Too Distracted!!

I have a billion things going on this week.  So much to do.  My birthday is tomorrow,  and I have birthday dinner tonight with Papa and my other mom.  Dinner out tomorrow night with friends and a new beau. :) Saturday, I have family up from California.  And Sunday, I am going to a BBQ, and then to fireworks on the boat with the fam and the new beau!  And then Monday it's JB's annual 4th of July BBQ!  Not to mention on top of that my son Michael is here, and will be here till the 7th.  Weight wise, I keep fluctuating back from 196 to 198.  Ugh!  I got to do Zumba on Tuesday with the lovely JB.  Last night, we went for dinner at Sheila's, where my dad cooked dinner for us. (He now works part time there!)  And then I took the boys for a walk!  Slowly, slowly, I am getting my Michael adjusted to a little exercise.  I swear at my size I am more in shape than he is!!  So I will report back soon, and hopefully then I will be able to tell you I'm staying down at 196....or lower...hehe!

The little things!!

It's amazing how the smallest things can make you happy!  I got on the scale this morning and it said 106.5!! I know I wanted to be 196 by my birthday, and I have almost a week left, and only a half pound to go!!  This week I went to Zumba once, and went for a walk maybe two or three times.  Nothing huge though.  I have had a salad every day for lunch, but pretty average dinners.  For some reason, my body is deciding to lose weight like a normal person, and I'm pretty ok with that!  Maybe it's the vitamin D kicking in, or the progesterone cream finally evening out my hormones.  But whatever it is, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth.  I haven't been keeping up with this as much as I should, but with my older son here, it's been hard to get time just for me, I want to spend as much waking time with him as possible.  And with my schedule as full as it is, I'm feeling quite guilty already.  Tomorrow night I'm going to Seattle to see JB's band Blind Floyd play!  Just looking for a ride over, I don't like going to Seattle by myself at night.  So TTFN!  Have a wonderful Saturday night!

It has been a while

I know I haven't written in a little bit.  But I got a pretty bad head cold a week ago, and wasn't exercizing because of it.  And for sure a salad for lunch does not sound as good at work when I'm feeling like shit!  So most of the time I ate Top Ramen for lunch, and whatever for dinner.  Surprising thing is...I weigh 200 lbs still, and have for the past 5 days straight.  So hopefully we won't fluctuate up anymore, and will continue to go down.  My son Michael is visiting, and I would like to keep to a healthy routine with him here, because he could definitely use it!  It is so quiet in the house tonight without Nico here for the weekend.  He usually goes for walks with me.  I tried to talk Michael into going for a walk, but his tummy wasn't feeling the best, which is actually pretty normal for him.  So I ended up going for a walk down to dock by myself.  It is such a beautiful night.  Slightly overcast, but still pretty warm.  I stood at the end of the dock, just soaking up the view.  It was so cool, little fish were flipping up out of the water.  They got at least an inch above the water before going back down.  It is not a sight that I often see.  It was the perfect night down there.  It makes me want to do that walk again and again.  I didn't walk as long as I usually do.  I am pretty sure my cold turned into a sinus infection, that I will try to get rid of the natural way, before going to the Dr. to try and get antibiotics.  I would like to get down to 196 before my birthday, but with a little over 10 days to go, I'm not sure how successful I will be.  But since I don't feel really horrible anymore, I am going to try to keep up with my exercizing this week.  I told Michael I would take him for Sushi one of the nights this week!!  Can't wait! 

Let's get dancin!

I can't believe that I actually got to go to Zumba today!  It seems to work with my schedule so rarely these days.  Luckily, even though it's that time of the month for me, my real bad days haven't come yet.  The light day allowed me to go, and I rocked it!  Well...maybe not rocked it, but I completed it well.   Last time, I think it was 3 weeks ago, I got through three quarters of it, and it was like my body just hit a wall. I could no longer lift my feet, and I was sooo tired.  This time, even though each song was pretty high intesity, I finished, with energy to go.  Even though I was beat, and beet red, and sweating like crazy, I had done well.  I did really well with food today too.  A piece of toast and half a papaya for breakfast.  Salad for lunch, and for dinner, I had a little plate with grapes, raspberries, some beef stick, and a few cheese slices.  And a little while later I had a small bowl of pasta.  Weighed myself tonigh just for the heck of it, and I was 202 fully clothed, so not bad.  My bloated bad days aren't here yet, and I'm kinda dreading them, but for now, it's all good!  I'm off to sleep now.  Can't wait to go and see one of my favorite bands play tomorrow night at the local pub.  The Bub Pratt Trio!  If anything will be a set back, it's going to be the drinks I will have tomorrow night!  But those are usually worth it! ;)  Goodnight!

The scale

I have to be honest.  I haven't checked the scales in days.  I am beginning to dread the thing.  The day after the marathon, I weighed myself and I was 202.  :(  Up again.  I seem to go up when I'm doing the most to lose it.  So now I am crampy and bloated and going to avoid the scale, and will probably avoid it for the next 7 days or so.  If I am feeling ok tomorrow night I will be going to Zumba!!!!  Can't wait!  I LOVE Zumba! 
It is the one exercise that I truly enjoy.  And would do every day if I could.  I didn't exercise tonight, because I spent my whole evening after work at Costco!  Spent way too much as usual, and they didn't have a Cal/Mag supplement that I was looking for.  They had Calcium and they had Magnesium, but not together...bummer.  Will have to order it online with Nico's probiotics, and our vitamin C.  Did you know that Vitamin C doesn't work as well if it doesn't contain bioflavinoids?  All Vit C are not equal!  Check the back before you buy a cheap bottle!  If you haven't tried it, I recommend going and taking a look.  http://www.swansonvitamins.com/  They have great prices for all your supplements.  I have Nico on Kids Probiotic Pearls, and they cured his frequent tummy aches!  The adult probiotics has already helped my other son with his IBS, and he just started it not that long ago!  Anyway, we'll see how this week goes, and how much I do.  I see 6 more days of cramps in my future.  blah!

Kids Marathon

Yesterday was a beautiful warm day!  So much deserved after our cold winter!  My Bestie JB and I drove up with the kids to Port Angeles for the kids to take part in the kids marathon that they had signed up for.  Couldn't have asked for a better day, or better surrounding.  The marathon to place on a park course right next to the water.  We were running a little late on the drive up, which if you know me, then you know I was panicking the whole time deep inside.  We got there 15 minutes before the race was supposed to start, and I still had to get in line to get the kid's shirts and numbers to wear on the front of them.  Luckily we weren't the only ones still in line, and they actually delayed the race until everyone was through.  It was definitely a little chaotic with everyone standing at the starting line.  And the big kids were told to go to the front of the line, I sent Nico and CB forward, and could no longer see them through the crowd.  JB and I decided to walk the marathon, and set out a few minutes after start.  Three quarters of the way back, JB says she thinks its time to run, and that she knows I can make it.  As I mentioned before in earlier posts, I do not run.  But she is so convincing!  So I started running.  I remember saying...."I don't think I can make it that far...maybe just to that stroller ahead!"  And she said, "No, you can make it".  And so I did.  My lungs were burning, and it felt like I could only get shallow breaths instead of deep ones.  And my thighs were burning.  But I made it to the finish line!  Of course the kids made it a long time before.  And I remember watching how effortlessly, my friend JB was jogging while pushing the stroller next to me.  But it all was worth it, and I had a good time.  And I was terribly proud of my little man for running his 1st kids marathon.  Hopefully this is the start of something good, and there will be many more to come.  We got home last night, and the neighbors were already out sitting on the lawn eating bbq.  So that's how I ended the night!  Up till 1am sitting in the neighbors front yard in front of the fire.  Not a bad life! :)

Yay! A good day!

If I could have a model day, this would be it!!  This morning for breakfast I had a piece of toast with peanut butter and banana.  It was a day full of inventory, ordering and training, so it was a decently busy day at work.  The weather was a little sad today, so luckily we weren't slammed, or I would have had a hard time getting everything done.  We had a mix of beautiful, gloom, and just in-between today.  At one moment, it was beautiful and the sun was out.  The next moment, we had black clouds and lots of rain.  And shortly after that, we had almost clear looking beautiful skies, and rain anyway.  The PNW is so bi-polar.  So after work, my son an I went to walk (me) and run/jog (Nico).  We were aiming for 2 miles.  I estimated that we would have to go around the track 5 times for a mile.  I did 8 laps, and Nico did 10!!  When I got home, I decided I would see if I could find how many miles the track was where we were walking....and guess what??  The track was .33 miles!  That means I walked 2.6 miles, and Nico did 3.3!  I felt so good about it, that I decided we were going to go to this place 2 to 3 times a week from now on!  Had a subway sandwich for dinner, and I am now just sitting here thinking of how proud I am of myself for making me get up and move tonight.  I am a little nervous about getting on the scale tomorrow.  For some reason, the better I do, the higher the scale goes, so I will have to let you know tomorrow what it says!  Have a good night!

Pirates!!

Well, it's been a pretty busy week for me, and I seem to be working more than not on the weekends.  Every night for the past week we have missed the 6:30 showing of Pirates of the Caribbean.  So I decided that last night I was going to take my son, who hasn't been seeing much of me, to the 9:30 Showing of Pirates!!  We got home a little late, so I let him sleep in a bit, and am taking him to school 45 min late.  It was a great movie by the way!  Nico and I shared a medium popcorn instead of a large.  And did you know a medium popcorn is $7!!! Talk about highway robbery.  As if the movie itself isn't expensive enough!  We snuck in drinks though, and had a free ticket to the movie.  So all in all, we only paid $14.  But think about how much profit they make on popcorn!  Wow!!  I still haven't had any ice cream, and this morning my morning weight was still 200.5!  I know I've been pretty bad as far as exercise this week, but I will make sure to get some in tonight, even if it's a DVD.  Have a great day!!

Not enough time off in the week

I know... it's been a few days since I have wrote.  Monday, the holiday, I didn't stay on track at all.  I went to work, and immediately got off and went to a bbq at JB's house.  It always feels wonderful to hang out with friends and relax.  I had a small piece of birthday cake, and a smores at the end of the night.  But I've been back on track since.  And last night I did upper and lower crunches, some jumping jacks, and a few planks.  I can only hold a plank for 40 sec, but I will be working towards much more!  I still haven't had ice cream in over a week, and when you are around it all day, every day, that is phenomenol!  Today, I really need to find time to fit in some cardio, but I can already tell, I'm going to have to force myself.  I am already exhausted, and it's only 10:45 am.  I just don't have enough days off any more to recoup.  And my one day off is usually filled with kids bday parties, cleaning, and get togethers.  My next day off I am just going to do absolutely nothing!!!  Scratch that!....My next day off I'm driving two hours to take my son to his marathon.  So maybe the day off after that!  Off to work now, talk to you soon!