Well this evening I will be going to get my gym membership!!!

Ok everyone....starting Feb 1st I'm making a goal to lose 100 pounds in a year...Please come back later to check out my progress. :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

From our family to yours - we hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

-- The Hughes Family

New family picture

Hope everyone likes the new family picture!!

I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful wife and two VERY handsome boys! :)

Jeffrey

Tire, sore, & a tummy ache...

Well we took the kids to the fair this evening and I can tell I'm not a "kid" anymore. I recall growing up that I wanted to spend all the time I could at the fair riding all the rides and playing the games. Well today when I went the family had fun but I didn't feel too hot. I am not sure if it is from losing weight and not eating the "greasy" things any more and having to smell that at the fair that made my leave with a tummy ache or something else. Cayden did come away with a Tom Cat (from Tom & Jerry). Tom is bigger than he is but at least it was only $5. Cayden and I make a great team squirting water at a target! ;) I must say thought that as much fun as it was I am glad to be at home.

Now tomorrow we are going to see the Nashville Predators!!!!!!!!! :) That will be a blast!

The fair is in town...

Well I didn't make it to enter any pictures in the fair this year - just did not get around to going through all the pictures I have taken for the past year and selecting the 'best' ones out. I think we are going to take the kids Friday night so they can suck the bank account dry. There's nothing cheap about the fair. It's about $5 a person to get in and then armbands are $18 a head then you have drinks and food on top of that. Now I know why my parents always complained about fair week - it's not cheap at all. I am sure the kids will have a good time though. :)

4 MORE pounds lighter

Wow - what can I say? I got on the scales today to see I had made a new level!!! When I say new level I mean I go down into a different set of numbers. Such as last week I was 282.6 and this week I was 278.8. Anytime I roll over into a 'new' set of numbers it's great - it really shows me that I am making progress. I have been doing this since May 17th and have lost 38 pounds so far! My goal is to get down to around 210 pounds, which would be a total loss of 107 pounds. I am over 1/3 of the way there and it's exciting. I really appreciate everyone's encouragement through out this life style change and I hope that I can continue to do well!