Another week 1 - Great # !!

Back on IP - and after one week of pretty much staying on track (there was a few cheats) I am back down to 181.8, a loss of -8.4lbs!! It truly is amazing, if you are ever in the need to shed a quick 5lbs IP is definitely the way to go! However.... I had a very had time over the weekend trying to stay on track, and even though I did, I did a lot of thinking about my lifestyle. I always kind of knew that I was not a salad every day type girl and I knew that IP wasn't a lifestyle change I wanted but it did help me loose the weight. So tonight when I go see my coach I think I am going to tell her that I am taking the summer off of IP. I need to figure out a healthy eating lifestyle I can do everyday. I'm thinking more along the lines of a low GI diet, with healthy carbs. My plan is not to loose (although that would be OK) over the summer but to maintain. A friend of mine was telling me about a book called "This is why your fat" by Jackie Warner, it seems like a great book and I'm considering getting it just for a few meal plan ideas.

I haven't chatted about Jacob for a while so I thought I would update you on a few things .... last night I went shopping for a few things for him that we need in our trailer. And as I walked through the "baby" department I realized there is nothing there for him anymore... I had to go to the "boys" department! It was a happy/ sad moment, my baby is no longer in that category. We are currently working very hard on potty training, he does really good IF you remember to ask him every hour or force him to go every hour. But he is not at the stage of telling me yet, which makes it hard when we have to have sitters. I feel like I have tried everything, last night he was very insistent about wearing his 'big boy' undies (which he had to wear backwards so that Lightning McQueen was on the front) and I kept trying to remind him to make sure to tell Dad when he had to go. But I guess ten minutes after I left to go shopping he peed his pants. :( Potty training has got to be the hardest thing I have gone through with him ... so far. However he is excelling in vocabulary, he speaks full sentences and is at the "why" stage. Some days I pray for 2 min of quietness, even though I know it's totally healthy to ask tons of questions at this age. He has opened up a lot and before he used to hide behind me when new kids approached him, now he goes right up to them and says "hi", I love seeing him make new friends and being able to play with complete strangers.