Not the eating but work. First let me start by writing really quick about the accident I got into on Monday. Not my fault (2nd time I got into an accident and it has not been my fault)and it was an off duty cop that hit me. I hate this because even though I was not at fault and I was rear ended pretty hard and we do have some injuries the insurance company started by offering me $150. LOL. WHAT? They so suck. So today at some point I am supposed to send them an e-mail with me request. I want to go to a chiropracter for 3 months and the cost of this PER person is $2200 with some follow up appointment in between. So why did they offer me $150 for treatment for 3 people? Because they take advantage of people. I am not getting a lawyer YET but if they decide they want to mess with me I will. So anyway....the other bad news is my boss is quitting and NOBODY KNOWS so Florence if you read this SHHHHH the person that "leaked" this info is the only one that knows so if it got around she would be fired. Anyway this girl that is the most ANNOYING person EVER that HATES working here and even quit for a week to work somewhere else was given preference to interview for her job and is DEMANDING almost 6 figures for her position. WHAT!? Ok my boss compliments me on a daily basis on the GREAT WONDERFUL FANTASTIC work that I do here and I am not even given an opportunity to interview. I am so "upset". Ok I am being bitter and I am praying about it. I just needed to vent. Supposedly I was being considered for a promotion but I have not heard a peep about this promotion since it was mentioned. I am thinking I am going to have to transfer to another department OR just get a job closer to home.
Another thing I was considering, since my boss is leaving and all, ask her about me working from home. Maybe she will approve it before she leaves and all will be well. But it's more like a "yeah right" but let me give it a shot anyway. I will do this today and see how it goes. Pray for me if there is anyone out there that reads my blog and actually believes that prayer does work. If the favor does not sway my way, then I know it is nto God's will and I will need to accept it and do what I have to do. God bless.
This is a side view of my church. It's going to look much different soon!
Well day 28 of 28 was yesterday and I guess you can say I went out with a bang. I got down to 227.8 but I am sure I gained a bit over the weekend. I had like 3 cookies on Saturday...just because they were there. We were at the RU training and I just felt like being a pig even though I wasn't hungry. So here I am today and my stomach is trippen. Making weird noises it hasn't made in a while. Hopefully I will be able to get it back to normal after my.....I don't want to say it....3 protein days. Ugh. I dred these days but after I am done (as hard as they are) I feel better. I don't feel very hungry during the day, it's the evening that I find difficult.
So it looks like I am going to HAVE to work out less at the gym. I just CANNOT afford the time that I am spending there. I am letting other things go in order to be there 2 hours a day and it's not paying off well. I took Friday off work just to get house things done like grocery shopping, washing my car, paying bills & spend time with Alexis before she went back to school...and more!! So I am going to start doing the Body For Life WORKOUTS, not the diet but the workouts because they are intensive and require about an hour on days where you work out with weights and 20 minutes on Cardio Days. The cardio is super intensive though and I am for sure going to use the stairmaster for this workout. Well I will change it up but that stairmaster kicks my butt. I also want to buy some sort of protein powder drink. I think Costco carries a good one that's only like $15. These will work perfect on my protein days as sometimes I just feel like drinking something and not having to actually eat meat as protein will be nice. So I might run over to Costco on my lunch to get a bag. I need to make sure the nutritional info on the label is....well...nutritious.
RU went well again on Friday night. I heard A LOT of preaching about the importance of Soul Winning. As a leader in the RU ministry, I have to go back to Soul Winning. I know the Lord wants me to and it's not a good example if I don't. I can't use my work as an excuse anymore. The Lord will help me get up and get through my days. I just have to start trusting in Him again when it comes to this. So now it looks like we will be at church Wed as well.
The good thing is our kids have all their friends there. Alexis goes to school there and can't wait to meet up with her friends. She works in the nursery too which is good. Alani is in the nursery and all her little friends are in there too. She knows the routine. She likes to take her own purse which is the funniest thing. I need to take a picture of us leaving for church. I have a beautiful family and I thank God to the fullest. God bless.
I woke up in a VERY bad mood then the mood got worst when I got on the scale. A 1 pound gain. WHAT?!?? Stupid scale. Oh well I just have to keep on moving along. What else can I do. I can't explain the gain so I am not going to worry much about it.
Last night Serg went to the gym with me! His mom was in town and Alexis left with her to visit some relatives. I called the gym and made arrangements for the babysitting dept. to watch Alani and Gabriel but I ended up leaving Alani with my 13 year old neice Angie. So we worked out and it was nice to have him there so he can see what I do when I leave the house. Hard work to loose this weight.
Not much else going on. I think I might take the day off tomorrow. I have so many things to do and I am so tired that I think I might just do that (if my boss is cool with it of course). God bless.
I LOVE this Anna Scholz top....it's only $115 (i said that sarcastically)... ....& what about that red dress....I love it..$149 for ya!
I am not sure what get's me into a funk. Could be my actual mood or just that I am plain tired. It's hard to tell getting up at 3am every morning. I mean I guess for anyone having to get up that early will be moody AND tired right? Well I can never tell what kind of day I am going to have until at least 2-3 hours after I get to work. Sometimes I do just wake up nice and chipper but those days are few and far apart.
Taking Alexis to the gym yesterday kinda sucked because she has to be 13 to be able to use the workout machines. I need to talk to the trainer upstairs to see if they will allow her to workout as she LOOKS like a 13 year old and is very mature for her age. I might need to get a Dr's note that shows it's ok for her to work out. We will see. Anyway she can use the pool everyday if she wants and I talked to the swimming supervisor and he will allow her to wear her culotts which are like shorts but looks like a skirt. I would just let her wear a bathing suit but her school prohibts them from doing that (that AND wearing pants) but some of the ladies from my church take their boys swimming there and they go to her school so that's a total no no. Some people don't understand this whole Baptist thing where the women wear only skirts thing. I mean I don't like it because I love to wear nice jeans but I "get" why it's important. It does have to do with a woman looking modest. I mean especially now, the way jeans are made. A woman likes to show off her curves right? But the thinking here is "show your own husband your curves and not everyone else's husband". It's harder for the men to concentrate on preaching and hearing the Word of God when some girl at church is wearing these tight jeans showing her thong or her butt crack to you. KWIM? So yeah...this topic can be controvercial of course but in my case there is really no room for debate because I LOVE my church, Alexis loves the school and so the skirt wearing continues (seems like I am having my own debate in my head).
I woke up with a nasty headache today. I treated myself to a piece of wheat toast with my fake butter (forgot the name of it). Bread never tasted so good :-) Had my coffee but yet I still feel crappy. I was tempted to go to my car and take a little nap for an hour. I might still do that and when lunch rolls around I will work through my lunch so not to cheat my work. We'll see about that. Too lazy to get up right now....Serg is staying home today because it's raining and he can't work in the rain. I almost stayed home but I need to save my vacation days so here I am.
Alright well....I guess I am going to get back to work. God Bless.
I got into a lazy mode yesterday at work where I just really did not want to be bothered by work. I just wanted to read blogs and be a bad employee. But I did work but was also online and got a few good recipes that I want to try out this week or this weekend if time permits.
Last night I got home got some chicken ready to throw into the oven and ran out the door for a 2 hour gym workout. It was the hardest workout I have had to date. What do I have to show for?..... .6 pound loss. It's something. Never enough for me though. I expect too much as always and my expectations are to loose 3 pounds per workout (not really). After I was done I sat in the Sauna for 10 minutes and did some sit ups and some arm workouts. It was gettin' hot up in there though and being that you're not really supposed to be working out in there, I keep it to a minimum.
I finished stretching and walked out of the gym beet red and sweaty. It felt good. Tonight I have to do laundry FIRST then I can go workout (this is according to my husband). Well he is doing the laundry and I am helping. I am supposed to take Alexis with me today so we will see how she does at the gym for the very first time. I might have to call and make a babysitting appointment for Alani so that my hubby does not get irritated at home with the kids. Gotta keep him happy or he's going to give me a hard time everytime I even discuss working out. Don't get me wrong he wants me to workout, he wants me to feel good about myself but he works really really hard, comes home tired and still helps me around the house. Then I turn around and leave for 2 hours everyday and leave him at home to eat dinner alone with 3 kids (2 of the 3 kids=high maintenance). Alani is 2 and is at the age where she's trying to prove herself and Gabriel is just a baby and wants you to play with him nonstop. I would be mad if I was him. So I am really trying to go to the gym right when I get home and when I get back we can all eat dinner together. So I will just continue to try and get on a schedule where mom is making everyone happy. Sometimes you just have to do that.
I made steak fajitas last night for lunch and they look SOOOO good. I made fresh beans in the crock pot too (when you're mexican you always got to have the beans at home or no dinner is complete). I am not really trying to eat them everyday though cause beans = gas and I don't want to let one loose on anyone at the gym. Yes I really think about these things....LOL...I also have a nice breakfast planned..just my typical breakfast burrito with some fresh salsa.
I guess that's pretty much it. Gotta go fill up my 32 ounce water bottle and down it as I do every morning and throw a little bit of makeup on before everyone starts to come in....well maybe I will skip the makeup..I don't really care what anyone thinks of me 4 out of 5 days. God bless.
I actually feel pretty darn good today despite it being Monday and it being 5:00am and all....Friday went really well (the 2nd reformers unanimous meeting). It is seriously coming to light that God chose me to be a leader in this ministry so I can get closer to Him because I am! I asked him for help in memorizing scripture again as I seemed to be having some trouble and it was really starting to frustrate me. I don't just want to memorize it either I want to be able to USE it when helping someone. It helps when you can back up what you are saying with what God says in the bible. This weekend also brought to light how many people actually do not believe in God. The thing is many DO believe but they are mad at Him for reasons unknown to me. I found that most of the people that have confessed their "hatred" for him are because they blame Him for the bad things that happned in their lives. It's hard not to blame Him for things that you think He has control over. Some people though just don't plain believe in Him and feel they are being manipulated to worship something they just don't see. I am not a brain surgeon but I can tell you with 100% certainty that the Lord is REAL. He's shown Himself to me time and time again (not in a spooky ghost sort of way or anything kooky like that) that no one could ever convince me that He is not real. As baby Christians, He shows us he is real because that's just it, we are BABY Christians and we don't believe unless He proves it to us. Now as a more mature Christian, when I pray for a certain thing and it does not happen, I know that He doesn't want that for my life and if I am going through certain struggles, in many many cases, I grow from the experience and instead of getting mad at Him, I take it as another lesson He wants me to grow from. There is so much more I can write about this but not now. Anyway, not sure where that all came from.
OK SO......eating wise this weekend was good BUT not great. Today I am back to my lowest weight yet which is 228.8 and I could of been lower I think but the pizza I ate Saturday night must of not helped. I didn't pig out I just ate enough to say I had dinner. I love pizza though and I always will. If I am gonna cheat, this is the way I will go. Gee, sounds like I am having a love affair. I refrained from eating a lot of other junk food and when the vote from the family was to go out and eat I voted to go home and cook! What?!! Me? I just kept thinking of all the crappy stuff that s in fast food. They trick you to think that even those evil salads are good for you! They take us for fools I tell ya. Ok I'm being weird. Next subject.
I kinda have AF again though which I am tired of seeing! It's like are you coming or going or what?? It must have something to do with the IUD I got put in in January. Not sure but whatever. This weekened I missed taking my Metformin and I feel kinda off in the insulin level sense. I had gotten into a routine this past week and was starting to feel better too. Like my heart not racing so much and a lot of the feeling of being bloated was going away. I even worked on gradually increasing my Met dosage and prepared myself for the headaches and the runs (sorry I know, TMI). I didn't take my blood pressure meds either. Gosh I sound like I am 60 years old!! Another reason to loose weight is to get off old people medication. Mental note #1000.
My hubby bought me some Ralph Lauren sunglasses this weekend and also let me shop and buy 5 skirts, 4 or 5 tops, black nylons and 2 pair of shoes! Love the guy. I'll take a picture with my glasses later. I am the ultimate collector of designer sunglasses, even though I have not worn them very often lately (could be that winter was just over). I am hopefully getting my next pair, God willing, in a month or so. Maybe some Dolce & Gabbana's or some Christian Dior's (pictured above). Well as some of the Australian bloogers say, I have to go to the 'loo' so I got's to go. God Bless.
This is not me either....I am still fat...
Seriously seriously. I am tired. The baby decided he wanted to cry all night. I didn't go to church last night because I wanted to go to bed early to be refreshed today as we have the RU ministry meetings tonight. Well it didn't happen. I am not feeling it quite yet but I know that later today my tiredness WILL kick in. I MAYBE got 1 full hour of sleep which is NOT GOOD.
I weighed myself, no loss. Sucks. I worked out pretty hard yesterday too, over 2 hours. BUT the good news is I feel so much more toned. I don't feel all fat and nasty. I feel like I am playing tricks on myself though because I have only lost a few pounds and how can I start to feel so much thinner? Am I tricking myself into thinking that I AM thinner? I dunno but working out is making me feel less giggly. I think what is keeping my weight at a standstill is me = eating too much chicken. I think I overdid it for a few days on the protein. I need to go back to eating my chicken breast portions. I have issues with portions. Made mental note.
Let's see....my day is set pretty much today. I need to go to either Costco or Albertson's to buy some snacks and drinks for the kids at church today and I am going to squeeze in my 30 minute walk with Florence. We are so funny, we are trying to do belly slimming workouts while walking and we probably looked silly but it tired me out!! We didn't do all of them and we will probably do less today (and go another route) but incorporating them is good I think.
Well tomorrow I plan on sleeping in a bit, getting up to work out, coming back home to make breakfast and help Serg study for his bible class midterm. We have a few moview to watch, probably take a nap (actually this is going to be a must)....then church pretty much all day Sunday.
Alright well hopefully I will have good news to report on Monday. I may even think about coming on to update over the weekend if I have time. Yeah right who am I kidding? God bless.
Man I wrote a long post and lost it!! I guess it too me long enough to write it. Anyway...I will be brief because I don't feel like typing it all over again.
I am down in body fat but up in weight by almost 1 pound. I know that weight fluctuates so I just need to chill. I am an official member of the Jewish Center Gym! Yeay for me. I love working out there and like I mentioned before it could not be more convenient for me. When I signed up the gentleman said that as part of my membership I had use of the heated pool, spa and Sauna. I screamed in my head "SAUNA"!! I love the Sauna. Could never really explain why I likes it so much till I read THIS and according to the article Sauna enthusiasts laud the health benefits of "sweat baths," attributing them with healing, preventative, and cleansing properties. Basically, what happens to the body during a sauna is quite simple — your metabolism and pulse rates increase, your blood vessels become much more flexible, and your extremities benefit from increased circulation. Many people attest to the healing powers of the sauna concerning mental depression and anxiety. They say that after leaving the sauna, the mind is in a relaxed, lucid state, free of the worries of the everyday world. That's how I feel when I walk outta there. Ok well I just got me breakfast together and I must eat. God Bless.
Florence has agreed to a mini challenge to get us more excited about this weight loss. She's very competitive so I am looking forward to this!!! The looser gets to buy the winner the prize below from Tupperware...
This 1st challenge is for 2 weeks and the goal we must reach is 6 pounds! YEAY! She is doing really well too. She's lost 10 pounds since January so she's good competetion.
This is my hubby....LOVE HIM!
Man my eyes are burning! Since starting my serious workouts I have been waking up feeling SOO tired and beat up. I mean what do I expect? I am on the go all day starting from 3AM! Everyone thinks I am absolutely nuts because they all complain about being "tired" and they don't wake up till 7am which is 4 WHOLE hours more of sleep. Man that sounds like such bliss. But they are stuck at work till at least 5pm whereas I leave at 1:30. Unfortunately the really hard work starts when I walk out the door of my building. Sigh.
Ok enough of that somewhat depressing crud. I am down to 228.8 which means that I am down another 1.4 pounds (almost a pound and a half)!! Wow. The bomb. I am debating whether or not I should do a third protein day. I checked to see if I was in Ketosis and I was +5 and I would love to be +10 but I am not sure. We will see how lunch goes. I am going try and run to Albertson's to buy some La Tortilla Factory tortillas and then to Costco to get a Rotisserie chicken and some salad greens. The rotesserie chicken is for lunch and to take home to make something for dinner. I need to make something quick when I get home for the family (but yummy and healthy) and I am also going to throw in a crockpot of beef stew for tomorrow. We have church tomorrow and if I have to make dinner then my gym workout is out the window and we don't want that.
Well I have lots of things on my mind but nothing I care to type about or that I am sure anyone cares to read so I will sign off for now and leave you with the bible verse below. God Bless.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Gosh lost track of what day this is. Oh well...I was SO tired this morning that when the alarm went off I could not physically scrape my tongue off my pillow to get up....well not literally but it sure felt like it. I am SORE SORE SORE and loving it. So who knew that eating well + working out worked! I am fricken FINALLY down to 230.2!! It only took me...what?....3 months to loose 8 pounds? But now that I am in total focus mode (working out seems to do that to me) I believe you're going to see those pounds coming off alot faster. My big belly is showing significant loss. I should measure my fab bod because Lindora calls for measurements as well so I might get my hubby to help me with that tonight.
Speaking of the evenings...I can't believe how much I have to bend over backwardwards to be able to leave my house to workout! It's unbelieveably difficult and I expressed this to Serg and he apologized for making it harder on me. I cleaned the house, made dinners for two nights, gave the baby AND Alani a bath, got lotioned up and dressed in their comfy home clothes, talked to my sis-in-law while I was doing this about her baby daddy drama, tried to comfort her and be understanding all while thinking in my head "Sheesh girl I got THINGS to do, leave"!!! Is that mean? It is huh? Oh well, I got plenty of things going on in my life and sometimes other peoples problems wear me down. So I got things done, grabbed my towel, water, threw my tennis shoes on and out the door I ran for a one and a half hour workout. I am dedicating 2 hours total per day on cardio (1/2 walk on my lunch hour + 1 hour at gym) then 1/2 hour of weights. I am focusing on my boo-tay cause I want to have a nice rear. I really do. My neighbors, two girls, have that body type where they have NO stomach but are thick girls kinda, KWIM? and their buts are big. Not huge, but the type of butt that looks nice in jeans. My but is not flat but it's just not nice. I am not to check out girls but when a girl has a nice butt it's noticeable.
On a very cool note I got to chat with Beckie and Ashwee....is that cool or what? all the way from Australia. Blogger world is the crazyest thing. Alright well I need to get to work so I can do some bible studying for Friday! Till later, God Bless.
Not being sick is such a good feeling! I have a small cough here and there but nothing major. Just leftover junk from my throat issues these past couple of weeks. I am totally sore though. I spent 2 WHOLE hours at the gym on Saturday. I wish I would of eaten healthy but I was just not prepared. It is hard to do everything. Working out is being forcefuly squeezed in and the expense of other things which I totally do not dig.
I am biting the bullet and writting a schedule for this week including dinners and I am going to have to follow that schedule or things are just not going to get done. I just DO NOT HAVE TIME to make anymore. I mean I don't even have time on the weekends. Every hour is taken, literally. It sorta overwhelms me to even think about it. I forced myself to take a nap on Saturday before I hit the gym and I felt great. On Sunday we came home from church and I cleaned up a bit, ate lunch and made Sergio his lunch for today. Then after I ate I washed some extra dishes and actually laid down to take another nap! I think I took about an hour nap and I didn't even think about going to the gym because there was no time in the day. Then we headed off to church again which we are in the bud kids ministry for 3 more weeks. We have a good group of kids this time.
We had out first RU ministry meeting this Friday and I was soooo tired that I hardly paid attention. I mean I did learn some things but we watched lots of DVD's and I knew we were going to get copies of them anyway so I was kinda there kinda NOT (my head). I am hoping we can go to San Jose this weekend. I have got to figure out HOW we are going to do this with all the commitments we have at church. The only thing we can really afford to do is miss the morning service and even that, we have to get someone to take our place in the Special Needs class. I was thinking we would leave on Friday night after the RU ministry but I have a feeling we will be WAY too tired.
Alright well this week will be interesting for me. I am going for 3 protein days this week. I am going to go to the gym ALL week long as well which I am thoroughly enjoying. I want to break out of 232. I am STILL stuck on that number. I know that working out will help me to loose weight but only if I start to eat better. Otherwise I am just going to maintain and I don't want to maintain - I WANT TO LOOSE. So we will see what these protein days brings me. I think I will be at 228 by the end of the week. Let's just make that a small goal. God Bless.
I finally woke up today feeling better. I don't have that horrible pain in my throat anymore. It's still a little sore but nothing like it has been. I also went to the gym yesterday despite feeling like crud!! I was sitting on the couch with Serg and all of the sudden I realized it was 4pm and we had church and I still had not gone to the gym! I did not make dinner and ended up having a chicken sandwich from Jack in the Box for dinner as I could not fit everything in (like cooking). I only ate the bottom bun (the one with no Mayo) but I also ate two tacos and some fries. There goes my gym workout right? But I also walked with Florence!! I worked out for a totaly of 1 1/2 hours yesterday. Today my "super gut" is mostly gone (except for what seems to be permanently there and won't go away unless I work out 5 hours a day and STOP eating Jack in the Box). I was actually surprised that I even ate Jack in the crack that easily. Sorta scary but also tells me that I let myself get THAT hungry. This weekend I am going to go super grocery shopping and I am planning on making at least 3 crockpot dinners. Low in fat, very flavorful and most importantly ""gym friendly". I just NEED to workout. I can't tell you how great I felt after I left yesterday. I just love that Jewish Center gym!! It's so super convenient and the time working out passes by so fast. I didn't have the guts to weigh myself....and I think I know why I am avoiding the scales. I am afraid of being dissapointed and of giving up so easily. I need to fill my house with healthy foods ASAP. I will get a little sleep in tomorrow, go work out and go to the grocery store. Today during my lunch break, instead of eating at my desk I am going to run to Trader Joes to buy frozen bellpeppers, non fat yogurt, Joe's O's cereal (for my non egg eating days) and some frozen asparagus so I can eat with my baked chicken. I think that's what I am going to make for dinner tonight with some baked potatos.
What else. Chuch was excellent last night. Pastor talked about so many things that made sense. He preached from the boo of Haggai and Ezra. Tonight is the first night of
Day 11 already!! I haven't even weighed myself. I have been so sick for the past two days. I have been working out at the gym though except for yesterday. I was WAY too sick AND not just tired but exausted. My eyes were red all day and eventually got better throughout the day but by the time I got home I was in worst shape. My body was aching, like the flu body aches. I at least got a 1/2 hour walk with Florence during the day. I took a tylenol with codeine as well because my throat was just killing me. I am telling you I have never had such a bad sore throat for this long let alone twice in one winter....and I don't even know if I can really call a Southern California winter....well...a winter!! It's been in the high 70's all week. But I am sure that like tomorrow there will be thunderstorms or something. I think the change in this weather has everyone sick thus making it harder for me to get any better. Anyway I am trudging my butt to the gym today no matter what.
I am so super sore still. My arms are *killing me!! But it's nice to know I got in a good workout. For some weird reason my stomach has been SOOOOOO bloated and I am talking bloated. I have this extra large "tire" on my stomach and it's HUGE. I feel extrememly gassy as well but no gas is coming out KWIM? :-P It's like trapped gas and I have been having to take GasX to help alleviate the gas pain in my upper back. SO super weird. The only thing different in my diet is I have been eating 1/2 a container of non fat yoplait yogurt w/ half a banana and some nuts sprinkled on top for my snack. So I thought I would skip that today and have my usual protein bar. I brought half a can of soup and half a sandwich for lunch. I'm just going to try and keep it plain to see if that will help me.
Well what's new? Besides me and Serg now being leaders of the RU ministry at church. Crazy and scary. I am planning on fasting on Saturday because I seriously need to connect with the Lord and ask him for help on concentrating!! I feel like there is so much bible I need to cram into my head and it's like I feel like I can't learn for some reason. I download Dr. J. Vernon McGee teachings on my computer and printed notes. I am starting with Romans because I need to get Romans down especially for sharing the gospel. I need to refresh my memory on Rom 3:23 when we discuss your realization that everyone is a sinner. Then the penalty of sin...Rom 6:23, Believe Christ died for you Rom 5:8 and then Trust Christ Alone as your Savior which is the 2nd part of Rom 6:23...then prayer to ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior.
I just need to have than down 100% and I believe I do I just need it to come out of me more naturally. When I share the gospel with someone I forget my verses and need to follow the church track. Not sure what's up with that. Alright well I am adding a recipe to my recipe site so I need to sign off. God bless.
That's not me in the pic (just in case you were wondering, I'm still mexican)
I went to the gym last night and man did it feel good!!! I went to pick up my kids and Alma asked me if I cared to join her & Maria at the Jewish Center gym. It's literally walking distance from my house. I've seen it before, I just thought you had to be Jeiwsh to go there but apparantly that's not the case.
Anyway, she called me at 6pm and said that she still had to eat dinner and feed her daughter (she's the same age as Gabriel) and then she would call me on her way out the door. At that point I felt lazy and had those feeling of wanting to cuddle up on the couch and be lazy. But once she called I instantly sprung up, changed into gym clothes & Serg dropped me off as he was going to go to the store. I am so glad I went! We chatted the whole time we were there and it didn't feel like much of a workout at all!! There are so many great things about this place that I am going to try and sell my husband on so he let's me sign US up.
The machines are nice and NEW
No CROWDS!
The people there minded their own business
They have babysitting for $3 per hour for when we ALL want to go together!
It's $77.50 per month for our entire family (which Curves is $40 alone!)
I got a one week free pass so I am going to take advantage of that then try to talk Serg into letting me sign up. Alexis can join with me too because there are tons of kids there, well they have a kids center but she can work out with me. There is also this "Youth Swim Team" she can join for $50 and it's Monday - Thursday from 4 to 5pm. Or she can go swimming while I workout because they have lifeguards there for the kids. I would rather sign her up for the swim team though to keep her motivated. I think this is just what she needs. We just need to be organized at home so we can fit our workouts in to our daily life.
Anyway, I was on the Lindora site today reading success stories and I got even more motivated. I am nice and sore today and I am really going to try and make it to the gym earlier so I can go to bed earlier as well and not be so tired. I have lots of things to do at home today, including folding 2 huge basketfuls of clothes. When I get home today I am going to tackle that while I make some chicken soup for dinner. I don't feel like eating that for dinner but we ARE sick and that's the only food I can really make that will allow me to do other things while it cooks. Well I gues I can bake some chicken as well and finally be able to use some of that seasoning Florence gave me. Serg was supposed to go to school tonight and I was going to run out to the gym after that but I just talked to him and he said he wants to finish doing laundry and getting the house in order. I agreed. I will most likely just walk there, depending on the time and I also want to find out if I can ride my bike there from now on for extra workouts. It would take me 10 - 15 minutes just because I would ride there casually and 15 back so I can add another 30 min to my workout!
Anyway, I have all these projects I am working on at work and I need to get to it! So till later God Bless!
I found that I seriously have to take it day by day. People say that all the time but you think of it more as a cliche type of saying. I have to tell myself "just worry about eating healthy today and we will worry about tomorrow, TOMORROW"!! I of course have to plan my foods but the struggles you go through must be dealt with on a daily basis. I keep asking God to help me and not to give up on me. I don't think He is.
Alexis just called and I hope she's having fun. She said she has a headache and her throat hurts. I dunno but she doesn't sound too good. I have a feeling that when she comes home she will appreciate being home quite a bit. Maybe this is God's way of dealing with her and not such a harsh way but in a way where she will appreciate us as her parents and appreciate her home.
I downloaded some pics from my camera today and sent some to family and friends. I loaded one on here of my three kids. Everytime I see them all in one picture, it hits me. I have THREE kids. Whoa.
Ok well I have healthy eating in mind today. I am going to run to Albertson's later and get some low carb tortillas and make a steak burrito for lunch. I brought the steak from home of course and I have salsa in the fridge. Ok well I need to eat my breakfast so till later.
God Bless.
