Continuing On…

Well we’ve had some pretty good days with this whole exercising and eating healthy routine. Yesterday we took a break from the gym, since it isn’t entirely necessary to exercise every single day. Tuesday and today we went. Wow was today a little exhausting. Guess taking that day break may not have been the best idea.

Tuesday was superb! Felt great the entire day, but of course by the end of our day I was exhausted. This week has been quite a busy one between work, gym, rearranging house and the kids being constantly whiney. Literally constantly. As I sit here I am being poked while Wee Man is whining for a “special granola bar”. He calls them special which is great. I can get him to eat anything if I call it special.

The program we’ve put the kids into is awesome! They are both interacting with the other children wonderfully and Wee Man is getting a good trial run for school. Doing this will make it much easier for him leaving me for a few hours each day. He has absolute tantrums when we are leaving the gym wanting to stay and play with all his friends, but sadly they have a two hour time limit. Baby Girl was a little hesitant at first but now the moment we get in there she is running to the play room raring to go. She doesn’t fight as much to leave, but that will guaranteed change.

I use to be someone that was quite active when I was younger, so this whole exercise thing isn’t entirely new to me. I am mainly sticking to treadmills, bikes and the elliptical. Ever since I had the kids I’ve had back issues due to the epideral I got with them to ease pain. They informed me when I had it that it could cause back issues in the future and man were they not kidding.

Since I have to avoid straining my back I tend to avoid doing weights and stuff. The Hubby keeps getting me to try, but after a few crunches or whatever you call them I can feel the pain. I know I should push it a little bit and strengthen my back a bit, but I’d rather have no pain and amazingly toned legs! What I am doing will help me lose a lot of unneeded body fat (even though I am not technically fat for my height), but after having the kids I did gain over 100 pounds. I’ve lost 50 of that already over the past 3 years, so it will be exciting to lose the rest. Yes… I use to weigh 95 pounds and by the time I had Wee Man I was over 200 pounds. I put on weight purposely so I wouldn’t be a tiny twig anymore, but didn’t think I’d put that much on!

Now that Wee Man is turning 4 and Baby Girl is turning 3 it is time that Mommy gets back into tip top shape. They are hitting that very active point in their lives and I want to have the energy and stamina to get through it all and still be able to keep going. Motherhood does require constant services, so being in shape for it all will make it much less complicated.

Well… since I am on the verge of losing weight and none of my clothes fitting I’ve been doing some “window shopping” online. I am one that won’t buy something that is ridiculously priced so it will take me lots of time to find exactly what I want. Right now one of my biggest obsessions is TOMS Shoes. I know… shoes. I am female! And it is for a good cause so I can’t resist, I even have found tons of TOMS Shoes Coupons too so I can save myself some money for other adventures I may get into over the future. I am the budget queen… I can budget every single penny that comes into this house perfectly.

So… since I am continuing on with this whole diet/weight loss thing you may want to keep coming back. I am determined and when I get determined I tend to push until complete. I am not one to give up until I am successful, so help me through it! If you are dieting yourself tell me how it is going for you, I’d love to hear it. All I can say is I’m real glad I have the Hubby doing it with me. Having a partner through this path makes it much easier and he’s always going to help motivate me to keep going.

Well, clock says bedtime for the kiddies so off I go to put them to sleep and get a little R&R myself.