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Monthly Archives: January 2009

What A Week!

I started the week off sick….didn’t get much better throughout the week, but I did have a great Thursday – we won th e district championship in debate.  This is something we work towards all year so I am super happy for my students – even better is that one of my students is my Becka so it was a proud coach and parenting moment.  But all of this was still a icky day.  I just can’t seem to get myself well.  I was all excited yesterday because I had no after school plans, Becka was gone on an overnight field trip, and I was taking Cameron to spend the night with my grandmother.  I would be home early…and all alone. I was finally going to catch up on my sleep and get to feeling better (hopefully).  So after lunch my phone starts vibrating – Becka is sick…feverish, throwing up…and wants to come home.  So I make arrangements for someone to watch my last class and I drive the 4 hours to Plano to pick her up and then the 5 hours back (with all the stops for bathroom breaks).  We arrived back at 11:30 last night (oh, and I didn’t have time to take Cameron to my grandmother’s so she’s still home).

Today we had academic competition. I had to be up at 4 to get ready and head for the school, and poor Cameron had to get up and go with me since she was stuck home….We are just getting home…and I’m EXHAUSTED!!!  But the week is now officially done.  I’m curled up on the couch with my computer, a couple magazines, and some pizza.  I’m going to lay around a while and then do some WiiFitting.  

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Think Thin Thursday

The Not-So-Blog

I’m going to try approaching Think Thin Thursday a little different…I’m going to actually write this post for a week..contributing to it most days, but hold it and not post it until Thursday morning. Throughout the week though I’m going to post my progress or lack thereof in my exercise/diet/water routine. 

Sunday, January 25, 2009

As of today, I’ve worked out Thursday night, Friday morning and today for at least 30 minutes on the Wii Fit (That’s acutally my weekly goal – YEA!). I got some added inspiration today to continue my WiiFit workouts from Julie at The Cool Mom Guide. Check out her story here of how she lost 60 points thanks to her WiiFit.  There’s actually a group called WiiFit Mommies that work together and support each other’s weight loss using the Wii Fit. There are even hosting a giveaway this week that I’m going to try to participate in if time allows with the hectic week I have planned.  Inspired by reading all about Julie and some of the others over at WiiFit Mommies, I made sure to get in my workout today before heading out to shop and stopping by my classroom to do a little prep work for the week.  I have to admit to being pretty happy too because since last Thursday, both my weight and BMI have dropped (though my WiiFit age has gone up…damn!).  But since Friday morning when I worked out, I’ve lost 1.1 pounds (down to 176.4) and my BMI dropped to 26.73 (0nly .017, but I’m happy with any and all decreases).  My stupid age went up from 39 to 43.  My trainer told me today that my ideal weight is 145 with a BMI of 22 so I’m setting that as my year’s goal. By December 31, I would like to be this “ideal” weight.  Everyone stick with me and keep me going all year (PLEASE!). I’ve thought about it today and realized that I find it much easier to drink my water when I do my 30 minutes of exercise. Within the 30 minutes of WiiFit exercising, I drink a bottle and a half (that’s half my daily goal). Ok, with my exercising done and reporting in complete for the day, I’m off to run some errands.  I am hoping to wake up at the first buzzer in the morning and do 30 minutes more on my Wii Fit.

Monday, January 26

Well as my WiiFit trainer pointed out to me so nicely, it is technically Tuesday already but I don’t care. I’m counting it as Monday because I haven’t been to bed yet and I can make my own rules.  So there!  :P  Today so more improvements.  I am sick today.  I feel like total and complete crap and almost talked myself out of doing my WiiFit today, but then as I was browsing my friend Catherine‘s blog, she was talking about doing her WiiFit every day and I just felt motivated.  So, I decided to do 30 minutes of yoga. I usually avoid the entire yoga section. It’s SOOOO boring, but I most certainly didn’t feel like doing aerobics or the balance games. Plus it is late and I didn’t want to be stuck awake the rest of the night. I need what little sleep is left for me tonight. So I completed 23 minutes of yoga. I tried a couple of the strength exercises, but I feel so weak (from being ill) that it just wasn’t happening. When I was sick of it, I headed over and did one round of hula hooping to add on a few quick minutes and then ended with the Yoga Deep Breathing to slow my body back down in preparation for bed.

Today was another good day of results.  I know that I will eventually not have a decrease day…not even a steady day.  There will be days that I go up, but for now I’m going to enjoy this slow progression down.

Today’s Results:
BMI: 26.63 (down .1 from yesterday)
Weight: 174.7 (down .7 from yesterday)
WiiFit Age: 39 (down 4 years)

So today was another good day.  I plan to get home earlier tomorrow (hopefully!!). I didn’t get home until 8 today and do my training earlier.  I’m going to set the alarm for early in the morning to get it done then, but I know I probably won’t sleep well so I won’t get up in the morning. :)

Tuesday and Wednesday

I’m just too sick. I can’t stand to do anything.  I’m going to turn in my official end of the week Think Thin post as 174.7 – down 1.8 pounds from last week!  YEA!!!  That’s almost 2 pounds!  I’m really excited.  

I’m scheduling this to post in the morning, and I’ll come back and answer Bridgette’s specific Think Thin posts and set new goals Thursday evening.

 

Adding with this week’s topic: 

This weeks task: What is YOUR motivation? Is it a pair of skinny jeans, a sexy black dress, a bathing suit, or simply being there for your kids? 

My motivation has actually been my exercise technique – the WiiFit. There are two things on the WiiFit. First is my Mii.  She’s a chubby little thing and I want her to look skinnier.  Second is the line chart that shows my progress.  I like to see the downward slope.  So I guess for me it’s actually seeing the results of my effort even though I can’t tell in how my clothes fit yet.

Am I Asking Too Much?

All I wanted was a quick and simple meal in peace with my daughter tonight. I am sick. I am tired. And I need to feed my girls. So I headed to our local Dairy Queen. They are over priced, but we do like them.  I haven’t ate there much in the last few months. We’ve been saving money so avoiding dining out, but I caved in tonight – decided we deserved it.  And then what? We order our food. We go sit down. Cameron is playing her DS, and I’m writing notes for class tomorrow, when these 3 teenage girls come in. They are loud from the moment they come in (which doesn’t make me happy), but I am accustomed in dealing with loud teenagers so I turn on the “block them” sensors and get back to work.  They sit across the restaurant, but we can still hear their entire conversation.  *sigh*

But then it got worse. It seems that one of the girl’s boyfriend was cheating on her with a girl that was prentending to be her friend. (teenagers = drama) So she calls the boyfriend and curses the boyfriend…for a LONG time. While I’m sitting in the restaurant with my EIGHT YEAR OLD!!!  Even after the phone call, she continues to curse him to her friends.  UGH!!!! I JUST WANT TO RELAX AND FEED MY BABY IN PEACE!!!  IS THAT TOO MUCH TO FREAKING ASK?!?!?!?!

And if all of that wasn’t bad enough, oen of the girls has a cell phone that has some pretty explicit songs for routine.  So between the cursing and the ring tones, my daughter hears more language than she normally hears in a month in 30 minutes!