New Year's Resolution

To my recollection I have never made a new year's resolution.

Figured I'd break it so why even make it.

Good thinking right.

This year is the exception.

Just in case you forgot I recently had twins!  I gained about 50lbs.  Not to shabby in my book, considering I had two decent sized babies, two placentas (one of which I'm told was HUGE), blood flow for 2 babies, beginning milk supply, and two amniotic sacs. All told I weighed less with 2 babies than I did when I had Leah!  Yikes!

So here's my new year's resolution.  To fit back in to my wedding dress!  Yep!  That's it!  Big undertaking but according to SparkPeople, I should be able to do it by around June!  I'll take by December, but its nice to know if I work hard it could be possible by June!

Why my wedding dress? Many reasons. That weight was the last time I really remember feeling good about the way I look. I felt amazingly beautiful in it. I thought it was beautiful. My husband tells me it was the sexiest thing he's ever seen me wear. :) tmi? And I would love to do a "trash the dress" of sorts. Nothing crazy but just something simple and fun!  I've got a great photographer to hire!  She's great, if anyone is interested!

Ok, so lets help keep me accountable people!  I will be posting about bringing sexy back

My first smaller goal is to be back to pre-baby weight by the end of March. That's about 25lbs.  I've already lost 1 last week so its a start. If I lose it all I'll be exactly where I started  year ago!

Ok, here we go!

Wonderful Exhausting Weekend...Wonderful Run!

What a great weekend at my brothers wedding!  Wonderful, but exhausting!  It was tough driving an 8 hour trip in 9+ hours thanks to wonderfully inclement weather!  Then get in the car and drive the rest of the 11 hour trip!  Thankfully that trip went as scheduled!

Exhausting thing #2 & #3  - my beautiful young children.  Note to self, never be in a wedding with your husband and children and not bring a designated babysitter!!!  Toting a toddler around on your hip while in heels is not recommended!  By the time the wedding began on Saturday I was mentally and physically done!  But SO excited for my brother and amazing new sister in law!!!

Exhausting thing #4 - Dancing for hours!  This was fun but again exhausting!  What a blast we had making fools of ourselves!  Believe me when I say I can't dance, and there is video evidence out there to prove it!f

Exhausting thing #5 - Sleeping on a full hotel bed with your husband. Needless to say. I got no sleep! 

Exhausting thing #.....who's annoyed with the numbers yet?!?  Me! Me! 

Drive an 11 hour trip home in 12.5 hours (at least)  We were moving along swimmingly and were scheduled to get home at 6:30pm when I had to pee.  So we stopped and a few of us got out for a quick potty stop.  We get back on the road and a few moments later by husband was slamming on the brakes because moments before around a corner a semi truck had just taken a curve too fast and tipped over!  Right in the middle of the road!  Next thing we know, my brother in law is jumping out of the car and running up to the accident.

Yep, that's him on TOP of the overturned truck!  (He was the only one in shape enough to climb up there to talk to the driver)  Thankfully he was conscious and talking, but none to coherently.  Poor kid had just gotten his license a few days earlier and this was his first haul!  We are praying he was really as ok as he seemed!

The embankment he went up on...wrecked it up nicely!

Dirt all over the road. Our van is right behind the semi on the right!

Kids with daddy waiting for the accident to be cleaned up!

About 1 1/2 -2 hours later they finally let us through after pulling the load to the side and cleaning up the road! (I have a video of this but blogger is being stupid and won't let me upload it for some reason, its all right, it wasn't that exciting!)

So we finally got home about 9:30ish and the kids ran around screaming and yelling!!  So happy to be out of the car!!!

All in all, I LOVED this weekend even though it exhausted me!

And even though I was exhausted from the weekends events (which included eating plenty of crappy food) I managed an 8mi run on Monday.  Yeah that's right 8mi!!!  Oh, and did I mention I did it at a 9:17 pace!!!  Last time I did 8 mi was training for my half and I did it at a 10:58 pace!  Now that's what I call improvement!!!

Nothing like being trapped in a car for 12 hours to get your legs moving.  And besides I have to re-lose the 2lbs I lost last week!! 

Getting Ready

Its race week again!  I'm excited! Its a 5 miler and with my paces being so much better, I'm excited to see how well I can do.  I know I am far from getting any prizes, but I love (after the race) the feeling of accomplishment.  For some reason, during the race, I HATE running.  I think its the pressure.  Hopefully this time I will enjoy it a lot more because I'm running with friends.  We're making shirts and everything.  I always get jealous of the teams running with shirts encouraging each other along the way!  So I am SUPER excited this time to get to be part of a team!

Good run yesterday!  9:43 pace!  I love it.  Really, I don't set out hardly ever to get an amazing pace.  They seem to be just happening lately!  I should (after the race) try to run a 5k and see how fast I can do it.  Actually makes my stomach turn just thinking about it :)  I love to run with no pressure.  Just out there. Me and the road.  (and occasionally a running friend)  Being a mom of 2, it is a great escape!  After a long day, its nice to get out there and just put one foot in front of the other.  Yesterday was one of those days!  I could have run for a long long time.  The weather was amazing, the company was amazing and I just really enjoyed it! 

Today's workout consisted of The Biggest Loser's Cardio Max dvd.  I did level 1&2.  Bob and Jillian.  I have done this workout many times before, but I killed this one!  Did EVERYTHING!  Even a couple man pushups :)  It feels so good to get stronger and more in shape!  Esp after a disappointed 1lb loss last week. But last week was rough eating and workout wise.  I need to lose 5lbs in the next two weeks to hit a weight loss goal, and I am SUPER committed!  I REALLY want to do this!  Right now though I am the lowest I have seen the scale since before Wyatt was born.  Honestly, I never got on the scale.  I went by how my clothes fit, which is fine with me once I get to an acceptable weight again.  Anyway, feels good to be at this point and can't wait to hit my goal. 

Ok, I bored you enough!  Happy Week!!

Well Hello There

We are finally all healthy!  Except for maybe a cough here and there, but feeling MUCH better!

I knew I had jinxed myself a few weeks ago when I said we had had a pretty healthy winter.  We were due.  Ha ha, wouldn't you know it, practically the next day Wyatt came down with a fever.  After a complete week we were at least healthy enough to go in public.  Yuck.  Stuck in a house (read: basement) for a whole week is not fun!

At least last week brought us some gorgeous weather and I could open the windows and let out any lingering germs and we could get outside and play play play, which we did with great joy!

Beautiful weather also allowed for amazing runs!  I got in 10 miles again last week!  Love that!  Once of which was 4.4 mi at a 9:05 pace! Holy cow yay for me!  The next day though (yes, stupid me went running less than 24 hours later) I went running with a friend I have been wanting to run with FOREVER!  I was so excited, I didn't even think about the toll my 9mi mile 4 mile run had on my body.  I proceeded to complain through the whole run. 

I felt like....well, you know.

So mad, I didn't even finish 3 miles.  I did force myself to do the hill in the park 2times.  30 sec between.  Should have been 5times, but I felt awful!

So that behind me I am looking forward to some great runs this week!  Hopefully the weather cooperates!

P.S. I also lost almost 4lbs last week!!!

Weigh in

Bad news people.  I gained .8oz.  Not a negative.  A +.

Ugh!!  I HATE weeks like this!  Especially when it comes after working harder than I have been...didn't go over my calories (except Sunday) and worked HARDER!!  That is super irritating and super frustrating!!!

So, please tell me, what am I doing wrong?  And don't tell me I am gaining more muscle....because I should still be losing SOMETHING!  Ugh!

So, not cheat day for me this week.  Also, to make my mother happy, I have stopped drinking Diet Soda.  Haven't seen a change really, but hey, maybe something will help.  I have also stopped eating sugar.  If it is listed in the first 3 ingredients I am only allowed to have 15g and no desserts (maybe a small cheat here and there, but for now nothing)  A small detox if you will.

I did this to jump start my weight loss after losing nothing for MONTHS.  Hopefully it will work again!

I feel like I have better control these days.  Portion control, actual calorie count, etc. I'm not eating mindlessly anymore which is nice.  Its nice to be in control.

I had a nice run today with my friend Leah, just a quick 2.6 and I made her run fast.  Pretty sure she hates me :)  Another run is planned for tomorrow, I'm thinking 4-5 which should get me to my goal of 10mi this week and a little over! (as long as the weather plays nice).  So that will make 6 workouts this week.  3 days of running and 3 of some other cardio/strength training.  Using the other muscles!

If "you" have any words of advice I'd love to hear them....or words of encouragement would be nice too!  I just need some help!  I've gotta get rid of this weight!

Weigh in

Losing weight is depressing sometimes. Only 1lb again this week!  Super depressing.  Especially considering I have worked out harder this week then I can ever remember.  Super discouraging that since I started this whole thing, I have yet to meet a goal I set.  I have worked hard hard hard at it, yet I haven't met a goal in the time I have set! 

But I'm trying to look on the bright side.

I lost 5lbs this month.  That's better than I thought, but 3 less than my goal.

I did run a 5k, a 10k, and a half marathon though! (in the last year)

I've also lost 2 1/2in off my body this week, so that is kind of positive!

I can do a man's push up....and maybe even 3-4.  This is HUGE for me people.  I can do a few of these kind of push ups

not this kind

When I started, I could barely do a few of knee push ups.  Now I can do a few men's and LOTS of women's!

Now that's a positive!  Maybe I'll even try the 100 push up challenge 


I guess any downward progress is a positive thing!

Weigh in and a messy workout!

Today was weigh in morning (as if I don't get on the scale every day because I'm obsessed) and I lost 2lbs this week!  Good week for me, the only disappointing thing is that yesterday it said -3.  Water weight?  Guess I'll check again tomorrow, but for now -2 is GREAT!

Exciting times!

Missed a workout yesterday because I had gotten a workout in other ways. Like being up from 2:30-5am cleaning up after a certain little boy who woke up screaming and the proceeded to puke from his room to the bathroom (all over my back by the way) So cleaning up said mess then took over.  Did the essentials at night, then took most of yesterday to clean Clorox the bathroom.  Cleaned the carpets (for the 4th time) to get the stink out and cleaned most of the walls and baseboards of little drops of the mess and I had missed in the middle of the night.

So all of that counted as my workout for yesterday!

Thankfully, it looks like it was only something he ate and he only "lost it" one time!

At least this face is easy to love!!