Another month almost gone...

Man, where has the time gone?? April is almost over, and my birthday is around the corner.

I have been continuing to make great achievements on my weight loss journey. Since my last post, I have lost another 2.4, gained .2, and lost 5.6 this past week. This puts me at a grand total of 61.2!! Joe is doing awesome as well, as he is down 35 pounds as well.

Joe just celebrated another birthday on April 17th. We took a few days off and headed up north to Duluth, Two Harbors, Grand Marais and Grand Portage. We had awesome weather, though occassionally windy near Lake Superior, we could not have asked for a better trip. We are planning to go back again in May for my birthday.

Below are some photos from our trip. I don't know what it is about being up North, but there is just something so relaxing about being near the wide open water, and just taking it easy.

In Grand Marais


At the Duluth Aerial Life Bridge


At Gooseberry Falls (lower)


At Gooseberry Falls (upper)


A ship arriving through canal in Duluth


Until next time....

April showers.....please stop!

Happy Wednesday after Easter!

Hope you had a great Easter, spent with family and/or friends. Joe and I went to his Aunt & Uncle's farm. Great times with great people!

So, today was weigh in day....Joe dropped 4.4 and I lost 2.2, bringing my grand total to 53.2! Yeah me!! What awesome progress for another holiday week! Again, I am sooo proud of both of us!!

I have to make this brief today...Joe is waiting for me :).

Until next time!

Pictures of flower show

Below are a few pictures I promised from the flower show today...Enjoy!! :)

Happy Easter....almost!!

Man, where has the time gone?? I have been bad on keeping this up again, especially when I have had some awesome news to share almost every week!

So, my last post was Feb. 5th. Since then, I have made the following achievements:

2/10 down 3.6
2/17 down 1.4
2/24 down 3.8 (hit my 10 % mark and got a key chain)
3/3 down 1.6
3/10 down 5.6 (say what??)
3/17 up 1.0
3/24 down 6 (say what…again??)

Which puts me a this current weeks numbers. If you were keeping track, as of 3/24, I was down a total of 48.6 pounds….less than 2 away from 50. Well, today I MADE IT! I am officially down 51.2 total pounds…and in only 16 weeks!! I received 2 more charms for my key ring- a 16 week charm with hands clapping (as I completed a session), and one for the 50 pounds.

The other nice change was that Joe has since joined, and as of today, he is down 23 pounds! I am sooooo proud of him. Heck, I am proud of the both of us! What an accomplishment we have both made. I will post a picture soon of me 50 pounds lighter.

So now the true test! I have not told anyone in Joe’s family I have been doing this, and we will be seeing them this weekend for Easter. Think anyone will notice? I did tell my parents a few months ago, and they have been SO supportive, as has Joe. That is a big part of the success with losing weight…SUPPORT! My at work friends have been just as great and I thank them profusely! Love all you guys!

Well time to sign off. I am off to the flower show at Macy’s. Will post some of those pics later as well.

Until next time… hugs!

Happy February!

So sorry I missed my update last week, but I have great news! Last Wednesday (1/27)I had my weigh in, and I dropped 3.4 pounds. That brought my total loss to 26.2. I received a charm that had 25 pounds stamped on it, and I can put it on a key chain I will be getting at my 10% mark (not too much farther to go for that one!). Another achievement down!

So for this week’s weigh in, I was down another 1.4, bringing me to 27.6. I am so proud that I have lost every week except one (and that was only a .2 gain…no biggie).

My little goal I had set for me was to be in a pair of jeans I had bought a few years ago by then end of January (I had bought a few pairs in the size I was at the time, but I hadn’t got to wearing the last pair). I have been trying them on each week since I started, and I could tell I was making progress. I would get a little closer each week. I didn’t make my goal by the end of January, and I was ok with that. Just knowing I was getting close was an awesome feeling.

Well guess what??? I tried them on this morning, and THEY FIT!!!!! I wasn’t too far off my goal at all. What an amazing feeling to have achieved this milestone, and man do I fell great! I love setting the little goals and getting that feeling of satisfaction when I achieve them. My next is to make my 10%, then to hit the next set of hundreds. However long it takes, I will be ready and willing to get there.

That’s all for now. Enjoy the big game this weekend. I still haven’t figured who to cheer for yet. Do I go for the team that kicked the Vikings butts or go for the wish for them to have the same things done to them they did to us and have the Colts win. I still have a few days to decide.

Until next time…

Another great week!!

Hello again and happy Friday!

Well I am back on track again on the weight loss journey! I am down 3.4 this week, for a total of 22.8 since December....Woooohoooooo!!! Man does it feel great! I actually woke up Sunday morning and felt motivated to take a walk, and I have been keeping the walking up all week....so far ;).

It is Friday and only 2 days before the BIG Vikings game against New Orleans. Man will tension be high this weekend in anticipation of the game. I can't believe I am even talking about football as I have never been a big fan, but there is a lot to say about us getting Brett Favre on the team, and all that he has done for the organization. Rock on Brett!!

Until next time...GOOOOOOOOO VIKES!!!

Vikes Win!

GO VIKES!

I have never been a fan of football, but DAMN, what a game!!! They kicked some MAJOR Dallas booty yesterday with a 34-3 win....moving us that much closer to the Superbowl! I hate to say it, but it ROCKS having Brett Favre on the team! Might be the only real chance we have to pull this off. Keep your fingers crossed as we move into the next game against the New Orleans Saints next Sunday.

I forgot to post last Wednesday on my progress...oops! I actually went up .2 pounds, but I am not worried since I am still in the 19 pound lost range. I did find the leader mis-calculated by .4 last week, so I was really at 19.6 down.

I have been finding it hard to go through all my points everyday- either I am full or I hadn't been feeling well from this cold. I have been working more on getting in some good walking time everyday, and it helps that there are others at work willing to get up and move with me! :)

Until next time!!