Weekly Weigh-In {September 29, 2011}

I gained 1.2 pounds today. I'm not surprised as we've eaten out A LOT this week. I also just had 2 weeks of consistently losing 2 pounds so it still averages out. That's not to say I'm not a little bit disappointed though. My goal next week is to get the scale to go down and get another 5 pound star which would make me reach my 5% goal too!!

I have to brag a little on Kristie! She is doing so great! I will let her post about her week but I'm super proud of her. It is so cool to see the excitement in her eyes and very inspiring to me. This is not an easy nor fast journey but it's awesome to have a friend right by your side!! Love ya, Friend!!

~Heather

Avoidance

Avoidance...it's what I've been doing lately.  You can tell by my lack of blogging.  I've been avoiding this whole new lifestyle.  I've been watching what I've been eating but that's about it.  I have known that I haven't walked in a while and I have quickly changed the subject when my husband has asked about it.  I have not pulled out my sticker chart because I know what it will tell me.  I think, "What's the point of looking at it? I haven't put a sticker on there in over a week...."  Well, I can't avoid it.  This is my life.  I can't avoid life.  I can't avoid the fact that I have people noticing I'm not blogging.  I can't avoid I am committed to running a 5k in 2 months.  It has been exactly 2 weeks since I've walked.  (besides running the Jailbreak with friends...but I guess that does count because that was some hard work!)

So, I'm back.  It's time to pick up where I left off!  It's time to add stickers to my chart.  (lol, I love how that so sounds like I'm 5!!)

~Heather

Quick Check In

I have spent way too much time away from this blog!!  I hope to steal enough time away this evening or tomorrow to fully update but here is a quick recap of the last two weeks...

Lost 2 pounds!
Ran the Jailbreak with Kristie and a group of friends!
Lost another 2 pounds!!

Total lbs lost... 8.6!!  Woohoo!!!

~Heather

Weekly Weigh-In {September 22, 2011}

This weeks weekly weigh-in is in the books!  Another ONE pound down!! WOO HOO!

Slow and Steady wins the race!!

~Kristie

JailBreak 2011

On Friday, Heather text me and asked if I wanted to join her and 7 other friends at a mud race called "Jail Break".  Without hesitation I said YES!  Now mind you I had NO preparation for this, I had no clue what I was getting myself into, but I am soooo glad I said yes!  Heather picked me up at 6:30 and I had a nervous feeling all the way up till we crossed the start line!

The obstacles are what made me the most nervous!  I was worried I wouldn't be able to do them, especially since I hadn't done anything to prepare, but once I got out there, the adrenaline got me through them.  The hardest was a slippery, slippery slope that you had to use a rope to get up.  It required a LOT of upper body strength and I tried several times before FINALLY getting up!  After that my energy was zapped, but I found enough strength to get through it.

photo courtesy of Dwayne Master's Photography

After crossing the finish line, we were all super pumped!!  This was the first time in my life, that I can remember crossing a "Finish" line!  I've crossed the start line before, but never a "finish" line and I feel so confident that it was my first but NOT my last!!!

~Kristie

If only I'd known back then...

If only I knew back then what I know now, I would have appreciated the figure I once had!!  I'm on a mission to get close!  I will...with time!   

~Kristie 

Weekly Weigh-In {September 15, 2011}

Yay!!!!!  I lost 

2.4 lbs!!!

Much better than last week!

~Kristie