Finally Exercising My Butt Off!

I decided that after the Holidays (alright, a New Year's Resolution- again) I was ready to really lose the weight. I signed up for Boot Camp, and decided to do the diet & nutrition class that went with it (for just $25 more...).

Well ladies, I am down 10 pounds!!!

I put on my jeans today and didn't have to do the big lunges to stretch them out a little. They came on fine. Yay!! Doin' the Dance!

So what is the diet class, you may ask? Pretty much what you know it is going to be. Don't eat the zucchini bread and Lindor truffles for dinner, and DO eat more protein and fiber and watch your sugar.

Sounds simple, eh? Oh, ho ho... I have to weigh myself every week in front of the super fit instructor. That's my real motivation! She knows when I've been sleeping (it's pretty obvious is I'm not at boot camp at 6am or not...), she knows when I'm awake, she knows if I've been bad or good, so PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN, NOW!!!

Happy Birthday Alec!

Alec turned 8 years old! He was SOOO excited for his birthday! The night before he came downstairs and aksed if I would sew "Happy BDay Alec" on an old shirt. I said, "How about an iron-on?" He just made me laugh! So here is his birthday shirt.

He got a K'nex rollercoaster set for Christmas, and has loved it! So for his birthday we got him a couple K'nex robots. You can wind them up and they move. It's pretty cool!

So sad he had to go to school. Even Çooper looked sad!

He said he wanted a snowboarding cake.

What better than lego guys to act the part.

Happy Birthday, Alec!

You are the sweet boy that makes our whole family laugh!

We Love You!

Boot Camp AGAIN?? What's wrong with me?? don't answer that...

I obviously had way too good of a Christmas and New Year's. Here I am AGAIN doing boot camp. Why do I do these things to myself??? Was the dinner of zucchini bread, Lindor chocolate truffles, crackers and cream cheese worth it? Ah man.

Today was the test day where you count how many sit-ups, pull-ups & push-ups you can do in a minute, and then do a whole smorgasbord of terrible weight exercises, run four laps, and do it again. Last boot camp, after test day I was so sore I could barely raise my arms high enough to wash my hair. And I cheated. I only did half the reps on the second set. And I couldn't run the four laps.

This time, I only cheated on one exercise. The worst exercise ever invented to torture people. You squat down, and jump your legs out behind you, jump back in, then jump up. Over and over. I only did 10 each time instead of 20. But besides that, I did much better! AND, I can actually jog over a mile. That is HUGE progress for me! I could even wash my hair today without crying. :)

Added bonus, I have been three and a half days without treats. Yes, folks, you read correctly. No treats. My treats are now pears with cottage cheese. Woooo. I already miss my dinner of zucchini bread and chocolate.