I was so proud of myself for keeping up w/ this blog and then the so called "routine" I thought I had established was disrupted when Baby Girl decided she needed to be held at 3 AM. This went on for about a week so by the time I was able to go back to bed, I had turned off my alarm and woke up to the Boy telling me to wake up. Luckily, I was able to shower and get ready after she had eaten and was happily playing on the floor.
The next week she was waking up when my alarm would go off. I usually hit snooze once or twice (who doesn't?) and by the time I was fully conscious, she was talking and starting to complain. I remember that week I slept hard and don't even have a memory of the first round of buzzing from the alarm.
I bought a body ball today and have every intention of inflating it tomorrow and getting started toning and tightening (let's hope it comes w/ a picture examples of what to do). I would have opened it today, but the boy was so excited about it and called it a "toy" that I think it's best to inflate when he's not here, use alone and hide. It will be hard enough keeping the dog away from it.
We're waiting to hear if there's going to be an offer made on our house tomorrow and I've been going through mood swings like you wouldn't believe. Luckily none of them have involved binge eating. I am starting to border on becoming severely depressed and hate talking to my husband as he lives the "bachelor" life. I know he misses us and all but how nice would it be to get a whole night of uninterrupted sleep?! I've dreamed of that for months. (Don't get me wrong, I love my kids deeply and have only left my son twice overnight since he's been born, but after experiencing single mom life for the last 6 weeks, I'm ready for a break!)
Check back to see if I was able to figure out how to inflate my body ball.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Workout craziness
In my last post I brought up Pinterest. This place is a procrastinator's dream. I can spend literally an hour on that site and it feels like 10 minutes have passed. I know everyone can agree w/ me on this. My problem is, I have the app on my phone, and so in the mornings I'll be scrolling through while I'm nursing my daughter and just pin stuff I like w/o really looking at the site it's coming from. The majority of my personal pins are recipes/crafts/items I know nothing about except they look cool. Please tell me other people have this problem too?!
Back to the exercise topic; I have pinned so many workout ideas I can't remember which ones I have and sometimes pin a repeat. My intention when we get moved to our new house and I turn into a SAHM is to create a "workout binder" which contains a list of workout ideas complete w/ pictures (if possible) b/c I don't want to have to find the appropriate routine on my phone everytime I want to work out, this way all I have to do is flip open my binder.
I spoke earlier about my denim capri pants (I call them my short pants) that are my favorite and I haven't been able to get into them for 2 years. I ordered my first pair of TOMS for my birthday and they should be here today. I told my husband they would look super cute w/ my short pants but I'm still too big for them. Well, they button and everything but there's a large portion of skin that hangs over the top which makes sitting uncomfortable in more than one way (everybody knows what I'm talking about).
There are so many things that could act as motivation for me right now and I choose to either ignore them or just plain forget. A wedding coming up next month where the bride is a stick, a 4th of July party where my sister-in-law and her husband will be visiting (she is the Queen of stick people) and our cruise in August. I worry that the summer will be over before I can get into my short pants.
Okay that's enough complaining and feeling sorry for myself. I've gotten better about that but still catch myself bitching about my weight and I've just gone on and on about how I don't do anything about it. No more excuses!
Back to the exercise topic; I have pinned so many workout ideas I can't remember which ones I have and sometimes pin a repeat. My intention when we get moved to our new house and I turn into a SAHM is to create a "workout binder" which contains a list of workout ideas complete w/ pictures (if possible) b/c I don't want to have to find the appropriate routine on my phone everytime I want to work out, this way all I have to do is flip open my binder.
I spoke earlier about my denim capri pants (I call them my short pants) that are my favorite and I haven't been able to get into them for 2 years. I ordered my first pair of TOMS for my birthday and they should be here today. I told my husband they would look super cute w/ my short pants but I'm still too big for them. Well, they button and everything but there's a large portion of skin that hangs over the top which makes sitting uncomfortable in more than one way (everybody knows what I'm talking about).
There are so many things that could act as motivation for me right now and I choose to either ignore them or just plain forget. A wedding coming up next month where the bride is a stick, a 4th of July party where my sister-in-law and her husband will be visiting (she is the Queen of stick people) and our cruise in August. I worry that the summer will be over before I can get into my short pants.
Okay that's enough complaining and feeling sorry for myself. I've gotten better about that but still catch myself bitching about my weight and I've just gone on and on about how I don't do anything about it. No more excuses!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
On a Roll
Wow, 2 posts already this week! Check off one daily goal first thing!
Since becoming a single parent Sunday thru Thursday, I've learned the importance of the morning routine. I was never a morning person, I mean NEVER. In high school and college I would sleep until at least 11. Once I got married I found it impossible to sleep past 8 and since having kids, what is sleep? But now that I'm "alone" in my house, I have settled into a nice morning schedule. I was snoozing my alarm for about 45 min. to an hour the first week after my husband left and discovering Baby Girl was also waking to my alarm. (Yes it took me about a week to realize this.) Now I let it snooze maybe twice then turn it off and get up. Sure I may lay there for an extra 10 mins. but I'm awake and giving myself a pep talk.
After taking a shower, I dress and head to the kitchen. Yesterday morning didn't go as planned (not every morning can go as planned) but Monday morning I wrote my blog post and settled down nicely on the couch to catch up on my overwhelming amount of scramble games. I have at least 6 going at a time and it is crazy! I was trying to catch up at work when I take my break to pump, but found that interfered w/ my reading so try to get caught up before bed and in the morning.
As for the diet/exercise portion of this blog: Yesterday I went WAY over my allotted calories (everyone needs to check out My Fitness Pal app). It is awesome! I love how I can scan the barcodes of the food I'm eating (of course recipes are a little tricky). And Baby Girl has been changing her nighttime routine so exercise has been non-existent, but it wasn't really there before so no excuses! Last week I actually thought I'd lost about 2 lbs. but was disappointed after stepping on the scale Sunday to see the numbers back in my "normal zone." I've plateaued and need to get under this number. It will happen! I need to be positive. Do you know how many exercise routines there are on Pinterest?! Wait, I think I just found my next topic. Tune in tomorrow!
Since becoming a single parent Sunday thru Thursday, I've learned the importance of the morning routine. I was never a morning person, I mean NEVER. In high school and college I would sleep until at least 11. Once I got married I found it impossible to sleep past 8 and since having kids, what is sleep? But now that I'm "alone" in my house, I have settled into a nice morning schedule. I was snoozing my alarm for about 45 min. to an hour the first week after my husband left and discovering Baby Girl was also waking to my alarm. (Yes it took me about a week to realize this.) Now I let it snooze maybe twice then turn it off and get up. Sure I may lay there for an extra 10 mins. but I'm awake and giving myself a pep talk.
After taking a shower, I dress and head to the kitchen. Yesterday morning didn't go as planned (not every morning can go as planned) but Monday morning I wrote my blog post and settled down nicely on the couch to catch up on my overwhelming amount of scramble games. I have at least 6 going at a time and it is crazy! I was trying to catch up at work when I take my break to pump, but found that interfered w/ my reading so try to get caught up before bed and in the morning.
As for the diet/exercise portion of this blog: Yesterday I went WAY over my allotted calories (everyone needs to check out My Fitness Pal app). It is awesome! I love how I can scan the barcodes of the food I'm eating (of course recipes are a little tricky). And Baby Girl has been changing her nighttime routine so exercise has been non-existent, but it wasn't really there before so no excuses! Last week I actually thought I'd lost about 2 lbs. but was disappointed after stepping on the scale Sunday to see the numbers back in my "normal zone." I've plateaued and need to get under this number. It will happen! I need to be positive. Do you know how many exercise routines there are on Pinterest?! Wait, I think I just found my next topic. Tune in tomorrow!
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