Oh my goodness... I thought I was doing SOOOO good!!  Only to step on the scale yesterday morning and see 4 EXTRA pounds staring back at me!  WHAT?!?!    So... I'm not quite sure!  Kinda had a ummy day yesterday, I'm sure the weather didn't help.  then to top it off, our daughter Kaidence got her first battle wound.  She cracked her head open and we had to drive almost 40 miles to get to the ER at 10 pm... got home after 1 and couldn't sleep after... lol  Man am I just Miss Negativity or what?!?  lol

So, I NEED to make sure today is a BETTER day!! :)

~joi~

Soooo... the "Come Back" weigh in has been posted... lol  The REALLY sad thing is I have TOTALLY lost track of what week it is... lol  WOW! I was better than I was expecting... I also posted last weeks as well!

Not sure why we are having such a hard time getting back into the flow again.  We are trying!!! We really are! :)

Our food choices are getting better and better again... it is just when we are traveling, the options aren't the healthiest.  So I'm going to go back to old school mom... I'll pack a lunch with HEALTHY options instead of being sucked in to the drive-thru of death... lol  ;)

As far as exercise, we've totally lost the groove we were in... I think with so much going on it was just way to easy to have an excuse and fall off of the wagon... lol  SO!  My goal for myself is to get at least 20 minutes on the treadmill a day (bad I've lowered the standard so much... but I'll shoot for longer).  I'm also going to start the Billy Blanks regime over! :)  Since I feel like I'm starting back over, maybe it will have an AMAZING impact on the results I can see! :)

My new clothes still fit... so I know I didn't go TOO crazy... but I could have had 5 more pounds off instead of gaining a few back...:( 

~joi~

hello everyone... amazing how quickly you can break a GOOD habit... lol   We haven't been TERRIBLE with our portions, but the food quality has def. gone down hill in the last weeks... UGGG!  Time to get back in control.

We are still here and going at it... so please don't think we are gone!  We will be updating weights tomorrow which I am kinda scared of... the girl who was addicted to the scale has pretty much avoided it lately... so I have no clue what to expect tomorrow... *crossing fingers*

In a bit of a rush right now... COLORFUL blogs wills resume tomorrow! :)  *sorry*

~joi~

awww... thank you all so much for your kind words! :)  Life is starting to look a little more familiar around here... less crying and more good memories being told...  

His Grandpa was a worker, through and through... he owned his own business and still worked even into his 70's... he is the type of guy who would do everything himself, even if it required help.  He was loading a bulldozer back up onto a trailer and didn't buckle in.  The dozer got off-center and toppled off of the trailer, throwing him and landing on top of him... :(  

Just wanted to update a little on what happened...

~joi~

It has been a sad week here... Brandon lost his Grandfather in a very tragic accident on Wednesday and we are all taken aback by it all.  Sorry we haven't been as active as we'd like to be on here, but I'm sure you can all understand!

Prayers for the whole family are GREATLY appreciated... He was an amazing man and will continue to fill our hearts with his love in all the memories that we have... but we already miss him terribly! 

~joi~