Time to get serious!

ok so maybe its past time but better late than never I suppose :)

as many of you know I attempt to shrink w/the sisterhood. however, this winter I have grown instead of shrunk :( I put on 24# in the past year! GET OUT!! I have said for a few (5) years that I don't need to lose, just maintain & get healthy. well if getting healthy is THIS I take it all back!! b/c now I need to lose!

I am doing something I have never ever done b4, I posted my weight over @ the 'hood. EEK that scares the crap outa me!!! I won't be putting it here b/c that's just too much. hoping that putting it up over there will keep me that much more accountable for doing something to shrink.
There is a new challenge @ the Sisterhood. Shrinking days of Summer!! just like last year & I did great last year. I think. of course I wasn't happy w/what I weighed then either but that is a whole different post (a pretty deep one that I have actually typed up & ready to go when I am feeling either especially brave or down in the dumps or maybe it might take both) . The Sisterhood ROCKS!!! they have DAILY activities planned for this challenge! whohoooooooo!!! just what I need! something new every day to keep me thinking about what I am doing, eating, walking, etc. & why!

SO far I have tried on 2 pr of shorts from last year & they FIT. *whew* I was terrified they'd not even go on & some won't, but at least they fit. they are TIGHT but atleast they fit! :) some of my shirts may not as I have a full blown muffin top this year. ouch. working on it! wii fit yoga reminded me last night just how much I looooooooooooooooooove yoga & how powerful it can be & I hope to get some in 3x/week! OH speaking of Yoga!! Lauren & I are doing some @ the lake this weekend!!! :) camping + yoga. I bet we can find some quiet out of the way -hopefully out of sight- spot to do some quick morning yoga a couple of the mornings :) YAY!!!!

ACCOUNTABILITY for Tuesday:

• 96oz
• 5f/v
• 3 dairy
• no vites
• 1.5 mile @ 3-4mph on treadmill
• 30 fit minutes

On our Facebook group we decided that June's challenge should be combining miles/minutes moved (walk, run, jog, bike, swim, etc.) w/a fresh fruit or veggie every day! thanks Stacey!! I am totally pumped to get it rolling on Tuesday!!!
I am energized by it all now.. I just hope I keep it :) what are you doing for yourself?

HUMP DAY!!!!

THAT MEANS: yoga, 1 more work day for me, its Tim's Friday, the last day of all 3 preschool classes!!, time to go thru the camping supplies (Tim) & get clothes packed (me), realize/admit I am taking this week off from working out ugh, make to do list for next week, weigh in(the bloat is gone YAY), maybe do several sets of toe nails this morning!! :)

yesterday's migraine almost killed me... I didn't eat much (string cheese(midmorning), 1/2 chocolate chip cookie(early afternoon), popcorn(late afternoon), steak+corn nuggets (or supper)) all day & had too much medicine floating thru the system but finally got it down to a soreness than a throbber. YAY!! today I feel much better.. even have my appetite back!

hoping to hit the water & veggies today! then after yoga might even walk on the treadmill some. atleast I have 2 weeks until I HAVE to be seen in a suit! dreading even putting shorts on this weekend -oh well.

enough rambling!
have a GREAT sunshiney HUMP DAY!!

a thursday list

too tired to form sentences & worry about proper grammer today so here we go:

• last night's yoga class was a work out! my neck,shoulders & upper back are sore
• there really is something to this SHRED thing!! I am up another # this am *sigh*
• it also might be the pan of brownies on the counter
• or it could be the bad combo
• oh well. resisting until Monday (or Maybe Sunday if feeling extremely ambitious)
• I woke thinking it should be Saturday
• then decided it must be Friday @ least
• ugh its only Thursday??? yikes
• I completed some things on my to-do list yday but still have alot just started
• I've done well keeping up w/my daily/weekly paperwork!
• I had 8f/v+2dairy+80oz yday
• Tim's getting overwhelmed w/his bathroom remodel=nothing I do is right
• I am smart enough to just stay clear & be invisible , its easier that way
• breakfast today is tator tots & french toast .. yummmmmm

The good & the bad:

its Wednesday--

the good: yoga night, weigh in day, hump day, I have laundry started (trying to get back on M,W,F schedule), breakfast is easy-homemade banana wheat muffins+applesauce+milk, one family pays cash today-who doesn't like getting cash mid-week??, we walked around East Lake for an hour looking for mushrooms last night-still empty handed but he brought home a bowl full they found @ work, 16 days till Memorial weekend!!!!!!!, doing the DM Farmer's Market again this week NO.Matter.What.or.Who.with :), I got everything on my to-do list STARTED yesterday, now to finish it today (hopefully)

the bad: weigh in day (up 2 from Saturday) but still in the yo-yo of 4# so no whining!, only hump day, I hit snooze too many times, I am tired, I was grouchy w/Tim first thing, its sprinkling out=grass to be tracked in after playing out, I only got 3 fv,1 dairy & 80oz yday, I didn't work out @ all!!**, I am ready for a long weekend (Memorial weekend), I haven't fully decided on Mother's Day gifts this yr-probably grab hanging baskets @ the Farmer's Market Saturday, the sprinkly weather makes me wanna wrap up in a blankie & read (Debbie Macomber-Twenty Wishes-a Blossom Street book),

**@ the Sisterhood the rest are done w/the 30 day shred & are starting it over on Monday. So being the slacker that I am & not even making it to level 3, I am taking the rest of the week (starting yday) off of it until Monday then giving it my all to go full bore w/the sisters (&brothers)!! I might walk on the treadmill during my shows tonight after yoga-I usually do, & sometimes on thursdays during Grey's too, so not TOTALLY loafing it JUST not Jillian-ing at all :)

ok taking my crabby butt to the kitchen to make myself a fried egg white (the last egg in the house) & get the kids' breakfast around. hoping the sun comes out & we get another warm day! & if not I am letting the kids GO CRAZY inside while I finish up that to-do list -they like that LOL

True Confessions-Thursday :)

I feel like I don't have anything to say today so here goes:

• I skipped the shred last night due to the strenuous yoga class
• instead I lounged on the couch for an hour then showered & went to bed to read
• I was asleep shortly after 9!
• Gus is back to only getting up 1x in the middle of the night :)
• I am looving the spring temps!!!
• my daffodils are blooming but I learned I nee dto clump them as they are much prettier together. do they spread themselves??
• my hyacinths are also budded!!!
• both of my itty bitties are napping
• I am not worried about filling my spots
• I made some income decisions yesterday (no more multi-child discount- simple & effective)
• & enforced it for the first time last night -filling a spot for fall + a school ager part time :)
• I enjoyed catching up w/another provider friend on the phone yesterday
• she gave me the confidence to make said decision
• I should be doing yoga w/the kids right now but we have a potty training line happening instead
• this is such a fun, manageable group :)
• I am not quite ready for summer vacation
• I am ready for Memorial weekend camping!!!! hoping it will NOT be as rainy & frigid as 08
• ok 3rd shot @ getting this finished.
• Accountabilility: I got my 96oz in, 5fv, & one hour of yoga yesterday
• Appreciate: I appreciate that I could & did go to bed early. I appreciate YOGA class! I appreciate the smaller group I will have even if for only a month.
• NOW they wanna go yoga. here we go!! :)

its a good day

or so I am trying to convince myself. I feel the day stacked against me so moving very slowly as there are some bright spots...

*I am down 2 children
* that makes it easier to deal w/the headache that is trying to beat me down
*I am incredibly addicted to facebook! never thought I would be. not sure how I feel about that
*I am going to try to do some more tax prep when I get a spot cleared on my desk
*YOGA TONIGHT!! yehaw!!!
*so happy its Wednesday -I really hate wishing weeks over but this one is killing me

ok enough randomness!

accountability: 96 oz of water yesterday but no exercise

appreciate: I appreciate the parents that called in today -key word is CALLED in instead of figuring I'll 'figure it out when they don't show up' THANK YOU! I appreciate the days w/o headaches now that I have one again. I appreciate the warm temp this morning knowing its going to dip back into the FRIGID IOWA WINTER temps tonight YUCK!!