It's been so long....

Sorry for not blogging. I have been blogging a lot at Mommy - Thirtysomething Rookie. I am really enjoying blogging about my experiences as being a mom.  My other reason for not blogging is that I have not had anything to report. I slacked off all summer long. But last Tuesday, I started back to Weight Watchers.

The good news is I only gained 3 pounds. I have been back on program for a week now. I lost .8lbs the first week. But I was not completely committed to getting back on program. I ate moderately last week, but my downfall was that I drank more alcohol this past weekend then I have in the last month. I was with good friends and had good cheap wine. It just flowed freely from the bottle to my glass.

I just weighed in yesterday and I ate really well all day until the late evening when I decided I was going to make some nachos. Now I only had tortilla chips with melted cheese on them, but never the less, it put me over my points allowance. But I am BACK on track today. I have only used 8pts today. I'm not hungry either. I also have an apple for a snack later.

As for the exercising, I have started back with my lunch time workouts. I try to do cardio for 16 minutes as hard as I can, 2-3 days a week followed by some ab exercises or lifting weight for my arms.  Then 1-2 days a week I do a lifting workout. I am trying to shed the rest of my baby weight. So that is why I am doing more cardio than lifting. Once I get closer to my goal weight, I will switch to doing more lifting workouts to gain more muscle. At least that is my game plan.

I hope everyone is doing well with their goals. Let's keep each other motivated

Checking in on my goals.....

Since it is July I wanted to go back and look at my goals for this year and see how I am doing. Am I on track or do I need to make some adjustments or make some of the goals more specific. So lets see how I am doing:

1. Be the best mom &wife, I can be.  

I am most definitely more comfortable in my mommy role as time goes by. I do trust my instincts but still seek others advice. As for wife, I am a good wife but I still feel I could do better. So I guess I need to work on it. Of course these are both things that continue to grow and change over time so I will always be working on these.

2. Take better care of myself.

I was doing really well for the first 4 months but have really slacked off lately. But I am currently getting myself back on track. I have lost weight but still have a few more pounds to take off.

A. Drink more water and less pop

This seems to go in waves for me. I have cut down on the amount of pop I drink. But I still would like to reduce the amount to drinking it every now and then. 

B. Eat more veggies

I also continue to struggle sometimes. But I find it is more the problem of not having them on hand sometimes. And seldomly I just really crave meat and that is all I eat. But we are eating more vegetables with meals. Tonight is lowfat hot sausage with baked sweet potato fries.

C. Exercise more

Again I did really well for the 1st four months of the year but slacked of in the spring. I am not working to get my workout schedule set for the summer. So far I have lifting on Monday & Wednesday, cardio on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday,  Thursday is golf night and we walk, Saturday is tough because alot of the time I need to find a babysitter (sadly the gym does not have babysitting on Saturday mornings). It still needs some tweeking.

3. Make more time for myself & friends.

 Sunday I took some me time and just sat on my porch and read magazines for about an hour & half. It was GREAT! I started golfing on Thursday nights in a women's league with my very good friend Elizabeth. I really look forward to it. Caleb and I have really trying to make "dates" with all our friends throughout the summer.

4. Train to run a 5K.

I am not doing so well. As a matter of fact the race I wanted to run is this Saturday and I am not ready for it at all. I may still walk it. I have been mulling over whether or not I want to start training again or just go with spinning and Zumba my favorite activities and try to train again next year. We will see.

5. Blog more at least once a week.

I have updated this goal. I have not blogged as much as I intiaitially intended to, but when I made these goals I was not a freelance blogger. So I am blogging often at http://www.whattoexpect.com/blogs/mommythirtysomethingrookie/default.aspx, but I have been slacking of on blogging here. I am sorry for that.  But I will continue to blog and try my best to blog at least once a week.

Thanks for checking in with me. I feel it is good to re-evaluate your goals. How are you doing with your goals for this year? Have you re-evaluated your goals?

Checking in & setting new goals

I have been doing much better at getting myself to the gym. I even went during the week when I was on vacation from work. I am currently trying to figure out my summer workout schedule so I can get it on my calendar and to do list everyday. My SIL and I have even started to meet in the evening to walk with our children. So that is some extra exercise in my day no matter what. The reason that I have not settled on my workout schedule is the mommy guilt thing. I am already away from G. all day and then to be away from him for another 40mins/hour. But he would actually be going to the YMCA with me and hanging out in the babysitting area while I go to spinning or zumba. I know that I am setting a good example for my toddler but and that I am a better mom when I get to workout and relieve some stress. But I miss him. I will get it all worked out.

As for my eating.....well not so good. I have been eating alot of junk food and eating massive quantities. The one night I even ate until I felt ill. Why am I doing this? Not sure but I do have some plans to an end to this mindless eating and over indulging. I have printed out a calendar for June. On that calendar I have planned out my dinners for the rest of the month. I have next week's lunches also planned out and have been thinking about breakfast. This way I eat more healthy and we also eat out a lot less. Along with planning our dinners and my lunch, I have tried to cook dinners that will have leftovers for my husband to take to work for his lunch. He is bad about packing lunches and then ends up eating fast food for lunch. Which is bad for him and of course it is not cheap to eat out all the time.

So I am planning to put a hurting on all this mindless eating and get back to clean healthy eating with a little bit of the bad stuff. I have learned that depriving myself of something only makes the want stronger and then I eat more than I would if I would have just had some from the beginning.

What are your fitness goals for the summer? Do you have your workouts all planned?

Have a great weekend!

Back on track? And Weigh in

So I had a great time at Zumba on Saturday. I Zumba-d for about an hour and a half and sweated so much. I'm not sure I ever sweated that much before. There were 48 women dancing and shaking it up for a good cause.  Sunday I took my son for a 2 mile walk. I tried to jog some of it but it was really hot (the hottest it has been this year) and I didn't have the energy. Yesterday I didn't get to workout during lunch because of a luncheon I had. So when I got home I put the baby in his pack-n-play, in the shade of course, and pulled weeds and picked up trash around our yard. After dinner I met my SIL for a 2 mile walk again with all the kids. Tonight I am going to take my son to the babysitting at the gym and get my weight lifting in.

On Thursday my family is going to the lake for Memorial day weekend. I am very excited to go. It is a well needed getaway. I hope that G. does well sleeping in a new place. I am not sure if I will get much exercise in since I will be sitting on a boat most of the time. We will do the touristy thing one day with my mom so that will be some walking. I hope that my mom will watch G. so I can get a training session or 2 from my Couch to 5K plan.

Today was Weight Watchers day so it was also WEIGH-IN day. I didn't gain or lose any weight this week. But that is ok because AF is in town. But I am determined to not eat a bunch of junk this weekend while I am gone and getting in some activity so that I see a lose next week.

Have a great Tuesday!

GREAT kick start

Today I met with my personal trainer and she KICKED my butt! I loved every minute of it and can't wait to see her again in 3 weeks. I feel GREAT!!!

This is exactly what I needed to get me back into my workout schedule. I'm excited for my 1.5 hour Zumba class on Saturday.

Now I'm off to golf. We walk the course and it is sunny and 76 degrees! Hello sunscreen and shorts.

I'll type more soon. Just wanted to share my excitement.

Stuck

I still have not started back into my exercise routine.

Today is weigh in day at my Weight Watchers meeting and I am not expecting a loss at all. Especially after the ice cream I had over the weekend. I actually did pretty well with my eating until I discovered a new ice cream flavor at our local ice cream store.

I have been searching the internet today for some motivation. I am not sure why I can't get started again. I was doing soooo well. I do feel punky again and my self-esteem has went down since I stopped working out. So I know in my head that I need to get back to exercising during my lunch hour.

Then the eating I have not went terribly out of control with but I could cut back to help with my weight loss. I still have a few weeks until my son's birthday and I know I am not going to make my goal but I could and should be working on it and on my way to my goal. I have come so far already why the lack of motivation?????

What do you do to get you back into your routine after a hiatus? Help me get back into mine, PLEASE!

FUNK

So I am in a funk. I can't seem to get myself back into my exercise routine. I have the best intentions and then when the time to actually workout arrives I don't do it. Like yesterday, I was going to go to the gym. But it was so nice outside, I thought I would go for a good walk instead. Nope I went to look at cakes for my son's 1st birthday party instead. What is wrong with me????

Next I have just wanted to eat everything. I am just not feeling full. This morning we were up early and I was ready early so I took Gaven for breakfast at McDonalds (by the way, his first trip to McD's). I ordered hotcakes and sausage and a milk for me. Gaven at one pancake and I ate the other two and the sausage and drank the milk. Right now I am drink crystal light and I am wanting something more. I must be going through some emotional thing because I am an emotional eater. But what is it. Things in my life are pretty good.

I just have to get myself working out and that itself should help with whatever emotional thing I am going through. Plus I will kickstart my weight loss again.

How do you get yourself motivated and/or back into your workout routine when you slip away from it???