Weigh-in Sunday, Week 17.

Here we are another Sunday in the books. I went to bed with the worst headache ever and woke up with it again. I didn't even want to get out of my bed. But, here we are so lets get to the point!!

On Tuesday I weighed 245.5 after my weekend binge. So seeing this much more of a loss is nice to me! It's a total of 34.7 pounds down since I started 17 weeks ago. I'm hoping to get as close to that 239 as I can this week. It's my last week before heading to Kansas for a week to see my family!

Today is short and sweet, my head is POUNDING and I'm getting hangry. So I hope you have an awesome Sunday! Kick ass this week!

Weekend Binge....

Lets talk about my weekend...

Like a lot, a lot!!

So Friday was here and my husband somehow ended up having the day off and didn't even need to waste his leave. So that was awesome. I had a doctors appointment for my feet again at 9:15 Friday AM. So he was going with me because I can't watch two kids and get shots shoved in my feet they are too interested in what is going on. So we all went to my appointment, then Dr.Evans said make sure your daddy takes you guys out for ice cream since mommy had to get a 2nd set of shots. So Kaity demanded that basically all weekend long. Well play Dr.Evans, well played! We can't tell her ice cream loving face no when its 75+ outside and just beautiful so we went for ice cream EVERY day! Friday, Saturday and Sunday...After my appointment none of us had ate breakfast before we left so we went to Denny's where we ate strawberry ice cream!

That night was date night, so we dropped K&G off at our gym(parents night out) and off we went to Spaghetti Factory and then Crème Cupcake. We were going to go to the expensive chocolate store but thankfully they were closed by 7:45pm! By no means did I go expecting myself to eat healthy. I knew it was going to be a shit storm, free for all, it was an I had zero regrets!!

Saturday was upon us and I need to go to the store before the weekend really got underway and we were stuck inside getting groceries and other shit we didn't need to spend time inside getting. So I got up extra early to get it done before the kids and Eric got out of bed. I picked up some donuts for Kaity & Gavin and grabbed some breakfast sandwiches for E & I from the gas station. When I got home it was so beautiful outside everyone was awake the kids were watching toons and daddy was doing dishes (I know y'all he does dishes basically all the time!) We got the kids dressed and he started watching the LONGGGGGGgggggg ass new Star Wars movie (I was annoyed!) but what can ya do. He had some daddy time while the kids and I played outside and went on multiple walks in their trucks we got them for Christmas around our apartment complex. It was so much fun and so so nice outside. We decided to walk 2-2.5 miles pushing them in their trucks to the park (STUPID FUCKING IDEA) not walking wasn't stupid but those damn truck was dumb as fuck. So we got to the park and the kids loved it, they always do. We didn't realize it was almost lunch time when we left I took a few snacks but not to keep us full until 3-4 when we headed home. So we ended up ordering pizza and Kaity was in pizza heaven. She keep saying I'm so hungry, my belly so hungry mommy my belly is hungry until the pizza arrived. Kaity asked daddy for ice cream again and we agreed considering we were going to my favorite frozen custard place in Des Moines! Saturday night we grilled and I still ate like complete ass and had zero regrets. I was enjoying my kids and husband and it was just a good time. In the back of my mind I knew I was going to have to face the scale the next day but I honestly was okay with a gain in Week 16.

So Sunday was here already. Where does the weekend go?? Because I wasn't ready to tell it good bye...I got up early again 5:30 EARLY. To get all of our laundry washed and dry'd before it had taken up too much of our afternoon. Sunday we just stayed around our apartment complex. We got the kids convertible battery car out my parents got Kaity for her 2nd Christmas. They drove that thing all over the complex and had we not plugged it in every time we got back would have killed the battery 3 times over. They loved it and had so much fun. Kaity is actually getting much better at driving as long as you tell her to stay on the sidewalk. We walked over to family dollar and got a little baby pool just so they can play in outside our door. The kids who live in our apartment complex are not very nice so we won't be using the pool much here. Thankfully Des Moines has a ton of splash pads near us we will hit up this summer! We grilled again and meal prepped so Eric and I would have chicken for the week. We would of never even thought about ice cream but Eric needed to go pickup some keys from a few guys leaving for the week so they could move their government cars back to Camp Dodge in DM because they didn't want them sitting at the hotel all week so we all went with him and guess what is on our way?? Dairy Queen. So on our way back we begged daddy to take us for one last ice cream of the week and he agreed to we went and got us some strawdberry(how kaity says it) ice cream. She wants PINK or RAINBOW ice cream all the time!

So Sunday AM I had to weigh-in. I already knew it was going to be a gain, on Wednesday when I weighed myself I was at a new low this time for myself by Sunday I was up 1.6 pounds. I wasn't concerned and still ate like ass on Sunday. I reweighed myself Monday to see where I was for the week and what I needed to get off. It was roughly 2.5-3 pounds I needed to lose just to lose my gain. I didn't think it was a true gain because I barely consumed any water. So before this weight loss journey I would binge then the next day try to starve myself to make up for it. Not this time. This time I started Monday like I would any other Monday. I weighed myself saw what damange we had done and got to work. Ate all my points like I normally would (I went over 4 points) drank my 160+ ounces of water. So this AM I needed to weigh out for a diet bet and I'm happy to report I lost my water/food baby I had gained over my weekend crazeeee!! Moral of this story. Just because you eat like shit don't do something stupid like try to starve yourself to make up for it. Its not going to work in your favor and more than likely your going to gain ever more weight and turn that water gain into a true weight gain. You don't want to do that shit so just eat normal like you would any day and it'll come off. I'm thankful it was off and can't wait to weigh in on Sunday and see what kind of a loss I have this week! hopefully what I gained and then some, but I'll be happy just getting most of what I gain off!!

What I weigh-out in my diet bet weighing! On Sunday I weighed 247.3.

I hope you guys had a good weekend and that the weather was just as beautiful for you as it was for us! Have an awesome week!!

**Disclaimer** Eric isn't home to proof me so, don't be an asshat!

Weigh-In Sunday, Week 16.

This week has been nothing short of an awesome week! We've had beautiful weather here in Iowa and I taught myself how to sew! What else could get better??

It's weigh-in Sunday and as much as I didn't want to weigh myself, I did it anyhow so here it is!!

I gained 1.6 pounds....Am I upset? Not really. Am I surprised? No not at all. Am I concerned I've completely stopped my journey? Not at all. Am I confident I'll lose what I gained this week next week? Yes!

So lets talk about why I gained weight! I have been sitting in front of a sewing machine ALL week long. I didn't go to the gym, do I think that's why I gained? No not at all. Tons of people lose crazy amounts of weight without ever stepping a foot into a gym. Why didn't I go to the gym? Because my daughter is terrified of an asshat there so she cries when I say lets go to the gym...That's another annoying blog though that I'll probably NEVER write about. I had date night on Friday where I ate pasta, bread, dessert, just amazing food and had an awesome kid free 4 hours with my husband!

Now lets chat about why I think I really gained weight...Yesterday, day before a weigh-in we went to the park, we walked there 2 miles pushing out kids in their trucks (STUPIDEST IDEA EVER). We got there not realizing how late it was, the kids were getting hungry but weren't ready to leave so we decided to stay and just order pizza. So I ate pizza drank, little water and enjoyed the sun, my family, and the pizza! It was so much fun and I don't regret anything about it. I haven't gained in 15 weeks and 1 gain isn't going to set me back to where I'm not reaching my goals. I just know that this week I need to push myself harder and lose the weight I gained and kick ass!!

I hope you guys had an awesome Saturday & enjoy your Sunday! Here are a few super cute pictures of my baes yesterday

Weigh-In Sunday, Week 15

Weigh-in day is upon us again. Did this week go fast, or what?? Maybe its because my little guy turned 2. I have no idea but I felt like the week flew by us!! We had so much going on this week from G's birthday on Thursday, his 2 year checkup on Friday, & we were all sick in between those days. It was a crazy week!  

So lets get to weigh-in day! I was hoping to see a larger loss this week but I played around a bit with my points and still had a loss so I'm happy with that!!

I had a loss of 1.8 pounds and that brings my whole total since 12/30 to 32.8 pounds gone forever! We are still at an average of about 2 pounds and I'm hoping to keep it that way into the summer/fall. This year my main goal is to weigh 199.9 by 11/24 my 28th birthday! I still have 45.8 pounds to lose to hit it and I feel like I can as long as I don't get off track! My next goal is to hit 50 pounds loss, I really really really want to be out of the 240's by the time I go home to Kansas in May and be nearing the 220's by the time we go back home to Kansas again for our family camping trip for Memorial Day weekend! (Yes, gram if your reading we are coming home!!)

We also decided since we will be moved back to Kansas late summer/early fall that we are going to the Carrie Underwood concert on 11/22 pending neither of us have to work that evening and Aunt Coco (my sister) can watch our kids for us. So I'm even more determined to hit my goal and have an awesome date night out with husband for an awesome concert!! I've never been to a real life concert and where we are moving to in Kansas (Wichita) seems to always have some good ones so I'm excited for that! Not that Des Moines doesn't but we don't have reliable sitters here and in Wichita we will have Aunt Coco & Jon and Grandma Marcotte (my momma) will only be a few hours away!

So I have a fitbit and if you do too add me-- brittanie.hammes@yahoo.com I had the basic flex and loved it. I've had it for almost 2 years I believe maybe even a little longer. I can't exactly remember when we got my fitbit flex. So I've been side eyeing the blaze ever since it came out and found an awesome ass deal I didn't want to pass up, I was going to just go with an HR because my sister in law has it and seems like she really likes it. But everyone I talked to said if your going to spend the money, you might as well just get the blaze. So I went all in head first and I must say I've had it since Thursday and I'm in super love with it!! It connects to my iPhone so it will send me my phone calls and text right to it. I guess I can no longer ignore my husbands silly text....damnit! It also shows my heart rate and I must say as a 27 year old overweigh woman I have a super low resting heart rate 48-50...I've been to a heart doctor and my heart is fine, I worked for a heart doctor and he said it was fine so I suppose I'm going to live to see a few more days!! I'm basically in love with it and if your in the market for a new fitbit or too cheap to buy an apple watch this is PERFECT!!! Also there is some stiff competition going on in my house I set my flex up for my husband so this week should be interesting!

Also you know ya girl participated in pamper yourself Friday!! Lush, cupcake is perfection.... Seriously if it didn't have to be in the fridge I'd send it to everyone I know to try because I'm that in love with it! I felt like it was tightening my face and it was kind of weird but didn't have the awkward smell that coffee had (I don't enjoy a cup of coffee at all!) If you have a lush go check that place out!!

I hope you all had a good week!! If not improve this week and kick some serious ass!!!

Guess whos TWO,2,TO,TOOOOOO

Let me just start off by saying super sorry, no not really about all the cuteness overload your about to receive! If you don't like adorable blonde hair blue eyed little guys just go ahead and click away now, otherwise control your self ladies he is a handsome little fella!!!

When we got pregnant with our last child it was a total surprise. It took us a while to conceive Kaitlynn, so we just assumed the same would be with Gavin so we never prevented getting pregnant after we had Kaity. The spring/summer before we found out we were expecting I had been on weight watchers for about 6-8 months and had lost 40-45 pounds. I actually am pretty sure I got pregnant the weekend after I ran my first ever 5K with my family. His pregnancy was a HUGE surprise to me and I wasn't even sure we were ready to have another baby, but I'm so incredibly thankful God gave him to us.

Thanksgiving in 2013 my parents came up because Eric and I decided to host Thanksgiving for a few friends who weren't going home (Military families). We had a cake made to find out what he was going to be. This was going to be our last child so we wanted to do something special. We timed it just right that we could call my brothers family in Hawaii & my grandparents house where all my other family was at the same time to cut into our cake and see if we would be welcome another little girl Izabella Nicole or if we were in for a whole new world with a Gavin Matthew. I was #teampink, Eric was #teamblue..I was so surprised when we cut into that cake!!

I was due with Gavin Matthew on April 14th, however due to a C-section with Kaitlynn and wanting my parents and favorite cousin here with me to welcome Gav into the world we would schedule my csection for April 7th at 11am. Eric was a recruiter who would go out of town a lot and my parents live over 8 hours away so I wanted to make sure it wasn't KT and I in this alone! 2 days before I was set to go in for my csection my parents arrived with my cousin Megan to spend time getting all the finishing touches for Gavin and just spending time together and spoiling out Kaity for the last few days as our only babes!

My last pregnant picture EVER, 39 weeks pregnant I gave birth the very next day!

The day arrived for me to have Gavin and it was nothing like when I had Kaity. I woke up at like 8am, got ready to go, got our bags in the car, gave Kaity a million hugs and kisses and left her with my parents. I got into the car and bawled like a baby. I couldn't believe in just a few short hours we would officially be a family of 4 and our lives would forever be complete. When we got there they got us into our room, hooked me up, signed a crap ton of papers, drew blood, all those awesome things they do! My parents, Megan and Kaity arrived a hour or so later to see us one last time before going back. We meet with my doctor and the anesthesiologist who both agreed my mom could go back with us for the birth. At 11 am they took me back by myself to get my prepped and then they would bring Eric and my mom in a little later. I was so nervous but it was so calm. Unlike Kaitlynn's birth were we thought I was going to have to be put to sleep it was so normal. They gave me the epi and I went super numb super quick so quick I got extremely sick to my stomach and thought I was going to vomit. Thankfully the awesome anesthesiologist hooked a girl up with some medicine! I believe it was like 11:21 AM they started my csection and a mere 7 minutes later I heard the most amazing noise ever. Our baby boy was out into the world and screaming his lungs off.

He was 7 pounds 14 ounces, 20.5 inches long born at exacty 11:28AM and had the most amazing baby hair EVER!! I was determined to breastfeed him until at least 1 and I'm happy to say we made it to 17 1/2 months before I was so incredibly over it! I think that's why Gav and I have the strong bond we do. The kid wont go to sleep unless he can have his arm down your shirt! We are almost 2 and still drink from a bottle and really momma don't even care! Unlike with Kaitlynn when he's ready I'm ready. Gavin is the most chill kid ever, he listens so well (1,2,3 do wonders for him), he cleans up when you tell him to pickup his toys. He does have part of his mommas sassiness but such is life when I'm his momma! He has the most amazing blue eyes ever, he's a GIANT flirt ball, he refers to himself as bubba in pictures. Everyone is dada to him (yes including me!) He eats nothing but hotdog, chips, popcorn and drinks anything he can get his hands on but drink of choice is milk! He so perfect, I know all moms are bias but seriously god did good with this one! He has the right amount of sass to his daddys personality in him that makes him perfect. We were truly blessed when we brought Gman into this world!

So Gman your now 2, you already give me a heart attack on the daily because you climb on everything! I know it's not going to slow down with you anytime soon and I'm 110% completely okay with that!! We love you so so so so so so so so so much bubba. Your the last piece to our puzzle and you fit perfectly!!

Happy 2nd Birthday fat fat, don't get to big to fast, you might scare sissy!!

Staying on Track...

So I'm not a perfect weight watcher person. Of course we all have our moments, mine are often due to lack of judgement and deciding to do something last second without planning. It all comes down to planning doesn't it? April 1st I decided to join a hashtag on Instagram that is #nocheatmealapril. To me a cheat meal means going crazy not counting a single point and just going complete crazy on food. I'm talking like Cinnabon for breakfast, Pizza for lunch, Burgers from Zombie burger for dinner, and some ice cream kind of crazy. So basically I've decided for the next 3 weeks of April plus the week that is almost over I will stay on track and count every single point.

My adorable baby boys 2nd birthday is tomorrow (come back then to read his story!) and he's not a huge food eater at all. He rather drink milk 24/7, eat hotdogs or eat chips...So we've been trying to decide what his favorite food is and take him somewhere to eat for dinner. Well this morning we still hadn't picked a spot and I was getting annoyed because I need to plan my day around that meal we will eat. We finally picked a place, a hotdog place. I don't like hotdogs much in less grilled on the grill and even then ehh...So I pulled up their menu and guess what!!! They have grilled chicken, so it's a win win take our fat fat out to eat and I get to stay on track! I'm hoping for an awesome loss this week so I have no room to fuck around!!

So that brings me to...

Do y'all have any reminders around your home that keep you on track? I know I do! If I didn't have them I probably wouldn't stay on track because they scream in my face every time I walk into my kitchen!!

My 1st one is this awesome board I created for all the pounds I've lost! I want to lose at least 108 pounds but I'm shooting more for the like 120-125 range! What is better than get to see those numbers drop week by week? Just a few more pounds and I will be a third of the way done with this board and to me that is a huge motivator!! This one is a bit big for my kitchen so normally is either in my bathroom or on my night stand next to my bed. Hell if it was acceptable and I felt like covering holes in my walls when we move in a few months I'd stick that BITCH in the middle of the wall in my living room!

My 2nd one is one y'all see floating around pinterest often! Its in my kitchen on the counter where all the snack are held...You can't honestly look at them then decided to still binge eat so hey whatever works for me right?

Now lets chat about something that annoys me. First let me say I know we are our own worst, worst critic. I know this, I don't need you to tell me this! So when I get out of the shower/bath etc, I swear I stare at myself for like 20 minutes and wonder what on my body has changed. I have a lot of weight I need to get off I already know that but I've lost 31+ pounds already and I feel like I can't see it gone from ANYWHERE. God love my mother she always tells me she can see it, in my face! She's the best ever! But to me the one who looks at this body every day I feel like I don't see it coming from ANYWHERE. ANYWHERE! AT ALL. I take measurements' and let me just say I've lost an assload of inches from my body! Yes that feels amazing to see that number go down combined with the weight on the scale but I want to see my body change. I don't care if I weigh 200 pounds for the rest of my life as long as my stomach is gone. I can deal with my big ass hips and thighs but I struggle so much with this mommy belly I have. I know I've done this to myself but it drives me up the wall. Comparing pictures "before" and "now" is sort of a double edge sword to me because if I don't see a noticeable change I'm just even more annoyed! So I try to limit how much I take them otherwise I will just obsess about them!

So today I decided to compare a picture I took on 2/3 and I weighed 261.7 pounds. So 9 weeks between these two pictures and 15.7 pound difference.

Left is today & Right is 2/3.

The shirt is the exact same shirt the only difference is in the left picture I just washed and dried the shirt and the right picture I had worn to bed for a few days before this picture so it was "worn in". Things like this make me push! Not the number on the scale to see my shirts looser and know that soon I'll be able to fit into a smaller size tshirt is so exciting to me. I wish I wore jeans or had a pair that I wore before this because I know for sure no way they would fit me. The shorts in the right picture I put on a few nights ago for bed and they were so big I couldn't wear them to bed I would of woke up with no shorts on.

Progression pictures and measurments will save you on the days you don't feel like the scale is moving or you just feel icky. Do it you'll be happy you did!!

Weigh-in Sunday, week 14.

Hello beautiful readers!!! It's going to be a gorgeous day here in Iowa today, like 73-74ish is what they are predicting and to say I'm excited is a damn understatement! That means my crazy children are running outside and playing while I finish up my last two mermaid tail blankets that need to go out tomorrow!

But that's obviously not why you've come here! You've come to see my weigh-in on this beautiful day!!

Before we get there though we need to throw it back, if you haven't been reading my blogs you'll need to go catch yourself up on Weigh-in Week 11. I really really struggled that weekend and before Eric left for an out of town work trip he hid the scale from me. So I didn't weigh myself on week 12 because I knew I was up. I could barely get my rings off my hands that Sunday AM and that never happens anymore so no way I was going to have straight disappointment, so I just skipped the scale. I have no idea how much I gained in week 12, but I know it wasn't pretty!

So with this weeks loss of 3.3 pounds plus whatever I put on in week 12, this brings my total weight loss to a total of 31 pounds! In 14 weeks I'm pretty happy with that, it's an average of about 2.2 pounds a week! At the start of my journey, like the last time I started this journey I decided to make a weight loss board. The more motivation around my house I have the more likely I am to keep this journey up for the LONG haul. So I did a weight loss board and I did the jars in my kitchen. I keep my board next to my bed so I see it every night and keep a nice reminder of why I'm doing this right there next to my bed!

There are a few dates on there of goals I'd like to hit before that date to make sure I stay on track with weighing in at 199ish by 11/24! So since I hit my 30 pounds down mark I finally get to wear this bad boy since it been here for over a week now!!

 I'm currently working super hard on those booty gains, and getting my forever ASS! So this shirt was perfect when I think my sister in law tagged me in it, I had to have it!!

One last thing before I go, I've unofficially named EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY in April #pamperyourselffriday. I certainly don't mean to treat yourself to a meal. I mean pamper yourself a little! Don't lose who you are in your journey.

Here is how I pampered myself for the first Friday in April!!

I hope y'all are ready for this next week!

It's 7 days to stay on track, 1 day at a time you got this!!

Did I hit or miss March Goals??

1.) Lose 7 pounds

2.) Run 5 miles every week

3.) Run a 5K without stopping

4.) Track every day

5.) NO Easter Candy

#1-I weighed myself on Wednesday to see where I was for the week and I had lost 9.1 pounds so I'd say that HELLA successful!!!

#2- I did this for 3 of the weeks. Then I tore a muscle in my side and could barely breath to even run...So this is a negative! I did hit my 55 miles for the Month!!!

#3- I did successfully run a 5k. It was slow but, ya girl did it!!

#4- I tracked every day at least something. A few days I knew how many points I had left and didn't track what I ate but stayed within my points so this is a maybe, maybe not?

#5- I didn't eat any Easter Candy until today on some Kodiak Cake! It really wasn't as amazing as I was hoping it to be...Bummer!!

Along with my goals, I lost a total of 9 inches from my whole body! The only place that gained 1 inch each was my arms and I'm happy with that. Muscle out weighs fat so I'm okay with it!!

Now lets chit chat about my April Goals!!

1.) Lose 7 pounds

2.) Team NO cheat meals

3.) Workout 5-6 days a week

4.) Drink my 160oz of water daily

5.) Weigh-in on Sunday only

So recently I discovered that my scale and I have a super unhealthy relationship. Until Wednesday I had not weighed myself since 3/14. I was wanting to make it to Sunday to not weigh myself. But I also needed to weigh-in at my gym so at least it was at the gym! At first I had my husband hide the scale from me, no self control AT ALL. Then he conveniently forget to rehide it after he weighed himself on Sunday then left for Chicago so it was just chilling in the bathroom. I didn't touch it and still haven't! So I'd say my at home scale fast has been a WIN!

I don't really have an issue drinking all my water, at least I don't think so. Weekends though, I don't know if its because we go do stuff and I don't bring extra water but I tend to forget.

I joined #nocheatmealapril on Instagram. We will see how this goes! I'm talking about just going crazy and not counting kind of cheat meal. When I told Eric he looked at me like I had 10 heads and say no way will we go a month without eating out. I do pretty good eating out, LOTS of grilled chicken so I can enjoy my favorite side! I don't feel like that's a cheat meal. I'm talking like going HAM on some Pizza and Candy. Or walking my ass into the OG (Olive Garden) and eating myself into a bread stick COMA! It happens to the best of us!!

And of course to stay on track with weigh-in in at 199.0ish by a wedding that I'm a bridesmaid in November I need to lose at least 6-7 pounds a month. (It's actually 6.25) Once I get to like 205ish I'm not weighing myself until the day of the wedding just because I don't want to hit 199 and be like HOLY SHIT BALLS I DID IT, only in turn to go crazy and gain weight back and be pissed at myself. If I don't hit 199 by the wedding I really just want to weigh it by my 28th birthday on 11/24 & considering my family has a ton of HUGE changes coming later this summer it will be interesting!! But you know my motto, MOMMAS GOT GOALS, Y'all!!

Did you hit or miss your goals? If you missed what are you doing differently this month to make sure you kick their ass?? If you hit, did you set higher goals this month or just hoping to hit the same next month?

Whatever you journey is, remember the only competition you have is being better than the person you were yesterday! You do you girl, I do me, we are all in this together 1 pound at a time!!!

**Disclaimer, if you see typos Eric's at work(no proofreader!), my kids are watching Ninja Turtle and I have spare time!!**