Happy Valentine's Day!

It seems from Halloween until Easter, we are assaulted with all sorts of yummy candies and treats. It makes is so hard for those of us who are trying to do better. This year for Valentine's Day, Jared and I decided no sugar. We got the girls a little bit, but for us, NO SUGAR! Instead we are going to Denver this next weekend and getting away for our Valentine's. Yes we will have the girls, but it will still be fun.

I am here to say that I have lost 12.4 pounds so far this year. For the past month, I haven't been able to work out and found out friday, I still have to wait another 1-2 months. I am so bummed. I can do low impact workouts as long as I am careful. But no dancing :(, no P90X :(, and no running :(. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to take off the weight without being able to workout. But I have and I will continue to do that. I figure in my housework and shopping that I do as my working out. I watch what I eat and I enjoy my free day.

So I hope this Valentine's day, you fall more in love with yourself and your body. Be happy with who you are.

Chocolate

So ladies-
I don't remember the last time I posted on this blog and I thought it was about time.
I am now 16 weeks along (today) and I find out what I am having in 4ish weeks. With this pregnancy I have had A LOT of migraines and I was thinking it was because I wasn't drinking enough water, Utah water is not my favorite. So I have been buying and drinking lots of bottles water and I still have been getting headaches. I have never had headaches like these before, they last for 2-3 days sometimes. So I started to notice a trend that I really don't like. When I eat CHOCOLATE I get the headaches. Dang Grandma O!!! So I had some chocolate on Monday and I had a headache until Wednesday morning. I am happy to say that I have not had a headache since then and that means that I haven't had any chocolate since then either, witch I am not so happy about. :( I usually have some everyday so this has been really hard for me. I am finally starting to feel better and I can't eat the one food that I want. Oh well. The bright side is I have only gained 1 pound. My goal is to not go over 200 lbs so hopefully with the chocolate headaches this will help me achieve my goal.

I hope you are all doing well in your goal areas and now I am going to go eat my LIME BARS that I just made. :)

whatever and whenever

OK! So, I messed up my back on Christmas Eve and I messed it up pretty good this time! It's the longest that it's ever taken to get healed back up! (Dislike). It finally started to feel good enough that I thought I could start working out (like I had planned to do as soon as the new year rolled around). So last week I started doing Zumba with a bunch of ladies out here 3 times a week. It's pretty fun! And today I started to be careful about what I am eating. No, I am not on a diet, I am just not eating whatever I want, whenever I want!! Which I have to say has been difficult already!! I like eating delicious fattening food (especially chips)... I just don't like the thunder thighs and flabby belly that seem to come along with it! So, here goes! :)

12 week challenge

Hey everybody! Wanted to check in... and share my newest goal!

I am in a 12 week challenge with Golds Gym and I could not be more excited about it! other than the fact that the 11 lbs and 4% body fat I have lost since Nov could really help me in this;) Oh well... it will only make me try harder! Oh and did I mention the prize is a cruise! Yeah I want that!!! Wish me luck!

Hope you are all doing well with your lifestyle changes! I am rootin' for ya!

Bodypump and Yoga!!

My mom and I go to a gym together and today we decided to try the 1 hour BODYPUMP class and the 1 hour Yoga stretch class right after! We loved it! The bodypump was hard but so fun and the music was hard not to throw the weights down and start bustin my best moves! I ended up wiggling a bit while doing weights bc I just couldn't resist the Black Eyed Peas!

and OH MY GOSH... THE YOGA was AMAZING, DELIGHTFUL, FREEING, CENTERING, FRESH... need I say more? I think moms (or women in general) should do this at least once a week! I truly did not think about my husband or any of my kids or tasks that I need to get done or chores or all the other blah blah mumbo jumbo that is constantly racing through our head FOR A FULL HOUR! I was amazed! My favorite part is at the end of Yoga she has us lay on our backs and close our eyes and breathe! I am in love!!!!

side note... I am within 12 pounds of my goal! Seems like it should be easy but in reality the last 10 are the hardest to lose. It all comes down to self-control, portion size, and what we are eating! I can do it! I have to do it! I have my 10 year class reunion this summer! Gotta look good for that, I shouldn't care so much about that but I do so it is a big part of my motivation!

Stay strong everybody and happy thoughts!

It's a good day

It's been a long time since I have posted anything on here. So I thought I would give it a shot. This year I decided I was not going to set myself a resolution to lose X amount of pounds. I was just going to work on getting myself healthier. So far it's been good. I have lost 5.9 pounds and am eating healthier. It's amazing what you find out about portions when you track everything you eat. I use LoseIt!, which is an app for ipods, iphones, ipads, etc. and I am doing P90X workouts again. I am loving it. I feel better, I have more energy, and I am happy with what I have seen so far.

Hope this new year brings all of us happiness, joy and motivation.

6 lbs

6 lbs to go until I get back to my pre-pregger weight! I can even wear some of my pre-pregger pants! Woot-woot!

Holiday Weight Loss!!

I wanted to share my excitement!

I am so excited to say that I did NOT let the holiday control me! I was really good and very strong! I did treat myself but stuck to my no eating after 8 and only had one plate of Turkey food! I usually go back 2 or 3 times! I have dropped 4-1/2 lbs since November 4rth!

I am learning that I am in total control of me!

Hope everyone had a Fabulous Thanksgiving!

I got my ankles back!!

After months of not being able to see my ankle bones... I got em back! I am so excited!

M&M's or not M&M's, that is the question??

I resisted!!!! I am so proud of myself!

I love to eat bad food late at night and lots of it!

Well I am working hard at the gym so it makes me MUCH more aware of what I am eating! My hubby brought home my new favorite pretzel M&M's Saturday night and it was 8:05, so I couldn't eat them. (I try not to eat after 8) Can I just say I thought about diving into them for 3 hours! It consumed me. I AM ADDICTED TO FOOD! I even text my mom to help me through the craving! She is a fellow food addict and one of my "sponsors" if you will! :)

So I am so proud to say that I totally did not eat one! I drank some water and talked myself through it! Baby steps right?!

I must say I did enjoy some today and I didn't eat the whole bag either! It was lunch time so it was allowed!

I wanted to share my success with all of you and hope we all have a good week!

29 lbs!

29 lbs!

That's how much weight I have gained so far this pregnancy.

Not sure how that happened, I usually gain more than that...

but I'll definitely take it! :)

**Bobi**

The EATING Holidays!

Hey everyone! So, the holidays are here! You know the EATING holidays! Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. I'm thinking that after the New Year would be a great time to start focusing on getting my butt in gear. I will have had the baby, and my body will have had time to get somewhat back to normal (I hope). Hope everyone is doing well.

trick-or-treat candy

It's almost Halloween. I don't know about anyone else, but we're going to have to buy some more trick-or-treat candy. Ours is already starting to run low... and we haven't had a single trick-or-treater yet! Uh oh!

Weather & Food

Why is it that every time the weather changes up, there is some delicious food that goes with that type of weather? Hot weather = some kind of ice cream treat. Cold weather = cheesy chicken chowder and home baked goodies. Always the high calorie stuff!
When do we get weather that makes us want to eat fruits and veggies (without the fruit dip and the ranch)?
Just Sayin'.
**Bobi**

So I have decided that I need to take thes seriously and have been doing well for the last 2 to 3 weeks. I balloned back up to about 213 and was not happy with myself. I decided to eat healthier and stop eating out so much. ( That has been rough!) I also bought the JIllian Micheals 30 day shred DVD and have lost 3 to 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks. Wish me luck in keeping it up!!