Rachael in the Newspaper!

If you live in this darling little small town of mine, you may know a girl named Rachael who has recently - in my opinion - made a great impression on our town! She owns one of Lompoc's most fashionable boutiques, Clutch (in which I sometimes like to indulge in after a trip to American Host every now and then), but she also is a hair stylist at one of Lompoc's most adorably cute salons! (By the way, she did my hair once, and I LoVeD it!!)

Anywho, my rant and rave about Miss Rachael all boils down to the fact that in today's Lompoc Record, she wrote an article regarding her recent weight loss of 80lbs - done with not surgery, but plain hard work, diet and exercise. I just had to shout out to Rachael because 3 months into this diet of mine and I'm struggling to loose as much weight as I wanted as I don't exactly have the best dedication to my diet in the whole world... Rachael is really sticking to her guns. I like her attitude of not being motivated by the number on the scale - but being motivated by others who are inspired by her. I can definitely say that I am inspired by this girl - not only in the weight loss department, but because of her entrepreneurship and dedication to making our city a little better. Thank you so much Rachael for everything that you do - you truly are a big inspiration!

Check out the article here: Diet, exercise: Keys to stronger body, healthier lifestyle

Woopity Woo

SoOoOoOo went to the trainer today to get measured - and well, things looked good! She recorded my weight at 197 (at the end of the day with clothes on, might I add)! Also, I've lost about 5" all over my body - my waist was probably the most extreme this time around because I lost 1.5" there. But I lost a good amount in both my hips and thighs too (and some in my bust... laaame).

Anywho, I'm pretty happy about the results and it helps motivate me to keep going.

Oh! Also I did Yoga for the first time in a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time and it was okay... I remember it being a little more relaxing before - this time the instructor was walking around and talking - which was okay and all - just different then what I expected :)

Measure Up!

So tonight, we will have another trainer meeting and we're getting MEASURED!! AHHH. I don't know how I'm doing - I checked the scale this morning and I'm at 199.4, and things are getting too big for me now, or fitting me again :) I tried on a size 10 pair of work pants that I haven't fit into since I was like 2 months preggers and now they fit with room... size 10 jeans... not so much :P

Anywho, in the spirit of getting measured tonight, I figured that I should PROBABLY post some pics of me "before". It's a little late, but better that I start now than not at all... right?? I'll let you know how I'm doing in my measurements later tonight or tomorrow!

Girl Scouts. Cute Little Angels or....

WHY!!!!!!!

Ok, so I was going over to WalMart today to pick up some things for Carter's 1st Birthday Party today, and low and behold... there they are. GIRL SCOUTS. Sure, they look like cute little angels with their little sashes and badges and their little hats... but then they ask you the question. You know what question I'm talking about. The one no human can turn down ESPECIALLY when you know they only come around one time a year - "Do you want to buy some Girl Scout cookies?"

So, I cracked. I bought ONE box of Tagalongs. Those chocolately, peanut buttery, cookie crunch ones that taste AMAZING when frozen... yeah those. So I ate two, dumped (gastic bypass side effect) and stopped. Then I gave one to Carter for a snack - he didn't finish it but with every bite he was like "MMMMM".

All in all, I guess it's ok to cheat every now and then. As far as I know I'm still under 200, and I took some pictures this morning and was happy with how they looked. YAY!