Weight loss journey

Early this year I decided it was time to make some lifestyle changes because I was tired of trying to loose weight by exercising and eating better (which was doing NOTHING for me) and I researched other options. In April I decided to join weight watchers and convinced Jeff to join with me so we can feel better about ourselves. We here we are at the last day of August and I have lost 30lbs and Jeff has lost almost 35lbs. I never thought I would even be able to loose 5lbs so I am thrilled. We both feel a lot better and can fit into lots of our old clothes much better.
   Weight watchers was quite a change for us the first few months and at times, still is a little hard because we have to be very careful with what and how much we eat. We have learned through this process how snacking (even healthy things) is not so good and that we ate out way too much and ate too large of portions. Weight watchers has forced us to keep track of everything and how many points each food is during the day. What  I have liked about it is that I don't feel starved and deprived of things (ok, well maybe a cheeseburger and onion rings from Astro Burger). We can still eat out at most places and if we are hungry for snacks, we eat fruits or veggies. I wanted to put up some before and after pictures so we can realize how far we have come. The hard part will be to maintain the weight loss (I will be doing the Lifetime program at WW where you have to weigh in monthly to keep your membership free).

February                                                                                             August

11 months old

 Little Miss Aubrie is not so little anymore 11 months now....she is growing so quickly and having so much fun doing it!

Hard to see, but this was her first pony tail. Aubrie is also showing her really excited cheesy face.

 She loves trying to get her "treats" out of the container and of course making a mess as she does it.

 This girl absolutely loves watermelon and gets so excited when she gets it that she immediately snatches it from her tray to eat.

 This is her morning routine: watching Micky Mouse and drinkin her bottle.

At 11 months Aubrie:
  -Is very active and can pull to stand on anything including the fridge and can furniture surf
  -Waves "bye bye" to everyone and sometimes will use both hands
  -Loves going to the parades and especially loves hearing the marching bands so she can dance
  -Loves music and dancing
  -Doesn't like being held much anymore and would rather be crawling around or into something
  -Loves reading books and will sit with her basket of books for a long time
  -Is starting to recognize places and more people
  -Loves playing in any water including: the hose, pools, lakes, tub, or the sink when washing our        hands but is not so fond of the shower
  -Loves being around kids of any age
  -Talks to the cats in a funny high pitched voice and loves grabbing their fur
  -Enjoys feeding herself at meals and her recent favorite finger foods are watermelon, string cheese, green beans, sweet potatoes, and squash.
  -Doesn't like keeping her shoes on at all

 Jeff and I both had a day off work so we took Aubrie to the zoo. She loved the birds, little monkeys, cats, and meercats run around.

We took a family vacation to Bear Lake for Raspberry Day's and camped out. We went to the craft fair, watched a rodeo, ate Raspberry shakes, and of course played in the lake! The Siebenhaars were at their cabin so we played with them for a while  to let Aubrie and Brody (Lindsay's baby) play in the water.