Motivation

In the last few weeks I've consumed pizza, a few meals out of the house, some candy, and birthday cake. I feel sluggish, sleepy, lethargic......and GUILTY! While it's certainly not the end of the world, getting sidetracked like this could definitely lead to putting more weight on and not losing one more single pound. I got so good at weight watchers that I stopped tracking every bite daily. WRONG MOVE. I'm back at it this week. My workouts have only been about 2-3 per week the last couple weeks opposed to the 4-5 normally. WRONG AGAIN!

I am still holding steady with a total overall weight loss of 22 lbs, but my goal by xmas is to hit 40. I CAN DO THIS! I am excited to incorporate some p90x upper arm and ab exercised to my current cardio routine in hopes of building lean muscle mass where I now have no tone whatsoever. I feel great working out with weights and it will help me to burn calories much faster. Here are a few of my inspiration pics...........back from about Feb 2003. I bet I was 13-40 lbs in these pics. Jill and I were loving life in our first apartment together!!!!

Blake will soon be THREE

I'm feeling sentimental today, especially after last night's dislocated elbow incident. There are no words to describe how I feel about my little baby Blake. In two short weeks he will be a big boy of 3 years old. WOW. To say that he is everything I imagined would be the understatement of the century. He has a way of making my heart skip a beat just by looking at him. His smile, his eyes.......my son.

He is such a boy and such a comedian. Loves motorcycles, trash trucks, and big-big trucks. Loves to throw balls in the house and swing plastic bats at Lauren's head. He is attached to two blankies and when he's tired he balls them up together by his face and walks around the house. He plays air guitar, he sings at top of his lungs and he makes loud motorcycle noises.He gives pucker lip kisses all day long. Lauren paints his toes pink and he loves it. He loves her. Adores her. He is a sweet soul who gets his feelings hurt easily. We call him Blake, Blakey Boy, Boo, Boo Boo, Bubba Boo, Mr B, SweetyB, Sweet Boy, but most of all I call him my amazing son. I am certainly not deserving of this most perfect child.

Back at it!

I've been a bit swamped with the kids and work and NO hubby the last week and a half so I've put the blog on a back burner. I'm ready to set this thing on fire again :)

I 'm down 14 lbs and counting..........I couldn't be happier to see my body changing every single week. My real  goal is 30 by Christmas.

Speaking of dieting, have you ever heard of a CAKE BALL??? I had, but never gave it much thought. Today I want to give a special shoutouts to a momma I know who is venturing into a new business opportunitie putting her baking skills to wonderful use. I can personally relate to the drive and courage it takes to go out on a limb and do something for youself. Women like her are what inspired me in my photography business.


If you want to know what a cake ball is, or already know but want to see some yummy looking ones then go check out Wilsey's cake balls..........I can't wait until she can ship them so I can finally taste her beautiful creations!

I'm settling in to life without Richard but we really, really miss him. The kids are being great for the most part but I definitely notice Lauren acting out in his absence. We know she's an emotional, dramatic mess at times and his traveling has certainly brought out the worst in her. Every day I am sure to reassure her that even when she's not a good girl mommy still loves her. I remind her that we all have our bad days but some things just aren't acceptable. Today she jetted off to the sitter's in her Easter dress, pink heels, jewelry box full of hair clips, two bracelets, necklace and pink cheetah purse. Can you see her on a future episode of Real Housewives???


XOXO

Inspiration

This is for all of you "non-believers".........I'm not talking about religion, I'm talking proper diet and exercise!!

It is good for you, in case you didn't already know.  Yes, I know - blah, blah, blah.

I've had quite the yo-yo week of eating Easter candy and everything else crappy and let me tell you, I FEEL HORRIBLE! I feel sluggish, am not thinking as clearly as I should and my moods have been yucky. The last few months have been really eye opening to the ways your body and mind will thank you when you treat it right. As I sit here with yet another pounding headache, it's obvious I need some diet and exercise therapy! HA! No weight loss this week, which I expected though. I'm searching for some motivation and inspiration this week.

Someone close to me recently shared some inspirational quotes, not related to my weight loss endeavor, by Dan Millman and I can't get some of them out of my head. I'll share a few that I feel I can personally relate to. Look him up, neat guy. 

"The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for. "

"There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path."

XOXO

Do what makes you happy

It hasn't been the greatest week but I'm still positive about 2011 as a whole :) This week it seems lots of exciting things are going on for many people around me and for that I wish them all well!

I've been thinking alot lately about personal things that we all want to do but have not yet done, or don't feel we could ever do, becuase it seems out of reach for whatever reason. 

What are some of those things you have considered doing  but haven't yet done (or maybe you can say you've DONE them??)

Is it fear that's holding you back? Money? Time? What prevents you from doing it?

Right now there are 3 things on my list of "lifetime" to-do's and I'm finally looking into one of those things. It's scary, it's exciting, and it may be a letdown, but nonetheless I have the guts to check it out and see how I can make it happen. It's something totally for ME and that's hard to swallow. By nature I cater to others first, and now that I'm a mom I feel that certain others should always come first in my life. However, life is short......I'm not getting any younger.....time slips away and if you don't grab it, it's gone. If you have the chance to do soemthing that truly makes you happy then others around you will reap the benefits of your actions.

XOXO

Old memories........

I ran across this old pic today of me and boo. He was about 4 months old here. What a face!!! His skin used to be so dry that if he even touched it, it would scratch and bleed...hence all the little scabbies all over. I am so glad we're past that stage but I sure miss having a baby around. Not enough to make me want more though HA!

XOXO

Saying nothing

Sometimes it's best just to say nothing. Pretty simple and we've all heard it before, right??

When you've said everything you can, in every way possible, maybe it's time you start saying nothing. The impact you make by saying "nothing" is usually far greater than you know.