Sorority Excitement

For the last two days, I have done nothing but run around for the sorority. We have a new girl running the show and she is good - and we are trying desparately to get everything together. I have had to go to skit practices, meetings with the recruitment team, preference practice - it has been non-stop and this is just the beginning - the prep work. Recruitment is Sept 5-9th and I will be a nut-case the entire weekend. I didnt excercise Mon-tues-Wed-or thurs due to all of this and I am paying for it- put back on 2 pds and have been doing well on the eating part. Gotta get back into the groove of things and looking into purchasing Leptopril for the store to aid in the weightloss. Connor has been an amazing baby all week. He is laughing more and really getting into some of the Disney/Pixar movies: incredibles, bugs life, Toy story. We bought him some maracas and want to get him some more instruments and we have also been working with him on coloring and holding the crayon the right way. All he seems to want to do is hit us with the maracas and eat the crayons-but thats another story. He has a deep cough right now which makes me realize that fall will be here soon and so will the cold symptoms. Yuk!!!

eating better and feeling good

I feel so good after I have exercised and actually eaten the way I am supposed too. I have been eating about 1300-1400 calories a day and then burning a few away at the end of the day. I have to continue the exercising and not quit after 2 weeks simply because I dont see the results I want or because I slink back to my old ways. Steven and I both have to start watching everything- when it comes to our health. I dont feel as if i have anything to loose other than weight and a fat complex. if exercising makes me feel good, look good and improve all my health issues -then i need to keep this going. The world is usually settling down or falling asleep by the time I get out to walk -so it almost makes me feel as if it is my little secret and that it is just for me. Time set aside for me to relieve stress, think, and just breathe the fresh air. I would like to get some weights for my hands and feet to add weights to my walking. Hopefully I can keep finding time to keep going with the exercise and the energy to keep eating well.

Back on track

I started walking again last night - I walked 5300 steps based on my pedometer. That equals 2 miles or (4000 steps) and an aditional 1300 steps. My goal is to walk 12 miles a week because I read on a medical website that when you have deep belly fat you need to atleast attempt to walk 12 miles a week. I have not seen any results off of the scale but I hope to see something happening soon. I feel amazing and the extra endorfin's make me feel like I could conquer the world. I am really watching what i eat - the only time I've ever lost on a food diet is when I went on South Beach diet and was only consuming meat and cheese - I lost 15 pds that way right before I got pregnant with Connor. I am going to postpone the weight lifting and other training until I make it to 21 days of walking straight - simply because it takes 21 days to form a new habit or to get rid of habits. Then I will add some strenght and functional training to my routine. I would love to purchase a bike and ride to work on Sat. and Sundays - my work is only about 10 miles or less from my house. I would of course have to commit to getting up earlier but I think it is worth it. My problem is that I cant seem to find a bike that suits my stature as it is now. My weight has been a problem for a while now when it comes to finding the appropriate seat to sit in, riding at amusement parks etc...I am determined to lose this weight - i dont care if I have to struggle the whole way - it is worth it to be with little Connor and my family.

I've been bad

I took thursday and friday night off from exercising and ate reasonably but ate what i wanted to. I have started taking fish oil for the Omega-3's everyone is raving about right now for a healthy heart. Many of you might not realize that I have a heart murmur that I've never really had much trouble with but now that I am over weight -i need to be more cautious about.
One new funny on Connor: I was changing him thursday night to put on his night-night clothes and fresh diaper - he is into this new thing where he like to stand up on the changing table right at the very moment i get the diaper off and smile at me -like he has accomplished something. I usually just lay him back down and stuggle to get the diaper on him while he kicks like he's just learned to swim or something.
We'll on thursday night -got the diaper off of him - he stood straight up on that table and smiled at me - I helped him balance while trying to open the diaper to get it set up and felt a warm sensation on my stomack - i looked down and Connor was peeing on me and just smiling away as if he had just struck gold. I tell ya -sometimes this mommy thing is comical - and all you can do is just say oh well and smile back at them. i love being a mommy

Took a break

I didnt workout today at all other than going to the grocery store and fighting with Connor allday about sitting in the buggy the right way. I guess you could call that work. Today we celebrated Malcolm's 49th birthday adn he seemed pleased that we coult all get together. We ate dinner and had light conversation and watched Connor act a fool all night - crying and throwing a fit because he wanted down from the high-chair we had him in. With the teething, small tantrums, and tearing into everything he sees- you can only imagine that my child hear's and answers to his new nickname "NO"--Poor kid. And we aren't even into his terrible two's yet - I cant imagine. Today while out doing my daily payday thursday grocery shopping and bill paying, I bought Connor some new sippy cups to start using in place of his bottles. Because I bought these cups today, I felt it was time to put away the bottles. I was so depressed packing up all the bottles, bottle warmer, extra nipples, and formula dispensers. Something about putting them up -brought on a sinking feeling of my baby isnt a true baby anymore. Granted he still has his "Binky" which we are using to get him thru the rest of his teething-in which two bottom front teeth are working their way thru the gums as we speak. The dentist informed my yesterday that we should be taking the bottles and pacifiers away at 17mths because their teeth are being shaped right now and those two things can do more damage on little teeth than we know. He is 17 mths Today and slowly but surely all of the baby's things are starting to have to be put up and I am suddenly sad. I know he has to grow up but he has been the most wonderful baby, we could have and I hate to see this time pass- the time is gone and I wish I could go back. Luckily I have documented a lot of his milestones in his scrapbook and documented funny doing's and saying's in another notebook- so we can reflect on this time and those special moments. I've got great black mail material for later. Signing off now but my mood is definitely Reminisant and sad

Working on the Weight loss

This week I have cut back on my calories completely. Trying my best to only consume 1300 calories a day. I have been exercising for 4 full days now, by walking around the neighborhood - 2 miles a night which burns about 200 cal. a day alone. I have stopped drinking all sugary drinks, luckily without any major headaches or withdraws - on average I would drink4 Pepsi's a day = 600 cal just in what I was drinking. I have introduced strength training and functional training to my routine tonight and feel like I cant move. However, I can successfully report that I am down 7 pds since I started simply by cutting the pop out of my life--boo hoo and walking.
After 4 days I will have successfully walked 8 miles or 9300 steps towards my 10,000 steps a day goal! By December, I would like to be down 50 pds. I have carried this weight too long- almost 10 years now. My goal is to eventually weight somewhere between 135-150. I walk at night after the world has gone to bed, including my toddler who goes down about 9:30pm each night. It is nice at that time of day. No traffic distractions, people out staring at your flabby butt, and first and foremost- no sun, completely nice and brezzy outside. It is an amazing part of the day when I can reflect on my life, parenting skills, wife-skils, work, and the most important pray and talk to God. When I find that I am struggling to reach the top of the hill, I simply say to my self these few thoughts, "Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, so that we could live and be happy"-so " I can sacrifice and hurt and struggle so that I will I will be around for my family and be happy." I also cheer myself on by saying motivating things like " You are doing awesome baby just a few more steps til you are up the hill." I enjoyed looking at the full moon all week long - sort of a reward as I would round the curve to my house to start another lap around. I can do this - I cant give up - for me and my families sake

Getting started

I am just getting started with this blog page because I needed a place to put my thoughts, notions, to-do lists, weightloss progress, projects, scrapbooking ideas. I am so excited to learn about this blogging website from my friend Kim, who is blogging on her site about her new baby girl, Kelsey that she is adopting from Korea. I thought it was a great idea to share pictures of the experience and keep family and friends updated thru the whole process. I wanted the same so here it is. My site, with my favorite things, written down for all to see. Cant wait to get this really going.