Can someone please explain to me why I crave sweets more now than I did before when I was pregnant? This constant craving for cookies and ice cream and chocolate is making it very hard to loose these baby pounds. I have not weighed myself in a week but I am feeling real good. If I can maintain this then I can cross off something on my list! I do not know what it is about taking my pen and drawing a deep dark line through words that makes me feel so good...but it is almost as satisfying to me as a double chocolate chip chewy cookie! YUM!
I ran for over a mile and half today with my awesome "friendtrainer." I find it really helps me to have someone else working toward the same goals as me to keep me motivated. I just don't get those loners at the gym, those people who LIKE to workout alone. It is one thing if your schedule doesn't work with anyone and you have to work out alone, but its another if you chose to. I guess I am just social at all times.
Speaking of social, my son is starting to interact a whole lot more with people. He smiles and laughs all the time now. I just love trying new things to get him to laugh. Nothing is sweeter than a baby's laughter that is for sure! This afternoon he got a kick out of me doing squats. I wonder what exactly is funny about it to him? Maybe it was the "woosh" noise I kept making?? We will see if hes as amused by it tomorrow. Hopefully, because it was so darn cute!
Going to try to get to bed early today, but before I go I wanted to share a fun fitness fact I read today:
Scientists from the University of Tokyo found that exerciser's who did two half hour stints of moderate cycling with a 20 minute rest in between burned 10 percent more fat afterwards than those who cycled for a straight hour. They found that the repeated bouts triggered a release of hormones that helped metabolize fat more efficiently so that fat supplied a greater percentage of the total calories used later.
Since I ran 20 minutes, "rested" with weight lifting, and then elipicaled for 20 more minutes...maybe I do deserve just one cookie!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
"Life is nothing more than luck, circumstances, and determination"
I had originally planned on blogging every day but I realize with a baby, finance, two dogs, house, and a life that is just not very feasible.Working out everyday is. But of course, I was able to talk myself out of working out today (my stomach really did hurt) and into a bowl of frozen yogurt (with fresh berries to make it healthier) ha! To "punish" myself I signed up for a 6 am spin class tomorrow morning. I even recruited Narcis to wake me up if I press snooze.
On a positive note, thanks to one of my best friends, I ran an entire mile last night. That might not sound like a lot to many of you but for me it was worth a self pat on the back. Right now im not so much about my time but my endurance. I am going to have to NOT talk myself out of many workouts/runs if I want to be 5k ready anytime in the next few months. I also started to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest. So far this one has been much easier to get into than the first two. All in all I would definitely recommend the series. I can not wait for Enzo to be old enough to sit and play at the beach while I can sit there and read. This Florida heat is just so ridiculous I haven't had the heart to drag him out there and make him suffer, even if I have a shaded canopy for him. Perhaps in September when the weather cools off to below million degrees.
Speaking of September that's when I may have to go back to work part-part time. By that I mean few days a month. I really, really, REALLY do not want to go back. Not because I hate working but because I hate the idea of leaving Enzo with anyone. Not for more than an hour or two. I have this idea about maybe starting an in home daycare/day school. I need to look into it a little more, but I think it would be a great way for me to bring in a second income and stay home with my son.
For now I will just enjoy each and every day and every new and exciting thing Enzo learns as he grows. I must say, he is super proud he has hands. He found those the other day and hasn't been able to stop playing with them since! Oh to be young!!
On a positive note, thanks to one of my best friends, I ran an entire mile last night. That might not sound like a lot to many of you but for me it was worth a self pat on the back. Right now im not so much about my time but my endurance. I am going to have to NOT talk myself out of many workouts/runs if I want to be 5k ready anytime in the next few months. I also started to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest. So far this one has been much easier to get into than the first two. All in all I would definitely recommend the series. I can not wait for Enzo to be old enough to sit and play at the beach while I can sit there and read. This Florida heat is just so ridiculous I haven't had the heart to drag him out there and make him suffer, even if I have a shaded canopy for him. Perhaps in September when the weather cools off to below million degrees.
Speaking of September that's when I may have to go back to work part-part time. By that I mean few days a month. I really, really, REALLY do not want to go back. Not because I hate working but because I hate the idea of leaving Enzo with anyone. Not for more than an hour or two. I have this idea about maybe starting an in home daycare/day school. I need to look into it a little more, but I think it would be a great way for me to bring in a second income and stay home with my son.
For now I will just enjoy each and every day and every new and exciting thing Enzo learns as he grows. I must say, he is super proud he has hands. He found those the other day and hasn't been able to stop playing with them since! Oh to be young!!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sometimes it rains, sometimes it pours
Today I had every intention of crossing off everything on my To Do List. However, as the day progressed so did the rain. And as the rain came down so did my motivation. The rain always puts me in such a great and lax mood. I laid on the couch a good part of the day reading Let's Take the Long Way Home aloud to Enzo as he went in and out of consciousness. He must be going through another growth spurt because he is eating and sleeping much more often the past couple of days. It makes me sad every time he starts to outgrow another size of clothing. Not because I have to spend more money on clothes for him but because I know he'll never be this little again and I am just trying to enjoy every single day.
I wouldn't call myself a neat freak by a long shot, but I do like to keep a clean, mostly dust free house. I find it very hard to do so with an infant. Lately he only naps 20 minutes at a time and the rest of the time I am racking my brain for ways to entertain a 2.5 month old. I look forward to when he's old enough to appreciate books and we can spend hours at the library. I have great memories of my mom and me at the library picking out books and reading them together at night. Hopefully by then I'll have finished all the books in my personal library I bought intending to read and haven't. I have 23 books I have not read, I listed them below, and today I finished one. Not going to lie, feeling pretty proud of small accomplishment today. Also, since I talked myself out of running/jogging all day I spent a good part of the night looking up a 5k I could sign up for. I really wanted to do one for cancer, prostate cancer to be exact but it seems I missed the only local one in January. I suppose my new goal will be the turkey trot in November.
The best part about all this is the little guy I'm doing this all for, will be right by my side through it all. Every book I read, every jog I take ( OK he'll be in front of me then in the jogging stroller), every degree I receive and bill I pay he will be watching his mommy following her dreams. With that said it is time for bed. Good night universe!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
In Order To Begin You Must Start
Recently I gave birth to my son, Enzo. My life has been given a brand new start as I enter the world of "mommyhood." These last few months have really opened my eyes to who I am and what I really want out of life. I have spent most of life with loose dreams of what I want to do and what I want to be. In the past I have been OK with how things have panned out but was always left wanting more.
I realized that I don't want that for my son. I want him to go after his dreams and not feel scared or alone to do so. I spent many of those first all nighters with my newborn thinking about how I can teach him to be a "go getter" and provide him with the skills necessary to always follow his dreams; when it hit me like a ton of bricks! I need to be a "go getter" I need to teach him by example. So I sat down on morning and made a list of all the dreams I have for my life. I separated it into short term and long term. This is what I have so far:
SHORT TERM
1. Start a blog
2. Read all the books in my personal library
3. Run a 5k
4. Be happy with my body
5. Simplify my life
LONG TERM
1. Receive my masters degree
2. Figure out a "career" that allows me to raise my son
3. Marry the love of my life
4. Be completely debt free
I found just putting it all on paper took such a weight off my shoulders. A friend of mine once told me that if you don't put it into the universe, God wont know what you want...or something to that affect. Anywho! Today's the first day of the rest of my life, and I am putting it out there, and starting to follow my dreams and it all starts with this blog. My intentions are to hold myself accountable to YOU. Yes, all of YOU out there in the universe.
I realized that I don't want that for my son. I want him to go after his dreams and not feel scared or alone to do so. I spent many of those first all nighters with my newborn thinking about how I can teach him to be a "go getter" and provide him with the skills necessary to always follow his dreams; when it hit me like a ton of bricks! I need to be a "go getter" I need to teach him by example. So I sat down on morning and made a list of all the dreams I have for my life. I separated it into short term and long term. This is what I have so far:
SHORT TERM
1. Start a blog
2. Read all the books in my personal library
3. Run a 5k
4. Be happy with my body
5. Simplify my life
LONG TERM
1. Receive my masters degree
2. Figure out a "career" that allows me to raise my son
3. Marry the love of my life
4. Be completely debt free
I found just putting it all on paper took such a weight off my shoulders. A friend of mine once told me that if you don't put it into the universe, God wont know what you want...or something to that affect. Anywho! Today's the first day of the rest of my life, and I am putting it out there, and starting to follow my dreams and it all starts with this blog. My intentions are to hold myself accountable to YOU. Yes, all of YOU out there in the universe.
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