And the winner is....

It is Saturday again and that means that it is the only morning that I don't feel guilty for waking Casey up "early"... I seriously was like a child on Christmas morning about an hour ago. We finally got out of bed and went to weigh in. Ladies first this week. Before I tell you what my weight was, I need to tell you how hard this week was. You have already read about all my temptations (that I overcome, yay me). I worked out more then I have since having my knee surgery (giving up time with friends to work out, not always fun for this social butterfly). But I had a goal and I wanted to make sure I met it. I so desperately wanted to be back into the 180's. That would mean I would need to lose 2.2 pounds or more. Ok, back to my story of my weigh in. I stepped on the scale and beep, beep, beep... (remember I was 192.0 last week)... 189.0!!!! That is a 3 pound loss on week 2 (the hardest week of weight loss, mostly when people give up because they don't lose as much as the 1st week).

Before I could celebrate my awesome weight loss, I had to let Casey weigh in. He stepped on and beep, beep, beep...(remember he was 263.2 last week)... 262.2. He lost only 1 pound and was kind of disappointed (even though he wont admit it to my face). I made him promise he wouldn't give up and stay with the program. Week 2 is ALWAYS the hardest... I am SO proud of him. He has been eating so well, been giving up stupid boy time (video games, lol) to get workouts in, hasn't drank in so long and much more. I am excited about my weight loss but I am even more excited to see the next couple weeks for his weight loss. Proud is an understatement. Go Casey Go!

Long story short, I WON AGAIN!!!! So this week we will most likely be going to the circus with my sweet baby boy Caleb (it will be his 1st time)...

Funny side note: Last night one of my best friends had a birthday dinner and I ate really good (temptation blog to come later in the week with pictures) and I gave up pizza and cake. Well kind of, I brought Casey and I a piece of cake home. After weigh in this morning, we had that cake for breakfast. Haha! YOLO (You only live once)!

The human garbage disposal

Lets take a quick poll... how many of you Mom's eat the left over food off your childs plate? Now now, don't be shy, we all do it. I am the worlds worst, but since weighing in at 200 a couple weeks ago, I haven't touched any of it. Instead of me cleaning up after Caleb, I have been making him do it. This is not only helping me stay away from all those extra calories, but it is also teaching him a life lesson. However, last night we were running behind schedule (we follow a very tight schedule every night, yes I am OCD) and so in order to speed up the cleaning up process I took over. On my way to the sink with his plate I caught myself picking up some of his leftovers. As soon as I realized what I was doing, I spit them out and washed the rest down the garbage disposal. I mean, we have garbage disposal so why not use them instead of thinking we are the garbage disposal?

As soon as clean up was done and Caleb was in the bath, I went to my room, pulled out my favorite pair of shorts (my purple ones that are size 11/13) and tried those suckers on. May 2011 I was able to pull them on and off with no problem... last night was a different story. They buttoned (barley) but with the size of my muffin top, I could have opened a whole bakery... not to even mention the bad case of camel toe they gave me. These shorts (right now) are not very flattering. I have 73 more days til the cruise (oh yeah, Casey and I are going on a cruise September 29 - October 4) and I am going to work my butt off (literally) so that when I step on that boat, I will be stepping on wearing those purple shorts.

I have a picture BUT my button on my blog to post pictures is missing, guess you will have to just wait to see it another day! Y'all have a happy healthy day today and when times get tough just remember I am giving up FREE Los Vaqueros... If I can do that, you can do overcome whatever obstacle is in your way!

I feel skinny!

I love mornings when you wake up and feel skinny. I woke up this morning and put on a dress that I wore 2 weeks ago (and it was tight) and today it wasn't tight at all. 2 weeks ago, I had to have Casey zip me up while I sucked in as much as I could... this morning, I was able to zip it with ease. Mornings like that are a great reminder that what I am doing is working and what I am giving up is oh so worth it.

Speaking of giving things up, man this has been a week of temptations! Yesterday we had an ALTA Luncheon with work. They had an amazing spread of food and a even better spread of dessert. I stuck to some pork tenderloin, a small salad and roasted red potatoes. Another temptation this week will happen tomorrow. XTO has what they call Down Home every other Thursday, it is where they cater in lunch for all 5000+ employees. This week, it is mexican food.... I plan on bringing my lunch and going to the gym while everyone else is down stairs eating yummy Los VaQueros! If you thought that was enough temptation for one week, you are wrong...one word, FRIDAY! Friday will start early for me, at 12:01 am Casey is taking me to see Dark Knight Rises (eek) and so I will have to say no to the temptations of movie food (popcorn and slurpees). Then Friday during the day I am taking a vaca day and heading to the pool with my sweet friend Julie, hello snack bar (I will be packing my lunch). AND THEN (no more and then, lol) Friday night I am celebrating one of my dear friends (BB) birthdays with pizza, wine and goodies... I will be sticking to something very healthy and water. The good thing about BB is that she understand 110% where I have been and where I want to be, so she wont give me greif about wanting to be healthy.

I can't wait to see the scale on Saturday morning. Even if its a small loss, I will know that I lost because I didn't cave all week. Then Saturday afternoon I will be able to enjoy my Fat Girl meal without any guilt and I will love every bit of it.

Oh side note: Casey has been doing GREAT with food. His roommate went to the store and bought $200 worth of junk food and he hasn't cheated once! I am super proud of him. He has been slacking on the gym though, the boy loves his naps! I really hope he beats me Saturday, but dont tell him I said that... Haha!

My weakness

My weakness... dessert. Most people can tell you one exact thing that brings them to their knees, but not me. When it comes to desserts, I don't care what it is... I will try it. Chocolate pie, s'mores, confetti cake, brownies (my sisters are the best, shout out Val), ice cream (all kinds, hello Rocky Road), banana puddin, mmm bread puddin, ohh how about cake balls... okay I am torturing myself and probably you so I will get on with my blog. The bottom line is that I have a HUGE sweet tooth, wish there was a dentist that could pull that sucker out (mmm...suckers...haha)!

Now the reason I am telling you this is because tomorrow I have a luncheon at work and they have one amazing buffet. The salad bar is amazing. The main course is amazing. AND THE DESSERT BAR IS AMAZING! I was sitting here tonight on the phone with Casey and after telling him this and telling him my fear of relapsing, he laughed and said "yep, I got this weeks weigh in already won because you will cave!" Wow butthead, thanks for the support. Seriously though, he knows me all to well... but I am turning over a new leaf and I promise you I will not cave! Knowing I have people behind me waiting to hear my results, gives me that boost I need...

Why are desserts are tempting to us women and men can pass them up like its no big deal? Why do we let desserts (and other foods) comfort us and make us weak at the knees? I really do think it goes back to Adam and Eve, I mean it was Eve who ate the apple... not Adam. Dang Eve not only got us kicked out of that perfect garden but also left us with this emotional tie to food. That might not even be the case, but you bet your sweet bottom I will be asking God these questions when we have our "Jordan meets God" talk one day.

Okay, I am stepping off my soap box now... how did ya like them apples (they probably would be better dipped in caramel and then rolled in nuts, haha)!