muffin top challenge week 7

Lost 3.4 lbs this week and earned this sweet water bottle!

total loss: 13 lbs

Valentine's Day

Justin made me feel very loved and thought of today. He got me some Valentine treats, but he knows I am counting calories right now, so he made individual baggies of the hearts and Andes mints and put the calorie amount on the bag. Isn't that cute?











He got me some beautiful roses too!















We got the girls matching t-shirts that say "LOVED" on the front.

Tonight we made low-fat sugar cookies with high fat cream cheese frosting (YUM!) for Daddy and for Katelyn's preschool teachers. Her V-day party is tomorrow and I get to be there. Alaina wanted to get in on the frosting action as well. Here's the shirt.
It's extremely hard to get a picture of Alaina because whenever I pull out the camera she does this or gets right up to the lens and sticks her nose on it. She enjoyed her treats from Daddy too!

muffin top challenge week 5, 6 & running

Last week was not a good week for the Muffin Toppers. As a group, we gained 1 pound. Individually, I gained .2 which in the big picture isn't that big of a deal, but of course I was hard on myself. There's no one to blame but myself either. However, I sure did enjoy that pizza and those cookies :)

This week I lost 2.6 lbs and that puts me at a total of 9.6 lbs since the start of the challenge.

Last week I ran 4 miles (on the treadmill) and 3.25 miles (outside) without stopping to walk. That was good for me. I have been wanting to work on my endurance. Yesterday we ran 5 miles in 52 minutes, which I thought was great. We beat our last 5 mile time and I felt good. Not as tired. We took it nice and easy, which apparently paid off.

Valentine's Day

Got some more valentine's day decorations up. I LOVE my love birds plate. I found this plate at TJ MAXX for 3.99 and it was perfect for the decal I got from Groop Dealz.

Phase I Complete

Jen, (fellow Muffin Topper) came by tonight and helped out a ton! We got all the remaining wall paper off, with the exception of behind the toilet (because I am saving that for last because I don't want a big stinky gaping hole in my floor for longer than I have to).










I spoke to a professional on the phone today and I watched several you-tube videos on removing wall paper.


How come NONE of them showed cheesecloth behind two layers of wall paper??? HMMM??? This was no ordinary wall paper removal job. This was wall paper HELL. I am still confused as to what was going on in this bathroom. Seriously.





Once I was assured by 3 sources that this sheet rock is still usable I was a little more aggressive with removing the paper/cheesecloth crap.

And luckily the ceiling part came off way easier than the walls. Huge sigh of relief!

















The aftermath. Hopefully (fingers crossed) that will be the most challenging part.

And why is blogger being obnoxious and making my post look weird?