Today's Good Things:
Morning mile with my sweetie
Devotions
Did great keeping active with the morning schedule and new chore training
Good food choices for meals and snack
FINALLY finished reorganizing our chore system for the coming year. WHEW!!! (yeah, that's where I've been hiding)
Today's Not So Good Things:
Did I even drink any water today???
Ice cream for family dessert. I should've at least gone for the low-fat/no added sugar kind, right?? Sigh. I can't resist the mocha chip.
Finishing that chore system means I've been doing a lot of sitting for the last few afternoons. Blech.
Been weeding this week, got in a mile with the children yesterday, and processed some vegies from the garden today. Our new chore assignments have me movin' this week and my kitchen has been looking good. :-) I feel like I've been in a tunnel of sorts with this last project, so I'm really glad the planning and setting up stage is done. Now I need to tackle the mess in the house that came from neglecting the chores I've been obsessing over for the past 2 weeks. Ack!
Tomorrow we mow, weed, and harvest in the morning and get some lesson plans and cleaning done in the afternoon. I am so lovin' this summertime life. :-)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday July 18, 2011
Today's Good Things:
Morning and evening walk (at least 3 miles total)
Good choices for meals, lovely salad from the garden for dinner!
Ditching the soda
Oh, and some good time in the pool yesterday! (just throwing that in because I'm so glad I did it. ;-) )
Today's Not So Good Things:
Caved in to my sweet craving at snack time :(
I met with my friends for our coffee night tonight. It was lovely, as we ended the evening with a great paced walk that lasted about an hour. I also skipped the coffee and had a bottle of water. I haven't been drinking enough, so that was a good choice. (Especially since I had already had plenty-o-decaf already today.)
Cycle started today and I feel so much better. The last few days have been yucky and a little up in the air wondering just what to think about a 38 day cycle. ;-) All the tests were bfn's, but, I admit, I was starting to wonder. So, I have another month (or longer!) to keep working at getting stronger, wiser, and more faithful in my choices to honor the Lord with my body.
Would you believe I forgot all about my weigh-in this morning? I was so occupied with starting my day that I completely forgot. I have no idea what to expect, as I saw a huge drop after my cycle ended last month. But, when am I not afraid to step on that blasted scale, right? I guess I'll give her a go tomorrow and see how bad it is. I definitely feel bloated and like I've gained a good 10lbs in the last few weeks. Sigh.
Either way, I'm going to keep up my momentum for the week. I'm going to work on logging tomorrow as well as keeping up with my early morning walk. I'd love to get in a swim tomorrow too, since the day promises to be a hot one. (though I don't get in all that much swimming with so many little ones to watch ;-) ) I've been fighting some insomnia the last few nights, so I hope that doesn't leave me to worn out to get up and going in the early morning.
Morning and evening walk (at least 3 miles total)
Good choices for meals, lovely salad from the garden for dinner!
Ditching the soda
Oh, and some good time in the pool yesterday! (just throwing that in because I'm so glad I did it. ;-) )
Today's Not So Good Things:
Caved in to my sweet craving at snack time :(
I met with my friends for our coffee night tonight. It was lovely, as we ended the evening with a great paced walk that lasted about an hour. I also skipped the coffee and had a bottle of water. I haven't been drinking enough, so that was a good choice. (Especially since I had already had plenty-o-decaf already today.)
Cycle started today and I feel so much better. The last few days have been yucky and a little up in the air wondering just what to think about a 38 day cycle. ;-) All the tests were bfn's, but, I admit, I was starting to wonder. So, I have another month (or longer!) to keep working at getting stronger, wiser, and more faithful in my choices to honor the Lord with my body.
Would you believe I forgot all about my weigh-in this morning? I was so occupied with starting my day that I completely forgot. I have no idea what to expect, as I saw a huge drop after my cycle ended last month. But, when am I not afraid to step on that blasted scale, right? I guess I'll give her a go tomorrow and see how bad it is. I definitely feel bloated and like I've gained a good 10lbs in the last few weeks. Sigh.
Either way, I'm going to keep up my momentum for the week. I'm going to work on logging tomorrow as well as keeping up with my early morning walk. I'd love to get in a swim tomorrow too, since the day promises to be a hot one. (though I don't get in all that much swimming with so many little ones to watch ;-) ) I've been fighting some insomnia the last few nights, so I hope that doesn't leave me to worn out to get up and going in the early morning.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Feeling Lost
I'm not even sure what my plan is this week. Well, I guess my plan is no plan, really. I have been up each morning at my 5am wake up to pray with my sweet husband and then out for my 1 mile walk, my oldest joining me today. My sweetie and the boys have been getting in their pt in the mornings too, they even got in a quick swim after their run this morning. It was already that hot at 6am!!!
So, I'm doing pretty well getting back to that part of my routine. I haven't been logging, though, or blogging. I didn't weigh-in Monday. I was just too scared to see the number. I didn't want to feel down about it, since I do think I worked hard to do well while on vacation. I didn't do well on our weekend of cookouts, however, so Monday I was hiding from the scale. *blush*
I'm still so super tired from our trip. The 1 mile a day is about all I can muster aside from the work of getting our home and hearts back in order. I even caved on date night tonight and devoured my very own Mocha Chip ice cream. Sigh. I guess being tired and worn down weakens my resolve.
So, for the rest of this week I'll put rest, walks, and more water on my goal list, praying those will strengthen me for making better choices.
So, I'm doing pretty well getting back to that part of my routine. I haven't been logging, though, or blogging. I didn't weigh-in Monday. I was just too scared to see the number. I didn't want to feel down about it, since I do think I worked hard to do well while on vacation. I didn't do well on our weekend of cookouts, however, so Monday I was hiding from the scale. *blush*
I'm still so super tired from our trip. The 1 mile a day is about all I can muster aside from the work of getting our home and hearts back in order. I even caved on date night tonight and devoured my very own Mocha Chip ice cream. Sigh. I guess being tired and worn down weakens my resolve.
So, for the rest of this week I'll put rest, walks, and more water on my goal list, praying those will strengthen me for making better choices.
Friday, July 8, 2011
The Vacation Challenge
We just got home from a 12 day whirlwind road trip. 11 states, 3500 miles. That's a ton of driving, visiting, touring, eating on the quick, and...sigh...sitting.
I started out really well. I was being ever so careful with my food choices, trying hard not to indulge in the Munch Your Way Down The Highway tradition. The first couple of days I made sure to get out for walks before we started the next stretch of driving or sitting to visit with far away family and friends. However, as the trip got busier and our stops got shorter, much of that ceased. By the time we were making our mad dash home, I was crunchin' the chips with the best of them. *blush*
However, I still believe I did *much* better than I have in previous times. We didn't stop at as many of our favorite eating places on this trip. We often find ourselves eating our way along as a part of making memories. We did still enjoy some unique favorites, like U.P. pasties, cinnamon raisin biscuits from Hardees, and Arby's roast beef sandwiches. I even deterred us from ordering fries and filling in with carrot sticks and apple slices with our Roast Beef Delights. :-) We skipped some others and I made sure our meals eaten from the camper featured greens as often as possible. We guzzled plenty of water, though my fiber is down right now, so I'll be working on that. I did cave and get the pop tarts and cold cereal that everyone loves for vacation, but generally we snacked on peanut butter celery sticks and fruit for our sweet treats. I'm wishing we had been able to make more time for active touring at our destinations. We got in some swimming, a bit of walking, but not as much hiking as I had hoped. It was tough to do it while visiting with others and fitting in so much in so little time.
Overall, I'm pleased with how we did. We still have a lot of room for improvement, but I am clearly making better choices as a way of life. Even vacation life. :-)
I started out really well. I was being ever so careful with my food choices, trying hard not to indulge in the Munch Your Way Down The Highway tradition. The first couple of days I made sure to get out for walks before we started the next stretch of driving or sitting to visit with far away family and friends. However, as the trip got busier and our stops got shorter, much of that ceased. By the time we were making our mad dash home, I was crunchin' the chips with the best of them. *blush*
However, I still believe I did *much* better than I have in previous times. We didn't stop at as many of our favorite eating places on this trip. We often find ourselves eating our way along as a part of making memories. We did still enjoy some unique favorites, like U.P. pasties, cinnamon raisin biscuits from Hardees, and Arby's roast beef sandwiches. I even deterred us from ordering fries and filling in with carrot sticks and apple slices with our Roast Beef Delights. :-) We skipped some others and I made sure our meals eaten from the camper featured greens as often as possible. We guzzled plenty of water, though my fiber is down right now, so I'll be working on that. I did cave and get the pop tarts and cold cereal that everyone loves for vacation, but generally we snacked on peanut butter celery sticks and fruit for our sweet treats. I'm wishing we had been able to make more time for active touring at our destinations. We got in some swimming, a bit of walking, but not as much hiking as I had hoped. It was tough to do it while visiting with others and fitting in so much in so little time.
Overall, I'm pleased with how we did. We still have a lot of room for improvement, but I am clearly making better choices as a way of life. Even vacation life. :-)
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