Are we there yet?

It seems that all this family can think about is the beach. We are so thrilled to go at the end of the month!! I am even more excited I get to fly out a day earlier than Nick (nanna nanna boo boo) and spend some time with Megan & Lee! Nick will be out the next morning but it is the fact I am leaving at the end of the month & he is leaving in September, it just sounds better ;o) We will be spending some much needed time with some friends for a few days then off to the Outer Banks to spend a week with his family! We used to go to the beach every year with them, and it was a great tradition!! We really loved it. Well over the years it seemed like for whatever reasons people were't able to come or could only come for a few days. So we just stopped going. Well now that we live like 14 hours from the beach I thought it would be impossible. THANKFULLY Southwest is amazing and ran a special for the same price it would be to drive. YAY.

Another place I wish I was at was my goal weight. Nick and I started a pretty strict diet July 16th. I am down 23.5 lbs. I am so happy!! I had only wished that I had not gained all that weight back after having B. I was down to my pre-pregnancy weight minus quite a few lbs, then miss B slowed up on the nursing train while momma stayed on the eating train. So I packed my weight back on. So YES I have lost weight!! I feel much better but NO I am not at my goal weight nor do I even feel like I have lost weight because I am back to where I was before having B. Of course I am happier to be lighter I just wish it was almost 25 lbs off of the weight I was after I had B, Then I would be that much closer to my goal weight!! On the bright side my BMI is in the "overweight" range, yay no more "obese" momma!! I am hoping to loose at least another 5 before the beach, maybe just maybe I will need a new suit by then ;o) I still have about 45 lbs I need to loose to be at my ULTIMATE goal weight and about 25 for me to be a lot happier with myself, and I KNOW I CAN DO IT. I think I need to do a before and after pic that may make me feel a bit better about still being so far away from goal weight or at least fit in the pants I was wearing after I had B!!

ARE WE THERE YET?