The road to health

When we came back from our cruise, I looked at the photos, and it became quite obvious that I really needed to do something about my weight. I had definitely let emotional eating take a toll on me, and it was time for me to do something about it. In the last two years and four months, I have lost over 100 pounds. Going from extremely morbidly obese, according to that jacked up bmi chart, to obese, and my goal, will put me into the overweight category. It has not by any means been an easy journey. There are days in which all I want to do is drink Coke and eat zebra cakes, but I know that I can not do that. I do still have them occasionally, as a special treat.  I do have more photos, but I am sure you do not want to be bombarded with photos of me, but here are a few to show the progress. I have a few more recent ones, but havent had the time to update them anywhere yet.  It has all been done with food changes, eating in the truck, not eating out, and having control over my emotions. Learning what being hungry was, vs being bored or sad. Also, portion control has been a big thing. Not eating the whole small bag of potato chips and only eating the correct serving size. Once it gets warmer outside I am looking forward to getting out of the truck and being active. I am sure that this will aid in getting me to my goal as well. If I ever get there, at that point, I will have lost over half of me, enough for a whole human being. To me that is just amazing.

This was taken in Seattle in March of 2012. I think that I was around my highest weight at this point. 

These are the same exact pants that I was wearing in the photo above

This is a side by side of me from March 2012 and December of 2013. 

big changes

Over the last year we have made MANY big changes in our lives. In February of last year, we signed on with Fedex custom critical in their dry box White glove division, and started a new chapter of our lives. In October of last year we made the advancement to a White glove temperature validated unit, with a much larger sleeper, and great ammeneties. It has been much different but such a great changed. I know have the space too cook for us, do crafts, clean, do dishes, decorate my truck like home, and live so much easier!! I plan on keeping up with my blog again so look forward to more reading!!!

We recently had the honor of winning 3rd place in the working truck show at the expo!!

     Nick spent most of the day working on the truck. I didn't really do too much, as I attended the meet and greet party that was going on, and did networking. Finally at about 3:30 in the morning Nick came to bed. I felt horrible that he did so much work, and I only cleaned the inside.

Then, Friday during the day I spent the day decorating the truck for the convoy, which I am sure, detoured some people from how nice the truck really looked. I am so proud of Nick and all of his work.

A much needed update

It has been quite a while since I have updated my blog, and I apologize. There has been so many great things that have happened over the last few months. With much hard work and dedication, we are seeing that our business is headed into the right direction. Within two months we will be debt free, minus my car, and student loan. That is a huge thing for us! It is amazing to know that we are almost there.

One more huge thing is that our van will be going up for sale pretty soon. It has been an extremely hard decision, but it is time for it to go. We have spent a lot of money getting it ready to sell, and someone will be getting themselves a great vehicle to start in the industry with!

The places you wil go

      There have been questions of what is going on with us, so here it goes. January 30th I took my CDL test and passed with flying colors. I was in the process of getting my upgraded CDL for a job that I had been offered in Lansing. During the process of this we had a few different offers come across the table for us to drive as a team. Due to circumstances that arose, we accepted one of the positions. We went trough orientation the first week of February, and started running loads for our new company last week. I seem to have taken to it very quickly, and well I may add. I have even driven through NYC already. I actually drove more miles than Nick did last week! I am back to driving nights, which I really enjoy.

      We are very happy to be back running as a team together. I am enjoying the straight truck as well. I like having a dedicated sleeper, a way to cook, as well as being able to drive again. It is a Freightliner Century, the upper bunk has been taken out and custom cabinetry installed. The standard plastic cabinets have been removed and wooden ones installed. We have a larger refrigerator with a separate freezer, which is great for me, to have a larger variety of foods to cook for us. While we are sitting we can enjoy watching tv. For right now, we are keeping quiet as to where we went, just for personal reasons.
 
     We plan on being at MATS, which at that point, our new company will be displayed on our truck. Hope to see you there.

Welcome 2013

A few people have asked where I have been, so I figured that it was time to post an update. The last two months of 2012 were mostly spent with me being at home, and Nick out on the road working. I was at home with my family, as we awaited the passing of my uncle. He fought a long hard battle with cancer, that ultimately, at the age of 36, took his life. November 13th, we had been told he probably wouldn't make it through the night, and that he only had a few hours left. That few hours, ended up being a long 6 weeks. My parents spent nearly 24 hours a day at the hospital that whole time. I would go up and sometimes spend the night, other times, just visiting a few hours. Nick was finally able to make it up to see him, for the first time, on Christmas day. We spent time with my grandparents, before heading back to my parents house for the night. My dad felt that he should stay so he wasn't alone, and my grandparents stayed as well. Early the next morning, we got the call to head back to the hospital, that he was gone. I took my mom up to the hospital, and Nick stayed at home with my other grandma. She had only been out of the hospital a few days, as she had knee replacement surgery. That afternoon we headed up north to spend some time with my dad and stepmom. I was really looking forward to it. My dad was going to take Nick deer hunting for the first time. It is a pretty big thing up there, and for my dad to welcome someone else into the woods with him, we were both kind of amazed. A few family members were shocked as well. They didn't get a deer, but Nick had a great time and is looking forward to going in November. We also had our family Christmas with all of my dads siblings and their children. It was the first time that Christmas had been held at my dad's and the first time back in the tiny little town since being at my grandparents over 10 years ago. We headed home on the 30th, since we were going to see Zac Brown Band on New Years Eve to celebrate our anniversary. We have now been married for 3 years! It is hard to believe that it has been that long, yet seems so short. We went back to work on January 2nd. Unfortunately we were unable to attend my uncles funeral, which was later in the week. Then to top things off, Monday my great grandma passed away. She was 102 years old. She wasn't sick or anything just old. Her funeral was yesterday. Things have been a bit slow, then again it is January. Hope that your 2013 is starting off well!!!!!

Prayers

I have been back out of the truck again for a few days. I have been in Lansing with my family with my uncle who has been in the hospital for quite a while. I would like to share the facebook page that we have set up for him https://www.facebook.com/prayersforbobbyc