Weekly Weigh In

Week # 12:  -1.6 pounds
Total pounds lost:  -10.6


10 pounds. I've lost 10.6 pounds in 12 weeks. I don't think I have ever lost 10 pounds before, with the exception of having almost 10 pounds removed from my body on May 26th when my daughter was born.

Today, I received my "I've lost 10 pound" ribbon!  Boy did that feel good. Worth all of the salads, worth all of the fruits and the resistance to all things delicious all of the time. I never thought I would say it was worth it, but it really has been. My jeans are loose, I can see my toes again when I look down, I feel more confident and my husband has noticed the change and comments on it quite a bit. SO rewarding. 

God has been good to me in this whole venture with weight watchers and I am excited to see that I am only 8 pounds away from my Lifetime goal weight... which means I get to attend meetings and weigh-ins for free as long as I maintain that weight within 2 pounds, for life!  How motivating is that? 

I'm so greatful that Chris gave me the opportunity to lose weight through this program and that I've had so many people encouraging me and pushing me to do this. It has made dramatic differences for me. 

It's not easy. I still fall. I still give in to the cravings. I will always struggle with my love affair with food. The difference will be, that I've succeeded. I've seen that I CAN do it. I have no excuses left! 

Woohoo! 10 pounds down, 17 to go :)

Weekly Weigh-In

Week # 11:  + .2 pounds
Total pounds lost:  -9.0


I forgot to post my weigh-in results from last week. Last week, I was down 2 pounds. I basically lost the weight I gained in Week #9. Shwew! 


I am struggling to keep up with WW. My motivation fluctuates and my drive to eat healthy diminishes as I am lured in by chocolate, sugar and yumminess of all kinds. I have a passion for stuffing my face. I'm not going to lie. I'm just going to keep putting it out there for you all to see. 


For Easter, we did not give Emma candy. Why?  Because let's be honest: A 23-month old child cannot consume an entire basket of candy... so who eats it?  I  would eat it. 


Case in point. My awesome brother mailed me peanut butter cup eggs for Easter. Six in a pack. Gone in 2 days. 3 months worth of WW points (I may be exaggerating that) in a flash. Were they good? Ummm, yes. Melt in your mouth, nothing is wrong in the world, good. However, I should never have eaten all of them. But who can eat just one?  Not this lady.


I can do this.
I can do this.
I can do this.


Emma needs me to succeed.
Chris needs me to succeed.
I need me to succeed.


I cannot give up.
I cannot give up.
I cannot give up!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Risheills! :)

Weekly Weigh - In

Week # 9:  + 1.6 pounds
Total pounds lost:  -8.0


Yup. It happened. I jumped ship. I let myself go. I didn't track points for almost 2 weeks and I got caught right back up into my old habits of salted caramel mochas and chocolate by the handful. 


The good news, is that seeing the reality of my purposeful actions has re-juvenated me a little bit. I was seeking motivation. I found it. Back to counting every Point and finding skinny recipes online and no more falling off the wagon. 


My leader helped me set my lifetime goal tonight. I have 11 pounds to lose before I am eligible to become a lifetime member and no longer have to pay for meetings. This is awesome motivation. 


Here's to getting back on the horse, and not feeling like I am the horse. 


Here's to fitting back into my jeans again (it is amazing the difference a pound and 1/2 can make!) 


Here's to showing Emma Sue that her Mom can indeed feed us both a healthy diet and be a good example to her of what it means to take good care of our bodies.

Weekly Weigh-In

Week # 7:  -2.0 pounds
Total pounds lost:  -9.6


I did it! I met my 5% weight loss goal... the first big goal that you can meet in Weight Watchers. It took me 7 weeks but I got there. I have lost 5% of my starting weight and am now only 9 pounds away from being back into the "normal" weight range for my height and age. I'm simply amazed. 


I'm 13 pounds lighter than I was New Years Eve. That is just amazing to me. God has really blessed this time with Weight Watchers and I am just shocked at the results. 


I am not fitting comfortable into my shirts again, without the bulging excess making me wear sweaters in 90 degree weather to cover it all up. Couple this with my new haircut and I am feeling really good lately. Good enough that I even wore shorts outside today. Ok, so they were past my knees and could probably count as capri's, but they feel like shorts to me! :)


I feel great and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do this. My husband has been my biggest cheerleader and it has made a world of difference having so many people cheering and pushing me on with this. Thanks again Sarah B! 

Trip to WV

This past week, my husband was in Minneapolis from last Sunday until very late Thursday night. Our plans were to head to West Virginia to visit with the Seigneurs while he was out of town. On Monday, as my previous post explained, Emma woke up seemingly sick. However, by late that same day she was totally cleared up and completely fine on Tuesday. So, we packed up the car and headed to West Virginia to spend some much needed quality time with our friends Tim, Joanna, Andrew and Baby K.

It was so nice to have a place to occupy our time and keep our minds off missing Daddy, and good conversation and Oreo Klondike Bars just make it all that much sweeter. The weather was amazingly warm and we had a great time visiting and trying our best to help out where we could. We are so very blessed to have such great friends in our life! It is fun to watch our children grow up together and to know that someday we will be sharing stories of how we met in college and how we all became friends. It simply amazes me the things that God has brought us all through since leaving college over 10 years ago now.

Without further ado, some pictures from our fun, relaxing week in West Virginia

First, some fun at the park!

Then, some home-made fun at home making forts!

Emma loved sitting at this picnic table and stealing food eating with Andrew

Tim was demonstrating exactly what a Boppy is supposed to be for :)

Gotta Love It

As of this moment, we should be an hour into our two-hour drive to visit dear friends while my hubby is out of town for the week.

As of this moment, Emma is sleeping in her crib.

After staying up until 3:00 am getting us all packed and getting the house clean so that it would be nice and clean upon our return, I woke up at 8:00am to a funny sounding child coming through on the monitor. I went in to her room and discovered a crib filled with green snot and a child with a crusted-over face, as she had been sleeping in it. She talked. She sounded pretty funny with her congestion and my heart sank. Emma woke up twice during the night and I did not know why. Now I know why... she was not feeling well for some reason.

No fever, acting normal. Hmmm...   we took a long bath after steaming up the bathroom with the hot shower for a bit and she seemed to feel better but the green snot just keeps coming.

There are a lot of joys in motherhood, having your child get sick at the most inconvenient times is not one of them. Selfish or not, I was really looking forward to our trip and getting away for a while and letting Emma have some time with her close friend A, while I enjoyed some time with my close friend J.  Maybe she will miraculously wake up healed and ready to go.

In the meantime, I will continue to eat 2 weeks worth of Weight Watchers Points in girl scout cookies and drown my sorrows with a cup of hot coffee on this yucky, rainy day.

Oh the joys of motherhood :)