glistening

I have a good glisten going on right now, LOL!  Ya, pretty sweaty.  I just did Legs and Lungs again on the Wii Fit, Ea Active.  I like it because it targets the lower half of my body.  Not that I couldn't use some working out all over, but 2 c-sections and not losing the baby weight afterward is where it is all hanging out.  This morning I had an idea to take the boys outside after we dropped my daughter off at school.  We went out in the sprinkler and watered the dirt at the same time.  I stayed in my swim stuff and worked out.  It was a lot better for me.  Last week when I did the work out, the legstrap with nunchuk kept sliding off my shorts and throwing off my progress.  So, I knew I needed to make some changes.  I am cooling off a lot faster this time around as well.  I had my annual check up yesterday and Doc said to give myself shortterm attainable goals.  He was giving me conservative goals, which I have set before but I really want to push myself this time and be more aggressive about it.  So, I am aiming for 2 lbs a week and 8 lbs total this month!  I need this and want this, so I am going to do it and not get discouraged if it doesn't happen.  That is the key, remaining positive or finding a way to push past the plateaus.  I feel good though and that always helps.  It also helps that I am in the beginning of a new class at school because last week was brutal as the final week of that class.  I did the brave thing and took some pictures of myself today too.  I need some before and afters or progressive shots as I reach milestones.  For example 10lbs, 20lbs, etc.  Good luck to everyone!

Weekend

Well, this morning started out pretty ok.  Had my shake, did some abs with my 10lb kettlebell and some push ups.  I feel like my legs have gotten a heck of a workout this week with the bike riding and everything but my arms are neglected.  This isn't entirely true, I just don't feel the burn anymore.  I still pick up/carry around my 30lb 18month old quite often, so it's not that my arms aren't getting a work out.  I definitely wanted to work out my chest a little bit, hence the push ups and did some lower abs to get some strength back.  I didn't get to do that very long, maybe 15 minutes, because the kids were ready for breakfast.  So, I decided to clean up my backyard a bit, which is a pretty good workout too.  So, I got some pretty good activity in today.  Tomorrow I rest and start all over on Monday.  I like keeping it different so far.  We will see how next week goes :)

Surprise

I woke up feeling stiff and bloated this morning.  Maybe not bloated just swollen.  Either way not how I wanted to feel this morning.  I knew I needed to weigh myself and with the way I was feeling my thoughts were, I haven't lost anything. Dreadedly I got on the scale because even though I didn't want to do it, I wanted to.  I wanted to see if there was any progress, if even a little.  To my surprise, there it was, the work had paid off.  I lost again and it was enough not to be discouraged.  It was enough to say, don't be stupid and quit, keep going.  So I AM!  Very happy this morning.  And I have a date with my husband tonight, it makes for a great way to start the weekend!

Positives

I worked out hard for these 3 days and I am feeling it!  Another bonus to my endeavor is that all my water drinking has improved my skin.  My hands are soft  where usually, due to 3 kids and constant hand washing, it is not the case.  Still working on getting my dinner portions smaller which has hindered my weight loss a little this week but I am doing good in terms of the shakes and apple snack in the morning/afternoon.  I am glad to be feeling good.  I was exhausted yesterday but today I am taking a break.  I took my husband to work this morning so I could have the car to run some errands.  Tomorrow it will be the walk/ride to school again.  I am looking forward to more positives to make whatever negatives I encounter not as important.

Bike ride

So every Wednesday my daughter has a short day at school, which means Mommy and the brothers pick her up via walking.  We walk to school most mornings, except when I have the car, then I give us some extra time to get ready in the morning (aka-I'm being lazy).  Last night I had an idea, it is going to be HOT this afternoon, and I don't like walking in it and neither does my daughter after a full day of school.  SO, I got my bike out this morning and attached the bike trailer.  The only problem was that I hadn't had my bike out in a year and the tires were flat.  We walked my daughter to school, with the bike and trailer attached and I proceeded to walk the whole thing down to the QT near my house to put air in the tires.  Once we got all the tires filled up, the boys and I rode home.  It was nice and I sweated more than I thought I would.  This afternoon, the plan is to have all 3 of my kids in the bike trailer for the much shorter ride home from school.  It will be interesting but i think fun and cooler than walking.  I think I may keep up the bike rides for the last month of school and maybe in the early mornings of the summer.  My kids are up so early, it would be nice to do a little ride before breakfast and the deathly heat of the mid-morning.  Just thoughts, no promises.  I always start with good intentions...

Honesty

I figure I need to be as honest as possible for myself and others who may be struggling with their weight as I am.  Had a weak moment today.  I was super grumpy, hungry and my boys were driving me a little crazy. I hit an emotional block.  I ended up having a huge bowl of strawberries and cream and a cup of soda.  I am driving to fight these demons and I knew it would be hard.  The hardest part, is that maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself, but I hate myself for eating that.  I want this SO bad and I know or at least think I can do it.  I am mad that I let myself get this heavy and fall apart.  I knew it wouldn't be an easy road to travel and had a feeling these emotions would come into play eventually, just not this soon.  I guess I feel bad too because all I did for exercise today was walk my daughter to school, pushing her brothers in a bike trailer/stroller.  It is about a 30 min walk roundtrip but my legs are still sore from yesterday which is both good and bad.  After my 5k it took my body one day of being sore to feel normal again.  So, I am hoping tomorrow I won't be so sore. To me sore means it is working, well if I am still sore, how do I know if what I did today is working.  I don't know, it's just a bunch of jumbled emotions and frustration but I have to work through this and I don't know how.  I am praying there won't be too many of these types of posts but if I don't be honest with myself, then I will never reach my goal. 

Feeling the burn

I am still feeling it in my legs today.  It was a good workout yesterday and my thighs are killing me every time I sit down.  Today I will be walking my daughter to school and then I might do some more cardio on the Wii.  Got to get this weight burning off as much as I can.