Randomness

Today started off sort of blah but once I realized that it was such a petty thing to get upset over, the day ended up being totally awesome!!We went out for dinner and people were amazed at how well all FOUR of our children behaved. I get this reaction a lot actually. My kids are 6, 3, 2, and 7 1/2months old. Sometimes we wonder how we are blessed to have such amazing human beings. I can go anywhere with them and I honestly don't cringe or hope they don't do something to totally embarrass us:)Its truly a great feeling:)

I decided to see how long it would take me to do 10,000 steps on my treadmill yesterday. I finished at 1 hour 10 min. I ran most of it and burned a just under 600 calories!!I was very sore when I woke up this morning lol. I like challenging myself and I felt totally awesome that I got through it without one complaint.

My 30th birthday is next Friday!!!I'm actually happy about turning 30. I still remember when my mom turned 30 and was outside on our back steps crying like a baby. I still don't get what the big deal is about. I feel awesome!!Its just a freakin' number imo. I'm going to have a girl's night out on my birthday and I can't wait!!I refuse to let life pass me by. I'm loving life by living it.

Tomorrow I have a park play date with a friend in the neighborhood. The kids really enjoying spending time with them. I make sure to get them out as much as possible. Kids have tons of energy that needs to be burned daily. I need to renew our Zoo membership now that I'm thinking about it. We also have a membership to the Aquarium, so I'm sure to keep my bunch busy this summer.

Well, I think I'm gonna settle down for the night. Have a great one!

Dee

Contentment

Last night was great!!Got to hang out with a bunch of moms and NO kids!!!I so needed some "me" time. The pic is me before leaving. It's my new favorite:)I've had a great day so far. Clarence took the kids outside and to the park, so I had quite a bit of time alone. It was too quiet in here!

I weighed in this morning at 165.3. Three more ounces would have been great lol, but I'll take it. I don't know what it is, but suddenly I have a desire to run when I'm on the treadmill. I ran a whole 3 miles yesterday without stopping and I actually enjoyed it. I NEVER thought in a million years that I would ever get to that point in my exercise routine.

Well I'm going to continue to enjoy my care free weekend. Have a good one!

Dee

Okay I guess

Loss .9 pounds, bringing me to 166 even. I was kind of disappointed with that number today. I assumed I was going to be about 164:( Clarence(husband)thinks I expect too much of myself and may be he's right. Well a loss is a loss and at least I'm headed in the right direction, even though its a little slow than I would like.

Its Mother's Day weekend and I informed Clarence weeks ago and many times after that I would like to celebrate today and not on Sunday because everywhere you go on Mother's Day, its crowded. I would like to be surprised for once instead of having to plan my own day. Here we sit in our pajamas. He also said the yard would get cut today. Is 11:21 am and we're suppose to get more rain again. He's currently playing a game on the XBox 360. If I have to go out and cut the grass myself after taking care of four children everyday, its gonna be hell on earth in this house. Clarence is not an outdoors person at all. I think if he had his way, he would only be outside to get in and out of the van to commute to and from work. I'm going to end this now because I'm getting pretty pissed when I'm trying to give him a chance to rectify the day.

Dee

Holding Steady:)

I'm still at 166.9 and I'm super happy about that. You may be wondering why I'm not upset? Well, I had some great food that I really shouldn't have eaten but it was my anniversary and girl's got to get wined and dined a little. I did awesome on exercising and burned over 800 calories on some days. I'm not going to cry about how I didn't lose anything because I did awesome at maintaining. I can't believe I'm EXACTLY what I was last week. Its kind of awesome. To me, it means that my metabolism is doing its job:)Next week I hope to be down to 163 or 164. I must admit the Chinese food was soooooo awesome:)The key is definitely moderation and LOTS of H20!!

I've been thinking about purchasing a kitchen scale to monitor my calories more efficiently but I haven't come across one that I'm willing to spend the money on. My main goal is to stay within my calorie range of 1400 calories a day. As I get closer to my goal, I may drop it down to 1200. Well no sense in talking about it now, although I'm very sure I will get there in no time flat:)

As for non-scale victories(NSV), I'm officially in a size 11!!!!NO laying on the bed to zip my skirt, NO inhaling to get it over my stomach!!!I'm too happy about that:)(Pics coming soon).

I think we're just going to hang around the house this weekend. I think everyone is due for some downtime. Next weekend we're going to take the kids to MN Zoo. Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far:)


Delisha

Eager!

I don't know what came over me yesterday but I looked so forward to working out. So much in fact, that I actually exercised twice. It was awesome!!!But I'm paying for it this morning. I'm so sore:( But its a good sore:) I'm hoping today will go similar but with four kids,everyday can be totally different from the other.

Today is my wedding anniversary. I love Clarence so very much:)He's changed my life from the moment I saw him. I just knew the second I looked at him that he was going to be my husband. I know many people say that but I honestly thought that and I was so right:)Here's a picture of us on our wedding day

We won't be celebrating until tomorrow since its a work day for him. We snuggled in bed most of the morning. I didn't want to let him go but he has a deadline to meet at work so back to reality. If I had my way, we would go away to somewhere exotic for a few days. I know it will happen in time though. Its just hard sometimes not having any family nearby. But whats most important is the fact that we have a great marriage and respect each other.

Well the kids are getting rowdy, so I'm going to get them some breakfast and send Malique off to school. Have a good day everyone!

Dee

166.9 lbs. =)

I'm really happy that I now weigh 166.9!!For some strange reason, I was actually EAGER to workout each day this week. I didn't workout on Tuesday because I was just exhausted from mommy stuff and actually took a nap!!So I exercised 4 out of 7. Not too bad, but I prefer to get in at least 5 days a week. I feel as if I'm started to get bored with what I currently eat daily, so I will definitely be looking for some new ideas and recipes for the upcoming week.

Today we took the kids to a Easter party hosted by my mommy group(Prior Lake Moms)
Here's a few pics of my gang:
Kaine
Saiya Norah
Malique (right)
Daddy(Clarence) helping Ayannia
I think tomorrow is going to be a PJ day. I have been on the road a bit much this week with the kids, so I think we're due for some down time.

I've decided that sometime this week I will try the "Deck of Cards" workout Jillian Michaels suggested as a training tip on Biggest Loser last week. I think its an awesome way to keep me excited about exercising. Those first 10 minutes I have to literally keep saying "you can do this, you want this" until my body wakes up and gets with the program.

Well, I'm off to start my lazy 24 hours in PJs. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Dee

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

Well my period started and I didn't lose any weight this week. I'm still holding steady at 168.2. I don't know if the Wii Fit aided in maintaining or if it helped me lose. I retain a lot of water when its that TOM. So I probably won't really see my actual weight loss until the next weigh in. I'm going to go back to traditional workouts. I just feel that I will see more results that way. I'm posting two pics of myself(can't believe I'm doing this) the first one at 168 an the 2nd at 191.






I've been thinking about what I'm going to do today in regards to exercise and I haven't settled on any yet. I usually have something in mind by the time I get the kids up but not today.

The weather calls for rain all day:(The sun won't be making an appearance today. That's okay with me since I only planned to do laundry today anyway. Time for me to refill my water bottle. Have a great week everyone!

Dee

Long Week; Wii Fit

Sorry I'm so late in posting this but with a big family to look after, my time is not always my own. So the last week has been absolute hell. Everyone has had this nasty bug. I can't begin to tell you how many loads of laundry I've done or how many times we've had to bathe the kids in one day because they ended up puking on themselves among other things. It was one of the moments that made me feel like it was never going to end no matter what. I'm so glad its over. Now its time to get all these germs out of the house an clean up the yard. Still haven't figured out how I'm going to do that with two kids at school and two and home, all at different times of the day.....BLAH!!



I've decided that since I use my Wii Fit on a regular basis that I will give it a go to see if it aids in weight loss. I started yesterday and slept GREAT last night. I did the Super Hula Hoop three times, the free step for 20 minutes, some yoga poses(love the Sun Salutation),and some other exercises I can't think of at the moment. I've been looking online through sources such as you tube and notice that many people have tried this with great success. I did 1 hour and 16 minutes yesterday and I'm very sore this morning. I think it was the hula hoop exercises.

I'm hoping that I can get the kids outside today for some backyard play. Its suppose to reach the mid 60s today!! I didn't think that Minnesota could get temps like this lol. This has been THE longest winter ever. Well I'm off to do some housework before Kaine has to go to preschool.

Dee

Exhausted, Frustrated, Tired

So my 6 year old son Malique is not feeling well. Went upstairs this morning to wake him for breakfast but smelled something unreal in the boys' room. Apparently, he vomited last night, didn't bother to tell anyone and also did #2. I actually cried at the sight of my son not only sleeping in that filth but not bothering to tell anyone. I have spent the entire day cleaning up after him along with taking care of his three siblings. I'm TIRED!! Guess what just happened a few minutes ago??? Malique screams and cries(vomited/pooped) yet didn't let anyone know. I'm so pissed and tired. Being a parent is the hardest job I've ever had. So I'm pretty sure our Easter Holiday weekend is shot to hell. How do you go somewhere praying that your kid won't throw up all over himself???I have no clue what to do with the other three yet keep it low key. We were going to surprise them by taking them to the MN Zoo to see the Farm Babies and take pictures with Peter Rabbit:(Man I don't know how the hell I got through this damn day. I hope this stress doesn't affect my weigh-in tomorrow. I really need to get out of this house but I don't think it would be fair to leave Clarence home with the kids and he's still not 100% from his illness that started last week. Going to relax (if that's possible)and watch some TV with hubby.

Dee

Weigh-In(Day Late)

Yesterday we took the kids to the local book fair and then to the Mall of America for lunch then down to the Underwater Adventures Aquarium. It was a LONG day but we had a great time! The kids all passed out on the ride home:)It was an awesome day. I can't believe we woke up to snow this morning. WTF??Its freakin' April...ughhhhhhhh!!Being from Louisiana, this is culture shock for me. I mean they are wearing shorts in my native state right now. Mother Nature is losing her damn mind.

With all of yesterday's events, I didn't get to weigh-in. This morning I weighed in at 168.4!!That works for me:)I was secretly hoping for a little more of a loss but that sure beats gaining weight and beating myself up. Getting to watch the Wild play the Detroit Red Wings in a few minutes. We have GOT to win this on or our chances at the playoffs are pretty much shot to hell.

Finally!!!

Out of the 170s for good!!! Weighed in today at 169.8. Although I barely made it out of the 170s, I'm damn proud to be moving in the right direction. Yesterday was just too hectic to squeeze in a few minutes to weigh-in, so Saturday will be the new day for that. I work out Monday through Friday so that will be okay. I had some pretty high-intensity workouts this past week. I'm really proud that I'm managing to get that hour to myself to get back into shape every evening. Clarence watches the kids so that I can really focus on me. I really love him for that. It doesn't take much to make me happy.:)Besides I'm NOT a morning person. I felt like I was just getting it over with instead of getting the maximum benefit from working out.

Dee

Update on everything

I've decided to make this blog not only about weight loss but also about my life in general.

Last week I was sick as a dog and so was my 6 yr old son Malique. Thats why I didn't do a weigh-in post. When I finally got my energy back to get into the swing of things again, guess what? My husband Clarence got sick. He's been home the last two days:( I feel like its gonna take forever before things get back to some sort of normalcy. Last Friday, I weighed in at 172.0 and I'm not happy about it one bit. I expect an even bigger gain at tomorrow's weigh-in since I've been home taking care of Clarence and not really sticking to watching my caloric intake. I feel like I'm going to be stuck in the 170s forever:( This morning he(Clarence) couldn't sleep anymore because of his illness, so we were awake at 5am watching Tenchi Muyo(anime). Now I'm feeling the affect of that. I barely made it to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I really don't have the energy to eat anything, so I'll probably just grab a banana and call it a day. The kids are on spring break this week. It rained Monday and Tuesday, yesterday it was pretty cool and today we're lucky to be in the 30s. Its pretty safe to say that we are going to be raising our children in Minnesota. I wish my mind would get use to it. We were both born and raised in New Orleans and have been here for almost 4 years and I'm still not use to it. I don't think complaining is going to change the weather, so I might as well suck it up and deal with it. Going to grab another cup of joe. Weigh-in tomorrow(pray for me).

Dee

Weigh-In Friday:) ; 30 Day Shred

Down 2 lbs. this week bringing my new weight to 171.1. I'm super happy with that!! I was hoping to be out of the 170s this week but its okay. I know for sure that I'll achieve that mini-goal next week. I started doing Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred on Wednesday and I'm hoping to go the whole 30 days to see if this will actually work. My legs are bothering me a little bit this morning but its nothing some good stretching won't cure. I have ran out of granola bars(my obsession) so I definitely need to get to the store today, tomorrow at the latest. I can't believe I'm actually finding the time to work out with four children and a husband to take care of lol. So when people tell me there isn't enough time to workout, its an excuse. If I can do it everyday with all the chaos that goes on around here on a daily basis, I KNOW it can be done. I'm going to try and workout while the little ones are playing today. If not, its gonna definitely happen during nap time. But I seriously could use a nap myself, so I'll mostly like make it happen before latter of the two.

I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!

*DEFINITELY out of the 170s next week;)

Dee

Weigh-In Friday

For those of you following along, I've decided to change the day that I weigh in. When I weighed in Monday I was at 178.1. This morning I'm at 173.1. My TOM was last week so I'm guessing all the water weight etc. hadn't left my body when I weighed in this past Monday. I've also been working out twice a day on Tuesday and Wednesday. So I've lost 5 lbs in one week:D This has definitely made my day and is an awesome start to the weekend!!! The things I did differently this week would have to be drinking no less than 80 oz of water per day, taking a fiber supplement, and increasing the endurance of my workouts. I've also purchased the Forerunner 50 made by Garmin. It tracks my heart rate, time, and calories burned(only during running and walking;with use of the foot pod). It really makes me want to work even harder to see great numbers on my fitness progress. I need to get some breakfast in my body, I'm thinking oatmeal today. Have a great weekend everyone!!

Dee

*Hoping to be out of the 170s next week*

I knew it:(

I stupidly decided to eat pizza Friday night for dinner then AGAIN for lunch the next day. I should know better then to think that it wouldn't reflect on the scale. I'm now 175.3:(I only got to exercise 3 days last week. It seems like finding one hour for myself has become way more challenging than it should be. Plus I'm not going to bed early enough to get up in the morning to exercise. So all those late nights on the couch with hubby watching all of our shows on the DVR are going to have to take a back seat for now. Then to add insult to injury, my period is going to show up any day now. I hope everyone has a better weigh-in and workout this week.

Dee

Woohoo!

Weighed in this morning at 175.0 lbs. Thats 2.7 lbs. lost from last week!!! I did super good this week with workouts and eating right. The only thing I could have done better was drinking more water. Drinking water gets old REALLY fast so I've got to come up with a way to increase my water intake. I've been doing the Turbo Jam, so I'm sure that played a major part in my weight loss. I plan to alternate between that and the Jillian Michaels DVD my hubby got me for V-day.(he actually remembered that I wanted it!!lol). He's such a sweetheart. It helps to know that he's supporting me on this journey. Well I need to go feed the gang. They are all home today since its President's Day.......blah!!

Monday Madness

Getting to the point(I'm suppose to be getting my son ready for school): I think I could have done better this week. I exercised 4 out of 7 days but I wanted to do 6. I also feel that my eating habits COULD have been a little better as well. I think going to KFC while dieting is such a good idea. I lost 1.5 lbs this week, bringing me to 177.7. I'm okay with that number but not excited about it. So this week I know that if I want to lose a good amount of weight, I should step it up a notch or two. I'm hoping to workout at least 5 times this week and not going above 1800 calories per day. Have a great week everyone!

Dee

Started Over:)

I promised myself something and I actually did it. I got out of the bed(slowly)at 5:50 am, weighed in and went down to the basement and had a great workout. I stepped on to the Wii Fit scale and I'm 179.2 lbs. I am so positive on my outlook for the future and looking HOT this summer. I'm sick of seeing cute clothes on hangers that I can't fit into. I put away all of my maternity clothing so I won't be tempted to just throw it back on at some point. I plan to get all of that washed up and sold on ebay. With four kids, we are sooooooo at our limit. Its time to put my health first and watch my babies grow now:) I'm so sore right now that my legs feel as if I have weights on them and I'm walking in slow motion. I think one of the things I definitely need to work on is getting to bed a little earlier. I didn't get to sleep until midnight. So you can imagine how I was feeling this morning when the alarm clock was going off. Its all most 8am so I need to get some breakfast in my tummy and get the little one to the bus stop. I'll be weighing in weekly on Mondays. Have a great week everyone and workout hard;)

Where to Begin.................

The last few weeks have been a true test, physically and emotionally. It seemed as if someone was determined to keep bringing bad things into my life. I have apparently been suffering from depression, to be more specific, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or more commonly known as the "winter blues." Minnesota winters keep you indoors ALL THE TIME. I was born and raised in Louisiana, so this has been like a culture shock to me. I was told that the best way to beat this thing is to get on an exercise plan and to get more rest.

I was tortured with the idea of weaning my daughter from breastfeeding so that I could get on a serious workout/diet plan without affecting her. Well, things have a funny way of happening I suppose, because my milk supply has pretty much vanished. Am I sad about that? You bet, what loving mother wouldn't be? Am I going to beat myself up about it? Nope! She is doing great on formula now. She is a very content and happy baby girl(whom I love to pieces).

With all of that being said, I seriously need to quit putting my health on the back burner. I'm going to be 30 in a few months and I don't want to hit 60-70 years old having to take numerous amounts of medication all because of my excuses right now. So Monday morning I'm going to start kicking fat's ass out of my life for good!!

Being Sick and Being Selfish

I haven't been blogging because I had a breast infection called Mastitis which is common when breastfeeding. I had a temp of 104.3 and I was just to the point of wanting to die. Then I was put on antibiotics. Lets just say the last week was the week from hell! I didn't get to work out and eating was not at the top of my list.

Anyway, my milk supply got really low as a result and I'm seriously thinking about weaning my daughter and putting her on formula so that I can lose weight more efficiently. Is that selfish of me? Is it wrong to put my need to lose weight and be healthy ahead of my daughter's breastfeeding? I'm really not allowed to "diet" like I use to before breastfeeding. I'm so torn on this issue and hoping for some sort of input from my readers. My husband just said that he's happy as long as our daughter gets the nutrients she needs to thrive.

What do you think I should do??