A New Beginning
Week 1, day 3 (loss to be posted Friday)

Well, I haven't been on here on a reallllly long time. I just re-discovered this old blog while I was sifting through my computer. My last entry was June 30, 2006 and back then I was trying to lose 20 pounds. I don't think I ever lost that much (maybe 10-15 max) and now here I am right back where I started, actually slightly worse off. Of course a lot has happened since 2006. We have added a baby girl to our mix and two dogs (one old, one new) and have moved. Our baby girl is now almost 14 months old and all over the place (kind of like this entry today).

My new goal is to lose 30 pounds but more importantly to make sure that my family and I are eating healthy and being active. Just like last time, I start on this new endeavor with my awesome sister (who inspirse me all the time!) and we start with a new plan, which I will tell you more about later. Needless to say I have cut up more fruits and veges in the last three days than in the last month total!

More to come....

On The Right Track
Week 3, day 20 (weight 140.5, down 4.5)

I am very proud of myself, I have done 30 minutes of cardio every night for the past three nights and (get this) I actually seem to be enjoying it. My new routine is to get the kids to bed by 8:45 and be on the recumbent bike by 9:00. Seems to work out well. Though it takes away time with my DH (which is usually spent on the couch in from of the TV eating a snack while he is on the computer chatting with people or working on a story), I think it has been good for me to do it at that time. I work out, stretch, take a water break (on the couch with hubby) and then hit the shower. I feel really good when I slip into bed and I am sleeping better. Plus when I workout at night I am less likely to give-in to the snack craving (usually oreos, or cookies, or ice cream). I think taking that time for just myself has been really good for me. I used to give all my time to the kids and then when DH got home and the kids were in bed I felt I had to sit on the couch with him to get in some time, but I am starting to feel that by doing my workout this way DH and I can spend better quality time together at other times. The only problem with the cardio is that I have to do it on the recumbent bike right now (the treadmill track has slipped) and for some reason the bike kills my knees. I know it is supposed to be low impact but since I started my workout on the bike I have been practicality living on advil. It will do for now though.

I have been doing pretty well food-wise too. I bumped my calories up a bit (I lowered them way to much the first two days and started to feel shakey and a bit faint) since I am breastfeeding and need some extra calories to produce the milk. I slipped up a bit on Wednesday, DH wanted ice cream so I had a small shake (it was sooooo good too :o). But other than that I have been pretty good.

All of the above has brought forth positive results on the weight front, which means I must be doing something right. Since I started 3 weeks ago I am down 4.5 pounds. It is a nice steady weight loss, not to fast, not to slow. Now I just need to keep it up. I need to keep doing cardio every day and watch what I eat. It will be especially hard this coming holiday weekend while I am away and at the bbq we are having at our house on Tuesday, but I am going to try my hardest and I will have my sister there to help me. :o)

Quick Write

Just wanted to post that I actually did do my cardio today. I had both of my kids fed, bathed, and in bed by 8:30 and I was on the bike by 8:45. I did half an hour of a mix of resistance and speed. I didn't eat as well as I did yesterday but still not too bad and I got all my water in for the day. Hope I can continue on with some momentum. I weighed myself this morning even though I should not have and I weighed in at 140.5 wich is down 2.5 pounds from Sunday. But I am not counting as an official weigh-in. I will do that on Friday ( I am going away for the weekend until Monday afternoon).

Inspiration Close to Home

My sister, Julie, had an awesome week last week! Go Julie!! She is awesome :o)! She is an inspiration for me. I was about to go and grab a cookie or a piece of chocolate or something bad for me, then I read Julie's blog and I decided not too. A real inspiration.

I had a bad Sunday, or at least a bad lunch on Sunday. We went to Red Robin and I didn't have the will power to pass up the best burger and fries. On top of all that I had a chocolate milk shake too. Chocolate milk shakes, and chocolate in general seems to be my undoing. Every Since Nolan was born I have been unable to resist them and sometimes crave them so much it hurts. Funny, I didn't have any particular cravings while I was pregnant, this must be pay back. Ok- so every time I go to pick up chocolate I need to ask myself is it really worth it? And go drink some water instead.

On the stay-at-home mom front, DH left this morning for a business trip and won't be back until Wednesday night. So... Wish me luck and pray that all three of us plus the 5 animals make it through alive!

Oreo's be my downfall

Well, I haven't posted in a while. A reminder of that from my sister who called me yesterday wondering if all was alright (it is really nice to have someone lookin' out for ya :o). Everything is OK. I did succumb to the scale this morning and have maintained my 142.5. Now I have to really force myself to NOT get on the scale until next Friday morning. I know that it is not good to weight yourself every day and I usually end up doing it at least twice a day. I need to gauge how I am doing more on how I feel then what I weigh.

I am doing OK in the eating department except for in the evening. Those damn Oreo's call my name every night. Ugh. I just have to have the willpower to say no. Back in high school when I wanted to get rid of a hunger craving at home I would go brush my teeth (who wants to eat after they brush there teeth?) so maybe I will try that. Every evening just go and brush my teeth before I lose it and down 4 Oreo's and a glass of milk.

Well, I intended to write a little more but I have to go get my little one and take my other one outside to play in our new wading pool for a bit. Maybe more later.

Good Start
week 2, day 9 - weight 142.5 (down 2.5)

Well, in looking at my weight loss it doesn't seem have made a whole lot of progress, however, I did slip up quite a bit this weekend and end of the week last week so I am just glad I didn't gain weight. I have done great in the eating department today. I had Cheerios for breakfast and yogurt and low fat Wheat Thins for lunch. I have had two small chocolate chip cookies. Zachary and I made cookies together this morning, which was a lot of fun and tempting, but I was good. Normally I would have had at least 3 cookies while making them and at least 3 or4 more by now. I am making hamburger Helper and green beans for dinner (my husbands favorite). I just need to remember to fill half my plate with the green beans and only take one small portion of the hamburger helper. I know I can do it! I also have to remember to drink lots of water every day.

I have met part of the goal I set for myself for the week as far as household things go. This morning I put all of my maternity clothes in boxes, emptied out and put away all my regular clothes and even got a box and half to give to goodwill. I also have started the laundry and expect to have that finished by tomorrow evening. Our dryer is on the fritz, meaning it takes like 3 hours to dry one load of clothes, so it gets really frustrating and takes a long time to do the laundry. I just have to keep going until it is all done and put away.

The baby is awaking. I will post again later hopefully!

Another day goes by

The last two days have been ok. Good on the emotional, stay-at-home mom front but just ok on the eating healthy and exercising front. I really don't eat all that much during the day but it usually ends up that what I do eat is crap. Yesterday I went to the in-laws for dinner and they had fried chicken. I had barely eaten the rest of the day and I had to eat what was provided so I had fried chicken, cole slaw, and steak fries for dinner. Not great. I also only exercised a little yesterday, barely enough o break a sweat and today I haven't at all, I have been quite busy preparing to go visit my sister in Virginia, which I am excited about.

I did manage to give both boys a bath, clean the living room and kitchen and pack for our trip all this morning though. I feel like that in itself is an accomplishment. I really wanted to work on some laundry but that didn't happen. Next week I must focus on laundry and especially putting all of my maternity clothes away and putting all my regular clothes back in the closet and drawers. I think as I do that I would really like to weed out and get rid of a bunch of clothes too.

Well, I guess that would be my goal for next week. I won't be posting again until at least Saturday night probably not really until Sunday. Hope all have a great weekend. I plan too!