Weight Watchers, 2 weeks later

I'm down 5lbs total. I only lost one pound this last week, and I'm pretty upset about it. Of course a loss is a loss, and I should be happy, but I'm bothered that I didn't lose more; I was hoping for at least a 2lb loss. But, it's my fault. I stayed within my points, but some of those points consisted of Chick Fil A, Pizza Hut, and an embarrassingly large amount of mini-eggs...damn you delicious Easter candy!

I'm going to get back on track, starting today. I think my biggest mistake this week was not keeping up with my "healthy checks". It's how WW ensures you eat right. I'm supposed to have 8 servings of fruits or veggies, 3 servings of dairy, 2 servings of healthy oils, and 8 glasses of water every day. In all the times I have been on this program, I hardly ever get all the checks in one day. This last week though, I didn't even come close. Clearly, it's not just how much you eat, what you eat is also a factor in how much weight you lose. Of course I know that, I just, um...forgot this week. Yea, I forgot.

The great thing about WW is that you can just pick yourself up and keep on going. Today so far, I've done well, and even though I didn't lose much this week, I am still happy to have lost something. At this rate, two more weeks and I will be down 10 whole pounds!!

Saturday's Top 5 Laughs, Gavin edition

I finally have a moment to link up with my friend Melissa and participate in her Top 5 laughs blog hop again.
This time, Gavin is the source of all my laughs. He has been hilarious lately. He's talking more, and just really developing his personality...and he's a funny little kid.

1. He picked up his sippy cup, and held it upside down. Some milk poured out onto his foot. He looked down and looked at me like, "help, why is this happening." I said, "Gavin, turn it around." And he turned himself around in a circle...keeping the cup upside down! Maybe you had to be there.

2. He's been randomly doing this:

3. I picked him up from school the other day, and I had Dylan in the carseat. I was rocking Dylan's seat while Gavin finished a puzzle when a little girl asked if she could rock it. I said sure. Once Gavin noticed what she was doing, he got out of his chair and proceeded to tell her, "No no. No no girl!" He is apparently very protective of his baby brother.

4. We got a new xbox with Kinect. It can respond to voice commands. In order to get the machine to respond, Luis starts by saying Xbox, then it will respond to some preset instructions. Now Gavin will run to the TV and scream, "Xbox", though it sounds like "eh-bah". It's unreal that this technology exists and my 21 month old can talk to our TV...and of course it's adorable!

5. Since Gavin couldn't talk much before, I didn't censor myself too much in front of him. I guess I should have because every time he drops something he says, "shit." His block tower falls over, "shit". He drops some of his snack, "aw, shit". I'm horrible because I've yet to try to correct him...I'm too busy trying to stifle my laughter.

Baby Layla

I am fortunate enough to be part of an online community of mom's, who are just amazing. We "met" over three years ago, when I was pregnant with Kadence. Over the years, our group has gotten smaller and closer. It's hard to believe how many children I've virtually known since their mom's were posting belly pics, and now they are 3-4 years old with siblings. I've shared in their trials, joys, successes, and failures, and they in mine. I've even had the pleasure of meeting a few of them IRL (in real life).

There is one mom on there, Jeni. She was excitedly expecting her second baby girl, when due to a series of complications, had to deliver at 24 weeks 2 days. Her daughter, Layla, was born a micropreemie, and weighed only 1lb 6oz at birth. It was at this time, I (and I think all of us) realized just how tight we had become. We rallied around Jeni and Layla, praying, wishing, and hoping that Layla would be alright. We banded together and donated money and other necessities, some even sent gifts to Layla's big sister, Alaina. We watched our message board and facebook feed for updates. We cried with each minor setback, and rejoiced with each progress report.

And now, just over 3 months later, we are rejoicing together over the fact that Layla is home with her family!! Layla, we are so proud of you and happy for you! You have a fantasitc mother who would do (and has done) anything for you. We love you guys!

It's on

Like mother effing Donkey Kong. Operation lose baby (and marriage) weight starts today. Since Dylan has been born, I dropped 25lbs with little to no effort...well, aside from getting the baby out, that is. I still have 20 more to go before I reach my pre-pregnancy weight, then another 20 before I reach my goal. Forty pounds is A LOT of pounds. In order to not overwhelm myself, I'm going to focus on losing 20, then the other 20 (that makes perfect sense in my head).

How do I plan to do this? Weight watchers. It's a great program that has worked for me in the past. Actually, all three times I've gotten pregnant I've been on the program. I wonder if it makes me more fertile as well. Don't worry, that won't happen this time. We are done having babies, that's for sure!

I re-joined again today, and man, you get a lot of points when you are heavy and breastfeeding! Today is more than half way over and I still have half my points left. I will enjoy eating so much, but I have to be careful to still make healthy choices and not eat 10 points of junk food every day. For me, weight watchers is the ONLY diet program I can stick with. As soon as a food or type of food is "off limits", it's all I want. With WW, that doesn't happen. I can eat pretty much whatever I want, as long as I stay in my daily points- and like I said, make healthy choices. But, if I want a cookie or two, it's okay now and then.

My time is limited these days, but I really hope to check-in on here once a week to track my progress. I think it will help keep me accountable. And here we go....