Well...

What can I say. It has been a long Month and it has gone by way too fast. I've been walking at least once every week, some weeks, three times. I wish it was more. My walking buddy has been super busy, so we walk together when we can. I do attempt walking with Zaidy, it just hasn't been as often as it should. Needless to say my weight has suffered. I've gained two pounds and have had some trouble trying to get rid of that. Ay! I hope y'all are having more luck. =0)

Don't ya just love Fall??

It is the best time of year as far as weather is concerned. You can wear shorts, sometimes, t-shirts too, and not sweat like crazy in them. It feels so good to breathe the air in and out and just feel clean. I love the smell of the season while I'm jogging especially or even walking. =0) I love doing both, however I have fallen behind a bit. I've gained 3 pounds because of it too. Today when I woke up, I knew I had to get crackin' on this so I can continue with growing my Family. =0) So far, all is well!! I'm hoping that I'll get a hold of my eating, once again, and be able to feel physically capable of exercising again. I feel like my whole body is just a huge lead weight when I'm doing anything physical. It's such a bummer! I felt nice and light when I would run before, simply because I was eating so much better and taking the time to just breathe and not feel overwhelmed with the fact that I have let go of my control over my body. What a pain food is! You either love it or hate, and even then it doesn't really matter because you are going to have to eat! =0)

Do I dare...

step on the scale. It has been almost two weeks since I jogged and so I attempted last night with Gabby and Zaidy and then tonight, with the two of them once again. Boy, talk about killer. I was dying after just a lap and I know that had more to do with the fact that I was pushing a stroller while trying to keep a dog from running away. What a bummer! Oh well, once again, time to start all over again!

Oopsie!

So the past three and a half weeks have been kind of depressing. I had been fighting with the fact that I had felt like I had gained a ton of weight. Right before, and the week after that lovely time of the month, I had felt bloated and really fat. I had not dared to get on the scale for fear of depressing myself into a eating frenzy. Which I will do, when the numbers on the scale have moved in the wrong direction. I know it is silly, and I shouldn't put too much of my thought into it, but it really, really bugs the mess out of me that I can't just will myself skinny. I know I have to work for it, so I can feel some sort of accomplishment and joy in having reached my goal. It's still a pain in the rear though, when a new day comes about and the scale isn't budging. ~sigh~ Well, I finally stepped on the scale this morning, just to see what the damage has been from my lack of walking/jogging in the last three weeks. To my great relief, and I am so very grateful to say, I actually dropped a pound. So I have lost a total of 13 pounds, even though it doesn't always feel like I have, just because I am still 23 pounds heavier than my pre-pregnancy self. Once again, ~sigh~. =0) Any ways, the fire has been rekindled and I am happy to work out every day once again and attempt to get my mile up to a mile and half, and then so on and so forth. haha!! Yay for the scale, I still love you! Hope you guys are doing great and having some success!!

Yay, wait, let me say that again, Yay!!!

I know that is kind of silly, however I am feeling so great. I pushed myself tonight, finally, and ran a full three laps, without stopping in between. =0) I ended up letting Zaidy just jog behind, instead of trying to make her keep up. She did do good, and actually, did not seem to be all that out of breath by the time we got done. I think I'm working her up to be able to go with me more than a mile. yay! I feel so good, a little tired, however still really good. I'm so glad I just made myself do it. I think I might start getting up in the morning, early, so I can run farther without taking Zaidy out for such a long go. I think she just needs a walk. hee hee! Hope y'all are doing great at your healthy ventures.

So...

I've been bad about not posting, only because I have not been quite as active as I should be. Right after that last post, I left to go to Alabama with Bonnie, as y'all know, and while I was gone, I swam, worked my abs on a cool machine, jumped on a trampoline and then swam a bit more. I didn't run like I had thought of doing, since Aunt Alta actually has a treadmill, so I tried to make up for it by swimming. Which actually worked out fine, I didn't gain a pound while I was gone. However, since being home, I have slacked on the running, walking and even eating right. I started eating better again this past Monday, jogged that night, and then yesterday ate good again, but didn't make it out running. My legs were so soar from the previous night, and not having used them all that much. Today, I did take Zaidy out again and we jogged. I didn't do a full mile, just because I am so soar still! =0) I feel better though, thankfully!! I'm hoping y'all are doing great with your endeavors in working out and eating healthy!! =0)

Here I go again! =0)

Well, ViQuest hasn't happened yet, but that has been more because of timing. =0) I'm hoping soon though. Next week we leave for Alabama, so my jogging may come to a halt for a bit. I'm hoping to replace it with swimming in a swimming pool. =0) Last night I went went jogging again with Zaidy. We walked the first lap, ran the 2nd, walked the 3rd and then I had to put Zaidy up. In the middle of the 3rd lap some lady was shouting at me from behind (I had my nano with me, so I was listening to music) to stop because she wanted to know if I had any caster oil for her pregnant friend. Weird. I told her I didn't and that I had heard that that doesn't actually work. =0) To top it all off she had a little irish terrier that was driving Zaidy crazy. So needless to say, Zaidy was put up and I jogged two more laps without stopping. So I did a whole mile for the first time since before getting pregnant. YAYAYAYAYAY!!! It was rough. It actually was inspiration to put Zaidy up because, as I was ending that first lap of jogging after having put her in the house, Phil and his dog, Shade, who Zaidy hates, came walking around the corner. Whew, missed a fight there!! =0) It was a great run and I'm unfortunately feelin' it right now. I'm so tired, not soar, but tired. YAY!!!

warm-up: 7 minute walk
2nd lap: 5 minute jog
3rd lap: 7 minute walk
4th lap:5 minute jog
5th lap: 7 minute jog (I slowed down =0))
cool down: 2 minute walk, 5 minute sweeping porch
total distance: 1.5 mile

Going the Distance!! =0)

Tonight was a interesting night. =0) I haven't jogged since my last post. Too much has been happening that every night seemed to come and go and I didn't even think about jogging. Well, tonight, I did it. I had to change my route though because in our park, as I was walking a warm-up lap, I noticed there were a lot of guys outside hanging out at one of the houses on my route. So I decided to take to the walking route Dianne and I do. That means we have to run along the highway to get to the neighborhood we go through. Zaidy actually did really well. All she did that was a bit of a pain, was pee on the curb and all over her foot. Yuck!! I don't think I ran the distance I have been working up to, but that is okay. I at least did a good workout! I feel fabulous too!! =0)

warm-up: 5 minute walk
work-out: 17 minute jog
distance: 3/4 mile
cool-down: 8 minute walk

Yeeee-haaawwww - I love jogging!!

So tonight was a interesting night. I had went walking earlier in the day with Dianne and the girls and we walked for a solid 45 minutes and it felt great. I've been trying to take Zaidy on walks every night and actually jog with her. So far, I've only jogged for a distance of maybe a little under half a mile. Well, today I decided to just push it. I'm tired of thinking every day how much I need to jog more and actually get back up to a mile and then start pushing it farther, since truthfully I have never actually ran more than a mile for my whole exercise history. I think I got close to 2 or 3 when I ran with Dad back when I had just gotten out of high school, but never more. I love reading my friends blogs who are actual running fanatics and run marathons, and I've always thought that'd be awesome to do. I loved looking at pictures of Wynne, when she would compete too. Any hoot, tonight I decided I'm not getting anywhere by being stagnent so I pushed it to just under a mile and let me tell you I feel awesome. I wasn't fatigued, I wasn't burning too much, I wasn't dying of breath and I'm pretty sure I could've kept going, but unfortunately, Zaidy could not. She started trailing behind me after lap two and then she just trailed behind me by a foot. It was sad to quit, but I really do not like punishing the dog. Haha!! I love it and hope that I can keep it up!! How are you guys doing??? =0)

Thank you!

I seriously love your comments Katie and Shannon. Thank you so much for the support!! I have gotten my run up to a little over 1/2 a mile, which is awesome! I love how I feel afterward. I haven't lost anymore weight, but thankfully I haven't gained any of what I've lost back, which is a real accomplishment. Hahaha!! I left my running shoes in Jville this past weekend so I pulled out my little green kangaroos last night to run. I unfortunately must report they are definitely only for show. I have blisters on the back of both ankles, and they are deep too. Ay!! Thankfully, this morning when I was getting ready for my walk I decided to look for my tennis shoes that I wore while I was pregnant, and thankfully I still had them. Yay!! So today I wore those and they felt so much better, even though I still had the bloomin' blisters to worry about. =0) If anything, the weight may not come off, but at least I'll build my strength back up so that whenever I do get pregnant, I'll be able to hopefully carry without any extra problems besides the extra weight. Hope you guys are doing great and having luck with your health!! =0) Love y'all!!

I love to Run!

Even though it is so difficult while I'm actually doing it, I still love to run. I feel so much better afterward and I love how I feel the next day. I weighed myself this morning, after having not done so in a week, and I had actually lost another pound, now actually putting my weight loss at 11 pounds. I'm so excited, and truthfully, it makes me just feel like I'm a bit closer to having another baby!!! =0) If I had just been on the ball 17 months ago, I would not have to be stressing over any of this now, especially when we are so ready to expand the family!! =0) I hope y'all are having so lots of success!! Love y'all!

I was hoping it wouldn't happen but...

I had thought about not writing that last post. I knew it would happen and it did. I've platueed on the weight loss. It stinks too. I lost one more pound and now I've fought to keep all of the weight off that I've lost. It is the most annoying thing in the world. It has been a matter of self-control too. I get up in the morning and instead of eating yogurt, I'll have a small bowl of cereal like Gabby. Well, doing that adds to my calorie intake and for some reason it has been so hard getting the calorie intake down and keeping it down during the rest of the day. It doesn't help when I eat fast food, even though I do eat only half of what I get. It doesn't always work though. So today, I've already eaten all of my calorie intake, so it'll be nothing but exercise and water until tomorrow morning. I know that sounds crazy, but I did it right before I started the whole thing before, so I figure, today can be the beginning of the next 10 pounds I'm going to loose. I'm trying to keep my spirits high too, by not getting on the scale in the morning, especially when I know I have probably gained a little. That way I don't think about what a failure I am at loosing weight. hehe! I seriously want to start working on having another baby, and it ain't happening until I loose at least 10 more pounds. I know that is probably a silly thing to do, however I do not want to be severly overweight after the second baby. =0)

Walking is awesome!!

I have to say, even though it is hot, the weather is awesome. I, of course, could do without the rain, but if it keeps the grass growing and the flowers blooming, I can definitely deal with it. I have awesome news, and I only pray that it will continue on. =0) I have lost almost 8 pounds. I have been walking almost every day, it doesn't happen every day, like I would love, but I have been walking. I also have been doing portion control, which seriously has done wonders. It's still hard to stop at half if it is so good and delicious, ay, it's hard. =0) I hope y'all are doing as well and having fun doing it. I love food, it's horrible to say, but I so love food. I have to keep reminding myself that it's only food, and I am not going to die if I do not eat all of the food in front of me, or if I do not get a huge helping of food. =0) Ha ha!!

Happy Easter Resolution!

These past couple of weeks have been so chocked full of things to do, however boredom takes over way too much it seems. I have been trying to do portion control and eat healthier. It has been a great three days that I have been trying. I think I feel a whole lot better, that is for sure. I even feel lighter, even though that isn't what the scale says, but that's okay, I'm getting to where I'm willing to wait. Ha ha!! =0) I've decided to make it my Easter Resolution to be patient!! Hope it works and hope y'all are having better luck and are safe and healthy!! =0)

Wretched Rain!

Ha ha! Thought you guys might get a kick out of this rant. I haven't ever enjoyed the rain, except on days when all I wanted to do was stay in and sleep. Now with Gabby, of course it also inhibits outdoor activity. I am very thankful for the rain, so don't get me wrong, but it is something that I wish would happen at night when we can't go out anyways. =0) I know I need to suck it up, but that still doesn't make it fun or even all better. =0) It has been very nice out these past few days so yesterday we went for a walk with great friends from Church and then that afternoon we went on another quick walk for Zaidy. Today we attempted to walk, but apparently I did a lot more work yesterday than I thought. My legs were burning by the time I turned onto the second lap. Sadly enough we only made it around two laps before we gave it up for socializing with our neighbors. It did rain this morning, but the nice break was too hard to resist! I do love walking a great deal it seems lately. I would rather do that than my aerobic videos. =0) Is it possible to be burned out on something you did a lot a long time ago? Ha ha!!

Wretched cold!

It's funny to say how much I loved the cold before I had Gabby and even during my pregnancy. Seriously though, now I can't stand it. Every day that it is cold I want to say somethings that I shouldn't. Ha ha! I want to be able to go outside and jog/walk with Gabby and Zaidy, and when it is cold, we can't do it. I don't want to make Gabby sick, so I wake up praying it is going to be at least in the 5o's so I can go out and walk or even play in the yard. I love the warm weather so much now. I know it has to do with the fact that everything in my world has flipped upside down since having Gabby, and I am not at all complaining about that, but it would be nice for the weather to comply with my weight loss, rather than hender. =0) I'm not getting rid of Gabby any time soon, so please weather, please pick a season and stick with it. So basically, it's been too cold to do to much outside since Thursday, and the rain hasn't helped either, so I'm feeling the weight gain. I get bored so easily too, and that unfortunately just adds to my food consumption and that does not lessen when I'm inmobile. =0) Can't wait for lovely spring!

Beautiful days are addictive!!

We went out again today for some wonderful spring weather. Gabby absolutely loves just walking around out in the sun exploring. It's so fun to watch!!! So we were out for about 2 and half hours just walking around and enjoying the warmth and joy that comes with such a gorgeous day. I'm working on eating right, didn't work this morning though. I ended up downing a bunch of thin mints and then some popcorn for breakfast. I know, not good. I had every intention of eating right, but when it came down to looking, we didn't have enough milk for a slim-fast shake, and then there wasn't anything else that appealed to me. Ay! I'm so bad. I've got to get a grip on things and just step out of the box that I have wrapped myself up in, that only involves eating everything and lots of it and no exercise. I feel so great after I do some type of activity, but it's just the motivation I lack a lot of the time. Ay!

Sunny Day!!!

Today was beautiful outside so we decided to go out for a walk. We haven't done so in over two months because it has been so cold and the weather has changed from snowy to windy to just downright cold! =0) We went for a walk first, taking Zaidy, and then we just hung around the yard. Gabby loved picking through everything and trying her hardest to go into everyone else's yard. My legs were absolutely burning by the time we got back to the house, and we had only walked for 30 minutes. Thus reminding me that I am way out of shape!! =0)

So instead of deleting it...

I'm just going to turn it into my exercising blog. Maybe I'll add some ranting on about life and the depression my lovely battle with fat as brought me! Love it all! So, come and take a look and maybe leave a comment, but don't worry so much about actually posting!! I'll do all of the work!! ha ha!!

I'm wondering...

if we should just scrap this blog. I know a lot of us our too busy to do one blog, let alone two, or can't even see it. =0) So...should we just stop with this blog? I love getting on and looking, but since we aren't using it, maybe we should just go our seperate ways when it comes to joint weight loss! =0) Let me know if you are for or against deleting this blog!!!

Talking and walking equal out of breath!

Today was great talking on the phone to Katie and walking with Gabby and Zaidy. Zaidy still has not figured out not to pull so hard sometimes when we are walking, so I spent a lot of the time trying to keep the stroller straight. Gabby was all bundled up too, playing with her little steering wheel. It was hilarious and fun! Hopefully running will happen tomorrow! Tonight I'm hoping to do a bit of aeorbics with one of my many videos. Let's keep our fingers crossed that I'll actually do it!! Ha ha!!

Wii and wheee!!

I love jogging! Wish I could do more of it for longer periods of time! Maybe soon!!! =0) I recommend the Wii fit too! I never knew hula hoppin' could be so fun and burn calories!!! =0)

Sore

muscles.

Cardio Kick class for 1 hour.

I was doing good, until I realized I was sweaty in places that were embarrassing, so my kicks weren't as high after that. :) Ew. :)