I'm pretty sure my life goes a lot like those books "If you give a pig a pancake, or if you give a mouse a muffin or whatever. If you give a mom a muffin.... I feel like all of my days go like that. I like to start out my day with a cup of coffee and prayer.. sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don't. My days always go better if I can start off in silence. Silence, in my life, is rare indeed. I'm trying to incorporate my daily Bible reading again, since I haven't been as good at that in the last few weeks. Currently, I'm reading through Proverbs (it's our book for Lads to Leaders next Spring). Did you know there are 31 chapters in Proverbs? So, I'm reading one chapter a day and I plan to read it every day for 12 months. So, by the time we go to L2L next year, I will have read Proverbs 12 times! I'm also reading through the New Testament. I hope to go through it as many times as I can between now and next year. It's a great start to my day and helps me remember where my focus is.... Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness." Will you read Proverbs with me in May? Start in chapter 1 on May 1. I think it will be fun! Whoa... back to my muffin... see what I mean? After my quiet time with coffee, my kids are normally crawling all over me. I'm urging them not to spill my coffee or tear the pages in my Bible by sitting on it. And then we're off. It's time to make beds and start laundry. It's time to start breakfast and get dressed. It's time for "mama" "mama" "mama." After I fill the first round of requests for what they want to eat, they're asking for a drink and when then get a drink, they ask for yogurt, and when they get yogurt, they will need a spoon. When I get them a spoon, I'll realize I need to unload the dishwasher. After I unload the dishwasher, I'll need to fill it up again. Once I put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, I'll need to clean the sink and after I clean the sink, I'll take the rag to the laundry room. In the laundry room, there will be a load of clothes dumped in the floor that need to be sorted. Once I sort them, I'll need to start a load. After I've started a load of clothes, I'll need to fold what's in the dryer and when I go to put the towels away, I'll see that Julianne's got toothpaste all over the floor in her bathroom. When I clean up the toothpaste I'll see that there's bathtub paint dried on the side of the tub. I'll stop there, but you see what I mean... one quick task leads to another and another and another and before long, it's the end of the day and it doesn't look like anything's been done. I know I'll look back on these days and laugh (at least I hope I will) and I'll laugh when my daughters tell me about their adventures as a major character in "If you give a pig a pancake."
On to Advocare day 5 and 6
I just realized when I posted yesterday I only posted about day 4 (which was actually day before yesterday) and I intended to post last night about day 5 and... you know the drill. Anyway! We pretty much had a lazy day at home and I was so thankful to be feeling better! Whatever I had only lasted a day and I was back to normal... whatever that means. Day 5 was great. I have no idea what I ate for breakfast (I think it was fruit, but don't quote that). I drank a ton of water and I had a salad for lunch with a handful of almonds. For dinner we went to O'Charley's with a coupon and I had the Brushcetta Chicken (grilled chicken with tomatoes and bruschetta on top) served with broccoli. It was listed at 550 calories, but I could only finish half. I seriously wasn't even hungry for the other half. That's weird. I usually finish my meal and everyone else's. I love to eat. I weighed last night and guess what!? I've lost 3.5 pounds! Woot woot!!!!
Today is day 6 and it's going well so far. I had oatmeal for breakfast (I know I'm not supposed to have sugar, but I cheated... a little... and if oatmeal's a cheat, then boo diets). I've had a ton of water again, just for the record, I'm drinking about 92 ounces of water a day (with one of them being mixed with Spark). After church, I wasn't really even hungry, so I ate some cantaloup and a bit of Juli's pb&j... another thing not on the plan, but it was only a bite. :)
Tonight I plan to eat the rest of my grilled chicken from O'Charley's.
I do have a confession. I am eating Honey Nut Cheerios. Just a handful without milk. It's my guilty pleasure and the box says whole grain *is one of the ingredients* ha!! Please don't tell on me. ;)
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Advocare challenge day 4 and some other funny stuff too
Well, yesterday was a 24 day challenge fail. Not really, but I was sick. I went to bed Thursday night feeling gross. I ate something allowed on the plan, but heavier than I've been eating. Pork roast. It was delicious and very lean, but still heavier than the rabbit food I've been eating. So, I just thought it was making me feel yucky. I woke up Friday morning still feeling awful. Not as nauseated, but still just blah. I didn't sleep well Thursday night, so I thought I was just feeling hungover from a poor night's sleep. Well, we went on as usual (sort of)... I did the very minimal... which meant my house was a wreck, but I just did the essentials (fed the kids, got them dressed, packed lunch... you know, the minimum). I had an appointment with a customer to drop off Scentsy testers, so I loaded the girls up and off we went. I kept thinking I would feel better if I could just get moving and shake last night's dinner. The little girls were restless, so we went to the mall after our Scentsy errand and I let them wander around for awhile. I love going places with them when they are free to explore and we aren't in a rush. It's fun to just let them be. They pick which way we walk, they spend forever in the toy store... just looking around and playing. I decided it would be easier for me if I just fed them lunch at the mall rather than trying to prepare lunch when we got home. So, we stopped at Chick fil a and they gobbled up their nuggets. I wasn't feeling as nauseated, but I didn't have much of an appetite. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich (without the bun) and I could only eat a couple of bites. I was getting more and more tired and just felt awful, so I told the girls it was time to head home.
They were very cooperative (thankfully) and I put them both to bed by 11:45 (naptime usually isn't until 1:00). Julianne went right to sleep, but Lucy stayed awake. I slept for about 30 minutes and woke up feeling chills and achy. I couldn't tell if the body aches were due to fever or the serious work outs at the gym this week, but I took my temperature and it was 101.5. ugh. I can't remember the last time I had a fever. It's miserable. I pretty much hung out on the couch until it was time to pick up Adelaide in carpool and then parked it on the couch again until Jason got home.
I am SO thankful for the playground and fenced in backyard! I just sent the kids out to play and I could still hear them from my post on the couch. Jason was on call last night (of course) but thankfully he got home around 5:30 or 6:00 (bless his heart for not passing out when he saw the condition of our house) and he took the kids out to grab dinner. He brought me some chicken noodle soup for dinner and it was pretty good.... but I still wasn't very hungry. I ate a few bites and fell asleep. The chicken noodle soup isn't on my plan (staying away from carbs) but it's required when you're sick, right?? That's what my mama would say. Chicken noodle soup and diet coke. So, that's what I had. :)
I slept pretty well and this morning I feel much better. I don't know what that was about. Fever virus?? Whatever that means...
So, in summary, my day four didn't really go as planned. I didn't really stick to the plan very well, but I had a good excuse. I am down another pound, but I might rebound once I get up and moving again and actually eating again today.
On another note, my girls are hilarious. Here are a couple of things from the last couple of days that have cracked me up. We are trying to talk about ways to be responsible for ourselves. Adelaide is probably the worst at this. She forgets her backpack, can't find her shoes, leaves her lunchbox at school... you name it. I know part of that is normal behavior for a child, but she doesn't seem to be interested in being responsible for herself or her things. For example, her class goes to the library on Wednesday. Our rule is that she can get her library book out of her backpack to read it, but then she needs to put it back in her backpack. She has 2 little sisters... if the book is left out, we might never find it. So.... this week Wednesday comes along and her book isn't in her bag. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm reading a parenting book called "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours" and one of the concepts in this book is "pulling the rug out and letting the little buzzards fall." Basically, using reality discipline. So, I told her, she didn't have her book where it was supposed to be, so she didn't get to check one out (that's the school's rule, you have to turn in last week's book to check one out this week). She comes home from school and says, "I didn't get to check out a book today (in a sad voice)." I told her that she would have to keep looking for it and when she finds it, she can check out another book. She responds with, "I can just take in $5 tomorrow and check out another book." What!? Fail!!! Time for a sit down talk. You will not take in $5 tomorrow. You will a. look for the book all week... until you find it b. take $5 next week after you've earned every penny of it. I'm not sending in $5 for something that you didn't take care of. I was already making a list of things she could do around the house for extra money. I think I'll keep it for this summer for sno-cone money. She won't get paid for her regular chores... some things just have to be done because you're part of this family... she will only get paid for the extras (collecting all trash and taking out, sorting all laundry). I'm thinking $.25 for each extra chore. Thoughts? Other ideas for extra chores? I should note that I didn't actually think this is hilarious. It's a problem. Adelaide tends to be selfish (is that a first born thing?) and we are trying hard to teach her to think of others first. I just realized that this whole story came after me saying that my girls are hilarious... I actually thought this instance as infuriating. And humiliating. I don't want to raise selfish people. We are trying to think of ways for our little ones to serve others and remember to think of others before themselves. I would love to hear thoughts on that also.
On that same note, Lucy was looking at her chore chart and deciding which to do first. She chose "living room." *it has a picture of a sofa on it* She brings it to me, so proud, and says, "I'm going to do this one first because it's just sitting on the couch." Um... no, that one means you pick up all toys from the living room." ha!! Silly girl.
Jason took the girls to the dentist this week for their regular cleaning. The last trip to the dentist was a nightmare. Adelaide loves to go to the dentist, but Lucy hates all things having to do with doctors and such. In her defense, she's had some pretty bad experiences with doctors. Lucy has spent a lot of time in doctors offices since she was tiny. At her first visit with Dr. Hamm, she was diagnosed with a cleft palate. We were sent to specialists at Children's hospital and she was poked and prodded with those awful tongue depressors and such every 3 months throughout her first year. She has had countless ear infections which also meant that she's had to have her ears irrigated probably over 100 times. Some in the office, some at home. You know those giant bulb suckers they use in the hospital to suck junk out of babies?? Yeah, we had to use one to shoot salt water into Lucy's ears... nightly. It was horrible. Then she got tubes and while they helped her ears to drain, she still got a ton of infections. Just last week, she went back to Dr. Hamm for another irrigation. She's probably looking at another set of tubes if this last round of antibiotics doesn't clear up her infection (this is round 3). Back to the dentist story (I got distracted, shocker).... last time at the dentist, she didn't want anything to do with him. Even after we watched Adelaide and everything. The hygienist gave up and said we would just let Dr. Anglin look in her mouth when he came in. Well, she wasn't interested in that either. He tried to force his hands in her mouth and she nearly bit his finger off. Seriously, she bit down so hard on his finger, I thought he was going to shout. But he didn't. Bless his heart. This time Jason took her. She always does so much better when Jason is with her. She's such a Daddy's girl. And he said she went back with the hygienist by herself and came back out when she was done, smiling from ear to ear. He asked her how it went and she said, "Good, I didn't even bite him!" I love that girl.
Sorry this turned out so long! I guess I had to catch up from yesterday. :)
They were very cooperative (thankfully) and I put them both to bed by 11:45 (naptime usually isn't until 1:00). Julianne went right to sleep, but Lucy stayed awake. I slept for about 30 minutes and woke up feeling chills and achy. I couldn't tell if the body aches were due to fever or the serious work outs at the gym this week, but I took my temperature and it was 101.5. ugh. I can't remember the last time I had a fever. It's miserable. I pretty much hung out on the couch until it was time to pick up Adelaide in carpool and then parked it on the couch again until Jason got home.
I am SO thankful for the playground and fenced in backyard! I just sent the kids out to play and I could still hear them from my post on the couch. Jason was on call last night (of course) but thankfully he got home around 5:30 or 6:00 (bless his heart for not passing out when he saw the condition of our house) and he took the kids out to grab dinner. He brought me some chicken noodle soup for dinner and it was pretty good.... but I still wasn't very hungry. I ate a few bites and fell asleep. The chicken noodle soup isn't on my plan (staying away from carbs) but it's required when you're sick, right?? That's what my mama would say. Chicken noodle soup and diet coke. So, that's what I had. :)
I slept pretty well and this morning I feel much better. I don't know what that was about. Fever virus?? Whatever that means...
So, in summary, my day four didn't really go as planned. I didn't really stick to the plan very well, but I had a good excuse. I am down another pound, but I might rebound once I get up and moving again and actually eating again today.
On another note, my girls are hilarious. Here are a couple of things from the last couple of days that have cracked me up. We are trying to talk about ways to be responsible for ourselves. Adelaide is probably the worst at this. She forgets her backpack, can't find her shoes, leaves her lunchbox at school... you name it. I know part of that is normal behavior for a child, but she doesn't seem to be interested in being responsible for herself or her things. For example, her class goes to the library on Wednesday. Our rule is that she can get her library book out of her backpack to read it, but then she needs to put it back in her backpack. She has 2 little sisters... if the book is left out, we might never find it. So.... this week Wednesday comes along and her book isn't in her bag. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm reading a parenting book called "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours" and one of the concepts in this book is "pulling the rug out and letting the little buzzards fall." Basically, using reality discipline. So, I told her, she didn't have her book where it was supposed to be, so she didn't get to check one out (that's the school's rule, you have to turn in last week's book to check one out this week). She comes home from school and says, "I didn't get to check out a book today (in a sad voice)." I told her that she would have to keep looking for it and when she finds it, she can check out another book. She responds with, "I can just take in $5 tomorrow and check out another book." What!? Fail!!! Time for a sit down talk. You will not take in $5 tomorrow. You will a. look for the book all week... until you find it b. take $5 next week after you've earned every penny of it. I'm not sending in $5 for something that you didn't take care of. I was already making a list of things she could do around the house for extra money. I think I'll keep it for this summer for sno-cone money. She won't get paid for her regular chores... some things just have to be done because you're part of this family... she will only get paid for the extras (collecting all trash and taking out, sorting all laundry). I'm thinking $.25 for each extra chore. Thoughts? Other ideas for extra chores? I should note that I didn't actually think this is hilarious. It's a problem. Adelaide tends to be selfish (is that a first born thing?) and we are trying hard to teach her to think of others first. I just realized that this whole story came after me saying that my girls are hilarious... I actually thought this instance as infuriating. And humiliating. I don't want to raise selfish people. We are trying to think of ways for our little ones to serve others and remember to think of others before themselves. I would love to hear thoughts on that also.
On that same note, Lucy was looking at her chore chart and deciding which to do first. She chose "living room." *it has a picture of a sofa on it* She brings it to me, so proud, and says, "I'm going to do this one first because it's just sitting on the couch." Um... no, that one means you pick up all toys from the living room." ha!! Silly girl.
Jason took the girls to the dentist this week for their regular cleaning. The last trip to the dentist was a nightmare. Adelaide loves to go to the dentist, but Lucy hates all things having to do with doctors and such. In her defense, she's had some pretty bad experiences with doctors. Lucy has spent a lot of time in doctors offices since she was tiny. At her first visit with Dr. Hamm, she was diagnosed with a cleft palate. We were sent to specialists at Children's hospital and she was poked and prodded with those awful tongue depressors and such every 3 months throughout her first year. She has had countless ear infections which also meant that she's had to have her ears irrigated probably over 100 times. Some in the office, some at home. You know those giant bulb suckers they use in the hospital to suck junk out of babies?? Yeah, we had to use one to shoot salt water into Lucy's ears... nightly. It was horrible. Then she got tubes and while they helped her ears to drain, she still got a ton of infections. Just last week, she went back to Dr. Hamm for another irrigation. She's probably looking at another set of tubes if this last round of antibiotics doesn't clear up her infection (this is round 3). Back to the dentist story (I got distracted, shocker).... last time at the dentist, she didn't want anything to do with him. Even after we watched Adelaide and everything. The hygienist gave up and said we would just let Dr. Anglin look in her mouth when he came in. Well, she wasn't interested in that either. He tried to force his hands in her mouth and she nearly bit his finger off. Seriously, she bit down so hard on his finger, I thought he was going to shout. But he didn't. Bless his heart. This time Jason took her. She always does so much better when Jason is with her. She's such a Daddy's girl. And he said she went back with the hygienist by herself and came back out when she was done, smiling from ear to ear. He asked her how it went and she said, "Good, I didn't even bite him!" I love that girl.
Sorry this turned out so long! I guess I had to catch up from yesterday. :)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Advocare 24 day challenge Day 3
Well, I'm over half way through day 3!!! Today has been much easier! I don't know if I'm just getting used to the options of what I can eat... or if I'm not as hungry or what... but I haven't felt miserable today. I started my day with coffee and then my fiber drink mixed with Spark (the fruit punch flavor). It is pretty filling, so I waited until I felt hungry to have my banana (around 10:30). I had a handful of almonds at lunch time (this wasn't intentional, but I just realized I didn't actually eat a real lunch). I'm just not very hungry today. I think part of the reason why I eat sometimes is because I really like what I'm eating.... and when I don't really like what I'm eating (like the clean stuff I'm supposed to be eating right now), it's not as attractive! I know that's not a healthy mindset... but it's real and that's what I'm here for. I want this to be real... and I plan to tell it like it is. Last night I made turkey burgers (but I forgot the buns... so I guess they were more like turkey patties) baby spinach salad and corn on the cob. I know some people on the advocare boards and such say this is too sweet and starchy, but to me, it grew straight from the earth and it's considered a vegetable, so that's what I'm going with. Get off my back! Ha!! Anyway, they were really yummy! I just mixed ground turkey with fresh chopped garlic, some sea salt and Chicago steak seasoning. So... it wasn't low in sodium, but it was pretty healthy. The kiddos ate it up and there actually wasn't enough for seconds, so next time I'll need to double the recipe. I'll definitely be making that again!
Now, on to the results! I was down 1.5 lbs this morning. This is exciting, but I can gain and drop pounds like nobody's business.... so I'm not like jumping all over the place yet. That's coming later, I'm sure! I do feel pretty good today. I'm hurting like crazy after that really mean and awful class on Tuesday, but after a break yesterday, I'm ready to hit the gym again this afternoon. Jason doesn't know this yet, but I'm going to try to go to Zumba tonight. I've missed the last few weeks because Adelaide has dance on Thursday nights at 5 and Zumba starts at 5:30... so I've been at dance class with her. BUT this week, Jason's not working late, nor is he going to a Val Halen concert... so I'm hoping he'll agree to take Adelaide to dance class so I can get my groove on! :)
I'm also planning to go to Zumba tomorrow morning. I know that in order to burn fat and do well on this challenge, I need to do some serious cardio training. I am hoping to hit a sculpting/toning class once a week and at least 3 days of cardio. Jason accused me of jumping in too hard and too fast and then getting burned out quickly. This is so true of me. Not only in the gym... but with pretty much everything I do. I just like to go big! You've heard the saying, "Go big or go home" ... well, I go big and then go home! ha!!! Anyway, I'm fully aware that this is not going to be easy! But I'm sticking with it and pushing through the pain. My core hurts. A lot. I started thinking back about that class on Tuesday and you know what I realized? We did like 30 minutes worth of planks that day. No wonder I can't take a deep breath without wanting to cry.
I hope you'll stick with me through out this journey. There is good news today! I don't have to drink that yucky fiber drink for 4 days! Hooray!!!!!
Now, on to the results! I was down 1.5 lbs this morning. This is exciting, but I can gain and drop pounds like nobody's business.... so I'm not like jumping all over the place yet. That's coming later, I'm sure! I do feel pretty good today. I'm hurting like crazy after that really mean and awful class on Tuesday, but after a break yesterday, I'm ready to hit the gym again this afternoon. Jason doesn't know this yet, but I'm going to try to go to Zumba tonight. I've missed the last few weeks because Adelaide has dance on Thursday nights at 5 and Zumba starts at 5:30... so I've been at dance class with her. BUT this week, Jason's not working late, nor is he going to a Val Halen concert... so I'm hoping he'll agree to take Adelaide to dance class so I can get my groove on! :)
I'm also planning to go to Zumba tomorrow morning. I know that in order to burn fat and do well on this challenge, I need to do some serious cardio training. I am hoping to hit a sculpting/toning class once a week and at least 3 days of cardio. Jason accused me of jumping in too hard and too fast and then getting burned out quickly. This is so true of me. Not only in the gym... but with pretty much everything I do. I just like to go big! You've heard the saying, "Go big or go home" ... well, I go big and then go home! ha!!! Anyway, I'm fully aware that this is not going to be easy! But I'm sticking with it and pushing through the pain. My core hurts. A lot. I started thinking back about that class on Tuesday and you know what I realized? We did like 30 minutes worth of planks that day. No wonder I can't take a deep breath without wanting to cry.
I hope you'll stick with me through out this journey. There is good news today! I don't have to drink that yucky fiber drink for 4 days! Hooray!!!!!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Advocare 24 day challenge Day 2
I’m halfway through day
2. Today has been pretty good. I started out my morning with my fiber drink
mixed with Spark, thanks to the recommendation from a friend. It was so much better! Spark is similar to Crystal Light… only not
at all…but you do mix it in powder form with your water to make some yummy
goodness. It has vitamins and amino
acids and such. The drink was much
better mixed with that. I’ve been using
orange juice, but that makes it even thicker… which is nasty.
The fiber drink is essentially
sawdust (I kid… kind of ) so I wasn’t very hungry right after drinking it. So, I waited about an hour or so after I
finished it before eating something (when I was feeling hungry). I had a banana and felt much better. I should mention here that I did have a cup
of coffee this morning… which I wasn’t supposed to do. But a life without coffee isn’t worth living…
so if that ruins my cleanse… then it’s not meant to be. All things in moderation, right? Well, that’s my outlook when it comes to
coffee. My family still has to live with me during this experience and it
wouldn’t be fair on anyone to take away my coffee. There…. Enough about that.
I felt hungry (and maybe a
little light headed) around 11, so I had a handful of almonds. And then a meal replacement shake for
lunch. Now I’m waiting on a conference
call to start and I may have some fruit in a bit. Tonight for dinner is Turkey burgers (but
since I’m not doing carbs this week, I’ll have mine on a bed of lettuce. Mmmmm…. You’re jealous, right? Yeah, me neither.
Oh! I almost forgot . I made Kale chips last night. I wish they weren’t called chips because the
word chips makes my heart beat fast… these didn’t do that for me. They weren’t awful (I might be lying just a
little) but I wish they were called something more along the lines of “crispy
kale” or “crunchy kale” or “it’s nothing like chips and a lot like a vegetable…
so don’t be deceived.” I also took a
Y-resist class yesterday afternoon. The
instructor jokingly called it the wheel of death. Btu she wasn’t joking. At all.
I’m almost dead right now. Except
for all the pain. I still feel it. It was set up in circuits with a bunch of
weights and resistance bands around the perimeter and mats in the middle… each
circuit lasted 1 minute and then you returned to the mats for a 1 minute
plank. I hate her. She’s a mean, terrible person for doing that
to others. Just kidding. No pain no gain… and all that. But today, I’m miserable. J (that smiley makes it all better, right?? Right???)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Advocare 24 day challenge: Day 1 (or .5 since it's only 12:30)
I wanted to start out with an update of how my 24 day challenge day 1 is going... and I realize it's only lunchtime, so that might be a bit premature, but I probably won't have an opportunity to write after my littles return from school. So... so far it's going great! For breakfast, I attempted to mix my fiber drink in my oatmeal which resulted in numerous gags and an eventual "pour it out and start over." I will stick to mixing it in my orange juice and chugging it down. It's not all that bad, but I need it to be over quickly and seeing that full bowl of oatmeal that still had to be eaten just didn't work for me. I've had more water than I care to think about. I really don't enjoy water... I drink it and it makes me feel good, but I'd rather have diet coke. Or Splenda tea... This might be part of my weight problem... you'll see a trend of things I would prefer versus things that I need and are good for me. Don't worry. :)
I was very full after my fiber drink, so I had some fruit and almonds for breakfast. I had a Scentsy training call at 11, and I was starving, so I munched on some apples and peanut butter during the call and went for a meal replacement drink for lunch. Naptime is my biggest snacking time... the house is quiet and nobody asks to share my food. :) So, I'm planning to grab some cantaloupe and maybe some more almonds if I get tempted.
I'm going to a resistance class at the Y this afternoon... partly to stay moving, partly because my kids love to go to the Y and they've begged to go today.
For dinner I'm planning a grilled chicken salad for Jason and me and grilled cheese sandwiches for the girls... Jason is working late tonight, so nothing elaborate.
I weighed this morning, but if you think I'm sharing my numbers, you're just plain nuts. I will share daily what my stats are... so stay tuned for tomorrow when I tell you that I dropped 10 lbs overnight (a girl can dream, right??).
I have another post I want to write about guiding our children's hearts, but I'm out of time and have to pick up the little girls... so stay tuned for that too. Also, please be thinking of service opportunities for my young children. I'm excited to hear what ideas you all have.
I was very full after my fiber drink, so I had some fruit and almonds for breakfast. I had a Scentsy training call at 11, and I was starving, so I munched on some apples and peanut butter during the call and went for a meal replacement drink for lunch. Naptime is my biggest snacking time... the house is quiet and nobody asks to share my food. :) So, I'm planning to grab some cantaloupe and maybe some more almonds if I get tempted.
I'm going to a resistance class at the Y this afternoon... partly to stay moving, partly because my kids love to go to the Y and they've begged to go today.
For dinner I'm planning a grilled chicken salad for Jason and me and grilled cheese sandwiches for the girls... Jason is working late tonight, so nothing elaborate.
I weighed this morning, but if you think I'm sharing my numbers, you're just plain nuts. I will share daily what my stats are... so stay tuned for tomorrow when I tell you that I dropped 10 lbs overnight (a girl can dream, right??).
I have another post I want to write about guiding our children's hearts, but I'm out of time and have to pick up the little girls... so stay tuned for that too. Also, please be thinking of service opportunities for my young children. I'm excited to hear what ideas you all have.
Monday, April 23, 2012
24 Day Challenge
Will you go on a journey with me?? I'm starting a 24 day challenge tomorrow to jump start my lifestyle change. I don't want to call this only a weight loss challenge, although I sure hope that's a side effect. I'm just not happy with my eating habits and my lifestyle right now. I was on a really good workout schedule for awhile and it made me feel great! However, life happened, and I fell off that schedule. It really wasn't all my fault, but I do assume some responsibility in not making it happen the way I should. Being the mama in this household, I pretty much pick up the slack when things get crazy. And, sadly, that means some things that I want to do get kicked to the curb when the going gets tough (read: stomach virus week or husband on mission trip). Well, I'm heading out to the gym in a few minutes and then going to the grocery store right after for some essentials for my 24 day challenge. I'm going to be doing the Advocare challenge thanks to my good friend, Lauren Butler. She introduced me to Advocare and she did the 24 day challenge with great results! I am blogging on this simply because I need accountability. I need to know when the snacks are calling my name that I'm going to be writing about it later.
For those of you that know me well, I'll tell it like it is. So, stay posted for the next 10 days of my cleanse phase. During this phase, you eat very little sugar, almost zero carbs and a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. If I bite your head off, I'm sorry. I'm probably not going to be very fun to be around until later. :)
Here's to my last day of freedom.
For those of you that know me well, I'll tell it like it is. So, stay posted for the next 10 days of my cleanse phase. During this phase, you eat very little sugar, almost zero carbs and a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. If I bite your head off, I'm sorry. I'm probably not going to be very fun to be around until later. :)
Here's to my last day of freedom.
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