If your happy and you know it...

clap your hands!  :)  I sing this song all the time to my kids.  I think it helps to remember to smile. 

I had achieved Tuesday's goals of water consumption and movement.  Ate well too!  I got in over a 100 oz of water, not sure of exact amount.  But I do know it was over 100!!!  I walked at break time and at lunch and did lunges and a ton of hustling around the office.  Instead of emailing or calling my co-workers, I walked to their desk.  I am sure it drove them crazy but it actually saved me time because I got an immediate response instead of having to wait for their reply or call back. 

Awesome dinner of whole wheat spaghetti!  Small portions.  No dessert. 

I got up at 4am this morning.  Was planning on 4:30 but my little boy decided 4 was better! :)  Although he went back to bed at 4:40 and I stayed up.  I am sure I will be sleepy later, but it was worth not having a hectic morning and it will be nice to not have a busy night! Don't know if you know the Flylady, but she is helping me get through my weeks!!!  Her system works great! And I am getting a kick out of the "No Parents Left Behind" emails I get! Gotta check it out! My husband has helped me keep the sink shiny and to not have a ton of things to do on the weekends is fantastic! 

On Twitter this morning, one of my twitter friends said she wouldn't speak to her friends the way she speaks to herself.  I thought me neither!  Why do we talk so badly to ourselves??  So I tweeted her back saying lets not do that today!!!  A challenge!!!  ;)  So today, only good self talk. 

Keeping on with my goals one day at a time, one ounce of water at a time, one minute of movement at a time! 

Bummed...

So I walked to the track today at lunch to see about some jogging.  I got my inhaler for EIA (exercise induced asthma) and was all set.  I haven't jogged much since the race because of pain in my legs when I run.  So I was all stoked to get going! 

I couldn't.  I got there in about 10 minutes and walked a lap and a half for a warm up.  I stretched first too.  Then I went to jog and IT HURT SO BAD! From my ankles to my knees! I was so disappointed!  It doesn't hurt to walk so why is it hurting when I jog?! UGH.  I was getting frustrated and about to just go back to the office, but I didn't.  I did a long walk for the rest of the hour I had.  I walked fast and strong! Just because I can't jog, doesn't mean I can't exercise right?!

Just makes it even more exciting for my Zumba DVD's to get here!!!  :) 

Break time walks

So this is the route I take on my break at least once a day.  Yesterday I did it twice! :)

http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=47489

It's a good sized hill!!!  Good bootie workout! ;) 

Where have I been!?!?!

Geeze, I have been neglecting my blog!!  But I have not been neglecting my weight loss journey!  I am 186.0 this morning. That is down 1.5 from last week!  I am down a total of 9 lb from the beginning. I am seeing a difference in my hips and bust area.  I feel thinner!!!  YAY! 

This weekend I exercised when I should have napped LOL!  But I felt like jogging.  My body isn't ready for a full out jog, so on Friday I put baby in the stroller and we walked and jogged for about 2 miles.  I was sweating up a storm!  Then Saturday, the stroller tire was flat so after baby boy went down for his nap, I hopped on the treadmill and walk/jogged for 30 minutes which ended up being about 1.5.  Then on Sunday I did the same but this time I went farther in the same amount of time.  I really felt good and time flew by!  I would walk for 2 minutes and jog for a minute.  5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down. 

Today I am going to do bleachers.  That seems to get my week off to a good start and is so hard for me!  I can only go up and down 4 times and I am spent! Then I walk for about a mile.  Then tomorrow the plan is to walk up the Kermel hill. 

My goal this week is to lose 2 lbs.  I seem to have the 1 to 1.5 down, so I need to challenge myself to 2 lb loss.

It was Stampede weekend here and I was very proud of me!  I didn't eat any junk food and we only went for about an hour on Saturday afternoon.  It was so blazin hot that we decided it would be more fun to be at home in the air conditioned house! LOL!  We are getting old!  None of the fried foods looked very good so I was glad for that! And not only did it not look appealing, but it also wasn't worth eating and ruining all my hard work.  My husband was like "your month of hard work would be gone in 15 minutes, crazy huh?" Definitely! 

Don't forget to check out the War of the Scales!!!

Good for the heart

Today, this morning, has been a frustrating day for me.  Work drives me crazy.  The nosey, gossip hounds that never stop, the miscommunication, the people who think its all our fault something is wrong.  And all of that happening at the same time is just too chaotic for me.  It has been proven that my blood pressure is wayyy high when I am at work.  I have had it tested.  Well today folks is a blood boilin day!  So I walked...

I walked up the big hill.  I wasn't prepared with a change of clothes but I did have my walking shoes.  The toning ones and I could feel it!!  My tush is going to be hurtin!!!  But OMG! I feel so much better!! I no longer feel like I could explode in foul language, and I can breathe a normal breath without cursing.  Now I can start my afternoon with a clean slate and say, "BRING IT ON WORLD!!!  I CAN HANDLE IT!!  I WILL JUST WALK IT OFF!!!"

So eating this clean diet is paying off, I feel good.  I have to be honest and say that I miss my treats!  But when I can learn to have them just as treats and not everyday...I will have them again.  Yes, dear sweet ice cream...I will have you again.  Just smaller portions! :) 

Work wants to kill me...

This is what I ran into on my way to the lue...WTH!!??  I must add to the left of this is another table full of chips, cookies, and other fattening choices.  OMG!!!!  I take a deep breath and I....WALK ON BY! YAY for me!  There was some fruit and veggies on the table but I don't need any of it because I have a ton at my desk already.  I need to stop the habit of getting something from the table of goodies.  This place I work at will put an additional 10 pounds a year on someone with all the "gatherings" of food. 

This tempting table will have food on it all day so I MUST go a different way to the bathroom.  I do not want the temptation every time and I am going a lot with all this water consumption!

Switching gears a bit.  I bought a pair of those walking shoes that are toners.  Not the rocking kind but the one with what feels like balls in the soles.  I don't know if they are toning but they sure feel good to walk in!  So far I love them! 

I thought that I wasn't going to get to walk today but I think I will be able to after all.  That makes me happy!  I think it will a bit shorter though because I used up some of my time to go grocery shopping.  Multitasking...

So my entry yesterday about sweet snacks and how I was having issues.  Well I bought some Nutella.  I will eat it with my apple.  That should help me out and not want to jump up and eat my co-workers M&M's!!  Oh yes, not only is there a table of goodies but just about every cubicle has treats too!  SHEEESH! I am just going to plant myself in my cubicle and never leave! :)

Tried something different

So for today's walk I went to the local track.  I wanted to take a shot at jogging a bit and not worrying about how silly I look when people see me! LOL!  No one at the track and there is a slight breeze, I start walking and think to myself "I can do this!" I start jogging after a lap of warm up walking and OMG!!!! I feel like I have never moved my body before!  Like I couldn't pick up my feet! But I went along anyways and jogged the straight stretch and walked the corners for two laps.  I think I need different shoes cause I could feel every pebble and they weren't very supportive.  I guess that is what I get for $15.00 Walmart shoes.  Maybe I did burn the soles off them the other day! LOL!  So then I walked a lap and I thought "I will do lunges on the corners!" What the heck!  Have I gone looney tunes?  At first, it was good, I did 10 and the walked and then on the exit corner did 10 more and then walked the straight stretch and on the entry and exit corners did 10 more.  All I could think about was, " I WILL FIT INTO MY JEANS AGAIN DANG IT!" "I WILL WIN THIS CHALLENGE WITH TRISHA!" "I WILL NOT FAIL!" So then I did a cool down lap and stretched cause I know I worked muscles that haven't been used in a long time.  After stretching I walked away from the track...thinking..."OMG, I am already sore! Why did I do that to myself?" I did it so I can do it again tomorrow! :) 

I have been reading up on my favorite blogs (that you can find on the side bar over there). And I have learned so much from those girls and gotten so much inspiration.  Life really has been hard on me lately and I think exercising has kept me from going over the deep end, seriously.  I just want to say thank you ladies, for being in my life.  I know you don't know me but you are important to me. And of course my husband and my bestie... :)  Cause they are always proud of me!

Tomorrow I will link you up to the challenge!  :)