Wow, I can't believe that it has been 18 weeks since I started my healthy lifestyle/weight loss challenge! Technically, I guess it is more like 13 weeks for me since I was down and out 4 - 5 weeks for lapband removal surgery but still...wish I had made a lot more progress in 18 weeks than I have. Tomorrow is weigh in day - looking forward to seeing where the hell I am at since i haven't weighed myself in 3 weeks. Yikes!
Today was such a beautiful day. I have had the AC off and the windows open all day and it is sooo nice and cool. I wish we could have weather like this year round. But, this is Texas...nothing sticks around year round! As much as I wanted to spend my day outside I had so much to do in the house that I didn't get to enjoy the cool weather. I did some major cleaning though and that burned some mad calories let me just tell you! I cleaned out every single drawer and cabinet in the Kitchen and got everything organized. I even organized the tupperware. Ha! I also did the Master bedroom and the walk in closets. Got all our pictures and frames together in a safe place. Soon I hope to sit down and fill the frames with pictures so we can start hanging them up on the wall! I feel sooo much better now that I have done some spring cleaning around here. I was starting to feel like the walls were closing in!
Had another challenging day with Cristian over schoolwork. I honestly feel like I am at my wits end with my child on this stuff! I don't know what else to do to get him to practice his spelling, reading, writing, without him having a MAJOR meltdown each time. As soon as you even mention anything that has to do with reading or writing or letters he instantly shuts down and goes into a fit. I just don't understand it. I even bought him some cool fun games (and not cheap either) from B & N that makes games out of learning word families and making sentences with puzzle pieces, etc...and he wouldn't have a thing to do with it. All we got was a bunch of "I don't know!" "I can't do it" "I hate this" answers. It is like he has no memory either. I kept repeating to him the sound ch makes and saying that sound and then the letters ch. He would repeat after me over and over and over again. Then 2 min later I would say what letters make the sound "ch" and he would go back to the fit of "i don't know". I just feel so drained...and a total failure in the mom department. It seems like nothing I do, no matter how fun or positive, seems to make any difference at all.
My eating today was kind of crappy...Breakfast started out well with an english muffin sandwich. I was in super stress mode/cleaning mode most of the day I totally forgot to eat lunch and so had a small burger at 4ish and then for dinner I had no appetite and ended up with just a big Gala apple. Crappy right? I know. I am going to do better tomorrow. I get that way when I am under stress. I forget to eat or don't get hungry and those are the days I REALLY spring clean. Something about cleaning makes me feel better. Nice stress reliever!
I have had the worst time sleeping this week. You know I totally get the whole "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" but sometimes I wish I didn't have to be so strong. Yeah lame I know. Sometimes there are events in life that become like that piece of lint you just can't seem to shake off no matter how hard you try...so dear brain - I would be mucho appreciative if you could turn flip that loss of memory emergency switch just for tonight and let me get some uninterrupted sleep..pretty please :)
Tomorrow starts the official Week 19 for me! So what will tomorrow bring? GOOD food and at least 60 minutes of exercise! That is the plan Stan! Tomorrow I am going to walk 3 miles with Leslie after I wake up and then take Cristian to the park for some baseball practice later in the afternoon. Not huge in the exercise department for me but gets me moving and gives me some time with him and Lara which is something I always look forward to. Tuesday will be Day 1 of Body Boot Camp so I will need all the strength I can muster for that treacherous activity!! Sure hope we have weather like today on Tuesday!
Crossing my fingers on weigh in tomorrow!!
Keep Moving,
M E
Today was such a beautiful day. I have had the AC off and the windows open all day and it is sooo nice and cool. I wish we could have weather like this year round. But, this is Texas...nothing sticks around year round! As much as I wanted to spend my day outside I had so much to do in the house that I didn't get to enjoy the cool weather. I did some major cleaning though and that burned some mad calories let me just tell you! I cleaned out every single drawer and cabinet in the Kitchen and got everything organized. I even organized the tupperware. Ha! I also did the Master bedroom and the walk in closets. Got all our pictures and frames together in a safe place. Soon I hope to sit down and fill the frames with pictures so we can start hanging them up on the wall! I feel sooo much better now that I have done some spring cleaning around here. I was starting to feel like the walls were closing in!
Had another challenging day with Cristian over schoolwork. I honestly feel like I am at my wits end with my child on this stuff! I don't know what else to do to get him to practice his spelling, reading, writing, without him having a MAJOR meltdown each time. As soon as you even mention anything that has to do with reading or writing or letters he instantly shuts down and goes into a fit. I just don't understand it. I even bought him some cool fun games (and not cheap either) from B & N that makes games out of learning word families and making sentences with puzzle pieces, etc...and he wouldn't have a thing to do with it. All we got was a bunch of "I don't know!" "I can't do it" "I hate this" answers. It is like he has no memory either. I kept repeating to him the sound ch makes and saying that sound and then the letters ch. He would repeat after me over and over and over again. Then 2 min later I would say what letters make the sound "ch" and he would go back to the fit of "i don't know". I just feel so drained...and a total failure in the mom department. It seems like nothing I do, no matter how fun or positive, seems to make any difference at all.
My eating today was kind of crappy...Breakfast started out well with an english muffin sandwich. I was in super stress mode/cleaning mode most of the day I totally forgot to eat lunch and so had a small burger at 4ish and then for dinner I had no appetite and ended up with just a big Gala apple. Crappy right? I know. I am going to do better tomorrow. I get that way when I am under stress. I forget to eat or don't get hungry and those are the days I REALLY spring clean. Something about cleaning makes me feel better. Nice stress reliever!
I have had the worst time sleeping this week. You know I totally get the whole "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" but sometimes I wish I didn't have to be so strong. Yeah lame I know. Sometimes there are events in life that become like that piece of lint you just can't seem to shake off no matter how hard you try...so dear brain - I would be mucho appreciative if you could turn flip that loss of memory emergency switch just for tonight and let me get some uninterrupted sleep..pretty please :)
Tomorrow starts the official Week 19 for me! So what will tomorrow bring? GOOD food and at least 60 minutes of exercise! That is the plan Stan! Tomorrow I am going to walk 3 miles with Leslie after I wake up and then take Cristian to the park for some baseball practice later in the afternoon. Not huge in the exercise department for me but gets me moving and gives me some time with him and Lara which is something I always look forward to. Tuesday will be Day 1 of Body Boot Camp so I will need all the strength I can muster for that treacherous activity!! Sure hope we have weather like today on Tuesday!
Crossing my fingers on weigh in tomorrow!!
Keep Moving,
M E
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