Can't Take It Anymore http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell A Mother of Two under Two seeks ideal weight en All rights reserved Weight loss extrapounds v2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 http://www.extrapounds.com/images/avatars/users/jessicaisbell.gif Avatar http://www.extrapounds.com/ 100 100 A Mother of Two under Two seeks ideal weight Movin' On Down! http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/273202/movin-on-down <p>So, after my first week of Weight Watchers, I lost 1.8 pounds&hellip;exciting right? Why do I feel so bad? I&rsquo;ve been watching Biggest Loser! HA! Anyone else ever feel that way or is just me&hellip;Hubby lost 2.2 pounds. He was really upset, because he has been very strict on what he eats. Poor guy.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I have decided that I really need to MOVE! That will make such a huge difference in the weight loss battle. My goal in the next week is to do at least 30 minutes of something every day! That should be easy enough. Water&hellip;that&rsquo;s another biggie, I love Dr. Pepper.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I got a job&hellip;so that&rsquo;s one thing I can mark off my list! I&rsquo;m working at Cumulus Media, the second largest broadcasting company in the US! It&rsquo;s not as high paying as I would like, but it pays, and there is so much room for advancement. The position I am in is just starting out, so I am my own dept head and boss for the most part. Cool huh?</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Tootles for now</div> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/273202/movin-on-down">Comments(1)</a> 273202 Friday, November 30, 2007 22:05:08 Unpleasent weigh-in http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/269861/unpleasent-weigh-in <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">So, the first trip to WW&hellip;That was a huge dose of reality! My scale here at home has been weighing me in at 185. Well, their scale, not so generous. How about 190.6! Yikes! I am still in total awe that I didn&rsquo;t cry! Hubby weighed more than I thought he did, but he wasn&rsquo;t at all surprised about his weight. My wonderful aunt and uncle will be joining us on this as well, so that gives me two extra accountability partners!</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Yesterday was really rough, as I chose to go the points route and most of the items in our home were high in points. It was very cold and rainy and I didn&rsquo;t want to drag the boys out in it, so I went to the store today and got lots of healthy snacks. I&rsquo;m discovering a lot of what I have going on is habit. So, that&rsquo;s a little something extra I will have to work on. I positive though!</div> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/269861/unpleasent-weigh-in">Comments(1)</a> 269861 Friday, November 30, 2007 23:09:20 Today starts WW http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/268481/today-starts-ww <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">So, it&rsquo;s been 17 days since my last post! Yep! I&rsquo;ve been totally swamped with life and everything that comes with it. I&nbsp;began a major job search last week and have since had lots of calls and interviews! I really think that going back to work will help me with my motivation. It will for sure make me more active.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Tonight at 6 pm eastern time, I will be going to my first WW meeting in 4 years!! I&rsquo;m so excited! The icing on the cake&hellip;my hubby is going with me! How awesome is that! He&rsquo;s totally pumped as well! Finally&hellip;this is a family affair.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I&rsquo;m on track with a few of my goals, so here&rsquo;s to being &ldquo;great in &rsquo;08!&rdquo;</div> <p>-</p> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/268481/today-starts-ww">Comments(0)</a> 268481 Friday, November 30, 2007 23:07:13 Regaining My Place in this World!! http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/257043/regaining-my-place-in-this-world <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Can I really be serious? This is the third time that I have attempted this! Wow! I&rsquo;ve totally lost control of myself and my place in this world. The last few weeks, I have come to feel as though I no longer truly have my place.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Last December, when my father passed away, my husband and I moved into my mother&rsquo;s home to help her out. After Landon was born in May, and since then I just feel as though I really have no &ldquo;control.&rdquo; I left my job, for many reasons, but now it&rsquo;s come time to rejoin the work force. So, here are my &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to be GREAT in 2008 Goals,&rdquo; yes I said goal and not resolution!</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Lose 40 pounds by July 1, 2008.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Have a good job by February 1, 2008</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Be leaving in our own house by July 1, 2008.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Launch my side jewelry business by March 1, 2008.</li> </ol> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">So those are my goals and that is just for the first half of the year. I thought to keep myself from becoming too overwhelmed I would set goal for the first half of the year and then in June, I&lsquo;ll set more for the last half of the year!</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">So here&rsquo;s to us!</div> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/257043/regaining-my-place-in-this-world">Comments(3)</a> 257043 Saturday, December 1, 2007 00:01:16 Falling Off http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/215374/falling-off <p>Falling Off... that's what I seem to do lately. It's been 2 months since I came to this site, and what have I done...nothing. I find all the reasons not to do something with all the greatest reasons why I'm not doing something. Yet, I look at two beautiful boys sitting right and front of me, and what am I doing to make sure I live to see their babies? (wow, that's a scary thought) </p> <p>Perhaps, it's been the fact I felt like I was doing this all alone, with no one to help me. Well, I've got my husband on the band wagon with me. I've got EP as useful tool, but I fail to use it. </p> <p>So, today...I'm starting new...<em>again!</em> This time, it's for LIFE! As a matter of fact, today...I clean out the frige and go to the grocery store!</p> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/215374/falling-off">Comments(5)</a> 215374 Saturday, December 9, 2006 00:05:11 A New Start http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/192974/a-new-start <p>So, today is a new start. I now have a 20 month old and an 8 week old. Losing weight after Dawson's birh was easy, maybe too easy it just fell right off. I was so happy that I was 30 pounds lighter than I was when I got pregnant with him. That was the smallest I had been in about 4 years. So when I got pregnant with my second I thought oh this is going to rock! I gained 22 pounds wih him and still have 8 of that to lose. </p> <p>All my life I have struggled with my weght, never feeling that I had that perfect body and really, I didn't! After my dad's sudden death in December (I was 5 months pregnant) I found that I find my hand dipping in to the pantry a little more often. Funny thing is it's not have sweets, nope it's mostly pretzels or something salty! I guess that's my down fall! </p> <p>That's all behind me now, because I want to be that healthy person that is in me dying to get out! I want to be a mom that my boys are proud of and not embarrassed of! I want to be ME!</p> <a href="http://www.extrapounds.com/blog/jessicaisbell/comments/192974/a-new-start">Comments(1)</a> 192974 Thursday, December 7, 2006 00:02:12