Shall We Shrink??

There I am, on the treadmill getting my running in, feeling so good and relaxed and strong, when suddenly I get the feeling something is wrong. I look over and the turd which is my youngest son is nowhere to be seen. I yell for him and he tells me he’s in the bahroom. Good for him! Right? WRONG! He totally flooded the bathroom by shoving all of the tp down the hole. OMG, was I MAD! I resisted my urge to beat him for interrupting me (haha) and laid him on the couch, resisted my obsessive compulsive nature, and finished up my treadmill time without cleaning it up. It was hard, and I was distracted, but I didn’t want to lose all of my stats! Oh lord. ANyway, all is well again, the floor got an unscheduled cleaning, and lil man is finally now down for his nap (he was too afraid to move after I got back on the treadmill! hahah poor guy!). All is well that ends well, I suppose… as long as his Dad doesn’t find out. I guess I should mention our lil napper is a repeat offender. What would I do without this craziness?!?

and I love that he FINALLY is being more romantic and planning surprises for me, but tonight makes me nervous. The hubbs has procured a baby sitter and tonight will be our first time alone since February when his Mom was here. I am so freaking excited! However, he made me promise not to eat salad… Hmmm… He wants us to have kind of a treat night and he doesn’t want me to worry about what I eat. And, he won’t tell me where we are going, as it is a surprise, so I can’t look over their menu to see what a reasonable choice might be. grrrrrr He means well, but I want to lose this chub. It’s just hard for him because he thinks I am just fine the way I am. But, he does tell me how proud he is of me for sticking to this and working so hard to break bad habits. How can you not love him?! Hopefully tonight isn’t a total loss. Needless to say lunch was a 3 point huge salad… Let’s just hope we go for a LONG walk on the beach after dinner!

I love Fridays. I am off work and can leisurely start my day with the boys. It’s so crazy; I was absolutely going MAD staying home with them, and they LOVE their Miss Nikki who watches them, but part of me still feels guilty for working. Being a Mom is a crazy hard job. My oldest son is coming home from a 5 week jaunt with his Daddy, and I haven’t been so excited to go to an airport in my entire life! I miss him so badly it hurts. Before this, the longest we had been seperated was 4 days, and that was a long time to me. Oh well, at least I get him to myself til next summer!

I have been doing well with the eating, still. I NEVER last this long… I am on day 10 and I haven’t gone off the deep end yet. I think WW may be good for me. I even ate McDonald’s yesterday (not by choice… my men love that place though and I need to grocery shop something fierce so there wasn’t much alternative) and didn’t go over my points. Yay! I have been making things like pudding and jello to keep when I need a low point sweet fix, and that has bailed me out a couple times. I really think the key to this is planning. Just like I read on another page (though I can’t remember who’s… sorry!), you wouldn’t buy a shoe without knowing the price or if it would fit in your budget, so why would you do that with food?! I’m an accountant (and a shoe addict!!!), so that totally works for me!!!

I ran yesterday, but not as long as I could have. I want to start slow and build up so I can make sure I can do it at least 4 times a week. I really, really, REALLY want to be a runner! So yesterday I warmed up, ran 15 minutes at 4.8/5.0 then walked 10 minutes at 4.2 and finished up with a cool down. The plan is to add a minute of running every other day until I am running 3 miles straight. I think yesterday I made it just a smidge over a mile. I can usually do between 1.5 and 2 miles, but I wanted to start slow since I’ve been outta the game for a while. My job does a 5K together (this California… this would NEVER have happened where I was before as only about 2 people in the whole office were not overweight) which I think is crazy but AWESOME and I am pretty much the youngest person there (I am affectionately referred to as “kid”) so I don’t want to be the slowest or have to walk! How embarrasing that would be! I CAN do this!!!

Hmmmm… what else? I love my job but HATE the LOUDLY annoying HR person next to me. OMG, she talks ALL day! And it is always about random BS that no one cares about. I asked the boss to keep me in mind when some upcoming renovations take place because I was developing a twitch. Thankfully he said he would, and also that it was not the first time someone had said that about her. He too has to close his door to block her out, and even that doesn’t work. Is it wrong to pray for a complete voicebox failure?! Other than that this is my dream job. I am so BUSY all the time and I love that. I want to stay here I think, but I am just afraid we wouldn’t be able to afford it. We’re looking at buying a house, but they are all over half a million dollars for a decent one. I guess we’ll see…

Have a good Friday!!!

down three pounds! I was really shocked… I NEVER lose weight when I try. Maybe I just needed to be more aware of what was going into my body and my serving sizes. I guess the proof will be in the next 16 weeks to see if I can keep losing or if I go up and down. Right now though, I am just savoring the moment.

I did a new BOSU workout last night, and it kicked my butt! Am I out of shape or what?! I have seen some pilates workout for the BOSU dvd’s but I haven’t heard of anyone who has used them. I wonder if they are a decent workout? Because of the hubby’s hours I am stuck in with the kids most nights, and the treadmill gets BORING. Any ideas??

Oh, and today is the weigh in! I made sure to wear a light skirt, as I can use all the help I can get.

And can I just tell you, I am nervous!!! I absolutely HATE gaining weight. It discourages me so much and I am doing so good right now, at least as far as my eating goes. I know that I have been disciplined this week and I am really, really hoping it shows tomorrow on the scale. That would give my confidence such a boost. There is no reason I should gain at all, but I am so afraid anyway. Have I mentioned I am neurotic?! Plus, all of my coworkers are doing this too and I would hate to be the only one with crappy results. Eek!

I got into it yesterday with the poor hubbs… over a reese’s pb cup of all things! I found his stash and I was seeing what the points would be if I ate one. He came and took it from me! I mean, the nerve of some people! I wasn’t going to eat it, that was until he told me I couldn’t. So, I showed him… I ate the stupid thing just to spite him, in turn leaving me with such a belly ache all night. Looks like I really won that one. Ugh. I need to stop sabotaging myself.

And I NEED to get with the program on the exercise! Tonight is gonna be pilates and a run for sure!

Wish me luck for tomorrow!!

Went to the Elfin Forrest and was met with a warning about mountain lions… that they are hungry and have been spotted since the wild fires. Eek! It told us what to do in case of an attack, and stressed not to let children walk alone. I pretty much was an overprotective freak after that and so it wasn’t as much fun. Better safe than sorry. Other than that, today was a good day! Well, other than the hubby being a GRUMP! Ugh.

Did really well with the eating today, but no real exercise. I have GOT to get this in check…

You know what I love about Southern California? I am from the great plains, and there is no variety. A hiking trail is just like a maze with bugs. Here, a hiking trail can be a mountain that goes into the desert, or a mountain that takes you to the ocean… it’s just so awesome! I decided, much to the hubby’s delight (haha, did I mention they are 5 and 3?!) that we are taking the boys on a hike today. We’ve been cooped up too long. So, I do some research to find a family hike and I find the Elfin Forrest. What a cool name! I’ll letcha know how it goes.

I am ROCKING the eating. Really, I was just needing a trip to the grocery store so I had some more healthy options. I actually ate all of my points yesterday without going over. You know how hard that is on a day all I do is sit at home?! Woot! This was my first weekend off from work and the hubbs had to work all weekend, meaning he’s off tomorrow and Tuesday. Boo!

I was trying to think yesterday about the reasons that I eat junk. I can’t come up with anything. Maybe boredom, or feeling depressed? I know that woorking and being active helps me to eat better and say no to the sweets, so does it work like that because it is a distraction or because I am feeling better about myself? I need to think more about that. I was reading someone’s blog yesterday, though I can’t remember whose, and she was talking about the same thing and recommended a book. I suppose I shall go try to find her blog and order that book, along with a hiking trail guide. I think the boys are going to LOVE today!!!

Ciao!

I got off the couch and did pilates and I feel SO much better! I was supposed to take the boys to a birthday party of a new co-worker’s son, but my baby (he is three… does that still qualify him as a baby??) had a bad reaction to some mosquito bites and was not a fan of his medicine. The hubbs is asleep and I am BORED. I should get on the treadmill, but after running outside for a couple of days I am spoiled and I don’t wanna. *sigh* In other news, I have officially read about a bazillion blogs. Yall are so interesting!

So, I have been doing pretty good with the eating. Last night we went grocery shopping and I got lots of goodies that aren’t terrible so I won’t have to feel guilty about snacking. However, I am slacking hard core on the working out! If you know me, which you don’t, you know that I am usually the other way around… eat like a hefer and work out like an olympian. I wonder what my deal is?? Anyway, I was thinking that if I wrote it down maybe I would do it, so I have 4 days til my weigh in… I am going to try to do 15 miles and 3 sessions of pilates before then. I’ll letcha know how it works out! ♥