On Succeeding

I actually remembered to weigh-in on my actual weigh-in day this week (friday)... and I was VERY pleasantly surprised to see the scale register at 209.2lbs. And that was AFTER eating breakfast!!

Needless to say, I have officially met and exceeded my weight-loss goal for February. I'm incredibly proud of myself. I was really afraid that with my total diet derailment earlier in the week would effect my goal for the week, but turns out getting to the gym really is all the difference for me and my body. My weight lifting routine is already starting to change my shape, and I'm incredibly excited about that! The one bad thing about lifting weights is: all that fat you have, when your muscles start to tone up that fat just hangs off of you... but soon it will all be burned off by that awesome lean muscle mass I'm building!

Measurements @ 3/02/12:

• Weight: 209.2 lbs
• Chest: 41"
• Waist: 36" - 40" at bellybutton
• Hips: 47"
• Biceps: 13"
• Thighs: 28"

I've lost an inch off my chest and my waist at the bellybutton. However, I've gained an inch in my thighs, but I will attribute this to building those quads back up with all those weighted squats and deadlifts I've been doing. Also: my butt is coming back!! It's a very exciting thing. When I get pregnant, any shape to my butt seems to go straight to big ole pregger belly and then it takes month for that shape to come back. 

Okay, so now for apologies for not being more consistent with my updating. This week was pretty rough between slipping into a bit of a depression over Bugsy passing away and then Nolan coming down with croup. Mike and I spent Wednesday night in the Emergency Room with the baby not being able to breathe very well. It was pretty terrifying. Then I took him to the pediatrician yesterday for a follow-up and he had some pretty bad wheezing in his left lung, so we came home with a nebulizer and a 'script for albuterol. Breathing treatments 4 times a day for the next  4 days. The upside of this is that he was able to sleep through the night last night without getting all choked up from his congestion, and he loooooves doing the nebulizer! He thinks it's so funny, and that albuterol makes him all excited! I may have to take a video of it to share with you all... it's pretty hilarious. 

Work is stressing me out pretty hardcore lately, and I'm trying to use the gym as a release as much as possible. I wish I could lift weights everyday! I've also tried to be really consistent in actually GOING to the gym. I went 3 times last week, and after today I will have gone 3 times this week and I'm pretty happy about that. 

I took pictures at the gym Weds night to show my progress. I've created a new page here on the blog called "Progress in Photos". You'll notice it toward the top of the page. Be sure to check it out every couple weeks for new posts - and today for the most recent pictures! :)