Still excited about Thanksgiving!

I really do love the holidays!  I love decorating, and spending time with family and Black Friday shopping!  The problem is that I haven't had time to work out.  Right now I am waiting for the Sullivan guy to come and tune up my furnace.  I really thought they would have been here by now so that I could have gotten a work out in, but no such luck.  The scale is holding steady still at 200.  That is a plus, but I know that tomorrow will be a gut buster.  I really do plan to not over indulge, but I also know that I love to eat!  I am also hoping to bring enough left overs home for dinner Friday night!  After not getting much sleep, I am sure cooking will be the last thing on my mind!  And Eric has to work late on Black Friday.  Of course!  The good thing is that my mom is coming to spend the night on Thursday so Eric and I can go shopping at midnight, and so I can go to Target and where ever else and not have to be home before Eric goes to work.  And hopefully I can get a nap, too!  I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Week!

I love the holidays!  I know I complain about how much driving we have to do, but I love that we can spend time with both of our families every holiday.  I love that our families make it easy for us to do that, by spacing the meal times for us.  I am excited, my older brother and his wife are hosting dinner this year in their new home.  It will be fun to do something different, and I am looking forward to spending some time getting to know her family  a little better. 

On the diet front, the holidays are a very bad time of year!  My mother in law makes fantastic homemade cookies.  And 2 full out turkey dinners, one of then deep fried, is never good for your daily caloric intake!  I was thinking that I would be very vigilant this week, but then I realized that today my mom is taking me out for lunch, and Eric and I are going on a date tonight, and going out for dinner in on the agenda.  So then I thought I would make sure to work out hard everyday.  I couldn't work out today.  I doubled bath days this weekend for the first time in a month and a half, and today my feet ache so much that I am limping.  So, I am going to try to not over eat at either dinner, which I usually do. I am going to try to be moving around as much as I can, even if I am limping.  The scale has been holding steady at 200, so I don't want it to get any higher.  I will do my best, and that is the best I can do!

Three pounds makes a big difference!

And I mean that in 2 different ways.  I moved to an 8 lb dumb bell, and did Jillian Michaels Shred It with Weights kettle bell routine.  What a difference!  I feel like I worked hard, and my muscles feel strong!  It was such a good work out!  The second way I mean is that I am 3 lbs from my next goal.  It actually reaches 2 goals.  The first is that I will be 1 lb under what I weighed when I graduated from Pitt.  The second is that I will be out of the obese range, and simply overweight, according the the BMI index.  I am excited for both reasons!

I have an appointment with my real estate agent on Friday, to take pictures of the house and get it listed!  I am very excited, and very nervous!  I have 2 fears.  The first is that we list the house, find a place that we love, and can't sell this house.  The other is the opposite scenario, that we sell right away and cannot find a place to buy.  It is nerve wracking.  Either way, I have to finish cleaning!

Broken records and big dreams

Okay, maybe that is a little misleading.  I didn't break any records, it is that I feel like a broken record.  Today is the day, time to buckle down again, yada yada yada.  I really am going to get back on track.  I have a month and a half to lose 20 pounds.  Okay, lets call that 6 weeks.  That means I need to lose about 3.3 lbs a week.  That is so doable!!  I do need to make a new rule: NO MORE THIRD CUP OF COFFEE!!!!  It really made me feel like crap today.  I don't usually have a third cup, but I was cutting coupons and a cup of coffee seemed needed.  Wrong!  I am really nauseated now.  Blech.  I am 203.5 today.

Today I did Kickbox Booty Core with Natalie Yco.  She is in some of the Jillian Michaels workouts.  She is the one that demonstrates the more advanced moves.  It was fun, but not enough upper body work.  It was good lower body and core stuff.  I have to say, I had a bad headache when I did my workout.  My head was throbbing so badly during some of the core stuff that I had to stop and hold my head.  I hate headaches!

On to the big dreams.  I have been working very hard to get our house on the market.  I am hoping that we will have it listed in the next week.  I have been thinking about what I want in our new home.  I want closets in every bedroom.  I never realized that was something that I had to ask for!  A lot of the homes around here do not have closets in the smallest bedroom.  I would cry with happiness if each room had a double size closet, and I may faint if there is a walk in closet in any home in our price range!  I also would love a house that the linen closet and the pantry cupboard to be 2 separate entities.  We have to have a place with a game room.  just thinking about having a space that is adult and a space that is just for the kids would be so cool.  Okay, after that, I need to go get some stuff done so I can make my dream a reality!!!! 

Raking leaves is a heck of a work out!

I swear, even my hair is sore!  I just wish I didn't have blisters on my hands, those really suck!  The scale said 204 today, so I am happy for that.  The Halloween candy got the best of me again.  Sigh.  I think I will try to send it to work with Eric tomorrow.  I don't really have anything to say today.  I have a ton of cleaning to do in the next couple of days.  Trying to get the house on the market sooner rather than later, so I am cleaning like mad.  Eric is off tomorrow, and the weather should be nice, so hopefully we will finish up the outside stuff.  See ya tomorrow!

Headache.

I have a wicked headache.  It hurts when I lean over, and then pounds when I stand up.  I have decided to put off my work out until this afternoon, hoping that the headache will be gone by then.  I am stressed out today.  I think that is where the headache is coming from.  My mom is in the hospital with heart problems they can't figure out.  Her heart actually stopped for over 5 seconds the other day.  And they don't know why.  Perry's parent teacher conference was Friday, also the day that I had to take my mom to be admitted to the ICU, and his teacher was pretty bitchy.  Oh, Perry is smart, more than ready for Kindergarten, and a joy to have in class, but I got yelled at again for picking him up at 1.  I honestly thought that was when I was allowed to pick him up after a big problem with it last year, but since there are all new people in charge, no one knows what is going on.  So I get yelled at.  My whole schedule is planned around 1 o'clock pick up, and it really screws up my whole day, since 11:30 is in the middle of Joce's nap time.  And I wonder why my head hurts?!?

By the way, Halloween candy is evil!  I found myself mindlessly munching on it several times yesterday.  Not good for today's weigh in, which was 208.  UUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!! 

A New Week

So, we can pretty much throw last week in the crapper.  I don't know what it is about being at my moms house that makes me eat and drink like a crazy person.  I eat everything that I shouldn't, and I drink pop, and usually no water.  I think it goes back to when I was a smoker, and hiding it.  Since I couldn't smoke while I was there, I stuffed my mouth with food.  So why do I still do it after all these years of not smoking?  That is a darn good question. 

Of course, the weight wasn't good today.  Tipped the scale at 207.  That is where I sigh and hang my head.  So, to try to atone for some of my misbehavior, I did a good hard work out this morning.  Jackie Warner Total Body Circuit.  I don't know why, but my abs did some great burning today!  I can even do some of the ab exercises that I couldn't do before.  I also realized that I need a higher weight for some of it.  Progress!  Again, I am just happy that I got up and did it today.  It really would be so easy to give up.  But not today!!  Today, I did it!!!!

Time for a heavier dumb bell and smaller shirts!

Since I bought my size 12 jeans, I have realized how big my shirts are looking.  I look great on the bottom, but kinda like a hobo on top!  I am so happy that my body is starting to look good, now I need to dress like I mean it!  I di Jillian Michaels Shred It Weights today.  I need to move up to an 8 lb. dumb bell!  I love the work out, but I need to make it a bit more challenging!  Except for the squat jumps, those I am still trying to master!!!

I have to confess, the Halloween candy has gotten the best of me.  Darn treats!!!  On Saturday, the scale said 198!!!  That means I was no longer obese!  Then Halloween came, and the scale is back to 201.  Sigh.  I will get back there!  I am determined, and I will do it!!  I am going to stay at my moms for a couple of days.  I have my weights, my DVDs and my work out clothes packed.  Let me tell you, putting 2 5lb. dumb bells in your bag makes it extra fun to carry!!  Hopefully, I will get my work outs done while I am there!!!