Goin' to the GYM!!!

Ick! Let's just say there is one very good reason fat people stay fat. Really there are many reasons, but this is a major one! Exercising fat feels like you are dying!!! But, I have to if I want to have a chance at not having crazy amounts of excess skin after I've lost most of my excess weight.
I've noticed, in general, less back and joint pain so far during daily activity and when I walk down 5 flights of stairs at the end of my shift at work. I went on a few small walks with my family when I was home and noticed that I wasn't out of breath at all! Very nice change...
So, I've known for a while that I needed to get a gym membership, but I've been putting it off until I felt like I had enough energy to actually put it to good use. The time has come! I bought a membership to 24-hour fitness yesterday. I even swam laps with my friend at the Murray location on Friday. I bet you're proud, huh?
The nice thing about 24-hour fitness is that they're open 24 HOURS!!! This actually works with my crazy schedule because there is no way I will wake up early and go to the gym before work. So I'm gonna go after work at 3:30 in the morning. I'm oddly excited about this! Wish me luck!

May 2009 CA Trip

I was able to go home over Mother's Day and had such a good visit! The kids were super cute and fun and I miss my whole family like crazy!!!

Some highlights:

Picking strawberries with grandma



Walking to the park with the kids


(this park is right on the water and is ONE BLOCK from my Mom's house! LOVELY!!!)

Diego and Miguel's baseball game




Playing at grandma's house

3 Month Update

So, for the last few weeks I've been fluctuating between a loss of 55 and 58 lbs. A little bit of plateau that I'm sure won't last long :p

My friend Heather is a fantastic photographer and with some good timing, we were able to squeeze a mini photo-shoot in last Saturday. Thanks Heather!





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