Determination!

I have posted numerous times about how I would love to be skinny. I would. There's no changing that. I feel like I am setting myself up for failure every time I say that. I mean, who expects to walk for a few weeks and drop six sizes?

New goal: Be fit. Be in shape. Be able to get in the yard and run around with my kids. Be able to have the energy to keep up with them. Maybe my problem all along has been that I am too focused on pouting about how I LOOK and not worrying about how I feel and how it may affect others.

My bestie over at The Williams Farm has totally motivated me. She is seriously dedicated now and loving it. I am loving that she is, because she sends me things like this:

 I really do love walking/running and I love the c25k program. I have an awesome free app on my phone. It seems that every time I get a day and get going on it though I never finish. I am seriously not making excuses but it is impossible to work out like I want to when I have all of the kids with me. My one year old is fine in a stroller but my five and eleven year olds are not so easy to walk with. Sure, a leisurely stroll is great but they are not very c25k motivated if you know what I mean... it's just impossible. Correction: WAS impossible.

I purchased this baby yesterday. It's not top of the market but she gets the job done. I just finished my first workout on it. I set it up in the hub's man cave. He is thrilled (HA)! I did it because there is a tv in there and I just know I will not feel so guilty about watching all of my tv addictions if I am on this baby!

Linking up:

Move it Monday @ The Domestic Wannabe

I still have several days worth of Disney pictures to post. This time of year I always have a lot to post about so here's to hoping the kids give me the time to get it done!

~Nicole

Move it Monday: Take One

This picture pretty much sums it up. As brutal as it sounds. I'm talking about me of course. I have struggled with my weight since right after I got married. I gained about 20 pounds right after marriage and was very unhappy with that. Now I WISH I weighed what I weighed then. I had my first baby on March 30, 2007. I gained probably a good 75 pounds during that pregnancy. A lot of it was fluid, I swelled terribly. I lost a good bit of weight after having him. Then I gained it all back. All of it. I think my problem was that I took a diet pill and once they were gone, my appetite returned full force. I will be the first to admit that I lack in the self control department when it comes to sweets. I just had my second baby in August and only gained 25-30 pounds this time around. I had lost all of that within the first three weeks of her life. Problem is, I was just as heavy when I got pregnant with her as I was when I had gained back ALL of that pregnancy weight from baby number one.

This is me now. This picture was taken two days ago and it makes me a little sick. I have got to do something. Maybe this blog will help me do it? I sure hope so. Not for anyone but me. I really want more than anything to feel GOOD about myself. I don't want to mentally compare myself to all the skinny moms at the park...This is me at my bachelorette party. What in the world HAPPENED??! I would die to be that thin again.


This is my plan. I did a 5K two Christmases ago and was really into running/walking, but somehow stopped. I am not even quite sure how. It just happened.

I might post this in random places at our house. Bathroom mirror, fridge....

I absolutely love Jennifer Aniston. I know I am not in my 40's, but she is proof that being in shape has nothing to do with your age. Just because I am not 16 anymore is not an excuse. Just because I had two kids is not an excuse. She is in the best shape of her life.

I know it is the Christmas season right now and that dieting for anyone is pretty much a joke. I do not intend to call this a diet. I want to make a lifestyle change. As far as food goes I will substitute fruit instead of cookies or brownies. Sounds simple, but for Queen of the sweet tooth that is drastic. I like sweet tea and coke, but I drink water 98 % of the time. It is my favorite drink ever. You never feel gross after a big glass of ice water. That 2% of the time I was drinking tea and soda is out the window starting now.

I will do my best to post any progress or even just thoughts every Monday. Maybe it will be easier for me if I have somewhere to type what I am feeling so that I can go back and see how many changes are working... I guess we shall see!

Linking up with Ashley at The Domestic Wannabe

Until next time-

~Nicole

Happy New Year!

I cannot believe that 2010 is here. How crazy, the start of a new decade!

Yes, I am going to blab about my crazy, cliche New Years resolution. I have decided to lose weight along with the millions of other people in America. Here is where my resolution is different: I fully plan on sticking with this 100%. I have never in my life stuck with a New Years resolution and I make one almost every year.

I have a good friend that did a diet last year called the Thrive diet. I have researched it and feel that this will be the easiest for me to succeed at, (I hope so anyways...). I will update on my progress as I go. (Don't worry, my blog is not going to turn into a "diet blog", but I do consider this a "my life" blog and I will consider this weight loss journey a part of my life.

I am already a member at Sparkpeople and I am an admin to The Twilight Saga team, along with Amanda at The Paisley Farmhouse. It's a wonderful website, check it out!

Well, here is to a wonderful and blessed 2010. I hope it is amazing for everyone!

~Nicole