Monday Motivation, May Meltdown & a Day in My Life

I'm so done with my attitude lately. I have to snap out of this, whatever it is. I know most of my problem is not eating right & lack of exercise so I took extra time last night to plan out my food for today and to pack my workout clothes. Today, I will be walking down the block to pay my $40 gym dues for the next 30 days. During January & February when I went to the gym, I had so much eneregy and motivation to eat better and I felt so good.  I want that back!  I'm also jumping on board with some awesome ladies - Kyra, Kara, Kristie, Kate, and LeighAnn to do the May Meltdown with Ms. Michaels challenge. 

I tried to do the 30 Day Shred earlier this year and I let life get in the way and just didn't finish it.  With the end of Operation Red Bikini right around the corner I have to do something or I will not be anywhere close to any of my goals. 

I have never done a Day in the Life post and Holly did one today and I'm going to play copy cat!  These are my days right now.  I hope to look back years from now and see that my mornings are much smoother.

My day starts around 5:30 - 6:00 with a wake up call from my hubby who is just getting off of work.  I have been know to end up with my phone under my pillow and not hear it ring until after he has called me 27 times. {True story.}  I also have 5 alarms set on my phone that I also may or may not hear.  To say that I'm not a morning person is an understatement.  I am not one to hop right out of bed either.  I have to 'wake up' first and I usually lay in bed for a little while reading blogs or checking Instagram or Facebook from the previous day.  By 6:15 - 6:30 I get up, let the dog out and begin waking up 2 kids who obviously take after their mother.  After about 10 minutes they make their way to the living room and proceed to fall back asleep while I take a shower.  By the time I get out of the shower and get dressed it's almost 7:00 and I have to again wake up the kids to eat breakfast.  I dry my hair and pack lunches and backpacks while they eat.  By 7:30 I almost always have to go bat shit crazy nag them to go brush their teeth and get dressed.  We have to leave home no later than 7:50 to make it to school by 8:00 and I'm usually 8:05 getting to work.  I put my makeup on in the car after I get to work.  I've tried doing it before I leave home but I end up a hot sweaty mess by the time I get out the door.  I work for a small community bank and I'm so thankful I have a great boss that doesn't complain about us being a few minutes late, even if it is almost every day.  So I work until lunch time, which is usually around 11:00 for me.  I only take half of my lunch hour at this time and eat.  I use the other half to pick up the kids from school around 3:00.  I will either take them to my parents or to my father-in-law and come back to work until 4:30 (or 5:30 on Fridays).  After work I have been going straight to get the kids and then home.  {Starting today, I will be going to work out for about an hour after work.}  Normally the kids have already done homework by this time and we just hang out for a bit.  They jump on the trampoline or play outside while I straighten the house or do laundry and start cooking supper.  I get them inside to get a shower and then we eat supper.  We go over any left over homework or studying they may have then it's bed time.  I try to have them in bed by 8:30 on school nights.  This normally gets stretched out to 9:00 or even 9:30 some nights because they.just.won't.go.to.bed.  With my husband working out of state, I'm pretty much a 'single mama' while he's gone.  {Not complaining, I know lots of single mama's that make it work and I'm thankful for my husband and his job.}  I'm such a Type-A person and want everything to run smoothly and structured and have it all together and most of our days couldn't be further from that.  I find it hard for me to balance everything.  It may not be pretty but we do manage to get it done.  And that's my day!  Hope y'all have a great Monday!

Weigh-In Wednesday

I have taken a little hiatus from the scale lately so I have no idea what I weigh.  I do know that my clothes don't fit any differently.  In the last week, I have had 4 people comment that I've lost weight even though my weight hasn't really changed for about the last month.  I will confess that my eating hasn't been what it should.  Not to make an excuse, but we had my daughter's birthday party this weekend and there were a dozen cupcakes left and I may have eaten 4 of them.  I have issues with wasted food and I would rather eat it than throw it away.  So I mentioned last week that I was going to meal plan and get back on track this week.  Well, due to said birthday party and all that entails, I completely didn't make time for it.  I also forgot that Monday was April 15 and I had not even started on our taxes.  I got them finished, but may have had 2 of those cupcakes in process.  I usually do pretty well eating during the day, it's when I get home in the evenings that's a problem for me. 

I so wish I could be one of those people that are hard core, super motivated, nothing stands in the way attitude, but I'm just so laid back, go with the flow type person that I lose my steam so early on and think ehh, it'll be okay.  Thinking back 2 months ago, I was determined.  I went to the gym because I enjoyed it.  I didn't crave the not-so-healthy foods.  Then I lost it.  I have to find it again.  I need my moment.  I'm planning on a beach trip in about 6 weeks and I want to be ready.  Not just to look good in a swim suit, but to feel good and have tons of energy to go all day.  I know I've said it so many times, but I will do better.  

I did want to say that I so appreciate all the comments I have gotten.  I apologize that I haven't taken the time to write back.  I'm still trying to learn the ropes of blogging and how to email you back. 

And one more thing because I feel like it's been at the fore front of our minds the last few days - Pray for Boston and those that were affected by that tragedy.  I have never ran a race, only walked a few 5k's but running a marathon is on my bucket list.  I can't imagine what those people are going through.  Who would have ever thought that something like that would happen during a marathon.  On the other hand, it's very comforting to see the tons of people that ran to help those in need.  #prayforboston

Hope y'all have a great Wednesday!

Weigh-In Wednesday

I finally (mentally) feel like I'm getting over this slump I've been in for the last 6 weeks.  Work was rough the entire month of March and it's taken this first part of April to get over it.  I did weigh in this morning but was too lazy to go get my phone to provide photographic evidence.  And the result is that I weighed 211.  That's a slight gain, but hey, I'll take it after going through the rough month that March was and not working out at all or eating as clean as I should have.  My current plan is to get back to the gym on Monday.  It will only be a waste of money if I sign back up today because my schedule is booked for the next 5 days and I won't be able to go.  I do eat semi-good, but not totally clean like I need to.  The next 5 days I will be planning and grocery shopping and cooking.  I'm going to weigh in next week without a gain!

Random Non-Weight Loss/Getting in Shape Related Stuff

I realize I've been a terrible blogger.  I honestly wouldn't even consider myself a blogger.  I originally began this blog to document my journey of weight loss & getting in shape.  Then I wanted to include some family stuff to preserve memories.  Then I went back and changed my mind to keep it strictly weight loss/getting in shape.  Now, I'm back on the everyday life train.  So, here's what we've been up to lately.

 

On March 27, my little princess cut her hair to donate.  We were originally going to donate to Locks of Love but a dear friend who has struggled with cancer numerous times told me that they actually charge for their wigs and we should donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths instead.  This is her 2nd hair donation and the first time she didn't have quite enough to donate to Locks of Love so we did donate to Pantene.  After some research we are donating this cut to Pantene as well. 

The kids and I traveled north about an hour and a half last Thursday for a Third Day concert.  The hubby was working and couldn't go but he worries about keeps up with us.  Since I was driving when he texted to see where we were, I used the voice text and this is what I got.  The kids got such a laugh out of the hammer dying alone!  It should have said we are south bound with the hammer down (a little trucker talk for you today).  The bottom one was from when I went with my daughter to the Baton Rouge Zoo.  Apparently my iPhone is not familiar with Baton Rouge or it doesn't understand my southern twang.  (Yes, I realize this is probably worthless information, but I happen to get a kick out of these type things.)

Pictures from our night at the Third Day concert.  They were awesome!  When we changed churches a few years back, our 'new' church had contemporary type music instead of the old gospel hymns.  I began listening to K-Love on the radio and Third Day was the very first group I remember listening to.  They have been one of my very favorites ever since.  They were very interactive with the crowd.  One of the guitar players, Mark Lee, gave my little miss a guitar pick and stopped for a picture with me.  It was a great night of worship music and worth being out late on a school night!

This is just a pic of the kids riding in the car.  Since the hubs/daddy was working this past weekend (and the previous weekend, which also happened to be Easter) we decided to visit him in New Orleans last Saturday.  It's a rare moment that they aren't fussing and will both smile for a picture!  

Just a cute hippo we saw at the zoo!

We have a sno/snow cone stand right on Main Street in our little town.  They just opened and yesterday we stopped for our first of many this season.  (Yes, I realize it's pure sugar and empty calories and totally works against my weight loss/getting in shape plan.  I have no excuse except it tastes really good.)

Me and my kids on Easter morning.  I really hate my hubby/baby daddy had to work, but I'm so thankful for his job.  He tends to miss out on some things but we make up for lost time when he's home.

His role model!  Who doesn't love Duck Commander/Duck Dynasty?  He did try to talk me into buying the $38 sunglasses but ain't nobody got money for that I'm cheap and know that they will get broke/lost within a week. (And I just realized the lady on the right photobombing my picture!)

Ridin' dirty, literally!  They love mud riding in their go-carts and now my brother's dog has realized he can hop in and ride too!

And just to prove that I am married and my kids do have a dad, here we are taking a ride in the Jeep a few weeks back on a beautiful day!