It happened!

It happened! JR is now under 300! He is 299 - but hey, that is under 300! LOL ONly 49 more pounds to go to get to his goal weight! I feel like JR is the poster boy for the 17 day diet. We have several friends who are just starting it. I weighed in at 130.0 on Saturday, and 130.4 this morning (after eating chili dogs for dinner last night and a few beers on the river yesterday) LOL We will be starting our 2nd round of cycle 2 on Saturday - I am again looking forward to having a steak and some of those delicious cookies...I need to put the recipe on here! They are so freaking good! Anyway - I am so close to being under the 130 mark...I only have 5 more pounds to lose to reach my goal weight - and I have to say my body is thanking me for it. The layer of fat on my belly seems to be getting smaller each week. I have been on the same exercise regimen for about a month now and I am looking to change it up soon. It is still hard - but I think my body would benefit from a change - especially trying to get rid of these last 5 pounds and definitely trying to get rid of the belly fat layer.
I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to be more positive about my body. I think that we are living in a society of insecurity. Where women feel pressured to look a certain way. It REALLY hit me when I saw a segment about padded bikini tops geared towards 7 and 8 year old little girls. I couldn't believe it. As a mother of a little girl I hope that she can learn to be a confident woman. I remember wanting to wear things that my friends were wearing - shorter shorts, spaghetti strap shirts and how hard it was to talk my mom into letting me wear them...I am not looking forward to my 7 year old asking me to buy her a thong and padded bra. My answer will be an emphatic NO. Anyway, the point is how can she learn not to be so hard on herself if she grows up watching her mom being hard on herself?
I don't know if its this change in my attitude or the fact that I really am getting results, or maybe a combination of both. But I feel good and I am liking the way I look. There are still some things that need to be worked on...but hey, I am eating right, and exercising 5 days a week, both cardio and weight and strength training - so other than surgery, there isn't much more I can do other than just to just keep up my hard work. So, I am feeling good, and I think I am starting to look pretty good as well - although old habits die hard...see below.
We have already done about 20 egg hunts with the kids all week long, we did the big town egg hunt on Saturday and I, of course, left my camera. Anywho - we opted to skip out on yet ANOTHER hunt, and MORE candy, and went to the river. I was really nervous about it because, although we went many times last summer, Landry is a whole year older. Last year, she wasn't mobile, so it was easy to contain her. This year I was worried that she would try to stand in her tube, and risk falling out. Then I stressed that the water would be so cold she would freak out the entire time. Well, she did freak a little about the cold water...but JR just held her in his tube on top of him for a little while until she got adjusted to it. We tried to put her in her own tube, but she just wasn't thrilled with it, so we put her in Logan's tube - and together, they played and played! As for her trying to stand up or having her flip out - it was a non issue. #1 She never attempted it, and #2 I had a hand on the tube at all times. The first river trip of the summer was officially a success! JR was ready to go back the minute we left. It looks like we will be spending most of out weekends there. This coming weekend FOR SURE! JR even went and bought more tubes today! LOL What I was saying earlier about old habits....I was feeling pretty confident when we left the house - up until we were standing on the steps to enter the river. Then some insecurity hit me, instead of dwelling on it - I just brushed it off, took a deep breath and let it all hang out! As I said, I have been working hard with diet and exercise and I have had two babies! I look damn good - belly fat and all! LOL