Second Place

I can't believe it!!!!! I am in second place after the first week of Biggest Loser at work. I did it, even though I really thought I didn't. I was expecting maybe just a 1-2 pound weight loss. I was WRONG!!! Do you want to know how much weight I lost???

Drum roll please..............

7 pounds

I was completely blown away and I did jump up and down. I am proud of myself. I honestly didn't cheat over the weekend. I kept up with my healthy eating habits, even though that is a lot harder during the weekend when I am home all day. I am going to be starting the gym sometime this week. I know that will make a difference in feeling better too.

So stay tuned for next weeks weigh-in. I know it probably won't be this much, but I am excited now that I know I can do it!!

Until next time,

A Little of This and That

Today I picked up our finished pottery. I think they turned out totally cute!!!! I can't wait to go back and make more. I think I have a new obsession. Oh how I wish I could go there more often. It is very therapeutic.

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Today I also got the chance to babysit Mady. I love having her all to myself, well except for the girls playing with her too. She is soooooooo adorable!!! Gosh I just adore this little girl.

Can you believe that these two are related? Jeez I don't see a resemblance at all.

Oh, and did you notice Sam's cute new haircut. It is really short and she LOVES it!!

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Tomorrow is my weigh-in at work for the Biggest Loser. I am REALLY hoping that I have lost something. I wasn't able to get the gym membership set up last week so I haven't been to the gym yet. But I did a fantastic job of sticking with my diet this past week. Seriously, lots of fruit and veggies. And I made a big effort to make sure that my meals were very low fat. My biggest problem now is trying to come up with a bigger variety of dinner ideas. I am not a fantastic cook, nor do I really like to cook, so it is hard for me to figure out what to make. Usually if we are short on food or time I just run out and get fast food. Well I am not doing that anymore. So now I have to figure out how to be creative in the kitchen. I am open to suggestions.

I will let you know how the weigh-in goes tomorrow.

Until next time,

Biggest Loser

On Monday I stepped onto the scale and officially started my New Year's resolution. Let me tell you that looking at my weight was the low point for me. I wasn't quite expecting that result. But I will never see that number again!!

I had made the decision to change my lifestyle and eating habits before the new year. But then a group of people that I work with also wanted to do the same thing. So we have joined together in the Biggest Loser at work. There is a group of 13 that is competing for a $650 grand prize. The prize money would be great, but for me the real prize will be getting healthy and changing my life. But if I do win I will need that money to buy new clothes that fit!!

Seriously now, I am struggling with what to eat. I have not had the best eating habits and I am really focusing on changing that. However, my tummy has noticed the change and tonight it is telling me that it misses the crap. But I will get past this and move on to a healthier new me. I know that sounds cliche, but it WILL happen.

I might update on my weekly weigh in, I might not. We'll just see how it goes.

Until next time,

Resolutions

Apparently this is going to be the year for resolutions. I made one very big resolution that I thoroughly intend on keeping. So here goes my list of resolutions:

*I am going to lose weight, exercise and get healthy. I guess that is kinda three-in-one, but they go hand-in-hand. I have a big weight loss goal and I thoroughly intend on following through with this resolution. I need to feel better about myself.

*Feeling better about myself brings me into my next resolution. I want to be a better mother and wife. And feeling good about myself will help immensely in that goal. I want to yell less and spend more time together as a family. I am hoping that will ease the tension and fighting between the girls.

*I want to be more financially secure. I know that one is going to be probably the hardest to fulfill. But it begins with less frivolous spending which I plan to focus on seriously.

It may not seem like much, but those are some big items for me. Rick also has some resolutions that he made on his own. I hope that we are both able to achieve our goals for the year.

Until next time,
Jaime

Girl Time

Today Megan and I went to Polka Dot Pottery with her Girl Scout troop. We had a fun time together and I tried to control my "perfectionism" on Megan's project. She chose the cutest penguin piggy bank. If you didn't know, Megan LOVES penguins!!! She actually worked really hard on painting her penguin. I just helped clean up the outlines. And then she chose a tiny penguin to paint while she waited for me to finish my project. I didn't help her do any part of the tiny penguin.


I made my very first mug. And I am so proud of it! Now I can't wait to see it glazed when I pick it up next weekend. I think I am going to use it for tea at work. I don't know, but I am so using that mug all the time!!

And thanks to my friend Denise for taking my picture with my first mug.

Until next time,

Jaime

Happy New Year!!

Megan was up to ring in the New Year with us last night. Samantha was at Gigi's house.


We went outside after we watched the ball drop and were treated with a fantastic fireworks show we could watch from our backyard. There were some fantastic fireworks being fired off not too far away and we really enjoyed watching that together.

Well here's hoping that 2010 is a great year. We have entered it with a new attitude and some great resolutions as well. Normally we aren't really resolution makers but this is a new year and a new decade following a horrible year for us so we are giving it a shot. Maybe I will write a post about our resolutions if you all are interested.

Thanks for hanging with us through the last year. It was a rough ride and I hope that I can get back into the upbeat swing of things now.

Until next time,

Jaime

Christmas Morning

I think that the pictures speak for themselves. The girls were very excited Christmas morning and Santa treated them well (although I wonder if he got them confused with some other girls). They were super excited to play with all their new toys. But of course the new things are opened slowly as we figure out where to put the new stuff and what old stuff to get rid of.

I hope that you all had a great Christmas! We sure did.

Until next time,

Jaime