Stress sucks!

Got a little busy and stressed out and haven't actually worked out consistently for more than a month and I am kicking myself for it.  I need to get back on track, I would like to lose weight this pregnancy not gain any!  I am heavy enough, the baby can have my reserves.  I am also hoping that by losing this weight, I will recover more quickly from my c-section.  Here's to hoping and getting back on track!

Whew!

So, I finally got a good workout on my EA active program and it was GREAT!!! I feel so much better.  I was trying to work out at nap/quiet time because the kids were running around my legs every time I tried so I wasn't able to do as well or keep the right form.  I am still hovering around my 15lbs lost mark, but I plan on that changing very soon as I get more into this new program.  It was intense, at the 15min mark I was sweating pretty good, legs were shaky and everything and that was on the easy 30min preset workout.  So I can't wait until I get strong enough to do the hard workout.  Anyways, keep losing it and enjoy feeling better about yourself!

New Year's Resolutions!

I don't usually make resolutions, too many years of not sticking to them.  This year, I am so close to my 20lbs lost mark that I am so motivated!  This year is going to be great, fitness and health all the way.  I want to get under 200lbs!  And now it is totally possible, I never thought it would have been.  my husband and kids got me the fitness stuff I asked for a resistance ball, a 10lb fitness ball and the EA Active program for the Wii and I am so excited!!! Here's to a better, healthier life for me, my kids and my husband.  This year I am going to get skinny and pregnant and skinny again and I am going to LIVE IT UP!!!  Life is too short to stress, work it out and live the way you want to.  HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE~MAKE IT A GREAT ONE!

Feeling Better

I was sick right after Christmas and didn't eat for a couple of days.  I am finally feeling better today.  I got my husband's birthday cake in the oven and while it was baking for 20minutes, I used my new exercise equipment that I got for Christmas and did some workouts.  I used my resistance ball and my weighted fitness ball (10lbs) and did some crunches and stretches.  It felt wonderful.  Before that this morning, I got on my Wii Fit and weighed myself and I have lost about 2 more pounds since I was sick.  So, what better than to get back into the swing of the diet when you couldn't eat much anyways.  So, 17lbs gone and it's going to keep going.

A long time coming...

Over the past month, I swear I ate over half of all the goodies I made to distribute to other people.  There was always enough that there were left overs, but I was having major stress eating cravings.  I finally got back on my diet, the exercise is coming along, but I haven't been as diligent.  Shame on me.  I have also felt like crap because of it, so there ya go!  But things are looking up.  All the weight I thought I was for sure to have gained back, didn't end up being so bad.  It ended up that I did enough exercising in between all my sweet treats, that I only gained about 2lbs and maintained.  So even though I didn't lose it, I didn't gain any more than that either.  So, I am hovering around my 13lbs weight loss and working towards making it a total of 20lbs.  Today is the big day though, it is my doctor's appt where I get to stop my birth control.  I am very excited and motivated even more to keep up the health approach I have adapted so that I am healthier with the pending pregnancy.  I am ready for another baby and I am made a realistic type goal of being under 200lbs when I have the baby, after I get pregnant of course.  That is only 30 lbs away and I did 15 in a couple of months, so it should work out over the next year.  I really want to look great this time next year and things will be different this time around anyways.  Wish me luck! 

Vacations can be dangerous!

Vacations can be dangerous for your diet.  I am admitting that I took liberties while on vacation and didn't eat very well.  Thus gaining a couple pounds back, like about 4.  But I got right back on my diet today, exercise and all and it feels great.  It is funny how you start to feel after not exercising for a couple of weeks.  Last night I was feeling restless, like I needed to stretch or had too much energy.  You should have seen me yesterday, I was cooking like crazy, good for you cooking.  But I was in the kitchen for hours.  So I feel so much better after having worked out for 30 minutes and drinking my slim fast shake this morning.  I am looking forward to dropping those pounds again and then some! 

Thanksgiving and Vacation

So, I have now been off my diet for a week.  The vacation made it pretty hard to stay with it and I figured with Thanksgiving coming, I had better just wait until it is all over before I even think about weighing myself.  I might take a peek though, just to see where I'm at.  But I don't anticipate any problems getting back on, my goal is still in sight and I am still happy that I am losing weight.  I don't see it as a burden anymore because I feel good about it.  Here's to a great Thanksgiving and getting back on the weight loss wagon afterwards :)