20 lbs in 20 wks

Some of you may see the 20 lbs in 20 weeks icon to the right. See it, right over ........ there ---->>>>>>.

I follow Ash's blog. She has an inspiring tale and only has a few more pounds to lose before hitting triple digit weight loss. I decided to start with her on her challenge. So far, there are 141 of us that signed up. Want to loose some weight? Come on, join us!

Today, due to little ol Aunt Flo being here, I am up to 189. YUCK! Yesterday on the first official weigh in day it was 191. EVEN sadder. Why? Because at my doctors office, the gym and even home earlier this week it was 186. The whole losing weight thing will also help as we continue on our journey to get a healthy pregnancy. More updates on that to come!

One of the things that Ash wants us to do is to calculate your BMR. That is what you burn just sitting on your butt. Well, I burn 1623 just to keep this mass here. on. earth. I am eating about 1250 a day so, that means, that I am not even eating/exercising enough to loose 1 measly pound a week. I would ideally like to loose 2 pounds a week. So, that means that I have to burn an additional 620 ish calories every.single.day. I have started on that. I truly have.

See, for Lent this year, I was banned from giving up Fast Food by my son. He seems to have this fancy idea that Lent is an individual thing and that one should only give up something that will impact them and not others. He says that if I give up Fast Food then that precludes him from getting it since I wont even stop during Lent. Instead I gave up, being lazy. Lazy. Yes, you heard me. I went to the gym for 3 days the first week, 4 days the second and well, I am at 4 days this week although I need to get up to 5 days a week.

The hubby has been walking with me as well as the dogs. It is amazing how well the 4 legged children sleep at night/day when they have walked. This morning we did 5 miles. Wow. 5 miles!
The dogs they did 3. 1.5 miles to the track. Rest while Mom and Dad walked another 2 miles and then we all walked back home. Now, everyone but me is sleeping. Well, Tyler isn't sleeping because he is cleaning up his bathroom. Shudder. Boys.bathroom.shudder.

I double, dog, dare you to come on over and join Ash's is Fit 20 in 20 weeks.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is less than a week away! I have called and invited most of the family with the exception of those people who's numbers I dont have. But I am pretty sure they are going to come anyway. They always do and we love having them! I have made my list for the grocery store and now I need to clean out my fridge to contain the food.

I am not taking any time off this week as Tyler is not home like he is supposed to be (will update that in another post) and J is working TWTH this week. So, when I get home on Wednesday, I will need to start baking and cooking. Speaking of baking, I told my mother that I would make a pie for Thanksgiving, from scratch. For some reason, she doesnt seem to believe me. Really, I used to be a good baker - I just dont bake for me to eat. I dont like sweets. Yes, you read that right. I dont like sweets. I can make them but I dont eat them.

Also, my BIL was married this past weekend in a small ceremony in Tn. My MIL sent pictures to J, she is a beautiful bride. I wish them much happiness and success. Hopefully we will get to meet them during the holidays.

Now, by Thanksgiving, I need to have my 101 list done. EEK! I dont think I am anywhere close so I have to go, go, go.

Well, back to life - See you around!