Day 5
I walked 1.068 miles, 187 calories...
I was not happy about walking today. It was beautiful outside, and I knew after walking I was going to have to clean the living room and I wouldn't get to experience the beautiful weather.
Day 6
I walked 1.130 miles, 194 calories...
I didn't "want" to walk today either. I have tons to do today...Mike is at the range this week which means he has to leave here by 3:15am in order to get there in time...and today he didn't get home 'till 6pm, but I did it...
Total
6.998 miles
1192 calories
February 22, 2010
February 20, 2010
Lent day 3 & 4
Yep I made it through 4 days - only 36 days left.
Day 3
Once again Eve did not fall asleep on the way home. So today I put her back in the exersaucer and popped in a Baby Einstein video ... she hated it. REALLY hated it. At 18 minutes I had to stop my walk and move her from the exersaucer to the bouncer (another thing she hates) and gave her a chew toy (ok so it's really a teething necklace, Iz calls it a chew toy)
That kept her content for....oh....30 seconds.
But I made it through...
Today - 1.188 miles, 201 calories, 30 minutes
Day 4
Today was supposed to be a relaxing day of exercising...meaning once Eve went to sleep, Mike was going to take the other 2 in the jogging stroller for his lent goal (running 3 miles a day).
Problem? - The tires had gone since the last time we used it (oh about 6 months ago)
So we drug out the air tank and filled them up...and they were on their way. I got on the treadmill and started...3 minutes into it I realized I needed music, so I paused my workout and turned the channel to some techno channel on sirus (I need to seriously find my I-pod charger)
Everything was going great until - with 4 minutes left - In run the kids, and husband - I tell them I have a little over 3 minutes left can they please go to the bedroom so I can finish....
It's not that I mind them watching, but it's hard to work out with people asking you things....plus come on...I only have 3 minutes left.
Mike gets the tv on for them then leaves....Iz comes out...I'm starving (which BTW is her asking for a snack, somehow they thing starving=snack, hungry=real meal)
I keep waiting for Mike to walk back in....no mike...I pause the treadmill...look outside...no Mike...
Eve wakes up, I jump back on and finish the last 2 minutes with one child asking me to be fed and another screaming in the swing....
10 minutes later hubby returns...thankfully I had a chance to cool off (mentally) and I ask him where he went...he said it was too much work pushing 75lbs in a stroller...I then tell him...you get to exercise 5 days a week by yourself...no kids crying, no one asking you questions...can I PLEASE have Saturday and Sunday to myself...if they are too heavy then just walk with them...either way I need a break...
Hopefully he'll listen...
Today 1.215 miles, 204 calories, 30 minutes
Total
4.8 miles
811 calories
2 hours 1 minute
Day 3
Once again Eve did not fall asleep on the way home. So today I put her back in the exersaucer and popped in a Baby Einstein video ... she hated it. REALLY hated it. At 18 minutes I had to stop my walk and move her from the exersaucer to the bouncer (another thing she hates) and gave her a chew toy (ok so it's really a teething necklace, Iz calls it a chew toy)
That kept her content for....oh....30 seconds.
But I made it through...
Today - 1.188 miles, 201 calories, 30 minutes
Day 4
Today was supposed to be a relaxing day of exercising...meaning once Eve went to sleep, Mike was going to take the other 2 in the jogging stroller for his lent goal (running 3 miles a day).
Problem? - The tires had gone since the last time we used it (oh about 6 months ago)
So we drug out the air tank and filled them up...and they were on their way. I got on the treadmill and started...3 minutes into it I realized I needed music, so I paused my workout and turned the channel to some techno channel on sirus (I need to seriously find my I-pod charger)
Everything was going great until - with 4 minutes left - In run the kids, and husband - I tell them I have a little over 3 minutes left can they please go to the bedroom so I can finish....
It's not that I mind them watching, but it's hard to work out with people asking you things....plus come on...I only have 3 minutes left.
Mike gets the tv on for them then leaves....Iz comes out...I'm starving (which BTW is her asking for a snack, somehow they thing starving=snack, hungry=real meal)
I keep waiting for Mike to walk back in....no mike...I pause the treadmill...look outside...no Mike...
Eve wakes up, I jump back on and finish the last 2 minutes with one child asking me to be fed and another screaming in the swing....
10 minutes later hubby returns...thankfully I had a chance to cool off (mentally) and I ask him where he went...he said it was too much work pushing 75lbs in a stroller...I then tell him...you get to exercise 5 days a week by yourself...no kids crying, no one asking you questions...can I PLEASE have Saturday and Sunday to myself...if they are too heavy then just walk with them...either way I need a break...
Hopefully he'll listen...
Today 1.215 miles, 204 calories, 30 minutes
Total
4.8 miles
811 calories
2 hours 1 minute
February 18, 2010
Lent - Day 2
Today was hard...
It took me forever to find my good walking shoes.
Eve didn't fall asleep on the way from taking Andrew to school.
So I fed Eve and put her in her exersaucer, turned on Diego for Iz and started walking...I started a little slower today...mainly because my special (aka expensive) walking shoes the shoe man told me I needed to correct my overpronating gait need to be warmed up. They sure do their job, but when you used to walking "wrong" it takes a bit to get used to walking "right".
10 minutes into my walk I felt great...20 minutes I was still going strong...22 minutes Eve began to cry...seems she had enough "exercising" today...Somehow I did finish despite almost killing myself while trying to turn and convince Iz to help mommy and give Eve a new toy...
2 days down - 38 days to go
Today - 1.177 miles, 200 calories, 30 minutes 25 seconds
Total
2.397 miles
406 calories
1 hour 1 minute total time
It took me forever to find my good walking shoes.
Eve didn't fall asleep on the way from taking Andrew to school.
So I fed Eve and put her in her exersaucer, turned on Diego for Iz and started walking...I started a little slower today...mainly because my special (aka expensive) walking shoes the shoe man told me I needed to correct my overpronating gait need to be warmed up. They sure do their job, but when you used to walking "wrong" it takes a bit to get used to walking "right".
10 minutes into my walk I felt great...20 minutes I was still going strong...22 minutes Eve began to cry...seems she had enough "exercising" today...Somehow I did finish despite almost killing myself while trying to turn and convince Iz to help mommy and give Eve a new toy...
2 days down - 38 days to go
Today - 1.177 miles, 200 calories, 30 minutes 25 seconds
Total
2.397 miles
406 calories
1 hour 1 minute total time
February 17, 2010
What will you give up?
Today starts the first day of Lent. Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial.
It is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.
Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but as a Methodist we do observe it.
The idea is to "give up" something that will be hard to do without. Caffeine is something I have given up many times. This year however I decided to do something a little bit different - I am giving up my excuses for not exercising....specifically my excuses for not using that eyesore that sits in the corner of my living room...the treadmill (aka coat rack)
To help I enlisted hubby...I asked him to have it cleaned off so I wouldn't have an excuse today - much to my amazement it was clean when I got up this morning.
So after taking my kid to pre-school (late...but that's another blog in itself) - I got Iz breakfast and left Eve in her car-seat asleep and I lowered the treadmill to start my journey. My goal is to do 30 minutes every day for the next 40 days.
8 minutes into it my foot started hurting
10 minutes into it I was having trouble walking because my 3 year old kept asking me if she could step on the back
12 minutes into it I decided I amend my goal into just doing a mile.
What came next may sound silly, but my treadmill flashes info on the screen...one of the screens it shows the distance...so here I am thinking I should give up on my original goal and up pops the distance - .666
That there made me realize that this goal is attainable, it's just satan's voice telling me I can't when really - I CAN!
So I did...I did 30 minutes, 35 seconds, 1.22 miles, 206 calories...on day 1
It is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.
Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but as a Methodist we do observe it.
The idea is to "give up" something that will be hard to do without. Caffeine is something I have given up many times. This year however I decided to do something a little bit different - I am giving up my excuses for not exercising....specifically my excuses for not using that eyesore that sits in the corner of my living room...the treadmill (aka coat rack)
To help I enlisted hubby...I asked him to have it cleaned off so I wouldn't have an excuse today - much to my amazement it was clean when I got up this morning.
So after taking my kid to pre-school (late...but that's another blog in itself) - I got Iz breakfast and left Eve in her car-seat asleep and I lowered the treadmill to start my journey. My goal is to do 30 minutes every day for the next 40 days.
8 minutes into it my foot started hurting
10 minutes into it I was having trouble walking because my 3 year old kept asking me if she could step on the back
12 minutes into it I decided I amend my goal into just doing a mile.
What came next may sound silly, but my treadmill flashes info on the screen...one of the screens it shows the distance...so here I am thinking I should give up on my original goal and up pops the distance - .666
That there made me realize that this goal is attainable, it's just satan's voice telling me I can't when really - I CAN!
So I did...I did 30 minutes, 35 seconds, 1.22 miles, 206 calories...on day 1
January 13, 2010
cakes, high chairs and mops
Yes the little things in life make me happy....
Yesterday we took Andrew to Walmart so he could pick out his cake for his birthday - well actually 2 cakes. One for Friday and his pizza party at school, and another for his actual birthday. He ended up picking out a transformer cake for school and a batman cake for home. Of course they had all these cute fairy cakes which Iz insisted she needed for HER birthday...
Then we headed back to the back of the store and picked up the high chair my mom sent for Eve. Now she will be able to join us at the table for meals instead of sitting in the other room in her swing or exersaucer.
Next we headed to SEARS to pick up my shark mop. I have had my eye on one for a while, but couldn't justify charging it. Then when we got our gift card from SEARS I knew what I wanted to get... I am going to try it out today - it's probably the only time in my life I have been excited to mop....and truth be told after the first time I will probably not be excited because even if it's a breeze it'll still be cleaning...and who gets excited about cleaning????
I'll post an update (with photos) later and give you my full report on the mop (as well as my food saver I got for Christmas :) )
Yesterday we took Andrew to Walmart so he could pick out his cake for his birthday - well actually 2 cakes. One for Friday and his pizza party at school, and another for his actual birthday. He ended up picking out a transformer cake for school and a batman cake for home. Of course they had all these cute fairy cakes which Iz insisted she needed for HER birthday...
Then we headed back to the back of the store and picked up the high chair my mom sent for Eve. Now she will be able to join us at the table for meals instead of sitting in the other room in her swing or exersaucer.
Next we headed to SEARS to pick up my shark mop. I have had my eye on one for a while, but couldn't justify charging it. Then when we got our gift card from SEARS I knew what I wanted to get... I am going to try it out today - it's probably the only time in my life I have been excited to mop....and truth be told after the first time I will probably not be excited because even if it's a breeze it'll still be cleaning...and who gets excited about cleaning????
I'll post an update (with photos) later and give you my full report on the mop (as well as my food saver I got for Christmas :) )
January 10, 2010
Slacker party of 1....
Yeah that's me - I'm a slacker.
I haven't started my treadmill workouts - mainly because there are boxes stacked up in front of it - and I think once I got them moved I'd be too tired to work out....well that and I am a slacker.
I started the photo challenge of 1 photo a day .... and I am already missing like 4 days (and its the 10th of January) - the reason??? I like to keep my camera put away so the kids don't break it....well that and I am a slacker.
I did keep the goal of keeping up with what I save with coupons....but I have tons of coupons to clip and add to my binder....no real reason....except I'm a slacker.
ON ANOTHER NOTE
--I have my taxes ready to file on January 16th!
--I have a good part of our Disney trip planned (yeah....the one that is in Sept...no slacking there)
--My parents are coming out the last full week in March - she is on spring break so they are coming out to see the kids. (and me and hubby too) I'm not sure what we will do - Mike will have to work most likely - I know one day will probably be out on the beach...we'll probably rent a seashell for the day so we can have a shower and shady area.
So now on to some photos.....some were from my "photo challenge" and others are just because...
1. Mike introducing Iz to static electricity
2. Eve at 3 months
3. This is what Eve does when you try and lay her down - she tries to set back up....just working those abs!
till next time!
I haven't started my treadmill workouts - mainly because there are boxes stacked up in front of it - and I think once I got them moved I'd be too tired to work out....well that and I am a slacker.
I started the photo challenge of 1 photo a day .... and I am already missing like 4 days (and its the 10th of January) - the reason??? I like to keep my camera put away so the kids don't break it....well that and I am a slacker.
I did keep the goal of keeping up with what I save with coupons....but I have tons of coupons to clip and add to my binder....no real reason....except I'm a slacker.
ON ANOTHER NOTE
--I have my taxes ready to file on January 16th!
--I have a good part of our Disney trip planned (yeah....the one that is in Sept...no slacking there)
--My parents are coming out the last full week in March - she is on spring break so they are coming out to see the kids. (and me and hubby too) I'm not sure what we will do - Mike will have to work most likely - I know one day will probably be out on the beach...we'll probably rent a seashell for the day so we can have a shower and shady area.
So now on to some photos.....some were from my "photo challenge" and others are just because...
1. Mike introducing Iz to static electricity
2. Eve at 3 months
3. This is what Eve does when you try and lay her down - she tries to set back up....just working those abs!
till next time!
January 5, 2010
So it begins....
A few weeks ago I put a little seed in hubby's head that maybe we should move our next WDW vacation from March 2011 to the Fall of 2010. My reasoning was in 2011 DH will be retiring and we will be moving, and finding new jobs etc - so taking a week vacation during that time might not be the wisest moves.
So last night I started prepping our taxes - and thanks to our little tax break (Eve) - we are going to be getting a nice return this year. I told hubby how much - and the rest is history. He has now decided that it would be a good idea - so the planning begins. This is actually a good thing...Eve will be close to one and should be eating table food and be weaned (or if she is like Iz...only nursing at night) & I will have 9 months to gather up the gear for the vacation. What gear? Last trip we had matching shirts...and I made Iz hairbows to match her shirts....but I had only 3 months to get it all done - now I'll have 5 months to procrastinate - 1 month to worry and 3 months to get it done...lol
I'm sure I'll be on here a lot sharing my plans
As of right now though I will be concentrating on making us some shirts - scouting the internet for cute designs and doing some basic planning.
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So last night I started prepping our taxes - and thanks to our little tax break (Eve) - we are going to be getting a nice return this year. I told hubby how much - and the rest is history. He has now decided that it would be a good idea - so the planning begins. This is actually a good thing...Eve will be close to one and should be eating table food and be weaned (or if she is like Iz...only nursing at night) & I will have 9 months to gather up the gear for the vacation. What gear? Last trip we had matching shirts...and I made Iz hairbows to match her shirts....but I had only 3 months to get it all done - now I'll have 5 months to procrastinate - 1 month to worry and 3 months to get it done...lol
I'm sure I'll be on here a lot sharing my plans
As of right now though I will be concentrating on making us some shirts - scouting the internet for cute designs and doing some basic planning.
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