16 pounds!

I have decided to start up the blog again. I know it has almost been a year since my last entry...

Let me take you back to Christmas for a second. Dave and I were driving to my parents house and I was looking at one of our phones and saw this weight loss program ran by the hospital. We were both really interested in it, but when we called and found out how much it was we quickly changed our minds! Our thought at the time was this money could be spent on something like a vacation or even just put it in saving to feel "safe".

The more we thought about it the more we knew we needed to do it. So we saved and in April we started the weight loss program with the hospital. It is a 12 week class and we are on week 8 I think. I have learned SO much. There is always a lecture before each exercise class. Some of these classes are just terrible. But most of them are great! We have learned anything from what to look at on labels to how sleep and stress can even contribute to over eating and weight problems. The work out classes have been "fun" for me to. We have done, Zumba (which I now have on the wii), stability ball training, kick boxing, and just regular weight training.

The past 8 weeks have been difficult when it came to food. For the first month we could only eat what they gave us plus 4 oz of really lean meat and 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked veggies. To date I have lost 16 pounds. I am really pleased with myself. 1. That I stuck with it and didn't give up. 2. I found out that I actually like doing some of the exercises. I love being outside and Peyton loves it to (except when it is as hot as it is today!) I think what really motivates me is the pedometer that I wear. They say that 10,000 steps means you are active. I try to get at lease 12,000 or more.

I really feel like my life has changed for the better and will continue to change for the better because we did this program. Dave and I went to a group boot camp at the gym that we are members at today. I didn't think I would like it. I thought everything would be to hard and I wouldn't be able to do it. I LOVED IT! More so because even though it was in a group we still had lots of 1 on 1 time with the trainer and he told me different things I could do at home and at the gym that would help. We don't get 1 on 1 with the hospital class it is one group class and you are kind of on your own. Doing this boot camp class taught me things I can do on my own and the gym where I don't have to be scared for not doing it right. or that people are looking at me, cause now I just don't care what other people think (ok, I'm still working on that one- but I am close.)

Where I have lost 16 pounds- Dave has lost 30+ pounds. I know that guys lose faster than girls but it is hard to see sometimes that We are doing some of the same stuff and he is losing double what I am losing. I try not to let it bother me and I am thrilled even if I just lose 1 pound. It just reminds me that there is a long road ahead and that I will one day reach it and I will be really happy when I get there.

I think the best part of the weight loss (besides the new clothes) is that everything seems cheaper! Grocery bills are hardly there and when we eat out now we split something and save money for something else.

I encourage everyone to go take a walk today(after it cools down.) That is all it really took for me to get started. I have dropped inches and pounds and can hardly fit in the pants or shorts from last summer- Life is GREAT!