Has it really been a month? Gosh, time really does fly when you are having fun, huh?
So, I need to do a little catch up post! I was doing great up until the week of Thanksgiving, then I hosted a party at my house, just a lil girls night out of shopping. It was an Initial Outfitters party and we had a great time, and I got 110.00 bucks worth of free stuff, something at 70% off, and 3 half-off items! Thanks to all that came!
So I ate at the party, and I have been keeping my "free" day on Saturdays, every Sat evening, I'M MISERABLE, I have never been that way before, and when I say free day, I don't eat 4K calories, but I do eat. Here is an example, this past Sat. we went to DQ for breakfast, I had biscuits and gravy and a hashbrown, yes I know fattening! Then I was planning a light lunch and dinner but my mom has been sad with all the holidays so she wanted the local buffet, I got a tablespoon of about 6-8 side items and one piece of cornbread. By the time I got home, I thought I was going to yak, this has happened for the last 3 Sat's in a row. Needless to say, I'm going to re-do my free day! I'm going to allow myself and extra 1K calories to eat whenever, spreading it out throughout the week, or saving it for something like a milkshake, but eating whatever I want all day on Sat is over. It is so not worth it!
So I've been back on track and I now weigh the same as before T-giving, which is great! This week, my plan is to drop 2.5-3.5 pounds, I know I can do it, an plan to! :-)
The Biggest Loser contest is over next week, on Tuesday I think, so I'm hoping to be in the next set of 10 category lost, I'm 3 lbs from dropping into the next set of 10's! So 4 more lbs by the 17th will make me one happy girl! That will put me smaller then when I met my husband, after 13 years and 2 children later, that makes me one happy girl!
I have ditched the treadmill, I really, really, really wanted to be a Runner, (my mom told someone the other day I was a runner, and it made me proud) I'm really not a Runner, but I do run. All that to say, that as much as I want to be able to consistently run 3 miles per day without stopping, it doesn't burn a ton of calories, I know once I build up the endurance and the miles add up, I will burn more, but 20 mins on the treadmill at a slow jog, I burn 100 calories, 20 mins. on the elliptical I burn 260, so ofcourse do the math, and you will know why I changed to the elliptical. I'm up to 30-35 mins and burn 400 calories, so on the treadmill that would be 250-300 depending on my speed. So for now I'm doing the elliptical 20 days a month, with some bike, and some weights.
I'm excited to weigh-in tomorrow to see if I have lost anything! I've had a great day today, with my total cals around 1320! MFP says I need to be at 1220, but I'm losing weight when I eat between 1200-1450 so that's the range I try to keep it in!
Today I played hide and seek with the boys, so I'm pretty sure I burned quite a bit doing that!
Until next time...........................
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
WeightLOSS Update
So today was weigh-in day.........................................
I weighed first thing this morning at home, and my scales are pretty much the exact same as the ones at work, and they said the exact same as I weighed when we went on vacation, which is great because I had gained 4 lbs while I was gone, well maybe 3 on vacation and 1 when we got back home. So that was a 4 lb loss.
When I got to work I was bummed about weighing in because I feel like the lady that records our weight for our competition is wondering why I'm not dropping much or any weight!
So I shed my boots, and............................................I WAS A POUND LESS then when I went on vacation!
So that makes me the smallest I've been in about 10-11 years, I will so take that! I have given up my afternoon Reese's cups, but have replaced them with a Smores in the evening! Cutting about 70 calories! I love smores, can't wait until they are gone though, ha!
Since I don't have any 5K's coming up that I know of, I'm doing less time on the treadmill and more time on the elliptical, which is burning 3 times the amount of calories! And while that is great on the calorie burn, it isn't helping me increase my overall distance. I'm sure its strength building which does help too!
Yesterday I was on the elliptical for about 15 mins. longer then normal and I added the stair master workout too, and I felt it in my legs today, I was super sore! Funny how changing up things can still make me sore, even though I workout 4-5 days a week!
Losing that one extra pound has definitely motivated me for the rest of the week!
On the menu tomorrow is: Oatmeal packet with PB2 and one tablespoon of mini chocolate chips, about 200 cals, lunch is a stouffer's veggie lasagna with white sauce 400 cals, dinner is spaghetti with marinara sauce. My snacks are celery with a 35 calorie wedge of laughing cow cheese, cauliflower, one piece of cheese with 5 saltine crackers, so my snacks will run about 145 calories for the day. Dinner will run about 400 calories. That shows 1145 calories for the day. That leaves room for a 110 calorie smore before bedtime! I walk on my lunch and that burns around 90-110 calories and walk on both breaks and that burns 50 calories each time, for an additional 100 calories.
If it turns out as planned I may skip the gym tomorrow night and have extra love/cuddle time with my boys! I love to snuggle all 3 of them on a chilly night! Plus I will be eating a ton of carbs tomorrow, so I prolly won't feel like going to the gym! That doesn't mean I will plop down on the couch and do nothing. I will most likely do some laundry and pass football with the boys, and that does burn a few calories. I never count that as exercise, more like everyday living.
I hope next Wed, I have a great report, my goal is going to be down 2 more lbs from today, which almost puts me into the next 10 lb weight-loss range.
According to my work competition, I've lost 10.8 lbs since Sept 24th! Not horrible over 6 weeks that included a vacation!
I weighed first thing this morning at home, and my scales are pretty much the exact same as the ones at work, and they said the exact same as I weighed when we went on vacation, which is great because I had gained 4 lbs while I was gone, well maybe 3 on vacation and 1 when we got back home. So that was a 4 lb loss.
When I got to work I was bummed about weighing in because I feel like the lady that records our weight for our competition is wondering why I'm not dropping much or any weight!
So I shed my boots, and............................................I WAS A POUND LESS then when I went on vacation!
So that makes me the smallest I've been in about 10-11 years, I will so take that! I have given up my afternoon Reese's cups, but have replaced them with a Smores in the evening! Cutting about 70 calories! I love smores, can't wait until they are gone though, ha!
Since I don't have any 5K's coming up that I know of, I'm doing less time on the treadmill and more time on the elliptical, which is burning 3 times the amount of calories! And while that is great on the calorie burn, it isn't helping me increase my overall distance. I'm sure its strength building which does help too!
Yesterday I was on the elliptical for about 15 mins. longer then normal and I added the stair master workout too, and I felt it in my legs today, I was super sore! Funny how changing up things can still make me sore, even though I workout 4-5 days a week!
Losing that one extra pound has definitely motivated me for the rest of the week!
On the menu tomorrow is: Oatmeal packet with PB2 and one tablespoon of mini chocolate chips, about 200 cals, lunch is a stouffer's veggie lasagna with white sauce 400 cals, dinner is spaghetti with marinara sauce. My snacks are celery with a 35 calorie wedge of laughing cow cheese, cauliflower, one piece of cheese with 5 saltine crackers, so my snacks will run about 145 calories for the day. Dinner will run about 400 calories. That shows 1145 calories for the day. That leaves room for a 110 calorie smore before bedtime! I walk on my lunch and that burns around 90-110 calories and walk on both breaks and that burns 50 calories each time, for an additional 100 calories.
If it turns out as planned I may skip the gym tomorrow night and have extra love/cuddle time with my boys! I love to snuggle all 3 of them on a chilly night! Plus I will be eating a ton of carbs tomorrow, so I prolly won't feel like going to the gym! That doesn't mean I will plop down on the couch and do nothing. I will most likely do some laundry and pass football with the boys, and that does burn a few calories. I never count that as exercise, more like everyday living.
I hope next Wed, I have a great report, my goal is going to be down 2 more lbs from today, which almost puts me into the next 10 lb weight-loss range.
According to my work competition, I've lost 10.8 lbs since Sept 24th! Not horrible over 6 weeks that included a vacation!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
You know what I love?
I love when I have to buy SMALLER clothes! :)
I have always worn an XL in shirts, at my heaviest I remember buying a few 2X shirts, XL's were a lil snug (which I hate in a tee shirt) but 2X was way too big!
Anyway, back in the summer I had bought a sleeveless workout tank, mainly for running, it has reflective emblems and such on it, I bought an XL, which the tag states 16/18, I put it on tonight to go the gym and it is GI-NORMOUS on me! It's the dri-fit material so I thought it would run smaller!
Oh well, it was a great feeling. I think it made me kick it up a notch at the gym, I actually added in 5 mins. of the stair climber tonight, the machine said it was 10 flights of stairs, I'm not sure if that's accurate. We shall see how I feel in the morning!
Speaking of smaller clothes, I'm in between sizes right now, which is a complete bum! I'm not really complaining, but the size I'm in now, is way too big and looks sloppy, I don't even have to un-button the pants to slip them on and off! A size smaller is miserably tight, and causes a muffin top and we don't want any of that! :)
So what is my fix? Crane and I have set small goals for this month, mine is to shed another 7 lbs, and her's is to shed 5 lbs. I think she is on board with me this time, so that helps so much to have a friend to do it with you! If I can shed 2-3 more lbs, then the smaller size pants should fit fine, and I'm praying that will happen by the end of this coming week! Which also means a shopping trip, I have 2 pair of dress pants in that size, so not much to choose from!
Today I made a flat out pizza for lunch and one to take tomorrow to work, I roasted, cauliflower, broccoli, and celery, after what I ate today I have enough for Monday and Tuesday snacks at work as well! I also found dark chocolate covered strawberries, 4 to a pack for 60 calories, can't beat that either! I cut up celery to take to work also! These snacks will replace my afternoon Reese's or a 130 calorie bag of chips, I like to find ways to cut calories during the day to allow for a "heartier" meal at night!
Weigh-ins haven't been going well since Vacation, I always do that, I go off of my diet (lifestyle change) whatev you want to call it, and it's so hard to jump back on, I had gained 3-4 lbs, by weigh-in time the scales only showed a 1 pound gain, not horrible, the following Tuesday showed another 1 lb gain from the previous week, so I'm 2 pounds up since mid-October, the goal by Tuesday is to have those 2 lbs gone, and back to pre-vacation weight!
FINGERS CROSSED!
I will post an update!
I have always worn an XL in shirts, at my heaviest I remember buying a few 2X shirts, XL's were a lil snug (which I hate in a tee shirt) but 2X was way too big!
Anyway, back in the summer I had bought a sleeveless workout tank, mainly for running, it has reflective emblems and such on it, I bought an XL, which the tag states 16/18, I put it on tonight to go the gym and it is GI-NORMOUS on me! It's the dri-fit material so I thought it would run smaller!
Oh well, it was a great feeling. I think it made me kick it up a notch at the gym, I actually added in 5 mins. of the stair climber tonight, the machine said it was 10 flights of stairs, I'm not sure if that's accurate. We shall see how I feel in the morning!
Speaking of smaller clothes, I'm in between sizes right now, which is a complete bum! I'm not really complaining, but the size I'm in now, is way too big and looks sloppy, I don't even have to un-button the pants to slip them on and off! A size smaller is miserably tight, and causes a muffin top and we don't want any of that! :)
So what is my fix? Crane and I have set small goals for this month, mine is to shed another 7 lbs, and her's is to shed 5 lbs. I think she is on board with me this time, so that helps so much to have a friend to do it with you! If I can shed 2-3 more lbs, then the smaller size pants should fit fine, and I'm praying that will happen by the end of this coming week! Which also means a shopping trip, I have 2 pair of dress pants in that size, so not much to choose from!
Today I made a flat out pizza for lunch and one to take tomorrow to work, I roasted, cauliflower, broccoli, and celery, after what I ate today I have enough for Monday and Tuesday snacks at work as well! I also found dark chocolate covered strawberries, 4 to a pack for 60 calories, can't beat that either! I cut up celery to take to work also! These snacks will replace my afternoon Reese's or a 130 calorie bag of chips, I like to find ways to cut calories during the day to allow for a "heartier" meal at night!
Weigh-ins haven't been going well since Vacation, I always do that, I go off of my diet (lifestyle change) whatev you want to call it, and it's so hard to jump back on, I had gained 3-4 lbs, by weigh-in time the scales only showed a 1 pound gain, not horrible, the following Tuesday showed another 1 lb gain from the previous week, so I'm 2 pounds up since mid-October, the goal by Tuesday is to have those 2 lbs gone, and back to pre-vacation weight!
FINGERS CROSSED!
I will post an update!
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Black Cat-Post Race Report & PAR-TAY
Let me first start by saying: I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!
My hubs could come to this race, we were having a date night afterwards, Crane and her family were there running, and the crowd was amazing as usual. The only thing I didn't like was, I was running by myself, which is what I wanted, but man when it was time to slow down for a breather, there wasn't anyone to talk to! I just turned up the Ipod and kept going!
At mile two the timer set 17 mins. which ofcourse starts when the first runner crosses the line, and I knew I was a good minute behind the first runners, which meant I was about 16 mins. in the race! Now that couldn't have been correct by any means, that would mean 8 min. mile for this new runner, no way! :)
I took about a 2 min. walk, and a flight medic/nurse that I use to work with saw me and we chatted another min and she suggested we break out into a run, it was a lil sooner that I had planned, but now I'm glad we did it................................because I REACHED MY GOAL! Thanks Melissa! :)
When we ran thru the chute it said: 40:58, and my initial thought was "crap, I didn't make my time" but then realized that was start time, not chip time. I later learned my chip time was 39:35 and that was a 12:46 pace time. I lined up by the 12 minute pacer, and after that was walkers/strollers.
All in all I'm super happy with my time, I shaved off 4 mins from my 5K this past summer on the Cross Country track, and 5 mins from the same race last year! I wanted a sub 40 time, but thought it will most likely be around 41 mins. I'm still smiling! That's not super fast at all, but I will take it, and ofcourse gives me more motivation to keep getting faster!
There is another 5K here in town that supports the local high school basketball team, so I'm planning on doing that one, and possibly the one on Thanksgiving Day, so fingers crossed I can make both races! Those will probably be colder then last night's. It was around 40 degrees, I didn't layer too much and I was fine!
Here is a post race photo:
I have the cutest hubs for sure! He got a fresh new haircut, which I love :) I'm such a lucky girl!
We went to an awesome Halloween Costume Party, here is a pic of me and the hubs:
Thankfully in this picture, he didn't have his mask on, it was pretty scary looking. I told him to hide it from the kids. I don't need them to start having nightmares, LOL!
This party didn't disappoint, Jacque you are the best hostess! The food table was unbelievable, she is a great cook, but she went all out with the Halloween theme, check this stuff out!
That is a homemade coffin, that is full of Jell-O-shots! 600 to be exact! In syringes, which totally cracked me up! The coffin was lined to keep them cold!
The 2nd picture is a Skeleton with Taco dip in him, she also had her awesome cookies, and a cheese ball that was a "mummy"
If I had the money, I would pay her to do the food at our party, she did a fantastic job and I hope she post them on pinterest, because if you are hosting a party or going to one, you will for sure want to make these super cute things!
We had a lot of fun, and hope to make next year's! We didn't get to stay long at all, and it was after the 5K, and we had to get home to the kiddos!
My hubs could come to this race, we were having a date night afterwards, Crane and her family were there running, and the crowd was amazing as usual. The only thing I didn't like was, I was running by myself, which is what I wanted, but man when it was time to slow down for a breather, there wasn't anyone to talk to! I just turned up the Ipod and kept going!
At mile two the timer set 17 mins. which ofcourse starts when the first runner crosses the line, and I knew I was a good minute behind the first runners, which meant I was about 16 mins. in the race! Now that couldn't have been correct by any means, that would mean 8 min. mile for this new runner, no way! :)
I took about a 2 min. walk, and a flight medic/nurse that I use to work with saw me and we chatted another min and she suggested we break out into a run, it was a lil sooner that I had planned, but now I'm glad we did it................................because I REACHED MY GOAL! Thanks Melissa! :)
When we ran thru the chute it said: 40:58, and my initial thought was "crap, I didn't make my time" but then realized that was start time, not chip time. I later learned my chip time was 39:35 and that was a 12:46 pace time. I lined up by the 12 minute pacer, and after that was walkers/strollers.
All in all I'm super happy with my time, I shaved off 4 mins from my 5K this past summer on the Cross Country track, and 5 mins from the same race last year! I wanted a sub 40 time, but thought it will most likely be around 41 mins. I'm still smiling! That's not super fast at all, but I will take it, and ofcourse gives me more motivation to keep getting faster!
There is another 5K here in town that supports the local high school basketball team, so I'm planning on doing that one, and possibly the one on Thanksgiving Day, so fingers crossed I can make both races! Those will probably be colder then last night's. It was around 40 degrees, I didn't layer too much and I was fine!
Here is a post race photo:
We went to an awesome Halloween Costume Party, here is a pic of me and the hubs:
This party didn't disappoint, Jacque you are the best hostess! The food table was unbelievable, she is a great cook, but she went all out with the Halloween theme, check this stuff out!
The 2nd picture is a Skeleton with Taco dip in him, she also had her awesome cookies, and a cheese ball that was a "mummy"
If I had the money, I would pay her to do the food at our party, she did a fantastic job and I hope she post them on pinterest, because if you are hosting a party or going to one, you will for sure want to make these super cute things!
We had a lot of fun, and hope to make next year's! We didn't get to stay long at all, and it was after the 5K, and we had to get home to the kiddos!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
JUST.KEEP.GOING.
I decided tonight that I should run outside in the 40-50 degree weather because that's what I will be running in on Friday for my next 5K, more like high 30's!
Not even going to lie! I'd RATHER be at the gym, (I think), the treadmill gets boring for sure, but I have a huge big screen TV in front of me, zero incline, and the perfect temperature, when running a 5K you have none of those luxuries, so I really wanted to have the same conditions as the race will be.
I love our new neighborhood, it has a huge circle so that is great, especially since I'm not a great out and back runner, hate to run 1.5 miles then turn around and come back, don't ask me why, I've been that way since high school, ha!
The run was nice, it was cold, but I dressed for it, and layered but not too much, even tried out my new headband to keep my bangs back and out of my way. There are inclines/hills either way I turn out of our driveway, so I took the smaller hill route, but has a huge downhill on the other side.
I ended up doing 2.31 miles tonight, which was great, I normally stop at 2 miles but when I passed our house I was only at 1.93, and just did another loop around!
I kept telling myself during my run to JUST.KEEP.GOING
Running for me is a mental game/battle with myself, when I'm done, I'm hot, sweaty, but feel great, like I could seriously have done that twice. Which I'm hoping means my endurance is building up for some longer runs.
My lowest 5K time was 42 mins, when I signed up for this race it asked my estimated finish time? WHAT? I've never had to "guess" that before, but I really want to finish in 40 mins or under! the 42 min. 5K was the Tiki Trot that was on the Cross Country Course, I figure if I can do that in 42 with hills, dirt, and grass, in the 90 degree weather, surely I can beat that time by 2 mins? WISH ME LUCK!!!!
After the race we are heading to an Adult Halloween Party, so maybe that will be motivation to run faster, so we can get to the Party! Remember me and the hubs never get a date night, so I'm excited, that we don't have to "rush" right home, we aren't staying long, but long enough to have some fun!
I'm VERY EXCITED to add another race bib to my running plaque that the hubs made for me!
I'm hoping this isn't my last race of the year, fingers crossed I can find another one in Nov to participate in!
Not even going to lie! I'd RATHER be at the gym, (I think), the treadmill gets boring for sure, but I have a huge big screen TV in front of me, zero incline, and the perfect temperature, when running a 5K you have none of those luxuries, so I really wanted to have the same conditions as the race will be.
I love our new neighborhood, it has a huge circle so that is great, especially since I'm not a great out and back runner, hate to run 1.5 miles then turn around and come back, don't ask me why, I've been that way since high school, ha!
The run was nice, it was cold, but I dressed for it, and layered but not too much, even tried out my new headband to keep my bangs back and out of my way. There are inclines/hills either way I turn out of our driveway, so I took the smaller hill route, but has a huge downhill on the other side.
I ended up doing 2.31 miles tonight, which was great, I normally stop at 2 miles but when I passed our house I was only at 1.93, and just did another loop around!
I kept telling myself during my run to JUST.KEEP.GOING
Running for me is a mental game/battle with myself, when I'm done, I'm hot, sweaty, but feel great, like I could seriously have done that twice. Which I'm hoping means my endurance is building up for some longer runs.
My lowest 5K time was 42 mins, when I signed up for this race it asked my estimated finish time? WHAT? I've never had to "guess" that before, but I really want to finish in 40 mins or under! the 42 min. 5K was the Tiki Trot that was on the Cross Country Course, I figure if I can do that in 42 with hills, dirt, and grass, in the 90 degree weather, surely I can beat that time by 2 mins? WISH ME LUCK!!!!
After the race we are heading to an Adult Halloween Party, so maybe that will be motivation to run faster, so we can get to the Party! Remember me and the hubs never get a date night, so I'm excited, that we don't have to "rush" right home, we aren't staying long, but long enough to have some fun!
I'm VERY EXCITED to add another race bib to my running plaque that the hubs made for me!
I'm hoping this isn't my last race of the year, fingers crossed I can find another one in Nov to participate in!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Vacation and THE 911 call
Oh boy, where to start?
It was Fall Break this week for the kiddos, so we decided to take a 4 night/5 day stay in Pigeon Forge Area, the boys had a great time, and so did the hubs and I! If you're kids love the pool and water, this is a great place to stay, you really don't have to leave the property for anything, 4 big slides, wave pool, indoor/outdoor hot tub, (hot tub was the biggest I've ever seen, I think it said it held 113 people?) It was half indoor and half outdoor, so cool! Also had a regular pool, again half inside half outdoor! An arcade, candy store, several snacky type food bars, and a restaurant or two, and a arcade, with laser tag, indoor black light putt putt golf, and etc!
It also had a "gym" it wasn't very luxurious and it closed at 11:00, I'm so spoiled when it comes to my gym here at home, everything is top of the line (just how I like it) when I went in to workout, there was a young girl in there on the elliptical, and I felt very sorry for her, she may have only been in there "playing" like kids do, but I was thinking to myself, she would much rather be out playing with kids her age, her brother was also in there working out too, I would guess them to be 14-16 years old. They were watching the Disney Chanel!
I didn't really "diet" while I was there, but everytime I ate something fattening or greasy I got sick! The first night there we ate at Logan's, the hubs and I split the appetizer that comes with 3 items, we got potato skins without bacon for me, cheese sticks, and wings, I ate one potato skin and one cheese stick, and had that "grease headache" I ate one roll, diet coke, and a bite of my mom's salad! That's really not alot of food, but guarantee it was well over 700 calories including the peanuts, which is crazy! So I tried to eat better stuff for me, kind of hard on vacation, but I did try! We really didn't have any food, that was over the top great!
It was fun, and oh the slides, yea you climb like 4 flights of stairs to get to them, so I definitely burned some calories, doing that over and over!
The room was huge, 2 queen size beds, a twin sleeper love seat, our room had all the normal stuff, plus bottled water (for a fee), 20 foot ceilings, table for 2, stove with 2 burners, so they had a few things that were nice and unexpected, very spacious for sure, but we did pay almost $200.00 a night to be there!
The hubs and EE got to go to the UT game on Sat., I bought the hubs tickets for his bday back in Sept. they had a great time, and got back safely! Daddy came back bearing gifts and Bre stayed with me! At 80 bucks a ticket we weren't taking him or myself, so we stayed and played at the water park!
Now onto this lil guy/story! Bre wants to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween, so his costume is ready to go, he is so very into the Turtles now, clothes, movies, and etc. I didn't buy him any of the ninja stuff other then the costume, well he has begged for the nun-chucks (not sure how to spell that) and I've said no, because I know what will happen to big brother if we bought those! :) So the boys went to the arcade and racked up points, and they had to split their points so each had just enough for nun-chucks, (yay us) so this morning while I was out getting Dunkin' Donuts, Bre had hit his brother or dad one with them (they don't hurt, they are foam, but trying to teach a lesson about not hitting) so dad put them up, I kind of laughed, was sitting in the bed drinking my diet coke, he stomped off and said I'm mad at you, he picks up the phone, like he did 100 times prior to this morning, and says I'm calling the police! He starts punching numbers and says "yes, come get Brandon (middle name) (last name), he just put up my nun-chucks and he is a big meanie, we laughed, and about 2 mins. later the phone rang, it was the POLICE DEPT.
They said the got a 911 call from our room number, so he really did call 911, I didn't even know he knew how, he is only 4! Then after we said sorry, that was our pre-schooler, we get a knock on the hotel door, it's security, saying they were informed we had an accidental 911 call, and they needed to make sure we are all ok! Needless to say he learned a lesson today, it was kind of funny, but he did learn a lesson!
Never a dull moment at our house with either boy! I'm pretty sure we won't forget this vacation for many reasons, but the 911 call probably tops them all!
Gotta love these boys!
We are refreshed now and ready to get back to school and work (I guess)
I'm not weighing in on Tuesday this week, I'm waiting until Friday! ha! I need a few days to get the vacation pounds off! :)
It was Fall Break this week for the kiddos, so we decided to take a 4 night/5 day stay in Pigeon Forge Area, the boys had a great time, and so did the hubs and I! If you're kids love the pool and water, this is a great place to stay, you really don't have to leave the property for anything, 4 big slides, wave pool, indoor/outdoor hot tub, (hot tub was the biggest I've ever seen, I think it said it held 113 people?) It was half indoor and half outdoor, so cool! Also had a regular pool, again half inside half outdoor! An arcade, candy store, several snacky type food bars, and a restaurant or two, and a arcade, with laser tag, indoor black light putt putt golf, and etc!
It also had a "gym" it wasn't very luxurious and it closed at 11:00, I'm so spoiled when it comes to my gym here at home, everything is top of the line (just how I like it) when I went in to workout, there was a young girl in there on the elliptical, and I felt very sorry for her, she may have only been in there "playing" like kids do, but I was thinking to myself, she would much rather be out playing with kids her age, her brother was also in there working out too, I would guess them to be 14-16 years old. They were watching the Disney Chanel!
I didn't really "diet" while I was there, but everytime I ate something fattening or greasy I got sick! The first night there we ate at Logan's, the hubs and I split the appetizer that comes with 3 items, we got potato skins without bacon for me, cheese sticks, and wings, I ate one potato skin and one cheese stick, and had that "grease headache" I ate one roll, diet coke, and a bite of my mom's salad! That's really not alot of food, but guarantee it was well over 700 calories including the peanuts, which is crazy! So I tried to eat better stuff for me, kind of hard on vacation, but I did try! We really didn't have any food, that was over the top great!
It was fun, and oh the slides, yea you climb like 4 flights of stairs to get to them, so I definitely burned some calories, doing that over and over!
The room was huge, 2 queen size beds, a twin sleeper love seat, our room had all the normal stuff, plus bottled water (for a fee), 20 foot ceilings, table for 2, stove with 2 burners, so they had a few things that were nice and unexpected, very spacious for sure, but we did pay almost $200.00 a night to be there!
The hubs and EE got to go to the UT game on Sat., I bought the hubs tickets for his bday back in Sept. they had a great time, and got back safely! Daddy came back bearing gifts and Bre stayed with me! At 80 bucks a ticket we weren't taking him or myself, so we stayed and played at the water park!
Now onto this lil guy/story! Bre wants to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween, so his costume is ready to go, he is so very into the Turtles now, clothes, movies, and etc. I didn't buy him any of the ninja stuff other then the costume, well he has begged for the nun-chucks (not sure how to spell that) and I've said no, because I know what will happen to big brother if we bought those! :) So the boys went to the arcade and racked up points, and they had to split their points so each had just enough for nun-chucks, (yay us) so this morning while I was out getting Dunkin' Donuts, Bre had hit his brother or dad one with them (they don't hurt, they are foam, but trying to teach a lesson about not hitting) so dad put them up, I kind of laughed, was sitting in the bed drinking my diet coke, he stomped off and said I'm mad at you, he picks up the phone, like he did 100 times prior to this morning, and says I'm calling the police! He starts punching numbers and says "yes, come get Brandon (middle name) (last name), he just put up my nun-chucks and he is a big meanie, we laughed, and about 2 mins. later the phone rang, it was the POLICE DEPT.
They said the got a 911 call from our room number, so he really did call 911, I didn't even know he knew how, he is only 4! Then after we said sorry, that was our pre-schooler, we get a knock on the hotel door, it's security, saying they were informed we had an accidental 911 call, and they needed to make sure we are all ok! Needless to say he learned a lesson today, it was kind of funny, but he did learn a lesson!
Never a dull moment at our house with either boy! I'm pretty sure we won't forget this vacation for many reasons, but the 911 call probably tops them all!
Gotta love these boys!
We are refreshed now and ready to get back to school and work (I guess)
I'm not weighing in on Tuesday this week, I'm waiting until Friday! ha! I need a few days to get the vacation pounds off! :)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
The weigh-in & fire pit night
My second weigh-in went well, but I had only lost 4 ounces, the first week I had lost 4 lbs from the initial weigh-in! Not bad, but 4 ounces is nothing, really! I was somewhat bummed, but my body does hold the "weight" as long as it possibly can, then I have a nice drop, so I've been weighing everyday to see how it is fluctuating, and I've had a steady drop everyday since. I weigh-in on Tuesdays, that's when I lost the 4 ounces, but when I weighed in on Wed, I lost another pound, and again today another pound, so looks like it's around 2.4 lbs for the week, which doesn't count for this week, but will count for next week, so that's pretty awesome!
Running is becoming easier, I do 2 miles now, mostly running the whole 2 miles, I'd guess I walk a .5 miles during the whole time I'm on the treadmill! If I get a chance I try to get in 10 mins on the bike too, for an additional 4-5 miles!
After the gym on Monday, I came home to this:
There is NOTHING better then coming home to a fire pit and snuggling up by it, with my boys and the Hubs! We had mentioned we might light the fire pit, so I stopped by walmart to get Smore's stuff!
We all loved it!
Thanks B for making such a fun family night for all of us!
If it were up to me I'd be having a fire pit every night! :) I located a pile of wood that needs to be burned tonight behind our shed, so maybe, just maybe we can use that this weekend!
I'm now one pound away from being the smallest I've been in 13 years, and that's very exciting.
We are heading on vacation soon, and our hotel has a gym, so I plan to utilize that while we are there, I've worked way too hard to not keep it up, or lose it on vacation! The compression pants I have on in the above picture actually started sliding down on me during my run yesterday, not real bad, but enough that I noticed, and while they are expensive, I did smile about it!
Yesterday EE's class went on a field trip and I was able to wear my new jeans that I bought 2 weeks ago, that are a smaller size then I had been wearing, and they fit great! I got two compliments just in the drop off line at school, then several from mom's on the field trip, it does make all the hard work worth every minute!
Running is becoming easier, I do 2 miles now, mostly running the whole 2 miles, I'd guess I walk a .5 miles during the whole time I'm on the treadmill! If I get a chance I try to get in 10 mins on the bike too, for an additional 4-5 miles!
After the gym on Monday, I came home to this:
We all loved it!
Thanks B for making such a fun family night for all of us!
If it were up to me I'd be having a fire pit every night! :) I located a pile of wood that needs to be burned tonight behind our shed, so maybe, just maybe we can use that this weekend!
I'm now one pound away from being the smallest I've been in 13 years, and that's very exciting.
We are heading on vacation soon, and our hotel has a gym, so I plan to utilize that while we are there, I've worked way too hard to not keep it up, or lose it on vacation! The compression pants I have on in the above picture actually started sliding down on me during my run yesterday, not real bad, but enough that I noticed, and while they are expensive, I did smile about it!
Yesterday EE's class went on a field trip and I was able to wear my new jeans that I bought 2 weeks ago, that are a smaller size then I had been wearing, and they fit great! I got two compliments just in the drop off line at school, then several from mom's on the field trip, it does make all the hard work worth every minute!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)