Over the next few days, I am going to be writing blog posts of the changes we are making as a family in the New Year. I am very excited to make 2009 a GREAT Year!

Number One:

I actually made this change in 2008, but stepping it up even more to make my goal by my birthday in May. I am very excited to share with you my weight loss over the past few months. I treated myself to a new hair do last night since I have done so well with my weight loss. I told hubbs back in November that I wanted to go shorter with my hair but wanted to lose some weight in my face first. TADA my new hair (I just love it):

Drumroll now…. Here is a picture of me back last August, 2008. We were at our local theme park. I honestly couldn’t believe this picture but glad I had it to show off my weight loss.

Here is the before of me 25 pounds heavier:

Here is me now 25 pounds lighter:

I can tell my legs, my stomach and my face are definitely smaller. I am very super excited to continue my weight loss and be to my ultimate goal in May .

I was sooooo excited about tonight’s Weigh in Number 4. I am shouting from the roof tops, I am below 200 pounds!!!! Did you hear that? I am below 200 pounds .

When hubbs and I first got together I was 132 pounds… I just know I can get back down to that. I have not been below 200 pounds since September 2006. When I weighed in… and she told me my weight loss… I immediately said out loud I am below 200 pounds and turned around and looked at my best pal Cindy and just smiled really big to her. Thanks Cindy for doing this journey with me.

I am so excited tonight and can not rub the smile away off of my face. Just had to share!

I’m so proud of how well I have done the past two weeks. Listen in

So we came in this morning from having a hike through the snowy woods and decided we would make another great weight watchers recipe. Thanks to one of my BFF Cindy for this recipe. It is so good and such a hit. Don’t mind my hair (you can tell I was wearing a toboggan). M didn’t even want to take her coat off either . Enjoy!

I have decided to do a video journey of my progress. I will tell you why in the video. Join along for my journey and please leave your comments below

Here we go….I am a little nervous but know I have done so well by sticking to my points allowed each day of the past week. I really hope I have lost. It will make me so giddy.

I was looking back on pictures. I lost my weight sooooooo good after M. Back in size 6′s by the time she was 6 months old. Here is one picture of just my face, but you can tell how great I looked.

I got pregnant with my wonderful bundle of joy number 2 L and from the get go, just couldn’t lose the weight. Here I am when she was 8 weeks old in the hospital with RSV. This picture shows how big I am, but it makes me so sad because M was sick as well and needed me just as much as L did.

See the difference in my face? UGGGH. I am shooting for my face to go back to the first picture. I can do it I can do it I can do it!!!

I tried a great Weight Watcher’s recipe tonight. You may want to try it. Each slice is only 1 point.

1 box of cake mix (I used Orange Dream, you can use just plain white cake mix)
1 can of diet Sunkist drink
2 egg whites.

Bake as the temperature on the cake box.

Let the cake cool and top with fat free whipped cream.

It was a big hit here tonight… everyone enjoyed it. I didn’t feel guilty eating it either since it was so low in points YAY

And yes… I could care less we are entering the Holiday season with all the most awesome food ever. I am hitting the weight watchers train with my buddy Cindy. I know we can motivate each other to get to our goals where we need to be.

After trying on about 6 different dresses/skirts this morning and seeing my body so unflattering, yea I think that’s all it took . I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. I’m actually pretty darn excited about this as I know so many people around me that has had such great results.

Let’s get this train started… oh and let me put it in overdrive so it can go super lightning fast WOOT WOOT