Back to the weight loss

I finally came to the realization that the 60 pounds I lost back in 2004-2006 and then gained back while preggo in 2006-2007 is NOT going to fall back off my body without some effort... Damn! I've been attempting to watch what I eat, but mainly all I do is watch my hand move the food directly into my mouth, over and over and over again. Yeah, that's not working. At the beginning of the year, I was only 2 pounds lower than the day I had Spencer. Yikes - that's depressing.

So I went back to Weight Watchers (where I lost most of the 60 pounds last time) and signed up for the monthly pass and got my first week books. All their materials are brand new, so it feels like I'm doing something completely different. And the books rock! The first week book had a bunch of recipes that I made for everyone (even Christian tried them - didn't always like them, but he did try). I was rewarded for my first week's efforts with a loss of 7 pounds. Woo hoo!!! And my 2nd week wasn't too shabby either - I lost another 1.6 pounds. Average = 4.3 pounds per week. Not a bad start!

Watching what I eat is not that hard. Weighing everything really isn't that hard either. It can make the whole meal planning and executing process take longer than I'd like, but so totally worth it in the end. What's hard is that I eat when I'm bored, lonely, tired, stressed, etc. Total emotional eater. That's a hard one to break, but I'm working on it. I can look at my points that I have left for the day and think, "I'm not <> enough to ruin my day." And then I go play guitar hero because you can't eat snacks and play a plastic guitar at the same time - who knew??? By the way - I love guitar hero!! It's so much fun :)

I want to stay on track and I figure if I post my goals on my blog, then I have to be accountable to whomever reads it... feel free to post comments and "smack" me if I'm not sticking to my program!!

1. Drink more water - this is one of the hardest things for me. I got myself a cute pink water bottle to take to work to drink more water. Yep - it's not at work yet. Gotta get on that.

2. Lose 25 pounds by May 17 - Bay to Breakers!! My sister and I do a 12K in San Francisco in mid-May. This will be my 3rd time (her 4th) because I was 39 weeks pregnant in 2007 and couldn't go. I did it last year at my heaviest and it was hard. It was a lot easier with 60 fewer pounds... 8.4 pounds down, 16.6 pounds to go!!!

3. Get back into a routine for exercise. When I lost weight before, I worked out about 5 days a week - swimming, treadmill, walking, hiking. Man, I felt so good then! And why am I paying for a gym membership to not use it??

OK there it is - the start of my weight loss journey (deja vu anyone?). Stay tuned for updates full of celebration and frustration!

Finally - the weekend!

I love the holidays, but I feel like I am going non-stop most of the time! I am so very glad it's the weekend, and there is no wrestling! Christian is happy to not have to be up at 5:00 and at school at 6:00 for the bus.... Heck, I am happy not to have to be up at 5:00 dragging a tired kid out of bed to get to school and catch the bus!

Alas, we have lots to do tomorrow. The Christmas lights are still in boxes next to the front door to be hung around the front of the house. We got rope lights to go around the adobe planters in the front yard and the old school big lights to go on the house. I hope we have enough! I have a couple of strings of blue icicle lights that we might put somewhere - don't know where yet... I'd like to go back to the store and get green rope lights and do the trunks of the palm trees. It would be really cool to do the branches, but I don't think I can talk anyone into getting on the ladder to do that... I'm not a big fan of being up on a ladder, so if it's up to me, it's not getting done.

And two more weeks of work then vacation! I am so ready for a break and I'm looking forward to seeing the family. I never look forward to the drive with the baby, but I'm hoping for the best. We haven't done a long car trip for a while, so I hope she'll handle it pretty well. She's doesn't love the car seat after she's had to be in it for a while. It might take a lot longer than 6 hours to get to San Diego - yikes!

Ah yes - the weekend. It's here, but I have a feeling it's going to go by way too fast!

Spencer at a birthday party

Spencer went to her friend's 2nd birthday party last weekend where she rode a pony and ate a cupcake. All in all, it was a good day!

Family Site

Woo hoo - finally got it done!!

www.clovisbunch.com

Check it out!

Changes, again.

OK, I decided not to go with the editing site. I always have so many things going on at once! So I still have the domain if I ever want to use it at another time, but for now, I will just concentrate on keeping my blog updated. I'm not very good about it (yet). So I am looking for a place to get a domain and hosting for cheap so I can have a whole family website where I can link all my online stuff and all Howard's online stuff and the kids' stuff together so that everyone can get updates on "The Clovis Bunch" in one place. I also want to be able to have my professional stuff listed, too. So I will continue the search for that and let everyone know when I get it done. With such a big family, I think it's good when they can just check in every so often at their convenience - we're all so busy! So for now, here I am, blogging with not a whole lot to say :)