Lover of Jesus...A Wife...A Mother...A Daughter...A Sister...A Friend...A Runner...A Baker...An Adventurer...yeah, that about sums it up!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Dear Jennifer Hudson (Week 20)

Dear Jennifer Hudson,
I lost my daughter this week!!!...well, she's not lost...but I have now lost just over her actual weight through WW! :0) This week at my meeting, I lost 3.8 pounds, for a grand total of 37.2 pounds since the beginning of the year. To think that I carried "my daughter" around 24/7 sounds unbearable...I now tire out after carrying her for about 10 minutes straight, lol!

I will admit that I was down 6.5 pounds this week...before Mother's Day...but then I blew it on Sunday. And while it would have been nice to hold on to that number, I can honestly say that I am still happy with the final number I did have on the scale this week. It was nice to be able to indulge on Sunday and still have a decent weigh-in.

Something else pretty cool happened this week... I almost never get to go for a run outside anymore, but this week, I ran around our neighborhood on 3 different days! I did two 6 mile runs, and then one 9 mile run. It felt GREAT to be outside soaking up all of this beautiful weather. I have always loved to feel the warmth of the sun on my skin. (My husband calls me a lizard, lol.)

I made some delicious WW recipes this week!

For breakfast, I made "Individual Ham, Cheese, and Veggie Frittatas" (3 ww points each)...


I made them all on one day, and then enjoyed them every morning for the rest of the week...SO GOOD!



I also made "Oven Fried Chicken" (7 ww points...but I only ate 1/2 of the breast)...



And then "Maryland Style Crab Cakes" (5 points for 2 crab cakes)...



The crab cakes were AMAZING!!!

So that's all I have to report this week. I have had quite the yo-yo effect of weight loss the last few weeks, and I'm HOPING that I can stifle that cycle THIS WEEK! I would love to just be consistently slow (but not TOO slow, lol), and steady down, down, down...on the scale. :0)

Your Biggest Fan,
Elizabeth

P.S. Ummmmm....I don't know if you know if WW needs more pictures of their successful members, buuuuuuut here's a little somethin'-somethin' that my sister captured this weekend... ;0)


HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Celebrating Motherhood

This week...

Being a mom is...carving a watermelon for a snack date with the cousins...


Being a mom is...catching lady bugs with your daughter during your son's piano lessons...



Being a mom is...saying good-bye to the women AND your leadership role in M.O.P.S. ...




Being a mom is...watching your daughter earn her 1st Year's Award at Cubbies...






Being a mom is...watching your son perform a song with his group at his Sparky's club...

Being a mom is...letting the 2nd-grade-girls in your Sparky's group cover your clothes with stickers (They kept calling me a "Sticker Model"...such a FUN age!..."31" AND "7", lol!)...


Being a mom is...witnessing your children induct themselves into "The Cool Club"...


Being a mom is...whipping up a double batch of Strawberry Jam...




...and trying your hand at homemade Grape Jelly too!...




Being a mom is...celebrating YOUR mom at Seaport Village...





...watching the kids be kids...




...eating a delicious picnic lunch...





...spending time with the ones you love...



...getting ice cream...




(even when she is not smiling...and especially when she has an ice cream mustache...my niece is STUNNING!)


...AND riding the carousel...




(Brady is a boy's boy!...I LOVE this kid!...every time he came around on the carousel he was doin' something different...my favorite was the "Hi-Howdy-Hey" to Auntie Cheech!)





Being a mom is...getting to sit with your mom at church on Sunday...


...and finding a note from your son hanging in the church foyer...


Being a mom is...getting to celebrate YOU on actual Mother's Day with your family...








Being a mom is the greatest gift God has given to me. I love now. I love getting to explore...I love getting to watch trial and error, and trial and success through my children...I love that it's acceptable to be silly when you are in your 30's because you are hanging out with children under the age of 10...and I love that for the last 12 months I have been able to be at home (or on the go...however the day pans out) with my children full-time. It has been a blast (and exhausting, but MOSTLY a blast!) to be with them from the time they wake-up, until the time they go to bed. Thank you Lord for my blessings! Thank you to my wonderful husband who provides for me to stay home with our children! XOXO