Week 20 Weight Loss

It's been 20 weeks since I first began my weight loss journey. This week I loss -1.2 pounds making my grand total -34.2 pounds! I'm only 15.8 away from my second goal of 50! I'm so proud of myself, that I've come this far. I havent given up! I have kinda slacked the last month and I really need to get going though! But even though I haven't been recording and tracking like I should, I've still managed to lose and not gain! I got through Thanksgiving, but the biggest challenge will be getting through Christmas! Wish me luck!!!

Week Seventeen on Weight Watchers

It's been awhile since I blogged my weight loss and I apologize for that! Been really busy. Well, this week I'm down -1.0 pounds and a grand total of -32.0 lbs. Lately I've been kinda off the bandwagon, but I'm back on! Thankfully during that time I didnt gain and still managed to lose at least 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I hoping to have 2 pound loss weeks coming up!

Week 14 on Weight Watchers

Week 14 and I'm down -2.0 pounds and a total of -30.0 pounds. Last week I forgot to post but I gained, but this week I lost that and more! On to week 15!!

Meme- Day Twelve

Today I get to write about whatever I want! These last few weekends have been lots of fun! Last weekend we celebrated my 30th birthday with friends. Had a get together and a fire too. I had a little too much to drink and paid for it the next day, but we had a great time.

This weekend we went to Colton's 2nd birthday party and then had a Halloween party too. Gavin had lots of fun!

Only 2 more months and we'll be home for Christmas!!! Yayayayayayayay!!

Meme- Day Eleven

Today's post is a picture taken of me recently. This is a picture of me at my 30th birthday celebration.

Meme- Day Ten

Today I have to post a picture taken of me over 10 years ago. This is my 7th grade school picture, I was 12, almost 13 here. This is my favorite school picture!

Meme- Day Nine

Today's pic is a picture that I took. This is a picture of my cat, Monte. I like this photo because it looks like he is waving to someone outside of the window!

Meme- Day Eight

Today's post is a photo that makes me sad. This is a picture of when Gavin got stitches at 10 months. He was playing in his room and tripped into his rocking chair. He ended up with 3 stitches.

Meme- Day Seven

Today I have to post a picture that makes me happy. This is a picture of the very first time I held my son, Gavin. Words cannot express how I feel in this photo. He is the light of my life.

Meme- Day Six

Whatever tickles your fancy!

Meme- Day Five

Today I'm suppose to post about my favorite quote. Here it goes: "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." — Marilyn Monroe It's self explanatory!

Meme- Day Four

Well, today I'm suppose to write about my favorite book. I love any book by Nicholas Sparks and Jane Green. I can't just choose one, so I'm going to post about one book from each of my favorite authors.

My favorite by Nicholas Sparks is The Guardian. Its a book about a lady who ends up having a stalker and in the end her dog tries protecting her from this man and succeeds, but also parishes in the process. I bawled and bawled during that book. It just goes to show you how strong a bond can be with a pet.

My favorite book by Jane Green is the very first one I ready by her alled Jemima J. Its about a lady who has struggled with her weight for as long as she can remember and then ends up losing it. I've myself have struggled with weight since high school so I can totally relate.

Meme- Day 3

Today's meme is my favorite TV show. Wow, I watch a lot of TV, especially reality TV. But if I had to choose one show to watch a week it would be Desperate Housewives. I just love how different every housewife is. The drama is so funny!

Meme- Day 2

Today I'm suppose to write about my favorite movie. I love, love scary movies and movies about Christmas. I'd definitely have to say that my favorite movie is The Christmas Story. It's my favorite because its about my favorite holiday and every year when I was a kid, my dad and sister, Sarah and I would watch it together. It definitely reminds me of my childhood!

Meme- Day One

Day one says I need to write about my favorite song. This is hard for me because I have several songs that always put me in a really good mood. But the one I'm going to have to go with is Talk Shows on Mute by Incubus. Some others that I had in mind were Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O' Mine, Fuel- Sunburn, and Silverchair- Ana's Song. I love Incubus' Talk Shows on Mute because it reminds of my move to NC and lots of great things have come since I've moved here. I got married, started teaching, bought a house, and had Gavin. I also think Brandon from Incubus a lyric genius! I love Incubus' style, its like no other! Listen to the song below!

30 Day Meme

I realized lately that most of my posts lately have been about my weight loss. So I decided that I wanted to do a 30 day meme like my sister Sarah! I've been following hers and it looks like a lot of fun! So with that said, here is what my 30 day meme will look like:

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Please follow along during these next 30 days!

Week Twelve on Weight Watchers

3 months down and I'm feeling great! I lost an additional -2.0 pounds this week and and total loss of -28 pounds in 3 months! Only 32 more pounds until I meet my second goal of 50 pounds! I'm hoping to make that by spring! Here's to week 13!!

Onto the next decade...

Wow, can't believe that I'm 30! That's just so weird to say. 10 years doesn't seem that long ago. 10 years ago I was in college at LMC and working at Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center. Things then were much more carefree. Now, I have a college degree, career, house and a family of my own. Gosh, I'm all grown up! How did that happen? When did I become the adult? My 20's were great and I feel that I accomplished many goals I should be very proud of. I hope my 30's will be just as rewarding! Here's to the next 10 years!

Week Eleven on Weight Watchers

Well, here we are week 11 on WW. Things are going good. I'm continuing to take Gavin on nightly walks a few times a week. Its nice that its cooler outside finally. Anyways, this week I lost -1.8 pounds and a total of -26 pounds pounds. I'm really excited about my progress. I've been wanting to lose weight for so long and would try a week and give up. Almost 3 months and I've stuck to it!

Week Ten on Weight Watchers

Sorry this post is late. I've been busy his week and when i did have time, well, I forgot. Week 10 went good. I didnt have any gain or loss this week. Just stayed the same. I'm ok with that. Better no loss than a huge gain, right? Hoping week 11 is a good loss!

Week 9 on Weight Watchers.

Another week down on WW. This week's weight loss was -1.2 pounds. and a total of -24.2 pounds. My clothes are getting baggier in the butt and legs. I can fit into all my prepregnancy clothes for a month now! Feels great! Only 25.8 to reach my next goal of 50 pounds! I would LOVE to make that goal by Christmas vacation...we shall see!

Week 8 on Weight Watchers

Well as some of you may have noticed, I didn't have a week 7 post. Week 7 I cheated on my diet during Labor Day weekend. I ended up gaining 3 pounds. Well, I lost those 3 pounds and -3.2 additional pounds, making my total weight loss -23 pounds! I can't believe that in 2 months I'm down almost 25 pounds! I use to hate getting on the scale, now I can hardly wait to weigh myself weekly!

Week 6 on Weight Watchers

This week I loss -3.8 pounds for a total of -19.8 pounds! I'm just 0.2 pounds shy of my first goal of losing 20 pounds! Since I've basically met my goal, I'm setting a new goal of 50 pounds total loss (30.2 to reach it). I've lost 20 pounds on WW before, but that last time I did I did it in 5.5 months, this time I was able to in 1.5 months. I'm much more committed this time and wont cheat every weekend by drinking. I'm so excited a proud of myself! Here's to the next 30 pounds and those of you at home not recognizing me when I come home!!! = ]

Change is Good!

Last school year was a year from Hell. My administrator was the hardest person I have ever worked for in my life. You never knew if you could approach her and not get lashed out at. This made things as work stressful and it also made it hard to get up in the morning and go.

This year, total opposite of last year! Our new administrator is AWESOME! He makes everyone feel positive. I love it! I dont feel like I'm going to get in trouble for the littlest things like last year. Were treated like professionals! Don't have to turn lesson plans in and we dont have to have our report cards turned in to be signed. It's good to be at a school where positive vibes are all around!

Week Six on Weight Watchers

Well, this week is a whopping -0.4 weight loss. I was down over a pound this weekend, but Aunt Flow made her appearance on Tuesday. So hopefully next week will be a bigger loss. I'm trying to take Gavin for walks in the evening while this cooler weather is here. Can't wait for fall weather!

Week Five on Weight Watchers

I can't believe that I have been on WW for 5 weeks now. I'm so happy with my determination. This week we went out with some friends and I has 2 Michelob Ultras. I didn't want to ruin all I've done. I guess if I go off for a couple of days it'll be because I'm traveling, but I'm still going to always try to make the best choices when I'm not home. This weeks weight loss is -2.4 pounds bring the total loss to -15.6 pounds! Only 3.4 pounds till my first goal of 20. I also can fit into some pants that I wore before I was pregnant that I havent been able to fit into since having Gavin. That makes me very excited!! I can't wait until those pants dont fit me at all!!

Week Four on Weight Watchers (Update)

Well, this week I didn't lose anything. I actually gained +1.2 pounds. I started doing my Wii Active and it incorporates some resistance workouts as well as cardio. I ate the same and never went over my flex points, so I'm hoping it's because I gained some muscle. Hopefully next week will be better! *sigh*

**UPDATE** Thursday, Aug 12
After talking with my sister who lost 78 pounds on WW in 8 months, I've decided to do my weigh ins on Wednesdays. Since I like to use my points on the weekend, when I weigh in on Wednesday, any weight or water retention should be gone by then. With that said, when I weighed myself on Wednesday, I was back down and -1.6 pounds lighter than week 3. So I'm counting this weeks weight loss as -1.6 pounds. This brings my total weight loss to -13.2 pounds and only 6.8 more pounds to reaching my first goal of losing 20 pounds! Also, I've had some issues with my Wii Active. First my right knee kept hurting when I would do squats, but I corrected my posture and that stopped. But the other night My left top thigh started hurting. John said I probably pulled a muscle. I'm going to stop it for a bit and let my thigh feel better. Not sure how I did that.

Week Three on Weight Watchers

Week three on WW has come to a close and I have lost another -3.8 pounds! That's almost 4 pounds folks! It brings my overall weight loss to -11.6 pounds! I can't believe that I've almost lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks! I thought I'd lose like 8 pounds for the first month! I'm so excited cause I still have another week left for the first month! I'm hoping to be down 20 pounds by the time I return to work on August 19th! We'll see how that goes. On to week 4...time to keep pushing!! = ]

Week 2 on Weight Watchers

My second week is done on weight watchers and I'm down another -2.4 pounds making my total weight loss -8 pounds in 2 weeks! I'll definitely take it. I went to the gym 5 days this week. I even tried the spinning class and that was pretty intense, but I finished. I also ended up with huge bruises in my inner thighs from it. So now, it's on to week 3!

Week One on Weight Watchers

Technically tomorrow would be a week since I began WW, but I like to weigh in on Mondays, that way I'm less likely to cheat over the weekend! Anyways, after the first week I lost 5.4 pounds! I'm very excited about that and it's a great start! I've been doing good about keeping a journal and tracking what I've been eating. I've set a goal of 20 pounds. There's definitely more than 20 pounds to lose, but I want an attainable goal.

I have a 10 day pass for the gym a friend gave me, so yesterday I did a water aerobics class with the girls. That was fun and my arms were a lot more sore than I thought they would be! Tonight we're doing a spinning class!?!?! I'm nervous about that because I know it'll be intense, but I need to push myself, right? Anyways, so happy that I'm off to a great start and I will continue to update this blog weekly of my successes!

Time for Change

Well, I've finally decided it's time to lose this weight! I'm tired of being unhappy about myself and the way I look. Plus we wanna try for number 2 soon and I want to lose a little first.

I started WW yesterday and did my first workout tonight. I weighed myself since when I began and I'm already down (yes, I know it's probably water weight) but I will wait until Monday for the official weigh in cause you know how your weight can yo-yo through out the week. So I will update my blog on my weight loss sucess as I did on Myspace 2 years ago. I will need everyone's support!

Missing Home...

5 years ago I made the hardest decision of my life. I chose to move 12 hours away from home to further my career. When I first graduated from high school and decided to become a teacher, I never thought that that decision would take me away from my home.

Since moving, I've gotten married, bought a house, and had a son. Things change so much when you have a kid. Being away from home has always been hard, but its even harder now that I have Gavin. I hate that my family only sees him twice a year. I wish we could go home more than that, but its to expensive.

Sometimes I think about going back to school and getting a different degree that jobs are easier to get. Lately, this has been on my mind a lot. Maybe someday I'll go home to my roots, where I belong.

The end of my 5th Year

It's hard to believe that 5 years ago I became a teacher. Its seems like I just started teaching. This year has definitely had its ups and downs. I taught 2nd grade for the first time after teaching 5th for 4 years. I thought that I would love 2nd, but honestly I miss the upper grades. Don't get me wrong, 2nd graders are fun and still love their teacher, but they also love to tattle, worry about who is first in line, and have a question about their work 5 seconds after they start.

I know I'm use to the independence of 5th graders, but this year has been a challenge for me. Next year I'm suppose to be teaching 3rd grade. I honestly think I will like 3rd. The kids will be young enough where they still love you, but mature where they don't worry about being first in line and throwing crying fits.

Anyways, 3.5 more days of teaching and then 10 weeks of fun with Gavin! I can't wait to spend the summer with him, playing outside and doing crafts! Ahhhh....summer! So happy you're here!!!

One Year Ago...

On May 28th, 2009 the most amazing thing in my life happened. Gavin Young McMahan entered this world at 10:11pm weighing 9 lbs. 7.5 oz and 21.75 inches long. I still remember his first cry, it brought tears to my eyes. I never knew how much I could love one person until I became a mother. I would do anything to protect my son. John, you gave me the best gift of all, and I love you for that. I am so thankful for such a loving and caring husband and wonderful father. Happy birthday to my amazing son, Gavin! I love you more than words could ever express!

Blogging, how I've missed you!

It's been so long since I've written a blog. Ever since I stopped using myspace, I haven't been keeping up with my blogs, and I miss it! So, here I am, writing you all a new blog!

Life in the last year sure has changed in the last year. One year ago at this time I was 9 months pregnant and my blood pressure began to rise. I was put on bedrest and eventually induced. My inducement resulted in a c-section, but in the end I had a healthy and big baby boy on May 28, 2009! I still remember Gavin's cry for the first time, it brought tears to my eyes.

Becoming a mommy has been the best thing to happen to me. There's no love like a mother's love. You hear that saying all the time, but you don't know the real meaning behind it until you are a mother.

I know there will be days ahead when Gavin becomes a hormonal teenager and will probably drive me nuts, as did I my parents, but he will always be my son and I will love him unconditionally no matter what. Gavin, I promise to always protect you, and to do everything in my power to make you happy. You make me and your father so happy. I don't even remember what life without you is like, because any life without you isn't a happy one.<3