I've been remiss in posting to this blog. Actually I haven't been posting to my other blogs lately either. I've just been lazy and feel like I'm always being pulled in different directions at the same time. I'm sure most of it is my doing. I can't wait until I'm done with MOMS Club stuff...two years on the board is enough! I'm so looking forward to not having to do anything...no meetings, no required events, no offering my house for anything.
Anyway, I didn't do very well eating-wise at the shower for my best friend. I feasted and feasted, but since I made most of the food I figured it was okay. ;) And I didn't come back any heavier than when I left, so it worked out. I didn't exercise at all last week, but now I can't remember why. Will and I came down with some kind of stomach virus at the end of last week (actually I thought it was food poisoning until we both got sick again Saturday night), so that helped me drop two pounds. The one benefit of throwing up. ;)
Since I've been lazy about exercising I'm really trying to be good about what I eat. I feel like I'm making good choices most of the time at least. I found an app for my iPhone that tracks calories and exercise and calculates how many calories you should eat to lose x-number of pounds in a certain time frame. It's pretty cool. I've only just started using it and haven't been consistent since Will and I got sick and Miles has been sick (or something...he's just been weird lately), but I'm looking forward to really getting into it.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Goal?
So one of my weight loss goals was for this weekend for my best friend's baby shower in Boise. I wanted to be down three pounds from my starting weight. I was down two, BUT I gained three over Memorial Day weekend, so I lost those plus two additional. While I didn't make my technical goal, I feel like I have accomplished something. Now I just need to be good over the weekend on our trip! I had wanted to exercise this morning, but I had a lot to get done, so I skipped it and cleaned house instead. I figured that was at least some sort of exercise, plus when we went to Target today I parked far away so I could get a little walking in. Something is better than nothing!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Oops
I'm so bad about updating all of my blogs lately...this one, my cooking one, our family one. I've just been lazy, I don't know what it is. Actually I kind of do. I'm trying to exercise in the morning while the boy watches TV, and that used to be when I'd do my computer time. I'm trying to cut back on the amount of TV he watches, so there goes my afternoon computer time as well. I swear I'm having withdrawals from all of it! I need to figure out how to do mobile posts and do them from my phone because that would be a heck of a lot easier.
Anyway, I'm not going to recap each day since I lasted posted--just go over some highs and lows. I'm really struggling with cutting back on how much I eat. I'm worried if I cut back too much it's going to affect my milk supply, and I'm not ready to wean Miles yet. I do find that I snack because I'm bored a lot. Well, not so much bored (it's hard to be bored with a three year old and six month old) as don't really know what to do with myself, if that makes sense. I do find that if I exercise in the morning AND eat a good breakfast (something filling, high in fiber or protein) that I'm much less likely to snack throughout the day, so I really need to start making those two things my goal each day. Some days of course it's easier than others, like today we had to leave the house around 9:00, so I skipped exercising because it was just going to be too tight to work out, shower, and get us all dressed/ready and out the door.
I found myself at Wendy's for lunch today with some friends after an outing with my MOMS Club. Wendy's hands down has my favorite fast food fries. Well, really Dick's Drive-In in Seattle is my favorite, but as I only get those once or twice a year I don't count them. Anyway, I was really pleased with myself for getting the grilled chicken sandwich with a baked potato instead of fries. I love that Wendy's has so many sides to chose from with their value meals, but a lot of times I forget to switch to one of them instead of fries.
So my goal for the rest of the week is to exercise in the morning. Except Friday because Will, Miles, my mom, and I are going out of town for the weekend and our flight leaves Friday morning. But I can at least get exercise in Wednesday and Thursday.
This morning as I was in the process of getting dressed I was walking past the big mirror in my bathroom and sucked in my gut. Let me tell you, with a sucked in gut I'm pretty skinny from the side. I almost cried when I let it go, but at least I know what I have the potential (maybe) to look like!
Anyway, I'm not going to recap each day since I lasted posted--just go over some highs and lows. I'm really struggling with cutting back on how much I eat. I'm worried if I cut back too much it's going to affect my milk supply, and I'm not ready to wean Miles yet. I do find that I snack because I'm bored a lot. Well, not so much bored (it's hard to be bored with a three year old and six month old) as don't really know what to do with myself, if that makes sense. I do find that if I exercise in the morning AND eat a good breakfast (something filling, high in fiber or protein) that I'm much less likely to snack throughout the day, so I really need to start making those two things my goal each day. Some days of course it's easier than others, like today we had to leave the house around 9:00, so I skipped exercising because it was just going to be too tight to work out, shower, and get us all dressed/ready and out the door.
I found myself at Wendy's for lunch today with some friends after an outing with my MOMS Club. Wendy's hands down has my favorite fast food fries. Well, really Dick's Drive-In in Seattle is my favorite, but as I only get those once or twice a year I don't count them. Anyway, I was really pleased with myself for getting the grilled chicken sandwich with a baked potato instead of fries. I love that Wendy's has so many sides to chose from with their value meals, but a lot of times I forget to switch to one of them instead of fries.
So my goal for the rest of the week is to exercise in the morning. Except Friday because Will, Miles, my mom, and I are going out of town for the weekend and our flight leaves Friday morning. But I can at least get exercise in Wednesday and Thursday.
This morning as I was in the process of getting dressed I was walking past the big mirror in my bathroom and sucked in my gut. Let me tell you, with a sucked in gut I'm pretty skinny from the side. I almost cried when I let it go, but at least I know what I have the potential (maybe) to look like!
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