remember...

Remember my post back in January about the NO MORE FAST FOOD and what not?? hehehe...yah well, I have come to confess, that I GAVE IN to it already in March!! hahaha...the funny thing is, it was NOT hard to do, nor was it hard to continue, BUUUUUT, when you live in a house of more than 1 family in it, and those other families LOVE to buy fastfood for dinner, than ofcourse it WOULD BE HARD!! If you want to eat dinner, and don't have the money to go and buy something to make for your own lil' family, then you have to just eat what's there, or STARVE!! Sooooooooo, sad to say, that didn't last very long. But we don't eat it as much as we used too, so I guess it did help out.

Also, I don't think I put this in my post about THE BIGGEST LOSER, but I am not doing this ALONE....I am going up against my best friend/husband/eternal companion on our "BIGGEST LOSER" competetion. It's emabarassing for me to tell you all that my husband weighs less than I do, lol!! But, I'm pretty sure that if MEN were the ones having kids, they too would have the same problem...but I know my husband would do something about it alot sooner than I do, haha! I tend to make tons of excuses to NOT work-out...but nowdays, when it's time to work-out, my husband becomes my personal trainer and just doesn't "give a rats" about my pain, and how tired I get...haha!! (which is fine by me) If I really do want this(the weight loss & the family trip) than I WILL DO WHATEVER I HAVE TOO to get it!! Anyways, I just thought I'd come & give a little update on my goals that I've posted from earlier in the year!! Enjoy!!

~DaY 2~

OUCH...ugh...**yawn**!! And that was only from DAY #2...i still got about 4 months left to reach my goal weight, OH BOY! So this morning I worked out at 5am, this time doing some "mountain climbers", some lunges, & the thing I "hate" to do the most..RUNNING, lol. Buuuuuuuut, if it's going to help me get to where I will be happy with myself, then I guess it's ok with me! Anyways, had a good workout this morning, got showered and ready to take the hubby to work and waited for the little girl that I just started watching last week to come over.

The rest of the day turned out to be a pretty good one I'd say...that is until I go to pick up my husband from work, and he tells me, "If I get done with my test early tonite, then we are going to work-out AGAIN"..................Soooooooooo NOT the words I was wanting to hear from him, lol. I worked out already in the morning, why do I have to do it again? Yes, I am only on day 2, but already complaining....STORY OF MY LIFE!! lol...but ANYWAYS, for those of you who DO NOT know my husband, I'd feel sorry for ME TOO, LMBO!!! j/k! He, unlike MYSELF, loves to workout...and when he is working someone else out, he will make you go till you are about ready to fall FLAT ON YOUR FACE. Ok, so maybe I didn't fall on my face, but if he made me punch that punching bag one more time, I woulda made HIM fall on HIS face!! bahahahahahaha...j/k babe!! You know I would NEVER do something like that.

.....all in all, I made it through day #2, and I am in such {{PAIN}} right now! But NO PAIN, NO GAIN right?? GO HARD or GO HOME.....right now, all I feel like doing is just GOING TO BED!! That is my blog for today...more to come possibly tomorrow!! lol...

--the BIGGEST LOSER--

Ever since there have been POLYNESIAN people on the show, I have been a dedicated fan of THE BIGGEST LOSER!! I love watching the show every Tuesday night from 7pm-9pm, lol. What makes it even better, is the fact that the polys' do such a good job on the "ranch". For some odd reason, it seems harder to lose the weight at HOME with family around, than it is to do it on the "ranch" with a bunch of strangers, and Jillian & Bob!! My guess is, with all the temptations...the good polynesian food, the junk food, the peer pressure, LOL, etc...that's what makes it hard!! But if we were disciplined enough, it wouldn't be all that bad now, wouldn't it? Well, for me, my biggest WEAKNESS is JUNKFOOD....but who doesn't love to eat it right? I have such a BAD HABIT of ALWAYS splurging on sweets, and use my kids as an excuse for buying em' too :( BUT NOT ANYMORE!!! I vow to CONTROL my eating habits, especially when it comes to that!!

Soooooo, with all that said, I have taken upon myself, the challenge of being A "BIG LOSER"!!! hahaha, funny how when you NORMALLY use those terms, it doesn't mean anything good. But in MY CASE, it will probably help me to be a much happier wife, mother, friend, daughter, teacher, & person....cause when I am HAPPY with MYSELF, it makes life much easier to live!! Because I have started this blog, I thought "what a perfect place" for me to record my progress from beginning to end!! So, as of today, April 12th 2010, I weighed in at 2--#(that is for me to know, and you to NEVER find out, LOL)...my goal is get back down to around 195# by August 8th, before I leave to Utah! If...oh wait, hold up, "WHEN" I accomplish that goal, my husband has agreed to take our lil' family on a well-deserved trip to HAWAII since my 2 youngest have not been yet...YAY!! My husband told me that in the only way he thinks I will actually DO THIS & STICK TO IT, is if there is a BIG REWARD or PRIZE in the end, which he's mostly right...LOL! And if I don't accomplish my goal by August 8th, then our family will only be going to Vegas for our family trip, which is still fine with me, but come on....I'd rather be in Hawaii!! lol

This morning was my first day, and I woke up at 5am....at least the alarm went off at 5am, lol! I got out of bed at about 5:20ish...and my husband had me do some leg workouts!! It's been a while, so I was being kinda sluggish, but I did everything he told me too!! I'm proud of myself!! So from here on out, I will be keeping track of my weight loss/gain, hahaha, here on my blog!! GO TEAM ARI!!! lol

My new FAVORITE thing to do!!!

Man, it's been over a month since I last posted...what a SLACKER!! lol...anyways, not much has gone on, or changed. Except for maybe the fact that I've found a "new" HOBBY, and I say "new" because it's NEW to ME, but people have been doing it for a long time now! I've just recently learned how to do it in a way that will save me & my family alot of $$MOOLAH$$, hahaha! (now who DOESN'T want to learn how to do that? didn't think so!) Anyways, I've finally learned how to COUPON SHOP!!! I used to see people post pics of the stuff that they got for FREE or less than $1, and they had ALOT of it too...but I used to wonder, HOW THE HECK DID THEY DO THAT??!!?? I wanna know how to get FREE STUFF from the store, I'm tired of paying an arm & a leg(not really, but you get the idea) for things that you can get for FREEEEEEEEEEE!!! Sooooooo, this lady that I go to church with told me about a workshop that her friend was doing, and I jumped at that opportunity fast! It's called Coupon $ense...and they help to inform you of the local sales that are going on in your area, what stores the sale is at, what coupons to use, and the FINAL PRICE you pay for an item before you walk out of the store. And so far, I've only gotten FREE STUFF or stuff for under $1, and I LOOOOOOOOVE IT!!! *****

will post more later....sorry! :(

..vAlEnTiNeS dAy..

 
Valentines Day....i think of the color red, hearts, chocolate candies, roses, cupid, & my significant other!! Ever since I was young, my mom used to ALWAYS make me & my siblings our own little valentines gift bags with all kinds of goodies, candies, & a stuffed bear!!! I would take my little valentines cards for all my classmates with me to school, and hand them out one by one...and wait to get all mines from everyone else. It was so fun to have valentines in school....and as I got older, my mom stopped making our little gift bags for us, and I no longer took any valentines day cards with me to school anymore....but being in HIGH SCHOOL, who would want to hand out lil' v-day cards anyways, right?!? haha...
 
Nowdays, Valentines Day is honestly.....JUST ANOTHER DAY!!! Except for the fact that I now have children of my own, I try & carry on my mother's tradition and give each of my own kids their little Valentines gift so they feel special on Valentines day. My 9yr old gets her own cards ready for her class at school by writing everyone's names on them....and this year we are making MUDDY BUDDIES and putting them in little Valentines chinese take-out boxes...too cute!

~MOMMA'z BOY~

Soooooooo, I have 2 "men" in MY life....the first would be my one & only ETERNAL COMPANION!! And the second, ofcourse, would also be my one & only BABY BOY, Ma'atoe Aveau Moe! I can't believe how fast time has gone by...he is going to be 9months on the 17th of this month! He is literally a MOMMA'z boy...he looks like me, has my skin-tone, and he always wants his MA MA...but he has his daddy's temper!! Don't let his cute lil' innocent smile FOOL YOU!! hahaha...j/k! He is really, really, REALLY calm compared to our 3yr old when she was his age, OMG. But, that could be blamed, ofcourse, ON HER DADDY...he was always trying to "ROUGH" her up so she could be TOUGH...i think he roughed her up a lil' TOO MUCH, thanks babe! Anyways, I wanted to write this blog to kinda help me & my son to remember some of the milestones, since I've been sooooo bad with keeping up with the baby book thing! Soooooo, here it goes:
                                     

**at 8 1/2 months**has been crying MA MA from day 1**love to eat**can eat 2 BIG jars of baby food in one sitting**loves his sisters**is daddy's lil' man**he does a lil' ARMY CRAWL when he is too lazy to actually crawl**he weighs about 30lbs, which is about how much his 3yr old sister weighs now, haha&**he loves music**loves to TALK STORY**always SMILES really big**will eat just about ANYTHING edible you put in his mouth, along with anything that is UN-edible, lol**such a SQUISHY, CUDDLE-BUG**has 4 teeth so far that cut through his gums**claps his hands**is just a CHILL baby**more to come!!

no more FAST FOOD for me!!

       


:( yup, thats right, I SAID NO MORE FAST FOOD!! before the year 2009 ended, we decided that our new year's resolution would be to see how long we can go without EATING OUT in 2010...that means NO McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Sonic, Arby's, Wendy's, and also no eating at any restaurants either!! So even on "special" occasions when everyone else in our house goes out to eat somewhere, we get to MAKE something to eat at home!! Not only are we trying to eat a little healthier, but we are also trying to see how much $$$ we can save too. We used to spend at least $30/week just eating out, but that also included feeding our kids too...but still, why eat out when you can make something that may taste even better at home?? Anyways, we've been doing good so far...it's actually not as HARD as I anticipated it to be. My husband fell in LOVE with the THIRD POUND burgers from McDonald's, but after watching the BIGGEST LOSER, he said he doesn't want to eat another one of those ever again, but we'll see huh?? HAHA...anyways, with that said, HERE WE GO!!! :)