I'm Back

I had a wonderful weekend and just didn't really have much to blog about so I stayed away. I came and read what everyone had to say but I didn't have anything to say myself so I took a break. My mom brought back my dvd of Dancing With The Stars and I am really excited to try it out today or tomorrow. I have been eating pretty good and keeping up with my activity. I took yesterday off from working out at all as it was such a yucky day! Today is looking a little better so I think we might bundle up for a bit of a walk today and then tonight I have dinner with my friend. I am so looking forward to a little adult time to just chat =) Well I still don't have much to say...I am going to figure out the awards and do that next!

I needed to add something - I did my new dvd and it was funny! I am not very coordinated or a good dancer but it was kinda fun. If you are a dancer it would be a really good workout! If you are not...even better ;)

Long day

Today has been a long day! I got up this morning and played with Grace for a bit and then had to go into my office to drop off the work I had done and pick up what I need to finish for them. It will be so nice to make a little extra money. It is amazing that I get paid to stay home with my amazing baby for a while year but it is a little tight when you are only making a max on 55% of your income...I am not. We then spent the afternoon at home. I am finding myself over eating at this time so I put my workout off until then. Today I did a workout with my Bosu. I did it with old stuff from when I was working with a trainer a couple of years ago. It felt great but I could only get 25 minutes before she woke up and got annoyed at me =) She wanted me to play with her. My mom and dad are going across the line for the weekend and I am going to get my mom to pick up one of the Dancing With the Stars workout dvd's because I think Grace might like the music and it would be fun for me and she might even like to watch me move like that. We'll see if I even like it.....Working out in the afternoon helped curb my eating and when I did have a snack it was a fresh peach with vanilla yogurt and it was so good!

When my husband got home from work we had to go for an interview with a daycare we are looking into when I go back to work....I am so not looking forward to this but it was inevitable. I know it is 7 months away but these first 5 have gone so fast it is going to be here any minute! You guys know what I am talking about =)

Awards!

I won my first award! Thank you Sarah! I am going to have to do the award another day and I am a bit crunched for time today! I am fitting in a quick blog while Grace sleeps and before I start doing some work =p I have picked up a bit of at home work to do to help generate some extra income while I am on mat leave and I need to try and get it done asap!

Well to my surprise this morning I was down 1.3! That puts my down a total of .2 since I started really tracking! It doesn't seem like alot but it is going in the right direction and after the weekend I had that is amazing. So today I have started off right and I am even back at tracking! I need to make it past the first day this time! I was going to do the Wii today but we are going to dinner at the inlaws and I am going to walk over with Grace and that takes me about 45 minutes at a really good pace so I will use that for my activity today.

Well I had better get to work and thank you again for the award Sarah  - it means so much to me that people are actually reading what I am putting out there!

Feels Like Monday

Well I had a wonderful long weekend. My hubby and I got our basement cleaned and organized and now we can start working on the closet and the storage/laundry room. It felt so good to not be tripping over things! Now we just have to keep it this way! I wish I could clean up my eating habits this way...I ate horribly all weekend long! I need to get my husband on track and then maybe we won't eat a bunch of crap on the weekends. I am one who cannot give up any one food or food group, it is disastrous for me....It leads to binging which is never a good thing. I am having to move from the Shred challenge to the 20 minutes min of activity a day as the Shred is too hard on my shoulder and it keep kind of freezing up on me, not a good thing when I am constantly carrying 15 pounds around! I have pulled out the personal trainer for the Wii and will start that tomorrow. Today I did my 45 minute deal at the mall with all the other moms. It felt good to get back at it after missing last week for the doctor.

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS!!!!!!!!

Long Weekend!

Oh how I love and hate the weekends all at the same time =) Last night we went to the PNE and had a couple of treats. There are so many bad/good things to try. We even tried deep fried Oreo's and they were so good! It's a goo thing the PNE is only in the summer and I only go once. I have had to take the last 2 days off the shred but I have been walking alot to make up for it. My upper body has just not been feeling so strong the last few days and with carrying the baby all the time I need to give my arms and chest a break. My shoulder has been bothering me for a couple of weeks and it just felt like I had no strength left in my arms. So walking it is. I would like to find another option but I am not sure what to make that. Maybe I can find a more cardio video that I can do when I need a break for the arms. Today we all went and tried a new walk at the beach and it was so nice to walk along the water. It's a bit of a shorter walk then we are used to but not too bad. Have a great weekend!

Day 2

I am sitting here blogging while trying to cool down enough after the Shred to get in the shower! I sure work up a good sweat in that short amount of time. I am hoping I cool down quick as baby is napping and I would love to get my shower in before she wakes up. I bring her down with me and put her in her swing. She watches for a while and then falls asleep =)

I am a little sore this morning and had trouble with some of the upper body work on the dvd today. I have a bit of a weird shoulder so I just did what I could and occasionally subbed in a different movement. Mt husband and I had our date last night and it was so nice. We went and saw  The Expendables and it was so bad that it was good. The acting was terrible and that made it funny. I wasn't expecting much but it was good. We shred some popcorn and m'n'm's and got a pop. It was so nice. Not the best for the points but it is yesterday and today is fresh.

Well I should hop in the shower!

Thank you Syl!

Today is September 1st and I started my 30 day shred challenge! It felt so good doing the workout this morning and it has left me craving more =) I had my husband take my before pics last night and I think I could have cried myself to sleep looking at those. We have been looking at alot of old pics and it makes me miss the body I had, I want it back...and I am going to get it! I have started today off right with the Shred and journaling. I just need to keep it up. Tonight my inlaws are coming over to watch Grace and Yvon and I are off to a movie! I am so looking forward to some time with my hubby =)

I weighed in this morning and I was down 1.1 for a start weight of 177.7 and my measurements are:

Bust 42", Waist 43" (down 1 ;)), Hips 43"

So again, thank you Syl for inspiring and motivating me =)

So here are my before pics.