I thought I was done…

with writing on this blog…just in case you thought I was going to announce a pregnancy-no.  I am pretty sure I am done with that!  Anyway, usually I write about how I haven’t written and where has the time gone-yada yada yada.  But I haven’t written because I was done with this blog.  I thought.  I was going to start another one with another focus, but I haven’t discovered that focus yet.  And I realize I am writing for me, so I doesn’t matter if anyone is reading this.  I am not looking to make money off advertising-I don’t have any.  And actually the reason I was going to start a new one is for more annonymity but no one is reading this, so I think I’m fine.  Now if I start feeling the need to tell deep dark secrets (I don’t really have any by the way) then I guess I’ll need a secret blog, but for now, we’re good.

I just re-read a blog I wrote in Sept.  about getting fit.  Well, it’s February and I am still working out and trying to eat right.  I have lost about 15 pounds and at least 1-2 dress sizes.  At the end of my store, there where some clothes that didn’t fit (just had a baby) but I thought might fit someday.  So, I brought them home and now they fit.  Actually, some aren’t fitting that well any more-too big.  So I am making progress, just slower than I would like or I thought.  I really like working out now, so that is good.  I am trying to do something everyday.  It is hard however in 3 feet of snow to lug 3 kids to the nursery at the gym.  And if they have gone several days in a row, then they really don’t want to go.  So I have ordered a few workout tapes for the home and have been doing those too.  I’ll keep you posted on the progress.  I signed up for Jillian Michaels website, too.  But I don’t think it is for me.  She has a lot of good things on the website, but I need more than just exercises.  I am a class girl.  I need either a class, a trainer, or the tv with a workout.  Otherwise I just walk around at the gym.  I might walk on the treadmill or do some crunches, but I will stop as soon as I start to sweat.  I know myself.  I need the direction.

So, I am working out-trainer once a week.  Yoga about twice a week.  Zumba-once-to-twice a week.  A new ballet workout-hard-will now be doing once a week.  And a mix of others.  We’ll see how that goes.  My goal will be something everyday for at least 30 minutes.  My main problem is eating however.  For me, a stay-at-home-mom, I am home a lot.  And there’s this kitchen in it that has food in it.  A lot of food.  Even when it seems like we don’t have anything.  I can always find something.  So, I think I am eating out of boredom.  I will work on that.  I think just writing everyday on here will help because at least that is 10-15 minutes that I am not eating!

In a magazine I started picking up, Oxygen, it says it’s an 80/20 relationship.  80% is from the food I am eating.  SO with that in mind, I have to change my eating.  I think I have been eating healthier and eating less.  But obviously I can do more.  I think the main thing is taking the time and making a menu, then a list and then sticking to it.  So that will be my goal for eating for the rest of February.  My goal is too lose 5 pounds a month for the next 5-6 months!  I haven’t quite been on that pace yet.  Hopefully I can ramp it up.  I am going to use this blog as my j9urnal.  At that pace of 5 pounds a month, that would be 20 pounds by the 10th of June-which is about when we’ll be moving to Oklahoma and opening our pool.  So, that means bathing suit season!  Today, I did 30 minutes of yoga for beginners and a ballet conditioning workout.  The ballet workout was just what I have been looking for.  Ballet barre exercises and then some additional moves also.  It was hard!  I keep thinking, “how would these have felt in Sept?” when I was just starting out.  I know I’ve gotten stronger and have a little better cardio.  I guess I was just a lot more out of shape than I realized. 

So to recap-workout 30 minutes everyday!

Make a menu, list and stick to it!  That will also help with grocery bills since I won’t be shopping mindlessly.  I must say, last week I purchased whole grain pasta (angel hair and spaghetti) and I loved it!  I actually liked it better than I like regular spaghetti.  And I used turkey instead of beef in my chilli, and I thought it tasted pretty much the same.  Now, my ground beef is usally lean anyways since I either buy ground sirloin or use the ground beef we get when we get 1/4 of a cow.  But I tried the turkey too and I must admit it was good.  Okay, baby is fussing.  So, off I go.

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