Losing llllbbbsss!

Down 3 pounds.

Wish it was more.....BUT........happy with a little weight loss.

My dermatologists office thought I was nuts weighing myself and jumping with delight this morning.

Whatever. Happy me.

My fitness inspiration....

Reese Witherspoon has two kids and a normal, healthy body. This is who I aspire to look like (fitness wise).

Outside influences?

When I started this process I never knew how much outside influences would affect me. Life in general seems to effect the way that I feel towards working out each day. I feel so weighed down by the issues in my life. Then a sadness sets in and I would rather wallow in what feels like the end of the world then to get up and exercise.

Today I had a huge fight with my sister. I feel bad for the things that were said but feel good for saying some things that needed to be said. She believes that I am jealous of her. For dating my ex boyfriend? Its crazy. But maybe there is a subconscious jealousy. Who knows.

I feel selfish for taking the time from the boys to work out. i can't always work out with them. And when Oliver decides he is going to nap, sometimes i am so exhausted I cant even imagine working out.

Sorry for the delay.........

So.....
I have not been slacking in my weight loss goals. I have been making a point to do something physical each day. Wii sports seems to be very popular in our home lately. I have been trying to get Ben to buy Wii fit....but he basically ignores the request. lol.

I walked to get Carter from school a few days in the past two weeks. Oliver ends up covered in mud but the exercise is worth it.

Loving the warmer weather and plan to run today when Ben gets home from work.

Making BLT's for the boys for dinner.....I'll be eating a Lean Cuisine. ugh.

The weekend

Last week I put some of this hard core weight loss on hold due to worries about my grandma.

This weekend we were back on track though. I am proud of the good food choices that I made but I am still finding it super hard to get motivated to workout. I really need someone to work out with. A schedule to follow. I would love to get up super early and work out before the kids are awake and Ben leaves for work.

Ben made amazing enchiladas for dinner last night. We ate them again for lunch and dinner tonight. At least I made a huge fruit salad to go with it.

I really need some tips for healthy lunches and snacks for myself.

On a side note....Carter wanted to make cookies today. I only ate two.....

Day 1= FAIL!

So..I started my day with great intentions.
Vitamins -check
Coffee-check
Lean cuisine for lunch-check
Salad for dinner-check
Walked to get C from school-check

(Never did the Jillian dvd.) fail.

And then as I sat in my room hiding from cold germs(Ben was sleeping in the living room in an attempt to keep us all germ free). Switched on the Charlie Sheen interview and next thing I knew...I was munching on Lemonades Girl Scout Cookies. Ugh.

Today is a new day though. Oli and I are going to head to Kids in Motion to get mom in motion.

This really is harder then I thought. Old habits die hard.

Today is the day....

I told myself that March 1st would be a good day to start. No case of the Mondays to use as an excuse.

I woke up this morning (honestly was up half the night) and put on my game face. lol.

Mary(Ben's mom) gave me vitamins to take daily. They are a two packets of pills for morning and night. Five pills each. I choked down the first five for this morning. Followed with cup of coffee number two. For the day I am already at 50 calories. Aiming for 1500. We will see how that goes on day one.

Pulled out the Jillian 30 minute shred dvd to do when Oli naps. The plan is to do that daily as well as some other sort of ab workout.

I figure the easiest way for me to jump start my weight loss is to stick to fruits and veggies and water. I have a slight addiction to carbonation so I am sure I will have to allow myself my Diet Dr. Pepper later today.

Still looking into classes to take that will work with the family schedule...I really want to try a spin class.

Maybe some Wii boxing with Carter later........