Hit or Miss April Goals!!

My April goals were basically like any other month. Lose some weight, work out and drink an ass load of water!! Did I hit or miss them? I'd say it was a crap shoot month!! Here is why!!

1. Lose 7 pounds-- I lost a total of 9.7 pounds even with my only gain of the18 weeks I've been doing this, so I totally kicked that ones ass!! Plus I lost 8.5 inches over my body for the month of April, so that's kinda awesome!

2. Team NO cheat meals--Now lets talk about a cheat meal, to me its when I go absolutely crazy and don't count a single point. If I count the points and know what I'm eating, than that doesn't count. I had 1 cheat weekend. Lets call it a cheat weekend! It was beautiful outside in Iowa and we wanted to spend the whole weekend out with our kids so I cheated. I counted half the points and half of them I didn't even care. I was enjoying my family and to me that's all that mattered!! So I did pretty well, could have done better. But, hey ya win some, ya lose some!

3. Workout 5-6 days a week--Yah I blew ass on this one. I don't know why. I kicked the first two weeks ass at the gym then it faded and faded fast! We had an incident at the gym between my daughter and childwatch teacher and now my 3 year old bawls when we go (most times) so I just don't even go with her because I'm not leaving her somewhere she is uncomfortable and I honestly don't blame her. I wanted to kill the child watch teacher for the reason, so yah. We went on Saturday and Kaity was okay so I'll be going this week before we leave for Kansas! Again win some, lose some!

4. Drink 160oz of water daily-- I always drink all my water. I love water, water to me is good. If I don't drink enough, I know what happens so I chug a lug that shit! I love love love Crystal Light Grape Energy and Strawberry flavor so it is a good mix to my water! I kicked this goals ass too!!

5. Weigh-in only on Sundays-- basically did this too. A few weeks back I started having a super unhealthy relationship with my scale. Where I was weighing myself multiple times a day and getting pissed when it went up. So yah, a few weeks of no scale and it kicked that habit to the curb! I might weigh myself on Wednesday just to make sure I'm on track but mainly just Sundays!

I'd say overall I did okayish! I didn't hit them all, but I also didn't not hit some of them! What counts is that I'm still on track to lose my 79 pounds by November 24th! I only have 40.6 pounds to go and I honestly feel like this is a good goal that I will hit! Ideally I'd love to lose 100 pounds in 1 year of this journey but if I don't I'm 110% okay with that. This for me is a lifestyle change and my lifestyle has changed a lot this time around!

Did you hit or miss your goals for the month of April? Did you set goals for May? We are just a few weeks away from the official start of summer so kick ass for the month of May!!!

May Goals!

1. Lose 9 pounds, this will be difficult for me this month but I need a bit more motivation since I will be back in Kansas all but 9 days the month of May!

2. Win my Mama Laughin diet bet and meet my goals for my transformers diet bets! Mama Laughlin's diet bet I weighed in at 244.1 and need to weigh 234.3 by May 22nd! I think its doable, I just need to stay on track to keep losing even after the diet bets are over. I'll spend the last weekend at the lake with my family so hopefully I get lots of exercise in that weekend and try to eat as healthy as I can!

3. Work out 2-3 days a week. I'm not going to set some crazy goal this month for exercise because lets face it , I will be visiting family. Most weekends I'm sure I'll be at my aunts where we stay up too fucking late and laugh too fucking much. So I'm hopeful I'll be able to walk the empty streets of Palco in the evenings with my two bae's and get some exercise in. Palco is so small, there isn't really a gym. (well there is but I'm not paying fucking $100 for the month I'm home to maybe or maybe not use it!)

4. Drink ZEROOOO soda. When I go home I tend to drink more soda and consume less water. My goal is to take my cup with me and chug a lug every single stinking day! Trying not to miss 1 day of getting my 160oz's in!

5. Enjoy my family and the time I'm home. Being a military family and with my brothers family who is also military, its hard to be home at the exact same time. My parents miss their kids and grandchildren like crazy as much as they miss me. I am not willing to not enjoy my family just to hit all of these goals but I think I can stay on track and meet my goals while still enjoying being home. I haven't seen my brothers family in 3 years, its been a LONG LONG LONG time. We use facetime, but its not the same as smothering those kiddos in hugs and kisses (my niece and nephew!)

6. Post blog post at least twice a week. Something I slack like a crazy slacker on this. The past few weeks to name a few!!

7. Last but not least is to try and stay within my points every day. I'm lucky that I grew up in such a small town that there are NOT any fast food places in the town my parents live in. I would have to drive 30 minutes to get to one. So there will be lots of home cooked food and I need to make sure that I'm staying within my points and not going over every day, because that will lead to weight gain and I don't want that!!

So those are my goals! I'll see you all June 1st to update you on whether I hit or miss them! Pray I hit the shit out of them. Because if I see 229-230 on my scale by June 1st, I'll probably bawl my eyes out! When I hit 210-215, I will officially weigh less than my husband and lets be honest, it's been one HOT ass minute since that happened!!!

Weigh-In Sunday, week 18!

Why hello, week 18 of my weight loss journey! It's awesome to see you so beautiful and chipper this AM!! All this considering I'm pretty much super super happy with this week's weigh-in. I really wish I would have hit 239.9 by today but ya know, ya win some and ya lose some!! On Thursday we leave our home in Des Moines, IA and head to North Platte, NE so my husband can inspect some Marine Recruiter offices there. Then on Friday we head to good ol' Palco, KS! If your coming to kill me or my family, good luck. Its like a tiny ass pimple on the map. HA! We will get into our trip in a few minutes. Here is how I did for week 18 weigh-in! I basically killed the game y'all!

Y'all that is freakin' 3.3 pounds down in 1 week!!! I kicked this weeks ASS! I've slowed down a little on IG posting because I've been super busy with dress/skirts and ahh it's been a crazy ass week. But I'm still here, still slaying the shit outta this weight loss game y'all! Just because I don't post weight loss related things doesn't mean I've fallen off the wagon. I'm in this for the long haul! I've been in it for 18 weeks and I'm not about to give up now!!

This brings my total weight loss as of today right now to 38 pounds! I can seriously smell 50 pounds gone!! I put on some clothes that at Easter time fit for the most part but I could of sized up and it was big and I loved that it was so big on me! I hope by Thursday I've entered the 239's by the time I leave for my moms but we shall see!!!

I'm posting a picture of my weight watcher app because some asshat on IG messaged me saying that I was lying and haven't lost every week except for 1 in the past 18 weeks. It might be a .2-.4 loss but I assure you my ass isn't lying and I've been losing weight every SINGLE FUCKING WEEK ON MY OWN for the past 18 weeks! SO FUCK YOU! Yes I don't need to address this but hey. I'm slaying this shit and I've already shouted to the roof tops how much I started at and in case you can't add 240.5+38=278.5!

I hope you all kick next weeks ass and enjoy today!!

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!!!