Welp....

Justin has decided on a different MOS. He is gonna try to get what was his second choice. The one he was going to do as his first choice, the more research we've done on it and the more thinking he's done on it, he's decided that he doesn't think it would be a good fit for him or for us. That MOS deploys a LOT. Like in his 4 year enlistment he'd probably go 3 times, and that's crazy. He also would be working with the grunts (infantry) and would be outside of the wire often (which is NOT ok with his wife, lol) and he also is afraid his unit is going to screw around like enough that he wouldn't be able to get everything he needed to get done for that MOS, done. So, he's going with his second choice, which is still Intel, and I think he will really enjoy it. What this means is, the only difference is, instead of him having to go in front of a board to be approved, he will only have to do a phone interview with one person. Otherwise, everything else is pretty much the same. One thing that may or may not be different is the MOS school. With his first choice it was either 3 or 6 months. With the new one he's thinking about, we've heard anywhere from 3-9 months, so we'll have to find out about that for sure. But anyway, that's what we know right now. Waiting to hear hopefully this week, some news.

I ran just 1 mile this afternoon, but I shaved over 2 min off of it. Pretty excited about that. :) I also went on a walk with Heidi and G later this afternoon and we went to the park and let G play and swing. She had a good time. :) Only a few days left of Feb! I can't believe it, already.

Justin is working a lot this week. In fact, starting tonight, he's only off Wed. this week and won't be off again until next Monday. They are doing shut down so everyone works a little bit more. The good news is though, he only works nights until Wed. and then when he goes back to work on Thurs he'll be FINALLY back on days! Having him on nights for 2 months in a row has not been fun! But  now that he's on his new crew and on their schedule, he'll finally be going back to days. I'm excited. :)

Some new things I've been doing again, I've started writing down everything I put in my mouth to eat and drink. I did this when I was losing weight before I got pregnant and I noticed I lost a lot more weight than I previously had, without doing it. I ended up being down about 20lbs in 2 months. It was awesome. So yeah, I've started doing that again, I really do think it helps. Also, I was just telling Heidi today that I have noticed since Justin and I started eating a lot better, I find myself being willing, very willing, to try things I normally wouldn't even TOUCH. For those who know me well, they know I'm probably the pickiest eater ever. Justin was a eating a sandwich the other day and it had lettuce on it and I found myself thinking Mmmm that actually looks good!! Just FYI, I have never in my entire life, eaten a sandwich with lettuce on it. Same with veggies recently, I've expanded my list of veggies I will eat. I ate vegetable soup the other night!! AMAZING! and totally crazy for me. But the same goes for fruits. There were only a few I really liked, the rest I could've cared less about, and I find myself pinning fruit recipes on Pinterest lately. :) I'm a believer that this really has been a lifestyle change, not a "diet". It feels good! :)

So..... Sometime at the very end of Jan I was back up to 205. Only having lost 66 lbs, where previously I was down to 198. Anyway, then I had made a post about being at 202 a few weeks later, being down 69 lbs total. So I'm anxious to see if I can get my other 2 lbs of my 10 lb goal for the month off, by Thurs! When I weighed last night I was at 197. I'm hoping to be at 195 by March 1st. Then, I'm hoping to be down to at LEAST 190 by our 5k on the 17th. After that my longer term goal is to be down to 175 by Griffyn's birthday. As long as I'm down to 190 by our 5k, I'll have exactly 2 months to lose 15lbs. I think it's completely doable. Or, 171 that way the OCD in me can just round it off to an even 100 lb loss! :) OMG I would LOVE to be down 100 lbs from my delivery date to Griffyn's 1st birthday. That would be a HUGE accomplishment for me. That would also mean I'd be down 55 lbs from what I weighed when I found out I was pregnant. Longer term than that? I'm hoping to be down to 150 by Heidi's wedding! (That's in September for those who don't know) I really think if I got down that far, I'd be satisfied with the number at least. I dunno, we'll see how it goes, how I look as I lose the weight, if I will continue to try to drop. So! Those are my upcoming goals! I hope that you will still keep encouraging me, and cheering me on, especially on the days I'm feeling down about it. I'm soooo excited that it's warming up, as long as it doesn't snow in March, I'll be able to start biking again very soon! I'm really pumped about that. Justin and I were looking at bike seats or a bike trailer for G to ride in on my bike so I can take her with me. I would LOVE that, and I think that she would really enjoy it, too. I think we'll have to invest in that in the near future! :)

Well that's about all there is in our world. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
1. I am thankful for being down 8 more lbs so far!
2. I am thankful that my hubby has decided on a less scary MOS!
3. I am thankful for getting to have a girls day tomorrow when we go to Salina to try on bridesmaid's dresses for Heidi's wedding!! Can't wait!
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