Okay so in this down economy where everyday all you hear is how bad it is...what have I gone and done.......found something else expensive that I feel like I can' t live without! I did a pilates demo at teh gym on saturday on teh reformer and thought it was AMAZING!!! I LOVED it!!! The only problem............it is $25 a class!!! I would so LOVE to add this to my workout routine on Saturday morning's or something. It was so cool and I can't imagine the results you would feel from it. At first I felt like it was some sort of midevil torture device of a machine but once I got over the initial awkwardness I really liked it....and I want to do it!!!
So now all i have to do is figure out how to pay for it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
1st weigh in
Well we had our first weigh in today since the start of our TEAM fitness class. My goal with this class is not necessarily to lose a bunch of weight but to get stronger and more toned. That being said, I am finding myself wanting to show weight loss because I am working out harder than I ever have before so I feel like it should be showing on the scale (what a contridiction I am) So i have been trying to stay pretty close to my meal plan.
And the results are in......I am down 2 lbs and this is the almost end of week 4. I will take it! That is .5lbs a week....if I were to keep that up the rest of the 8 weeks, that woudl be 4 more pounds and put me lower than I have seen on teh scale since probably highschool! I do however know that as I hopefully build more muscle the scale might not move...which is fine...as long as i can see the changes. And building lean muscle is the ultimate goal and I was happy that our team voted to switch the workouts from cardio/strength/cardio to strength/cardio/strength starting next week....which will really increase hte strength training and I will do the other day of cardio on my own) ...I must say I am feeling pretty darn good about myself today :)
Unfortunately DH has not been so successful and is not feeling so good today. He has been getting up m,w.fri when I leave and going in the basement on our treadmill and run/walking. He has also been packing his lunch and trying to eat better. Unfortunately he has injured his ankles so this morning not only could he not run but he said he weighed 3 lbs MORE than 4 weeks ago. He sounds so down int he dumps this morning.............I am at a loss of what to do to help him. I really wish he would join the gym with me so we could workout together sometimes, like the weekends but so far he won't, he says he won't pay the money and he won't go.......I am goign to try to see if he will come with me tomorrow morning to the gym and use the "if you come with me you can do a bike or eliptical that won't hurt your ankles but still get your heart rate up..... He really does need to lose some weight, as he is considered obese based on his height/weight, and even though now he is on blood pressure meds (which was LONG overdue) I still worry about him...I know he wants to lose the weight but feels totally discouraged today and frustrated.....any tips on how to bring him out of the dumps..???
And the results are in......I am down 2 lbs and this is the almost end of week 4. I will take it! That is .5lbs a week....if I were to keep that up the rest of the 8 weeks, that woudl be 4 more pounds and put me lower than I have seen on teh scale since probably highschool! I do however know that as I hopefully build more muscle the scale might not move...which is fine...as long as i can see the changes. And building lean muscle is the ultimate goal and I was happy that our team voted to switch the workouts from cardio/strength/cardio to strength/cardio/strength starting next week....which will really increase hte strength training and I will do the other day of cardio on my own) ...I must say I am feeling pretty darn good about myself today :)
Unfortunately DH has not been so successful and is not feeling so good today. He has been getting up m,w.fri when I leave and going in the basement on our treadmill and run/walking. He has also been packing his lunch and trying to eat better. Unfortunately he has injured his ankles so this morning not only could he not run but he said he weighed 3 lbs MORE than 4 weeks ago. He sounds so down int he dumps this morning.............I am at a loss of what to do to help him. I really wish he would join the gym with me so we could workout together sometimes, like the weekends but so far he won't, he says he won't pay the money and he won't go.......I am goign to try to see if he will come with me tomorrow morning to the gym and use the "if you come with me you can do a bike or eliptical that won't hurt your ankles but still get your heart rate up..... He really does need to lose some weight, as he is considered obese based on his height/weight, and even though now he is on blood pressure meds (which was LONG overdue) I still worry about him...I know he wants to lose the weight but feels totally discouraged today and frustrated.....any tips on how to bring him out of the dumps..???
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2 year update
I have been thinking about C our birthmother so much lately. We have not heard from her since August. I sent a card, pictures and an ornament at christmas to the agency but never heard anything. I think I am going to call there to see if they were able to get it to her. I also have together pictures/letter together to send for her 2 year update. I am sad that we have not heard from her and I hope/pray that she is doing okay. Maybe she lost our e-mail address(we created one only for her and that is how she normally communicates with us) and I know last we heard from her she didn't have a cell phone so she probably lost my cell number. Last year she called on Izzy's birthday but we have heard nothing this year.
My thoughts go out to her and I hope she is doing well.
My thoughts go out to her and I hope she is doing well.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Progress Update and other ramblings
I was doing a check at my goals/objectives for 2009 and thought I would give a breif progress update on the hits and misses.....
Try a new recipe 2-3 x a month---I have hit this one out of the part, this month alone I think I have tried 5 new recipes. I have also been planning my meals for the week ahead of time which I need to add to my list because this is a huge thing for me. Helps me during the week so I am not contantly thinking what are we goign to eat plus it is saving me money at the grocery store because I am only going once a week
Read one book a month- I should complete this month, I have less than 100 pages left in my boo, I am reading Tribute by Nora Roberts (my favorite author) I forgot how much i love reading....
Change the cat litter 2x a week- I did well on this for the first 2 weeks of Jan but have failed to do it more than once the last 2 weeks. Time to get back on teh wagon
Play a game with DH once a week ( we did this well for a week or 2 but haven't lately...i think i will start tonight
Eat at least 2 servings of veggies at least 5x a week-I have been doing this I am mostly sticking to my meal plan
Limit Alchohol to 2x a week---I don't think I have made this goal once this month, but I have reduced it to 3x a week and I am thinking thsi is a more realistic goal for me, as I really enjoy a glass of wine in teh evenings especially on weekends
That is about it for my updates to date I think.
On another totally unrelated note, I have to share my sad thoughts I have had this week. After Izzy's party I packed up her high chair because i was sick of cleaning it and she does just fine in the booster seat...I was doing fine until it was all cleaned and folded up....then I started crying. I think the reality of the fact that Izyz is no longer a baby and that she will probably be my only baby finally caught up with me. I am so sad about this but I also know how blessed I am to have Izzy. I wish it could be different, and I am never going to say never but I think unless a crazy miracle happens, we are done................:(
On a postive note, I was talking to DH about an aquaintance from my old job who I just found out she was pg, and i thought she never wanted kids, and she is 6 years older than me. And I made a rude comment like "she probably got pg on the first try" and he said to me --"If you got pg on the first try we would never have Izzy" and even though I know this it really struck me when he said it and made me in a strange way so thankful for infertility because I can't imagine life without her! So as sad as I am, I know this is what was meant to be for us............
Try a new recipe 2-3 x a month---I have hit this one out of the part, this month alone I think I have tried 5 new recipes. I have also been planning my meals for the week ahead of time which I need to add to my list because this is a huge thing for me. Helps me during the week so I am not contantly thinking what are we goign to eat plus it is saving me money at the grocery store because I am only going once a week
Read one book a month- I should complete this month, I have less than 100 pages left in my boo, I am reading Tribute by Nora Roberts (my favorite author) I forgot how much i love reading....
Change the cat litter 2x a week- I did well on this for the first 2 weeks of Jan but have failed to do it more than once the last 2 weeks. Time to get back on teh wagon
Play a game with DH once a week ( we did this well for a week or 2 but haven't lately...i think i will start tonight
Eat at least 2 servings of veggies at least 5x a week-I have been doing this I am mostly sticking to my meal plan
Limit Alchohol to 2x a week---I don't think I have made this goal once this month, but I have reduced it to 3x a week and I am thinking thsi is a more realistic goal for me, as I really enjoy a glass of wine in teh evenings especially on weekends
That is about it for my updates to date I think.
On another totally unrelated note, I have to share my sad thoughts I have had this week. After Izzy's party I packed up her high chair because i was sick of cleaning it and she does just fine in the booster seat...I was doing fine until it was all cleaned and folded up....then I started crying. I think the reality of the fact that Izyz is no longer a baby and that she will probably be my only baby finally caught up with me. I am so sad about this but I also know how blessed I am to have Izzy. I wish it could be different, and I am never going to say never but I think unless a crazy miracle happens, we are done................:(
On a postive note, I was talking to DH about an aquaintance from my old job who I just found out she was pg, and i thought she never wanted kids, and she is 6 years older than me. And I made a rude comment like "she probably got pg on the first try" and he said to me --"If you got pg on the first try we would never have Izzy" and even though I know this it really struck me when he said it and made me in a strange way so thankful for infertility because I can't imagine life without her! So as sad as I am, I know this is what was meant to be for us............
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Happy 2nd Birthday Izzy!!!
I cannot believe sweet girl that you are 2 already! What a joy you are to us, words cannot describe! You had such a blast at your birthday party, it was so much fun to see you with all of your favorite people. I think you enjoyed the cake and ice cream best along with the new chalkboard
Here are some of the things you are doing at the age of 2
You are almost always happy, your smile truely lights up a room and everyone around you. You love to smile at people when we are out, although you can be a little shy at first if someone new is talking to you.
Speaking of talking, you have recently discovered the power of your language and have been using it more and more. You say new words everyday and now are putting two and three words together. I think one of my favorite things to hear you say is "Bye Bye Daddy" when he leaves for work. It just melts my heart to hear you say that with your sweet little voice.
You know all of your colors and you often point to things on your own to tell us what color something is. By far I would say blue is your favorite to say/look at followed second by pink. You are also learning your shapes and know/say/identify circle, triangle, heart and star. You are very good at sorting them in the various shape sorting toys we have.
You love to color especially on the new chalkboard grandma and grandpa made/gave you for your bday. You draw lines and circles and love it when mommy draws a smiley face and you always request that I add hair.
You love Dora and Deigo and would probably watch them all day if I let you. You love playing with your "guys" , your various dora and deigo figurines. It is so much fun to watch you make the animal sounds that dora/deigo ask you too when they are asking for help in the episodes. I think your favorite dora is the mermaid dora which you LOVE and we watch several times a week.
You are very good at feeding yourself with a spoon or fork (when you want to) and you are still a fairly good eater. You have definately gotten picker the last few months. Some of your favorites are macoroni and cottage cheese, by far your favorite meal, pizza,scrambled eggs and sausage are also favorites. You LOVE fruit snacks along wiht most fruit especially blueberries and apples. You like peas most of the time and also green beans. You like to say broccolli but most time you don't really eat it. You also like most meat, pork tenderloin, chicken and hotdogs are your favorite. We just moved out officiallyof your big high chair and into the booster at the table with us. Most nights at dinner you don't feel like eating we have to negotiate with you and tell you if you eat 2 more bites you can have a treat of whatever and you almost always take the bites with no complaint
You love to read your books and most of the time when mommy or daddy read to you. Just recently you started a new trend at bed time, you want to read books on the floor before getting back in the rocking chair for a last book and a snuggle. You started this with daddy teh other night and now request it every night.
We haven't had your dr appt yet but we think you weight about 27-28 pounds. You are wearing 24 month and 2 T clothes and have been growing a lot lately. You take one nap a day anywhere from 1 1/2-2 hrs. You go to bed between 7 and 7:30 and wake up between 7 and 7:30 most mornings. When you wake up you are content to just hang out in your crib until one of us comes to get you. Sometimes to entertain yourself you unzip your pajamas. You are very good with zippers and you like to take off your coat by yourself when we come in from outside. You unzip it all by yourself and pull it off.
You have used the potty once but other than that have no use for it. When you have to poop you will go squat in the corner and do your business and I ask if you want to use the potty you say NO. You don't like us to look at you either while you are pooping, you want us to look away. I hope soon you will be into using the potty because I am tired of changing so many diapers :)...not to mention your recent mini tantrums when it is changing time and you don't want to be changed.
You fill our lives with such joy, we love you so much Izzy!
By the way all these amazing picture where taken by our good friend Jen. Check her other work out at http://jenvphoto.blogspot.com/
Here are some of the things you are doing at the age of 2
You are almost always happy, your smile truely lights up a room and everyone around you. You love to smile at people when we are out, although you can be a little shy at first if someone new is talking to you.
Speaking of talking, you have recently discovered the power of your language and have been using it more and more. You say new words everyday and now are putting two and three words together. I think one of my favorite things to hear you say is "Bye Bye Daddy" when he leaves for work. It just melts my heart to hear you say that with your sweet little voice.
You know all of your colors and you often point to things on your own to tell us what color something is. By far I would say blue is your favorite to say/look at followed second by pink. You are also learning your shapes and know/say/identify circle, triangle, heart and star. You are very good at sorting them in the various shape sorting toys we have.
You love to color especially on the new chalkboard grandma and grandpa made/gave you for your bday. You draw lines and circles and love it when mommy draws a smiley face and you always request that I add hair.
You love Dora and Deigo and would probably watch them all day if I let you. You love playing with your "guys" , your various dora and deigo figurines. It is so much fun to watch you make the animal sounds that dora/deigo ask you too when they are asking for help in the episodes. I think your favorite dora is the mermaid dora which you LOVE and we watch several times a week.
You are very good at feeding yourself with a spoon or fork (when you want to) and you are still a fairly good eater. You have definately gotten picker the last few months. Some of your favorites are macoroni and cottage cheese, by far your favorite meal, pizza,scrambled eggs and sausage are also favorites. You LOVE fruit snacks along wiht most fruit especially blueberries and apples. You like peas most of the time and also green beans. You like to say broccolli but most time you don't really eat it. You also like most meat, pork tenderloin, chicken and hotdogs are your favorite. We just moved out officiallyof your big high chair and into the booster at the table with us. Most nights at dinner you don't feel like eating we have to negotiate with you and tell you if you eat 2 more bites you can have a treat of whatever and you almost always take the bites with no complaint
You love to read your books and most of the time when mommy or daddy read to you. Just recently you started a new trend at bed time, you want to read books on the floor before getting back in the rocking chair for a last book and a snuggle. You started this with daddy teh other night and now request it every night.
We haven't had your dr appt yet but we think you weight about 27-28 pounds. You are wearing 24 month and 2 T clothes and have been growing a lot lately. You take one nap a day anywhere from 1 1/2-2 hrs. You go to bed between 7 and 7:30 and wake up between 7 and 7:30 most mornings. When you wake up you are content to just hang out in your crib until one of us comes to get you. Sometimes to entertain yourself you unzip your pajamas. You are very good with zippers and you like to take off your coat by yourself when we come in from outside. You unzip it all by yourself and pull it off.
You have used the potty once but other than that have no use for it. When you have to poop you will go squat in the corner and do your business and I ask if you want to use the potty you say NO. You don't like us to look at you either while you are pooping, you want us to look away. I hope soon you will be into using the potty because I am tired of changing so many diapers :)...not to mention your recent mini tantrums when it is changing time and you don't want to be changed.
You fill our lives with such joy, we love you so much Izzy!
By the way all these amazing picture where taken by our good friend Jen. Check her other work out at http://jenvphoto.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Birthday Preview
I am absolutely exhausted and do not have all the time I want to blog properly about the weekend and Izzy's birthday but I will give you this picture preview. It has been a great weekend!
Friday, January 23, 2009
3rd week down
Well I completed the 3rd week of my class today (although i am planning ot go to the gym again tomorrow to try to do most/all of my strength training circuit) This mornign was SOOOOO hard to get up and had it not been for DH telling me I can do it, I very well might have gone back to sleep and gone to teh gym later in the day to make it up. I am so sore today from the strength workout on Wednesday but it is a good sore. Today was by far the hardest cardio workout we have done yet and I survived!!! I feel myself getting a bit stronger but know I have a LONG way to go.
I have been trying to stick to my meal plan and that has been the hardest part. I am hungry ALL the time and i think it is mostly because I am thinking about all the stuff I want to eat and can't therefore it makes me hungry. The first few weeks of the meal plan are always the hardest until my body gets used to it. I think I am having a harder time this time because deep down if I feel like if i don't lose any weight that is still okay because I am at a healthy weight now, I weigh less than I did when I got married (only by a few pounds) and I am the smallest I have ever been in my adult life....now that is great. But I really do want to push myself just to see what happens. It would be nice to lose 5 pounds or so over this 3 months but we will see what happens...sounds kinda wishy washy huh.....i haven't lost much so far maybe a half a pound to a pound......
I think my favorite part is Wed and Friday having the whole morning to myself, I sit in the steam room after the workout before I shower and get ready with no interupptions. I have never blow dried my hair so much in my life!!!
I do have to say though I find myself living for Thursday's. I love Thursday's. I don't have to get up and get out of the house early (just by 9:30 with Izzy for her Tumbling Toddler Class) adn in teh afternoon I pick up my neice jessie from school (she is 11) adn Izzy LOVES playing with her and Jess is really good and playing with her so I can actually get some stuff done aroudn the house.
Yesterday was our first Tumbling Toddler class through community ed. I think it is going to be a good one. It is not gymnastics, it is in a elementary school gym and they have a big mat in the center and a bunch of slides, ride on toys, balls etc set up around the rest of the gym. So the kids get to play and run aroudn part of the time and we do organized stretching,galloping,crawling, rolling etc as well as song time and parachute time. Izzy seemed to like it (even though seh fell off the slide and bumped her head...luckily the slide was on a mat!) It is quite a bit different than the other class we took so I think it will be good to have the variety.
All in all it has been a good week. I will for sure be tired today though, i don' t knwo why but I had a rough nights sleep, lots of tossing and turning....probably just a bit of stress about the party Sunday....
Now I need to stop procrastinating and try to get some work done!!!
I have been trying to stick to my meal plan and that has been the hardest part. I am hungry ALL the time and i think it is mostly because I am thinking about all the stuff I want to eat and can't therefore it makes me hungry. The first few weeks of the meal plan are always the hardest until my body gets used to it. I think I am having a harder time this time because deep down if I feel like if i don't lose any weight that is still okay because I am at a healthy weight now, I weigh less than I did when I got married (only by a few pounds) and I am the smallest I have ever been in my adult life....now that is great. But I really do want to push myself just to see what happens. It would be nice to lose 5 pounds or so over this 3 months but we will see what happens...sounds kinda wishy washy huh.....i haven't lost much so far maybe a half a pound to a pound......
I think my favorite part is Wed and Friday having the whole morning to myself, I sit in the steam room after the workout before I shower and get ready with no interupptions. I have never blow dried my hair so much in my life!!!
I do have to say though I find myself living for Thursday's. I love Thursday's. I don't have to get up and get out of the house early (just by 9:30 with Izzy for her Tumbling Toddler Class) adn in teh afternoon I pick up my neice jessie from school (she is 11) adn Izzy LOVES playing with her and Jess is really good and playing with her so I can actually get some stuff done aroudn the house.
Yesterday was our first Tumbling Toddler class through community ed. I think it is going to be a good one. It is not gymnastics, it is in a elementary school gym and they have a big mat in the center and a bunch of slides, ride on toys, balls etc set up around the rest of the gym. So the kids get to play and run aroudn part of the time and we do organized stretching,galloping,crawling, rolling etc as well as song time and parachute time. Izzy seemed to like it (even though seh fell off the slide and bumped her head...luckily the slide was on a mat!) It is quite a bit different than the other class we took so I think it will be good to have the variety.
All in all it has been a good week. I will for sure be tired today though, i don' t knwo why but I had a rough nights sleep, lots of tossing and turning....probably just a bit of stress about the party Sunday....
Now I need to stop procrastinating and try to get some work done!!!
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