Man, I don't know why I haven't been making this a priority... :(   That makes me sad...

Well, my body is paying the price... I had a 1.2 lb gain this week, I'm getting so sick of this bouncing back and forth between the same few pounds....   Brandon is hovering too.  I guess it is better than a REAL gain... but come on!!  We are eating well and know that we need to work on exercise... but I think we have gotten to lax with all the work on our house, the summer events and just life in general... we are RE-FOCUSING!!  We are starting the workout plan a new and going at this like it is the first day again... Well... tomorrow!  LOL  Today is our sane day...lol  :)  Hahaha

Hope all is well and the summer is treating everyone well! 

xoxo~
~joi~

OOPS!!!  So, obviously weighing  in is NOT the first thing on my mind on Saturday mornings!!  lol  SOOO... we will make it official next week.  I didn't even think about the scale until I sat at the computer and saw my spaces icon on my favorites... OOPS!  Not normal for me... but I'm also not feeling super "with-it" today... lol I swear I could sleep ALL DAY!  Going to take it easy today and head to bed early.  If you know me, you know my head doesn't usually hit the pillow until around 2 am or so...  So, I may even be in bed before Brandon gets home from work at 11:30 tonight... we'll see though! 

~joi~

Hey all... We DID weigh in this week and post everything but I didn't have the time to write a blog... and here it is a few days later now... lol  SO here it is...

We are both getting a little annoyed that our weights are bouncing back and forth... not to the point we are going to stop, but COME ON! lol  We have to be more vigilant with exercise and avoiding trouble foods.  But overall we are doing pretty good about our choices.

I am heading out of town tomorrow to go to my niece's birthday party and will make sure I stick to my guns while around the family.  They are trouble I tell ya... lol

We've both been very busy with the house and work.  I've got lots of orders to fill, which I am VERY thankful for and extra excited about three of the dresses ordered *wink*...  I may also have a LARGE order for my pincushions which is very exciting! :)  By large, I mean 200-300! WOAH!  I should here if I've got the contract in the next week or so. 

Kaidence's head is healing WONDERFULLY!  She didn't even flinch when they took out her "sniples"  LOL  Yes, she kept calling them sniples, after a week of saying staples, I guess she got sick of the word.  LOL

Hope all is well for everyone else...  Big Hugs!

~joi~

soooooooooo... last weeks weigh in was 234.4   with a gain on Wed. for a  lovely weekly high of 235.4 *eek*  So...... anything i could manage today would be an improvement! 

I got back to 234... then back to 233.. then back up to  234 again... so I wasn't sure what to expect... I was crossing my fingers and legs and toes...  looked down... low and behold... 231.2  Woo Hoo!!!  It's coming back off!!!! :)

Brandon was down only a little bit but it wasn't a gain!!!! So woo hoo to him too!

Lots to work on today, so this is brief. More to come in the week... KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

~joi~

Hahaha... So neither of us were very excited about our weigh in... lol  I was lower, but I was at 230 on the nose.  Boo hiss!  lol  So, at least I know next week will get me through the 230's and into the 220's.    Brandon was up a little bit (back at 283) but I'm sure it will all balance out again in a day or two... he's good at bugging me that way. hahaha.  i swear it takes me WEEKS to recover from a  gain and he just walks upstairs and back down and its gone.  lol

~joi~

Hiya everyone... :)   Both Brandon and I are really bad about weighing ourselves daily... but for us it is MOTIVATING!!  Well, today was AWESOME!!!  Bran broke out of the 280's!!  Mind you he weighed himself after LUNCH and he was down to 279.8  WOO HOO!!! Can't wait to see where he is at on Tuesday!! I weighed this morning and am at 231.4... soooo close to being in the 220's... I CAN TASTE IT!!!  I have hit my 20 lb mark now... YIPPEE!!

Just wanted to share!  :)

~joi~

Good morning losers *hehe*...  I've been interested in joining the Biggest Loser Club for a while now, but I have a hard time reasoning the $20/month.  I'm sure it is worth it but I just want to know how it differs from other sites.  :)  

Can anyone help me out?!? 

Is it worth it??  What does it offer that is different from other sites? (I've  been part of Calorie-Count.com and am currently using MyFoodDiary.com)

THANK YOU!  :)

~joi~


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anyone? anyone??  bueller? 

Okay, this will be short and sweet... I'm feeling way way way under the weather today!  BUT  I am excited to say when I weighed this morning I was 235.2!  WOO HOO!  Brandon went up a little bit but we aren't worried...it'll come right off probably during the day.

I promised it was going to be short and I wasn't lying... lol  HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

~joi~

Wow!  Brandon decided to weigh himself this morning and weighed in at 281.6!  WOW!!  he is officially OVER 20 lbs lost!!  I am so proud of him!  He is doing so good, even while eating the not-so-great food choices that have been his only options this week.  At least he is going for the healthiest alternatives he can get his hands on!  I am hoping I'll have as *GREAT* of a weigh in after my birthday (Sunday).   Yes, our birthdays are 3 whole days apart... lol  *It's kinda cool, but we usually only celebrate them as one, which can kinda stinks sometimes... but we ARE married and do everything together anyway*

SO... Give a big WaHoo! for his amazing success this week! :)

~joi~

So, I got home last night instead of today... we picked up a surprise for Brandon's birthday (tomorrow) and I couldn't just keep her at my parents overnight... :)  I'm pleased to introduce you to Matilda, the newest member of our family! :)  She is a 2 yr old pit bull terrier mix and is the sweetest, calmest dog I have EVER seen!  

So, as I've discussed with a few of you it seems like hitting that 15 lb mark has been the hardest thing to accomplish!!!  I DID IT!!! On the NOSE!  That is only a .6 lb loss this week, but it got me right to 15 lbs even (with a current weight of 237!)  THANK GOD!!!

Brandon blew me out of the water, he lost 4 lbs this week and is now 2 lbs away from the 20 lb mark!  WOW... he is still amazing me!  I found a really cute sweater on a clearance rack for him and figured I'd get it for him and it would probably fit good next winter.  He put it on and IT FIT!!  And my Lord, was he ever a little hottie!!  ALL MINE LADIES!!!  lol


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So, I figured out my next incentive!!! I  am part of a program called MyPoints and you earn points for opening emails and linking to the sites they send... or on online purchases you make and with eBay being on there... I've racked up some pretty good points.  Well, you cash these points in for Gift Cards from some pretty cool stores (most major stores are listed).... I have almost reached the $100 gift card mark since the end of July... not too shabby!!  And that was missing a lot of the quick, easy and free points up until the end of January because we only had dial up so I just didn't do those.  BUT I am going to cash my points in for a $100 gift card for either, Gap, Lane Bryant or something else that grabs me and when I reach 215, (maybe 200 depending what size I'm down to) I am getting some *new* SMALLER clothes!!  Not that $100 is a lot... but how fun will that be?!?  A free mini shopping spree! :)

If anyone is interested in MyPoints, let me know!  They rack up pretty quickly!  I've "earned" close to $400 in the last few years...  pretty cool! :)  Not to sound like an infomercial or something, but it's kinda fun to rack up points that actually do something! :)

~joi~

So, in just a few short hours I will be sipping coffee with my best friend, Rachel!!!  She is from team Jerremey-n-Rachel.  We have been best friends for over 20 years and I am so excited to finally see her again after 2 Looooooooooong years!    We will be working out together for the first time in and EVEN longer time, so it will be interesting to see the changes that maybe photos don't show! :)  We are planning on a  video or two... and will probably post them on both pages! :)

So here's to you Miss Coffee-Drinking Long-Walk-Taking Soggy-Pizza-Crust-Stepping Long-Road-Trip-Taking Singing-At-The-Top-of-our-Lungs Besteristeded Friend ... coffees ready!!! 

~joi~

Okay, so I got some "final" pics up for the MPMU... but I think I will retake them because Brandon took them at a different angle and distance than the previous ones, and I want an accurate photo record of this journey.  I want to be able to say, "Yes, I know it is hard to believe with how amazingly healthy and trim I am... BUT I really did weigh 252 at the beginning of 2008..."   LOL  What is more astonishing to me is how far I have come before the Million Pound Match-Up started.

The highest I have been (without being pregnant) was 278 and that was AFTER balancing out weight wise after my son was born.  So, I'm 40 lbs down from there! :)  Not too shabby!!!!!    So, the fact I've yet to hit 15 lbs since starting MPMU doesn't get me down... I've come a long way and taking it off slowly isn't a BAD thing! :)




~joi~

We are posting photos  this weekend! :)   We know we were supposed to post them on Tuesday, but I was out of town for  medical appointment.  *uggg*  So, we will do it this weekend! :)  I am so excited about seeing it for myself ... I noticed a decent difference between the last two shoots, and that was only 2 weeks, this will be  just over a month!  *cross you fingers with me*

Jumping back on the treadmill tonight.  The last week has been TERRIBLE as far as exercise... I was having a very uncomfortable part of nature... lol  and pretty much couldn't move.  That and a stomach virus... YUCKY!!!  So, I feel WAY better now and am ready to burn some calories!!!!!

Well, we have an appraiser coming tomorrow to look at the house, so I should REALLY get to work on the bedrooms.  Does anyone else just have TOO many clothes in their house?!?  lol

~joi~

I BROKE THROUGH!!!!!  Out of the 240's!!!!  I had gotten below a few days before/after weigh-in and then shot right back up by the time I was supposed to weigh again!!!  FINALLY on a weigh in day!!!    239.4   I don't care if it is only 6/10ths of a pound out of the 240's...  there is no 4 behind that 2!!!    I have been struggling with this milestone for weeks and weeks!!!     Now I need to shoot for the 220's!  Wee hoo!!! 

My original goal was to be to 220 by my 30th birthday ... which is in 26 days (March 30th)...   not saying that I am giving up... but I'm REALLY going to have to start busting butt  even more if I even want to get close to that... I think I'd "settle" for in the 220's... that sounds fair! 

Brandon went up this week, but not nearly as bad as I did last week!  *eek*   So, we need to reevaluate some things and getting on the treadmill more.  We mad a BIG mistake!  We had the cable guy come and install phone service on Thursday and folded the treadmill up and it hasn't come down since... NO MORE!!!  As soon a I get off of here, I'm going right over there and setting it back to the proper "easy to hop on and work out" position... lmao   What a stupid little mind game that is.  Like it would even take very long to put it down... grrrr!  

Anywho... hope everyone is doing great!

~joi~

so, if you looked at our numbers this week, you saw that we BOTH gained.  I gained 2.4pounds?!?!  What the crap  is that??  hahaha  This is soooo not happening again!!  We got the treadmill... we are USING it and we are getting rid of this fat!!  It was pretty darn discouraging this morning to see those numbers though... that is why I waited until this evening to post them and jot down  these few words. 

I've got 19 days until my best friend gets here and by golly , I am GOING to get some more weight off by then!  She is blowing me out of the water!!!  *Go Rachel*   

Brandon gained a little weight too... we are both adjusting our food this week and will see if we can remedy the problem... we are NOT giving up!!! 

~joi~

I have been struggling with the same 5 pound range for the last few weeks.  I feel like I am stuck at 241 ish... I got down to 238 last week, and the week before and by the time weigh in rolls around I am back at 241... GRRR!!!  I just want to get below and stay there.   I know I can do it, but come on... just get it done and over with! Give me a new range to get out of! 

Brandon is still losing well and I can't help but feel a tad bit jealous... but it happens! :)  He's a guy... statistically it is easier for the weight to come off of them, so I need to keep that in mind. :)

Anyone else feel like they are at a standstill ??