not the most healthy, but I stuck to my points target and didn't go over.  I worked really hard.  I made some friends in the group and we would hang out occasionally, but I was also really depressed and hated to go out anywhere cause I was unhappy.  And quite frankly embarrassed by the amount of alcohol I needed to drink everyday.  BUT I lost the weight, I was feeling pretty fantastic.  I started going out with friends more, so I wasn't alone all the time, having fun and trying to just be 27.  My husband was going to be home any month now and I was going to enjoy my Nicole time, because I knew when he got home I was going to be all about him, I ALWAYS was all about him.  I was feeling pretty amazing and excited about our reunion.  When my husband came home from Iraq, and I looked like this:

I had lost over 50lbs in about 9 months.  I was so proud of myself!  I felt great!  I looked great and my husband was finally home to me!  This life I had dreamt about was finally going to happen.  He was going to love me and treat me the way I always wanted him to and we were going to be so happy people were going to hate us...didn't work out that way, I'm afraid.  Turns out the tour wasn't very helpful for my husband's addiction to alcohol, and in fact, he had become meaner than he was when he left.  I knew we would have some things to work out, but I never thought we would have to go through what we did.  He would drink to much and put me down, I wasn't fat anymore, so he would call me selfish and conceited.  Anyway he could hurt me, he did.  I think it made him feel stronger and powerful and in the beginning I tried to deal with it because I knew he suffered from PTSD, and I loved him so much.  I just wanted him to be happy, and I hoped we were moving past this stage of anger.  But I quit wanting to be around him because he just hated me so much.  I couldn't take it and I began to eat again.  Plus all of the healthy choices I made while he was away, he would make fun of me for.  "Why are you eating like a rabbit"; "I don't like turkey sausage"; "I'm not eating that crap"; etc.  And slowly I began to eat junk again.  I was sick of the griping and I just caved.  He didn't support me, and I look back on it now and I realize that his lack of support was what did me in.  I didn't need that, I didn't need him to put me down all of the time.  I needed to be lifted up and praised.  I needed to feel like I mattered.  So the weight started coming back on.  I remember the moment I quit, I was standing in the kitchen and he had said some crap comment to me about how I used to be fat, and I was like ok, he is a jerk if I am skinny or if I am fat: i'm eating the hell out of this sub...and it was over from then on.  Here I had worked so very hard to get myself happy again and he stole that from me.

From here things went progressively downhill.  I kept trying to stick it out.  I was losing myself, all my thoughts and feelings were centered around him.  What could I do to make him happy, how can i get him to feel better, what can I say so that he sees that I love him and want his soul to heal.  All I wanted was for his soul to heal.  I thought if I could just keep going, keep loving him, he would feel it, get it, know it and he would stop.  In 2009 he was transferred to a new Unit, and he promised it was the place we were and it would get better.  But it didn't.  It got worse.  Now it wasn't only drinking, but gambling.  Did you know that gambling is just as addictive as any other drug??  He was worse on gambling than he EVER was on anything else...it was insane.  December 2009 he put us in the hole right before he deployed to Afghanistan, and I told him that I loved him, that I would always love him, but I couldn't be with him anymore.  He begged me to stay, but I was done.  I just wanted to go home.  AND THEN:

Yep, pregnant.  What to do?  I thought it was a sign that I needed to stay with him.  So there I was, alone in Washington State, 3,000 miles away from family and friends, pregnant!  But I embraced it and got a job at Motherhood and I made a home for us there.  I waited for him to come home again, I was happy!  I was over the moon!  I had a difficult pregnancy, but I never noticed, took it all in stride.  Gestational Diabetes? Got ya! High blood pressure? No problem!  I was finally having a baby!  Nothing was taking that JOY from me!  I worked so hard, applied those WW principles and added some extra because of the GD, and believe it or not i lost about 10 lbs. Got to a healthy pregnancy weight and was trucking along nicely.  On July 17, my husband came home.  And again, I was so happy to have him back.  He started drinking again and gambling again, and I just ignored it because I was having a baby and I didn't have time to deal with him.  He was a douche-bag again, but I had to ignore him, I couldn't give into his crap.  I was standing in front of the mirror, just out of the shower.  I was looking at my body, i was naked.  I couldn't believe how happy I was...he walked into the room and said: "What are you looking at?  Your saggy titties?"  I was flabergasted.  Stuff like that was the type of thing he just would say to me, out of nowhere.  But I ignored him.  On July 21, 2010, I went to the casino at 10:30 to pick up my husband.  We only had one car and he was drunk, so I went to pick him up.  He had lost money again and so we couldn't afford a cab.  I was 7 months pregnant.  When I arrived he was still at the table.  I guess he got into it with one of the other patrons, and he was asked to leave.  There was a fight, I got in the middle.  We left before the cops were called, and he was told not to ever return.  We got home, he passed out, I went upstairs to read.  At approximately 1:30AM I felt a pop in my "area".  I went into the bathroom and there was gushing.  Yep. My water broke. I was in denial, but it did.  I went to get him, but he wouldn't budge, so i drove myself to the hospital.  In the middle of the night.  Pregnant and gushing fluid.  I was checked in immediately and rushed into the Labor and Delivery Wing.  They of course tried to stop labor, I was only 31 weeks pregnant.  I was in denial that I was in labor, so I clung to the hope that we would stop labor and worst case I was going to be in the hospital for 8 weeks.  However, my baby was not wanting to stay in the safe confines of my womb, and 32 hours later, Juliet was born.

Juliet was in the hospital for almost 4 weeks.  She was the only thing that kept me sane and was the deciding factor in my exodus from my marriage.

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I tried and tried, but I had to go.  I had developed some sort of super mommy gene.  What I had dealt with for so long, the pain and disrespect, was unacceptable for my daughter.  We went back and forth, he tried to stop drinking for about 2 weeks, but as soon as life got too stressful, he was drinking again.  The ups and downs of that ride was a catalyst for my emotional eating.  I remember rocking Juliet to bed at night and eating york peppermint patties, thinking they are only 1 pt a piece, surely this isn't so bad.  I also felt empty inside, like I had a hole in my stomach.  And because I was the only one that would take care of Juliet I couldn't fall apart, she had enough of that as it was!  I finally decided to go back to the East coast.  I needed a break.  I was gone 3 months.  When I came back, I was determined that he would change or I was gone.  I had checked out, and was basically trying to give him the chance to do right by Juliet.  We went to his parents in July 2011 to celebrate Juliet's first birthday, and he wanted to party the whole time we were there.  That was the end of that.  I left.  I was miserable, depressed and OVERWEIGHT AGAIN!

I joined WW again in August, 2011.  I weighed 182.4lbs.  The heaviest weight I had ever been.  I have been on WW religiously ever since then.  Since August 2011 I have a total loss of 33lbs.  I am still working on it.  I want to reach my ultimate goal by August of this year.  I will post those goals in a separate post.  I know that I can do this, this time it's for me, and not for anyone else!  I will live a healthy lifestyle for my daughter to see as she grows older.  I am so blessed to have friends (especially Hollie) and family to stand beside me and help me through this challenge. 

At my cousin's wedding January 25, 2013

Quick:

My name is Nicole.  Hollie has already said a bit about us in the beginning, so I'll just add that she is one of the best people I know and I am very fortunate to have her in my life.  She helps to push me when I need pushing and is supportive when I need supporting, lol.  I am so happy she and I are doing this thing together and even though it is going to be very hard, we will get there, to where we are happy.

Ta-ta for now...

Update from today!

Today was rough!  I have worked out this past week and I really stuck to my points but the scales didn't show it.  I actually showed a gain.  A 2 pound gain to be exact!  I am not sure what happened there are a lot of factors that I think came into play.  This was pretty much the dreaded week 2 for me I think.  I also know that my body sometimes reacts funny when I have been working out hard core and I weigh heavy.  I didn't freak out today and quit.  I also had a little pep talk from 2 great friends, you know who you are, and I thank you!  I still at a good breakfast and a decent lunch and a good dinner.  I did have a few treats today as I usually do after I weight in.  I had a 3 musketeer bar and it was GOOD!  I also tried a WW treat which can be seen in another post.  Today was also my 1st week to attend a meeting. My meetings are at the Ymca at 5:15 so that changes my weigh in time so I am almost starting over this week.  My weight increased by 3 pounds from this morning to this evening which I expected because of my water intake and the fact that I have on clothes.  I was debating all along if I was going to conduct 2 weigh ins every Monday and I have decided that Nope I am not going to do that.  I am going to change everything to my weigh in number at my meeting and use that as my guide.  That is going to be what WW uses to determine when I become a life time member this fall.  Yes I am already planning to be a life time member by the fall which is completely attainable. This week brought some great lessons and renewed motivations!  Looking forward to seeing a big number next week and keeping up my hard work throughout the week!

YUMMY and worth the 3 points

These are fantastic and so worth the 3 points!

Today I hiked 4 miles!

My friend Kara and I had our January Exercise Date scheduled for Yesterday but due to the weather we moved it to today.  She invited her friend Mandy to join us on our hike.  We did the red and while trail which is really long and ended up doing a 4 mile hike!  It was great!  We were freezing but we had a good time and got in a great workout!  I am looking forward to our next one on Feb 23rd.

Tomorrow is my weigh in for my weight watchers meetings.  Normally I weigh in 1st thing in the morning in just my undies because hey I am at home and I can.  So I am going to weigh in 1st thing tomorrow morning as well to see where I am in relation to last week and then I will weigh in again at the meeting and we will see where I am by 5 PM that day.  I am going to try to be very good so that I can not see too much gain from morning to evening but we will see.  Since I lost 4 pounds last week I am not sure what the scales will show for this week.  I have been really good with my food and I have worked out quite a bit.  Not as much as I wanted but I have been exercising. I am hoping for 2 pounds but as long as the numbers are going down then I will be happy!

Testing out my 5k Time!

Since I am doing the Color Run which is a 5k on March 16th I decided to see what my 5k time is at right now.  So I jumped on my treadmill tonight and I busted my tail and did a 5k.  I started out with a 5 minute warm up walk at 3.0 mph and then I started running (well jogging) at 4.0 mph for 1 minute and then walking for 1 minute at 3.0 mph.  I did this until I reached 20 minutes.  Then I started running at 5.0 mph for 1 minute and then walking for 1 minute at 3.0 mph and I did this until reached 35 minutes.  I was at roughly 2.25 miles at this point.  Then I started running for 2 mins at 4.5 mph and walking 1 minute at 3.0 mph and I did this until I reached 50 minutes and 3.1 miles.  After that I did a 5 minute cool down at 2.7 mph. I am happy because I have cut about 6 minutes off my 5k time since December 3, 2012.  I would love to be at 40 mins by the color run and I have just under 2 months so we will see!

Total Time including 5 min cool down and warm up!

Total Distance :) 

Total Calories Burned!

Super Red Faced as usual! :) 

Yummy!

This is so Yummy!  I highly recommend it!  It says that it is 9 points on the package but when I entered the data into my points tracker it said it was only 8!  

The Color Run

Nicole and I have decided to do the Color Run  March 16, 2013

I found 2 different 6 week 5K programs that we could follow one from fitness magazine and one from runners world magazine.  

I am really excited about this and looking forward to adding pictures of me and Nicole at the end of our run covered in colors! 

Beginner Training Plan: 6 Weeks to a 5K

Even if you've never run a step, you can build up to 30 straight minutes within 6 weeks! Follow this smart training plan.

From the editors of FITNESS magazine

Smart Running Routine: Beginners

Just starting? Try this! Don't worry if you've never put on a pair of running shoes. This program will get you up and running for at least 30 minutes straight in just six weeks, says Zika Palmer, an elite marathoner, exercise physiologist, and cofounder of ZAP Fitness in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. For each run, aim for a rate of perceived exertion (RPE) that feels like a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 so you don't burn out too soon.

Week 1

Monday: Walk briskly for 1 mile. Run 2 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 total miles. Walk 0.5 mile.

Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 miles. Walk 0.5 mile.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Walk 3-5 miles, including 10 run/walk intervals (run 30 seconds, walk 1 minutes) in the last mile.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 16-20 miles

Week 2

Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do 3 times. Walk 1-2 miles.

Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Repeat Week 1 Thursday.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Repeat Week 2 Monday.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 18-20 miles

Week 3

Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes.

Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Repeat Week 3 Tuesday.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-10 minutes.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 16-20 miles

Week 4

Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 15-minute sequence 3 times.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 17.5 miles

Week 5

Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 20-minute sequence 3 times.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 20 miles

Week 6

Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes.

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.

Friday: Off

Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 25-minute sequence 3 times.

Sunday: Off

Week Total: 22.5 miles

You'll run for a total of 60 minutes (with two 5-minute breaks) during the Week 6 Saturday workout, and you should be able to run for 30 uninterrupted minutes without difficulty by the time you've completed this program.

Quick Tip

Run with a friend. If she's slower than you, focus on perfecting your stride by landing lightly on your heels, then rolling forward to push off on your toes. If she's faster, pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone one or two days per week will help you get stronger. Either way, distraction and conversation will help the miles fly by.

Originally published on FitnessMagazine.com, September 2006.

Six-week Beginner 5K Schedule - From Runners World 

A basic 5K schedule that assumes you don't run at all yet, and is designed to get you round comfortably, probably with a few short walk breaks

Posted: 6 May 2002

         

WEEK ONE

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 1 min, walk 1 min. Do 10 times 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 2 mins, walk 4 mins. Do 5 times 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun Run 2 mins, walk 4 mins. Do 5 times

WEEK TWO

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 3 mins, walk 3 mins. Do 4 times 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 3 mins, walk 3 mins. Do 4 times 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun Run 5 mins, walk 3 mins. Do 3 times

WEEK THREE

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 7 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times

WEEK FOUR

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 10 mins, walk 2 mins. Do twice then run for 5 mins 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times

WEEK FIVE

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 9 mins, walk 1 min. Do 3 times 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 12 mins, walk 2 mins. Do twice then run for 5 mins 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times

WEEK SIX

Mon Rest 

Tue Run 15 mins, walk 1 min. Do twice 

Wed Rest 

Thu Run 8 mins, walk 2 mins. Do 3 times 

Fri Rest 

Sat Rest 

Sun 5K Race!

On race day: You will probably find that you can run at least 20 minutes before you need a break, but whatever your plan, start slowly, and don’t wait until you are exhausted before taking some one-minute walk breaks.

Hollie's Goals

I like to set goals and time frames based on Holidays so here goes!

Goal 1 is to lose 8 pounds by my birthday Feb 7th!
Goal 2 is to lose 12 pounds by Easter March 31st (total 20 pounds)
Goal 3 is to lose 10 pounds by Nisee's 4th Birthday May 15th (total 30 pounds)
Goal 4 is to lose 12 pounds by July 4th (total 42 pounds)
Goal 5 is to lose 10 pounds by August 23rd Vacation Starts (total 52 pounds)
Goal 6 is to lose 10 pounds by Lacee's 2nd Birthday Oct. 6th (total 62 pounds)
Goal 7 is to lose 8 pounds by Halloween 2013 (total 70 pounds)

I wanted to post this because you will see me updating my progress toward my goals!

1/21/2013 Hollie's Weigh In

I was really good this week but after Thursday's weigh in I was not expecting much but surprisingly enough I lost 4 pounds! Here is hoping I can keep up my dedication and continue the good weight loss.  I know I won't get 4 pounds each week but I am happy to at least see the number going in the right direction!

Total Lost 6.2 pounds
Total left until Goal 1 - 1.8 pounds  (Due Feb 7th)
Total Left 63.8 pounds

Disappointed

So as I said in my last post I am doing weight watchers via my work and I have to get a packet from them before I can go to my community meeting.  Well I didn't get my packet from work so I can't start my weight watchers until next week but I am still going to weigh in and keep on trucking.  I have worked hard this week to make good choices and I hope to keep making more next week.  I need to drink more water and exercise more. So that is my goal for next week.  I also need to get more sleep but I suffer from boughts with insomnia and it makes it hard on me to get the amount that I need.  Here is to a good number tomorrow and to making good choices!  **Drinks Water**

Putting myself out there!

I have struggled with my weight for most of my life but here recently I can say that Mommyhood and bad choices are really what has gotten me in to my current bind.  I gained 40 pounds after I married my husband who is awesome but is perpetually skinny.  It is just his make up.  He loves me for me and no matter what size I am that will not change.  It is my desire to be healthy and feel good about how I look that is my goal.  I did a great job losing all of the weight I had gained from marriage and then I ended up pregnant with our 1st daughter Nisee!  I gained just under 50 pounds that pregnancy and while it took me almost 2 years I lost all of that plus some and got down to the smallest I had been in 10 years.  I was happy and I was running 5K's and I was FIT and most of all I felt great!  Then of course surprise surprise I found out on my 29th birthday that I was pregnant again!  This pregnancy was very rough.  It was emotionally and physically the hardest thing I thing I have ever done.  Just a brief back story ... we were told at 20 weeks that our little girl was not going to make it.  She was diagnosed with IUGR (intra uterine growth restriction).  I had to have weekly ultrasounds to check her growth and every week I had to be prepared to go into the hospital.    Anyways all that led to a 60 pound weight gain I was put on partial bed rest and calorie rich diet to try to keep her growing.  She was born full term weighing only 4 pounds 7.25 ounces.  She was only 20 grams from a NICU stay.  Otherwise she is healthy but just really tiny!  We are very blessed with the outcome we got. (If you want to know more you can check out my other blog here: The Pangans)  I only lost 16 pounds from having her.  I started out shortly after she was born trying to lose the weight again.  I lost just under 40 pounds and I was so happy because I was getting back to when I felt good.  Then something happened.  I have been busier than I think I have been in years.  Between work and home and Chad lost his job and my dad had a heart attack and the list goes on and on. I have gained back 25 pounds of what I had lost.  So this is my goal through weight watchers to get back down to where I want to be.  Below are a few snaps of www.modelmydiet.com and their portrayal of my now, half way and my goal!  I am going to post some actual pictures of me and Nicole soon!  But in the mean time this is where I am aiming to get to!

They have multiple backgrounds to pick from.  So I did one in just underwear type clothes and the one below is in their beach attire!

How Being a Parent Means you are a Rock Star!

I think it only appropriate that our 1st post showcase just how much like Rock Stars we are!