So this morning I weighed in at 144 and 143.5 but I'm going to stick with the 144 so that I have a little more wiggle room to go down next week! I have to admit, I am really struggling with a sweet tooth and constant hunger the last few days, ahhhhhhhh! It seems like I really do well the first few weeks but then the old cravings set in and the motivation starts to die a little. What do you do when this happens to you?
So I weighed in on Friday and I was at 144 and then after a bad weekend of holiday treats and pizza etc, I weighed in at 145.5 on Monday. Because I always have a large dinner with dessert on Sundays, I think I will keep to weighing in on Fridays so that I have wiggle room on the weekends and can really focus during the week. How did you all do?
Keep going!
Last Saturday I went with my family to Wheeler Farm's May Day Festival. I had never been before but my friend Celeste told me about it so I decided to take my family and go. We had fun looking at the booths selling stuff, letting the kids bounce in the bounce house and letting Tim slide down the big bounce slide. We went on a train ride that broke down 1 minute into the 4 minute ride, bummer! We even saw them shear a sheep, pretty cool. All in all, it was a fun day full of crazy parking and lots of people!
My Mom with Allison looking at the ducks:
Justin with the kids waiting for the train ride:
Justin on the train with Allison:
Janelle on the train with Tim:
Tim going down the bounce slide:
Tim has become overly obsessed with sprinklers. It is so bad that I rarely go on a walk in the evening because he has to stop and look at every sprinkler going and it takes forever to get anywhere and forever to get back home. I have to get mad at him for him to move on and that stinks getting mad at Tim for loving sprinklers. My sprinklers at home get turned on at least once a day to make him happy (many times that is the only way to get him to come home!) and he really likes my neighbor Trisha's sprinklers that that spin around instead of just pop-up sprinklers like ours.
Yesterday he kept asking me to go over and turn her's on and I kept telling him that they are not mine, and I am not allowed to go in her house and turn them on. I even went as far as telling him she wasn't home and we couldn't do it so the next thing I know, he comes running in to let me know she just got home, lol! I used to love going on walks with Tim while he rode is bike and getting exercise but now they have turned into a bit of a drag which is a bummer! Oh, and one more thing, he doesn't like to get wet in the sprinklers that goodness, just watch them!
The last week was not a healthful week for me so I decided to wait and weigh in today. I was at 145.0 which is only a 0.5 pound loss but okay considering how badly I ate this week. I ended up eating out at Carl's Jr., Little Ceasars Pizza, Arctic Circle and had a few too many servings of Strawberry Shortcake leftover from my piano recital. I did however go hiking and on walks every day with my kids and did not over indulge on food at home like I normally did before. I am going to do even better this week! I have the desire, now I just need a some very strong willpower!
How did you do?
I am going to list my favorite healthy snacks and would love your opinions too:
* Kettle Korn mini bags, 97% fat free, only 100 calories!
* Cooked carrots (raw carrots does not cut it for me!)
* Frozen vegetables that are cooked
* Blueberries, bananas, raspberries, nectarines, grapes, melons
* 100 calorie granola bars
* Small bowl of cereal
* Handful of almonds
* Yogurt
* String cheese
* An Eggo with just a little bit of syrup
* Pistachios
* Applesauce
* Walmart baked vegetable crackers
* Handful of crackers such as wheat thins
I really wish I were more satisfied eating fruit. I never feel full after eating fruit but they are so good for you! I definitely need the most help around 3 or 4 PM when lunch has been digested and it's not quite time for dinner. Yesterday I ate a mini bag of popcorn and it really helped! Then I had tasty salmon and wild rice for dinner with vegetables, yummy! However, by the evening I was really hungry again so I had a granola bar. I probably could have passed but I just didn't want to! What do you do in the late afternoon and evening to help pass the hunger and cravings for something sweet?
My sister-in-law has decided to post on her blog her weight loss goals and do a weekly weigh-in, and while I've been doing this kind of on and off with my brother and sister, I have decided to really get in gear and start it up again. I had a goal of losing 10 or more pounds with my siblings and I made it to 3 pounds (150 to 147), but this time I am really going to do it. It is more about losing weight, it is about putting healthy food into my body and exercising so that I will please the Lord and treat my body well.
I will be the first to admit that I can eat a lot of sweets and therefore having them in my home is a temptation! I am therefore going to try really hard to keep sweets away except for on special occasions so that I do not binge on them. I started last week again with eating well and exercising at 147 pounds and today I weighed in at 145.5. That is great because I did not eat well yesterday being Mother's Day and all. My sister-in-law likes to weigh in on Monday morning so that she does not have an excuse to eat bad on the weekends, but I think I will weigh in on Friday mornings so I have some wiggle room. If anyone wants to join me like I joined my sis-in-law, let me know!
I feel that many of posts have been a bit negative about parenting and such, so I thought I would do a post about all of the things that I LOVE and appreciate! Despite the fact that my parents are getting a divorce, it is not getting me down too much right now because they have been separated and drifting apart for months now. I am actually feeling very positive and I am in a good mood most days as of late. Well, here goes:
1- My Husband
2- My kids
3- The Gospel
4- Feeling the Spirit
5- Watching Gilmore Girls
6- Going on Dates
7- Getting my hair done
8- Maxi dresses, I now own 2!
9- Going on vacation
10- No sickness
11- Holidays
12- Holiday traditions
13- Reading
14- Getting my kids to bed early
15- Shopping
16- Staying in the hospital for as long as possible after having a baby
17- Sunday dinners with family
18- Family time, especially when Justin isn't busy and can do things with us
19- Going out to eat
20- Enrichment Night
21- The color red, also anything bright blue or coral colored and pink
22- Flea markets
23- Warm Spring Days
24- Hearing my kids playing and giggling with each other
25- Sleeping through the night
26- Hiking
27- Going on rides on scooters and motorcycles
28- My old Kate Spade purse
29- My family
30- Staying at nice hotels
31- Movie nights
32- Going to Temple Square
33- Going to the Temple
34- Going to the Zoo
35- Gardner Village
36- Clean carpets
37- Soft non fuzzy towels
38- $10 off a $10 purchase coupon from JC Penney
39- Going to book swap
40- Eating healthy and losing weight
41- Mowing the lawn
42- My wedding ring
43- Saturdays when Justin doesn't have school
44- Disneyworld and Disneyland
45- Nap time
46- Amusement parks
47- Allison's cute words
48- When Justin takes a day off (rare) and we play as a family
49- Ballroom dancing
50- Food
51- I love that my kids can handle going to more than one store lately, usually 3 is the max but I still love it! (I know this is number 51 but who cares!)
There have been several things I've wanted to blog about in the last few days so here I go:
1 - My new visiting teacher came over and she is very interested in swapping kids during the day, date nights, whatever so I am super excited. She watched our kids while we out on Friday night and I'm watching her kids this Friday so her and her hubby can go out. Good stuff!
2 - On our date we went to dinner and then saw the Joseph Smith Restoration movie at the Legacy Theater. Several parts had me in tears but I still feel very sad thinking about the surgery they had to perform on his leg. I cannot imagine being a parent in those days and enduring those things. I think Joseph Smith is absolutely amazing for enduring what he did and staying so strong. After the movie is was raining as we went to our car and the rain just blended in with my tears. The surgery part was so disturbing to me that I'm not sure I want to see it again.
3 - Justin and I are in the process of booking our trip to San Francisco and Yosemite in July! I am super excited to go on a longer trip without kids and see places I've never been. I haven't been on an airplane since we moved back here 2.5 years ago and we are able to use frequent flier miles!
4 - Allison spilled water on my computer on Friday and it wouldn't turn on! I was so scared that we would have to buy a new computer and say goodbye to our trip but after letting it dry for over 24 hours, it turned on, thank goodness!
5 - I had a lot of fun shopping last week with my kids, my sister-in-law and my sister. Such fun times and fun clothes.
6 - I got my hair done with blonde highlights and I love it! When I get a picture of myself, I will post it!
Well, that's about it for now...hope you enjoyed my updates!
I am writing to let you all know that just a few hours after I wrote my post about Me Time, Justin called and could tell I was a bit stressed with our whiny kids and suggested that I get a babysitter and we go out that night! I was really surprised because I usually plan all of our dates and he agrees to go but never initiates! Since it was 2 PM I only called our regular babysitters and they weren't able to come so we didn't go out but I loved that he just read me so completely and offered!
This takes me back to when we were dating and I was still unsure about his complete feelings for me and whenever I would start to doubt, he would send me an email or phone call RIGHT THEN! I was always amazed that no matter how much doubt I would experience, he would always quell it right away! He really is an amazing husband and I am looking forward to going out on a date soon!
Justin and I when we were dating
