8.03.2011

Lost a Ty

I'm down 20 pounds since participating in Biggest Looser! That's a total of 25 pounds since January. Since January I have lost a what Ty weighs. I can hardly carry him for more than 10 minutes! It's amazing what we get accustom to. Man, was I out of shape! It would be fun to loose an Ali, but that would be too much. Does anyone have a 45 pounder I could loose? :-) Another 15-20 pounds and I'm on to maintenance. Yay! Can't say I'll miss going to the gym 5 days a week.

8.01.2011

Date Weekend

What a fantastic weekend! Friday afternoon/evening we spent some quality time hanging out at the hotel, swimming, hot-tubbing, dining out. Hit DSW and Dick's. We found out the the cost of in-room movies has gone up....$10.99.

On Saturday we shopped. Since shopping with 3 kids is next to impossible, we took advantage. We had a bunch of gift cards from Christmas and birthdays so we had the funds available to get school shopping done. I needed some jeans (woohoo!) and so did Jeff. We hit Macy's, Kohls, and Target in the morning. Off to Albertville for the afternoon. We did some damage in Ann Taylor, Puma, Carters and Oshkosh. Almost walked away with some clothes from Calvin Klein, but we needed to pace ourselves financially (aka didn't have a gift card from there). I don't think I've ever spent an entire day shopping. I didn't realize how exhausting it is! We were sore and tired. We couldn't think anymore. Making a good decision on what the kids might or might not wear was next to impossible after a while.

Thank you to Hilton Garden Inn, Maple Grove, for a nice stay. The rooms are clean, the pool area is nice, the exercise room was great, and breakfast! Can you say "made to order"? Of course I couldn't partake in that, but the fruit was excellent! Great location for anyone wanting to do lots of shopping. Arbor Lakes shops are close as well as a few malls and Albertville. Plenty of dining options.

The kids were happy to see us on Sunday. Ty went through a myriad of emotions on the ride home from Grandma and Grandpa Hemingson. Larson and Ali were relieved to see mom and dad came back. :-) Larson went through his inventory of school clothes, and we only have one item to take back. Success!! Now to talk Ali into wearing clothes other than the 4 dresses she owns. Girls! She's been banned from buy clothes until she wears the ones she has in her closet.

Back to reality today. Swimming lessons and a really nice lunch with a good friend (minus kids). I pretty nervous to weigh myself. I think I'll hold off until tomorrow morning. It might be ugly, but it might not. I'll keep you posted. Next week we will be off to the lake for our annual family vacation. I'm so excited to see sister and spend some quality time with the family. Hopefully we'll get a run in, and some water skiing should be good for core strength training. A hike up Inspiration Point will be good cardio. Three more weigh-ins for Biggest Looser. It would be fun to be down 10 more pounds. Keep your fingers crossed for me.