Merry Christmas!

So my schedule was a little different this week due to taking some time off for the holidays. Mom, Dad, Paul and I went to Marco Island for some relaxing time in the sun. I found a meeting for Mom and I so that we could still weigh in. It was a good weigh in, since I was down 1.0 lbs....but I don't know if I stayed on track enough for the rest of the time.  Back with the personal trainer tonight. I also have carefully planned out my food for the rest of the week. I will post again the Saturday after NYE since that is the next meeting...but until then enjoy some pictures from the trip!

Biking through the Everglades!

Watching a sunset on the beach

Lots of sea life washed up on the beach

Horseshoe crab

Christmas Morning

Pelican with one foot

Back on the downward track

Proud of all the walking

Minor setback, but not discouraged!

It has once again been a busy week. Work has been pretty busy these past couple of days. I have been having a really hard time lately staying on track. I haven't been able to plan very well. My days have pretty much been go to work, go work on the house, and then go to sleep. Andy has been really supportive of getting the house to a point that we can cook some stuff. So we tried to just do simple meat and veggie meals. It also has been hard at work, since there have been holiday parties and food brought in my vendors constantly!

I feel like when I cannot plan it is so much harder for me to stay on track. Planning and sticking with your food and work out plan can sometimes be a full time job. How do you do that when you have a full time job and are trying to get a house ready to move into?

I am not discouraged because I can tell my body is changing, my clothes fit better I wore some pants that I haven't worn in a really long time because they were too tight. Is it wrong that I just want to get to my Weight Watchers goal so I don't have to pay? I know that once I am Lifetime I will still attend weekly meetings. The group is very encouraging and welcoming. It is a great place to talk about the constant struggle with staying on track with food. Luckily next week I am with my Mom, Dad and Paul. My mom and I can keep each other on track, which will be great. I even found a meeting for Mom and I to attend next week in Marco Island.  I also know that we will be active, going on walks, bike rides swimming etc. Hopefully I can undo the weight gain from this past week. Yes I was up 1.4 lbs this week. Overall I have still lost weight. That is the goal. I also know I am getting stronger because my personal trainer has increased the weights that I am using! Keeping the eye on the prize...getting healthy and fit by 30...April 30th will be here before I know it!

Back on track

Andy and I have been very busy working on the house. We have painted the house ripped out a hideous countertop so that we can replace it. We have painted trim cleaned floors, changes cabinet pulls etc....

It is a crazy amount of work to own a house, but I know that in the long run it will be worth it. Even though it was a busy week, I was trying my best to eat healthy foods. It was hard for most of this week because we weren't really cooking. I refocused and decided we needed to start cooking again. So I made a slow cooker chicken stew. We also did a lot of grilling chicken and veggies. Grilling has been great also because we have had our first snap of cold weather here.

I went to my WW meeting on Wednesday. I haven't been and stayed for the meeting in about 2 weeks. I have been weighing in, but either couldn't stay or went to a meeting out of town just to weigh in. I determined that in order to get back on track and stay on track, I needed to get back to the meetings and stay. I went to yesterday's meeting. I was thrilled with the hard work I had put in. I lost 2.8 lbs.

Total weight loss of 6.8 lbs!

My weight watchers leader commented that it is time to set my goal weight and commented on how great I am doing. It was great to have this encouraging week again. I also wore a pair of work pants that I have not worn in about 2 years because they were a little tight. It is great to get back into some clothes that used to fit. Time to work on getting down to that 165.2!!

Post Thanksgiving weigh in...

Life has been really busy with painting the house and getting ready to move in and Thanksgiving last week. It has been a rough couple of weeks. Unfortunately I am up 1.8lbs this week. With both the house and my journey to get fit it seems like with each step forward there are 2 steps back. Getting myself back on track. Got to the gym Monday with my personal trainer and am going to go at least 3 other times this week. Not much to say so I will share some photos! Have an enjoyable week everyone! See you back here next wednedsay...hopefully with some better news :)

Papaya's from out papaya tree that broke....

Before and after photo of cabinet pulls I couldn't remove

Old cabinet pul in the middle, new cabinet pulls on the sides

Freshly painted front door

Theodore likes to take selfies

Adelaide and her Cheerio cake

Flowers at Whole Foods 

Baby Hank the Tank

We Bought a House!!!

Andy and I made a huge adult move this past Friday. We closed on a house on Friday! It is an older house that needs some facelift work....mainly paint and deep cleaning. It is a 3 bedroom 2 bath house with a gorgeous backyard. Buying a house has been a slightly stressful process but I have been staying strong with eating healthy food. Our first project was to paint the master bedroom and to refinish the original terrazzo floors (terrazzo floors). Friday after closing we got straight to work on striping the floors of sealant and cleaning them. We then started painting the master bedroom. 

Outside the house!

Andy's Office before....

Kitchen Before....

Living room before....

Sun porch before...

Dining room before....

Bathroom before...

Bathroom #2...

Master bedroom before....

We have spent a lot of time working on main the house our own. I flew to Chicago on Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with my family. My mom and I went to a WW meeting on Wednesday morning, unfortunately I gained weight this week. I was up 0.8 lbs. I used this as motivation to stay even more focused through the holiday weekend. I am going to keep working towards my first goal of 165.2!

Still Down overall....which is what matters. 

I had a great time celebrating the holiday with my family. I got to meet my new nephew, John Henry, and I got to spend a lot of quality time with Theodore and Adelaide.

John Henry V!

Theodore loves taking selfies

The cake Adelaide wanted to make...yes it is a cereal cake

Practicing with flowers for the wedding

Momma and Theo