Another good week!

Another week, another 2.5 lbs lost! WooHoo!

And I seriously thought I was going to gain this past week, with me going home and all. Also, not to mention all the cookies I ate! This whole watching what you eat, but still having a little of what you love seems to be working. So...I shall continue on the path of greatness. ha.

Also while EW and I went to my home for the weekend, we had our first pre-marriage counseling session. The Pastor was there 15 minutes just to give us an overview of the course. Then it was time to take the compatibility inventory. This is about 150 questions on stuff that might cause problems in a marriage. For example, questions on religion, what you want out of life, what you do in your free-time, how you argue, how you deal with stress, financial issues, and how you feel about family (our own, and each other's). I found taking the little scan-tron thing was really eye-opening. I really didn't think about some of the questions before. The Pastor will send in our results and then the next time we go, which is in March, he will go over what the inventory says, and what some of our weaknesses in the relationship might be. It sounds pretty cool if you ask me.

This weekend is Valentine's Day! Yes, I'm going up north to be with my Valentine. Hmm, maybe if I'm nice I can get him to wear red. LOL.

Well, I'm sitting here while I should be getting ready for the students, but today is Thursday! Only one more day till the weekend!


Brina*

WOW! I can't believe it!

Seriously.

Today was weigh in 3, and I thought for sure I was going to be paying for all the junk I have eaten in the past week. This weekend, I went out with some friends and ate fast food at midnight. It tastes so good though! Anyway, I also was having major cravings the rest of the weekend, so I went ahead and pigged out. I might as well go all the way, right?
Today came and I am so deliriously happy to say that I must have done some exercising in my sleep because I lost another 3.5 lbs!!!! Total Loss: 7.5 lbs. How amazing is that!? Kristen didn't lose any, so I had to carry us. However, it was fine since we weren't the lowest percent. YAY!

But now, I'm going to get serious people! If I can eat and not exercise and still lose weight, I'm totally going to try!

Swimsuit here I come....

HA! not.

All I'll say is that I'll try. I'm not going to go overboard or anything ;)

Pre-marriage Counseling Session #1 is coming up this weekend. I'm sure I'll have something interesting to post about that. So till then....


Brina*

Big and Little

Hey Folks!

I'm waiting on a game to start. Cheering isn't over yet! So with the free-time, I thought I would update on a few items.

The first deals with my title. At school we have started a "The Biggest Loser" competition between the teachers. Of course, in the spirit of commodore I decided to do it too. We are doing it in partners, and my friend, Kristen, and I decided to join forces. However, there is a slight problem. Kristen is just a bit smaller than I am. Ok, actually she's about 1/3 of my size. Being realistic, she honestly has no weight to lose. Seriously. And I have....well, we'll not go into that.

When trying to figure out a team name, I thought, let's just be honest and go with "Big and Little." And so team Big and Little was created. The big day came last Tuesday for the first weigh-in. I told Kristen to eat as much as she possibly could over the weekend, so we would give ourselves some lee-way. I went home to see my family that weekend, which means you know I ate well. ;) One thing my family has in common is good appetites. No-one is going hungry in my house-hold, well only if you're the last one to the dinner table, there might be nothing left over.

Fast forward to this past Tuesday. The 2nd weigh-in. Kristen has been working her butt off to shed a few ounces, and I just stopped eating that '2nd portion' that I always seem to need, and by gollie, I lost 4 pounds. YES! To be honest, I was really worried. However, that means I now need to lose more weight each week. And that WILL be a problem. I need to scrape up some $ so I can work out at the school rec. center. This Biggest Loser thing goes on until the end of May! I will be one cranky person by then, if I don't cheat. HA!

My goal for this thing is 40 pounds. Wow. That's a lot when you think about it. Well, I'm 4 pounds down, and 36 more to go. The only thing is my wedding dress fit perfect before the weight-loss, now I will have to get my dress altered. People just laugh when I tell them that, but it's true. They totally overcharge for that stuff!

In other news:
Eric and I got our engagement pictures taken, and I am in the process of ordering them. They turned out beautifully! I'm really happy! Check out AM Photography on Facebook if you want to see who did them, or just see our pictures. I'll leave you with one.



Much Love,

Brina*

New Year, New Stress

Happy New Year Everyone!

I know it's been awhile since I've updated. Life has been crazy in the past month. The Holidays were a lot of fun. I spent most of the time up north with EW and family. For my Christmas present I got a new digital camera from EW, so of course I have some pictures to share!

School has been crazy also. We're gearing up for ISAT's already! AH! Also, I have decided that I will not be teaching at the same school next year, as I will be moving up north to be with EW, as we are getting married in Sept.

And that brings me to the next topic. WEDDING... I'm not even sure where to begin. It's a little over 7 months left and the pressure is on. I'm pretty sure I'm driving EW nuts with all my stressing, but I can't help it, it's what I do. I'm all about details and control. I think I've gotten better about it, but nothing like a huge event to make me revert to 'Ms. Control'. I'll work on breathing and being all zen so I don't have a breakdown. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have visit the Dr. about getting some muscle relaxants so I won't be a wreck The Day Of.

I don't do emotion very well, so I'm a little nervous how I'll take the pressure/stress of it all. Right now just even thinking about walking down that aisle makes me really anxious, and not in a good way. Just the thought of everyone looking at me, makes me sick to my stomach. I really hate being the center of attention, and on your wedding day, that's pretty much the biggest attention getter you have. Especially for a girl. Ugh. I feel sick just typing about it. I definitely need to get it together unless I want to be one of those fainting brides.

Well, that's all I got for info, but here are a few pics!

EW's older brother and his wife Christmas Day at EW's house (I thought since I've been on her blog, she should be on mine!)

The only one I have of New Years (I had too many beverages, and was too lazy to get out the camera until we were leaving the PACKED bar)

My favorite one: Oh Christmas Tree...