Oh Boy! the weekend came and went my sister's wedding was wonderful it turned out very well and she was a beautiful bride! I was so busy these last few weeks while I helped my sister get everything done I cannot wait to be able to hang out at the pool more now with the kids they love to swim my 2 oldest boys are doing well without floating devices but my little girl she is going to be 6 in August she still has a hard time if she cannot stand.
My kids were so wonderful at the wedding the Anthony 8 and Brooklynn 5 were on the dance floor all night they are not shy at all. Anthony was so cute he was trying to break dance and do the moon walk it was classic. and well Brooklynn she just danced her little butt off all night by the time we got home they went upstairs to put their pj's on and I think they were passed out in a matter of 5 minutes! It is so wonderful to see that they are not afraid to be in front of people I really want them to be confident with themselves and always stand with their head held High! It looks like that is happening so far and I hope it stays that way.
My 15 year old Christopher has his first girlfriend and I am trying to be the mom that supports this and is here for him to talk and be really open with him. We are going to have her come over this week sometime so I can meet her and I can meet her parents. My son told my friend a couple weeks ago that he wants to date girls that have his same values and beliefs, he said he wants someone that goes to church and believes in God and I very impressed with that and I talked to him about that also I told I was really happy to hear that he was that mature and had those views for a girlfriend. He really made me proud because not all 15 yr old boys would think that way and of course not all 15 year olds act like him. We may have our mother, son attitudes with each other because that is his age but he is a great boy he helps out with chores most of the time without giving me a hard time, he does going out and get into trouble or get into any of the stuff that some of the teenagers are into right now. Of course I do have tight reigns on him to a certain extent at night I don't allow him to go out and just galavant around the neighbor like some of the older teens do because I really feel that after dark and walking around a development will just get you into trouble because you are bored.
Well I am going to do for now I hope everyone has a great day I am going to be swimming all afternoon most likely and then the 2 little ones have a pool party!
So glad to see you back! I've been checking your blog here and there and thought you have my just give it up. It's always great to hear about your days as your kids are growing. Gives me something to look forward to with my son.
ReplyDeleteI can not believe you went from a 16 to a 6! That is so awesome! I would be happy just coming down to an 8. Keep the posts coming. I enjoy them!
Thanks for the welcome back, I was so busy and I kept telling myself that I really needed to get on but I would say oh I will do it later and then here it goes it was about 2 months later but now I am back the wedding is over and things have calm down really fast thank God! Besides the everyday things but that is calm to me.
ReplyDeleteYeah the motivation for me to lose the weight was the end of Dec. I got put in the ER 2 days before Christmas and they were running all kinds of test and they were tranporting down to another hospital where my GYN was so I called to talk to my kids before they did and I was talking to my daughter she is the 5 year old. She started crying on the phone telling me she wanted me to come home and she wanted to know if I was going to be home for Christmas morning and at the time I wasn't sure because I knew I was going to need surgery but I wasn't sure what kind and if they were going to have to keep me over night after the surgery. I hung up the phone with my daughter and I just cried my eyes out I felt so bad that I wasn't home and she felt so sad my husband said she cried half the night. I realized at that point that I really needed to start taking care of myself and I told myself after got better I was going to do it because my kids really need me around. Gosh she was devastated I wasn't going to be home for 1 night I couldn't imagine if something happen to me and I wasn't here anymore I know accidents happen and God has his time for everyone but I knew I needed to do everything I could to prevent it. Anyway I came home Christmas Eve around 4 o'clock my daughter came with my husband she was so happy to see me and I was so relieved I was going home. I couldn't have prevented what happen to me because it ended up being an ectopic pregnancy but it still made me realize I wanted to make sure I was doing everything I could.
So I got my ok from my Dr. on my post op appt. that I could start exercising so I started doing the WII fit and cutting my portions at the end of Jan. By the end of Feb I lost about 10lbs and then my husband and I started a competition in the beginning of March and I exercised 5 days a week changing it around every 2 weeks to keep my metabolism going and I changed my style of eating. I hit a few weeks where I only lost 1 lb or none but I kept going I would lose sometimes 3 to 5 lbs in a week. Once I started really seeing a difference I didn't wnat to stop. I gave myself a goal of 50lbs by the wedding July 11 and I wasn't sure if I was going to hit it but last Friday I weighed myself and it was exactly 50 I was so excited. I feel so much I had this point in the dressing room on mothers day weekend I had to get a few pair of shorts so I tried on a size 10 and they were alittle loose so I was like well I will try an 8 Brooklynn was in the dressing room with me and i put on the size 8 and i started to cry I was so excited they fit me I couldn't believe it all the hard work was worth it i haven't been size 8 since I go married 10 yrs ago then I went and had my second dress fitting and she had to take it in again because I lost more weight and she said I didn't realize you were going to lose more weight I said I didnt' either it is just coming off I really couldn't complain because I finally have a metabolism that worked. And now here I am a size 6 and my BMI is at a healthy range that was my main goal!
So I know you can do this you have already started. It is going to be alittle hard because you do work and you have a little one you need to tend to. But it does take time and as long as you keep doing what you are doing it will come off. The portions and moving around and exercising is the key. Well I will talk to you soon and keep up the good work it is worth it!!!