River time!

Only two more days until we are back on the river! JR has been talking about it since Sunday night when we got home from the river...I just starting getting really excited last night. Hopefully today will not be as long as yesterday! IT WAS PAINFUL. I didn't think it would ever end. I have been losing about 0.2 - 0.3 pounds per day...and I am finally back to 130.6....of course this comes after a weekend of chili dogs, beer, popcorn, lots and lots of skittles, 2 candy bars, and half a soda. Basically I was a very bad girl. I know I have said many times that the number on the scale doesn't matter as much as how I look and feel - which is true, HOWEVER; I am a very competitive person - even when I am competing with myself. My goal at the beginning was to weigh 125, and now I am only 5 pounds from that goal. So I can't really say that the number doesn't matter, because it does. OF course, my end goal is to have the scale say 125 AND have a great body. But sometimes we just have to take it one step at a time! LOL So now that I spent the past three days trying to take off the 1.6 pounds that I gained last weekend, this weekend is staring me in the face - and I know we are going to the river where I plan to drink beer. I am going to try to keep it to a minimum...although last weekend I only drank 2, so I am sure I can keep it down this weekend as well. I told you in a previous blog that I am working to rebuild my own confidence and not be so hard on myself. I also said that I felt as thought my belly fat was getting smaller, so I decided to look through some photos from last year and the photos I take when JR and I start a new cycle (funny, we start cycle 2 tomorrow). Weeeeeeeeeeeellll, you know the saying mind over matter. It really is true. IN my head I have been saying that my belly is getting flatter, I am looking so much better - blah blah blah. The truth is, there is no change when I look at the pictures! I think I will post the photos after I take my new cycle photo tomorrow - so you can see for yourself. It just seems crazy to me that you can lose 11 pounds, and work out for 2 months at 5 times a week and not see any change. Well that isn't true. My arms are looking great...but again- I think that may be in my head. My backside is looking better (although it is burnt***)and although the changes in my belly may not be visible - they are certainly felt. I can actually feel the muscle behind the fat - yes, of course, there is still a layer of fat, but to me- it just isn't anywhere near what it was. Whether it looks that way or not.
As for my backside being burned....I took the kids outside to play in the sprinkler and the water slide...somehow - I guess I forgot to put sunscreen on the backs of my legs. I am not sure how it is even possible - but for some reason that is the only place I am burned, and the worst part is the part of my butt that hangs out of the swimsuit...well everytime I sit - it hurts! LOL Luckily, I didn't miss any spots on the kids! Looks like we will be back outside again today. The sun is already shining bright...and I love taking the kids outside. I think I will take them to the park today - I dont know, its so hot, I like them playing in the water so that it keeps them cool! But I have to do something fun with them because we are headed to the grocery store today...and that just isn't fun.