Thursday, May 26, 2011

Busy has taken over!

I am not quite sure where the last month has gone, but here we are! Boy, are we and have we been busy busy girls. Lots changing around us and tons more going on.

WW - we honestly had been pretty stagnant for awhile, but are happy to say we're back on top of things! Had some gain, got that off and are now back to losing. Keeping our eyes on the prize; Lifetime is just about 20 lbs away for both of us, yay! That means healthy BMI and no more spending 80 bucks a month on WW, but still being able to attend meetings and use the tools to help us maintain this lifestyle change. In case you can't see the tickers on the right, I am down 39.8lbs and Nicole is down 29lbs. :)

Truck - Well most of you know we'd been looking to sell my truck and get a more practical family vehicle. We have been looking to do this for some time and had the mindset to be more proactive rather than reactive. I knew I wouldn't want a car seat in my dropped Exploder on 22's. It was too flashy and uncomfortable, not to mention it was almost 10 yrs old and I was paying a hefty interest rate on it. Anyhow, almost 2 weeks ago I was successful in selling it on CL for a little over pay off. I am so relieved about this, but it was bittersweet I'm not going to lie. So, for the last week or better we had been doing some test driving and the I got pre-approved, (for the first time in my life, with the best rate available through Golden1) which was a very pleasant experience. We had been working to perfect my credit for 5+ years and what do you know? Hard work pays off! :) I'm officially pre-approved and we have our eyes on the 07-08 Honda Pilot. We'll see what happens. Maybe this weekend.

Bike Riding & Being active - Since we haven't had a 2nd vehicle I have been riding my bike to work even more than I was when we did have my truck. I over did it a little last week by riding, going to the gym and training for the 5k, but that's behind us now. We have managed to make it work even with this crappy rainy weather, with the help of Nicole's parents loaning their car for a couple days and Nicole waking up @ 530 to take me to work then doing the lunch time shuffle. That's if I don't ride, err can't ride. Being active, holy cow! We have a whole new understanding about this. 5k? Who woulda thought we could run a 5k in about 41:25, let alone our first one! We ran it along with Nicole's Mom and I don't think we would have done it as good without her there! It was an amazing experience. Running at the weight we are right now is fun and enjoyable. We talked like that whole night about how light we felt while running, how much we enjoyed it and how we couldn't wait to do another one. Or even bigger things such as a triathlon and\or 10k. Pretty crazy, but it feels great! Nicole also just did her first official yoga class with Momma L at a yoga studio, it was suppossed to be warm yoga, but it turned out to be hot yoga! LOL Not quite Bikram (108 degrees) but it was 96 degrees. And without water (oops) but she loved it and will be going back as much as she can!

Boys - Oh these boys, they're such troopers. We have been in and out of the house quite a bit lately. Whether it's a normal work day then something that evening, crazy weekend days with Birthdays and Weddings all in the same day, or just crappy weather so they weren't able to go run, they are amazing! They still love the crap out of each other and play non-stop. :)

Our girls - Momma L and Momma B are wonderful. They're our new blogger turned IRL friends and couldn't feel any more grateful that they have come into our life at this time. They are an amazing couple and are just the good, solid and down to earth type of people you want to surround yourself with. We have so many fun things in store for us and cannot wait to share some of our adventures with you all let alone introduce some of you to them! You'll love them like we do! ;)

As I am saving this OneRepublic's Good Life song came on, that's just what we're living!