Discouragement!!

So losing weight is soooo much harder than putting it on. And just not as fun. I have had a slow week and am having a hard time being consistent and motivated. Trent has done good and lost 5 lbs!! I think that my biggest problem is finding energy to exercise. I have some great ideas on exercise but having a hard time on follow through. Another thing is that this time Weight Watchers isn't dropping the weight as fast as the first time I was on it. Trent thinks it was because I worked at a fast paced McDonald's so I was always moving (burning cal). So here is my I need some motivation blog. Anyone have any to spare?

For Grandma & Grandpa

Here are some newly edited family pictures as per Colleen's request. I put them on here so she could see them in good quality to decide if she likes them or not. Feel free to put your two cents in. Just remember, I'm still learning how to do this!

(Hint: if you LEFT click on the photo then it should pull it up larger for you. Hopefully it will be in good detail. Once you are done looking at it zoomed in, just hit BACK instead of closing it)


1) Rowley Grandkids: it's not as zoomed in and there is a chair showing next to Kaitlyn. I couldn't find a good face of Hayley or Jay to pop in here. I still think it looks good though.



2) Rowley Grandkids: I cropped out the random chair (I know it doesn't look perfect but I did the best I could). Everything else is the same as the first one except that I zoomed this in a little more.



3) Rowley Family Picture Re-edited. I went back and fixed Tait's and Hannah's faces. I know Hannah's face isn't perfect in this but I did the best I could. She did have a really good smiling one but I couldn't get the photos to align. So after 2.5 hours of trying, I finally settled on this edit of her. I hope it's ok. I couldn't get one of Jacob looking up either, but I think that's understandable.

Just Go to Bed

Dear Family,

Yes, I am attempting to blog---

My thought for the night is when you get the munchies at night just go to bed. The other night I wanted a hot fudge/carmel sundae so bad. But I just went to bed.

Happy Losing-

Jen

My sister-in-law has been going to spinning class for a couple of years and now teaches it. It sounds like quite a workout. I used to run the track right past the spinning classes at the high school. It is almost completely dark in the room and they have some high adrenaline tunes cranked. I always thought that was weird and asked JoDee what the heck was going on. She says they turn off all the lights so that no one sees the agony on your face, and they crank up the music so that no one hears the grunting. Hmmm, does that make you feel better or worse? Just kidding! Hey, I say go for it. I know a lot of people that get absolutely hooked, and the only way to keep up with the regulars is to start and become one yourself. You go girl!

Spinning Class

I had a great workout today on my Wii Fit and I am so sore! I hope I can keep it up every day.
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I got a flyer in the mail from a local gym. They offer a bunch of Spinning classes. My friend, who lives in St. George, has just started taking them and she says that they are amazing and so fun. She says that you just sweat like crazy during them.
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I think a Spinning class sounds fun, but I'm wondering if I will die during a class since I am so out of shape. Have any of you ever been to a Spinning class? Are they okay to take if you are like WAY out of shape? Do you have to keep up with all the skinnies? Would I totally humiliate myself???
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Just wondering - thanks!

Hey I think you are all awesome. What a great idea Jenny. Good work! It will be fun to keep in touch this way.

Sadly, I have not changed my habits much from the last time I saw all of you. I wondered if any one was really going to get into this. (me of little faith:) ). But now that I have read the blog, I am so excited for all of us to get going and do a little better with our health. (except for Brian who claims he isn't motivated at all to change! He likes himself the way he is. No- really he wants to start exercising more. We are trying to sneak in small walks a few nights a week. Of course, we take all five kids and it always ends up being a fiasco between bike wrecks, flat tires, pulled hair, rude brother comments, or fussing, spitting up baby. Usually two of us (not usually Brian) are in tears by the time we hit the final stretch up the driveway.

I tried to do some sit-ups this morning. At #5 I was ready to die. Hmmm. That probably isn't good. I have been having a lot of back pain lately and I think it is because my core is so weak. That is one of my goals, to strengthen my core. Too bad ab exercises aren't even one bit fun. Anyone have any good ideas about core strengthening?

Jen's Motivation

Started the first week and a half great exercise every day and I cut down on my eating. I was down three pounds on Friday. But then this week has been a little stressful. I am getting ready for the trip to California with Greg and I have not been as good with my eating. The baby has not cooperated so it is almost midnight and I am putting laundry away. Walking is my form of exercise and I am only having dessert once a week. I am also trying to drink lots of water. I wanted to thank you guys for doing this. It has really help to motivate me.

Logan Rowley Weight Loss Saga Begins!!

I just want to say that Trent and I were going to do water aerobics at the gym on Tuesday to start off the biggest loser show with a big bang. I had to eventually call and cancel daycare at the gym and spend my night sitting on a chair at the hospital instead so next week we are back to our new routine. Trent and I decided to do Biggest Loser Weight Watcher style. It is the best way for me to keep track of what goes into my body and look back on the good and bad choices that I make that affect my weight. Hopefully we are on a better path to losing it. I have lost a couple of pounds but I always fluctuate that daily so I will check back in about a week and let you know our progress. Even though Trent is under the weather for a week he is still eating good without working out but after this week off he will have softball and flag football to keep him active. He finds that doing excercise at home is waaayy hard. I find doing excercise at all is waayy hard :)

My exercise

This video has been what I have done every morning since six weeks after I had Steven.  It's a lot of fun...but it's starting to get boring. :) I'm hoping to find a great deal on some TaeBo tapes or DVD's.

Our Exercise of Choice

So far Daniel and I haven't been the greatest at going to a gym or anything. We have found some fun ways to exercise though.

Jenny's Exercise of Choice:

What I like about the Wii Fit is that it's entertaining and fun. I can choose from all sorts of work-outs: from Yoga, strength training, walking, running, dancing, balance games, sports, and many more. It's an easy way to exercise while Hayley is napping. Plus it has me weigh-in every day and it monitors my progress. It even gets after me if I missed a day of exercise! I LOVE IT!

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Daniel's Exercise of Choice:

Daniel has been swimming several times. He will swim laps with our neighbor and he gets a great work-out. He's pretty fast, too - I guess it has something to do with him having been on the swim team in high school! What he likes best about swimming is that it isn't very hard on the body (running can be hard on your knees) so it's a good way to work up his endurance and strength.

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater???

I'm sure you've all heard that Trent had his appendix removed last night (or early this morning, if you want to get technical). Quite a "convenient" time for a surgery, eh? I swear, some people will do anything to win!

Maybe we should have written in the rules that surgery was not a fair way to lose weight. I bet that thing weighed at least a couple pounds ;0)

I've got my eye on you Trent...

Here we are!

After a few requests, I finally got this blog going. I'm not sure what we'll post, but at least we will be here to support each other, right?

First question: Should we make this blog private? If we did then you would just have to log-in with your email address every time you wanted to see it. If we make it private then only we can see it so that might be good. Give me your feedback!

Second question: How is everyone doing so far? Give us updates! Don't tell us how much you've lost, just how you've done.

GOOD LUCK! MAY THE BIGGEST LOSER WIN!!!

P.S. If you have any questions on how to do anything on the Blog, just ask one of us (Janell, Sheri, Megan, or Jenny). We'd be glad to help!