other sites to get lost in…
i have made some recent web-scoveries while home from work sick today…
so many blogs and so little time, http://condron.us is like a remote control for your blogs, and my husband has the clicker flipping away.
hungry girl…because a girl gets hungry, even when dieting and maintaining. she does a great job of reviewing diet friendly, yet tasty, food, recipes and a lot more!
skinny and the city… yes, it’s a play on words, but it works. diet, nutrition and fashion at your fingertips.
i guess that’s why the call it the blues…
i have been in hormone hell. let me catch you up. Read the rest of this entry »
the king
yesterday went well for me. it’s funny, i read that someone took body for life, not day by day, but minute by minute. that is how i feel. i am really trying to look for what is going on in the next hour, which makes me commit a little more.
in other non related news, we got a new bed! having three kids now, we decided to get a king size bed. i know, i know, kids shouldn’t be in their parents’ beds (and baby Henry is not, just his crib right next to mommy’s side of the bed), but there is something really sweet about the kids coming in at night, telling us they can’t sleep. and in a few years, they won’t even want to be seen outside the house, let alone sleep with us. so i enjoy this now. back to the bed, it’s awesome! it was in boxes all over our house because we purchased it online. and we got a new ikea mattress as well. maybe when i get done putting it all together, i can post some pictures. we got the idea for the bed, a thin, silhouette canopy, from the movie marie antoinette. which was such great eye candy! now, i know my husband won’t let me do it in pink and brown…but he did let me do, brown, green and blue.
off to post my meals and moves. i think saturday might be my free day! woo hoo!
day 2
ok, maybe i should call this day 1?? since yesterday i didn’t eat 6 mini meals, only ate 4, and did not get around to my lifting. but, on a great note, i did eat 4 wonderful mini meals and lots and lots of water! just like i had outlined in my eating for that day in the meals and moves link. i am going to try and update it every day, even my free day.
we are getting really excited around here for “the dark knight” movie. now, as most people know, we are obsessed with all things harry potter, and i had hoped for the last few months that the teaser for half blood prince would be in the previews to “the dark knight”. i read it’s not! booo! there has been nothing on the hbp movie out. no teaser, no international trailer. and it’s making me crazy. of course, we are excited about tdk for so many other reasons: christian bale, maggie gyllenhaal, christian bale, gary oldman, and what is being called ground breaking acting by heath ledger. and did i mention christian bale? he is such a great bruce wayne. and maggie is such a better fit for this almost indi feeling batman, much better than mrs. tom cruise. i felt that miscasting was as bad as julia roberts in oceans 11. it just didn’t work. every time i looked at mrs. cruise i thought of oprah and that couch.
i’m off to enter the meals and moves for today!
in the words of sheryl crow….
i’ve been living on coffee and nicotine.
well, maybe more coffee that nicotine, but some clove ciggs now and then to make myself feel calmer. i feel like i have been drinking coffee and not eating much, then eating too much at night. i feel a bit out of myself lately. i had my first real postpartum period last week. wow. forgot what that does for the diet. i thought i was just in a baking mood. then realized there was a reason for the cravings. we made those great cookies that are called “no bakes” or something. you know, with the chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal. ya. did nothing to help this diet. i have to set a goal. a real goal. i need a number to be at by august 18th, when i go back to school. teachers can be the best, or teachers can be the worst, at checking out how a new mom looks. you have the teachers that have been there: gained weight and fought to get it off. these are the teachers that tell you you look amazing and remind you that you only have a (insert age) month old. then there are the others….the 6 week check-up ones. “yes, i gained 50 pounds but it was all gone at about my 6 week check-up. i am sure your’s will kick in”
i hate those teachers. i’m pretty sure i didn’t like them when i was a student either.
so, by the end of the week, i will have a number. a number of pounds that needs to be gone by the return to work. i think this goal will help. i need something to shoot for, and being a math teacher, i do so much better with a number!
free days and free weights
the ankle is better. still sore and feels a little…lose, maybe is the word? sometimes it’s like nothing is wrong with it, other times, i feel like if i turn the wrong way it’s going to pop. regardless, i hope i am 100% soon.
this week i really did the first actual body for life type week. and today was my cheat day. it felt really odd to be eating mexican food and having some margaritas…but this was my cheat day. well, i think bill philips calls it your free day, because technically it’s not cheating if it is built into the plan. i feel a bit sick from eating “free” after eating so clean all week. maybe that is the point of the free day: it puts you back on track the rest of the week. if i can just get my exercise going back when the ankle feels better, i feel like i will be on my way. (i did lose 3 pounds this week)
but, i am confused with some of the body for life exercise. i need a run down. i read the book. i have scoured the body for life website. i just do not know how to put the plan together. i get the cardio. it’s the strength training, the free weights. i don’t know which ones to do…how many for each muscle group. with that i could use some advice from anyone who has/is been on the program.
the trip off the deck
today started off like any normal day. coffee was brewed first. then the baby fed. then the other two kids rioting. all this entails a normal day in our household. then the unexpected and almost embarrassing happened: i fell off the deck. Read the rest of this entry »
cafe, anyone?
looks like that morning cup of joe might be good for you. that is, if you drink 6 cups! coffee drinking may be tied with a decrease in the chance of heart disease, especially for women. i was glad to find this since i am still out of diet coke and drinking coffee and water throughout the day. today i was extremely tired for some reason. and i turned 30 this morning. hmmmm….is there a connection? suddenly tired. suddenly 30. pour me another cup!
