MOVIES JUST FOR FUN

Here's a few clips of my kids. I'm such a proud mommy. :)

Katrina's tap dance recital (backstage and afterwards) June 2005


Tyler's "We are the Weeds" school musical/RAP, Fall 2005
Here's Tyler as a weed. Now if any of you have a better idea of how to make a HOME-Made WEED costume, feel free to comment. This one took me hours! LOL


Katrina's "Three Piggy Opera" school musical, Spring 2006
Here's Katrina as a "piggy". They were all so cute! (Unfortunately the kindergarten teachers didn't realize that using the duct tape to secure the little piggy snouts to all of the kids' noses would leave a REALLY STICKY residue that took hours of painful scrubbing to remove). ROTFLMAO! Katrina was also on antibiotics this week for a bad cough and cold, poor thing.


Man, I just love these kiddos. :)
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How I do NS with my own food LINK (recipes and info)

Hey guys,

My food post got kicked back into archives again... Here is the link:

My BLOG "recipes"

Enjoy!

Amy

"Before" videos, before joining NS Jan 2005, and "After" videos

"Before" video: Sept 2004, Katrina's 5th bday
This is video of me 3 1/2 months before starting NS, approx 160-165 lbs, and on my way UP!

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"Before" Video: Dec 2004, doing the Hokey Pokey
Here's some video, from early Dec 2004, at approx 175 lbs and STILL going up! I'm next to Katrina (she has the red ribbon in her hair). I'm the one in the jeans and blue/purple sweatshirt on the right. These are the same jeans that I wore in my before pics! Yikes. (Now why did I think they looked better on me than that)?! LOL


"Before" Video: Dec 2004, birth of my nephew
Here is a video clip of the day my nephew was born in Dec 2004, about 3 1/2 weeks before starting NS. That's Katrina holding my new nephew and then me giving him back to his mother (my SIL). Here's a nice TRUE side shot of what I really looked like!!!


"Before" video: Christmas morning 2004
Here's a video clip of my family and me on Christmas morning, 3 weeks before starting NS. I'm almost 180 lbs here, and "hiding" in my clothes for sure! (I'm the big maroon-colored blob on the right):


Last "Before" Video: Jan 29 2005, Tyler's 8th bday
Here's the last video captured of me before I really began my "evolution" on NS. This was taken at my son's 8th birthday, 2 weeks after I started NS. I had lost 11 lbs in my first 2 weeks, and felt like a million bucks! Granted, I still had a long way to go, but I finally KNEW I had found the solution to my lifelong battle with my weight.


"After" Video: Sept 2005, Katrina's 6th bday
Here's a clip I found from Katrina's 6th birthday party. This was about 6 weeks after I reached my ideal goal weight of 120 lbs.


Another "After" Video: Sept 2005, more of Katrina's 6th bday party
Some video of my "baby" opening her presents:


Another "After" Video: Christmas morning 2005, with my parents
Here's a few more video clips from after I lost the weight. This is Christmas morning 2005, 4 1/2 months after reaching goal. The holiday's were tough with ALL of my extended family visiting (and wanting to do holiday baking) but I managed to stay under 125 lbs. I didn't get up much in this video, but I can tell you one thing- I sure didn't feel like the same big BLOB from Christmas morning a year earlier. Thank you NutriSystem for changing my life!


"After" Video: April 9 2006, Out for a run
Here I am out for a run. This is 8 months after reaching 120 lbs. I'm 122 lbs here... Mike decided to sit on the porch and pull out the camcorder as I was doing my normal 5 mile run. Think running is just hard for you and not everyone else too? Think again. LOL. I look horrific!

Difference in pics: Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2005

We don't always take family pics at Christmas, but in 2001 I had lost some weight and thought I looked good enough for one. Comparing them is pretty scary though! LOL. I think I was around 150 lbs here, but it could've been more. I can't remember. I just know I wasn't more than 170 lbs in the 2001 pics because I never topped that weight until Christmas 2004 when I reached 180 and freaked out. I'm 120-125 lbs in the 2005 ones.


Christmas 2001


Christmas 2001


Christmas 2005


Christmas 2005

Going out for Mike's birthday (March 11th, 2006) plus some new "fat pics"

Here's a few pics from last night when Mike and I went out for his birthday. We had a blast. He kept telling me how proud and lucky he was to have me as his wife and to get to go "show me off". I know that I'm the lucky one, as he is just the best husband a woman could ever ask for. It sure was nice to know how happy my "look" made him though. :)






I'm a little bummed with this one. My tummy doesn't have some sort of weird protrusion; it's a ribbon on my shirt that I needed to flatten out. LOL. Yes, I know I'm being nit picky, but damn it, I work hard to flatten out that stomach!!! LOL

Here's a couple of side by side pics of me at my start weight (180 lbs) in Jan 2005, and now, 7 months after hitting 120 lbs.





Mike and the kids at the in-laws last night having birthday cake:

Mike being goofy at the in-laws "party" for him, and Tyler and Katrina hoping to get some cake soon. :)


Mike looking at me like "Why do you keep taking my picture without my hat on?" (I only cut his hair this way because he always wears a hat) LOL He's a cutie anyway!


Katrina: "Oooo! Oooo! Yummy, I get to lick the candles!!!"
Tyer: "Save some for me!"

I also found some different "fat pics" of myself while going through my pics this morning. The first is from July of 2004 celebrating my mom's birthday. I was about 160-165 here. The next 2 are from Sept 2004 at my daughter's 5th birthday. This was 3 1/2 months before starting NS, so I'm "only" about 165-170 lbs here, not my high of 180! And to think I thought I looked pretty good at this party!!! Oh my:






Look at that chin, or should I say "Look at THOSE chins"?!