Week Twenty-Eight

I have been so busy lately with all the family home. It gets a little crazy sometimes. Me, Dustin and Brittany participated in the Ronald McDonald House 5k. We did our best but it started thunder storming right when the race began. We started out strong mostly jogging in the pouring rain. We quickly became soaking drenched. The wind picked up and blew away my hat and the rain was blowing directly into my face. The kids became miserable and wanted to quit but I kept encouraging them to continue. Eventually common sense won over and we cut off the last part of the race. I realized that I wasn't proving anything and I could go running on a different day when it wasn't raining. The important part was, thanks to our entry fees and pledges from my coworkers we raised $130 for the charity.

On to my weight. At 185.4 this morning and ecstatic about it. Finally some of this extra runninga and walking is paying off. Only one more week of the Curves contest and I have met all the requirements except I have to get one more nutrition class in next Wednesday and 3 more workouts. I will do it. I am also very close to my one hundreth workout.

This morning we.are taking Ayden to see bubble mania. Later I am renting a pressure washer to clean the house off and hopefully take off some of the loose paint. Should be fun, LOL.

Week Twenty-Seven

Pleasant surprise this morning. I made it to 188.4, which is great. It took a while to get there. Longer than I thought, LOL. I have been going to a local track and jogging. Actually it is more like intermittent jogging and walking. Hopefully that is burning extra calories. I am going to do a 5k next Wednesday and hoping to be in decent shape for it. I at least don't want to finish last. My son Dustin has decided to workout at the track with me. Brittany is going to do the 5k with me. We are going to take Ayden to a local parade in a few minutes.

Week Twenty-Six

I didn't weigh myself on Saturday because I was on vacation and there was no scale. Yes, there was a small workout room but I didn't use it. So I weighed myself this morning and I weigh the same as last week 190.4. I probably should be happy because I did not follow my diet well at all. It is hard when you are at an amusement park all day. They don't really have low cal food there. I didn't do much better for dinners either. Too much carbs. The worse was when we were sightseeing in Philadelphia and I just had to have a Philly cheese steak sandwich. I regret it and (or maybe because ) it was not that great. Anywho, I need to get back on the bandwagon hard. Back to the gym for me today.

Ayden really loved Sesame Place. He got to meet many of the characters and even rode a fairly large roller coaster. We spent two full days there baking in the mid 90 degree sun. Needless to say I am burned to a crisp. Brittany and ayden seem to be fine. We spent another similar day walking around Philadelphia seeing historic hotspots like the liberty bell and independence hall. Two additional days were spent traveling. I made sure we had a hotel with a pool that we hit up every day. I spent a lot of time active on my feet, walking or swimming. I would think I would have faired better but maybe that saved me from a worse fate.

Week Twenty-Five

OK I didn't make it into the 180s but I did lose over a pound and a half so I did good. I weigh 190.4 today which I am happy about. Next week I'll make it for sure. I am pretty elated that my daughter and grandson are here. We are taking Ayden to the Pirate festival today. He should enjoy that. I also want to go to the track and do a little training for the 5k me and Brittany are doing later this month. I don't think it will be as humid this weekend as it has been.

Continuation of Week Twenty-Four

Ran out of space, LOL. I just wanted to finish saying that in the morning you shower and the guide color washes right off and you have a nice even tan. It will look a lot lighter than the guide color so don't worry about that. If you want it darker just do another application. You do need to exfoliate before first using though. I used the spray the first time which I don't recommended because it is more difficult to control and a think half of it ended up somewhere other than my body. I couldn't find the lotion locally so I ordered it directly from the company and got it within a couple days. As for the bedding I was able to just grab the towels and toss.in the wash and nothing was stained.

Week Twenty-Four

Another great week. I weigh 192.2 this morning! I should be in the 180s next week if all goes well. I walked a couple of days last week but could have done better with that. I have 75 workouts at Curves so only 25 more to achieve my 100th workout and get my commemorating T-shirt.

I went to a free Our Lady Peace concert last night. The music was good but the crowd was unbearable. The weather is supposed to be fabulous over the 4th of July weekend. I should be out a lot. Unfortunately Brittany and Ayden won't be here till late Monday night. But it's only a couple more days. She called a couple days ago and said ayden fell and hit his head on a table and needed stitches. Poor baby.

It looks like the threat of government shutting done is over for this year anyway. Oh I decided to start wearing eye shadow and liner. Its been years but I definitely need something. The problem I always had was my shadow migrating from my eye lid to other areas of my face. Second problem was not using the right colors for my eye and skin color. Well thank goodness for the internet. I looked up each issue. I learned that using a primer will smooth the skin and keep the makeup in place. I also got good ideas on appropriate colors and how to apply. So far it looks pretty good. I can tell some people at work are looking at me and wondering what is different. I also tried a self Tanner called Fake Bake. I have used self tanners before with bad results of streaks and orangy color. So again I went to the internet and this one got good reviews. It actually worked really well. Maybe a little scary but it comes with application gloves. It has a color guide in it so you can see where you're putting it and not miss spots.but it also looks muddy when it dries on you. You also have to keep it on overnight which can be messy but I just put large beach towels on my bed and covered with one