Lunch Plans

Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 2:00 p.m. It's a late lunch but both Mandy and I are needing it to be a bit later...somewhere in Provo?

Gayleen, I hope you're out there and can come!!! Call me.

I hit the big 5-0

I finally got to 50 pounds lost. Hard to believe it's almost been a year. I really thought I would lose more than that, but I'll tell you what, I'm pretty happy with the 50. I still bounce up a pound or two some days, but I'm holding steady for the most part. I really, really like that about the band, no gains, no matter what. I didn't get the band adjusted for vacation or anything, but I ate pretty much what I wanted, and no gain. YAY!

If I could only drop eating dessert, every.single.day. I have a problem. I either need to just dump desserts all together except once a week, or I need to find something else to take its place, like a sugar free pudding or something instead of full fat ice cream. Breyer's Rocky Road has become my latest obsession. Liquid fat and calories sliding down my throat every night....yummy, but delaying my weight loss.

What are y'all up to????

I'm alive, too!

Hi girls,

I'm so glad to know you haven't disowned me for not being on the blog in forever....It has been so crazy. My sister's and their families have been in town the last couple of weeks so we have been running like crazy. Also, we just found out that my oldest sister (14 mos. older than me) has cancer. It has hit us all really hard and we have been in a whirlwind trying to cope with all that it intails. She has a very aggressive form of breast cancer and she found out less than 24 hours before boarding her plane to come here. Since then we have had floods of emotion and worry as we try to find out all about the kind of cancer she has and who is the best to help. It is hard because she doesn't have a lot of information right now. She has appts to see the docs once she gets home on Monday. Her OB/GYN called her and wants her to switch doctors that she she got into. He said he is very worried about the kind of cancer she is dealing with and told her she better do everything she can to get into shape because this was going to be the fight of her life. His wife just finished with breast cancer treatments and my sister will be using the doctors that she went to.

Anyway, that has been what has consumed my life for the last several weeks. Also, the bodybugg has not gone well for me. I have had a lot of computer issues and we ended up having to get a new computer, which should be good now. But I felt like I have really been set back. Big sigh....Tomorrow is a new day! I would like to get together with you guys. The end of July sounds good. I am at girls camp on on 29-31. But other than that I am good. Let me know.

Hey y'all I am still alive! I'm just incredibly busy with all the fun summer stuff.

I had a really great time on my trip. Miranda and I flew into Atlanta. We stayed in a nice hotel in downtown Atlanta for two days. While we were there we visited the aquarium and the Coca-Cola factory.

On the third day I drove us to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It was about a four hour drive from Atlanta. The drive was fun. My daughter and I got to do a lot of catching up. Tennessee is incredibly beautiful. We drove through the Smokey Mountains. The climate is so nice and everything is so green and lush. It was like dense trees covered in ivy for most of the drive.

While we were in Tennessee we went to Dollywood. That day was full of crazy roller coasters and I fit in all of them! I certainly got my fill of amusement parks for awhile. We stayed there for a few days and then I drove us back to Atlanta to catch our flight. I am so glad that I was able to do this with Miranda. I will always remember the fun we had.

Now onto the fun weight loss part. I had some fill taken out of my band for the trip. I enjoy eating like a normal person while I'm on vacation. The bad news is I was up like 15 pounds when I got home, most of which was water and was gone in a week or so. I'm still up 5 pounds, but I am not to worried about it. I decided at the beginning of the summer that if I could maintain for the summer I would be happy with that. Maintaining is something I have never been able to accomplish. I am either moving up or down, so if I am able to maintain for the summer it will be the first time for me.

I would like to get together for lunch. I have a ton going on at the end of this month so let me know which days will work for you, Jeanna, and I will see which one will fit into my schedule. I hope you had a fun vacation. I can't wait to hear all about it!

Here is a picture of Miranda and I on our trip at the Atlanta aquarium:

I'm Alive, what about you?

Hi ladies!

I've been taking an unscheduled break from tracking calories in/out and have pretty much stayed the same weight for the past 3 weeks. I'm ok with that. On Friday we leave for vacation and if I stay the same weight through that, I'll be thrilled.

My workouts have suffered lately as well due to life events (nothing major, just stuff that came up at 6 a.m., ugh!) But, I'm getting that back on track, too. I've been moving more, just not on my usual morning routine.

How are you both doing? Can we get together sometime the last couple of weeks of July? Come on, fess up....are you struggling? I'm thinking we are all just taking a much needed break?

No Weigh In

I'm at my parents house this weekend and my mom's scale weighs me higher than my own scale. I'm going to forego the official weigh in this week. I've been having tummy trouble and I wasn't great at tracking this week. Oh well....I'm excited for a new week. I've been exercising super faithfully and I don't eat a ton, but without being a good tracker its hard to tell.

How did ya'll do?

Hi y'all

So, my computer is still down. I am in the office right now for a second so I thought I would post. I am also down...3 lbs!!! yeah!! Jeanna...totally awesome about your running skills! I am so impressed! 3 miles is a looooong distance. You go girl, keep it up! Mandy, how are you? I haven't noticed any postings from you lately. Are you doing okay? Are you traveling the world these days? Keep us updated!

This week I am really trying to kick it up with more workouts. Last week I did okay, but I know that I definately can do better. I went on a really long walk yesterday...It felt really good. I am heading to the gym tonight. Trying to work on the whole muscle building thing!

Have a great week gals!