Hello 2020!

 Hey there...8 years later!

A LOT has changed since 2012...no recap right now, but rather, I want to move forward!  I'm 40...been quarantining with my kids for 255 days, loving life on my cul de sac AND hoping/dreaming/basically anything but doing what I need to do to get healthy.

I want to FEEL better!  I was to LOOK better.  I want to shop, oh how I want to shop.  There are SO many cute clothes out there waiting for me to wear them...and I. want. to!

Would love to journal my way to 165...we'll see how that goes.  For now, my first habit that I want to start is 6am workouts!  LET'S GO!

Jan 21

As of last post, I am 1 day away from completing P90X! I basically rock:) I've lost 20 pounds, all of my clothes fit, I am super fit and basically addicted! I even became a Beachbody coach. I love the company! The kids albums are not done, but I do have a plan! 2 mornings a week at the gym I look like a Mac ad and have my Mac Book and ipad out simutaneously working on Shutterfly albums! They will be done by March 1! The 2008 ones at least. Goal is to start 2012 books and have fun working on them. 2011 books done by June 1.

I realize I hate the feeling of having to 'catch up'. I would like to get the daily to dos done so I have time for 'free time' activities and actually getting ahead. What a great feeling huh?

I think a no TV rule would help that. Instead of going cold turkey and then binging on a Jersey Shore 10 episode crash. I'm thinking no TV every other day...starting today! So yesterday we watched shows...tonight=no shows. Easy peasy right?

#3 Get organized financially...yup yup. I'm going to send you my monthly "where my money at?" sheet. It is worth it to see where your money really goes.

Love

Hello Dana!

Happy Birthday Kid Sister

I love you very much!

Now get your cute booty back on here and let's get some goals done!

For me

-continue to rock P90X

-COMPLETE kids shutterfly books...seriously!

-get crazy organized on finances for 2012

11-8-11

I'm on it!

On top of the world. Things are going great. Just started Week 3 of P90X...down to 177.5, lightest I've been since the twins were born. The house is clean. The car is clean. The fridge is stocked. The bank accounts are managed...lower that one would hope, but everything is accounted for. Christmas cards are ordered.

I'm feeling very organized...which I like because that give's me time to do the things I want to do.

Goal 165...I know I can do it with P90X:)

10/19/11

Doing it!

House is clean. No junk snacking. No eating after dinner! I have had 2 cookies each day the last 2 days. The first day I ate them after dinner with Eric. I didn't really want them but the kids were super whiny, not eating dinner, driving me crazy and I had to eat something sweet. I was happy that I ate them with Eric, as opposed to alone. It is nice to share a treat with someone you love!

Today I had 2 cookies during nap...or lack of nap. Another habit type snack. I was tired, trying to avoid chores, decided to plop onto the couch with a sweet snack. After 1, I even looked at it and thought "This is not that good. I should not eat the other one." Then I found myself eating it while playing on the internet. Lame!

The good news is I am feeling good and I am looking forward to eating healthier and dropping pounds!

Nike

Just do it! Possibly the best quote ever. Seriously, I always 'know' what I need to do, so why don't I just do it!

I have had conversations with several fabulous women lately...all revolving around food. Why is it that SO much is tied into food. We HAVE to have food to survive, so why is this one relationship so tricky to navigate?

DO

-eat when you are hungry

-fill up on fruits, veggies first

-focus on portion control

DON'T

-freak out!

-snack during meal prep (duh!)

-eat after dinner...you do not need it. It is 100% emotionally/habitually triggered.

Peace

Eat this

10/15

1-I found a good food goal, it is more competative that I care to admit so I will keep it to myself. But hopefully it work:)

PB banana toast

granola bar

garbanzo beans

raspberries (a whole carton, literally the best I have EVER tasted!)

cheezits

honey roasted peanuts

Chipotle veggie burrito

chips, salsa, guac

My name is Mommy and I'm obssessed with food

Seriously, I think I'm obssessed with food. Particularly self sabotaging weight loss with eating junk or even good food in too large of quantities. So, I am going to use this blog (that I have been neglecting) as a food diary.

Goals

1-start with a positive from the day!

2-document what I eat, everything

10/14/11

:) I enjoyed cooking dinner and I did not snack while I was cooking...and I wanted to.

apple

fruit

granola bar

peas

ravioli

salad

texas toast

cookies

icecream

peanut butter

chocolate chips

pb & choc chip tortilla

Hello October!

Goals
-Workout 5 days a week
-3 meals, no snacks
-170 by Halloween! Baby will be 1!
-Breathe and do not act like a toddler when my toddlers are acting like toddles...I am 31!

$250

$250
That's how much our new gym membership costs per month!
That is $8.33 per day to focus on health and fitness.
It doesn't look that impressive that way.
Let's try this...
that's $3,000 per year to focus on health and fitness!
Get your booty in that gym and stop snacking.
165 will be mine!

CA!

We moved! We made it through that 6 week crazy period and as much as things are easier now that we are back together as a family...things still seem to be ridiculously crazy with the big kids. They are both SO hard lately. Not all the time, but the times when it is bad...it blows. Trying to get a routine and have patience with everything...including myself.
Off to have some wine in the jacuzzi...that should help, right?

vacation - day 1

today was actually really productive for being a day off and barely leaving the house. tim and i are almost caught up with dexter, i went grocery shopping, i read half of exodus, and i made chicken and noodles (accidentally - it was originally supposed to be chicken noodle soup). all in all a pretty good day.

and i have this stuck in my head: wear sunscreen

you would think...

...that focusing on work, working out, and sleep would be good for me. instead i've somehow worked myself into exhaustion and gotten myself some sort of stomach bug. i guess the four hours a night working on cutting out letters and coloring has gotten to me. also probably something in the Egyptian water. either way, the combination knocked me out today. i was hoping to make it to the weekend (which is only Friday for me this week, work on Saturday, but then a week off) but spending so much time awake last night left me exhausted when it came time for my alarm to go off. at least i followed proper procedure and totally checked in with my supervisor and everything. now i just actually have to go find a doctor here so that i don't lose a day of pay.

other than that, everything at work is going well - i've made adorable construction paper trains and cars and roads and put up displays all around my room. there's really not much more i can do except lesson plans (which we are covering together tomorrow) and wait for my class list so i can write the kids' names on all of their books (which i lugged up to my room yesterday - 30 sets of 14 books) and the welcome board and the cubbies and the back of their chairs. that class list is kind of important.... but we don't get it today so i still feel like i'm in a good position even with a day out.

i guess i just need to focus more on what my body needs, stop eating crappy egyptian pizza every day and drink more water. i can't even imagine what life will be like with the students!

189...wah wah

Guess who ate a dozen mini cupcakes today?
Honestly, I am in a really stressful time in my life (a short time...about 10 days) but I am not too upset for falling off the wagon. I would much rather be shovelling food in my mouth to handle stress than yell at my kids.
Here's to making it to September 1st and getting back to 183 asap!

Home...for the next 10 days:(

We had a faubulous trip to Maui and I will report more later. I just wanted to check in a jot down my eating habits for the week. Ugh, I just let go. I was mostly vegan...I have a bit of cheese and eggs one morning. But the snacking was out of control. It wasn't even yummy treats, I was just eating...because it was there and that is what I do with that particular group (my husband, mom and dad). So frusrtating. I'm going to pop on the scale in the morning and see how she looks:) I was 185 the day I left and had been 183.5 earlier in the week.
Looking forward to a good weekend and getting back into a routine and learning how to stay on track with the move and living with Eric again.
I can do it!
165, 165, 165!

It's the little things

since Big Sister has been posting so many times I decided it's my turn now, but lo and behold when I signed into the site I couldn't figure out to add a new post because all of the links are in Arabic! gah! it didn't take me too long to figure out how to do this, but I hope that it won't be an issue each time I want to update.

I'm back in Cairo now and it's time to start living my 'real life'

the next few weeks will be busy and exciting, I just started orientation for my teaching job and I'm hoping I can settle into a good routine WHICH WILL INCLUDE UPDATING THIS AND MY OTHER BLOG

the goals include :

-learning to budget (and getting a paycheck)
-writing my thesis (probably going to start really working on it after a few weeks of teaching)
-updating the blogs (I'm two for two today, hope I'm not going to wear myself out at the start)
-working out (Tim and I already did a Sweatin' to the Oldies and he said he would be willing to do it three times a week!)
-getting enough sleep (jetlag is KILLER)

so in the spirit of that last goal, it's off to bed!

In it!

Ok, I am literally in a personal hell right now. Eric has been gone for 12 days, kids have not napped, house looks like a tornado, I have to pack for Hawaii and Eric just missed his flight. I have not handled it well. As in, I have yelled "Get the F outside!" to my children and have been spooning peanut butter and chocolate chips into my mouth for the last 30 minutes. This is a high stress time and a missed flight just pushed me over the edge.
I wish I was stronger. I wish I had another outlet besides taking out all of my frustrations on my children. I wish I did not procrastinate and had finished packing Wednesday night like I had planned.
I am trying to step back (and blog) and get some perspective. I just texted Eric that we are lucky there was a later flight, it is payday, he missed the flight because he was getting us our new house (yay!), we are headed to Maui tomorrow, and we have 3 amazing children and a fabulous marriage. Thinking about all of these big things that are wonderful help...and I am putting my expectations on hold and spending the next 2 hours with my kids (and my computer:).
#1 goal for the week...no more F-bombs with the kids. Pathetic, I know. But that is where I am this week:(

Need some motivation...

So...my biggest eating trigger has reared it's ugly head. Avoidance! I have so much to do, I would rather avoid it all and go eat. to do tomorrow...
-keep 3 kids alive and happy
-clean house
-do laundry
-fold laundry
-pack for 4 for Maui
-get nails done
-drop off kid stuff at consignment store
-pay IRS bill
-blog for SFMDF

You can do it! No snacking! Stay away from carbs and chocolate and peanut butter...all triggers!

Shutterfly rules!

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Oatmeal, chocolate and peanut butter...oh my!

Seriously those three ingredients can derail even my most throrough dieting plan! I made homemade vegan oatmeal bars for breakfast. And boy were they fabulous! But I already found myself swiping a bite there, eating the kids' leftovers before I put their plate in the sink, reaching for just a pinch out of the pan when I walked by. Ick! I have been doing so good with no snacking, but the temptation of easy to grab baked items is too strong for me. I popped the pan in the fridge and am looking forward to a yummy veg filled lunch!

Hawaii in T-3 days...come on 183!