Motivation

I think for most women it is no secret that you are not happy with the way you look after you have a baby. I wasn't happy with my image before the baby so you can imagine how I feel now!! The worst part is I am 3 pounds away from the weight I was before I got pregnant with Joshua but I am still two pants sizes away. How does that happen?? All my weight is in the pooch I still have and HATE! Well, I have found a little motivation. There is nothing like watching The Biggest Loser and seeing all these really fat people and realizing that you aren't that much smaller than them. I am watching the finale tonight and seeing the amazing transformations these people have made is awesome. I want to look like that. I have decided that in the next year I want to loose 30-40 pounds. It might seem unrealistic but I really want to get back to my pre-Samantha weight. My biggest obstacle is food. I have a VERY picky family and so I have a hard time finding lots of recipes that everyone will like. This is where I need help. If any of you reading this have really good simple recipes that are healthy please email them to me (honeybee85@juno.com). I think I need to have a recipe swap with my friends to find lots of recipes that are really good and then make them even healthier. To all of my friends in Las Vegas that want to do this with me, let me know and I will find a night to swap recipes!! Maggie, I know you are reading this so I am just letting you know that you have no option here...you will be loosing the weight with me and finding recipes with me!! It is time to put my new elliptical to work!


Our life the last week has been a little crappy. We have all been sick the last week. I think we made the mistake of taking Josh to church a week ago and he picked something up and then gave it to all of us!! Samantha had to miss her field trip to the Shark Reef today because she is still sick. We explained to her that she didn't want to make her friends sick so she wouldn't be able to go and her response was, "But Josh got me sick." Jeff promised that we would go to the Shark Reef as a family so she would still be able to see it. We'll see if he keeps his promise. I think we are almost 100% healthy now! Hopefully we will stay that way for a long time!

Josh had a little competition today. He almost lost his status as the biggest baby in the Mabey family. My sister had her little girl, Denali, today. She weighed in at 9 lb 5 oz and was 21.25 inches long!! Michelle sounded very tired! Congratulations Brooks family!