I have posted these previously, but I feel like I need a reminder as to why I need to lose weight and what inspires me to do it.  Here are 5 things that inspire me to lose weight.

1. First and foremost, my kids. I’m no “spring chicken” (having my first born when I was 30), and being the weight I am, I find it very difficult and exhausting to keep up with them. I have dreams of being able to run around and play with them, without getting breathless and tired. I want to take them to Disney World in the very near future, and when I go, I want to be able to enjoy myself with them, and not constantly be worried about where I can find a bench to sit down.
2. I’m tired of not “loving” myself. I’m very self conscious about my weight and how I look to myself and my husband (even though he tells me he loves me the way that I am…I know…I’m blessed). I’m ready to feel good about myself, and not become nauseated every time I look at myself in the mirror.
3. And I’ve mentioned this before, but heart disease, stroke and diabetes runs rampant in my family, and I absolutely REFUSE succumb to it.
4. I have really enjoyed Weight Watchers and plan to get back on it. When I’m on it, I’m able to eat a lot of the things that I used to, but just in moderation. Now don’t get me wrong, with WW I definitely eat a lot healthier that I did before, but I love how I’m able to indulge (not overindulge) in some of the things I like without going off my diet.
5. And last, this blog! I am having such a blast sharing my progress with my new found readers! I refuse to start something and not finish it, and having this blog has definitely helped with that.

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Just wanted to post a quick update about what has been going on.  Monday night, we lost power to our home around 9PM, and didn’t get it back on until Wednesday around 8PM.  In the meantime, I was suffering from a mental breakdown, and told Steven that I wanted to get out of this godforsaken town.  So we loaded all four kids up and headed up to northeast Mississippi to visit our old college town.  You can read more about all of that here.

We got back home around 8PM last night after my dad called us to let us know that our power had been restored.  Read more about that here.  Sorry, for all of the links to my posts on my other blog, just trying to simplify things.  I have tons of things to do, and unfortunately haven’t had any time to even think about my diet, so there is no telling what I weigh now.  For all I know, I could have lost weight, because I had to go buy some new clothes while we were out of town, and the pants I got, which was my normal size, were wayyyy too big.  So that was very encouraging.  I can officially say that I have dropped a size, and will updating that in my stats ASAP.  Hip, hip hooray!!!

Will be posting more next week, as things continue to inch closer to normalcy.  Until then….I’m out!!!

Uh…all I can say, is my life has been nuts over the past couple of weeks.  Major drama goin on.  We have been preparing for the Hurricane Gustav and it is possible we might be moving.  Hopefully, after things settle down a bit, I’ll be able to get things going again on Making Mommy Hot.  Until then, we could really use your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.  I’m mainly speaking for the people in the city of New Orleans and our Mississippi Gulf Coastal cities.  Gustav has been upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane and expected to “hold its own”.  It just doesn’t look good at all.  We should be fine here, but could still end up with a major power outage.  So that will be no picnic for sure.  But I’m more importantly worried for everyone else south of us.  I just can’t believe that we are dealing with this again.  Very scary times.

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Yeah…I’ve been MIA for the past few days.  Hubby has been on vacation, and the kiddos started school on Thurs.  Which went great, btw!  You can read about on my other blog if you are interested.  I promise to get back to business on Monday with my updates.

Until then…I’m out!

Well…I decided I needed a fresh look, so I created myself a brand new blog design.  Same layout, just new header, colors and background.  So…you like?

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