Regarding Puberty and Other Things!

So I think my daughter's hit puberty. She argues with me about that which I consider to be a sign.  She'll be 11 at the end of March and she's argumentative as all hell lately.  Don't like this, don't want to do that, (insert wahs and cries here).  It might not be noticeable physically but I think all signs point towards it rearing its ugly head and I'm so not ready for it.  I wonder really who goes through puberty, them or us?

I didn't make any big New Year's Resolutions this year but am just trying to keep things in perspective and be in control of what I do and who I am.  Does that sound weird?  I think it probably does but I just want to be the best that I can be in whatever I do whether its planning things better, being more patient, snacking less, cleaning more, etc, etc.  With that in mind, I'm pretty happy with how productive I've been since the weekend.  I got a few things done that needed doing and I'm in the middle of a ginormous filing project and moving around 15,000 or so pieces of paper. (I'll only just briefly mention that I hope to find my kids birth certificates that aren't in their usual location for some bizarre reason and I'm not going to get all in a tizzy about it either, its just not worth it as they will show up in the most unlikely of places).

Part of this is doing a few things for myself.  I ordered a Becky Higgins Project Life kit and received it last week!!  I'm tres excited and have already started organizing it.  I don't necessarily know if I plan to document every single day but I will do it my way and it will be great!

So last Wednesday, I stepped on the scale which is something I haven't done in a long time.  I was down .5 lbs to 119.5!  Very happy even though I haven't been *trying* to lose weight on purpose, I've just been trying to watch what I eat - no snacking in the evenings is a big one for me.  Last night I did my first EA Active Workout in just as long and today, my balance board had some shall we say issues.  It warned me of low batteries but didn't die on me.  However, it did indicate that I'd lost 4.9 lbs since last time!  Um....no, I don't think so.  I tried again and this time I lost another 2.2 lbs.  Hmmmm...I say we'll scrap this one and start from scratch with new batteries maybe tomorrow.

And tonight since both kids have activities which don't involve me, my husband on his way to taking the boy to JackRabbits hockey, will drop me off at the Y where I will continue on my C25k path.  I find running on the treadmill so much easier anyways so we'll see how it goes!

Re-Thinking *My* Shrinking!

It starts today. The Revolution over at ShrinkingJeans. A new challenge to re-shape your mind, body and spirit! And to start the challenge was a weigh in this morning at which I balked, whined and cried about last night on twitter and was threatened with "Don't make me get all Jillian on you!"

And so, 6:20 or so so me rise after staying up *waaayyy* too late last night. My weigh in went thusly:

-Bathroom break, struggle with my clothes for weighing in and stumble into the kitchen where I grab the camera which contains the spare batteries which came out of the Wii Balance Board. Trod downstairs and throw on the light switch. This is a new step for me, as normally the light from the tv is all that is required but with replacing batteries at this God awful hour, its needed. Flick of the tv, press of the Wii power, fumble with the Wii Fit and then struggle with the batteries....and the balance board doesn't turn on. Fuck. Fumble some more, check the tv remote thinking the batteries are dead...only to realize I've put them in wrong (Epic Fail).

At this point the game has started and is ready to go so I clicka clicka away to choose body test, step on and oh Wow, I've reached my goal and lost 119 lbs!!! Whoa, that is some sweet stuff! I also might note that my BMI is pretty much next to nothing, obviously there was an error in initializing....sooooo, let's try that again, one more time with feeling.

Okay, now that's a bit more realistic of a Body Test. 125.7, up 1.4 lbs. Not surprising in the least.

And with that, I can take this new challenge head on! In the next 7 weeks, I'd like to be at 118 lbs! My other goals include:

- Zumba starting next Monday nite!
- More Workouts Tues, Thurs, Fri
- If I can get to the Y once a week and hop on that treadmill and/or elliptical, I'll be pleased as punch!
- 1 walk a week, preferably outside
- Gonna be Bugs Bunny - salads, salads, and more salads

I'll re-define these in the coming days but I'm excited about this and I ask you, what are you going to do to Re-Think Your Shrink?? Join me!

Conversation in My Head

There's me this morning after hitting the snooze button again, lying in bed with the cat curled up all snuggly beside me and me thinking:
I need to get up to weigh myself... as I drift back to sleep once again....

Now fast forward to my hubby shining a flashlight on me saying "You'd better get up, we've had a power outage"
Me: "Huh? What time is it?"
Him: "I have no idea" and off he goes to find out. He shuffles back in "Its a few minutes after 7"
I continue to lay there and then the cat takes off and I ponder:

Gee, I better get up to do my weigh in. Wait, there's no power, I can't fire up the Wii (I use the balance board being blind as a bat, I couldn't possibly read a scale...what am I gonna do? (major dilemma, I know)...

And it was solved by the power coming back on and me galvanizing into action and tromping downstairs to do my ritual. And I wasn't looking for miracles this morning as I knew I'd indulged more than once. What can I say, I'm weak.

But I was pleased to see a .2 decrease, down from 127 to 126.8! I'll take it and work harder this week and not indulge! Any kind of progress is good progress. And really, how can you not be inspired by last night's Biggest Loser Finale?? They're all winners!!

And then there's my mileage which has slowed down somewhat due to the cold weather (we don't have Snow Days or Cold Days here) that we have to suck up and it got awfully cold, awfully fast. Today is -34 with the windchill which is damn cold. The kids likely won't have outdoor recess at school but I digress....my current mileage total is 72 miles. If the weather warms up a bit, I'm planning a nice long outdoor hike on Sunday to find a couple of geocaches!

Crutch Boy, Wagon Rides, and Weigh-Ins, Oh My!

Twas a beautiful weekend here in Winnipeg in November...which I didn't get to enjoy much of. Saturday kept me inside with kids indoor activities, ending off with my son injuring his right leg/knee....which landed us in the clinic on Sunday for a somewhat fast diagnosis of a sprained ligament. Um, really?? Needless to say my nice walk opportunity flew out the window.

Monday turned out to be a beautiful day and I wasn't letting a boy on crutches stop me from enjoying this day so I loaded him up into a wagon, (all 55lbs of him) which I felt silly doing since he's 6 years old, and gave him his sister's iPod and grabbed the camera and off we went. St Vital Park was busy on this day (and I will only mention once how shameful I find it that so many people leave their leaves at the curb....but I digress...). It was good to get out, even though I got the "when are we going back" more times than I cared to hear.

Tuesday I found it hard to haul my butt out of bed to do a morning workout but when I came home, I tackled Bob's Boot Camp video and then later I did a 20 minute walk/run! Felt great and was confident about my weigh in Wednesday morning.....

...and crash and burn! I weighed in this morning at +2.4lbs!!!! WHAT??? I need a new scale. WTF is that? I'm pretty sure its screwing with my head and simply doesn't want me to get below 130lbs. I'm deflated and defeated but feel more motivated than ever. Bring it on and so far today, I've done just that, walking over 6 miles! Here's to more miles and the Globetrotter Challenge!

Weigh In #1

So, I've been busting my hump this past week walking, running, my 30 day challenge workouts, Wii Fit Plus and today was weigh in day for the Sisterhood . Sigh. Whaddya know, I'm up .2 lbs from last week to 130.3!!

Now this 130 lbs weight seems to be my nemesis. I can't seem to get below it, no matter what I do. I've been flirting with it for awhile now. I guess I have to work just a bit harder.

Anybody wanna buy about 10 lbs of Halloween goodies? Varied selection at a low, low price. No offer refused.

Shrinking?

So yeah, I didn't do a weigh in yesterday so I did it this morning after my EA Sports Active workout. I'm at 130.1 which is -2 from my previous weight from Monday. Every little bit helps so I'm happy with this. Also instead of sitting on my butt last night, I did some exercising, burning over 100 calories between Wii Fit Plus and EA Sports Active. Yay me.

Tonight's the big Halloween Dance at school and I don't know if I should be looking forward to it or dreading it. Its family oriented which is great but I always end up with a crying kid for some reason or another. It usually centers around not winning something but this year there's no silent auction (phew!) so that's one less thing to cry about. And if I have to explain one more time that not everyone can win the spot dances, I might just blow.