I'm doing it!

My weigh in was on Wednesday. I lost 5 lbs!!!!! 5 lbs in one week! And 10 inches, with 3 of them being from my waist alone! There is some great motivation to keep it up. Oddly I've been having trouble eating enough calories lately. I guess when you cut out 1000 calories of soda it is pretty easy to lose weight. :-/

Updates

Looking at my previous post made me realize how long it's really been and how much our live have changed since my last post.

My Chewy was hit by a car Jan 2011. He is gone and I miss him terribly.

My Alexys is 5!! I can't believe it! She is so big and smart and she started kindergarten this year.
Where has the time gone??

My sweet Makenzie is almost 2. She talks up a storm and is starting to put two word sentances together. She also can go on the potty but we're not pushing it yet. She is such a happy girl and so funny.

We moved. A HUGE move. From Vernal, Utah to Corpus Christi, Texas. Yep, I'm a Texan! We really enjoy it here. I think I should have been born a Texan. Plus it's warm and we live 10 minutes from the beach!

Justin is rocking at his job. We've been here 6 months and he's already gotten a raise in addition to the more than double salary he accepted in order to move here. It is really nice to be able to buy things with cash when we need them. (We've been lucky!)

We got a new dog. His name is Rhino (Rhino is awesome! He is fully awesome!---10 pts if you can name that movie) He is a valley Bulldog. (mix between a boxer and English bulldog) Hes so cute and great with the kids...but stubborn as an ox. Plus he snores. Loudly.

As ever I miss my family. But the silver lining is all of Justin's family is in the area here. It's nice to have someone to go shopping or out to lunch with. And I've met a few friends. (an unbelievably difficult thing for me. I wish with all of my heart I wasn't so shy)

Life is wonderful. I am truly happy and content for the first time in a long time. I didn't even realize I was unhappy until I became happy. Looking back I was miserable. But here's to the future and only growth from the past!

My goals

I don't blog much (not obvious is it?) I don't like doing it so much. But I need a way to hold myself accountable. So here I am putting this in internet land for all the world to see. We made a decision to go to the Bahamas (or somewhere in the Caribbean anyway) for our anniversary this year. Well in order to go I must have a beach body. I've started. I go to the gym. I exercise a fair amount. However I still eat like crap and haven't really lost any weight. But from this moment on that changes. I have 6 months to be comfortable in a bathing suit. I will do this. And to make sure of it I will be blogging my progress. I will post weekly pics and stats. (nerve wracking to the extreme. I'm embarrassed I've let myself get to this point) Tomorrow I will weigh myself and measure. I will take a pic and I will post it.

Wish me luck!