I have been pretty busy since Friday!  With the help of my family I tore up the carpet in my daughters room and the hallway.  Then pulled up the staples and cleaned the floors.  After that it was sanded and sanded and sanded!!!!  I decided to use a finish of linseed oil so that it was safe for everyone, even the pet dragon.  It looks really nice.  I can’t wait to get my room done now!!  My little one loves it and she has quit sneezing every morning.

On another note, I lost weight!!!!  Four pounds in a week!!!!  I did not take my measurements again yet, I am just too tired and sore from this last weekend to do much.  And I am still cleaning up all this sawdust, it is EVERYWHERE!!! 

So if you want to lose some weight, refinish your floors!

Crazy Day!

I can not say it better than that.  It has truly been a crazy day!  I think I can explain it better if I tell a bit more about myself.  I am a single, stay at home mom of one child.  I run a home daycare out of my home, obviously.  Also, I home school my daughter and take around 9 hours of classes from a local community college.  This is why I need to become a little better at managing my time, there is just not enough of it!  Well, today about half of the little ones decided to sprout a strange rash.  It looked awful when they were hot and toned down a bit when they cooled down.  I am pretty sure, after hours of searching and phone calls, that it was fifths disease.  It is not suppose to be a big deal but it does spread.  From what I read it was contagious last week when they all had a small fever so it was too late to try to separate them now.

Anyway due to the excitement with the rash, my bad attitude and a trip to the doctor for me (not related to the rash, but my migraines) I did not exercise.  I did do pretty well most of the day on my eating although I did have a small piece of cake tonight.  The rest of the day I stayed on track with all my fruit, veggies and protein. 

Oh, I wrapped my foot really tight with elastic wrap and started taking IB.  My mom suggested it, she says that she has the same problem and it always works for her.  This seems to have helped in just one day!  I have been fighting with this for 3 months now, so this is great! 

Here is the plan for tomorrow.  I am going to get up early so that I can walk my little dog (as long as I get some sleep).  He loves it and it is a great way for me to become more active.  I guess he is not so little, he is a standard size American Eskimo but compared to my friends giant Danes he is tiny.  Then while my daughter is at gymnastics I will do my treadmill work at the Y.  And, of course, I will stay on track with my food.

Here is to a new day tomorrow!

Doesn’t take long

Well, it didn’t take me long to mess up this weight loss thing up.  Last night I did my resistance training and it felt really good.  And I did really well today until this evening when I went out to eat at Burger King.  I am not sure why I do that kind of stuff but it really seems to happen a lot.  I seem to sabotage myself EVERYTIME!  I do so well then I mess up the whole day with a stupid meal or soda.  WHY!!!

I have decided that counting calories makes me obsess about food so I am going to eat smaller portions.  Along with this I am going to try to eat as Robert suggests in his book.  Robert says that vegetables are unlimited, protein 4 times a day, starches twice a day (breakfast and lunch only), fruits twice a day for the first week and 3 after that and 1 or 2 daily servings of calcium.  He says that eating three meals with two snacks will keep your metabolism burning.  This is my eating plan anyway.  Here’s to hoping!

Oh, and my foot is killing me!  I did something to it a few months ago and it has hurt ever since.  The arch of my foot hurts like heck when I walk.  Not the whole time, only when I roll it.  I am not sure that I am ever going to get out there to do my cardio if it doesn’t heal soon.  I have an appointment with a podiatrist next month and it can’t come soon enough. 

I have complained enough for one night I supose.  I hope that I will be in a better mood after a good nights sleep.

First day of the New Year

Well, my friend and I have decided that if we try the weight loss journey this way we will be more likely to succeed.  I did lose weight not too long ago but with some medication I was put on I not only gained it back but added some to it.  It not only made me gain weight but it made me really sick too.  It was suppose to help with my migraines but just made everything worse.  It is very hard to be so heavy, I had never been until I became pregnant, I was around 130-135 then.  Now I am up to 220 now which is sooooo hard to type!  This was all around ten years ago though so I really don’t have any excuse.  Since I am 5′8″ tall I can hide some weight but not this much.  I mean, my butt is huge!!!  I think that I need to lose about 75 pounds, that would get me to 145, which I think is perfect.

I have been reading Make Over Your Metabolism by Robert Reames and have decided to follow his advice as closely as I can.  It seems to be straight forward with no gimmicks.  I think the best schedule for me and my family is to do the resistance training Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  This will leave me with my metabolic burst training (AKA cardio) on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays.  I will have Sundays off to go to church, visit family and find my joy (one of my other “goals”). 

My little girl is a competitive gymnast and to lug my large self to all her meets is hard as well as embarrassing (for me not her).  Everyone there is always beyond fit and they always look great.  It doesn’t matter if it is the parents, coaches or team members.  I really need to and want to lose this living shackle that I drag around with me everywhere.  I hope writing it down for everyone to read will help me and maybe someone else. 

The New Year

I have never done this before, let people into my life without even knowing them.  But life is about change and that is what I am trying to do.  I have a lot of changing to do!  I don’t think that “resolutions” would be a good word since no one ever seems to stick to them.  Maybe life changes, goals, or becoming the best me that I can be, who knows what they should be called but here are a few.  I want to learn to manage my time better so that I am not always forgetting things and in a hurry.  The next is to lose weight and get healthier, of course.  The last is to find the joy and happiness in my life and spread it to all my loved ones.  I know that God has it out there for me some where and I intend to find it!