I started reading Mama Laughlin's blog several months ago when someone repinned it on Pinterest and immediately fell in love with her. She was like my long-lost skinny BFF. She lost a lot of weight after her second son was born last November, which happens to be when Superbaby was born. However, she works full-time, doesn't have a husband with a crazy schedule, and wasn't breastfeeding. I told myself that all of those differences were definitely stopping me from losing weight. I think I'm the only person in the world that doesn't lose weight with breastfeeding. Anyway, last month, Superdad's crazy schedule stopped being so crazy and I started feeling a whole lot less like a married single mom. I've had a lot more time to myself [hence the TWO recent blog posts!] and decided 2 weeks ago that it was time to change my weight for good. Two Mama Laughlin super fans created a Facebook group for readers of the blog that were trying to lose weight and I joined right as it was created in July. However, I never really interacted with it until a few weeks ago. Right before Labor Day, I started all out stalking the group and it. is. AMAZEBALLS. I love that group so much. The women are so encouraging and everyone has everyone's back. There are people there trying to lose 10 pounds and there are people on a 150-pound weight loss journey. For the first time in my life, I feel like I CAN do this. I don't have to be a slave to food or the scale or whatever else. I've been logging everything I eat into myfitnesspal and working out [almost] daily. I've lost 8 pounds since I started! I broke into a new decade of numbers on the scale yesterday! I know that I have such a long road ahead of me, but I will lose 100 pounds. I deserve to feel beautiful. Superboy & Superbaby deserve a mom that isn't fat. Superdad deserves a hot wife. I have SO got this. And I'm not giving up.
I joined a challenge to lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving. That's why my instagram and twitter posts have the #20bythanksgiving hashtag on them when I post anything fitness related -- we are all encouraging each other to lose 20 pounds and we will all make it there! Join me on my challenge! You won't regret it!
Until next time...
xoxo,
Supermom
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Long time gone!
Wow, I went way too long without updating the blog! We've been very busy over the last month! Superboy turned FIVE years old and started Kindergarten, Superbaby is so busy all the time now that he's mobile, we got a precious puppy named Parker, and Superdad lost his job. Yes, he lost it. But we're okay. God is constantly providing for us and helping us make it through this difficult time.
J started kindergarten three weeks ago. It has been quite an adjustment for all of us! He is in public school this year and loves his class. However, he has a problem with keeping his sweet little mouth closed during class [like mother, like son] and seems to always be in trouble for one thing or another. So far, all of his offenses have been relatively minor, but he did have one particularly bad day. Hopefully things will continue to get better as he becomes more accustomed to school. J also turned 5 years old about 3 weeks ago, and he had a great birthday party at the YMCA with his friends at the water park!
L is suddenly so busy. He is semi-crawling [army crawling, or "caterpillar crawling" as J says] and all over the place. He loves to go for the dog's water and food bowls. We have to constantly keep those out of his reach or we'll find him with a mouthful of dog food... gross! He says "hey" and throws up his little hand all the time like he's waving. He also says "mama" and "dada", although "mama" is totally his favorite. L still doesn't sleep very well at night. He will do somewhat better for a couple of nights and then go right back to "normal" after that, which is awake every 2-3 hours.
We recently started going to an Episcopal church and we all love it. The ladies in the nursery fuss over how precious L is all the time, J likes the music and the attention from the ladies, and Adam and I love everything. Since Adam isn't working on Sundays anymore, it's so nice that we all get to go to a church that we love and believe in. I've always felt like we would really like an Episcopal church, and I was correct!
I'm on a mission to lose weight. I thought I was trying a few months ago, but I really wasn't, if I'm completely honest with myself. I half-assed it and expected amazing results. When they didn't happen, I was crushed. I started back on a diet/exercise program last week and have lost 7.2 pounds so far! I've been tracking my calories on myfitnesspal and doing Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred (killer workout!!) and it's paying off!
I have the best friends and family in the world. I'm so incredibly lucky to have so many amazing, supportive people in my life.
xoxo-
Supermom
J started kindergarten three weeks ago. It has been quite an adjustment for all of us! He is in public school this year and loves his class. However, he has a problem with keeping his sweet little mouth closed during class [like mother, like son] and seems to always be in trouble for one thing or another. So far, all of his offenses have been relatively minor, but he did have one particularly bad day. Hopefully things will continue to get better as he becomes more accustomed to school. J also turned 5 years old about 3 weeks ago, and he had a great birthday party at the YMCA with his friends at the water park!
L is suddenly so busy. He is semi-crawling [army crawling, or "caterpillar crawling" as J says] and all over the place. He loves to go for the dog's water and food bowls. We have to constantly keep those out of his reach or we'll find him with a mouthful of dog food... gross! He says "hey" and throws up his little hand all the time like he's waving. He also says "mama" and "dada", although "mama" is totally his favorite. L still doesn't sleep very well at night. He will do somewhat better for a couple of nights and then go right back to "normal" after that, which is awake every 2-3 hours.
We recently started going to an Episcopal church and we all love it. The ladies in the nursery fuss over how precious L is all the time, J likes the music and the attention from the ladies, and Adam and I love everything. Since Adam isn't working on Sundays anymore, it's so nice that we all get to go to a church that we love and believe in. I've always felt like we would really like an Episcopal church, and I was correct!
I'm on a mission to lose weight. I thought I was trying a few months ago, but I really wasn't, if I'm completely honest with myself. I half-assed it and expected amazing results. When they didn't happen, I was crushed. I started back on a diet/exercise program last week and have lost 7.2 pounds so far! I've been tracking my calories on myfitnesspal and doing Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred (killer workout!!) and it's paying off!
I have the best friends and family in the world. I'm so incredibly lucky to have so many amazing, supportive people in my life.
xoxo-
Supermom
A few pictures from the last month:
Jameson & his BFF, John Michael, at J's birthday party.
Jameson's 5th Angry Birdsday Party. :]
BFFs!
First day of school!
Third day of school... "Mommy, will you take my picture while I hold your hand and walk to class?"
Precious sleeping boy. I love his eyelashes so much!
Lawton & Parker
Parker is praying that Lawton will drop a Cheerio for him!
My boys after church!
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