No More Truffle Shuffle

Here I go. The weight loss journey. I really just want to be thin again & feel totally in shape. I want to feel like I look good in clothes again (& without!). I am so tired of looking like Chunk in the Goonies doing the truffle shuffle every time I move!! HaHa! It is just so incredibly hard. I am soooo weak. If I want it, I eat it. And not only do I eat it. I keep going & going & going!! I actually started the "diet" about 2 weeks ago. Mindy lent me all the weight watcher books so I could get an idea of the point system. I really think it is the way to go. I like how you can still eat normal. I've been working out since Kobe started kindergarten at the gym, but I just walked on the treadmill. I have now added running into the schedule. I run for about 10-15 min. then walk for an hour. I want to work up to running the whole time. So far, I have missed running/walking only about 2 times. All I can say is by the time 15 min. is up, every single muscle in my body is burning. I love it though! When I am completely done with the whole hour, I feel so good about myself. Let's just hope the momentum continues! To all those in the same boat,Good Luck it's a tough one!! If you have any tips let me know.

Kindergarten Graduate

Well.....today's the day. Kindergarten graduation. Last day of school. I feel so proud of my Kobe, he did such an incredible job this year. He learned so much. Everyday he would come home & tell something new that he had learned. He really is like a sponge, taking in everything around. It is so amazing listening to him & wondering what he will become as a man. He makes me proud in everything he does.

I can't help feeling a little sad though. He just seems to be growing up way too fast. I miss him already ( as I'm choking up just writing this!). I don't know what I am going to do next year when he will be gone all day. I love playing & talking with him. The things he comes up with & tells me! He is so funny. He told me that when he grows up, he is going to be a food critic. He just loves food so much! His newest expression is that everything is "freakin awesome". What a goofy guy!

I just feel so blessed to have him as my son. I don't know how I lucked out to get some an awesome kid. I would rather be a mother, than anything else in the world. As Pres. Hinckley said "Of all the joys of life, none other equals that of happy parenthood. Of all the responsibilities with which we struggle, none other is so serious. To rear children in an atmosphere of love, security, and faith is the most rewarding of all challenges. The good result from such efforts becomes life's most satisfying compensation."