Weigh-in WednesdayTime

Weigh-In Wednesday
{Yeah, I know it's Thursday. Whatevs.}
 

10 months Post Partum

8.5 months since workouts began

                                                                                                      Source: lindawagner.net

my initial weight: 160 lbs
goal: 125 lbs/lose 35 lb
Current Weight: 125.2
Total loss: 34.8 lbs
left to goal: .2 lbs

SO I've basically lost ALL the weight I wanted to lose!!! It's all the baby #2 weight PLUS another 5 lbs :) {baby #1 weight} I've been at about 130ish since about 6 months PP, but you know....got busy and didn't post. 
I'd still like to lose another 5 lbs {still baby #1 weight} but I'm perfectly ok with the number that I'm at. 
I workout to look good, which means I want to look lean and muscular. Not bulky, of course, but I want to look like I'm in shape. I don't need to look like a skinny sick stick girl. I'm fit. I lift weights, I do cardio, I circuit train, I did P90x. 
I still do.
We are going to do another lazy man iron man in February. That means an Iron Man challenge that you have a month to complete. In November we did it and I completed it by November 20th! Yeahhh buddy! Was like #33 to complete it out of all the people who signed up! Legit!!

My diet isn't as strictly tracked {by MyFitnessPal} anymore, but I am still aware of what I eat. I'm still trying to eat better and better. More veggies, like mostly veggies. Some fruit and meats and I still have a sweet tooth problem. I shouldn't have taught my hubby how to make his favorite chocolate chip cookies. You know what they say....teach a man how to fish, he'll never go hungry. Yeah, that was a bad idea. haha. But, on the plus side....I can spend time doing other things instead of making some cookies.

so some pictures of my progress....

left: 1 month & 5 days before #2 was born

right: the day she was born {fatty} lol my face was huge!

left: 3 weeks postpartum {I swear I look bigger here.}
right: about 4 months postpartum

9 months postpartum

 

{picture still coming ;)}

today

 

 {this computer is being dumb and won't let me download}

where I'd like to be at. haha. OK, honestly....I just want the long hair back. SO.dang.bad!

My body has become weird. 

I'm still uber top-heavy. I have stick/muscular legs and basically no more butt. wth? like gone. I still have a bit of a belly and big boobs and chest cavity. it's weird. I can't explain it.

 

{there should be a pic here to show you....the jeggings (yes, I said it) i am wearing fall off of me now. in the pic, I have hips, a bum, and you can see that my top half is smaller than it is now.....oh woe.}

 

 I weigh less but even after baby #2 my body is different again. what's with that? What's going to happen after baby #3? 

I don't want to think about that yet. Too soon....Too soon.

Random FYI

1. I just wrote a blog post and it's all gone. ALL of it.

I'm pissed.

I'm not rewriting it at this time, I'm still to mad. ughhhh!

The real reason for this post:

2. There is a difference between the words breath and breathe.

A breath is a noun like: "Take a deep breath" or "Your breath smells."

To breathe is a verb like: "Breathe deeply" and "I can hardly breathe."

3. There is a difference between the words teeth and teethe

Teeth are the pearly whites in your mouth, it is the plural of tooth.

Teethe is a verb, "to teethe" is to experience the emergence of your teeth through the gums. Babies teethe.

"The baby's has been drooling and chewing on everything, she is teething. She will be getting teeth soon"

See the differences?

Just a random thought for today. FYI.

Please use such words correctly.

Why is this bothering me so much? I have no idea either.

But seriously, no reason to sound dumb if you can help it.
just sayin.



An Interview

Tonight for Family Home Evening we did an interview of Miss K.

I am creating a scrapbook of this interview and it will include the Q&A, a picture, an outline of her hand, and a drawing of herself.

It's so much fun to find out the answers! Hopefully we can do this every 6 months on both girls and see how they grow and change. Right now, Ry's doesn't include a Q&A. She's super smart & advanced, but you know, we haven't quite reached the talking stage. But her's will include a "what I'm doing now" section, at 7 months she:

 

-crawls on hands & knees

-goes from lying down to sitting up

-loves to try to stand up or pull herself up

-mastered the "pincher grasp" at 6 months--basically on her first few tries of eating!

-loves to eat solid foods.

-loves to feed herself

-can drink out of a straw

-gives kisses

-and hugs

-kisses the baby in the mirror

-if you ask where mommy or daddy is she will look at them.

-no teeth yet

-loves to play peek-a-boo

-loves to put fabrics {blankets, clothes} over her face

-loves to turn on/off the xbox

-dances {bounces} when music is playing, or daddy plays guitar

-sings along to music

-says dada all the time

-happy all the time

-loves her big sister

-doesn't sleep through the night

-loves to slam her legs down when lying on her back

-still mainly sleeps on her back

-shakes her head no

-loves the bath, she could spend all day in there

-likes the wind, air, or fan to blow on her

-sweet and easy-going

 

Now K's Q&A

 

What's your name? Kendall. K. LLLL.

When were you born? {runs to the kitchen calendar and talks, runs back} Tuesday! -actually it was a Thursday. But OK.

How old are you? Free {Three}

What does your mommy do? Go to the gym

What does daddy do? Homework

What's your favorite color? pink!

What do you want to be when you grow up? Spiderman!

What's your favorite food? Cereal {really? then why does it take you an hour to eat a bowl?}

What food do you not like? Poops. I don't like poops. {eww. that's not a food. thanks daddy}

Favorite animal: Giraffe, zebra, and monkey

Favorite vegetable: Carrots

Favorite drink: water {that's my girl!}

Favorite toy: game, dog game {no clue}

Favorite TV show: Dora {really girl? really?}

Where do you want to live when you grow up? The Jungle. It's my favorite.

What do mommy & daddy do after you go to bed? have popcorn {I can sense this question getting weird when she gets older. haha!}

Something daddy says to you: Krystine Lawrence, come back here

Something mommy says: Zombie. Zombie. Zombie......{what? strange kid}

Favorite song: I am a Child of God

Favorite Movie: Pocohauntus {eventhough she tries to watch the avengers every day}

Favorite Ice Cream: Pink

Favorite place to eat: Burger Kings {last place we went}

Who is your favorite person? Grandma

Who is your Best Friend? Baby Sister

Favorite Book: animal one, with the pig {last one we read}

Who is your sister? Baby Ry

Where did baby Ry come from? She come from the hospital

What's your favorite thing to do? Playtime

If you could change your name, what would you choose? Grandma & Grandpa {because that makes sense}

Where do you want to go for vacation? the beach!

What makes mommy/daddy happy? {no answers}

What makes mommy sad: Scratching the movies

What makes daddy sad? playing loud.

{she requested:}What makes daddy mad? getting in trouble.

How old is mommy? 3

Daddy? 4

If mommy was a cartoon character, who would she be? a doctor

Daddy? Mail carrier.

 

It was so much fun!

Besides her running around like crazy at times. typical.

And Ry wanting to eat the paper. also typical.

I can't wait to get those pages done and show you. I'm just going to use a 3 ring binder and page protectors. So an 8.5 x 11 format.

There are more questions, but more for older children. It will be fun when she can write and I make her write them. I'm excited!!

 

Elections are tomorrow, that is probably fueling my excitement.



Pecan Sticky Buns

{photo taken on my phone....better photos coming -- once I make them again}

 

Drew's mom makes these amazing sticky buns.

I still don't have the recipe for them. So I searched, where else, pinterest!

I came across these Caramel Pecan Rolls

So I gave them a try...and they came out pretty good! There is some tweaking that I will post in my re-post of this recipe. It's just easier for me to find if I post it. Plus, I'm going to try like 2 other recipes and post them. New things coming....new things.

{like me actually, maybe having time to blog!! oh my!}

 

So first you need a dough.

You can use a frozen bread dough if you want. Or your own roll recipe. I just used this Yeast Bread recipe:

 

2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 Tablespoon shortening
1 package dry yeast
2 cups warm water
up to 6 cups flour

 

Soften yeast in warm water. (about five minutes.) It will go from 'grainy' looking to smooth once it is softened.

Add sugar and shortening.

{next time I want to add in some orange zest here......hmmm}

Add 2 cups flour. Whisk until well blended. Add salt. (Do not skip the salt. Salt strengthens the gluten protein.)
Add 2 cups more flour. Mix with spoon until sticky ball forms. Dough will be pretty sticky.

Get a place ready on your counter. Flour the counter with about 1/2 cup of flour. (Bringing your total flour to 4 1/2 cups now.)

Set a kitchen timer for 11 minutes. You're going to be kneading the bread for 10 minutes minimum and the extra minute is to turn the dough onto the floured surface and either wash your mixing bowl or find a clean one to put the kneaded dough into. Don't forget to wash your hands and take off your rings.

Turn out onto well floured counter. Knead for a minimum of 10 minutes adding only enough flour to keep dough from sticking. 

 

You will notice too that as you get close to the 10 minute mark your hands will be much cleaner. The dough is almost ready!

Place kneaded dough into greased bowl.

Cover with towel and let rise until double in size. Rising time will vary depending on the temperature where the dough is sitting.

Filling:
1/4 cup butter softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Caramel Sauce:

{everything but the nuts are doubled}

1 cup {chopped} pecans

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
4 Tablespoons corn syrup

After the first rise of bread dough, roll out on a well floured surface. You want it to be approximately 1/4 inch thick and rectangular in shape. 18x21 inch would be a good size. I don't get out a yard stick and measure. I also don't panic if the edges aren't perfect.

 

Let the dough rest while you make the caramel sauce.

Melt the butter and brown sugar over medium heat until completely dissolved.
Add corn syrup.

 

Grease 9x13 pan and place pecans in bottom.

 

Pour syrup over pecans and using spoon rearrange pecans as desired.

Mix together the sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough to reshape and spread softened butter over entire piece. Sprinkle sugar mixture over margarine.

 

Grabbing the short end (18") start to roll into a log working your way up. After it is rolled make sure the seam side is facing down.

Cut the log into uniform pieces. An easy way to do this without measuring is to cut it in half, then cut the half in half and so on until you have approximately 1 inch rolls.
Place the rolls in a greased 9x13 inch cake pan on top of the caramel mixture. 

Let rise until double in size. This happens pretty fast because the sauce is warm and speeds up the process.
Preheat oven to 350F. Bake for 30 minutes until center looks like it is no longer doughy.

Set rolls on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Many like to remove the rolls right away but that is asking for burns. I know from experience. It's painful if the caramel splashes on you.

Place a serving plate over rolls and invert as quickly as you can. Let pan rest over rolls for a minute or two so any remaining caramel sauce can run down.

This is what her rolls looked like {1/2 the recipe}

Pull apart and enjoy!

 

I ate one immediately and didn't really like it too much.

seriously.

weird? yeah. it wasn't sweet enough {the dough part}

BUT

I went back after about an hour and it was YUMMY!!

very, very addicting. for some reason it just was better....

drew loved them and everyone was happy.

That's really all that matters.

Weigh-in Wednesday!

{from pinterest}

Week 18

my initial weight 5/9/12: 160 lbs

goal: 125 lbs/lose 35 lbs.

weight 8/29/12:  137.4 lbs.

weight today 9/12/12: 136.4 lbs.

2 week loss:  1 lbs.

Total loss: 23.6 lbs.

left to goal:  11.4 lbs.

College has started up again and this town has gotten crazy!!

we have been doing workouts every night 

the machines are FULL

we just go straight to the spin bikes anyways but still!! 

messing up our gym

swear, dang kiddos. don't they realize that we own this gym?

we have been going there for the past 18 weeks. some weeks more than others, but it is still ours!

ahhhh

it's okay. it's like new years to them. i'm sure it'll calm down in a few weeks. 

slow weight loss again for me

that's ok. 

it's just muscle building again. 

i'm okay with that.

i think.

yeah ok.

my pants fit again!!

I have a bit of a muffin top still--dang baby belly! 

but that's also going down!! :) sweet!

bummer: my butt is gone again :/ sucks. on leg day I make sure my weights are set high, trying to build a butt if I have to. I have skinny chicken legs. 

I wish I was pear-shaped.

i know what you will say: the grass is greener......whateves.

I'm apple shaped. top heavy. big boobs & gain weight in my belly. not cool my friend. not cool. pro: my legs look dang good. I have skinny ankles and nice calves. a small butt, but like no cellulite  {when i'm not preggo/post-partum at least}

but yeah, i've got love-handles and back fat and a baby belly--that I even had BEFORE I had any babies. weird. i know.

I just wish I had a booty. 

hips would be nice.

oh well. 

my hubby thinks i'm hot. that's all that matters.

Weigh-out....huh?

I forgot to weigh myself this am! What!??!?
Yeah, don't know how that happened. I'm usually obsessed.
I'm off to go workout. Don't have the energy, but I will anyways! And I will be in a better mood after :) don't you love how exercise can do that? Love it! I have a few addictions.... Chocolate is one, working out might be another....hmmmm.... Ok, maybe not.... I do love me some sleep too. Anyways, until tomorrow, when I'm not using the iPod to write this. Or nursing the baby.
Fingers crossed for more results!
Now....go work out!!

Weigh-in Wednesday

Truth:

                                                                                           Source: fitsugar.com

Week 16

It's been a while....

BUT

I've still worked out.

We went to Cali., Had some campouts, fun trips and lack of funding to buy healthier items.

yes, I kind of ate badly.

BUT still worked out.

yep! and counted calories. The MyFitnessPal app is my BFF. Besides my workout buddy.

Don't have them? You need them. Both!

SO here are the stats!

my initial weight 5/9/12: 160 lbs

goal: 125 lbs/lose 35 lbs.

weight 7/11/12:  144 lbs.

weight today 8/29/12: 137.4 lbs.

Monthy-ish loss:  6.6 lbs.

Total loss: 22.6 lbs.

left to goal:  12.4 lbs.

YEP!!

So happy to be below 140!! 

Ahhhh that's NICE!

Most of my pants button {the "bigger" ones and comfy ones} I still have a belly that I need to get rid of. {blah!! that's where most of the weight is!}

But I am getting there!

Only 7 more lbs to be pre-baby R

12.4 lbs to be at my goal

17.4 lbs more to be at about pre-baby K!

Easy-peasy!

seems like it now, right.

It just takes dedication, motivation, and an understanding hubby :)

he's awesome {even if he does sabotage my diet most of the time with is need for me to bake goodies. lol}

this week marked our going "hardcore" again

i.am.sore.

understatement!!

I LOVE it!! 

even if it is harder for me to sit on the potty now than when I was 42 weeks preggo.

yup. hurts that bad!

it's good for me! :)

Earrings

we took miss R to get her ears pierced.

on her 4 month birthday.

we were still at A&J's after coming back from California.

A was all for it. So were we, of course.

Uncle J had the job of holding her while it was done. 

Daddy didn't have the heart to do it.

notice the shirt.

one day she will know you did this to her auntie A. lol.

jk.

I did.

had no clue.

she didn't like having her head held down for the markings. 

so happy and unaware......

then the pain.

poor thing.

oh that face can break your heart.

auntie A was crying, I almost cried myself. Drew stayed away. lol.

but she looks SO cute now.

so much more girly.

people may think I'm wrong, a bad parent or like submitted her to torture.

oh well, my kid, not yours :) 

she hasn't touched them once

hasn't paid they any mind.

there was some adjustment with nursing - I don't want my arm to put pressure on them. but it's fine.

she was miss happy soon after.

InstaMonday

I've been M.I.A. I know....

SO much stuff has been going on and I'm kind of lazy. lOL. more on that later.

& the weight loss.....let's just say it was super good news, then things got busy/slow and I've slowed down. but it's all goood! :)

So here is a bit of our life in instagram pictures. You can follow me, my name is lalalawrence, i'm private so you have to request me & I have to approve. lol. 

if you already follow, some of these pics will be old news, or if you stalk me on fb. 

{click on any pic to make it bigger}

1. chubby looking baby {it's just an illusion, in person people just call her "small and "skinny" whateves, more on that later}

2. missy is so pretty

3. her eyes were looking really green that day, in the light 

4. girlie was up, wide awake at 4 am. yep, fun!

1. happy girl.

2. loves her big sister. even if she is smothering and rough.

3. R asleep at the waterpark. face covered-but barely...there was lots of space. it helped her sleep. the wind usually woke her up before. she loves stuff covering her face.

4. ready to be fed at 12 am. asleep yet moving and trying to eat her blanket {don't judge, yes i know about "no blankets."} 

1. trying to eat her seatbelts

2. coconut flour tortillas! YUM. great for going grain-free {or if you have a gluten intolerance}

3. awesome corn in our bountiful basket!

4. cutie

1.. mohawked up. yep. 

2. lunch, tuna salad taco on coconut flour tortilla. YUM. & some sautéed squash

went to our stake day at the park. actually loved it this year! 

key is to be there early, and actually know people. plus it helps if you aren't moody and preggo = nauseous and hot. 

1. storms coming....

2.....and I get caught in it as I'm leaving walmart. of course.

1. miss uses her feet to play

2. girl uses her toy box as "the best place ever" to play. weirdo. those toys hurt.

1. trying to eat the ottoman

2. packed & ready for cali

3. we hate construction

4. he got some gold-rimmed glasses....oh my!

1. R's lashes. 

2. utah scenery

3. yep, we got pulled over, and got a warning! saaweet!!

4. cute girl, even if there is spit-up on her face!

worst gas station ever, in Jean, NV

& the cars are all douche bag drivers who choose to drive on the shoulder and then cut you off to get back into the flow of traffic {the semi was blocking their shoulder route so they even went around! ugh!}

nursing in the carseat. a 12 hour drive is even longer when you have to stop to feed babies

she was great! during the day. in the evening.....not so much. 

1. driving back home

2. I want to plant almond & pisctachio trees!

3. always stopping to feed her. & she happy!! yayy!

4. utah again!

1. cousins playing

2. making crawling motions

3. oovoo with mom & dad. yeah we just left them. lol.

4. hanging out

missy got her ears peirced. :) she so cute. my next post will be on those pics because they are priceless. 

park pictures

2. 1st time in the swing

3. she could be there all day

4. love that picture

5. really is a happy baby

6. just rolls on her side, refuses to go farther

1. in the mother's lounge on campus 

2. my hubby doesn't know how to match. 

3. she LOOVEs the corn

4. mess

1. she wears the glasses ALL day. inside.

2. fun

3. snuggles to go to sleep, then will sleep in her crib.

4. loves the computer.

1. miss is lazy and puts her face down during tummy time. then yells. it's actually quite funny

2. we went to lava hot springs and saw this sign. lol!! love that it says you will be pelted with the freshest potatoes in Idaho. bahahaha!! funny how there isn't really any other pics from this trip.

went camping. dove off the high spring board {ouch on the boobies.} R loved the little raft she sat in, in the pool. 

cheveron had so much pepsi products...but I filled it with diet coke! take that pepsi & chevron

1. curried lentils for dinner. yeah, we that broke. 

2. evil eye from the baby, thanks. that was an awesome day!

1. orientation at work. yep, you heard. I am working again. PRN only. but still.

2. she adorbs!

1. joys of pumping. that boob was full!

2. frozen washcloth to help the teething baby.

1. Miss R rolls over, officially {she did it before but stopped--lazy remember}

2. blowing bubbles/raspberries {cutest.thing.ever!}

3. love her

4. repainted my vinyl sign in our hallway {was black with cream vinyl} then took off the vinyl. love it.

1. drew finally caught something while fishing! finally! lol.

2. the girl is fearless! she loooooves fish. she kept touching it like crazy---even the eyeballs!!! ewwwww. yeah weirdo. she even claimed the big fish to eat with mommy & daddy could have the smaller one. made sense to us!

3. she's wearing her great grandpa's hat.