Starting in on week 4 of boot camp. Kicking booty and taking names ;-) I have noticed that some things are getting easier while some DEFINITELY are going to take some continued work. I am not the all over, barely walking, hardly moving sore that I was the first week....but depending on what we do on the day, I will have some isolated muscle soreness. But it has to be worth it, right??
I am really loving the overall body work out I feel like I am getting from boot camp and the getting it over in the morning. It is such a relief to get home in the evening and not have to muster up the energy to go work out once hubby gets home. The ONLY negative of boot camp is my running has suffered. Since I am getting up in the mornings for boot camp, that has really been the only exercising I have been doing. The boot camp is a very good workout but I actually MISS running. And I do desire to run another half some day so I know I need to keep up the practice. So today, I sucked it up and went at lunch and ran on the dreadmill. GO ME. Two workouts in one day. AWESOMENESS! I made sure to pack a whole other extra work out set of clothes cause no body wants to put back on stinky clothes from the morning. I knocked out 3 miles. I am still slow and that frustrates me, but I could still do it. Definitely need to up my miles in order to run a 10k in May!
I haven't actually weighed in at ww since before Disney which was over a month ago. I will definitely go this week and get back on that weekly accountability. I know it helps! Some of my girl friends and I have been doing weekly emails to keep up our motivation and share successes and struggles. It is nice to know I am not in the weight loss battle alone!
On a different note, I tried a new recipe last night from Skinny Taste.com. Baked Jalepeno Popper Chicken. SOO GOOD! I only had 4 chicken cutlets so I halved the filling and it was perfect. Hubs loved it too. She runs a great website and I have not tried a receipe I did not like on there....
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/04/cheesy-jalapeno-popper-baked-stuffed.html
Hope everyone out there is having a good week too. Looking forward to my day off tomorrow! :)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Two a Day Tuesday
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
{chirp} {Chirp} {chirp}
yes, that is the sound of crickets after apparently taking a 2 month blog break! How did that happen? I guess it's called life of a working mom with 3 little men!
So what's happened the last 2 months? Well we went to and survived our trip to Disney World, Easter and celebrating His ressurection , zach started t-ball, mark is more and more little boy and less little toddler, Luke is sitting on his own and cutting teeth, I started boot camp, and every daily thing in between!
So in attempts to get back into the swing of things...here is miscellany Monday!
1) Susan, Allison, and I started boot camp 2 weeks ago. My friend from church runs it and she was offering a groupon so we signed up! Wow, the first week was a doozie. I could barely move, but no pain, no gain...right? I still feel like an uncoordinated goof most of time, but I know it's a good workout. It is at 5am which I was worried about but I haven't missed yet. I go straight from there to the gym in my office. I get some funny looks walking in in my gym clothes and going straight to the shower, ha!
2) I also got talked into starting a cleanse. We are going to do it the last week of April. I had been reading on several different blogs about them and when friends mentioned wanting to do one too... we decided to do it together. It's only 7 days. I should be able to do anything for 7 days, right?
3) T-ball has been a very humbling and interesting experience so far. Zach has always been what I would call "athletic". He walked really early, always been very coordinated with activities, out playing ball at like 1 year old. He played soccer in the fall and was one of the best players on the teams because he's fast and coordinated. When spring came along we asked what he would like to do and he said, "try baseball". Now in the backyard with the wiffle balls, he was also so good that I figured he would be a natural....but I have learned that in comparison to kids on team who are practically a year older and have played before, there is a real difference. I find myself conflicted...at times wanting to be tough and yelling like some folks and also wanting to just let him figure it out on his own and see if this is even for him. Ahhhh! It is definitely a battle of "all kids need a fair shot vs letting the best players play" in my head....but then I think they are only 5-6 years old...can't we just play for fun? We will see how the season goes!
4. I am back on WW. I gained about 45lbs during my pregnancy and lost about 20lb of it quite easily. But ever since Christmas, I just have not been able to get the scale to move. I would lose and then gain it back. Good old teeter totter. But since joining boot camp I have really been tracking my points again and have lost about 6 lbs. I will be weighing in on Thursdays now so we will get an official weigh in then!
5. I tried my first MyFitFoods today. They opened a location downtown so I decided to give it a try. As I was walking over, a lady was passing out free meal coupons so my lunch was free! yay! I tried the Buffalo Chicken Salad and it was very tasty!
6. I love instagram....do you?? If so, come follow me! I am doing a photo-a-day challenge this month and it is fun to follow along with the little prompts and try and be creative!
I think that is enough for today. Hope to be back to posting more again!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
five
Tomorrow morning I will make up to being the mother of a five year old. I truly feel like I don't know where the time has gone? Every one of the kids' birthdays seems unbelievable but there is something BIG about turning 5.
A lot has changed in five years. Different house. Three kids. Same pets ;-) And a slew of other things.
Five years ago at this time, we were checked into the hospital, hooked up to machines and wondering what tomorrow would bring. What time would precious boy make his arrival? How would labor go? What would he LOOK like? Would we make good parents?
It is overwhelming to think about what a miracle and blessing children are and I am so grateful that God entrusted Matt and I to be Zachary's parents. I love my crazy, strong-willed, sports loving, competitive, funny, loving and sweet little boy. I can never thank him enough for making me a mommy. He loves his brothers and even though they may fight sometimes, at the end of the day they are always on the same team. I pray it always stays that way.
We love you so much, Zachary and can't wait to see what God has in store for you!
Monday, January 14, 2013
I did it!!
I still really can't believe I did it....but I did. I ran a half marathon! I may not have been the fastest runner out there, but I definitely was not the slowest either. And I did not stop or walk the entire time. I finished in about 2 hours and 40 minutes...averaging about a 12 min/mile. And all nearly 3 hours, was pure awesomeness!!
I was totally freaked out the night before. Even though I ran 11 miles the Sunday before, I was panicking. What if I got a shin split, or side ache, or foot whatever? What if I hit "the wall" and couldn't continue? Add in the fact that the forecast was low 40s and RAIN! What to wear?? My mom spent the night to keep the boys and I think I finally fell to sleep some time after midnight.
We woke up early around 4:30am. And it was COLD and RAINING just as projected. I had bought these sheddable/disposable jackets for Matt and I at the race expo so my plan was capri pants, long sleeve top, gloves, visor and this sheddable jacket. We arrived downtown about 5:45am and yay, no rain! Went inside to meet up with the gang and get our numbers pinned on, etc. Like cattle we then followed the herd outside to line up....its drizzling. The race starts. We are probably several thousand people deep so it takes about 15 minutes before we even are near the official start line. And by the time we reach it, it is full.on.POURING. I waved goodbye to Matt so he could carry on and just focused on me. I didn't care how slow I was, I just wanted to finish.
It rained for probably the first hour of the race. Like hard. I was SO glad to have the visor to keep my face clear and the jacket on. It was keeping me warm and fairly dry. And happy to have capris on too and not dealing with wet ankles/pants! The bad part was the gloves and the shoes. SOAKED. But even with running around the puddles, etc it was still pretty cool. People were cheering us on!
Thank goodness for the music. There were some great songs on my ipod that really got me through. I felt so powerful and strong!! Passing by Matt and Jenny along the 8-9 mile stretch was pretty cool too. They were about a mile ahead of me and I saw them as they were coming back on the u-turn. That really gave me some motivation to keep going! When I reached mile 10 and was headed back towards downtown...I knew I could do it. The home stretch. I soaked it in. And then seeing MARATHONERS passing me...I definitely couldn't quit then.
When I finally reached mile 12 entering downtown...knowing I had just a mile to go....the emotions got me. I truly couldn't believe I was doing this. I passed some people, others passed me. But I was SMILING the whole time with tear filled eyes. I wanted to reach out and touch everybody around me and give them a high five and say"c'mon...we can do this! We got this thing!!" That mile was my fastest of all 13. I loved racing through the final stretch. I raised my arms up and gave it my all as I crossed the finish line! It.was.AWESOME.
A little less than 2 years ago I started the couch to 5k program. I could barely jog 30 seconds. Last year at this time, I ran the 5k while Matt ran the 1/2 and decided after seeing him finish, that I too wanted to run next year!! Fast forward 9 months, and sweet Lukey was born. It was beginning to seem a bit ambitious that I would be able to complete the race. There was no way I could get back in shape enough to run in just 3 months! But thanks to the persistence especially of my #1 supporter Matt, and forever optimist friend, Jenny...they didn't let me give up. I kept on training. And on Sunday...I became a 1/2 Marathon FINISHER!!
If it is ever something you think maybe you would want to do...if you set your mind to it, do your miles, and stick with it, you can do it too.
What an awesome day. Thank you again to my hubby, my parents, and all my friends for the encouragement and support. Can't wait to do it again next year!!!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wednesday weigh in
Today was my first official ww weigh in....and happy to report I lost 4lbs! I was hoping for the magic 5lb, but 4is pretty good do I'm not complaining. I tracked every lick, bite and taste...and planned my snacks and meals for work. Still got to have my pizza on the weekend but that is what the ww extra points are for! :)
I have 2 events I'm working towards:
1) Disney. I'd like to lose 10-15lbs by first week of march. Hard? Yes, but doable too! I have a 10k race in there to work for and I bought Jillian Michaels 30 Day shred to start in February too! It's all about planning!
2) summer! Last year I didn't get to enjoy my weight loss as I was already pregnant again. This year, I just want to look good and confident in a swim suit! And be at or under my lifetime goal.
Hoping by putting it out there, it keeps me accountable! Do you have any goals for the next few months?
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Sunday Stories
It was the first weekend in what seems like weeks that we didn't have any events to attend. Plan was to get our final long runs in before the Half Marathon next Sunday on Saturday, but the very rainy day decided to interfere with that. Instead we took down Christmas and I took the boys to the bounce house. All in all a nice day but not what we intended!
So that left today to catch up. Training with 2 adults and kids it is hard to find the time. I ended up skipping church so I could run first due to work timing (back to being on call on the weekends). I am slow, but I did 11.2 miles today. I have accepted that I will be walking some of the race, but I think I will definitely finish! We will see what happens. I do like training for something, so tonight I spent some time looking for some 10ks that perhaps we could do. Keeps me focused and always good to have a goal to work towards. I never thought I would say this, but I like 5-6 mile runs. Its not SO long that my legs feel like they may give out, but long enough to have to work at it too. Now to get faster would be nice now too...
And I am officially back on ww. I have a little less than 2 months until our Disney trip and I would really like to lose some weight. My first weigh in will be Wednesday so we will see how I do. Besides Saturday night, I think I am doing okay. I am tracking my points no matter what. It is a good eye opener to remember how much or little some things actually are and what exactly is going in my body!
Made some taco soup tonight and it was really filling and easy and about 8 points for ~1.5-2 cups. Plenty of leftovers. YUM! Time to get back into the kitchen and get cooking more often.
Baby boy has his 4 month check up tomorrow....where has the time gone already??
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy new year!
Hello! Anybody out there?? I can't believe it's been months since I have posted. The draw back of Facebook...harder to blog when you can so easily post and comment there. That and having a baby and 2 other kiddos and work...well you get the picture!
But alas, I am still here and will be better about blogging in the new year! 2012 was a pretty great year for us with the arrival of sweet lukey, but I am thinking 2013 is going to be even better!
We will have some big milestones this year (zach will turn 5, I'll turn 35, zach will start kinder in the fall and Luke will turn 1). Not to mention some fun adventures...Matt and I are running the half marathon in 2 weeks, we are going to Disneyworld in March and I'm sure some other fun along the way.
And I'm committed to getting back on the weight watchers wagon. I gained close to 50lbs with Luke. Have lost half and have about 25lbs to lose to get back to the goal weight I worked so hard to reach last year. Matt and I are both going to try to be healthier this year.
And do you read Beth Moore's blog? She's a really great Christian writer/speaker if you don't and her blog is linked on my sidebar. She is starting her scripture memory for the year this week and I am going to do that too. 24 verses of your choice to memorize in 2013. I'd love you to join me too!
My first verse is from proverbs 3:5-6:
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Terrific three!
My baby boy turned 3 on Thursday. I truly can't believe he is such a big boy already. Even with a new baby in the house, I still think of him as the baby!
Mark celebrated his birthday at school with donut holes and cookies. His presents so far have been super hero related and he loves them! Does such a good job with sharing with zach too!
In honor of the terrific three year old, here are 3 things about mark Wendell!
*he has the best laugh ever!! I need to get it on video because it is just so sweet and contagious.
*favorite toy/buddy is his teddy bear. It's super cute how he loves him...until bear gets lost in the house!
*he truly loves his brothers. Wants to do everything and dress like big brother and love and check on little brother. So sweet, hope that love always remains!
I love you, mark! You are such a silly sweet tender hearted boy and I hope that never changes. Can't wait to see what God has in store for you! Happy 3, baby!!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
One Heart movie
I am not a huge sports fanatic, but I do love a good sports movie. Something tugs at my heart every time. I think that's why I don't mind watching College Game Day...I love the back stories and tales of perseverance!
I heard the story of Gainesville State school awhile back in a sermon in church. Just happened to see a post about it today on Facebook and in reading the comments, read it was becoming a movie! Filming this week in south lake if you live up that way!
Check out the video. Awesome story of 2nd chances and redemption for some young men who never have anyone on their side and of a community who decided to live out God's message of love! I look forward to the movie!
http://vimeo.com/14503709
And in case you need a good football movie now, check out these:
The blind side (great story!)
Facing the giants (watched this again last week)
Remember the titans (I cry every time)
Rudy(one of hubby's fav)
Invincible (great underdog story...and has market mark in it!) :-)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Thoughts on Post Partum
Well, I am almost 6 weeks from delivery and decided "close enough" and headed out to pound the pavement today. I have less than 2 months to fit back into some clothes for work and exactly 3 months till the half marathon. I will admit it now, I think I was a WEE bit ambitious on all that. But I will give it a shot.
A few of my observations from today. First....the good stuff/
1) I still like to run. I enjoyed it. And it felt good....until I felt like I would die!
2) Eminem's 'Til I Collapse' can still make me not want to give up. Maybe I should just make that my entire playlist!!
3) I will say it again. I didn't die!!
Now onto the bad:
1) I really almost died. LOL. I kid. I could run for about 1.5 miles and then had to walk. And walk some more. It was a bit of a reality check but it is sill more than I could do when I first started running less than 2 years ago.
2) I need new ear buds. They kept coming out. It was SUPER distracting.
3) My playlist is SEVERELY outdated. Anyone have any good suggestions??
4) I am SORE!!
I gained almost 50lbs with Luke. But I did love every minute of it. He was truly a joy to carry. I lost almost 30 of it so far but now the hard work comes in. It is depressing to get on the scale and try and fit into clothes, but I know these things take time. And I also know moving helps a lot. As does stop stopping by Sonic for ice cream once a week and McDonalds for breakfast once a week. Oh to be a celebrity and have a personal trainer and cook!!
So here we go again, time to get busy. I will do my best to get some of this weight off soon!! Hoping I can keep up the momentum and make some progress!
And here are just a few pics of my sweet boys!!
