The Protest...

A while ago (ok, so maybe it was like 2 weeks or so), my brother complained to me that he had been checking this daily and I hadn't been writing. So here I have been writing, and AGAIN he has failed to comment. So, here is the protest:

I REFUSE to write again until he comments. So there.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

It has been a very rainy, stormy, past few days in Ohio... UGH! But the good thing is that it gives me time to go to the gym!

So, I know I didn't update yesterday... sorry... I can't even blame it on the internet. But, I have a VERY good excuse! I was watching the Biggest Loser finale :)

This is going to be a very short-but-sweet update, because we are getting more storms and I have a lot going on. But, let me just say this, I am back in action! :)

YAY FOR THE DAY!!! (Tuesday) - A double workout day! I took my little guy on a walk since it was so beautiful out, then after mom got off of work, the 3 of us went to the gym!

YAY FOR THE DAY!!! (Wednesday) - I worked out with Brenda today! :) And I worked my ASS OFF! Just sayin. She was tough on me, and I loved it!

The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting. -Walt Disney

Stick With Me...

Our internet at home has been kinda wacked-out lately, so stick with me! If I don't post, chances are I didn't get the internet up that day!

I had a great past 2 days.

Yesterday, I had lunch with a friend that I went to school with a LONG time ago. She moved to Columbus right before high school, and we have only seen each other a few select times since then. So she was coming into town, and we decided to go out to lunch. We went to Panera, I did a "You Pick Two", and did REALLY well on calories! Win #1.

Today I was my dad's teaching partner at school. This was pretty cool, because we have never officially "taught" together. So it was a first! The good news? We were outside for Softball, so I got in a whole lot of exercise! He put me on the farthest softball field to get in some extra steps! Just in the 7 class periods, I did almost 6000 steps!

So, in the event of my "new layout" (which, by the way, was SO BRILLIANT that I forgot what I wrote... LOL), here's what I have promised you!

YAY FOR THE DAY!!! - My yay for the day today was that I was, as usual, running late getting to school (only for McCord for some reason, every other school I'm way early). But that's not my "yay".... my "yay" is that I didn't have time to pack lunch, but I still did really well! The lunch ladies took good care of me and made me a tuna sandwich on wheat bread, and I had some baked chips to go with it. YUMMMM! And it was filling! So thank you to the ladies that run the show at lunch at McCord for providing me with my "YAY FOR THE DAY"! Normally, it would've been pizza! NOT TODAY! :)

"Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion. You are strong enough to sit in the space between spaces and allow divine inspiration to shed some light. When you put positive energy and productive effort into the world it will come back to you. Occasionally in ways you might not immediately understand and on a time frame you didn’t expect. Look. Listen. Learn. Stay open. Your destiny is awaiting you."
— Jillian Michaels (Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life)

Um.... hi?

I know, I keep saying "I'm really back!" So when was my last post? I couldn't even tell you... :(

Truth be told, I lost it for a few weeks. I kept saying "I'm just going to take this week off, it's a crazy time for me, I'll get back into it next week" as I'm sure we're all so familiar with in our own journeys. Well, let's document this day as the SECOND day I am back in action.

I have this history with dieting where I get so into it that I'm obsessive about it. I truly wasn't like that this time, in fact, I think I was almost TOO relaxed about it. I allowed myself to eat things and not document them in the calorie count. I allowed myself to not work out. Not good.

So, here's the new me. I am still down 6 pounds from when I started, so that's good. In my history I would gain the weight back and then some, even if it was only a few weeks. We went to work out yesterday and it felt AMAZING (and it must have been a good one, too, because I laid in bed for an hour this morning after waking up, which I only do when I'm sore...)

This week I have an appointment with Brenda to work out, and I swear if I get a subbing job, someone will get hurt, LOL. Here's the thing - this is a BUSY time for substitute teachers. In the past 2 months, there have been 2 weeks of state testing (special needs children need "testing subs" to come in and read the test to them, scribe their answers, etc.) and all the end of the year hooplah. This is when the teachers want days off because the kids are driving them crazy! So, between subbing and nannying I have had no time to work out with Brenda :( So finally, I get to see her on Thursday!

The new deal is, I am going to have a new kind of "layout" if you will, for my blog posts. I will give an update, then I am going to give my "YAY FOR THE DAY!" (big achievement of the day), and on weigh in days, I will have "RIP" for the weight that I have lost and will NEVER see again. And, of course, my weight loss quote to end the post. Be ready, this is about to be EPIC! :)

"Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work." - Oprah Winfrey

You haven't lost confidence in me, have you?

I have been an epic failure at blogging lately... sorry! The past few weeks have been mass chaos for me. I started nannying a 1 year old boy 2 days a week (food has been a disaster), guard has started back up (add another job into the mix), and we got Gidget - which is SUPER time consuming!

Workouts have unfortunately been few and far between. I get in a walk as much as I can with my mom, but it's been tough. I decided today that I am going to be "no excuses" again, and just say I was lazy. I took every opportunity I had to get in a nap, and it didn't work because I still wound up sick. The little boy I watch sneezed on me, and the next day I woke up feeling yucky. It was that quick. Bummer! But I'm on the up-swing here from the sickness. I was supposed to work out with Brenda yesterday, and I cancelled to take a relaxing day (we will discuss my "weekend" later). I am so glad I did! I felt MUCH better this morning!

So today I am getting back into the swing. I have been wearing the bodybugg still, and making sure I am burning my calories by any means necessary, but I have also been more active in other ways besides working out, and still getting my burn. This can mean great things for the weeks to come! When I'm working out again, I will burn that many more calories, and the weight will just fall off of me.

I have discovered the life of a mom. It's unreal how I'm squeezing in my lunch and eating whatever I can find. It's awful, but true! I only get to eat when he's napping, so it's like he goes down for a nap, I clean up, find something to eat, watch like 30 minutes of TV (usually Dr. Phil - I started taping it to have something to watch), then he's awake and moving again. He's at the age to where he walks all over the place, and I have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't eat something he's not supposed to! LOL

So my "weekend" (this is the pain of working way too many jobs) wasn't a weekend. I did get to relax part of Saturday, but I babysat the neighbor's 5 kids Saturday night. AKA, we watched Harry Potter and had a pizza party. But then, the time I should've gotten to relax, one of the little ones wouldn't go to bed. He was screaming and having a fit, so we sat downstairs and chatted until mom and dad got home.

Sunday I had a meeting for OIPA, our winter guard circuit. Now that I'm a director, I'm supposed to go to these annual meetings. Yaaaaaaay! It was fun to see everyone outside of competitions where we can't talk, plus a girl I marched Collage with was there representing another guard, and my director from Collage was there. Pretty cool to say the least! It was a full day thing since it was in Columbus, but it was still fun.

So here we go, time to really get back down to business and back into the swing of things. The real positive? I've manged to maintain my weight from the 10 pounds lost! :)