Monday, I got to go pick up my nephews and bring them to my parents house. I love those boys. They apparently had long days. Jack was asleep when I got to Linde's to pick him up and they both fell asleep on the way to my parents. Sky was so excited to see the boys. She danced all around them. I love how close they all are. When we got home Paili rode her bike some more, she's getting better! I found out that our friends, the Golubski's are for sure coming on Friday!! I can't tell you how excited I am to see them. I took of Thursday, Friday, and next Monday. Thursday to get the house ready, Friday because I'm not sure what time they'll be here, and Monday...because I can!
Fitness: YOGA! It was my Dad, me, and both my yoga girls. I look forward to yoga because both of them are more likely to attend yoga than to run with me. :) I love our time together.
Sky playing with my glasses. She's obsessed with glasses!
Justin and Sky.
My loves.
Monday I couldn't wait to get off work and go get my girls to meet Justin at the pool. I swam several laps (as much as Sky would let me). We left the pool a little later than we wanted to. I'd like to blame someone other than me but I just didn't want to get out.
Fitness: Yoga night! While we were setting up our yoga studio (my driveway) my other next door neighbor was walking by and we introduced ourselves. Her name is Rachel and she seemed very nice. She said she would join us when she got back home from visiting her parents in Alaska. I hope that she does! Kellie, Shayla and I had a great time. We came up with some great nicknames for each other. It was our best yoga class so far. We did some new moves that we hadn't done before. Thanks again Dad for doing such a good job with us! We missed you Amy!
The following Q&A is from a blog that I follow called Runs for Cookies. The bloggers name is Kate and she is amazing. She has lost 125 lbs and kept it off!
Q. When you were losing weight did the
compliments ever embarrass you? Maybe its because I still have such a long way
to go, or embarrassment that I let myself get so overweight, or even that, yes
I've lost weight...but I could have tried harder or skipped a dessert and lost
more? But the compliments don't motivate me, they just embarrass
me.A. Definitely! I was still very
overweight when people started complimenting me, and I was embarrassed about
accepting a compliment. I realize now that it's because I had very low
self-esteem, and I thought that as an obese person, I didn't deserve to be told
that I was "pretty". Jerry even started calling me "Sticks" after I had lost 10
pounds--I was horribly embarrassed about that! hahaha But when
people give you compliments, it's not because they are forced to--accept the
compliments graciously, because they really do mean what they say! You're worthy
of compliments, even if you feel like you "could have lost more" or "tried
harder". You're obviously making strides to improve your life, so that is
definitely compliment-worthy!
This is Elise again... I'm not embarrassed when I'm complimented-at all-but I do feel like I've got so much farther to go that you shouldn't be impressed yet. I love every single compliment that is thrown my way. I am thankful for the support system that I have around me-DAILY!I'm sure that I will say this all the time throughout this journey...THANK YOU. Thank you for taking the time to stop me in the middle of my sentence to talk about my shrinking gut, my pants that are hanging, my boobs that aren't filling out my shirt anymore, how much thinner my face is, and more. I love that you guys support me. I love that you guys are so proud of me. I love that you tell other people that I've lost another person (I haven't, really, but I love that you think that I have!). If none of you ever said anything or cheered me on, I'm sure that I would have thrown in the towel by now. I am blessed beyond measure to have you all beside me cheering me on. It brings me to tears to think about how much I am loved and supported. I love my life.
P.S. Did I say thank you? :)
Rachel Lampa-Blessed. I love this song. If you haven't heard it, listen!
Wednesday was Yoga. Shayla, Kellie and I worked our butts off!
My flippin girl and Jack!
Tuesday was a run night and Kellie ran with Shayla and I. Kellie did incredible! I'm so proud of you, girl! We saw our skunk friends out again. I think that they live in the drainage ditch. They are so cute! Well, as long as they aren't spraying me!
We weighed before we ran. Kellie weighs 99 lbs less than me. Ha! :)
Shayla hit her first 10 lbs lost! Woooo!!!! Proud of you Shay!! I knew you could do it!
Since I've been weighing on May 13th I've lost 18 lbs. I know I've lost way more than that. My best guess is closer to 40 lbs. I really wish I would have weighed when I first started February 2nd. Oh well!
Monday was super exciting! When I got off work and walked into my parents I heard kittens mewing. I didn't think much of it because there is always some kind of animal making some kind of noise around my parents. My brother was there dropping the boys off. It was great seeing him, even if it was for a very short time period! He and Jenny were getting ready to go to California for Jenny's sisters wedding. My family enjoyed teasing me about my shrinking butt. I love that they notice and tell me. And it wouldn't be my family if they didn't tease me while doing it. The kids (Jakob, Jack, Paili) went out to investigate later and found the kittens. My daughter came in bawling that they were stuck in a big tube. I laughed a little because my girl can be a bit over dramatic when it comes to animals. My Dad said if they were stuck where he thinks they are, its useless. They're 8 feet down. I went outside to appease the kids and stuck my hand down in the tube. I couldn't feel anything, so I asked one of the kids to go and get me a flashlight. When I peered down the hole, my heart sunk. Of course, my Dad was right. I could see 2 little kittens staring up at me...way...way...way far down. There was no way that anybody could reach down there. The kids and I started thinking of things we could do. Lee and I decided we'd call them all Jessica. (Remember the little girl that was stuck in the well in the 80's?) We went back inside to plead with my Dad to do something. He said, he'd been thinking and if he could get a small wire he would make a knot that when he gets a kitten to step into it/or just grabs one he can pull them up. It worked! My Dad ended up getting 5 kittens out of there. Woooooweeee---they STUNK! Awesome job, Dad! So...who wants a kitten?? One more exciting thing... Paili started doing flips on the trampoline!
Kellie and Jack
Amy
Monday=yoga! Kellie came and joined us! I was so excited that she came! Amy is back from camp! Jack too! Shayla didn't make it. It was a great class. I love working out with these girls and my Dad! After class Kellie and I stood around and talked. I really enjoy talking to her. During class Aaron texted saying that the finale was really good! (from the firework show!) I knew that meant he had gotten the pictures and video back from when I accidentally reformatted the card. Thank you again Aaron!!
Donut, potato chips, peanut butter & jelly-it's whats for lunch! For a prego!
Thursday for lunch Yvette had an interesting lunch combo and I thought I should capture it. Brooke is getting ready to be gone next week on vacation and her birthday is at the end of July. For her birthday she is going to do a random act of kindness for every year she's been alive. We all were trying to help her come up with idea's of random acts of kindness. I love that idea of doing a random act of kindness for every year of life. So cool. If you think of any, let me know.
Fitness: NONE. Shayla had something come up. I don't even remember now.
Friday was a great day. Joe and Brooke offered to let us come over and swim but when I left work it was lightening and raining a little so we didn't go. The storm passed quickly so we should have just gone. Oh well, hindsight is always 20/20! When I got off work and went to pick up my girls Paili wanted me to go with her to feed the chicken, Sweetie.
Pai and Cupcake.
Pai and her chicken, Sweetie.
Sweetie follows Pai around.
Hand feeding Sweetie.
Feeding the horses. With an umbrella.
Sky "helping" us put the tent up!
We started getting stuff set up for the annual firework extravaganza!We love this tradition with our friends and family! Damon, Kellie, and the kids were outside when we got home and I walked over with the girls for a minute to chat. Kellie told me she had gotten her yoga mat! She's serious! I'm so excited! I bathed my girls and put them to bed. Justin went outside to get fireworks prepped and I went out to help him. I really enjoyed just being with him and working on the fireworks. It was a very late night with fireworks, cleaning, and prepping food! Fitness:OFF on Fridays.
