Diane

Well, not really, but my muscles are certainly screaming at me right about now!  My workout takes about 35 minutes, but it seems like an eternity.  That, along with swimming for about 1 hour every day and walking the dogs, I’m sore!  Oh well, this too shall pass.  This time, however, it will pass because my body has gotten used to it, not because I quit. 

  Anyway, it’s been a great week so far.  The people in child watch at the Y are angels.  My son is not the happiest camper yet they keep him so I can get my workout in.  The only time they’ve come to get me was when he was crying so hard he almost passed out.  He’s gotten much better, thanks to their patience.  My puppy is pretty calm as long as she gets her evening walk in.  I’m planning to get up in the morning and walk her, I just haven’t been able to make myself get out of bed.  I’ve started losing weight again and for the first time in a long time, feel physically strong.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful, late spring day.

Does this really work for exercising?  If you picture yourself doing   it, you’ll be more likely to actually do it?  This morning I thought I’d gotten up and told my husband I was taking the pup for a walk.  Only when the alarm went off did I realize it was one of those weird dreams that seem so real.  At least I’m picturing myself doing it so there may be hope for me yet!

Went to the gym and did the full workout.  Tomorrow I’ll just do cardio.  At least my son only screams while I’m in the child watch area so they aren’t having to come get me anymore.  It’s much easier to take the time to go there if I know I’m going to be able to finish a workout.

Well, I need to see what I can get done while my son sleeps since the evening is full.  Swimming with the kids from 6-7, getting them to bed then walking the dogs for a couple of miles.

Have a wonderful day!

Hello all.  Haven’t been around much lately.  I got attacked on a different website last weekend so I haven’t had much to do with the computer.  I’m also at a stand still with my weight for the past couple of weeks.  Haven’t gained, which is good.  Haven’t lost, which is bad.  I know what I need to do to get it in gear again; I just haven’t done it.

My dogs and kids have been getting me up almost every night lately.  I was so tired yesterday that I slept through most of Shrek 3.  That’s not helping with weight loss.  Tonight I have most of the evening to myself.  Hubby went to see Spiderman 3.  Yesterday was my quota of movies for the next 3 years! 

I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend.

Why is it that people always park as close to the entrance as possible?  It seems a little funny that people are going there to get exercise and can’t seem to walk an extra 100 feet.  I’m not talking about those who really need to park that close; I mean the fully abled, run on the treadmill for an hour then do weight lifting people. 

Anyway, I did make it to the gym today, and parked at the back of the parking lot.  My son was playing happily in child watch when I finished using the weight machines so maybe tomorrow I can get in some cardio there.  I got set up on 6 more machines so I can split up the workout and go every day.

Also got a workout trying to get all the baby powder off the dogs that my daughter put on them.  Neither like baths.  Then I had to clean the den and the kitchen as it too was covered in a fine, white powder.  How fun for me.

I think my son is awake so I’ve got to get to the library or I’ll have an over due book. 

I’ve been trying to figure out the best way for me to eat this week, using the scales as my guide.  On Tuesday I wasn’t feeling well so I didn’t eat dinner.  I’d eaten a rather large lunch which may have been why I wasn’t feeling well. Wednesday morning I was down 1.5 pounds.  Wednesday I ate a very small dinner.  Thursday morning I was down .5 pounds.  Last night I ate a large dinner, but still nothing after 6 p.m.  This morning I was up one pound.  Each day I had roughly the same amount of calories in the same percentages, the same amount of water and coffee, and the same amount of exercise. 

Guess how some things work really is genetic.  My mother has no problem losing weight eating two large meals a day and it appears that works well for me.  I’ve finally come to realize that I can live   with whatever it takes to become healthy.  My husband has finally stopped asking me if I want something to eat after the kids are in bed because he could stick a box of Godiva chocolate under my nose after 6 p.m. and I won’t touch it.  BTW, he has not done that or anything even close!

I still going to get my runners this weekend, even if I don’t hit the 25 mark.  What I have is not comfortable so I’m not exercising like I want to. 

Have a great weekend, everyone.

  I lost another pound and a half.  One and a half more and I will have lost 25 pounds!  I’m going shopping Sunday for some new runners.  I haven’t ever been able to keep weight off until now.  Even if I have a bad few days, I don’t gain more than a pound or so.  I think I’m finally on the right track.

I am feeling proud of myself tonight.  My puppy chewed a hole in the screen door today so I replaced the screening.  I figured it would be simple enough so I bought the stuff to do it.  It was pretty easy, would have been easier if the kids hadn’t thought it was fun to walk on while I was working.  But I got it finished and it is tight and puppy proof, supposedly.  I was almost done when I looked at the temp - 102 on the deck, no shade.  It was about then I realized I could have brought it into the 68 degree house and done it!  Oh well, blame it on the migraine.

My daughter has been bugging me to have a picinic for several days now, which is kind of funny because she is currently afraid of bugs outside.  I was so tired that I just got some McD’s for them and we all sat on a blanket on the deck for dinner.  They thought it was great.  I was just glad I didn’t have to smell the chicken.

Hubby is working late tonight so I think I’m going to try to get some extra sleep.  Take care all and have a great evening.

My husband is almost definitely going to Japan this summer for at least 2 weeks and probably longer.  I want to go!  I don’t want my adult responsiblities at the moment!  Even if I could afford to go, there’s no way I am packing up two kids, spending upwards of a day each way in a plane and then being alone with them in a foreign city.  Not to mention the dogs. . .  Oh, well.  I’ll take the kids and dogs and travel later.  I just fondly remember the days of hoping on a plane because I wanted to.  Ah, the joys of youth.  If my husband thinks for a moment that he’s going to get to stay home and play video games when he retires (his current plan) he’s got another thing coming!  I hope to do some traveling between now and then, but I’m not going to sit home when there’s no reason to.

Back to today.  It is beautiful here and the kids are bugging to go outside.  I think that sounds like a good idea. 

Hello all my buddies,

I so often come on here and vent my frustrations so I thought I’d do something different today.

These are some of the good things in my life.

As of today, I have lost 22 pounds.  One more pound and I get to move the large weight on my scales to 200 pounds instead of starting at 250. 

My son woke up pleasant after a very difficult night and is sitting by his sister contentedly watching a Christmas DVD.  My daughter has not had a potty accident in almost a month and has now gone 2 nights without wetting her night time diaper.  She has made it a status symbol for herself to do that.  No Mommy pressure for the nights.

There has been only one puppy accident in 5 days and, after biting my leg the other day, the pup hasn’t been trying to bite when she plays nearly as much.

I am consistantly getting at least 5000 steps in per day without thinking about it, proving to myself that I am making strides in becoming more active as part of my daily life.

  And I get to go to at least 2 Reds games this year.  Hubby got tickets for the July 3rd game when they have their fireworks display and while his mom is here to babysit.  It’s not the Red Sox, but its still baseball and that’s what matters!

When all is said and done, I have a very good life that I don’t take enough time to appreciate. 

Thank you all for listening and I wish each of you a happy, healthy day.

I actually could tell I’d lost some weight yesterday.  I bought a couple of t-shirts that were the right size and actually looked a little smaller.  The shirts I’d been wearing I’d bought large to cover a pregnant belly.  Unfortunately, I still needed them as I weighed more than I did when I was pregnant.

I’ve given up asking my husband if he can tell I’ve lost any thing.  He gets that look like, “I know the right answer so I’d better say that.”  I don’t know if he can or not so I’m not asking.  It’s a little depressing, but at least he’s not bugging me because I weigh too much.

I guess my medication is working.  I didn’t turn into the Wicked Witch of the West this month.  And except for the past couple of   days, thanks to TOM, I haven’t felt like crying all the time.  Also helps that I didn’t gain weight this month either.  Haven’t gone down much, but I’ll take anything that isn’t up.  The worst part of the whole medication thing is one particular side effect - I can’t even think about exercise without sweating.  Kinda embarrassing, but I try to think that if anyone is even noticing they’ll just think that I’m working out extra hard.    It is very nice to not feel despair all the time.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  And for all the Moms and Grandmas - Happy Mother’s Day!