TGIF!!!!

What a week!  Busy with work, home, kids, chores, weeding...and on and on and on.  However, the weekend is HERE!!!

I got some great news this week.  A business venture that has been in the works for a few months was approved.  So we get to move forward, and get ready to change our lives!  I will soon have additional responsibilities, and Brandon? A whole new career!!!  So exciting!

As for the weight loss, I am down another few pounds.  A total of 11 lost on the new product I am using.  I saw the doctor yesterday, and am down 15 since Feb.  GO ME!!!  But, I am still looking into other products.  The one I am using is fine, but I'm not in love.  A friend is talking to me about another line, and I think I am going to try that one once this current one runs out.  It sounds like the taste is better, and maybe something I can do more long term.  Both product lines are intended for increased health, promoting weight loss.  So, I am hoping to continue to feel good while I am loosing, and increase my health.  Too many times I have lost weight, but not made a difference in my life.  And the weight comes back. 

I know that 15 pounds is not a ton, especially in 3 months.  I have a LOT more to loose.  But I am feeling good about it.  I have been working hard to get it off,  changing my eating and having to exercise.  So hopefully this time it will stick.  No more up and down.  Super exciting~~~ I am wearing some Capri's that have not fit for a couple of years.  I am pretty sure I will have to go shopping soon!!!!

Monday...again!!!!

I have a love-hate relationship with Monday's. The weekend is over, which usually sucks. But, I get to send the kids back to school, and have structure back in my routine, which I NEED! And I get to work again, and I am very blessed to have a job I LoVe!!!

So, on to the weight loss. I am down another 3 pounds. I went to the gym 3 times last week! Amazing Me!!! I am a bit disappointed, which is silly. I had a couple of days that I ate a lot, not unhealthy, just a lot. So, the new week beginning is a good thing. There is no staff meeting at Texas Roadhouse. There is no family home evening with dessert (thanks Catrina and Mom).

I plan on going to the gym this afternoon, and Wednesday while the kids tumble. And either Friday or Saturday. Another 3 times this week??? WOW, I am AmAzInG!!!!!

Thanks for the emails and texts! It really does help!

This is the YEAR

Day 1 (sort of)
Like so many people in the world, I am trying to get healthier. The biggest challenge to tackle is my weight. I have put on a whole other self since I got married 14 years ago!!! (Happy Anniversary BTW, Bran!!) I have done okay this year, and am down about 15 pounds.

I have given up caffeine. HARDEST. THING. TO. QUIT!!!!! But I did it! I do have an occasional diet sprite to spike my crystal lite. But, feeling pretty good about that!

I have gone to the gym twice this week. That doubles my visits for the year!! ha ha. But, I feel good, and my body has that good-sore I've-been-working-out achy-ness.

I tell you this, to help me be accountable. That is something I am not, with regard to my eating and weight. Any comment feels critical, even if it is meant as helpful! So, I have to put myself out there...and report back.

I started something new a couple of weeks ago, and had good success. I needed to see if I was really ready to commit, and I am, so today I started again! I was down 7 pounds from the sample I did, so with day one being today I am really ahead of the game!

WISH ME LUCK!!!

Sad

I have been having an emotional week. A friend from a past ward had her twin boys way early. I think they were at 28 weeks. These two babies were so tiny and adorable when I saw the pictures. I found out just 2 days ago, that one of them, baby Samuel, had passed away. It took my breath away.
I remember. I know. I am heartbroken for my friend and her husband. They have such a hard road ahead of them. As I contemplate this situation, I am not sure if having their baby Benjamin here will be worse or better. On the one hand, she won't have totally empty arms. She has a baby to love and snuggle and raise. Yet, every time she holds him, she will be thinking of his brother, who she cannot hold and snuggle.
I remember when I was pregnant with my twins. I had a mantra, not a particularly positive one: Two of EVERYTHING for the REST of my life. And it's true. But as I think about these twins who are now separated, I'm so sad. My friend should be able to complain about the stress of twins, how hard it is to figure out the new parenting style required.
My heart is broken, all over again. Brittney and Jeremy, you are not alone!!!