I am MILF

Zoo!

mamaspank — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:25:24 +0000

So love, love, love the zoo. We went twice this week, and so I just decided to buy a year-round family pass. It was super affordable, and it is open almost every day of the year. I will have to get pictures of the apes next time. They were putting on quite the performance this afternoon. I would say today was as close as it gets to being the perfect day. Hit the farmer’s market, zoo, lunch, and then made cookies, went for a bike ride, and rented a movie. Just perfect.

New neighbors, healthy snack, and tons of yard work

mamaspank — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:44:08 +0000

These past couple weeks have been busy. I just got new neighbors. The only other house in the neighborhood, brand new, empty for two years, finally sold. They are awesome. Since I consider myself the head of the welcoming committee and the neighborhood association, I felt it important to let them know how welcome they are and how much safer I already feel. I put together a little housewarming gift of a sun tea jar, tea, and homemade butterscotch oatmeal cookies. They told me they were the best cookies they ever had and that pretty much made my day. I took there little gift over in my son’s Radio Flyer wagon with him — our “Welcome Wagon.”

Maybe part of the reason the house sold is because of how much work my mom, brother, and I have been putting into my yard. We replaced all the little bark with big chunky park looking bark and had laid barrier down right before that. NO MORE WEEDS! I have always been of the mindset that if you take pride and care in your home, that neighbors will see what a shining example you are and take heed. I have never had bad neighbors before, so I think my lucky streak will continue.

So as far as my weight, I have easily maintained 134 by playing softball and eating basically whatever I want. I did discover a new dessert/snack. Take some fresh cut strawberries, some sour cream (full fat, baby!), and golden brown sugar. Dip the berry in the sour cream and then the sugar. Soooo good! I have been eating this a couple times a day and notice my cheeks looking rosier.

Pizza and hamburgers

mamaspank — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:51:15 +0000

Man, I have got to lay off the junk. On a positive note, I haven’t gained a pound and have been getting my vegi and fruit servings in, but I am tired all day. I just have completely back off climbing, running, and softball. Once my arch started hurting, I suffered some sort of mental block in running.

All I have eaten in three weeks is pizza and burgers. I mean, not exclusively, but as far as any big meals, that’s pretty much it. I’m not even loyal to any one pizza joint. I need to just completely back off and start keeping my food journal again.

The art of maintenance - softball, barbecues, and watermelon

mamaspank — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:58:31 +0000

Things have been great. I haven’t even had a chance to hit the gym in about six weeks, but I am playing a lot softball — and winning tournaments with my amazing team. My son and I have been having a blast doing the summer thing. I find the whole dieting thing to be especially easy in the summer, what with all the watermelon, salads, and tons of activity. I have stayed at about 134-137 for a couple months. No gain after eating pizza probably about eight times in the last month alone. It’s all my son who is a picky eater will eat voluntarily. I don’t sweat what I eat at all anymore because I am staying under my caloric mark and always outside. I haven’t even food journaled for six weeks. It’s been a nice break. I am off to wash my jeep in an empty lot outside my house because it is gorgeous outside.

Grapefruit, McCann’s Steel Cut Oats, and ginger root

mamaspank — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:25:19 +0000

Thought I would do a post about some of the specific foods that have kept me on track. Without these foods, my food journal would look a little less healthy.

Grapefruit

I think I have gone through five large potato sacks of grapefruit in the last two months. It would probably be more if they weren’t so time consuming to slice up. I do a fine sprinkling of sugar, to the point where it is still healthy.

McCann’s Steel Cut Oats

Alone, they have a really nutty, richly creamy taste and texture. But after I add butter and brown sugar, what is a beautiful blank canvas transforms into pure magic. The only downside is the time it takes to cook, about 45 minutes all in all. I have not tried the five-minute kind this brand makes because it is pretty hard to mess with near perfection.

Ginger root

About 11 years ago I began working at this really great orthobionomy/Reiki/yoga/health center, and I learned a lot. A tip my boss shared with me was slicing little bits of ginger root up with a slice of lemon and adding that to my water. I ate healthy and was well hydrated that whole summer. I learned so much while there, but other than the free lentil meals they fed me every day at lunch and the 10 pounds I shed, this was another reason I loved working there. These days I am too lazy to throw in the lemon. Sometimes I chop up a bunch of ginger root and throw it in a strainer and drink it in hot tea form. Once in a while with honey. Loves it.

Rock Climbing

mamaspank — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:48:13 +0000

So I think it important to also blog about what rock climbing has done for my body. I have been doing it once to two times a week since early March. I don’t do any weight training along with my workouts, and rock climbing has given my a pilates sinewy shape. I love it! It has changed the way I swing in softball, the way I run, and I don’t have stretch marks anymore. I feel it in my whole body after a workout. The best part of rock climbing is that you can always push yourself further, unlike a lot of gym machines. There have been many machines where I spend an hour and then say to myself, “Now what?”

SNACK LIST

mamaspank — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:19:11 +0000

So baby daddy and I saw State of Play. That is the best political thriller I have seen since Enemy of the State. I snuck in a big bag of sea salt popcorn and a homemade Chex mix.

I wanted to include a list on my page of what I am currently snacking on these days, since that is one of the foremost questions on my mind when I visit other blogs.

baby carrots and grape tomatoes with sour cream and Ranch mix
Pink Lady apples sliced like potato chips with PB2
cottage cheese and strawberries
any kind of melon, and lots of it
SF popsicles — usually around 15 to 20 calories apiece
bowl of cereal
popcorn
toast with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spray and SF jam
Skinny Cow strawberry ice cream sandwiches
pita with 1/3 less fat cream cheese, bell peppers, tomatoes, and turkey
broth-based soup
banana
berries and homemade whipped cream
thin slice of homemade angel food cake and berries
string cheese
salad with Olive Garden dressing
grapes
grapefruit with a thin dusting of sugar
Pringles fat free potato chips
Hostess snack cakes

132

mamaspank — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:35:02 +0000

So I went off the wagon from October to the first of January. I’ve spent the last five months working out religously, eating clean, and have hit a weight that I did not think humanly possible for me. I was never able to get below 150 for ten years, and working out and eating right simultaneously seemed to have done the trick. I would always do one or the other before and went on crazy weekend drinking binges for many years. I don’t drink at all anymore and take a fish oil supplement now. I feel great. I have also started to get into running once again since the bad weather is starting to wane. I just can’t stomach running on a treadmill. I hate the sound, vibration, smell — everything about it. Also, I have picked up rock climbing after not doing that for years.

I don’t have any new full body pics, but I will post some face pics, and maybe you can tell a difference from where I started to now.

Birthday month!

mamaspank — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:19:38 +0000

I can’t believe it, but I am 29. Looking a lot better than I thought I would, all because of running. I am back on WW, but it is hard to follow to a T since we aren’t playing softball until late April. These days I am weighing in at 144 to 147. Ultimately, I would like to get down to 135 by summer and maintain. Baby Boy just had his first haircut today. He was getting a long mullet, and my hairdresser made the decision to cut. I didn’t even ask. It must have looked pretty ridiculous.

Holidays!

mamaspank — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:42:40 +0000

Well, I have managed to stay at or below 145 pounds. I am not really dieting and am definitely not exercising at the moment. I have the baking bug — dutch babies, sugar cookies with homemade buttercream frosting, blondies, marshmallows, popcorn balls, roasted pecans, basically nothing healthy. It’s been fun though. I can’t wait until ball starts again. I get a nasty case of seasonal depression and I know it’s bad if I feel this way before Christmas.

I am getting baby boy a 7.5 foot teepee for Christmas this year. I would have loved a teepee. Since I turned my office into a playroom for him, it will have its own home. He is running and talking up a storm. He talks to strangers, shampoo, oven mitts, furniture, our Christmas tree, my cat — everything. He is so freaking cute! I wish I could keep up with his energy better. We try to go somewhere every day so as not to get cabin fever. I spend a lot of time in Target, Costco, the mall. On the weekends, we try to do fun things like go to farmer’s markets. In October we hit the pumpkin patch. I joined the YMCA, but it’s just seems like a hassle. I feel really bad about taking him to the daycare — almost guilty. He cries and cries and looks at me like I am abandoning him. So I end up feeling so bad, my workout lasts 20 minutes and we leave or I won’t workout at all and we go to Starbucks. Sucks.