Trimming up the Roses Blog

So the time has come to get serious about shedding some of these un wanted pounds I’ve been lugging around for years. AND HERE’S MY REASONS WHY…

- It’s summer, and while everyone else was getting ready for swimsuit season and worrying about how they would look in their swimsuits, I was just hoping I would look okay in my swimsuit COVER UP.

- Someone, at least once a week, runs up to me excitedly asking, “When are you due.” Ugh.

- The most sweaty and tiring work out I’ve had all summer was sitting in 107 degrees, while watching my kids swim. Don’t laugh. I sweat like crazy after that work out. I was exhausted.

-Totally sick of being the fattest girl in the room.

- Don’t want to have to look at weight restriction signs before riding on a roller coaster, water slide or helicopter. (Sad story there, but I won’t go into it, trying not to make this post too depressing)

-It’s about time I weigh LESS than my husband again.

- My dad wants his XXL Bubba Gump T-shirt back that I “borrowed” from him last year.

-It makes me feel rotten that my kids can’t even defend themselves when a bully tells a “your momma’s so fat” joke. They’ll just have to take that one to the chin and walk away from that battle. :(

-Applebee’s, Apollo, Dairy Queen, and the Taco Truck employees all know me by my first name, along with my order. (Sad but true)

- I get compliments on my smile all the time. (I’m pretty sure it’s because it’s the only body part I have, that never gets fat.)

-Tired of ruining cute pictures of my kids, by being IN them.

-Sweatshirts get really HOT in the summer.

-I can often be found wearing MATERNITY clothes even though my youngest child is 2 and 1/2 years old.

-I would like to be able to ride an elevator WITH ALL 5 of my children, instead of having to leave 1 in the lobby to catch the next elevator up.

And the list could go on and on.

(Okay, Okay so the last one was totally a joke but it’s how I’ve been feeling lately.)

Recently we’ve had a few family friends pass away. They were only in there 50’s, which is my dad’s age, and to me, that seems way to young to die. Because of these events weight loss and getting healthy, and living longer, has been on several of my family members minds. My Dad, my sister Kristy, and my sister Megan and I have all decided we wanted to loose some weight together.

To get this started, stay motivated, be able to keep in touch, share ideas, give encouragement, and post pictures throughout this weightloss process I decided to make a blog for the four of us.

Here’s the blog header I came up with for our new family weightloss blog.

(For those of you who don’t know… my maiden name is Rose) Cute huh. A big thanks to Jenne for coming over and helping me out with the picture and giving me a little lesson in photography. Thanks Girlie.

I put songs like Eye of the Tiger “The Rocky Theme Song” and Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini on our play list along with a few of everyone's favorites.

We posted our before/fat pics and weightloss goals down the side of the blog along with a goal picture. Here’s what I came up with for my goal pictures.

There will be NO posting of my now/fat pictures, you would be scarred for life after taking a peek at those beauties.

Sorry, to those of you who wanted to rush over and check out the blog, but it’s private just for the four of us with “top secret” info (in other words..Half naked before pics and weights).

Maybe if I get to my goal weight and have after pictures to share I will consider revealing my before pics for the comparison. But I am not quite there yet. : )

We decided that instead of the four of us competing against each other we wanted to work together to get this weight off. There will be no “ONE SINGLE” or “FIRST PLACE” winner, for losing the most weight or hitting our goal the fastest. We want all 4 of us to be winners. So once all four of us hit our weightloss goals our BIG incentive is a trip to Hawaii together. Heck Yeah! The goal I’m trying to hit by the end of this year is a 45 lb. weightloss. I’ll still have another 20 to loose after that but 45 is my goal and a great start for this contest. Hawaii here we come!!!!