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Going to the circus today with Zack's class, so I had to get up early to do my workout. It was interrupted by "Go back to bed so I can snuggle with you!" and "No, you need to put your shirt on!" Zack came out too and he started doing some of the exercises with me. That was fun. Oh, and MAN AM I HURTING!!!! I could hardly stand up when I got up this morning. Last night I tried to get on my tippy toes to get something from the back of the fridge, and I about fell down. So, my thought for the day: Pain is GOOD!!

even

My good friend Andrea called last night and asked if I could watch her two little girls, age 4 and 1. But even though I have extra people in my house today, I'm going to work out! I'm still trying to figure out when, but I'm going to do it!! I think I'll have to wait for P to be in deep sleep in my bedroom, because my clothes are in there. Sigh. The other two (K and Xander) are playing with My Little Pony's in the playroom, so they are quite occupied. My calves and sometimes my thighs are killing me today, and Zack's toilet overflowed this morning. There are many towels on the bathroom floor, but I have yet to get in there to clean it up. Don't really like cleaning!

Thought for the Day: Overcome obstacles.

two months later

Okay, back again. Is this the third or fourth time I've started on this thing?

Last week, I was tired. Tired of not exercising. You see, we cancelled out gym membership because the gym didn't have a day care. So I couldn't go there during the day. And although we have the nice (scratch that--btw, how do you make it marked through?) piece of junk jogging stroller/bike trailer in which all four of the shoulder straps have since worn through and broken off, it's just been too darn cold to subject Xander to such torture. Plus, who wants to get out and walk when it's 35 degrees and windy?? Well, maybe my husband does, but not me.

So I set off on a quest to find a Wii Fit Plus, with the balance board. Unfortunately, after looking online for availability at every Walmart, Target and Best Buy in the area, and going to the Super Walmart twice in one day, I came up empty handed. I was pretty much ready to cry! Which seems appropriate since I hadn't had a good dose of endorphines for a while.

Another trip to Target (for something that I forgot on another trip, no doubt) brought me to the exercise section where they have several DVDs. Before I spent money on one of those, I wanted to try it out through Blockbuster. I got "The Biggest Loser Workout Volume 1" in the mail today, and I feel great about it! This one DVD has a six week workout program on it, and it only costs $9 at Target!! That's like a whole bunch of savings from a gym membership. It not only has low and high intensity cardio, it has weights and sculpting as well--just what I like and need! I'm definitely going to buy the DVD next time I'm in Target.

So here's my stats since I last posted: I've been trying to eat healthier, which mostly means less and including more fruits and veggies. I've also gone a little healthier when eating fast food by not having any or at least having fewer french fries and not having cheeseburgers. Oh, and I've tried more recipes from Deceptively Delicious, only one of which was a total flop. I need to up my water intake, too, but I'm sure that will happen if I'm working out six days a week (!). Since I haven't been working as much in the evening, I've been able to actually clean up after dinner, and I've been doing okay (at lease since last Friday) with keeping up with the rest of the house. I need to get Mark more on board, because I have to work a lot again next week.

From my highest weight, I have lost about 7 pounds or so. I've fluctuated a bit, but I haven't gone back over that magic number that I mentioned a while back. Only 38 more pounds to go!

Thought for the Day: Every day, week, month, year can be a new beginning. You have to start somewhere.

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!

Strike up the chorus! I don't know how it is happening, because I've not really been exercising except for the craziness of running around at work, but my numbers on the scale are dropping to numbers that I haven't seen in probably a year and a half, since my 5K. Honestly, I think I've just been eating less, portion-wise. I'm going to try really hard to keep it up over the next few days, but with chocolate chip cookies, truffles, peanut clusters, peanut butter balls, sausage balls and ranch oyster crackers around, it's going to be TOUGH!! So my thought for the day (even though it's been a couple months since I had one): Be TOUGHER!!!!!

Blessed

Walked yesterday, not today, went to MOPS so I wouldn't have had time to walk back home and shower before going. MOPS got me thinking about parenting and ways of thinking and how I want my children to remember me, and I don't think the way I've been acting lately is it. So we'll see how things change, especially since the reward for reaching goals could happen by the end of next year maybe. And I definitely need to get with my chores around here!

Thought for the Day: Think of everything as a blessing, even when you are walking your child back to bed for the 10th time that night, it's a blessing because he (or she) just wants more time with you.

Foiled

"Rainy days and Mondays always get me down!" And the combination of the two is even worse! Waking up this morning, hearing the pitter-patter of rain drops outside my window, knowing that I wouldn't be walking. But that's okay, because I was able to get up and make Mark's breakfast and pack his lunch for him. Now we still have 30 minutes before we have to leave!

Off

Fell off the wagon...er...stroller for the rest of the week. It ended up too late on Thursday to walk, and Zack was home sick on Friday. My parents skills were definitely put to the test this weekend, but I don't know that they passed. Zack has been a very tired, grumpy, stubborn, sick boy since Friday, and it's like beating my head against a wall trying to reason with him to TAKE A STINKING NAP!!!!! We've been tired, too, so that doesn't really help. He was really good in church this morning, though, so that's good. Getting back into walking tomorrow morning, hopefully, with the boys bundled up tight with quilts. Sorry, don't have a thought for today.