Bethany's Before and After

Before..

After...

Seriously, you guys (and ladies) looks fantastic. While, I probably won't win, I want to say... You fellas better hope you wife looks this hot 7 months after your second baby.

Also, thanks for letting Adam's lame little sister play. Seriously, a good time. Also, I don't know how to flex and look cool.

Fajitas.. yum.

Last one. I am excited to see pictures next week.

I only ate like 7 chips while at my parents house.... until we went to El Torrito and then I ate almost 3 baskets of chips. Also, if you go I got the chicken fajita salad and it was awesome. Seriously better than my hubby's crab enchiladas.

Anyways, I was so scared that I was going to gain 5 pounds while I was there, that I lost 2! WOOOOOO!

See you next week. :)

Well, I'm here

To the house of chips and ice cream. I've only had 3 chips, and it's raining.

This is my update.

House of Chips

Last week was awesome workout wise. Not so great food wise (mostly the weekend). But the cinnamon rolls were awesome.

I have to be super great this week because we are leaving for California on Friday morning. That means 2 days of food in the car. And then, 6 days at my parents, which is made of chips and ice cream.

Hey, we're almost done! :)

Would you take spinning with Dwight?

Today is Tuesday

I try to update on Sunday or Monday, and today feels like Monday, but it's Tuesday. Yay!

Anyways, I was successful in breaking through my plateau this week, putting me below the blue line again. (hooray!) Even though someone lovely and thoughtful dropped 6 cupcakes off at our house Valentine's day evening.

I drank my water for the day everyday. Except Friday. I forgot to take my water bottle to preschool with me, and they only have mini preschool-sized cups. I have no idea how much water I drank Friday, but not 80 oz. Overall, it was easier than I thought it was going to be.

That's all.

Half way..

We're 1/2 way, and I've hit a little plateau in my weight loss (bummer). I know it's normal, and this is what my positive self talk sounds like:

"Bethany, you are awesome. 136 is a great place to plateau."

lol. Super lame.

Anyways, this week, I am going to drink 80 oz of water a day. Want to do it with me? I'll let you know how it goes next Monday.

Happy Valentine's day! Don't eat any chocolate.

It was a weird week

Brandon had the flu, I had the flu, I had an appointment early on Thursday morning, I missed the gym 2 days (you know, because of the flu), we had a primary activity (where everyone ate costco muffins, except me), some of our best friends packed up and moved, fast Sunday, and Super bowl Sunday.... anyways, it was weird.

My weight/energy/focus has been all over the place. But today, is a new week, and I am refocused.

I am so glad January is over

I don't like January, my least favorite month of the year. I have to take the Christmas decorations down, it's unnecessarily cold, summer is too far away, it's dark... yuck.

I was feeling sad for myself because it's cold here in Portland, and then I got on my facebook, and clearly I do not have it that bad. Except my California friends who posted things like, "It's supposed to 75 and sunny this weekend." Gross. I better get my beach body ready if I want to live there.

I had the flu. Barf. I'm feeling a quite a bit better, but opted out of going to the gym this morning. On the plus side, I met my weight for Valentine's day 2 weeks early.

Happy February. I'm going to be awesome this month.

I recommend medhelp.org

I had a baby in august. Our second, he's the best, but babies come with a fat suit. They're so worth it. I met my pre-pregnancy weight January 2, and I'm trying to loose 10 more... 7 left!

Anyways, this is how I track my weight..
Every morning I get up, pee, get naked, and weigh myself (tmi?). This way I rule out variables like differences between clothes and how much I've eaten that day. A pair of jeans can weigh as much as 3 pounds!

Then I put my weight in on my "tracker" on medhelp. My weight varies day to day. And I know that the difference between today and yesterday could just be how much salt I had yesterday. So, I don't get too bent out of shape if I've gained .4 lbs. A lot of people don't recommend weighing in everyday, but for me it's motivating and keeps me focused. I think you just have to do what works for you, and this is what has been working for me.

The light blue line is my goal. As long as I can stay under the line.. I will meet my goal. (I set a new goal January 2, that's why the blue line is gone before that) It's been a lot harder since I met my pre-pregnancy weight. The most important thing is that I stay positive and realistic, I am proud of what I've done so far, and this will continue to be hard work.

Down on the bottom I also track my exercise.

You can view my whole tracker here. I've been tracking since October. I don't know that anyone else on here has weight to loose, but I thought I would share...

Have a great week!

Does this count?

I looked smoking hot in my dress today at church. Does this count as my update? No one reads mine anyways.

I'm supposed to post once a week

Down one pound.

I've started doing exercises during commercial breaks in addition to my 5 day morning work out routine. I couldn't believe how hard it was to do jumping jacks for the full four minutes of commercials. Also, I can do more push ups than my husband. awesome.

(He says I'm lying, but I'm not)

Bethany's Before Picture

Bethany