Monday Morning

This weekend was CRAZY! With the Blizzard and the SuperBowl the stores were crazy. I had a lot of plans and things I wanted to get done while my husband had the ENTIRE weekend off, which is rare! So we shopped until we were so exhausted. I food shopped SOOooo much that I can not fit another crumb of food in any part of my kitchen or the shelves in the Laundry Room.

The dieting...well its not going good right now. I am jumping back on the wagon right now and ready to keep going here.

I have been working on things around my house. Trying to add little things here and there to brighten it up and add a little something extra to it. I want so bad to paid and redo the bathroom but with my husband's work schedule right now, a remodel just seems a little crazy right now. So it WILL get done, just slowly, so I can do it and still get everything else done and be with the kids.

We finally have a new bed being delivered TODAY!!! I can not wait for it to get here. I have been sleeping on the couch for the last few months because, sadly, the couch has been more comfortable for my back then the current bed. We chose THIS bed. Each side has a different softness/firmness on how we preferred it. I was SOOOO comfortable in the store. We were looking for a tempurpedic and found this. My husband was sold right away and he has been bed shopping for MONTHS, maybe closer to a year.

I hope everyone has a great week. We are expecting another Blizzard type storm tomorrow night so I am dreading that but other than that we have no where to be this week and I can get some things done around here!

Week 2 Down

So this week wasn't good. I was constantly hungry and forgot to eat dinner a few nights which left me starving at 11-12 o clock at night. I won't let myself do that anymore. But anyways I am down 1.2!! I was thinking about buying an elliptical this weekend as an early birthday present to myself. So we'll see how that goes. I am happy there is a loss though. I feel better without those 6+ pounds and no soda!!

Have a Great day!

The Weekends are Sooo hard

The weekends are so chaotic around here and leave me with no time to cook or we end of up eating really late. So this is the challenge I need to work on. Maybe by preparing more foods ahead of time I can curb this issue a little better but I don't see how it will ever be perfected. There will be little to weight loss this week. Maybe a pound. But hey it is a pound less right? I will be doing my HUGE HUGE HUGE food shop this weekend. It is that time of year where I fill my freezers and get through most of the year on what I have. BUT this year will be different because i will be shopping with a list and some coupons. Years before I would shop blind and end up running back tot he store for all kinds of stuff even within the few the first few days of my shop.

I make a 30-40 day meal plan and multiply it by 4 or 5. Even then though we cut everything down to size and freeze it. Then for a long time alls I need is snacks, breads, lunch meat, fruit and a few other things. My grocery budget is already down to 70 a week and I am hoping to get it down to 50 a week after my shop.

I am excited to make my meal plan and shopping list. There are a few things I will be getting free or super cheap this week.

Crosse & Blackwell Cocktail Sauce is normall 3.79 a jar. it is on sale for .99 with a .55 peelie coupon on it. Making it an overage of .11 for me! I will buy about 20 of these. So I mill MAKE 2.20 on this. And the Perdue Shortcuts are regularly 5.99 on sale for 2.49!! Which is already a GREAT deal but I have .75 off coupons, doubled to 1.50 making it 1.00!! We go through a TON of these as my husband takes Caesar salad each day to work and I love them in my quesadillas. My Little monkey even likes them covered in Mozzarella cheese as part of her lunch of even a snack! So I am excited to get stocked up on these!

I hope everyone has a GREAT week! I am looking forward to staying on track and getting things done!!

Rockin' it out Today!!

I have been eating sooooo good today. I am not hungry, I am drinking all of my water. I had a salad with some regular dressing. I have my English Muffin for Breakfast with cranberry juice. I am feeling so GREAT!! I feel lighter, I have more energy. I have been CAFFEINE free since last Tuesday!! This is HUGE for me. I have been addicted to soda since I was a toddler so this is HUGE HUGE HUGE!

I have 24.6 more pounds to go until my first goal. Which is 30 pounds gone by my oldest Monkey's Communion!!

I DID IT!!!

I finished school. I started school 2 years and 12 days ago. And Last night I submitted my last final. Now I need to go through the graduation process and I will receive my Associate's Degree in Elementary Education!!!! I will go to Georgian Court University in the fall. So I have about 7 months off!!! In the past 742 days I have had a measely 21 days off of school. I was dedicated and worked diligently. I did my best on every single paper I wrote, every single Lab I did. I have a beautiful record of 18 "A's" 3 "B+'s" and 1 "C+" That C+ was the best I could do in that class BTW! It was a HARD class with an instructor who only popped in to post grades. She didn't help the class in any way. We were given a textbook and the homework and left to learn it all on our own. And being a visual person, I just didn't get it. So I was soooo proud to get away with a C+ in that class!

I am the first person in my family to get any type of College Degree. I don't think there is anyone as far back as I know who has any kind of degree to be honest. So this is HUGE.

Go Me!!

Life is SOOO hard

I am so jealous of people who make being a mom, wife, student and just a regular human being look so easy. There is so much going on in my day to day life and I just can not keep up. I want to be a better mother and wife but how? There are some days that I can barely get through the morning before I break down in tears. I know I have wayy to much on my plate. And I am hoping that once this week is over a HUGE weight will be lifted and that my life will be a bit easier. It HAS to get easier...right?

Week1 Weigh In

For week one I lost 5.1 pounds!!! It would have been more but AF reared her ugly head and yesterday was a little rough. But I am back on track and so proud of myself. I feel lighter, I really do. I haven't had regular soda since Tuesday and no Sprite since Saturday. I am drinking only water (well I do have 4oz of cranberry juice each morning with breakfast). 8.5 pounds until I am at my first mini goal. And I am thinking of a small reward for when I have lost 10 pounds. Life is good!! Ohh and I am 4 days until I am done with school!!!