Ok so...

we didn't weigh-in this week. Some of you may have already noticed that. Here's the thing...we decided that we would start weighing in back on Monday's again. We switched from having it on Friday because we were doing a hell of a lot better on the weekends knowing that we had weigh-in on Mondays..so we switched. Erik and I did weigh-in yesterday..but decided that we wouldn't post it up because we gained..and we're losers..lol. No really, we did really bad this weekend because of Karen's birthday and all the eating and drinking took a toll on our results. So we're coming back strong and hope that we have a significant weight loss on Monday's weigh-in.

So Karen's party was a blast! Thanks to all of you who came..you really did make Karen's birthday extra special! I freakin' loved the karaoke party...I'm even surprised that DINA actually sang a song...BY HERSELF! Woohoo! You go girl!

So it's today and I'm sooo tired. We had a hell of a night last night. It started off that Gavin woke up right before Erik and I went to bed. So he whined and cried until we let him in the bed with us. Which really wasn't so bad because he fell asleep rather quickly. So Erik put him back into his crib and everything was mellow..right? WRONG! Joe kept going in and out of the house slamming the door which was waking Gavin up..and having us start at square one again. SO FINALLY, Gavin went back to sleep...Erik and I fell asleep...and THEN...Erik wakes up me up frantic asking me if I smell smoke. Ok, so I'm half dazed here..but I definitely smell smoke. We both get up and search the house at 2am mind you, and we find nothing. And then it dawns on me...I bet Joe is smoking in his room and the smoke is coming through the vents into our room. I precede to knock on his door (and I know he's awake because I can hear him talking.) He doesn't answer the door! Asshole. Finally I picked up the phone and he's having a conversation with Janna's answering machine and I tell him to quit smoking or I will kick his ass....(and this is all on Janna's machine..priceless.) We finally fall asleep after all is said and done. But Gavin and I didn't wake up until 11:15am. and our whole schedule is off...it sucks. Woo! Yeah, so that's how my day is going.

I hope everyone's day is going better!

9th Weigh-in

3/17/06 Weigh-in

1st Place-Stacy/lost 2 lbs. this week/22.4 lbs. total/6.68% lost!

2nd Place-Erik/lost 1 lb. this week/16.6 lbs. total/5.06% lost!

3rd Place-Melanie/+2.8 lbs. this week/7.7 lbs total/2.93% lost!

Have a great weekend everybody!

EXHAUSTED!

I am sooo freakin' exhausted right now. It's about 9p.m. and I'm just needing to vent. I honestly know how it feels to have three kids. Here's the thing...Simon (my nephew) has been here since Friday..add him on to Kenzie and Gavin...and it's been mayhem! It's like no matter what..they couldn't get in sync. I feel like all I've been doing is feeding kids!! They don't all eat at the same time..and it's like once I get Gavin fed Kenzie's cryin' or Simon's wanting a snack. I just want to give props out there to all you momma's who have more than one child, I honestly don't know how you do it!

So some of you may know that I had an AWFUL habit of biting my nails to the nub..I never ever grew them long. Wellllll, this will be my third week of quitting the habit! (wow, I feel like I've quit smoking or something.) Anyways, it's a real big deal to me and I'm excited. I think I'll reward myself with a professional manicure or something..go me!

I've also been improving more each day on my healthier lifestyle and I'm feeling pretty good. You know when you think about it...there's really no quick fix to weight loss. Yeah, you quit eating carbs for a month and drop 20lbs...but what happens? You go crazy! And then you realize you have a peanut butter sandwich in each hand and your goin' at it! (yes, this is coming from experience.) But in reality everyone knows how to lose weight and keep it off...you expend more calories than you're taking in. But it's HARD...and it's SLOW...and before you know it..you've given up and your draggin' your feet in the dirt. I just really needed to express how hard it really has been. I mean, what I'm having to do is completly change my life. I've had some slip ups and I have actually really thought about how easy it would be to go back to my old self. But I can't. I am going to beat this..and live to tell about it! Thanks for everyone's support...I truly love you guys from the bottom of my heart!

Hope everyone is having a really good week :)

We did it!

Melanie, Erik and I are happy to announce that we have finally made it to our 2nd month mark and we are soaring!! Not only did we lose weight but we feel great and we feel a huge sense of accomplishment. I'm very proud of Melanie, she has met her 10lb. weight loss goal and then some! Erik has been taking his weight off steadily and is now wearing some of his "skinny" jeans! And for me I have made it past 20lbs. and I feel like dancin'!! Here is this week's weigh-in results!

3/10/06 8th Weigh-in

1st Place-Stacy/lost .6lbs this week/20.4lbs total/6.08% lost!

2nd Place-Erik/lost .6lbs this week/15.6lbs total/4.75% lost!

3rd Place-Melanie/lost 1.6lbs this week/10.5lbs total/4% lost!


Here's to a great 3rd month!!!!!

Just us two.

So Erik and I were the only ones you weighed in this morning. Melanie had an excuse though, considering she was in the car this morning on her way with Jon to Louisianna for Jon's brother's wedding. I don't know what happened to Karen, and well my mom...she hasn't really been showing her face around here lately. So here are the results.

7th Weigh-In

1st Place-Stacy/lost 1.6lbs this week/19.8 lbs total/5.91% lost! (oh my gosh, I’m almost at 20lbs!)

2nd Place-Erik/+.2lbs this week/15lbs total/4.57% lost!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!