That's my goal at least!
I do miss my little blog and I'll have to recapture all of you-my few readers! I used to update every Tuesday night while Marc was teaching a class. Then he was gone 2 nights a week, but I was so wiped out from single parenting for 3 days I couldn't get quite into it.
Sadly, I did have plenty of time this summer, but the weird thing is, I barely got anything done all summer! I think my brief commentary on that is that after a crazy upheaval of a move, almost a year of 24/7 weight loss focus and NO SCHEDULE, that I was just plain lazy. I only caught up on laundry once all summer, too!! (Though that may be a direct result of bad venting-I have to run each load through the dryer twice)
Anyhow, I promise to be back. And here is my WELCOME BACK TO THE BLOGOSPHERE!!
Love JIll
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Hello Beautiful!
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| My kids and the Kaplun boys on the Nokomis Jetty. |
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| Gaberz in the waves |
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| The color of the water kills me! |
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| So perfectly clear! |
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| Seeking treasure in the rocks. |
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| My Lizzy, the Marine Biologist |
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| Busy |
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| My arms look smaller! :-) |
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| Lizzy's treasure! Empty, but hooked together clam shells! |
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| Beautiful baby Zoe!! |
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| Jake's special creation! |
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| Growing up by the sea-how wonderful! |
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| Joel pulling Gabe. Such little boy fun! |
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| Gaberz on "shark day" |
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| Emma, Janet and Leah playing in the waves. |
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| Jordan, Bellea, and Sarah's first time "laying out" |
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| The "shark". This 50 lb Tarpon had its fins behind Jake and I thought it was a shark!! |
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| Post beach sack out! |
A Mountaintop Accomplishment
I did it! And now I've flown past it!!
Last week I lost 2 pounds and hit my 50 pound loss accomplishment!!! It just happened to be the week I was in Jupiter and weighed in at my old meeting, but I earned my little 50 pound reward token and the sense of MAJOR accomplishment!
This week I lost 1.8 pounds and am up to 51.8 total loss! THis is so exciting.
Even though I was on "vacation" last week--driving my kids to VBS every morning, myself to breakfast dates, dr. appts, parties and the beach--my sister in law Amy and I worked out 5 out of 6 mornings that I was there!!! She introduced me to Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred, which left my muscles shaking for hours afterwards. Who is this person I've become who puts up with that kind of punishment? I'm not sure, other than the person who is well on her way to finishing the last 35 pounds left to lose by December!!!!!!
Last week I lost 2 pounds and hit my 50 pound loss accomplishment!!! It just happened to be the week I was in Jupiter and weighed in at my old meeting, but I earned my little 50 pound reward token and the sense of MAJOR accomplishment!
This week I lost 1.8 pounds and am up to 51.8 total loss! THis is so exciting.
Even though I was on "vacation" last week--driving my kids to VBS every morning, myself to breakfast dates, dr. appts, parties and the beach--my sister in law Amy and I worked out 5 out of 6 mornings that I was there!!! She introduced me to Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred, which left my muscles shaking for hours afterwards. Who is this person I've become who puts up with that kind of punishment? I'm not sure, other than the person who is well on her way to finishing the last 35 pounds left to lose by December!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Next week should be the big week
I am holding my breath, but still pretty hopeful!
I am 1 pound away from losing 50!!!
I should be able to do it!!!
I am 1 pound away from losing 50!!!
I should be able to do it!!!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Surprising Even Myself
If some of you could be a fly on the wall of my life, I think you just might be shocked and lose your grip! I am surprised even myself! For 5 months I was able to lose weight on the Weight Watchers plan without a single day of exercise! Not one week did I gain, just loss after loss. I was super excited that this plan was doable without exercise. Than I hit that big fat wall called: If you don't exercise, you won't be getting rid of any more pounds! I stared at that wall for well over a month I'm sure! On the wall I could see the past grafitti I had written saying, "There's NO WAY! I can't! I am too busy as a mom/teacher/wife/etc."
So after weeks of staring at the wall, I finally looked for a foothold and handhold and tried again.
I started by walking right after dinner with the WHOLE family. 7 pairs of shoes, bicycles, scooter, wagon or stroller. It was work, but I was doing it!!! Then I tried the Wii fit for a while, but you can only push so much there. Then I tried a Biggest Loser DVD and hated that-ugh! 25 reps of one boring move?? Though I might try it again now that I am stronger. . . . .
So here I am and this is where you lose your grip on the wall of thinking you know me and you fall on the ground. I NOW EXERCISE 6 DAYS A WEEK!!!!! What? Is this really Jill Wragg? Hmmm, sometimes I even question! I have been working out for 6 days a week for almost 2 months now! Once ERin and I hooked up as exercise buddies, we would walk around the Publix parking lot 3 days a week when Marc was is the house sleeping. The other 3 days when Marc was gone to work, she came-and still comes-to do a Weight Watchers PUNCH! DVD with me! On May 1st Marc and I started our "Summer Membership" at the Plantation Golf and Tennis Country Club. I now have access to a gym for "free" for me and my guests which opens at ***DRUMROLL*** 5 am!! We get there at the late hour of 5:30, do 30-40 minutes of interval training, then 15-20 minutes on the elliptical machines, frequently followed by some stretching out-if we aren't rushing home to our babies!
When Marc goes to the big jr. olypic pool at Plantation with us, I get to swim laps as he plays with the kids. He is definitely all in when it comes to helping me achieve my weight loss and fitness goals and it so sweet since I am usually so exhausted at night by the time he gets home at the end of the week.
The main drawback to this hectic new workout schedule is my need for daily power naps, but some days I lay down with Jacob or Leah or Lizzy and that is SO worth it! I also tend to drink more coffee (whoever said exercise gives you more energy didn't have 6 kids they were homeschooling and a MIA husband 3 days a week!) now that I am up before Mr. Sun!
Shocked yet? I am! I never thought I could do it, and odds are, I couldn't without all the factors coming together as God has allowed them! I praise Him for His work in me-HE has given me this determination! He sustains me and is continuing to teach me as I am in the press of less patience and fatigue to lose these 47 lbs I've shed! But there is no way Jill Wragg could ever have done this discipline without my Lord getting me up each morning, often, even before my alarm!
Soli DEO Gloria!
So after weeks of staring at the wall, I finally looked for a foothold and handhold and tried again.
I started by walking right after dinner with the WHOLE family. 7 pairs of shoes, bicycles, scooter, wagon or stroller. It was work, but I was doing it!!! Then I tried the Wii fit for a while, but you can only push so much there. Then I tried a Biggest Loser DVD and hated that-ugh! 25 reps of one boring move?? Though I might try it again now that I am stronger. . . . .
So here I am and this is where you lose your grip on the wall of thinking you know me and you fall on the ground. I NOW EXERCISE 6 DAYS A WEEK!!!!! What? Is this really Jill Wragg? Hmmm, sometimes I even question! I have been working out for 6 days a week for almost 2 months now! Once ERin and I hooked up as exercise buddies, we would walk around the Publix parking lot 3 days a week when Marc was is the house sleeping. The other 3 days when Marc was gone to work, she came-and still comes-to do a Weight Watchers PUNCH! DVD with me! On May 1st Marc and I started our "Summer Membership" at the Plantation Golf and Tennis Country Club. I now have access to a gym for "free" for me and my guests which opens at ***DRUMROLL*** 5 am!! We get there at the late hour of 5:30, do 30-40 minutes of interval training, then 15-20 minutes on the elliptical machines, frequently followed by some stretching out-if we aren't rushing home to our babies!
When Marc goes to the big jr. olypic pool at Plantation with us, I get to swim laps as he plays with the kids. He is definitely all in when it comes to helping me achieve my weight loss and fitness goals and it so sweet since I am usually so exhausted at night by the time he gets home at the end of the week.
The main drawback to this hectic new workout schedule is my need for daily power naps, but some days I lay down with Jacob or Leah or Lizzy and that is SO worth it! I also tend to drink more coffee (whoever said exercise gives you more energy didn't have 6 kids they were homeschooling and a MIA husband 3 days a week!) now that I am up before Mr. Sun!
Shocked yet? I am! I never thought I could do it, and odds are, I couldn't without all the factors coming together as God has allowed them! I praise Him for His work in me-HE has given me this determination! He sustains me and is continuing to teach me as I am in the press of less patience and fatigue to lose these 47 lbs I've shed! But there is no way Jill Wragg could ever have done this discipline without my Lord getting me up each morning, often, even before my alarm!
Soli DEO Gloria!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Weight Watchers: 7 month mark
Well, here I am folks! 7 months of Weight Watchers under my belt, and 42 less pounds under my belt!! In fact.....I even am wearing a belt these days to hold my pants up!! Why buy clothes when there are 44 more pounds to go?
Such an exciting milestone tonight!! I have been trying for this last month to get up to 40 lbs lost! One week I gained and two of the weeks my loss was minimal: OK, it was actually 1 1/2 lbs one week and half a pound the other, which is actually good, but..... I am still looking to lose a lot of weight! Tonight I found out that I lost 3.6 lbs in THE LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!! Whoopie! I excercised EVERY SINGLE DAY, ate less points and limited desserts to 3 the whole week-super hard for a sweet tooth! Such SWEET rewards at the scale tonight!! In one more pound I will be at my halfway mark. With all this excercise I hope to reach that goal this week and to press on through. I have 23 lbs I want to lose by my anniversary in July. That is 2 lbs a week-which really isn't likely at this point, but I will persevere and get as close to that goal as possible.
I have been staring at the I CAN"T wall of EXERCISE for months. Now, I tore that I can't away and tried. I get up at 5:40 every morning and if Marc is gone I do a Cardio dvd in my living room and if Marc is home I go walk around the well-lit parking lot at Publix. All this is possible because my fellow Weight Watchers buddy, Erin, meets me there or comes here to work out with me. We are both pushing hard, even with me having 6 kids and her having 7 and both of us homeschooling!! We are making it work to lose this extra weight!
Keep praying for me!!
Such an exciting milestone tonight!! I have been trying for this last month to get up to 40 lbs lost! One week I gained and two of the weeks my loss was minimal: OK, it was actually 1 1/2 lbs one week and half a pound the other, which is actually good, but..... I am still looking to lose a lot of weight! Tonight I found out that I lost 3.6 lbs in THE LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!! Whoopie! I excercised EVERY SINGLE DAY, ate less points and limited desserts to 3 the whole week-super hard for a sweet tooth! Such SWEET rewards at the scale tonight!! In one more pound I will be at my halfway mark. With all this excercise I hope to reach that goal this week and to press on through. I have 23 lbs I want to lose by my anniversary in July. That is 2 lbs a week-which really isn't likely at this point, but I will persevere and get as close to that goal as possible.
I have been staring at the I CAN"T wall of EXERCISE for months. Now, I tore that I can't away and tried. I get up at 5:40 every morning and if Marc is gone I do a Cardio dvd in my living room and if Marc is home I go walk around the well-lit parking lot at Publix. All this is possible because my fellow Weight Watchers buddy, Erin, meets me there or comes here to work out with me. We are both pushing hard, even with me having 6 kids and her having 7 and both of us homeschooling!! We are making it work to lose this extra weight!
Keep praying for me!!