Sick babies

 

 

My poor littlest bugger does not feel good. I hate it when my babies are sick. They just look so pathetic. I left the kids with a friend last night so that I could go watch Jon's soccer game. His game was at 9 pm, so all the kids were in bed when we left, I thought it would be such an easy babysitting night. But at a little past 10 I got a text that my ridiculously laid back baby had been screaming almost the whole time.

Bummer.

I still thought maybe it was just a fluke but nope, he cried off and on all night, him and I barely slept. And now it is official, he is sick. Slight fever, constant sneezing, droopy eyes and a runny nose.
I had a bunch of errands on my  to do list today but instead I am spending my day snuggling this cute bug. I love him and I hope he feels better quickly.

Oops! Wednesday: weigh in day

Whoops! 

 

Yesterday was Wednesday and I didn't weigh in. 

 

I thought it was Thursday all day yesterday, don't ask me why.  'Cause I have no idea.  Tuesday is a very busy day for me and I even had playdates scheduled, that I went to, that I knew were scheduled for Wednesday.  But none of that stopped my silly head from thinking it was Thursday.  It wasn't until I got online and was going through my blogroll last night that I realized that it had in fact been Wednesday.  And that I had completely missed weighing in. 

 

So here I am, weighing in on Thursday.  Better late then never I guess.  And my current weight is...

 

180.2

 

Yep, still there, on the up and down train.  Oh well, I feel good about it this week.  I made it to level 2 of the 30 day shred and I feel good about that too.  I am going to finish this month and see where it leaves me.  Hopefully down just a little but I will take whatever comes my way.  Have a great Thursday!  I know I will because it is like I gained a whole extra day since I totally thought I already lived Thursday.  

Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred

On Monday I started level 2 of the 30 Day Shred.  I think Jillian is trying to kill me with planks.  I was finally feeling good about level 1 and then it was time to switch it up to level 2.  I guess that is the idea, switch it up before your body gets too comfortable but oh man am I sore.  My shoulders are killing me, planks are not my friend.  I do love the ab routines in level 2 though, I can really feel them working and I feel like I can actually do them. Of course, they might be easier if I didn't have an obnoxious adorable 7 month old climbing all over me every time that I lay down to do abs, or planks.    Seriously, planks are going to be the death of me.  I can't even type planks without my shoulders cringing. 

 

Usually everything Jillian says during the video makes me want to hurt her but when she talks about fitting into new jeans it really motivates me.  I LOVE jeans so much and can't wait to fit into them again.  So when she says that I actually am motivated and find myself working harder. 

 

This is the first time I have ever done the 30 day shred and actually stepped up the levels every ten days.  The last time that I completed the 30 day shred I just did level one the whole 30 days, and I had amazing results.  I can't wait to see how this 30 days finishes.  Excitedly nervous.  

Checking out the course

Sunday morning I met up with my sister in law to attempt to run the course for the Jim Click Run & Roll 3k we are signed up for on October 7.  She hasn't run outside in a long time and we both wanted to know what we were getting into.  I wish that I could attempt every course in life before attempting to complete it. Now that I know what I am getting into I feel so prepared. Does that mean that I completed the two mile course with ease, heck no, I wasn't even able to run the whole thing. Well my brain wasn't able to run the whole thing, my legs and body could have kept going but I psyched myself out a little over a mile in so we walked some then ran about a quarter mile then in my mind we still had MILES to go so I made my sister in law walk again. When I realized how close we had actually been I was annoyed with myself. We finished strong. But when I think back I have no doubt that I could have finished the whole thing non stop.  We are going to run it again next Sunday, I am excited to make myself finish it. 

Cookies with water

 

I read all the time how important water is for weight loss and people often say how they are struggling with drinking enough water.  I don't seem to have the water problem, I drink it like it is going out of style.  Maybe it is because I live in the desert and it is so unbelievably hot ALL THE TIME here.  I am rarely caught without my water bottle, I take it with me everywhere.  When I accidentally forget it I find myself going crazy needing water.  I wonder if it is as acceptable to carry a water bottle with you everywhere you go in other city's, here it is expected.  People are more likely to think you are strange if you don't have a water bottle with you.  It is a staple here. 

 

My problem is that I like cookies with my water.  Ok, if I am being completely honest I like cookies with anything but if I drink them with water I feel like I am not cheating as horribly.  I have a serious cookie problem.  I love them.  I recently bought a batch of gourmet chocolate chunk cookies from the grocery store, reasoning to myself that they are for my husband cause he loves them.  Of course who has eaten them?  Yep, me.  I have eaten half the batch so far and I really want to eat the rest.  I have a serious problem.  When I have unhealthy food in the house I have a weird mentality. where I think that I should just go ahead and eat all of it in one sitting, that way there wont be any more for me to eat tomorrow.  Ya know, get all the bad eating over with so that I can eat better starting tomorrow, except I always end up buying more of the bad stuff.  What is my problem?  I need to learn portion control.  I guess I need to learn why I do this, what it is that makes me think that I should just finish all of it.  When I look back I am disgusted  with myself.  I need to figure out how to change but I don't even know where to start.  Huh.

Blogging

Wow

 

This whole blogging thing is so very intimidating. 

 

Following blogs, having followers

 

I guess I never thought abouot it when I started.

 

 I started it as a way to help keep myself accountable.  If I write something on the internet for everyone to see then I am more likely to do whatever it is that I set out to do.  Honestly, yes it would be nice if I could somehow magically make millions off a blog but who are we kdiding. 

 

This whole blogging community seems really nice but scary all at the same time, I feel like the new girl in high school.  I am completely insecure.  I need to get over it, 'cause come on, I know I'm cool and everyone is going to want to be my friend.  At least, I hope so.  =)

 

 

 



Wednesday: weigh in day

179.4

 

I don't want to repeat the words that came out of my mouth when I stepped on the scale this morning.  I am up .3 pounds, I know it could be worse but I was so ready to see 178.  That's it, I wasn't even hoping to make it all the way to 177, just 178.  Stinks.  At least it was only .3, not 3 pounds.  I am working on eating better, I almost wrote cleaner but to be honest I am intimidated by "cleaner" diets.  I don't know why, I know plenty of people who are eating that way but it still intimidates me.   I might take the plunge though and figure out exactly what it means to eat clean.  I am a pretty picky eater so for all I know I already eat that way.  Chicken on a plate with a side of steamed broccoli sounds like a wonderful dinner to me.  Hopefully I will see results starting next week since I will have been doing the 30 Day Shred for over a week. 

 

And I am weighing in over at Roni's Weigh again.  Go check her out, she is encouraging!  I like that she wrote about being accountable no matter what.  Seriously, no one reads my little blog and I could easily stop weighing in here but I need to keep accountable no matter what.  Even if no one reads it this way I feel like somebody out there might see it and so I need to keep going even though I am really down about not loosing weight this week.  I have been running my butt of every morning and doing the 30DS for six days now so I was really thinking that the scale would reflect my hard work. 1 pound was all I was looking for, ugh, oh well.