i wanna be....

the Tyson Biggest Loser!! :) there are
over 80 people participating in the 2nd annual
biggest loser contest at work. we each had to
pay $20 to compete, but the winner wins 80%
of the money paid and the 2nd place wins the
other 20%. so the prize is over $1200!!! wow!
i soooooo need to win this! :)

it runs from jan. 5 (our 1st weigh-in) to may 4th.

wish me luck!! xoxo

2nd day of january

DAY 2- MY TENNIS SHOES DAY 1- HAILEY SLEEPS IN THE NEW YEAR

well, today was nice and sunny outside.

not a typical december day for us....but

that can always change quickly around here!

i started weight watchers yesterday...part

of my plan to lose 100 pounds this year. i'm

breaking up the goal in to smaller sections...

hoping to stay focused and motivated.

i woke up early today to do a 30 minute

exercise dvd. i didn't want to get up & had

to FORCE myself out of bed. then 1/2 way

through the DVD, i wanted to quit soooo bad.

but, i made myself finish, and i'm glad i did.

one of my other resolutions is to take 1 pic each

day....just to sort of give snapshots of my life.

so today's pic was my tennis shoes on my feet....

a sign of a new journey into exercising. :)

i didn't post a pic yesterday...so the pic of Hailey is the one

i took right after midnite on 01/01/09.

HELLO 2009!!!

Can you believe another year is over??

This year seems to have flown by for me....

well, now that i'm here anyway. during the year,

it seemed it would not go by fast enough.

personally, i have felt pretty darn miserable

this year. but my migraine disorder seems

to be manageable now, and i am deeply grateful

for that!!

In comparison to what my friend Carla went through

in 08, i can NOT complain!! I am praying that

she will only experience POSITIVE things in 09!!

So, what do i want to accomplish this year? I've compiled

a list. My philosophy is to set MORE goals than you

think you can accomplish...that way you'll at least

accomplish some of them! LOL! =)

So, here goes.....my LENGTHY list of goals for 2009:

1. Lose 100 pounds.
2. Exercise daily.
3. Eat more fresh foods/ less processed foods.
4. Go to church more often.
5. Read at least 1 book a month.
6. Stick to our weekly budget.
7. Spend less money eating out....by eating out less!
8. Send birthday cards.
9. Get family pictures taken.
ADIOS #10. Take a picture every day to document life. xxxxxxxxx not doing this one anymore.
11. Clean and declutter EVERY room of the house...get rid of any broken or unused items.
12. Organize my office and keep it that way.
13. Maintain a schedule both at home and work.
14. Wake up earlier.
15. Go to bed earlier.
16. Find non-food ways to celebrate success.
17. Set small goals and reward myself for reaching them.
18. Be more active/ less lazy.
19. Help with the laundry more often.
20. Assign weekly chores for the kids to do....and make them do the chores.

21. Spend more time listening to my friends' problems than talking about my own.

22. Make time to scrap more....possibly when I'm feeling hungry or wanting to snack.

23. Go on a vacation with my family.

minus 3.2

oh yeah, baby!! i'm back on track this
week & lost 3.2 pounds! :) after gaining
last week, i was determined to drink all
my water EACH day this week & i
think that paid off the most!

oh, my exercise dvd is in....but i still
haven't done it yet. so that's my goal
for this week....to do the dvd at least
3 times!! (baby steps, you know!) ;-)

rut-roh!

so, all my overeating sweets, etc. this
week caught up with me. i gained 1.8
lbs. :-( but i know it was my fault....so
this week i'm regaining my focus, making
sure i track EVERY thing that passes my
lips, and i ordered an exercise dvd. not
that it will help until i start using it, but
at least it's on its way!! :)

2 more!!

well, i lost 2 more lbs. this week!
my goal is actually to lose at least
2 lbs/week, so that was right on track!

i've got a crazy day today of cleaning,
cooking, and hosting.....jesse's b-day
party is @ 4:00 & all his family is coming.

that means LOTS of homemade flour
tortillas are in my future...better get busy
cleaning, so i'll have a "safe" place to
make them!! LOL! :)

6.8 less

so, today was my FIRST weigh-in
after we have gone back on WW.
drumroll please~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
i lost 6.8 pounds!!! WOOOHOO!!! :0)

every week we're sort of "competing"
with each other the way they do on
biggest loser. we see who lost the
highest percentage of pounds & dub
them the "biggest loser" of the house!
it's fun & we'll probably start having
a small prize involved, too.

it's sooooo much easier when you make
changes like this with your entire family.
cuz i am competitive by nature & want
to BEAT them at losing!! and i don't even
buy stuff that is too tempting for me to
eat more than a normal serving of. *blush*
which happens to be a lot of junk food
that we don't need to eat at all anyway.

i think it's important to celebrate small
victories, too...so today i'm most proud
of being able to drink MORE water than
i needed to. =)

are you on a weightloss journey??? or maybe
another type of journey that involves
change??? share it with me!! i'd love to hear
about it & then i can support you, too!! :)

successful saturday

so, today is a brand new day.
i woke up inspired to lose weight....
the healthy way....by eating less,
eating better, and increasing my
activity.

i was cruising my fave site when i noticed
carla posted this quote:

"Success follows doing what you want to do.
There is no other way to be successful."
- Malcolm Forbes

this is my new mantra. if i want to lose
weight, then i'll be successful at doing so.

thanx, carla for helping me see clearly!!! :)

begin....again

so, how many times do i have to
go down this path?? good grief!
today is our official day back on
weight watchers. how long will it
last this time??? well, that depends
on if we can stay motivated.

it amazes me how unwilling people
are to admit some people are addicted
to food like junkies are addicted to
crack. seriously, it's not simply a
"mind over matter" sort of thing....at
least it's not as simple for me.

i literally go through similar withdrawal
symptoms as when i quit smoking. the
only difference? i can't quit cold turkey,
cuz i still have to eat to live! that part
sucks!! can you imagine giving a junkie
3 hits a day & telling them not to use
anymore than that? yeah, right...you
keep putting it in your body & your
body keeps wanting more! ugh!

well, as you can tell, today i'm on my
"weight-loss sucks becuz i'm addicted
to food" kick. *roll eyes* sorry.

maybe this will be my year....again. i've
lost 75 lbs. in a year on ww in the past...
the problem? i gained it all back almost
2 times over!! *eek!*

minus 9.2

today was the BIG day, the day i've
been waiting for all week! the day that
i found out how much weight i've lost....
and the answer is........9.2 pounds!!!

WOOHOO!!! i'm 9.2 pounds closer to my
goal!! :)

on a downer....i didn't even win a "fave"
look on scrapjacked or one little word....
this makes me very sad.....no matter how
ingenius i think my work is, nobody else
seems to get it.....sigh.....not sure why i
even put myself through this torture.....