Clever title, eh? :)

I am a garage sale prepping, craigslisting, decluttering queen! All day yesterday we did this, and today it is my mission, too. I am going to get rid of all of this crap. Seriously, my baby is 4 years old… why do I have a whole shelf in my linen closet dedicated to crib sheets and baby blankets?? Laziness, that is why.

I did manage to get an hour long walk in this morning, probably around 4.5 miles. We stopped at the tail end to play at the park for half an hour. It was a challenge to have both boys in the stroller; not just because they weigh about 100 pounds together, but because they were screwing with each other and jerking around the stroller while doing so! I told them I was going to pull the stroller over and make them wish they had been good! HAHA. Instead of beating them, I made up a game where we find the alphabet on the license plates we pass. That was golden. We made it all the way up to Q… oh, elusive Q, how you torment us. I think I am going to start tomorrow mornings walk out with the game. That and a snack. Snack worked well for the first 10 minutes this morning (til it was gone!). My goal is to walk for about an hour 2 times a day for the next 4 weeks. If I sprinkle in 2 days of weight training I will be golden. Knowing what I am burning does 2 main things for me. Firstly, it makes me aware of when I need to work harder, and relieves the pressure on busy days when I get no formal exercise. Secondly, it resolves my guilt! I know if I screw up and eat crap I can go for a long walk or get on the bike and pay pennance. Also, if I have worked hard and burned a lot, I don’t feel guilt for going over my calories at all! In fact, it seems that on the days I burn a whole lot, I actually lose more when I eat more. I can’t say enough good things about this lil bodybugg. LOVE it.

Alright, I am off to make some lunch for the kiddos. I am into these Snickers Nutrition Bars lately, and they fill me up really well for a midmorning or an afternoon snack. The almond one has just enough honey and chocolate to taste like a candy bar, but has NO artificial ingredients and only 150 calories. YUM! You should check them out.

B: oatmeal, yogurt, 75g strawberries, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
S: Snickers Nutrition Bar
L: spinach salad withcranberries, pecans, balsamic, and feta, and two prunes
S: part of a McD’s ice cream cone, a few wheat thins, Rachel’s Wickedly Delicious cottage cheese, and some watermelon… yeah, graze fest. We had a late dinner.
D: Roasted turkey w/ gravy, pacific gold potatoes, broccoli, and a cheddar bay biscuit
S: Thinking of some hot tea and a biscotti

Exercise: am-walk (over an hour) pm- walk (34 minutes)

Tomorrow is my official weigh in! I’m down at least 3 pounds, at least I am pretty sure I am. We’ll have to wait and see… :)