It's never too late...to start over...

So...Beth and I decided to restart the Losin Together blog today. Goodness I've been struggling, and she has as well, so it's about time. We've talked about it in the past, but now, it's on!

I haven't posted food on here in awhile anyway, so this blog will stay about the same...I'll keep doing updates a couple of times a week, or every day if I really make some improvements.

So as of tomorrow, head over to our Losin Together to check out our progress or search for us on Facebook, we have a fan page!

In other updates, I'm still diggin training with Janie. She just upped my reps again, and while OUCH, it's a good feeling to be stronger and know I couldn't have done this three months ago.

We ate crap yesterday, BUT we got some good walking in. Two friends, me and our kids walked to eat lunch at a restaurant, which is 1.2 miles from my house. We walked back, hung out a bit, and then walked up to a football game half a mile away from my house. We got in a total of 3.4 miles roughly. It was such a good feeling! Too bad I ruined it with the food choices I made.

In memorium

So yesterday was D and I's 3rd anniversary of the adoption being final. Well, today, is the 3rd anniversary of my grandad passing away. He'd been in a coma for a week or so, the end stages of Alzheimers, and I almost rescheduled the adoption hearing, but we had no idea when he would go, he could have gone another few days. And I really felt that with everything going on centering around my grandad, that D deserved "his" day.

The day that he died was interesting though. We were waiting on my uncle to get back in town to say goodbye. My grandparents have 5 kids; 4 girls and one boy. I had this feeling my grandad was waiting on my uncle to get there, and sure enough. We'd been at their house most of the day, and as soon as my uncle showed up, D and I left to go to my other aunt's house so D could get a nap. As we were headed to her house, it was right as a massive sandstorm blew through Dallas, and as we got to her house, we got the phone call that he had died. The sky was all orange and brown, it was surreal.

It's been 3 years and half the time I still feel like he's here. When I'm at my grandma's house on Sundays, sometimes it seems like he's going to come out of the bedroom at any moment. My dad and I have gotten closer since I got D, but my grandad was so much more like a dad to me growing up. He was a great man, quiet, solid, always there. I miss you, Grandad. We'll never forget you, but I so wish you and D had been able to get to know each other.

Happy Gotcha Day!!

Today is the 3rd anniversary of D and I going before a judge and promising to mommy and son forever! He never promised to be good, and I never promised to be perfect, and we're an even match. I *heart* that kid!!

How did we celebrate? Well...I put him to bed early, and left him with my brother to go see one of my favorite shows: Phantom of the Opera. Yes, I'm a mean mommy, it's ok, we'll celebrate tomorrow. POTO was AMAZING. I've listened to the music of it for years, and have seen the movie, but none of those could compare to seeing it live. We ended up getting 6th row seats from another momma who was not able to use them. It was TOTALLY worth the expense.

Rough, emotional week

I got some bad news regarding after school care for D on Wednesday and it really made my week spiral. And as such, so did my emotional eating. :(

I also know that this coming week is going to be an emotional one (stay tuned for posts on that). SO today, we hit up the grocery store, got lots of fruits and veggies, lean proteins, etc, and I am ready for a good week. I tried to make sure to be as prepared as possible.

We did have a good weekend though even though it was busy. Some babysitting, two trips to Ikea, hanging out with good friends, and busy work on my living room (pics to come), made for a very tired Brandie!!

Best snow EVAH!

So I purposely waited til today to post again. I noticed that as it got closer to VDay this past Sunday, I got increasingly DONE with it. And all I wanted to do was rant about the day. So, to spare your eyes that, I stayed away from here. I'm better now. We did end up having a fairly busy weekend, but the HIGHLIGHT of it was that the weather made it a 3 day weekend!

This past Thursday, around 3am, it started snowing, and kept snowing. We got about 12 inches of snow! So work let out early on Thursday, and most schools in the area shutdown on Friday. No work! The best part, was that really, the roads didn't ice. It never got low enough in temp to, so we were able to get out and about on Friday, and just enjoy the day! D loved playing in the snow, I think it was a once in a lifetime opportunity! I'm 30 and have never seen that much...so...YEAH.

We also got to meet my cousin's new baby girl! They were visiting this weekend from Colorado, and she is just PRECIOUS...

I topped off the weekend with a trip to Ikea for a new coffee table, side table, and rug. I'm revamping my living room some and can't wait to see it completed!

One simple change

It's amazing to me how one simple change in the order of my workout, can be so much more effective. The last week, it had been getting easier to do one full round of the workout and then do it all over again a second time. Well, last night, my trainer had me double each set as I do it, and omg I was hurtin. I finished strong, but man, I could feel it SO much more! It was still the exact same workout as this past week, but just changing the timing of it, wow. So while I'm not truly sore, I have a few twinges in places, esp my triceps. It's more of a feeling tho that they got worked, not really "sore". I love that we are changing just enough each week to keep it amped. I'm not getting complacent in this, thanks to my awesome trainer!

A big S day...

Sunday...Sweethearts...Superbowl...Satisfying food at Twisted Root? Ok that last one is pushing it a bit with the "S".

Despite AF trying to ruin my day, we made the best of it anyway. It was a rocky morning, but D had sweetheart pics with his little friend this afternoon. So he got all dressed up for that, and I do have to say, even though I may be a bit biased, I have NEVER seen cuter children!! :) Yeah I'm biased.

After that, we hit up Twisted Root for dinner. And even though money issues were the main reason for what I got, I did NOT get a burger. *gasp* That's right, though I can't say that what I got was a TON better...a grilled cheese sandwich with curly fries. And I had some Twisted Root Beer. But I did plan for it today, had only had about 300 calories all day before that. And really haven't had much else tonite so I figure I'm ok for the day.

This past week, I wasn't the greatest with food portion-wise, so this week I'll be tightening up big time since Valentines Day is this next weekend. And that is a tough day for me typically. I hate it, basically. I hate the reminder EVERY where of what I don't have, and I can't escape it. And I have to say, it's now a huge pet peeve of mine when married peeps say they "don't really get into V Day"...yeah, because you HAVE someone. Urrggh...ok vent over. But it's how I feel.

So yeah...I'll get over it. And it will be Feb 15th, then 16th, and so on and so forth, soon enough. Now to get through this week.

Our 3 Day Team

I'm now part of a 3 Day team...our team name is The Boobie Battalion, and we are ready to "Fight Like Girls". Please check out our team page and we would love your support!

We've got some really great fundraisers planned, including a large garage sale coming up in March, so stay tuned for details on that!

What a week...

From D's MRI, to him being sick, to waiting for results, to a really good workout with my trainer, to a few evenings spent with good friends, to putting together an outfit for D for sweetheart pics this weekend with his little girlfriend, to AF being a total PITA, it's been one heck of a week!

That's the basics of it. It's continued to be pretty busy at work from the new software we rolled out, which is fine. It makes the days go by fast.

Aside from Friday evening, we still stuck to eating at home, and did good with that.

And...I officially registered for both Heels and Hills Halfs in May and September! I'm making the commitment now that I will be ready for them. I HAVE to hit the 4 hour mark, and I can't wait to get another half under my belt.

Another 3 Day Announcement

Come join us on Monday Feb 8th at Tin Star on Coit and 190 from 4-9pm. I get 10% of all sales that evening donated to the 3 Day under my name, which will help me in being able to walk in November! This includes, food, alcohol, even take-out, so please come get some yummy quesadillas, tacos, or even a margarita!

And if you can't make it, but still want to donate a couple of dollars, you can still easily make a donation here: http://www.the3day.org/goto/justbrandie

Crazy weekend

But yet I can barely remember most of it. LOL

Friday, we had guests over for dinner. The boys had a fantastic time playing, and a new friend and I got to chat some more. We even ate the meatloaf fail...which wasn't bad with some ketchup. Saturday, we were supposed to go to a birthday party but D fell asleep IN the cart at Target. Yeah there went that idea. We did have dinner with some friends on Saturday evening. And then Sunday, I actually got a Mom's Night Out! My brother came over to sit with a sleeping D, and some DAM chicks and I hit up Olive Garden. To top off the evening, a late night "no kids" trip to Walmart...woohoo!

Monday...was D's MRI. He's been complaining of head pains lately, and has had at least one seizure lately, so aside from upping his seizure meds, the neuro ordered the MRI. It went well. The last time he had one in 2007, he went nuts when the sleepy meds hit him, flopping around all over the place, eyes rolling back in his head. This time, he raised his hand, like he didn't like how the meds felt going in, then reached for me, laid his head on my shoulder, and was knocked OUT. I was shocked at how easy that was! Afterwards, he was so sleepy/drunk for about 2 hours, which is funny as all get out. But this time, too, he was crazy nuts in the evening. Like over the top hyper. Goodness, I was ready to get him to bed!

He had what I think was a bad reaction to the meds, which was not fun, threw up a few times, but by this evening, seemed to be doing fine again.

So that's been our last few days. I can't say eating has been GREAT, but I've passed up some desserts that I could have easily gotten. I brought home half my ziti from Olive Garden. I've made some decent choices. I don't know tho that I will be down in weight a LOT this week as I had hoped. But I still have 2 full more days before Friday's weigh-in to compensate.