Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: January 2011

January 23, 2011

Weight Loss Progress

Most of you already know...but those of you who don't, I have been on the Atkins Diet since August 2010. I amde a goal to lose 50-70 pounds before Lee got home so we could hopefully have a baby! Well, according to the scale at my Dr's office, I have lost 70 POUNDS and reached my GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe it sometimes and really have a hard time seeing it for myself. It's not until recently that I have been able to notice things. So here are a few pictures that helped me see my progress :)

Febraury 2010 weight 356

September 2010 326

November 2010 300

December 280!!!

I need to learn to take more pictures of my journey but who has the time??? I saw Lee yesterday, and he made the comment, "You look like you did when we first met!" And that was my second goal...to get to 270 which is the weight that we first met at and I am almost there!!! So now I am setting my next goal which is to WEIGH LESS THAN MY HUBBY! He is at about 230-240 so I am giving myself until June to reach it. It will be his Birthday gift...to have his wife weigh less than him on his Birthday:) WISH ME LUCK...and all my Hawaii friends...if you see me somewhere and im eating any kind of carb STOP ME ROFL!!!!

Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!