I need some motivation!

I am lacking the motivation needed to lose weight. Everyone I know keeps posting about Advocare and how stinking great it is. I would love to use it because I used their products back in high school and know they work.  But the cost is just way too much for us at this point in life. 

Ever since having James I have said I need to work out, but just haven't done it. I really think that if I were to get off the couch and start walking on the treadmill each day I would lose weight. I can seriously see the little gym at our apartment complex right now.  It's not like I have to drive to the gym to work out.

I think that part of my problem is that last winter I was pregnant, and the winter before that I had just gotten married so I was much smaller than I am now. I have a couple of shirts and 2 pairs of pants that fit me right now. I need to lose about 30lbs in order to fit in the winter clothes that I currently own. It's easy to see how that would not motivate me.

I am looking for any advice on how to get motivated, and how to naturally lose weight without taking supplements.

I'm not ashamed to say that I currently weigh 237.8lbs. I weighed myself this morning. Right before the wedding December 5th, 2010 I weighed right about 210. While I know that weight is still more than I really need to be at, I think being back at what I was when we got married would be a good start.

December 23, 2010-what I would like to get to

 

Nov 1st, 2012-current weight



Just some pictures

 

James and I with Uncle Sam on his 98th birthday!

 Uncle Sam with his granddaughter Renee, and great granddaughter Danielle, and unborn great great granddaughter Willow!

 

James in the candy bucket that was completely full before the trick-or-treating began

Slow down!

When did my baby go from this tiny little baby

to this not so little baby?

Can we please slow time down just a bit?

 

Funny Videos!

Right now at the church I am going to the sermon series is called Modern Family.  A few weeks ago they played a viedo that made me die laughing. It's called Parent Rap....today they played another one called Swagger Wagon. Once again I was laughing!  Enjoy both of them!

Little update on James

I started James on food the weekend before Halloween. I decided to start with bananas. James LOVED them!! I fed them too him while we were out of town, and decided that I would start him on something else after our little trip.  I noticed that he wasn't pooping as often, and it had been a few days since he had pooped.  I also noticed that his diapers were looser than they had been.  Joshua thought that he had lost weight when he changed his diaper. So we decided to just let the doctor take a look at him.

When I took him for his 4 month appointment on Oct. 9th, he was 14lbs 12oz. I took him to the doctor Monday Nov. 6th, and he was down to 14lbs 3oz.  I know it's not a big drop, but at his age he shouldn't have any drops in weight.  The doctor decided that I need to feed him every three hours during the day, and also give him veggies at 2 meals.  He requested that for one day I give him bottles of 5oz of breast milk. He took them very well, but I did not pump enough throughout the day to make up for all that he drank. Thank goodness I had some milk in the freezer.  The day after giving James bottles, the doctor wanted me to nurse him, and then offer him a bottle of 2oz to see if he was still hungry.  He took the 2oz the first two times I offered it, and then  refused it after that.  He has since refused to take a bottle after nursing.

I started Tuesday giving him sweet potatoes, and he loves them! I seriously think he could eat his weight in them.  I am mixing them with rice cereal, cause the doc wanted him to have that too for some reason.  I did sweet potatoes for two days, and then gave him peas. He loves the peas also.  I am so thankful that he is eating veggies so well, so far.  Tomorrow I am going to give him some carrots and see how he likes them.

I started taking some Gaia Lactate Support on Wednesday. Hopefully it will help with my supply. I do think that I was producing less. I haven't gotten much at all while pumping this week. I am not ready to be done nursing, and I do not want to give James formula.  Although if I try everything and still don't produce enough I will do what's best for him.  I want him to be healthy, and grow big and strong!  I've made it to almost 6 months, and that's a lot longer than some women. So I'm very happy about that.

I have to take James back to the doctor on the 19th, to check his weight again. I will be surprised if he hasn't gained much. I think that he has already gained some! I hope that after his weight check the doctor will say I can go back to a 4 hour schedule. We were doing so well on it, and James was really napping well.  Every day I am having to wake him up to feed him, and I hate that. 

I will update once I have taken him to get a weight check.

Just a few pictures

Bundled up, going to get breakfast with mommy

 This boy loves his blankie!

 Butt in the air, wrapped up in blankie!

 Watching football with daddy

 Halloween night

 Once again snuggling with his blankie

 Holding his bottle!



Political Pitty Party

As I sit here listening to my sweet baby make "raspberries" and have fun playing in his exersaucer I can't help but think about what his future will be like.  With the results of the election going in a direction I did not want I am very concerned about his future.  I do not think that Barack Obama has the best interests of our country at heart.

I do not understand how anyone who loves God can think that Obama is the right guy. I do think that God gives us no more than we can handle, and I will admit that we are being pushed to the limit. It's been a hard 4 years with him as president, and my husband and I were very optimistic about things looking up for us until last night.  I honestly think that the results of this election will cause companies to quit hiring people, and that more jobs will be cut.

How can people celebrate the re-election when there are 23million people unemployed? We have 47 million more people on food stamps than when Obama took office 4 years ago. The national debt is over 16 trillion. These things should not be celebrated.

Maybe I will be proved wrong, and Obama will do a good job during his second term, but I highly doubt it. I tried to be optimistic the first go round and look where it got us. Here's to hoping that in 2016 we still have the privilege to vote, and are not completely a socialist country. 

I'm gonna continue clinging to my religion and my loaded guns. No one can take that away from me! 

November 2016.....now that's something to look forward to

Our week

On Tuesday the 30th James and I travelled to Fort Knox so that I could do a jewelry show. We spent a few hours there, and then continued our drive to Fulton, KY.  This was James's first time going to see family in Fulton.  It takes a little over 5 hours to get there so stopping in Fort Knox worked out well.  James slept the whole way from Fort Knox to Fulton.  I decided that while we were there I would try to get him to "fall back". It worked! The time change today was easy!

I've always wanted to be on 3rd street for Halloween. My cousin that I was staying with lives on 3rd street as well as my 88 year old great aunt. The street gets shut down and TONS of kids come from all around to go house to house.  There were close to 1,000 kids this year. I only took one picture, it was so cold. James and I went inside early into the evening and stayed there till he went to bed.

On Nov. 1st James and I went to visit my great uncle Sam, it was his birthday. He turned a young 98!! He's a WWII Vet, and is the sweetest man I've ever met. We ate lunch with him, and then headed back to my cousins house for afternoon naps! My cousin cooked dinner for us every night which was awesome, and she had tons of goodies to munch on too!  If I had stayed any longer I would have gained 10lbs.

On the 2nd James and I went up to the nursing home to visit my cousin Wendell who is 77 and has cerebral palsy. My uncle Sam was actually up there visiting too, since Wendell is his son. It was nice to chat with them and just enjoy their company.  The little old ladies loved seeing James too. One crazy old lady was trying to get him out of his car seat and said she wanted to run away with him. LOL!  My little cousin Adam and his pregnant wife Kayla came over and we watched Magic Mike, which was stupid.

Saturday morning we ate breakfast and then got on the road home. I really love going to Fulton. It's a relaxing place for me. It was different since my grandparents recently moved from there back to GA, but I still enjoyed my time there.  I can't wait to go back in April once Kayla has baby Emma!


Once I can get pictures loaded I will share them.