have you seen a sweeter bottom?

or a sweeter face?

She is the light of my life, and a total Daddys girl. (not fair)

I love being at the gym, I feel better about myself just for going! We've been staying busy and active, and I feel so great about the life changes we are making...making a Christian/happy/healthy home for our daughter to grow up in. I've been cooking healthy meals for myself and my skinny A** husband :)

see....

I'm doing this!

stalled

My weight loss has stalled, and I haven't been to my last two meetings. I feel like a failure. I want to be motivated, but for whatever reason...I'M NOT. I need ideas, inspiration...how do I MAKE MYSELF do this? I'm going to a different meeting tomorrow morning, maybe some new faces will help. I've been cooking healthy, but somehow a lemon cake, chocolate chip cookies, and chips have found their way into my house...sneaky little demons. Please pray for me, as this is a real and very serious struggle for me. I long to live a healthy lifestyle and be around to spend lots of time with my daughter!

The W.O.W started tuesday, we had a "sub" because the usual trainer was on vacation...no big deal to me being that it was my first session doing women on weights. WELL, some people are not good with change...there was some drama between someone who has been taking this class for 6 months (BTW...this class is for beginners) and felt the trainer was not challenging her enough, because "I'm more advance than thoooose people" The 40y/o soccer mom comes to the Y looking for drama, and apparently (after speaking with the manager) does this often. How sad I am for her, she must be miserable. Other than that...what a great workout! I can barely walk up the steps to the house and it hurts to sit down to PEE! I'm stoked about being in the gym and so excited to see what changes I make after 6 weeks.

Emma is also into blogging, she wants to share with you that she is now 9 months old and standing from a crawling position by herself...she is quite the dare devil!

W.O.W,

I went to the Y (FINALLY) to sign up for personal training....and spend two hours splashing around with my daughter and hubby, soooo relaxing. They talked me OUT of the PT and into this program they call "Women on Weights", basically its personal training for a group of 6 women. You pay $140 for 6 weeks, 12 sessions. PT is $350 for 12 sessions. So I'll give it a try, I'm not good in groups and was looking for more one on one...but I'll do anything to save $! If it isn't what I'm looking for they will credit me for personal training...so I won't lose out either way.

I made two new WW recipes, both soups. The Summer Corn Potato Ham chowder....so good! Harry is begging me to make this again. And a double bath of minestrone, which I made some changes to, and froze half. It'll be nice on a busy night to know we have something healthy and homemade and quick :) I am going to a meeting tomorrow night, without baby. Keep your fingers cross that I'll have another loss!

I might just let my daughter watch too much TV, she's sitting next to me on the couch watching noggin and cracking up! You think she even understands anything? haha

Emmas new fascination is with the front door...she's a nosey somebody!

Friday is supposed to be my WI day, but for the second time in 11 weeks I missed it :( Emma was sick tues-thurs, it was a miserable 3 days of batteling a fever of 103.8 and being up all night just holding her and constantly making sure she was ok. Tylenol and Motrin were our bestfriends! Friday she went to the sitters for the day so I could take the Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring class. This was a great refresher and learned some new things too. I do love to learn, and know that one day I'll get back to school...but my family is my focus for now.

I do feel like I've lost, but I'm hoping if I really kick butt with the cardio this week then I'll see at least a 3lb loss from 2 weeks. I still haven't signed up with a personal trainer, I did however sign us up for parent/child swim lessons! That's gotta count for some kind of workout...right?

We are going to the pool when Emma wakes and I've told my husband to MAKE SURE I sign up for personal training TODAY. I don't know what my fear about working out in front of people is all about, but I need to get over it.

I just love my cutie pie :)