Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the dads. :) We had an amazing day today. We started out by going to church, and Caitlyn got baptized. :) It was so exciting. I'm so very proud of her. Then we came home and gave our cards and gifts to Ned. Afterwards we headed to Steve & Renee's house for a BBQ. They were so gracious to go along with our program, and we had chicken, asparagus, and salad. Thanks guys for such a great lunch and great company.

Today also marks the end of week 2 of "Take Shape For Life". Ned is down 15lbs and myself down 16lbs over the last 2 weeks. That would be a total of 30lbs for Ned, and 19 for myself. We have had some rough patches this week with tummy hurting symptoms, but we have stayed on program faithfully. Very little exercise this week, but I look for that to change this week. We are also going camping this week, so we will see how that changes things. :)

Well wish us well. :)

Take Shape For Life.

So...hey there. :) We've moved on to something new. The calorie counter thing wasn't working so great. We were going to the gym faithfully for a bit, but the gym membership changed, and Gold's Gym just up and disappeared with virtually no notice. Ned ended up meeting with a highschool friend and talking about "Take Shape For Life" (which I swore I wouldn't do...as well as Ned), but alas after talking about it and chatting with friends, we decided to try it out.

We've been on the program for about a week now. For the week we are down 23 lbs. I'm down 12 this week, and Ned down 11. That is a total of 15.5 for me (I did gain a little in between programs), and Ned is down a total of 25. WOW!!!! We are on a roll.

The program is difficult, but doable. And obviously the results are phenomenal. I can't wait to see what happens next week.

There does seem to be a lot of bad things and death going on around us. In the last week or so, Nancy's dad has passed, Ron's mom, and now my Grandpa Bud. Just a whole bunch of heavy stuff...my heart is heavy for my family as well as some other things that I can not say.

Ned is on vacation this week and has lots of hiking planned. I'm sure he'll have a good week...and next week we go camping. So much going on here. We are taking pictures each week, so that at the end of this long journey, I hopefully will have a time lapse slideshow to show off.