Team Roush

Well, here we are.  A year later.  Humbled by life again.  Ready to pick up and not quite start over where we were.  We failed miserably, as everyone who lives this struggle has at one time or another.  We begin again.  Details - the good the bad the ugly-  to follow soon.

......We're BACK......

Starting at the very beginning again.  A new start, a fresh start....We've missed our friends here.  We've missed the discipline.  More to follow.  Pictures soon... And here is how we fared: (not well away from the writing down, the accountability)

 

    Week One Weigh In

Mom-303 lbs

Shonda281 lbs

Justin-230 lbs

 

*DEEP SIGH*   Theres only one way to go from here.... DOWN! 

 

Well, it's been a while.... and vacation has come and gone.  And we are almost ready to start in posting again.  Life just keeps getting in the way.  Justin is never around for weighins... Shonda and I continue to fight the good fight.  I will say that during vacation I gained 10 lbs.  But I'm back down 8 of those lbs now.  I think it was the drinking...we did a LOT of that during vacation. And so I'm only at +2 now.  Shonda actually had one weighin where she lost weight from her last official weigh in, so she's in good shape.  Probably because she wasn't drinking..*LOL*  

ANYway, we will get back on track, and I may just have to redo our website and put it up for either myself, or Shonda and I.  Still pondering on that.  I DO find I have more discipline if I'm reporting somewhere. 

Just wanted to let everyone know that we haven't forgotten, and while we may have backslid a little, we are just about ready to get back here with our friends.    

I'm pretty sure this isn't a good thing, but sometimes you just have to have a break.  We officially let go of the weigh-in this week.  We'll be on vacation from Thursday through the next week.  And I intend on enjoying life without looking back, for just a little while. No scales, no counting, no organized excercise.  I DO have my reverse anorexia under control at the moment, and do realize that I really don't look as fabulous as I feel.  And after the vacation, we will be back in full force and I intend on tackling not only the 10 lbs or so that I'm sure will creep on, but the next 70.  Both kids seem to be better at "maintaining" than I am, being that I'm a binge eater as well as a closet eater.  Plus of course, they get a lot more "fun" excercise than I do.

Right now I'm struggling with guilt over this decision.  We've worked SO hard to get where we are now.  I hate giving in, even if it's only for a few weeks.  But if we really are going to do this, then I have to let go of the guilt, and just enjoy the pure pleasure of freedom from it all, or there's really no point in it. 

So- I'll check in and make sure the rest of you are keeping the fire, and to remind myself that it's something we have to get back to.  Keep inspiring and don't forget us!!!!      

Another week goes by, and I'm just counting this week as a place-holder....To be fair, we DID eat Taco-Bell the night before weighins....Not a smart thing, but life happens...And at least we all maintained.