digital scrapbooking

Well, I have a sinus infection. Blah! The doctor told me I had to rest, so the anniversary plans are postponed. :( However, this gives me time to play with my new digital software, My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up. I am completely digitally challenged, so I've been playing with this for a few days and here is what I've come up with so far:

As you can see, they're not perfect, and it has been quite a learning curve for me! But it's really fun! There are still lots of things I need to figure out, but I'm happy with my progress so far!

day four

We have actually succeeded in getting up every day this week and walking! We are so proud - and a little sore! :) One day left, and we're taking the weekend off. Since our anniversary is this coming Wednesday, we're celebrating this weekend. Brian is surprising me on Saturday with something!! I can't wait!!

2 days in

Well, we did it! We got up yesterday AND today and walked! It was harder today - doesn't it take like 3 weeks to make a habit? I will be excited when my body is used to getting up at 7am! We both have a lot more energy during the day though, and we've been feeling good. I'll keep you posted on how things progress.

wow

I can't believe it's been so long since I posted! I wonder if anyone even reads my blog anymore! Well, readers or no readers, this has been a source of accountability for me, and it's time for me to get back to it.

Let's get right to the point: I've gained some weight. Not a lot, just about 8-9 pounds - I thought that was pretty good, keeping off that much of the 43 pounds I lost 3 years ago! However, I've completely stopped exercising and with all the trouble we've had this year (with our house and everything we own and Brian's job), I started eating badly. Fast food, ice cream, fast food, etc. I'm a stress eater, it's no secret. Even though I've only gained 8-9 pounds, it seems like 25 - all of the muscle I had acquired has turned into fat. BELLY fat, of course.

So today I went clothes shopping and was horrified to see what I looked like in those store lights and 3-way mirrors! I swore when I lost the weight before that I would NOT let myself get huge again, so I am going to have to take drastic measures RIGHT NOW! I gave away all my "fat" clothes, so if I don't do something now, I'm going to have to buy new clothes in bigger sizes and that's just not an option.

Brian is on board too - he needs to lose a few pounds. Of course, I think he looks hot, but his doctor says he needs to lose some. Since we work late into the evening and rarely have dinner before 8:00, exercising at night is kinda hard - we're exhausted after dinner. The only way we're going to fit exercise into our crazy schedules is to do it first thing in the morning.

OK, we are NOT morning people. We both start work at 10:00, so we are NOT up early. We appreciate our sleep. We love our sleep. We have tried before to get up early to exercise. This time it HAS to work! It just HAS to! So I'm blogging about it, cause if we don't do it, I'll be embarrassed since I wrote about it online!

Tomorrow is the day. The cats have been waking us up at 7am every day for awhile now, so tomorrow, we're just going to take the hint and get up. You guys root for us, ok? If we can do it tomorrow, we will prove to ourselves that we can do it!! I'm so motivated! I'm going to look for healthy recipes now!