why did i wait so long?

I haven’t blogged much lately. i dont have much of an excuse.  I am still doing good eating and working out. It really is my life now and I can honestly say I dont think I will ever revert back to my old ways.  It has been 17 months since starting this journey, and I dont regret one minute of it. My life is so much better and I am so much happier!!  I lost 3 lbs this week!!! Finally got out of the 180’s. I weigh 177!!! I was so excited to see that on the scale.  about 40lbs to go until my goal weight.  It still seems so out of reach, but I know it will happen eventually. I am not going to focus too much on the time period because the weight loss is much slower now.  initially I was hoping to make it to goal by October (why? I have no idea) but now, as long as I get there some day, I am happy.  My 9 yr anniversary was yesterday. Hubby had flowers and a beautiful card sent to my work.  I am a lucky girl ;)  school starts monday, and I am so happy for that. the kids really need to get back to their normal schedules. this summer seemed to drag on. tomorrow is school supplies shoping day. thats always so much fun,  lol….. anyway, just wanted to stop by and say I am still alive and going strong.  catching up on blogs now.  later

oh, Beerab….no offense taken at all…no worries

I wrote this in a comment on “upstairs room” s blog and I thought it was blog worthy:

I was just thinking to myself the other day (like, i had a total conversation with myself, lol) how it is so twisted the way we educate our kids. I mean of course it is important to learn of math, science, history ect…. and to have a good education in order to have a good future. but, to have a good future in what way? monitarily? what good is money, if our health is so bad? Isn’t our health the MOST important? so why dont we emphasize good eating habits, more nutrition classes and more focus on physical activity? Its just sad and backward thinking to me.

 answer to beerab’s  question, yes we have bikes and I am going to start taking my kids on more bike rides. we do alot of bike rides now, but not on a regular basis.  If we dont bike, I am going to at least take him on runs/ walks to get the boy moving.  Yes, 10 yr olds should be around 80-100lbs. He (my son) is a little taller than most 10 yr olds, but he is still overweight even for his height.  He does eat too much junk.  I am not the one that brings in into the house either. My DH is the culpret with that. he has gotten better because of all the nagging I do about it, but the junk is still there in small doses.  His thinking is that the rest of the family shouldn’t have to “suffer” because I am eating healthy.  dont ya love that….. like eating good healthy food is suffering or something ;)  what ever….

this swine flu thing is starting to really scare me. I am a respiratory therapist and work in the ICU’s often.  Just in the past month we have had 2 deaths of 50 some yr old who were otherwise healthy, who died of swine flu.  There is one more about to die tonight in ICU on a ventilator.  She was healthy until she got swine flu.  It’s scaring the crap out of me, I hope they get a vaccine soon.  we have to wear super strength isolation masks and such, but its still worrysome.  anyway, Im at work, so I better get off here.  have a good night

so, this week was pretty good.  I ate right and worked out 4 times so far. monday I missed my spin class, so I took a run.  tuesday was my cycle circuit class. I was sort of disappointed because the instructor that usually teaches this class (who I LOVE) has stoped teaching this class. so we had a new instructor. she did it totally different. Of course, sometimes change is good. so, i have to try to look on the bright side.  The instructor that I like still teaches mondays spin class and body pump, so its not like i’ll never have her again, but still…it sucks.  wednessday I had my sister join me in my spin class!! I love it when someone I know can come to one of my classes.  It just makes me feel accomplished to have someone actually be able to see how far i’ve come. she was just amazed at how well I did :D  I was so happy to be able to work out with her. I wish she could come to my gym all the time, but she lives about 45 minutes away.  She made my head swell a bit, but it felt nice.

so, the other day my little boy (he’s 10 ) weighed himself.  he has gained quite a bit of weight this summer.  He is a chubby little fart ;)  He has my genes (poor guy).  at 10 yrs old, he weighs 141 lbs!! the last time he was in the 120’s (which i thought was too high) but now its getting really scary!  I just dont want him to have a hard time at school with kids being cruel to him. I want his life to be happy, and of course I want him to be healthy! I know that this is a hard subject, because I also dont want him to be a fanatic about his weight, or feel that I am being overly judgemental or nagging about it. So, i just touched on the subject a little bit. I told him that he just needs to be more active and try not to eat as much junk food as he usually does. Im sure ( being young) that the weight will come off easy if he just does these few things.  I want him to drink more water and less soda and cool aid too.  so, I am getting him his own water bottle and starting to take him on walks/ jogs/ and bike rides on my evenings off.  Any suggestions with how to go about sliming him down would be appreciated.  I just dont want him to have issues with his weight like I do, but i also dont want him to be overly worried about losing weight either.  I just want the best for him, ya know.  And buying clothes for him has become such an ordeal.  I can’t find clothes that fit him at all!! If they fit his waist, they are too long! its so annoying. I am going to old navy this year in hopes that I may have better luck.  even the walmart husky brands are too small (and there isn’t much selection).  ugh….