Well, this week has been a GREAT week...It's been a struggling week but I have felt God's presence this whole week and it has helped to know he's by my side. It's been a good day!!! I am sad to say I did not do my workout today but am still watching my food intake and watching what I eat and with working out 3 days a week is good w/ me so today I took the day working in my house and getting things caught up.. Hand washing my dishes took a lot of my time today. My dishwasher is acting up again so this morning I had to hand wash all my dishes that were in my dishwasher and it was pretty full. That took me a good hour just to do those and then I had to wash other dishes I dirtied for dinner and had to clean up the kitchen so I was probably in my kitchen for a good 2-3 hours and then did laundry and folded a bunch back from the weekend. I was low on detergent and had to go through what really needed to be washed so I did a load of towels and kitchen towels and washcloths and then did a load of darks and washed ashley's work sweatshirts for him for tomorrow and clothes for Isaac as we are very short on clothes for him so that was that..All out of detergent now til grocery time this weekend so I'm still very backed up on laundry.. My basket is still over flowing..Oh well. :) Today at work we had a chili cook off and so I made chili for it so I had that going in my kitchen today and then took out some vegetable soup i had frozen in the freezer and put that in a crockpot for dinner so my kitchen was smelling pretty good today and I really enjoyed having them going. :) I know I'm weird... My chili was a hit at work and it's all gone..I hope I win!! lol.. It was fun to participate. :) Well, I'm happy I accomplished a lot today. I've been really tired today but it's been a great day!!! I hope you have had a great day!!!
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandings; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Day 2
Well....today has been an ok day!!! Busy day I would have to say...I think I got everything done on my list that I wanted to get done but if not tomorrow is another day. :) Tomorrow is MOPS and I really look forward to my MOPS days!!! It makes my week complete and I really enjoy spending my morning w/ other women and fellowshiping!! :) I do have to wake up early and actually have to get out of bed and get going but it's worth it!!! Tomorrow though, I will have to control what I eat and only pick out a few items and I know it's going to be really hard for me too do as all the bfast casserole's and cookies, brownies, donuts, and cinnamon rolls and so many other items that aren't good for me will be staring me in the face but I will discipline myself and say no. :) I'll let you know how it goes. :)
Today I didn't do any laundry which was hard for me not to do but I told myself no, I do laundry everyday pretty much but now I have to save on my detergent as doing it everyday it doesn't last me my full two weeks. I love having the machines going. I don't know why but it motivates me (I love the sound too) and so does the dishwasher. I did have that going so it helped. :) I cleaned my shower today and I hate doing that..probably b/c it's soo big and when I get done cleaning it, it still looks like I didn't clean it. There's an old tub for you. :) So it doesn't motivate me at all to clean it as I don't see a positive result but knowing it's clean I guess will just have to do. Boys went outside again today and it was cold this morning so I had to get all their gear on and of course as I get caleb's hat on he pulls it off and refuses to get his coat on and kicks while getting his shoes on but Isaac really wanted caleb to go outside w/ him so during his ranting and crying I finally got everything on him and he did go outside willingly and they played in the sandbox mostly and it was so cute to see them outside playing together w/ their hats and coats on and they played very well together. While they were outside I was able to vacuum the livingroom, bedroom, playroom and all around my edges and corners of the walls on my downstairs, sweep my floors, make my bed and clean up my room and clean my shower and get ready to get on my treadmill. I got on my treadmill and of course my boys want to be right there w/ me beside the treadmill or right in front of the tv and I will tell you my workouts don't go as well as I would like them too.. I want to be focused on my workouts but mostly i'm focusing on my boys as they will turn the tv off or be jumping on the bed or caleb likes to walk a long the wall of the treadmill and I have to tell him to get out or Isaac is tackling caleb and caleb starts crying so now i'm having to stop or just talk to him while i'm running and so my focus is on them and not my workout and i hate it and it's hard but I get it done and still feel great afterwards but I just don't understand why they have to be right there w/ me instead of going and playing in another room. :) It's probably why I dread working out. :)
Today I did my 30 minutes and for me I think I worked hard.. I burned 335 calories and went 2.42 miles but I walked 10 minutes then ran a 10 min mile and then walked the last 10 all on an incline of 3 and I was tired at the end but it felt great!!! I know it's only day 2 of my journey but I'm already feeling good but to be honest I really haven't had any temptations yet. Tomorrow will be my first at MOPS and then I know I'll have to deal w/ it when the weekend comes...I know I can do it...After the treadmill i had to run to the store as we were out of toilet paper and I hate having to stop what i'm doing in my daily routine and go to get one thing but it's something we have to have so did that, came back around 12pm and took a walk w/ the boys and then fed them lunch and made dinner, put caleb down for a nap, showered and picked up all the toys and got ready for work and finally was time for naptime for Isaac and I and it was nice.. :) Well,I hope all is well. Until next time!! :)
Thanks for reading.. :)
"This is the day that the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it". Psalm 118:24
Today I didn't do any laundry which was hard for me not to do but I told myself no, I do laundry everyday pretty much but now I have to save on my detergent as doing it everyday it doesn't last me my full two weeks. I love having the machines going. I don't know why but it motivates me (I love the sound too) and so does the dishwasher. I did have that going so it helped. :) I cleaned my shower today and I hate doing that..probably b/c it's soo big and when I get done cleaning it, it still looks like I didn't clean it. There's an old tub for you. :) So it doesn't motivate me at all to clean it as I don't see a positive result but knowing it's clean I guess will just have to do. Boys went outside again today and it was cold this morning so I had to get all their gear on and of course as I get caleb's hat on he pulls it off and refuses to get his coat on and kicks while getting his shoes on but Isaac really wanted caleb to go outside w/ him so during his ranting and crying I finally got everything on him and he did go outside willingly and they played in the sandbox mostly and it was so cute to see them outside playing together w/ their hats and coats on and they played very well together. While they were outside I was able to vacuum the livingroom, bedroom, playroom and all around my edges and corners of the walls on my downstairs, sweep my floors, make my bed and clean up my room and clean my shower and get ready to get on my treadmill. I got on my treadmill and of course my boys want to be right there w/ me beside the treadmill or right in front of the tv and I will tell you my workouts don't go as well as I would like them too.. I want to be focused on my workouts but mostly i'm focusing on my boys as they will turn the tv off or be jumping on the bed or caleb likes to walk a long the wall of the treadmill and I have to tell him to get out or Isaac is tackling caleb and caleb starts crying so now i'm having to stop or just talk to him while i'm running and so my focus is on them and not my workout and i hate it and it's hard but I get it done and still feel great afterwards but I just don't understand why they have to be right there w/ me instead of going and playing in another room. :) It's probably why I dread working out. :)
Today I did my 30 minutes and for me I think I worked hard.. I burned 335 calories and went 2.42 miles but I walked 10 minutes then ran a 10 min mile and then walked the last 10 all on an incline of 3 and I was tired at the end but it felt great!!! I know it's only day 2 of my journey but I'm already feeling good but to be honest I really haven't had any temptations yet. Tomorrow will be my first at MOPS and then I know I'll have to deal w/ it when the weekend comes...I know I can do it...After the treadmill i had to run to the store as we were out of toilet paper and I hate having to stop what i'm doing in my daily routine and go to get one thing but it's something we have to have so did that, came back around 12pm and took a walk w/ the boys and then fed them lunch and made dinner, put caleb down for a nap, showered and picked up all the toys and got ready for work and finally was time for naptime for Isaac and I and it was nice.. :) Well,I hope all is well. Until next time!! :)
Thanks for reading.. :)
"This is the day that the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it". Psalm 118:24
Monday, October 18, 2010
welcome back
Wow!!! I can't believe it's been over a year since I have blogged. I feel horrible I didn't keep up with Caleb and his developments as a baby. Looking back it's always fun to reread what you write...I never keep a diary but maybe I can keep up w/ blogging.
I think i'm going to blog a little bit differently and not directly point it on how my family is doing or how my kids are doing. Yeah I might mention them but many people have facebook and can keep up w/ them on there. I enjoy facebook and enjoy keeping up w/ lost friends and seeing how people are doing and love to put up status' but can never put up everything I want to write.
This blog is mainly about how I am feeling and what I have done in my day and this blog is going to keep me accountable on my journey of my weightloss and help me to stay motivated b/c if I know I have to post, I'm going to do it (well hopefully). I've been kind of nervous about wanting to blog my journey and thought a lot about it but I'm going to do it b/c if not I will fail as I have failed millions of times before trying to stick w/ a diet and fail miserably as I have no motivation and no encouragement so I'm hoping this will keep me accountable and people will want to see how the progress is coming along and keep me accountable. It's going to be hard I know. It's not going to be a walk in the park but I hate how I look and have a very low self esteem and I know if I can shed some pounds I will feel sooo much better about myself and will be happy. I know mainly I need to change my eating habits. I exercise but I eat what I want and when I want and that's probably why I have stayed the same weight since December of 2009. I just can't get the scale to go down b/c of my eating habits.
So, today October 18th, 2010 I started my new journey b/c I REALLY want to do this. I'm doing this for me. My husband Ashley asked me last friday if I wanted to go on a diet w/ him starting monday and I was absolutely shocked.. I said, absolutely. He said I don't know how long i'll last, probably until monday afternoon and I have no idea how he is doing..lol..I don't count on him actually sticking it out but I hope so. I would love to have a partner. :) If you know my husband, he LOVES to eat. :)
Today I have made the goal to lose 15 lbs by Thanksgiving. I am not sure if that is too high for me but I think I can do that.. I will continue and make a new goal if I make that goal by thanksgiving but if not, i will just keep trying but it's something to look towards and see if I can accomplish. :)
It was a good day today overall beside Isaac and Caleb getting into the paint AGAIN and he had so much on his hands that Isaac looked like he had white gloves on it was another mess to clean up.. I need to find another place for my paints as the shelf isn't good enough I guess.
They go outside as they always want to so I let them b/c then I can get stuff done and they are out of my hair. I have no idea why they want to play in the garage though. I'm always checking on them but checking on them sometimes is whew they are good or sometimes they are getting into something they shouldn't and today when checking on them, they were doing something they shouldn't..
I did my norm today though. Laundry, swept my floors, made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, washed all the sheets off the beds and blankets and cleaned the bathroom and got on the treadmill and did my 30 minute workout. It's always a struggle to get on and do it though. I need to make that my priority and not my housework. I'm trying to let stuff go and this and that can wait but it's soo hard. I'm constantly wanting my house to look perfect.. Ok back to the treadmill. Today I didn't get on til 11:45am when I should be getting on it a lot earlier. I'm constantly finding something else to do around the house and push it back and of course Isaac and Caleb have to be in the bedroom while i'm on and it's quite caotic. I did an incline of 3.0 which the more of an incline the more calories you are going to burn... I'm not focusing the distance anymore even though I still like to look at it and see if can go farther and it makes me work harder to go farther but it's more about the calories being burned as the more you burn the more of a workout you're getting and more likely to lose the weight. Today I burned 330 calories in a walk/run exercise. I want to get to where I run more than I walk but for right now i'm even.. I'm power walking 10 mintues running 15 mins and then power walking the last 5 minutes and it was 2.40 miles if you were wanting to know. :) so I thought that was pretty good. Mondays will be my weigh-in as hopefully that will help me watch what I eat on the weekends. :) I will blog everyday but check back to see if i have lost anything next monday. :) Have a GREAT day!!!!
I can do EVERYTHING through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
I think i'm going to blog a little bit differently and not directly point it on how my family is doing or how my kids are doing. Yeah I might mention them but many people have facebook and can keep up w/ them on there. I enjoy facebook and enjoy keeping up w/ lost friends and seeing how people are doing and love to put up status' but can never put up everything I want to write.
This blog is mainly about how I am feeling and what I have done in my day and this blog is going to keep me accountable on my journey of my weightloss and help me to stay motivated b/c if I know I have to post, I'm going to do it (well hopefully). I've been kind of nervous about wanting to blog my journey and thought a lot about it but I'm going to do it b/c if not I will fail as I have failed millions of times before trying to stick w/ a diet and fail miserably as I have no motivation and no encouragement so I'm hoping this will keep me accountable and people will want to see how the progress is coming along and keep me accountable. It's going to be hard I know. It's not going to be a walk in the park but I hate how I look and have a very low self esteem and I know if I can shed some pounds I will feel sooo much better about myself and will be happy. I know mainly I need to change my eating habits. I exercise but I eat what I want and when I want and that's probably why I have stayed the same weight since December of 2009. I just can't get the scale to go down b/c of my eating habits.
So, today October 18th, 2010 I started my new journey b/c I REALLY want to do this. I'm doing this for me. My husband Ashley asked me last friday if I wanted to go on a diet w/ him starting monday and I was absolutely shocked.. I said, absolutely. He said I don't know how long i'll last, probably until monday afternoon and I have no idea how he is doing..lol..I don't count on him actually sticking it out but I hope so. I would love to have a partner. :) If you know my husband, he LOVES to eat. :)
Today I have made the goal to lose 15 lbs by Thanksgiving. I am not sure if that is too high for me but I think I can do that.. I will continue and make a new goal if I make that goal by thanksgiving but if not, i will just keep trying but it's something to look towards and see if I can accomplish. :)
It was a good day today overall beside Isaac and Caleb getting into the paint AGAIN and he had so much on his hands that Isaac looked like he had white gloves on it was another mess to clean up.. I need to find another place for my paints as the shelf isn't good enough I guess.
They go outside as they always want to so I let them b/c then I can get stuff done and they are out of my hair. I have no idea why they want to play in the garage though. I'm always checking on them but checking on them sometimes is whew they are good or sometimes they are getting into something they shouldn't and today when checking on them, they were doing something they shouldn't..
I did my norm today though. Laundry, swept my floors, made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, washed all the sheets off the beds and blankets and cleaned the bathroom and got on the treadmill and did my 30 minute workout. It's always a struggle to get on and do it though. I need to make that my priority and not my housework. I'm trying to let stuff go and this and that can wait but it's soo hard. I'm constantly wanting my house to look perfect.. Ok back to the treadmill. Today I didn't get on til 11:45am when I should be getting on it a lot earlier. I'm constantly finding something else to do around the house and push it back and of course Isaac and Caleb have to be in the bedroom while i'm on and it's quite caotic. I did an incline of 3.0 which the more of an incline the more calories you are going to burn... I'm not focusing the distance anymore even though I still like to look at it and see if can go farther and it makes me work harder to go farther but it's more about the calories being burned as the more you burn the more of a workout you're getting and more likely to lose the weight. Today I burned 330 calories in a walk/run exercise. I want to get to where I run more than I walk but for right now i'm even.. I'm power walking 10 mintues running 15 mins and then power walking the last 5 minutes and it was 2.40 miles if you were wanting to know. :) so I thought that was pretty good. Mondays will be my weigh-in as hopefully that will help me watch what I eat on the weekends. :) I will blog everyday but check back to see if i have lost anything next monday. :) Have a GREAT day!!!!
I can do EVERYTHING through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
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