Day 13 of 365 days of Thankfulness

I am thankful for the Raven football team!! We are headed to the Super Bowl!!! Thank you Ray Lewis!

Movies from 1999

It is amazing the destruction that 2 toddlers can make in 12 hours. This morning my house was clean and neat. By 9 when both kids were in bed it looked like this:

But it was so much fun watching them play with each. It was worth the mess. And to make the day even better I get to have a girl's night with my best friend. We are spending to night watching movies from college. First up was 10 things I hate about you and now we are watching She's All That. Health Ledger and Freddie Prince Jr in one night only thing that could make it better would be some Ryan Phillippe. To bad we are old now and I can see us sitting through a third movie without falling asleep. Oh we'll there is always next time.

Day 12 of 365 days of Thankfulness

I am thankful for how free Riley is when she laughs. It make me realize that I need to let go and laugh more often.

Day 11 of 365 days of thankfulness

I am grateful for great friends. One of my best friends is staying with us for a few days. I am really enjoying it. It is like being back in college again.

Days 8, 9, & 10 of 365 days of Thankfulness

Day 8:

I am grateful that I am able to work 10 hours days at work because it gives me another day to stay at home with Riley.

Day 9:

I am grateful for my father and that he taught how to use tools.  I was able to adjust Riley's wheelchair all by myself without having to try and schedule the wheelchair company to come out.

Day 10:

I am grateful for pinterest and youtube.  I am using tips and videos to try to motivate myself to losing the weight that I want.

Finding my motivation

I am trying to set myself up to succeed this time with my weight loss.  I have spent the evening trolling the internet and pinterest looking for exercises that I will be able to do at home when Riley is around. I am making sheet to hang around my house to remind that exercise does need to take forever and that I can do small things while doing other things and get moving a bit everyday.  

I have one sheet that I am going to hang in my bathroom that are things that I can do while brushing my teeth and getting ready in the morning.

Another is going to hanging near my TV for things that I can do while watching TV, during commercials  and playing with Riley.  

And a third one will hang in my kitchen for things I can do while making dinner..

After I print all of these out I am going to laminate them so they won't get ruin or ripped by Riley.

Starting weight: 185 lbs
Current weight: 187 lbs
Goal weight: 145 lbs

So here are my goals:

1. Drop 5 lbs

2. Work out every day even if it only for 10 minutes (Number of days in a row of working out: 1)

3. Drop 10 lbs

4. Follow my diet (Number of days in a row of following diet: 1)

5. Drop 15 lbs

6. Don't cheat, ie no candy (Number of days in a row of no cheating: 4\3)

7. Drop 20 lbs

8. Drop 25 lbs

9. Drop 30 lbs
10. Drop 35 lbs
11. Drop 40 lbs

Day 7 of a year of thankfulness

I am thankful for quiet Sundays that turn into a pj day and end with cuddling before bed with Riley as I read her a story. She is very into books now and most days will not let you read a book to her without her trying to turn the pages before you read the whole thing. Tonight Riley laid on my chest like she did when she was a baby and let me read her the entire book Russell the sheep without one trying to take the book from me. Instead she listened and watched me attentively as we enjoyed listening to how Russell the sheep tried to get to sleep.