Slow Down!

Time is suddenly going by way to fast!  I just realized that it is once again Thursday and not only did I not post a weigh in but I haven't actually weighed myself in days.  I know it's going to be bad news anyway.  I have been exercising but my routine is all out of whack, I'm eating like a pig and I'm not eating enough good things.  I also can't believe that school starts in just over a week!

Things I have learned this summer:

1. I need routine.

2. Having teenagers at the house for 3 weeks is very expensive in the food department.

3.  I enjoy many vegetarian dishes.

4.  It's far to easy to get lazy.

5.  It's super hard to get back on track.

6.  Morning workouts are more fun.

7.  Exercising in the morning leaves me with too much snack free time in the evening!

I'm sure I learned a whole lot more but right now those are the main things.  I will be so happy when our routine is back on track!

It's Thursday.

I just realized that I forgot to post my weigh in yesterday!  It's been a crazy week of early mornings and not quite early enough bedtimes.  We had to run out on Tuesday night and arrange for delivery of a new couch.  Then last night we promised the girls a trip to the park.  They had a great time and we took our time wandering back home.  By the time we got them to bed and I got organized for today I just totally forgot to post.  So here's the quick version of my weigh in.

I have stayed the same for the second week in a row which makes me very happy because I was on vacation and that seems to spell disaster most times.  I think the fact that there are teenagers in the house that eat all the junk before I realize it's there has made a big difference.  Let's see how things go when they go home!

New Routine Time:)

Tomorrow is the start of my new (short term)routine.  I will be going to the gym and running in the mornings for the next two weeks at least.  With the big kids here visiting I feel like we should be home in the evenings as much as possible but I don't want to give up my exercise.  I already have my breakfast and lunch for tomorrow packed and ready to go.  I have my bag for the gym packed and my purse packed with what I need for work.  I'm excited for this new routine and hoping that it will give me a renewed energy.  I always feel great after exercising so I'm hoping that I use those endorphin's to get me through the day.  I'm worried though that I'm going to like this new routine too much and in a couple of weeks I'll be disappointed because it's not a routine that can continue when the school year starts.  This week I have the luxury of heading straight to work from the gym but next week I have to come back home after to pick my mom up and take her to work.  It will only change my routine so much as the 5 extra minutes it will take to come back and get her.  Run days will be a bit easier because I will come home to shower and have breakfast before going to work.  When the routine will really have to change is when Adrian has to work early and I have to take Anna to school.  Those days he has to leave at 6:30am so I have to be here.  Those days we can go after work and that will be fine with me.  The other thing that might change my routine back to evenings is the fact that the girls have programs at the Y that they enjoy going to in the evenings.  I'm sure it will all work itself out.  I can handle change very well so I will just go with whatever works for us at the time.

Now to hope I don't fall asleep at work tomorrow afternoon!!!

What's My Problem??

I don't understand why I have been having such a hard time finding the motivation to get back on track with running!!!  Since June 3rd I have run a dozen times at the very most.  Every time I do I feel fantastic so what the heck is my problem??  Tonight I ran to Anna's soccer game and again I feel so much better.  I feel less tired than before and my body feels pretty good.  It didn't feel great while I was out there but that's because I'm not running enough.  Next week I plan to start getting up at 5:30am to go to the gym and to run.  We'll see how that goes but I'm hoping that it will be good and I can keep that routine up for at least two weeks.  Once the big kids go home I can go back to my regular routine for the Y.  The little girls love their programs there and as of September 1st Christina gets to move up to the next program.  She'll be very happy with that.

For now though I will push myself to get up Saturday morning to run with the group and then Monday starts the early mornings.  I'm sure by the end of the first week I'll be passing out at my desk.  Hopefully after that though it will get easier.  Who knows if it works out really well I might just continue to get up and run early in the morning even after the big kids go home!!

Another week off:)

The big kids came back on Sunday so I've taken this week off.  We're not doing anything special but it's always nice to just hang out.  We've been watching the Olympics and I'm so excited to watch the Men's Marathon on Sunday.  I've watched a lot of the running events and they are so inspiring.  It amazes me that some of these runners can run in 10 seconds what it takes me close to 1 minute to complete.  I have no delusions that I will ever be able to run that fast but I sure will try to run harder.  This week has been a bit tricky as far as workouts go.  With the big kids here and Adrian working I feel like I should be here.  I'm sure I'll figure out a time though.  Next week I'll be up with the sun to make sure I can get things in.  That way I can come straight home from work and spend the evenings with the kiddies.

It's also almost Christina's birthday!!  It's so hard to believe that she is going to be 3:)  I'm so excited for her party this year.  She is so aware of what is going on around her and by the time we get to hers we will have been to three of her friends parties.  She knows exactly what is coming and talks about it everyday.

This week was not a successful weightloss week but it hasn't been horrible.  I'm at the same weight as last week which makes me pretty happy considering I went to ribfest twice and have been snacking a bit more than usual.  The good thing happening right now is that Ashlee has decided to give being vegetarian a try.  There are about a million vegetarian dishes that I have either tried or wanted to try and now I have the perfect excuse to make them.  I have been trying to find a way to cut down on the meat our family eats and to increase the vegetables.  This is the perfect opportunity to work on that.  I said a week or so ago to my mom that we were going to start having two meatless meals a week.  I have some very picky kids that will turn their noses up at anything that looks different.  I will find a way to make get them on board with this change.  The fun part is that Anna actually likes things that no one thinks kids should like.  She also freaks out if there is something she doesn't like on her plate.  We're working on the rule that you have to try everything at least once.

I'm hoping this change will renewed drive and will help all of us feel better for the long term.

Wednesday is Weigh day:)

It's been an interesting couple of days for us!  Monday we had to take Adryanna to McMaster.  This time it wasn't for her heart this time though.  About 6 months ago when I was giving her a bath I saw a lump in her groin.  As most mothers would I had an  internal freak out, then called her dad in to show him.  We decided to take her to the doctor the next day.  The next morning when I looked to see if it was bigger or the same I found that it was gone completely!  YAY!!!  Or not so YAY.  That night I looked again and there it was.  So I called the doctor and got her an appointment.  Of course when we got there it was totally gone.  He said possibly a hernia but as long as it kept going away not to worry.  It has come and go almost daily since then but it's always gone in the morning.  When we went to the doctor a couple months ago for a totally unrelated issue and Adrian asked if I had ever mentioned it to the doctor (he doesn't have the most fantastic memory).  The doctor looked again and again he couldn't see or feel anything.  He did however decide that perhaps we should have her checked out by the surgeons to decide if it was a hernia.  Since she has a heart defect any possible surgery has to be done at McMaster so we were sent there.

This brings us back to Monday.  Within a few minutes and a quick exam they said she did indeed have an Inguinal Hernia.  The best explanation is that we are all born with these little tubes that come down into our groin from our abdomen.  In girls they serve no purpose and in boys they guide the testicles into the right spot.  In most kids these tubes close in the first year or so after birth.  In some they don't close at all.  Adryanna is one of those ones:)  The really interesting part for me is that it's not just her intestine that is falling in.  It could be an ovary, Fallopian tube or her intestine.  It could also be something else that happens to wiggle it's way down there.  We were given instructions to reduce it if it's bothering her and what to do if we can't.  She has been placed on the wait list for surgery and should have it done in six months unless it gets worse.  I'm happy with that time frame.  If it was bothering her I might push for sooner but since it's not I'm not going to bother.

All of this did not interfere with our exercise.  As soon as we left the hospital she asked if we were going to make it back in time for the Y.  I have gotten back on track pretty well.  I'm still not making it to running as much as I would like but you have to take what you can get.  This weeks weigh in shows the results of my renewed commitment too!  Last week I was at 237 and this week I am at 235.6.  That's a great loss in my books!