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Healthy Challenge Walkers 2008-05-09 09:19:33 DaDiva Street and I have teamed up to do the Walk Across The Country Challenge
. We have formed a team called the Healthy Challenge Walkers. The 8 week program is free and encourages women to walk 10,000 steps or get 30 minutes of exercise every day. You follow a virtual route ad log your progress n the site. Each route can be completed during the 8 week challenge if you meet your daily physical activity goals. There are several routes to choose from. I am doing the Rocky Mountain and DaDiva is doing the Cross Country Walk. There are many tips and tools to help you get moving and track your progress. My personal favorite is the exercise converter which converts many daily activities and exercises into steps letting you get credit for more then walking!! Shopping, housework, running, bike r
Mountain Mama 2008-05-05 23:51:42 No gain no loss this week, not bad considering TOM. I am a little annoyed, but I need to look at it as a message to get my butt MOVING!!!With that being said I have ordered my pedometer (thanks Brittany for talking me into the upgrade!!) and I have joined a Walk Across The Country Challenge. I am so excited!! It starts on Mothers Day and goes until July 5th, so I'll have to make sure I figure out the darn pedometer before then!! (hurry up Amazon!!). I am doing the Rocky Mountain
walk simply cause I live in the Midwest aka the Great Plains aka no mountains aka flat. The program is free and encourages women to walk 10,000 steps or get 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day. There is even an exercise calculator that allows you to take other aerobic activities and convert them to steps (so
Diamond Eyes and Weight Loss 2008-05-03 19:32:58 The other day Blue asked if his eyes were shaped like diamonds. I had to fight the eruption of laughter that happens when someone says something that totally catches you off guard and is so ridiculous at the same time. I told him No, Why? He got mad and said he wanted to look like a lizard!! As if that was all he was missing to complete the metamorphosis in his head.This got me thinking way back to grammar school and high school o all the physical traits that I had that I hated and all the thing I wished I had physically. I have always been tall. I am 5'10" now, but as a kid I towered over the other kids. I hated that, I always wanted to be short. I was always heavy as a kid, for some reason I really never got teased by others (amazingly, I'd probably be an entirely different person if I Read more:Weight
Elmo Makes Music & Red Gets Hurt!! 2008-05-02 10:31:41 Red and I went to see the Elmo Makes Music
live show the other night. She was so excited to go to "Elmo's house" as she kept telling people!! During the first half of the show she sat in her chair pretty much the entire time clapping and singing along (all while making sure that I clapped and sang with her!!). There was a 15 minute intermission in which the great Elmo marketers sold $10 elmo balloons (genius... when else would a normally sane family spend $10 on a $3 balloon??). All the kids seemed to get pumped during the intermission and were very excited to say the least. There were some kids dancing in the isle next to us and Red wanted to dance with them, so having an end seat, I let her. She was having a blast!!! She was singing along and dancing waving her arms around. She did her b
Weekly Weigh In 2008-04-30 00:14:21 Ok, TWO POUNDS DOWN!! WOOHOOO!!! I am out of the pound a week slump!!. I think I need to really up the exercise, that would probably help even more. We had a nice spell of weather, then it got cold & rainy so I got cold & lazy!! I told my hubz I wanted a pedometer for Mothers Day and was looking at this one. Over 1100 people gave it 5 stars (I live by the amazon rating system, it effects many of my purchases, is that insane? Be honest, you won't offend!!). He said he already got me something.... looks like I'll be bribing the kids tomorrow with candy. Blue will give it all up for a Reece Peanut Butter Cup.Ok, Laugh of the day, and I want everyone to be honest... What is the weight on your drivers licence? Are you ready for this???? Mine is 160 (yes, that's a 1-6-0) MUAHAHAHAHAHAH B Read more:Weekly
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Green Monday 2008-04-28 00:39:28 Ok, why is it that my upstairs and downstairs can never be clean at the same time? Its like impossible for me. Right now my upstairs is spic-n-span (or shall I say baking soda-n-vinegered) so it all so nice and tidy, even has that super clean smell to it. I went to the health food store and bought some scented oils. I got tea tree oil, lemon oil, and lavender. Tea tree oil is an all natural disinfectant that has numerous uses. I read that you can put a drop on a cotton ball and use it on a pimple to help it clear up. It is also used to treat sunburn, insect bites, cuts, boils, and even chicken pox!! And thats just to mention a few!! It is actually in the process of being registered as a disinfectant. Not sure how it actually works, but will be interesting to see how I use it this summer. H Read more:Green
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Flickr Photo Fun 2008-04-27 04:20:24 I am totally stealing this from Donna over at FluffyDonna and just had to do it too!! It seemed like such a fun idea and beat cleaning the house!! I had a blast doing it!! If you chhose to participate, please let me know, Thanks Donna!! Sorry for the dramatice pauses between pics, I tried everything to get rid of them!!Here are the rules:Go to your answer to each question in the search box.Using only the first page, pick an imageCopy and paste the html into your blog (I saved the pics as jpgs and uploaded them because I couldn't figure out how to get the html...)Here we go:What is your first name: What is your favorite food? Wendy's Spicy Chicken Combo, I know its not in my diet, but its still yum yum!!What high school did you attend? SICPWhat is your favourite color?Green (hmmmm, wheredo Read more:Flickr
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Happy Belated Earth Day!! 2008-04-22 23:28:11 Ok, I forgot to wish everyone a HAPPY EARTH DAY!! Its pretty much over,but everyday should be Earth
Day!! I am newly green(ish) so I wanted to throw that out there!!I did something I never did before, I went to work when I was not even scheduled. Did not even realize until like 2 hours into the shift. What a dope!! I stayed and completed the shift out of the kindness of my heart (and emptiness in my bank acct). I was off all weekend and saw a blurb on Nightline about all the shootings in Chicago over the weekend (yes, it was bad enough to make Nightline) I was kinda dreading going in because I work in a busy ER in a not-so-great part of town, all we need are a bunch of gun-toting lunatics running around town shooting at innocent folks!! Thankfully we were not too busy and I was even able Read more:Happy
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Another Pound Bites the Dust... 2008-04-21 22:53:34 I am down a pound this week. I am happy (after all its better than a gain!!) and I am a little (just a teensy-tiny bit) frustrated. I just wish it were more, I am not trying to be hard on myself, but maybe I need to be!! I have been drinking lots of water, I fill my 32 oz cups at least 4-5 times daily. I find myself craving it now... the more I drink the more I need. My activity could be better. I try to walk or bike ride daily with the kids, but I need to escape for 20 minutes by myself so I can maintain a good pace. I find with Red I am stopping every couple of feet to look at a bug, fix her basket, tie her shoe, and do whatever else a 3 year old deems important at the time. When we go for ice cream (Friday is ice cream night for us) we walk instead of driving (and we take the long rout Read more:Pound
A Taste Of Rainbow.... 2008-04-20 23:08:25 I am being set up for a disastrous summer. This is monumental in the weight loss world. You see, we back up to a large park and across the park is an out door soft served ice cream place. Which is fine cause I can take or leave soft serve ice cream. Well, let me tell you what they have done.... they have started selling THE ORIGINAL RAINBOW CONE!! This is the worst thing that could happen to a chubby girl looking to slim down... What are they trying to do to me?!?! I grew up on rainbow cones, I remember as a teenager going with my sister and we each ate our own, then decided to split another!! You could go to the original store and wait an HOUR for a cone, and I DID.....MANY TIMES!! So its not only a treat for me, its nostalgia. Its like going back in time. I went with friends, with dates, Read more:Rainbow
Ode to Joe 2008-04-19 00:44:35 Ok, I feel like I am at a whole new healthy me level. I had the day to myself yesterday (for the first time in FOREVER) and was able to do some shopping. I went to Trader Joe's, I just love this store. Borderline obsessed. I forgot all about it since having kids, but now I am back!! They have so many healthy & organic foods. So many options. One thing I missed about Trader Joes, the silly wit on their packaging. I bought guacamole and it was titled e=guacamole+salsa2, then had a picture of Albert Einstein with a conversation bubble saying "lets party, Arriba" I nearly peed my self in the produce aisle. I mean do you think those words ever came from the same mouth that uttered e=mc2?!?! Maybe he was a fiesta freak!! The brains behind Trader Jose's packaging is genius!! I have always bee
My Hands Are Softer Than My Baby's Bottom 2008-04-16 10:46:08 I posted a bit ago about my efforts to clean green. I guess its part of my healthier efforts lately. Well let me tell you... I put some baking soda down all my drains then followed with a vinegar chaser, I watched it bubble and bubble until a big chunk of crud came to the top (ewww!!) I waited til it stopped bubbling then poured boiling H2O down. Our sinks, tubs and showers empty so fast now. Especially our tub, its one of those over sized numbers and it used to take forever to drain (I mean FOREVER).I soaked the shower head and faucets in vinegar for 30 minutes, did not really notice a difference, but its suppose to clean the mesh cover and make the water flow better. Maybe I should soak overnight??I sprinkled baking soda in the toilet and swooshed with my brush, and guess what... it spar Read more:Hands
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Um, Has Anyone Seen My 5 Pounds?!?! 2008-04-15 00:01:14 Wow!! Its been a whole month since I made the decision to become healthier. Well, I am 5 pounds down and am proud to display my badge and am excited to watch the number grow. My journey began March 18 and I set some pretty minimal goals, basically to cut back, stop the fast food, move my bottom, & drink more H2O. I think I pretty much have made this a part of my new healthier lifestyle. All of these goals are actions I need to take in order to get myself healthier, thus losing weight which is my ultimate goal. I think over the past couple of weeks through this journey I have had some realizations about my weight loss and the long (seemingly endless lol) journey in front of me.It needs to be more then physical action, it is a mental and emotional act Read more:Anyone
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I've Never Really Liked Pizza, So Why Do I Eat IT?!?! 2008-04-14 00:44:19 I have even learned a little something about my unhealthy eating. Here it is: I DON"T LIKE PIZZA ALL THAT MUCH. I really don't. My dh LOVES pizza, so we probably have it once a month. So I would sit down polish off a good share. Just because it was there. Its nothing I would ever crave, and nothing I would eat if he were not there. Just something I ate cause thats what was for dinner. Last Friday, hubs ordered a large pizza for the family. I was like, hmmmm. So I told him none for me and I made a healthy dinner of fish, rice, and cauliflower. Which made me realize a new goal for myself, I will not eat unhealthy food that I don't even like. I know that sounds crazy, but it is so true. How many times have I eaten things that are loaded with fat and empty calories cause there was no other opt Read more:Pizza
Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away... 2008-04-09 23:26:59 We registered Blue for kindergarten yesterday. It was so cute. The classroom had bright pictures hanging everywhere. Several computers in the room (for kindergartners!!) Neat little desks with the kids name on them. The teachers desk was full of all sorts of neat little odds and ends. The gym had a stage that was set up for an upcoming play. There were basketball nets at both ends. The teachers and staff actually talked to the kids and not only the parents. I left wanting to cry as my once shy little boy was trying to ask another boys mom if he could come over (we had no clue who they were, but he was 5 and that gets you pretty far with Blue!!)Ok, I knew the time was coming, I actually looked forward to it for a while. Now that it is almost here, I am dreading it. It hurts my heart to thin Read more:Please
Down 1, Up 3, Who The Hell Knows!! 2008-04-08 08:40:20 Ok, I think I hate my scale. REALLY hate my scale. Not because the numbers aren't what I wish they were (well, er, uh they're not, but heck I'm workin' on it), but because how they fluctuate. I literally fluctuate between 4 pounds in the SAME DAY!! Sometimes within a few hours. UGH!!! I have tried weighing at the same time of day, naked, after going to the bathroom, and there is no correlation. At least the lowest number has gone down, and the highest number has gone down. So I think I lost a pound, but who really knows. I could have gained 3 lol, I can only go with what it is as I blog, and right now at this moment, it is down 1 pound. Don't ask me to re-weigh in an hour!!The number really is not whats motivating me, as addictive as that number is. I really could care less. I'll never be
ALERT ALERT ALERT 2008-04-02 19:00:21 There has been a mistake in my last post!! Either that or I have unknowingly lost an organ. Either way I actually lost 1.5 pounds this week. Maybe my scale was playing an April Fools joke on me cause it read 4 (yes, 4!!) pounds more than when I started 2 weeks ago. So, to celebrate I cut back all day and drank 100 oz of H2O. Red and I went for a brisk walk (boy she's gettin fast on that bike!!) and I feel so much better about things. its funny how those 3 numbers can make ya or break ya!!If only there were some huge error and the 4 laundry baskets upstairs are actually already put away. I hate hate hate putting laundry away. We could live out of baskets for weeks (actually months). Oh well, I am not going to worry about that tonight, I am going to take a hot tubby with my new book.
Spring-A-Ling-A-Ding-Dong, Where Are You?!?! I Need Ya Baby 2008-04-01 09:02:48 Ok, Its week 3 and I am off to a bad start. I don't know what it is. Maybe the weather, I really want the sun to shine & get outside in the garden (my favorite pastime til the weeds take over). I want to blow bubbles and play hopscotch. Go for walks and ride bikes. Play at the park, have picnics, and play ball. I JUST WANT TO BREATH FRESH AIR AND WEAR MY CAPRIS AND CUTE NEW SANDALS. It snowed as recently as 5 days ago (yes, I was wearing those new sandals!!). It has been raining all week. The winds a howlin out there, I am scared to check my mail for fear I'd get blown down the street like tumble weed (ok, it would have to be gale force winds to even budge me, but you get the point).There is something about those first few nice days for us Midwesterners that feels so good. Those invigo Read more:Spring
Am I Green with Envy!?!?! 2008-03-31 11:35:46 OK, when I think green, I for some reason think of being green with envy. Not really sure why. Well lately I have been thinking of a whole new green, small steps toward a green household. I think since having kids, I have been a little more aware of the environment. I ALWAYS fill our recycling bin (comparable to an over sized garbage can). Actually, I over stuff it. I have 2 garbage cans in my kitchen, one for trash and one for recyclables. I am even a garbage picker (at home only) and pick out recyclables and put them in the proper can.My newest interest is green clean. Why? Well this weekend my dh was cleaning the tub (puh-lease, he got rid of the cleaning ladies he WILL help!!) And he mixed CLR and bleach. I never said he was a chemical engineer. Anywhoo, the fumes were over whelming, t Read more:Green
Happy Easter... at least at my house!! 2008-03-30 23:59:39 We celebrated Easter
again today. Red was sick last week so today was our rescheduled Easter. Funny how we were able to put off the holiday, we often do that at Christmas. So we can see both sides of the family and enjoy our own Christamas' we have it the weekend before or after. It is always so much fun, but for some reason we don't get together all that often, but we always have sooo much fun when we do. I think thats a new goal of mine, more family time. All the aunts & uncles and our kids.Anywhoo, someone brought a log cake from a Swedish bakery. OMG!! Thats going to do nothing for my weight loss plans But it was soooooo good. I mean so so so so so so good. They had the nerve to leave the leftovers. Part of me heard angels singing. Another part of me wanted to chuck it out the back Read more:Happy
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Found a chicken nugget..... 2008-03-29 09:49:17 OK, my clean house lasted for like a day (and thats a stretch). I had a meltdown yesterday, Red dumped all her toys out of the perfectly matched baskets that I spent hours organizing. Little people here, pollys in that basket, strawberry shortcake stuff in another... now scattered all over her floor. I went numb. Thank goodness its still cold and yucky outside, I can still yell without the neighbors thinking I have lost it completely (actually, I lost it a long, long, time ago).Now I am on to Blue's room. I thought he was my neat one. I was wrong. He has a nine cube storage thingy with a basket for each cube. Each cube was jammed with toys that he could barely slide them open. Broken toys, cars missing wheels, excavators missing their scoop, crayons, colored pencils, dinosaurs missing legs
Is This For A Fat Person?!?!? 2008-03-25 00:20:48 Ok, my kids are 3 & 5. Very observant ages.Very. Observant. There is a little boy down the block who is, well, ummmm, to be nice I'll call him fluffy. Very fluffy. Not very active, doesn't run much, has a hard time doing activities that come SOOO easy for the other boys. My son made a comment to me that he was fat. So after the obligatory mom lecture (and fear he'd say the same about me) I though I had him, he seemed to understand we are all different, we should not hurt feelings, yada yada yada.Anywho, I had just gotten back from the store and had bought a shirt for myself. I was in my room and holding it up to get a better look at it when Blue walked in. He looked at the shirt and said That shirt is for a fat person, its like this wide and outstretched his arms. Ok, it is for a fat p
I'm a Spring Cleanin' 2008-03-24 10:18:12 Ok, I never got my house clean for Easter, poor little Red had the flu and spent the couple days leading up to Easter sick & sleeping. Poor angel, it breaks my heart when she is sick!! Thank goodness she felt better Easter day, but still had to cancel family coming over, I'd hate people to get sick at my house. All is good though because dinner is rescheduled for another day and it will be MUCH less hectic.Easter was so much fun. Blue woke up and 8 and came RUNNING into our room. Dh left a piece of carrot in his room with an Easter egg, he said he heard the bunny hopping up the stairs. Red said the bunny kissed her. Once they saw all the eggs all over down stairs, they went nuts. They didn't know which way to turn. I didn't by much candy this year, they didn't even notice. DH was mad, Read more:Spring
Easter Cleaning 2008-03-19 15:19:26 Ok, I am seriously wondering if I need to clean my house before Easter
. I mean really?!?!? Cause I was thinking the toys, clothes, books, & puzzles would make for a better Easter egg hunt, I mean of course they'll find the eggs if the house is clean. I mean who wouldn't be able to find them?!?! Think of all the great hiding places: in shoes, under socks, in one of the empty cups on the cofee table. The possibilities are endless.Anywhoo, I am not sure what I am going to do to get my house ready by Sunday. I am hoping the pixies will come down and wave their wands and POOF a clean & organized house. Ok, I threw organized in there... that will never happen. I so badly need a live-in. Or a wife....I am hoping it will be a beautiful Easter Sunday, we had a nice stretch of weather there, Read more:Cleaning
Happy Mothers Day 2008-05-10 22:37:49 I hope everyone has a wonderful Mothers
Day!! Weather debunked my outdoor hike to kick off Healthy Challenge Walk at a state park. Oh well, treadmill here I come!! I was really looking to do something outdoors with my family and this is really our last free weekend in a while. Blue asked me when is there going to be a kids day?!?! I was like EVERY DAY IS KIDS DAY!!! No job, no worries, a house full of toys, 3 squares & endless snacks. He is such a doll. he tool me on a date today, we went to see Speed Racer and then to the arcade in the mall (yes, my mall still has an arcade.... I think its stuck in the 80's... makes me feel young again!!)Today is the kick off for our big Healthy Challenge Walk and I am excited!! Joining me are DaDiva's Street, Fit by 40, and Dietbook. Such wonderful Read more:Happy
Check Out My Shiny New Badge!! 2008-05-13 00:11:43 Ok, I finally got my 10 pound badge!! Boy it sure is purrrty!! Both my kids alone were almost 10 pounds at birth!! I know in the realm of things 10 pounds is barely even the tip of the iceberg but most of my pants are feeling baggy. I literally don't have to unbutton most of them anymore to pull them down, I even had a scare in the driveway this morning taking out the garbage (almost showed the ne Read more:Check
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