Busy, Good Day

Friday, October 28, 2011

I was kind of surprised tonight when I logged in to SP and realized that I hadn't logged in all day! I was certain that I had already tracked part of my food and read the articles that I usually read in the morning, but I hadn't. It was very strange, but we had a good busy day. My mom came in to town, so my DH watched the kids while we went out to lunch at a little Italian place that was wonderful! I had a vegetable pita and LOVED it!
She left after lunch to go visit her mom, my grandmother, who is still recovering from her stroke. My mom had my nephew with her so he is here with us again while she visits. I had to remind myself to check his diaper. I've been so excited about my youngest being out of diapers that I found it strange to have one in the house who is still in diapers.
Basically, the day was busy and good. I did my two hours of cardio in the afternoon and stayed low on my calories even though I went out at lunch. It was a great day and I'm exhausted.
We made another SP recipe today that I had downloaded from SP - Delicious Dinners on a Dime No-Fuss Family Meals that Feed Four for Less than $10. It was Taco Soup and it was really good!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow but I'll save that for tomorrow's blog!

  

Yesterday, Today and Homemade Bagels

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Yesterday I was so tired that I didn't write my blog, post any messages or even log back into my computer! I just passed out. I went to bed and fell asleep hard. I was still so out of it this morning that I didn't get up until 45 minutes after the alarm went off! I got a lot of stuff done yesterday though.

Today I've got to think through what I'm doing again.

1) 2 hours of Cardio
2) Read friends paper again
3) Laundry
4) Quick clean bathrooms
5) Vacuum bedrooms
6) Make dinner
and
7) Attempt tp make bagels! This one should be pretty interesting. This is one of those things that I never even considered making. I assumed making bagels was some elaborate process that could only be done by great and mighty machines! Machines that only decided to share with humanity their wonderful bagels as a sign of their awesomeness! [hehehe] Okay, maybe I didn't quite think about them like that. I just didn't really think about them at all. My family loves them and I buy them.
After we ran out yesterday, my husband suggested I try to make them. I just stared blankly at him and said, "You can make those?" He had a good laugh about that because I like to make all kinds of things. "Did you think they just appeared at the store?" [And that explains the great and might machines thought process.]
I looked them up in my regular old cookbook and there they were. They seem simple enough. We'll see what happens.

  

I Like Mondays!

Monday, October 24, 2011

It may seem a little weird, but I like Mondays! We get our routine back on Mondays. I enjoy the weekend also, but we are usually so busy that I don't always get my exercise done and if we go out of town it's hard to even log my food! Our weekends are always enjoyable though. It seems like we always do so much but never quite get everything done! That's okay though because then we have something lse to look forward to next weekend.
I still have a lot of work to do over the next couple of months if I'm going to meet my December goal, so today I'm to my normal cardio - one hour on the bike and one hour of steps. I think I'm going to try the intervals on the bike again. I really like the workout I get from interval training.
I remembered to buy more spinach this weekend so I will have spinach salads for lunch again this week.

All Goals for today:

2 hours of cardio
Wii Fit Challenge
Clean my room
Quick clean bathrooms
Finish weekend laundry
Iron 2 dresses and DH's shirts
Make sugar cookie dough (For DD's school cookies)
1 hour of Spanish
Review friends school paper
Carve the pumpkin this afternoon!

Dinner is already done and in the freidge. We are having vegetable beef stew again. It is my DDs favorite so we always make a HUGE pot and eat it for a few days.

  

  Member Comments About This Blog Post:

CHRISTYBUG 10/24/2011 10:41PM

Wow, sounds like you had a really busy day! All I did was work. I feel lazy now. *LOL* Report Inappropriate Comment

FITFABJENN 10/24/2011 9:48AM

You are a dynamo! Enjoy your Monday. Report Inappropriate Comment

MAMAWLINDALOU 10/24/2011 9:31AM

Sounds like you have a full day ahead. Report Inappropriate Comment

Getting Better

Sunday, October 23, 2011

My stomach was much better today, so I talked myself into an hour on the stationary bike. I didn't do intervals on the bike today just rode it using a built in setting, but it was pretty interesting because the interval training made my normal setting go much quicker. I was able to increase my time without pushing too hard.
Tomorrow, I'll go back to steps and the bike again.

  

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GDY2SHUZ 10/23/2011 11:56PM

Seems things are improving, easy does it. Report Inappropriate Comment

Still Slightly Painful

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Actuallly it hurts like a word I don't want to say! I'm just trying to stay positive about it because I'm sure it will be better soon. I just can't imagine that this is just a pulled muscle. I've never pulled a muscle before but this really, really sucks. The doctor said cardio would be okay and upper and lower ST exercises but I did not wnat to move much today. I finally played a little Wii bowling with my DH and had to stop after 4 games because it hurt worse. Apparently, I use my abdominal muscles A LOT! After 3 c-sections, I should remember this but I just want it to go away without gaining too much weight in the mean time. Tomorrow I will try some steps and maybe the bike at a regular pace instead of intervals.
Also, tomorrow I will be very careful to eat plenty of fruits and veggies and keep my calories on the low end of the spectrum.

  

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COMPUCATHY 10/23/2011 10:12AM

Remember, pain is an indication to STOP. No pushing through the pain for you on this one. When we are healing, we need to allow the healing to take place...not make it worse. Be smart...take care of you! Keep up the good work! Thanks for the encouragement! Spark on! Report Inappropriate Comment

HALEYSMUM 10/23/2011 12:14AM

Do what you can, you have an injury, and it's normal to put on or lose a few pounds here or there. Take good care of yourself and ease back into things, I started my routine a month ago and within two weeks, I got shin splints. I was gutted! But I'm back on my feet and losing again. Don't let it get you down! Report Inappropriate Comment