Shall We Shrink??

I know you are all DYING to know how I did yesterday, and I am pleased to report that I ate PERFECTLY! I didn’t go over one point! Not one! We went to Starbucks, and I got the sugar free frap, even though the hubbs got the ginormous, delicious caramel with the sugar, and whip just to spite me, and still I restrained. We went grocery shopping and the boys got chocolate donuts, and still I restrained. We had a game tournament with the boys (which was a BLAST!) and instead of bad junk food, I made a veggie tray. And you know what? Besides the tomatoes, for which there was a consensus of nastiness (excluding me, of course! yum!) it was a big hit! No one even missed the junk food. Well, except me. So, I made a rice cake and put some cream cheese on it and that did the trick. I even managed to get on the treadmill AND run in front of my husband. I was thinking about it… he has seen me in more precarious positions… ha! So, yeah, Fridays went DOWN!

Today my oldest and I are going for a bike ride on a trail we discovered. I am so excited. I thought it was 7 miles, but this one is only a little over 3. It will be good to get us started, plus I don’t think it’s on flat land, so we’ll have some incline to challenge us.

Hope you chickies have a great Saturday!!

So as well all know, the last TWO Fridays I have gone over in the amount of 13 points. Eek! Today, I vow to stay active and busy, and not snack like a maniac. No more 13 points over days. Period.

Yesterday was a great day… I got my workout in early in the day, left for work, came home… all was good. Then I got this painful like cramp on my left side, and it is STILL there. It feels like it did when I had that cyst. UGH. I wanted to take the boys to the park last night, and we did go, but I was trying to run and play tag and I thought I was gonna die. Then we get home and get the boys settled, I pour a yummy glass of wine, and WHAM… the hubbs and I get into it. Like big time bad. He can be such a jerkface. He called to tell our childcare lady that we were putting them somewhere else, and he was rude about it. It made me mad because I hate treating people like that, and I told him to call and apologize. So what does he do (besides tell me no)? He makes it sound like because I want him to be polite to her that I don’t care that the boys are sunburned, etc. I was so furious. Really, what part of being mean to her helps their sunburns??? He said it made him feel better. Selfish. SO yeah, that went on for the rest of our “relaxing evening together.” All in all I ended up with one point left over to eat, but as you can imagine, I didn’t have much of an appetite. Why are men so insensitive?! Today is better. He is, of course, being a gentleman and trying to make up for his jerkface ways.

I think I am gonna call the doctor about my belly. It hurts oh so bad, and to even think about moving, much less running, is killer.

Happy Friday!!!

So after yesterdays childcare fiasco, I decided to stay home with my boys today this morning and then the hubbs is going to leave work at lunch and sit with them so I can work this afternoon. Yay! I am so behind at work and I have stuff that HAS to be done, so I was stressing out about missing. I know that they are his kids, too, but I am so thankful to have a husband who is willing to take responsibility for the boys and rearrange his schedule for mine sometimes too. It seems that is not too common, at least with most of my friends husbands. Speaking of fabulous hubbys, I knew mine was gonna be so proud of me, and I was right! So what does he want to do to celebrate? EAT! I trained him well! ha. Anyway, I at least got him to go to Subway intead of somewhere nice and calorie laden, so I was able to stay within my points last night. I didn’t get to work out though, so I’m gonna hop on the treadmill in just a little while after my breakfast settles a little more. New rule this week: 5 running days and they have to be at least 3 miles each day. That is not to say I have to run all three, because I am not a masochist, but I’d like to try to run as much as possible. I am ready for this weekend when I get to try out my bike! How cool is that gonna be?!

And here’s another random thing I thought was cute… there’s an ant in every giant. So true!

I’m off to run. Have a great Thursday!

I seriously am the most livid I have been in like, well, EVER! I went to pick up my boys from childcare and they had been swimming… my 3 year old was napping… IN HIS WET SHORTS! AND, she yelled at my 5 year old… IN FRONT OF ME! I was just like trying to get out of there asap. I’m never taking them back. They start school/new daycare Monday, so I am gonna see if a friend of mine can watch them tomorrow. I am so anxious and worried about them that I can’t even concentrate at work. This is ridiculous!!! I feel like such a bad mom for leaving them there this long…

On a lighter note, pun intended, I finally get to log a loss! 2.6 pounds!!! I got my coveted 5 pound star and I am so happy! I still have 5 more to lose to weigh what I did when we moved here, but it seems totally doable now. YAY! My hubby is gonna be so proud. So, my weekly loss over the whole 5 weeks is a little over a pound, and that is just fine by me!

Now if my hubbs would just get home so I can vent to him. I am so done with this day… Oh yeah, I forgot to mention… my boss laughed at me today. As in, he said he didn’t know what to do with the journal entry I gave him but laugh cause it was so messed up. WOW. He did later apologize and told me not to take it personally, and I did fix it (correctly, I might add) in record time which he was impressed about, but it still bugs me. I NEVER screw up -that- big. Oh well, live and learn.

And one more thing… I read a quote that said something like ~I wonder how many people have given up not knowing they were just about to reach their goal. Now there’s something to ponder.

I want SO badly to have lost at least 1.2 pounds so I can get my lil 5 pound star. Is that too much to ask?! I have been a good girl all week, used less than half of my flex points, and worked out on 5 of the 7 days. Seriously, throw me a bone! At home I am less… I am a good 7 pounds less in the morning than when I started. Maybe it is something about weighing in right before lunch. That sounds so ridiculous though–if I have really lost it, it would be gone consistently. I am obviously reaching for straws here. Anyway, we’ll see soon… only 5 hours til weigh in!

And, I am not going to focus on that number anyway. I am feeling so much better in so many other ways. In fact, tonight I am going to try on some old clothes and see where I am at. Monday was officially a month, but since I don’t get weighed til today I don’t know anything for sure. If I want to weigh what I weighed last year for the ball, I would have to lose 14 pounds, which sounds feasible in 3 months, but considering all I have lost so far this month is 4 pounds, it may not be. Hey wait, didn’t I *just* say I wasn’t going to concentrate on the numbers?! Damn being an accountant! I try to budget my food and project my weightloss! haha

Happy weigh in day for all you other hump day weighers!

Madonna, oh how you are RIGHT! I swear time goes incredibly slow when I am on the treadmill! But, like that song also says… those who run seem to have all the fun! So here’s to hoping! I only ran a mile because a friend of mine called earlier and she wants a workout buddy! YAY! So hopefully we’ll do that tonight. We plan on walking up and down (or rather down and up, as we live on the top) of the hill? mountain? (not sure what it is) which is a little over a three mile trek. I am so stoked! I do this walk with my little one so I can have the jogging stroller as added resistance, and of course he loves it, too. So, I just wanted to say that you all inspire me so much. I really don’t think I’d move half as much as I do if I didn’t read how much you were trying and feeling so proud of all the effort you are putting in. GOOD JOB!

In other news, I found a 7 mile bike trail moderately close to the house (20 minutes or so away) that I plan on trying out at some point this weekend with my oldest son. I haven’t ridden a bike in YEARS, but I just *had* to have this fabulous pink cruiser so my men got it for me for Mother’s Day. It even has a bell on it that says I <3 my mom! Anyway, now I am obligated to relearn how to ride. Fun, huh?

AND, they are giving away ball gowns in one month and one day , so I have FREE motivation! Seriously, how cool will it be to not have to pay for a gown this year?! I am so gonna hit this hard core and see if I can be down 10 pounds over the next month. I dunno if that is feasible for me, but you know what they say… aim for the moon and fall short and you will still be among the stars.

Remeber how I said the size 14’s were too tight? Well, I wore the 16’s this morning and after about 5 minutes they felt too big, so I thought what the heck?! I put on the 14’s and wore them today, and I look CUTE! A lil chubby, but still cute And, I got the childcare worked out. Life is good again!

I am so ready for today to be over and it is only 7:13am! Ha! How’s that for optimism?! I slept horribly last night and it was SO hard to drag myself out of bed this morning and into the shower. I bought some clothes this weekend, even after I said I wouldn’t buy any bigger clothes–but there was a clearance!, and I got one pair that is too small so I’ll have tot take them back and exchange them. Grrrrrr! I tried them on, then just grabbed the wrong one out of the dressing room. Alas, I am still a 16. The 14’s fit, but I look like the pictures of Hiroshima… mushroom cloud delux. Ick! I have a whole closet full of glorious 12’s that I look smoking in, so if I can *just* lose a little more I will be oh so happy! Actually, in all honesty, when I was first looking at getting a job I went to try on some pants since my work clothes obviously don’t fit and the 16’s were really too tight to look professional, so I AM making some progress, albeit small. I’m not giving up though. Oh, and we figured out that the childcare I have for the boys on Wednesday when they get out of school early may not work, so I may have to rearrange my work schedule, which would eliminate my WW meetings at work. BOO! I think I’ll have time to weigh in and pick up the material before I leave, so that should be good enough to keep me accountable, I think.

Oh, and here are a few pics for you. The first two are last week hiking to the beach and the last two are from yesterday at the wild animal park

Have a great Monday, chickies!

I took the boys to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego today and we had a blast! I made an alphabet scavenger hunt and they loved it! We were there for three straight hours, tirelessly searching for animals with those hard to find letters! I love my kids! I left the hubby at home because he needed some me time, and it worked out great because the boys were so well behaved plus I got to push the stroller the whole time and man, was that a workout! Afterwards, we went to the electronic store of the gods, Fry’s, and I got the MGMT cd I have been DYING for, the oldest got a new DS game, the middle got a wii game, and the youngest got a dvd. Diversity in action. Ha.

I was within my points yesterday and so far today I am rocking, too! I love eating healthy and feeling like I ahve control! Also, we stopped at a farmers market on the way home and got fresh asparagus, peaches, mango, grapes, strawberries, and onions. YUM!

The only downside to today is that I have to start taking my estrogen pills and I dunno how they are going to affect me weight wise. My goal is to just not gain anything, but a lose would be even better. Here’s to hoping!!

Hope yall are having a great weekend!

Just got done with a nice little run. It wasn’t as long as it could have been, but I haven’t run for a while. It definitely motivates me to start doing this again EVERYDAY!