As of today I am down almost 20 pounds, 19.2 to be exact. I’m still a bit away from my 1st preliminary goal and 43 my 2nd goal. I intend to evaluate my diet at that point and see if its feasible for me to lose a little more weight to get to a healthier weight that I’m sure will also make me even more comfortable.

Something really great happened today and just goes to show that this is helping us. Wednesdays are grocery shopping days and usually they involve a bit of pain, especially for Chris. But today he pointed out something that I hadn’t noticed; today at the store he hadn’t complained a bit and he said he hadn’t been in pain during the hour plus trek through Kroger. It makes me so happy to hear him say things like that!

We have broken out the Wii Fit again, though I’ve only used it once so far this week and Chris not at all. But, tomorrow the plan is for both of us to take a go at it. I was so sore from my first trip on it that I chickened out today, but I figure if I stick to 15 minutes every other morning for a week and then bump it up to either 15 a day or 30 every other day I will be burning a lot more calories and seeing more weight come off.

I’d love to get a stationery bike. My mom has one and she loves it and I checked it out at herself and I’m jealous. It’s one of those things that you just have to keep thinking on. We are trying so hard to finish paying our credit cards off to start saving more and I know if I got it it would be another 175.00 on the credit cards. But it may just be one of those necessary purchases if it helps keep me going at this diet. I want to be able to exercise and watch TV or listen to music or read a book and the bike would be great for that. We’ll see! Maybe we will win the lottery!

- Lisa

There are only 3 months and about 3 weeks til the wedding and I have begun trying to lose a little weight to make sure that the dress I bought fits me. We recently got Iphones and they have a million different apps you can use. One is called “Lose It!” and it is a calorie counter you can use. I can keep track of what I eat and how many calories, and it also records my weight and based on the amount I want to lose per week tells me how many calories a day I can have. I’ve been doing Wii Fit to try to burn more calories so that I don’t go over my daily total, and so I don’t starve myself either.

I have my fitting at the end of the month, so my goal is to try to be at least 5 pounds lighter by then. I think I can do it. It’s just a matter of sticking to my goals and passing on things like chocolatey desserts and sodas.

Chris and I will be together for a year in just over a month. I’m hoping that we can book a hotel in Galveston and spend a weekend there alone. We’ve been twice, once together and once with Liam but they were both day trips and I’d really love to actually spend a couple days there, relax, and take my time exploring and just enjoying being away from town.

I think that’s about it for now, hopefully I’ll update more. I have been wanting to update with some of my fitness stuff, just not sure how to do it so we’ll see.

We’ve been slowly unpacking boxes and washing things and trying to figure out the best way to organize our stuff together. We bought a table and chairs last night, as well as our couch so we’re doing pretty good on those things. Hardwood floors are nice but they definitely live up to their name – hard, on the bare feet.

It’s been great so far getting to see each other all the time. We know eventually we’ll probably have times we’ll get on each others nerves, but we love each other and this has been a great step for us. I couldn’t be happier than to know that my best friend is right here with me everyday forever