Rainy Day Blues

So as I previously mentioned, I spend yesterday up north at the campground with my Mother in Law.  The weather was perfect and it was a really relaxing day!  I made a bad choice to stop and get a donut for Ellie (I swear, that was my intention when we stopped!), but I ended up getting one too.  I felt guilty all day, since that obviously isn't on my meal plan!  I made up for it by having a pretty healthy dinner (pork kabobs with lots and lots of veggies!).  Cody ended up taking the evening off and was able to come hang out with us for a few hours.  I always love when he gets to take some time to just get away from work stuff and relax!

Have you ever had one of those days when one thing just spirals into another and before you know it, your whole day is out of whack?  That was my day today.  The plan was to wake up, have breakfast and head to the grocery store.  Then we'd come home, I'd put Ellie down for her nap, and I'd do an at home workout.  Well, I woke up and realized that we really had nothing for breakfast nothing we had sounded good for breakfast.  So, I called my parents to see if they wanted to go out.  They agreed, so we met at Bob Evans. I ended up ordering eggs, sausage, hash browns, and a pancake.  Way more food than I needed, but it sure was tasty!

After breakfast, I decided to go to the grocery store.  When we were at breakfast, it started storming, so we kind of hung out until the rain slowed down. We left and made a quick stop at the grocery store.  We went home, and once I got Ellie down for a nap, I just felt like I had no energy.  I'm sure it was a mix between the rain and the fact that I didn't really eat very healthy yesterday.  But I just couldn't pull myself off the couch. As the day went on, and I kept getting busy doing other things, my workout just didn't happen. I'm so sad because I was doing so good at keeping my workout plan.

I keep reminding myself that tomorrow is a new day, and I can't let myself fall completely off the wagon, just because I had a bad day.  Bad days are bound to happen throughout this journey.  How I choose to get back up from those bad days are what really matter, and I plan to make tomorrow count!!

New Neighborhood and Change of Plans

Tonight we got invited to our first ever neighborhood picnic.  It was a small gathering of all the people on our street.  We had hot dogs and hamburgers, everyone brought a dish to pass, there was door prizes. It was so much fun!  We lived in our last neighborhood for 3 years, and we only knew the lady that lived across the street, and that's because we bought our house from her.  Just about everyone who lives on our street has lived there for 15+ years.  I can't even tell you how comforted that makes me.  I love that people feel like our neighborhood is safe and comfortable enough to stay here for many, many years.  I love the feeling that we picked a great, safe, friendly neighborhood to raise our family in.  Tonight was a good night. :)

I did have a change of plans today, though.  Our sitter was coming this morning so I could go to the gym, but I ended up having a bunch of errands to run instead.  I hated skipping the gym, and normally I would just say "oh well, I'll go tomorrow".  But, because I am trying to work out more, I knew that by skipping the gym this morning, I'd have to do an at home workout.  So, when I got home and got Elliot down for her nap, I did a workout video. I had done the 30 Day Shred on Tuesday, but decided today to switch it up and do the sculpt and build workout from one of my Biggest Loser DVDs.  It was a good work out, and I'm sore, which is always a good thing!

I am going to the gym again tomorrow, and taking Saturday off.  I will be visiting my Mother in law up at the campground that she camps at during the summer on Saturday, so hopefully I can get a good walk in!

At Home Workouts

I'm not even sure if there is anyone reading this anymore.  If you're reading, please say hello! :)

Today I decided that I want to start doing at home workouts on the days that I'm not going to the gym.  We only have the babysitter come to the house 2-3 times a week and on the days that she doesn't come, it's hard for me to get to the gym due to Cody's schedule.  I'd like to work out 5-6 times a week, so I am going to start researching different at home workouts that I can find on Netflix, or on demand.  My work out schedule this week is looking like this:

Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Gym (25 minute Elliptical, 45 Minute Strength)
Friday: Gym (35 Minute Elliptical, 45 Minute Strength)
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: At Home Workout (30 Day Shred)

I'm hoping that by keeping up with working out when I'm at home, it will help with my workouts at the gym.  I am very sore today, but honestly, I like being sore. It makes me feel like I'm doing something right!!

Cody went to the grocery store today to get some essentials before we go on our weekly grocery shopping trip.  While he was there, he bought some great stuff, but he also bought some not so great stuff.  We've been talking about how we both really want mac and cheese. So, he bought a box of Organic Mac and Cheese, thinking that he was doing something good.  His heart was in the right place, and I appreciate him thinking of me.  But I have told him before that I can't have that kind of stuff in the house. We cut out boxed meals a long time ago.  I've tried making things from scratch for at least the last 6 months, because of all the crap that is added to boxed meals.  I get too tempted when we have stuff like that in the house, so I have just stopped buying it.  He also bought a bag of tortilla chips, because we bought a new salsa at the farmers market.  Once again, I appreciate the thought, but when it comes down to it, I don't have the self control yet to be able to keep those things in the house.  I am hoping that he starts seeing some results in himself, as well as some results in me, to where his first instinct isn't to buy the stuff that isn't great for his body.

New Workout Plan

A friend of mine recently suggested to me to check out bodybuilding.com to help me find some new workout programs.  I have been wanting to get more into weight lifting, and this website is the perfect thing to help me.  They have all sorts of different programs for different skill levels, as well as an app, where you can make up your own program.  My friend sent me a work out that she suggested I try out, so I did that at the gym today.  I did 25 minutes on the elliptical and then did the weight workout. It felt so good to do a program that made me feel like I was actually doing something!

My new goal is to try and make it to the gym 3 times a week.  And then 2 days a week, I will try to do some sort or workout at home, whether it's talking a walk/run, or doing a workout video at home.  I really feel like I am doing some good for myself when I work out, and I really need to find time to do it more often.

Ellie's birthday party is in 2 weeks and I feel like I am so far behind in trying to get everything planned! I just ordered her cake today, and I also just got her invitations out in the mail. I hope that my last minute planning doesn't bite me in the butt. I'm really worried about no one coming, or everything just being one huge disaster. I know she won't care either way, but she deserves an amazing party!!

Lifestyle Change

Why does weight loss have to be so hard?

 When I was pregnant, I ate what I wanted, because being pregnant apparently means you have a free pass, right? (no, not right....I learned that the hard way!) Then, after Elliot was born, and I was breastfeeding, I was afraid to change my diet at all, because I was afraid that a calorie change would mess with my milk supply, and I struggled with that enough.

Now that I'm no longer nursing, and I'm not pregnant, I really need to get my act together and lose some weight before I get pregnant again.  I started going to the gym 2-3x a week and tried cleaning up my diet last october. I figured by now, almost a year later, I'd have lost a good amount of weight, and we'd be ready to start trying to get pregnant again.

Nope. Not the case.

I honestly figured that I would easily lose 10 pounds or so, just because I wasn't going to Burger King 3 times a week, and I wasn't having ice cream for a snack every night before bed.  But for some reason, I stayed about the same. I got blood work drawn, to see if there was an underlying issue, and there wasn't. So, I apparently am just not working hard enough.

Cody and I have decided to really overhaul our eating.  We have started buying new vegetables. We're not eating any carbs or starches with our meals. Only eating whole wheat breads, when we do eat bread (which isn't often). We are making food at home a lot more. We eat a big salad before each meal. Now, if I can get my water drinking under control, I think I might be able to really lose some of this weight.  I have about 2 months before we are really going to start thinking about getting pregnant, and I'd love to lose 20lbs by then.

Fingers crossed!