My warped perception of my body!

I get in this bad habit...I don't think I look as fat as I am. I have this warped perception of what I "really" look like. I feel like a cute outfit and a good hair day make me look skinnier. But then I get on the scale or see a picture of myself and reality bites. Anyways...I will try and keep it positive but every now and then I need a moment to vent :) So today went like this...

June 16, 2010
Woke up 7am...watched the news and cleaned the kitchen
Breakfast: nutri grain bar and a banana
Woke Carter up at 7:30...got ready and headed to the gym
Gym 8-9:30
(treadmill 20min, elliptical 15min, recumbent bike 15min,rowing machine 10 min, 30min. cranking class---kicked my ass)
snack at 10am...crystal light, 100calorie pack, 1/2 apple and 1 tbsp. peanut butter
Lunch: weight watchers meal, garlic toast, mixed veggies and pineapple for dessert

Well it is 1:00pm right now so I will update the rest of my day tomorrow! Time for housework!

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

So I joined the gym today! I plan to use this blog to journal my progress and food choices. My first step towards a healthy life is to be accountable so here it goes. I started to really struggle with my weight almost 9 years ago when I moved away to college. I lived alone and found it much easier to eat out 3 times a day rather than cook healthy choices and eat at home. This lead to the lbs. adding up little by little. I got pregnant in the fall of 2006 and to my surprise I lost 20lbs. my first trimester. By the time I delivered my son I had gained back 15lbs but felt ok because hey it was still a 5lb loss in my book. I came home from the hospital and put my pre-pregnancy jeans on the very next day. I felt really good! I lost approx. another 10lbs while breastfeeding over the next 6 months but now here I sit 3 years later and 25lbs heavier. I am done being fat and uncomfortable. I have struggled back and back and back and forth with different diets,programs,pills,books.blah blah blah....with no success. So I decided to attempt the triple threat approach....work out, eat healthy and blog about it. I don't think I am brave enough...just yet...to share all my body measurements, even though I doubt anyone but me will be reading this. I do plan to journal my work out routine, food intake and weightloss success! So here is my first entry.

1-2 picture post overload

So I have been terrible ... yes terrible... at blogging lately. I finally sat down and figured out, ok Conner showed me how, to load the pictures from my phone to my computer. This explains so many one picture posts but hey.... at least it is somewhat of an update. We are all doing well. Once summer is over Vick will officially be in his second year of the MBA program at the U! He will finally get to take some electives and not just core classes. We just celebrated Carter's 3rd birthday and got him enrolled at Challenger for preschool this fall. I am still doing private home health visits 2 days a week and getting excited for good weather ahead to spend outdoors at ball games, the pool and the lake!

Grocery shopping.....Avatar!

Not too happy to be grocery shopping but...

Once we made it to the electronic section the tears were gone. He is obsessed with Avatar right now... This is his best Jake Sulley impression :)

Digging for dino bones....

My friend Mandy and I took the boys down to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgivng Point. Carter was in heaven! He loves dinosaurs. The first room in was the sand area where you could dig for dinosaur bones...he was sure he was going to find a "Tree-Trex" bone!

Just chillin

Carter has always been such a good kid when it comes to riding in the car. I constantly am checking on him because he is always so quiet and usually just chillin like this.

His newest addiction...

Pbskids.org, disney.com & the cartoon network... he navigates the websites better than I do :)