Much Better

I'm feeling much better.. I got my workout in already for the day.  Thankfully Jake needed to take his morning nap so I just brought the twins downstairs with me & was able to do my 30 mins at 3.5mph w/ an incline between 8-10.  Then ran my mile at 5mph for 12 mins then ran another 3 mins at 5.2.  Now all I have to do is take my shower & relax during the trio's nap time.  I love when that happens.

I got a phone call from a place I submitted my resume to last week & I returned his call last Thursday & Friday but he never called back so I thought maybe he changed his mind but while I was running today he called again & apologized for last week he had to go out of town all of sudden so he is still interested in my resume & wants me to call him back, so I'll do that when the kids are sleeping b/c there is no way I can make an important phone call like that when they are awake.  Hopefully it's something worth returning to work.  I have come to a very ruff decision and realized that working out of the house is more my style as much as I love the freedom and being with my kids I wanna go back to the work force.  I miss it (scary, huh??).  The only thing is when I mentioned this one time Joey overheard me and got really upset about me going back to work.  He said "Mom, don't leave please don't leave me." That in itself was heart breaking but I need my time away.  Also I like having the extra money to spend on stuff for myself.  Right now I don't have that or I have to ask Chris for permission to spend money on something & I don't like it.  Plus it'd be nice to give the kids a better Christmas.  If I return back to work we can move into a bigger house & better neighborhood w/ good school districts faster then if I was to continue being a SAHM.  We'll see what happens, please keep your fingers crossed for me. 

Alright well I have to get the kids lunch ready.  I will update my meals tonight.  Until next time. 

PS... There are tiny snow flakes falling today, UGH!!  It was in the 60's the last three days & now it's 31, welcome to Ohio!

Slacker

Yes please call me a slacker cuz I just realized I haven't updated since Thursday.  I have no excuse either.  I did work out on Friday.  I ended up going to visit my parents after I picked up the twins from school & then when I got home it was dinner time & then we just hung with the kids the rest of the night.  Saturday I didn't work out (but this weekend was my days off since I did my 5x a week already), but I did sweep/mop floors & cleaned my houses 1st floor.  Then I went out drinking that night, I had allot to drink but I wasn't wasted b/c I remember what I did that night.  So then Sunday was a lazy day.  Just played with the kids outside & gave them a bath that night other then that just sat around hung over, LOL. 

So today the kids & I met up w/ my BFF Pam & her two kiddo's and went to the Rain Forest for a couple hours.  We were hoping to make it into the main Zoo for a bit before the rain hit but that didn't work out.  We ended up getting home around 12:45 & I put the kids down for a nap & could have worked out, but I wore my running shoes to the Rain Forest & the kids & I got drenched walking back to the car so my shoes were soaking wet & I really didn't want to run in wet shoes, so I decided that today is going to be one of my "skip" days.  I feel bad though & really wanted to workout.  I did stick to my diet & ate healthy.  Here is what my meals consisted of. 

Breakfast:
Coffee - 3 cups w/ cream & sugar
Green Monster Slime smoothie

Lunch:
PB&J on wheat (ate at the rain forest)

Dinner:
Stuffed chicken breast (homemade) stuffed w/ stuffing & cheese.
Steamed asparagus
tad of mashed potato's. 

So my friend brought up this workout video called Insanity & I was curious and looked it up.

Insanity Workout

She told me about one of her friends that did this workout faithfully 5x a week for a month and lost 40 lbs.  I'm trying to get some real reviews & see if it's worth the investment or not cuz it does look pricey.  If anyone knows anything about this or have any input on your thoughts please comment & let me know if it's worth it or any problems or whatever.  I heard it's very, very intense. 

Well I'm going to go research it more & see what I can come up with.  Until next time............

Another day......

I wasn't able to get on yesterday b/c it was really bad night for me & again that's another story for another time.  I'm just feeling depressed lately & like my life is going no where.  It feels like the only thing I have to live for is my three awesome children. It just feels like everyone is moving forward & doing new exciting stuff & I'm just stuck where I'm at.  Even though I haven't mentally or physically been feeling up to much I was able to get my work out in yesterday & today.  I did my 30 mins of 3.5 at a incline of up to 10 & ran for 20 mins at 5.0mph. 

I am feeling pretty good w/ this weight loss & I'm feeling & seeing results.  I still need to start doing measurements to see how many inches I'm losing along w/ weight.  I haven't posted my weight for this week yet but it's at 267 which is 2lbs lost again.  I was kinda hoping my monthly friend would show so I can see how much water weight I'm carrying right now.  But since it's taking it's damn time I'll update it. 

So today my meals consisted of this...

Breakfast:

Coffee w/ cream & sugar about 16oz

Green monster smoothie

Lunch:

Steamed green beans & broccoli

Dinner:

Homemade Meatball subs w/ mozzarella cheese

Tator tots

Snack

Cheddar Gold Fish - OMG I cannot keep away from these.  I think I ate to many today & retaining alot of water now b/c of this.  I had about 3 cups.........can you say PIG. 


I am going to take picture of myself every month, so I have to see when I last took that nasty picture earlier and take another a month later.  I want to be able to compare myself.  I guess I can do it while losing weight since I'm upset I never did it while pregnant. 

Ok, Until next time................

Today is voting day!!!!  I voted & praying that the right person wins the one that is not going to screw us or hurt us anymore.  Anyways enough politics. 

I got my workout in today & I"m happy I did.  I almost used today as my skip day & I can blame that one on my husband taking off today.  I really just wanted to go curl up in my bed when the kids went down to nap, but I am proud to say I marched down stairs and ran on the treadmill.  I'm feeling pretty good, just some bloating, but we all know the reason for that, what's coming, LOL!  I need to take my measurements which I'll do tomorrow sometime.  I need to start seeing if I'm losing inches which I know I am b/c my clothing is fitting loosely. 

Well anyways I really don't have anything new to report so I'm going to call it a night.  Here is my food journal.

Tuesday food log

Until next time.............

It's late so this is going to be super fast.  I'm just posting my food journal for today. 

Monday food log

Good night, Until next time......................

It was a very busy weekend that I never had a chance to log on.  Our trick or treating was rescheduled for this past weekend due to Hurricane Sandy.  So the kids went out Saturday & then Sunday at my parents.  We had my parents over on Saturday for dinner & trick or treating & then they took Joey home to spend the night with them since Sunday we went over to their house for dinner & trick or treating.  Now I have to figure out what to do with all this candy b/c I definitely don't need it & neither do my kids.  Some people on FB suggested sending it overseas to the troops or to the East coast kids that couldn't have Halloween cuz of the hurricane.  So that is two very good ideas. 

So I over did it Saturday & Sunday.  I started doing pretty good Saturday with eating & that I also got my workout in while the kids napped.  But later on the night I over did snacks & drank way to many empty calorie beers.  Then Sunday I just ate bad & again to many sweets.  I didnt' like what the scale said this morning & I'm hoping I can make up for my bad choices this week.  Another thing is my period is due in a couple days & like always I put on water weight about 5lbs, then I lose it right after.  I'm hoping that's the reason the scale was alittle disappointing today.  Anyhow, I didn't really keep track of my food after lunch on Saturday & I didn't track anything yesterday so I'm not going to even bother posting my food journals for this weekend.  I know, I know I need to get better with the weekends.

Well I did get my workout in today & I'm feeling better already.  I will update later today if I have time b/c I want to run to the library (I know who does that anymore, LOL) & pick up some books to read up on improving my meals better & read up more on the Food dyes in the food for my children's sake. 

Oh & I have to update my last 4 workouts.  It's just been a busy week with the weather & Halloween & the kids all being sick.  I cannot promise that I will not have anymore weeks like that cuz that's what you run into having three young children, but with winter coming & most of the birthday's now out of the way it should start slowing down.  Well minus holidays...

Hoping to get back on tonight, but until next time.......................

I didn't make it on yesterday b/c my nephew who is moving to Colorado on Saturday happened to be at my parents house so I took the kids over there for dinner & so they can visit & play w/ him before he leaves since they probably won't see him again for a year or so (if we're lucky).  Also my kids were sick so I ended up taking them to Urgicare on the way home which they all have Upper Respiratory infections.  I was able to get my work out in yesterday & today.  I'm going to have to cut this short b/c I tried to get on here quickly since I won't tonight but they are all hanging onto my leg screaming right now... UGH. 

Here is my food journals for yesterday & today. 

Thursday Food Log

Friday food log


until next time.....................