Real life and a WOOHOO!!

First we start with the heavy stuff. :( I have not written much because life has gotten very heavy. We have some very important and hard family drama we are focusing on, which is keeping me busy, but I am still watching what I eat and making it to the gym.

I DID binge on some candy yesterday. I gave in and bought a few of those cream easter eggs, you know, the flavored ones like maple and raspberry. I have a few of those and over two days managed to consume 4 of the three musketeer coconut bars. As far as a candy bar goes, at less than 200 calories, they aren't awful, but not when you eat 4 of them. In my defense, I did share one with the kids... so make that 3 of them.

Better stuff: Chandlers birthday was yesterday! My big boy is 7. When he was born, he was a whopping 9 lbs 11 ounces. He is still so tall but very thin as the autism causes him his own eating issues. We are working on it though. His birthday party is on Saturday. Baby Mandy is coming over to help us make Angry Birds cupcakes. As long as I ice all of them I will be fine. Unfrosted white cake is far more dangerous to me than frosted white cake.

Now on to the good!!! I tossed the scale this month (it was on the fritz anyway) so I do not have a weight but I know that the gym work is paying off. Last month I made myself a skirt for the pinup class I did with Mandy. Because of this I know my waist was 47 inches. (ouch)

Tonight I was thinking about making another skirt for my sisters wedding this weekend, and I measured my waist at a lovely 45 inches. That is a loss of two whole inches!!! I am also down one inch under my bust around my ribs!! This makes me so happy. Even if I am working my butt off, something is happening and it is starting to show its self. This is GREAT motivation for me. When I think I cannot do it, I realize I AM!!!

Failing miserably

I am failing miserably at the no fast food thing.
But the good news is that I have lost about 3 lbs. Lets just see if I keep it off. I have started going to the gym again, while we have membership. It will expire this month if we don't renew the credit card on the account, and I don't think we will, since Doug will be getting me my incline trainer in about 2 weeks. Between that and the weights I already have, I am not missing much at the gym except for no kids, and it is so hard to actually get AWAY to go to the gym, this will be far beneficial.
I found out that while most of the treadmills in my gym only have a 7% incline, the two closest to the door go up to 15%. I have had the best time hiking up them. It is a better workout to me. This is why I am looking forward to the incline trainer.

Under the weather

I am sick! Bummer. I have the same sinus crap that everyone else has. The babies are snotty, the kids were snotty but aren't now. Guess it is my turn. This really sucks. I hate sinus issues more than anything else on this earth.

Doug went out of town today for a day or two. That means no gym for me for a few days. Through Thursday evening at least. This means I must play some Just Dance to do SOMETHING. As long as I am not sitting on my butt for a week then I will be fine.

Wish this cold away for me, please!

Walking the Mall

I took all 6 kids to the mall today! We got out and met a friend of mine and her daughter. Kay now has a BFF, and they had such a good time together. I did not go to the gym, but I did get a little exercise by walking the loop at Katy Mills. It is about a mile but if you count the occasional kid chase, it was a decent workout. At least I wasn't sitting on my bum at home all day.

I will say that the kids did so much better than I expected. Chandler got a little upset at the start of the day, but settled down once he realized all the people around us weren't interacting WITH us, just AROUND us. Anthony and Mimi walked on their own for the first time. While they had a good time, maybe the mile long loop was a bit much for Anthony, although after we stopped for lunch, he got his strength back and was good to go the rest of the way. In fact, he was a little upset when we had to go.

I did bust on eating today and my stomach is pissed at me for it tonight. It is doing that weird cramping thing again so I am pretty sure I am having gallbladder issues. If I eat something greasy two days in a row, it gets really angry. While it sucks to be me tonight, it is good because it will help keep me away from greasy gross stuff.

I bought some yummy smelling peaches and plums at Walmart tonight. Cannot wait for breakfast to have some.

Rockin' it out!

So I made it to the gym 5/6 days. With all luck I will make it out there this evening. If I do not, I won't feel too bad because we have a playdate today at the mall with a friend of mine and her 9 year old daughter. I am sure that taking all 6 kids on a mall walk will be a pretty decent work out in and of its self.

I got up this morning and made myself some breakfast, since I am usually at the diner eating right now. I have taken a liking to the veggie omelet at 59 Diner. It was not the same without it but it is starting to get pretty expensive.

My weight is down more but I am thinking about not updating it for a day or two to make sure it sticks. Over all, I am so thrilled with how I am doing this time out. I am starting to really enjoy my time in the gym, and I am not changing my eating habits TOO much. In fact, I am eating more often, as I never ate breakfast. I am snacking less because I am just not as full as I was.
Can't complain.

Farmers' Market

Sometimes I like to get up and go to the farmers market at LaCenterra. Kind of a yuppy part of town, but there is this bakery that sets up there called Sinfull Bakery. Now before someone gasps at me because this IS a weight-loss blog, their specialty is organic, vegan, gluten free, and sugar free products. I LOVE the vegan cookies. To me, I don't care the calorie count, because we eat them maybe once a month, and then they are so expensive, we never eat more than one per person. ($4.50 for 2 cookies).

I skipped out on the gym this morning, but instead loaded up all 6 kids and took them down to the farmers market. 30 minutes of getting ready, and 20 minutes getting them out of the car just to walk around for 30 minutes and eat a cookie, and then spend 20 minutes getting back in the car. :) That is a workout in its self.

As I enjoy the second half of my amazing cookie (we got cranberry orange, oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip), enjoy some pics of the day.