So, no, I haven't landed on what I want to call our McFatty Mondays yet, but considering I have crazy huge news this week, I'm calling today Mega News Monday. So . . . I haven't blogged all week because Joey and I have been deliberating over a majorly huge decision. After much consideration, pro and con weighing, sleepless nights, and coffee drinking (it's my only vice allowed on P90X :)), we have decided that as a family . . . we . . . are . . .
. . .
MOVING TO CALIFORNIA!!!!
I know this will come as sad news to our Vegas friends, but I'm sure this news has insighted some fist pumping in California ;) It all started when Joey's studio partner and very close friend decided that he and his family were moving to Austin, TX, thus forcing Joey to close his recording studio. This then led Joey to suggest we move back to California. I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that I have been wanting this move for quite some time; I just wanted Joey to want it too. It feels like everything is lining up the way it's supposed to. We've been here for 6 years, and yes, it made sense for us to be out here to build our marriage alone, but now, with Riley, it just doesn't make sense anymore. I'm always struggling to find a babysitter and much of the time I feel lonely. I will miss my Vegas friends so very much, but I want Riley to have cousins, aunts, grandparents, a family.
So in two short months, we will once again be Californians, crazy wazy! We will have finished our first cycle of P90X by then, which will be awesome! We're just starting week 6 this week. And yes it's still hard. I still would rather not be doing it. But I feel so good in my own skin. I've lost 17lbs. and Joey's lost 22, so yes the weigt loss has slowed down a bit, but that was to be expected. I'm just really proud of us that we've kept it up. Especially considering I baked all last weekend with my sister Melissa. She showed me awesome decorating techniques so I can take my cupcake making to the next level. That sounded so serious! Let me tell you, it's very difficult to resist fresh buttercream!!!! I had a couple of cupcakes and they tasted like heaven and I didn't gain weight, go figure!! I guess you have to indulge every once in a while or you'll be looney tunes!
I'd love to hear how your weight loss/exercise journeys are going and any cool tips you have for me. The only one I have is don't make a gang of cupcakes and expect to not be tempted to eat them, DUH!!!!!! More soon as our packing, job hunt, California or Bust journey continues, yikes bikes!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Slacker!
So I totally stink because I missed our McFatty Monday, so sorry blogger buddies! Let's call it Trim Down Tuesday, :) We are in week 5 of our P90X odyssey. I have lost 15 pounds, wahoo!!, and Joey has lost 20 pounds, yeehaw! Our 30 day pictures made me feel a bit depressed, to be honest; mainly because I had never actually looked at our day 1 pics, and what I saw was frightening! I do feel better that our new pics are a vast improvement, but there is that unrealistic gene inside every woman that plans on not only looking different immediately, but the scale also showing huge losses in a week ;) I guess I didn't gain this "extra love" overnight, so it's going to take a bit of time and I guess I did just have a baby or something ;) (Joey's sweet to keep reminding me of that ;))
I'm also super excited that my Dad, Cin, and McKenzie also started P90X yesterday. It's nice to have other people along for the ride!
Eating this ridiculously healthy for a month now has caused me to have somewhat of an epiphany. The old saying of "You should eat to live, not live to eat" rings so true. It's sad that it's taken me 29 years to realize that food is just food. Yes I love to eat good food, but why have I spent my time planning my day, my work, my vacations, and pretty much my life around meals???? It's never good when you're sitting down to have lunch and already discussing what you're going to do for dinner. Food should just happen as your day goes, not planning your day around IT! Eat as boring as we have been, and you realize that not only will you forget to eat sometimes, (never thought that would happen), but food is just supposed to energize you and sustain you. Nothing more. I'm not saying I'll never enjoy pizza or a cupcake (purely for research purposes ;)) again, I'm just trying to put food in it's correct box. I've let food be a shoulder to cry on, a friend to celebrate with, and a loved one to lean on. No more man! No more!!! IT IS JUST FOOD!!!
A bit deep for Trim Down Tuesday, sorry friends, this whole thing has just triggered a lot of soul searching for me. I want to feel good from the inside out. And that means not letting food and weight and fixation on the perfect body get me down.
That's all for now. Wish us luck on our new routine this week, more tales to follow; here's wishing all of you much success in your weight loss, weight maintenance, or weight indecision (all categories are fine by me, I've been in them all ;)), yikes bikes!
I'm also super excited that my Dad, Cin, and McKenzie also started P90X yesterday. It's nice to have other people along for the ride!
Eating this ridiculously healthy for a month now has caused me to have somewhat of an epiphany. The old saying of "You should eat to live, not live to eat" rings so true. It's sad that it's taken me 29 years to realize that food is just food. Yes I love to eat good food, but why have I spent my time planning my day, my work, my vacations, and pretty much my life around meals???? It's never good when you're sitting down to have lunch and already discussing what you're going to do for dinner. Food should just happen as your day goes, not planning your day around IT! Eat as boring as we have been, and you realize that not only will you forget to eat sometimes, (never thought that would happen), but food is just supposed to energize you and sustain you. Nothing more. I'm not saying I'll never enjoy pizza or a cupcake (purely for research purposes ;)) again, I'm just trying to put food in it's correct box. I've let food be a shoulder to cry on, a friend to celebrate with, and a loved one to lean on. No more man! No more!!! IT IS JUST FOOD!!!
A bit deep for Trim Down Tuesday, sorry friends, this whole thing has just triggered a lot of soul searching for me. I want to feel good from the inside out. And that means not letting food and weight and fixation on the perfect body get me down.
That's all for now. Wish us luck on our new routine this week, more tales to follow; here's wishing all of you much success in your weight loss, weight maintenance, or weight indecision (all categories are fine by me, I've been in them all ;)), yikes bikes!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
M M M . . . Words that start with M!
Hilarious! There is an awesome website, well awesome if you're a word nerd like me, called Phrontistery.info, (which in Greek means 'a thinking place.') This site lists weird sounding, made up looking words and their crazy definitions. I love it! If you're a fellow 'Words With Friends' addict like I am, this site is magical! I came across this cool place while trying to find a clever name for our own McFatty Mondays. There are some neat-o ideas I have; weigh in (pun intended) with your thoughts and feelings :)
*Mabsoot (happy) Mondays
*Macerator (a person who fasts and becomes emaciated ;)) Mondays
*Maffick (to celebrate exuberantly or boisterously) Mondays
*Mammiferous (having breasts ;)) Mondays
*Marasmus (wasting away of the body) Mondays
*Microsomatous (having a small body) Mondays
There were many more funny ones like medusiform (resembling a jelly fish) that I loved. Let me know which you like best or if you have your own ideas for us, need a title for Mondays, hopefully before next week, yikes bikes!
*Mabsoot (happy) Mondays
*Macerator (a person who fasts and becomes emaciated ;)) Mondays
*Maffick (to celebrate exuberantly or boisterously) Mondays
*Mammiferous (having breasts ;)) Mondays
*Marasmus (wasting away of the body) Mondays
*Microsomatous (having a small body) Mondays
There were many more funny ones like medusiform (resembling a jelly fish) that I loved. Let me know which you like best or if you have your own ideas for us, need a title for Mondays, hopefully before next week, yikes bikes!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Hallelujah!
I lost 1/2 a pound when I weighed in this morning!!!! I know it's not a lot, but after a week of nada, it feels huge! Go figure, I ate more yesterday than I have been eating and it was our day off of P90X, weird! Maybe I do need to make an effort to eat more to get my metabolism working better. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it big time, I Vow To Not Weigh Myself Again Until Next Monday! I need to break the obsession.
If you're ever interested in reading another mommy-blog, heirtoblair.com is awesome! My love Amy turned me onto it while I was pregnant. I followed it for a while, then forgot about it, now I'm back to reading it regularly. She is hilarious and so insightful! She does this cool thing called McFatty Mondays, where she talks about her weight loss and exercise trials and tribulations, I love it! I want to do something similar. She also encourages her readers to respond with their struggles, successes, tips, and/or thoughts on the subject. Let's try it friends. I'd love to hear how my fellow mommies and friends are doing trying to lose post baby weight or ignoring the weight :) (no judgement, I just started acknowledging mine), or any cool tips or foods that have worked for you.
On that note, one of my clients told me about an awesome sweet treat that won't break the belly bank. I have a nasty sweet tooth inherited from my Dad, thanks a lot Dad!!, so I'm always looking for something sweet that won't set my healthy eating back.
**Bella Blood Orange Sorbet (snack size)**
(In the ice cream section at the grocery store, if you feel strong enough to brave it ;), if I can you can, under the regular pints of ice cream, there are tons of mini pints. Move the mini Ben and Jerry's pints out of the way, and you'll see Bella's minis. There are about 5 flavors, but Blood Orange was the lowest calorie/fat free option. It was only 70 calories and tasted great. Kind of like a sangria slushy. It comes with a teeny spoon under the lid, which I did use because it made the mini pint last longer. Give it a try, so yummy!)
Let's all brainstorm to figure out our own name for our McFatty Mondays. Everyone use your noodles, I'll be thinking of something too. Good luck on your upcoming week. Be positive, choose joy in your life, and try not to let stress beat you down, yikes bikes!
P.S.
Riley will be 5 months old on Thursday! Shout out to Myles Ferris who will be 5 months old on Wednesday!
If you're ever interested in reading another mommy-blog, heirtoblair.com is awesome! My love Amy turned me onto it while I was pregnant. I followed it for a while, then forgot about it, now I'm back to reading it regularly. She is hilarious and so insightful! She does this cool thing called McFatty Mondays, where she talks about her weight loss and exercise trials and tribulations, I love it! I want to do something similar. She also encourages her readers to respond with their struggles, successes, tips, and/or thoughts on the subject. Let's try it friends. I'd love to hear how my fellow mommies and friends are doing trying to lose post baby weight or ignoring the weight :) (no judgement, I just started acknowledging mine), or any cool tips or foods that have worked for you.
On that note, one of my clients told me about an awesome sweet treat that won't break the belly bank. I have a nasty sweet tooth inherited from my Dad, thanks a lot Dad!!, so I'm always looking for something sweet that won't set my healthy eating back.
**Bella Blood Orange Sorbet (snack size)**
(In the ice cream section at the grocery store, if you feel strong enough to brave it ;), if I can you can, under the regular pints of ice cream, there are tons of mini pints. Move the mini Ben and Jerry's pints out of the way, and you'll see Bella's minis. There are about 5 flavors, but Blood Orange was the lowest calorie/fat free option. It was only 70 calories and tasted great. Kind of like a sangria slushy. It comes with a teeny spoon under the lid, which I did use because it made the mini pint last longer. Give it a try, so yummy!)
Let's all brainstorm to figure out our own name for our McFatty Mondays. Everyone use your noodles, I'll be thinking of something too. Good luck on your upcoming week. Be positive, choose joy in your life, and try not to let stress beat you down, yikes bikes!
P.S.
Riley will be 5 months old on Thursday! Shout out to Myles Ferris who will be 5 months old on Wednesday!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Busy busy bees!
So I totally stink!! I have just been gogogo this past week. We are officially through 3 weeks of P90X, wahooooo! We start our new routine tomorrow. Kinda crappy because it entails a lot more yoga, but no ab ripper x this week, so that rocks! I still dread the workout every day, but at least I can get through them now. And while I do feel much better and my pants aren't as tight, I haven't lost a single pound all week! :( Joey keeps saying the scale doesn't matter and muscle weighs more than fat, blah blah blah! I know all those things, but I'm a girl dammit! I want the scale to say better things to me man! I probably need to stop weighing myself more than once a week, but you know how it is. When you're this obsessed with a new workout/eating plan, you want to see results! It's funny when you think about it. Being on a diet makes you more obsessed with food then when you're not on a diet. You're always thinking about what you can eat, when you get to eat next, and mostly what you wish you could eat. Ah, such is life!
I have been having lots of fun making Riley's first foods. We have now worked our way through all of the orange foods. We started with just rice cereal mixed with breast milk, (I tried mixing it with formula once and he acted like I was shoveling poop in his mouth, lesson learned :)). And then we moved on to carrots, then sweet potatoes, my fav, then butternut squash, and baby oatmeal instead of rice cereal. It is so fun watching how fast he learned how to move the food to the back of his mouth. He's a genius I tell you!!! :) I have rationalized the time spent making my own baby food by factoring in: 1) the cost, $1.50 for a bag of carrots that makes about 28 servings or 2 jars of carrots for $1.50, 2) freshness and lack of preservatives, 3) pure flavor and ingredients, no sneaky add-ins, 4) fun!, 5) makes me feel like a good mommy. Now please don't misunderstand me. I am not saying that those who feed their babies jarred food are bad by any means. I just have one muffin and I have the time, so I made it a goal for myself. I hope I'll always be able to do it, but who knows. I also love to cook, so this is merely an extension of my love of trying new recipes.
Thankfully the supplement I'd been trying, More Milk Plus, worked like a charm! My left kenicke is back in the game! I was really getting worried there for a minute. I just wasn't mentally prepared to stop nursing. As hard as it is at times, I feel like I'm going to have a tough time letting go of nursing Riley. It is my fav time, especially when he's really sleepy to just stare at him and rub his little head and he holds my hand or just rubs my skin, it's just so special to me. Man I sound like a sappy hallmark movie. I'm just loving watching our little man grow up, but I'm in no hurry for him to stop being a baby.
Speaking of growing up, he's doing so much fun stuff! Besides all of his food changes, which I'm sure you know means "real" poop now, yuck!, he's rolling over and wants to be sitting up or standing while you hold him. He is all boy! I've seen little baby girls just sit and coo, not Riley :) He wants to move, and kick, and talk. He's so active. But his teeth that haven't quite popped out yet are bothering him so much! Thank goodness for Sophie! I feel like he's going to chew her head off sometimes :) Teething tablets seem to help a lot, but I feel so bad for his little drooly butt sometimes!
No date night yet for Joey and me, b-o-o-h-o-o! Hopefully soon, but probably not. Too much work and shenanigans. My sister Melissa is coming to visit for the weekend on Friday, which is awesome! This will be her first time meeting Riley. It will also be her first time away from her daughter/my niece Madison. She's a little nervous about that, but I kow she'll be ok. Madison is almost 4 1/2 years old, so she'll be cool with her daddy :) Can't wait to have some sister time. I'm also trying out an adult women's ballet class tomorrow night, so i'll keep you posted. Lots going on this week, yikes bikes!
I have been having lots of fun making Riley's first foods. We have now worked our way through all of the orange foods. We started with just rice cereal mixed with breast milk, (I tried mixing it with formula once and he acted like I was shoveling poop in his mouth, lesson learned :)). And then we moved on to carrots, then sweet potatoes, my fav, then butternut squash, and baby oatmeal instead of rice cereal. It is so fun watching how fast he learned how to move the food to the back of his mouth. He's a genius I tell you!!! :) I have rationalized the time spent making my own baby food by factoring in: 1) the cost, $1.50 for a bag of carrots that makes about 28 servings or 2 jars of carrots for $1.50, 2) freshness and lack of preservatives, 3) pure flavor and ingredients, no sneaky add-ins, 4) fun!, 5) makes me feel like a good mommy. Now please don't misunderstand me. I am not saying that those who feed their babies jarred food are bad by any means. I just have one muffin and I have the time, so I made it a goal for myself. I hope I'll always be able to do it, but who knows. I also love to cook, so this is merely an extension of my love of trying new recipes.
Thankfully the supplement I'd been trying, More Milk Plus, worked like a charm! My left kenicke is back in the game! I was really getting worried there for a minute. I just wasn't mentally prepared to stop nursing. As hard as it is at times, I feel like I'm going to have a tough time letting go of nursing Riley. It is my fav time, especially when he's really sleepy to just stare at him and rub his little head and he holds my hand or just rubs my skin, it's just so special to me. Man I sound like a sappy hallmark movie. I'm just loving watching our little man grow up, but I'm in no hurry for him to stop being a baby.
Speaking of growing up, he's doing so much fun stuff! Besides all of his food changes, which I'm sure you know means "real" poop now, yuck!, he's rolling over and wants to be sitting up or standing while you hold him. He is all boy! I've seen little baby girls just sit and coo, not Riley :) He wants to move, and kick, and talk. He's so active. But his teeth that haven't quite popped out yet are bothering him so much! Thank goodness for Sophie! I feel like he's going to chew her head off sometimes :) Teething tablets seem to help a lot, but I feel so bad for his little drooly butt sometimes!
No date night yet for Joey and me, b-o-o-h-o-o! Hopefully soon, but probably not. Too much work and shenanigans. My sister Melissa is coming to visit for the weekend on Friday, which is awesome! This will be her first time meeting Riley. It will also be her first time away from her daughter/my niece Madison. She's a little nervous about that, but I kow she'll be ok. Madison is almost 4 1/2 years old, so she'll be cool with her daddy :) Can't wait to have some sister time. I'm also trying out an adult women's ballet class tomorrow night, so i'll keep you posted. Lots going on this week, yikes bikes!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Slacker!
So sorry my friends that I haven't blogged in a week! Busy, busy! We are currently in week 2 of our P90X journey and let me just say that it is much easier this week; thank goodness :) However I did twist my knee 20 minutes into the yoga disc last night and had to sit out the rest of it, or rather lay out, in our bed with Riley (child's pose, heehee :)). For some reason this yoga disc is the crappiest for both of us; it's our everest! My knee does feel better this morning, so I'm going to attempt to double up on discs today, wish me luck!
For those who are wanting a total body change, I highly recommend this plan. The workout is hard, and honestly everyday before starting it I feel like running away from home, but after doing it, you feel great!! Combined with the super healthy "clean eating" that we're doing, you can't help but see results. I am down 11lbs. already and week 2 isn't even over yet!!!! How fun is that!? I'm obviously not where I want to be yet, but clothes are already not as tight and my c-section shelf of fat isn't so shelfy! :)
I have also been challenged this week with worrying about my milk supply. No Vons isn't out of milk, my left breast seems to be. Granted I have always favored the right because when I pull Riley into bed to nurse that's the side that puts him safely in the middle of our bed. I bought an herbal supplement called Mother's Milk from Whole Foods that I read about online. It's supposed to double your milk supply if you've slowed down. I noticed more on the left side this morning, but when I tried to pump later, just a little bit came out. So who knows?? I'm giving it a shot. I hope this isn't the end of breastfeeding for me and the little man, my right side is still behaving as it should, so stay tuned. I don't think either of us are ready to be done yet. I did read that you can nurse from just one side, so we'll see. He is eating rice cereal and carrots, (homemade :), sorry to toot my own horn), now, so hopefully everything will shake out ok.
Joey's birthday weekend went really well. We're both 29 now, dang! One more year of our twenties, crazy! It was fun Sunday. Joey went to the lake with friends (I was unable to find a babysitter, so I stayed home with Riley and cleaned and cooked and nursed :)) Then we had a few friends over for chicken tacos and bread pudding and drinks, (just one small margarita for me :) I don't want to upset the breast milk fairy). All in all, a great weekend! I am craving a date night with my husband! I always see people post that they're out for date night and I'm so jealous because most nights it's just me and the baby, which I love, but I'm mega missing my husband lately! He is just working like a maniac and since we're watching Riley sans babysitters, we're just passing in the wind:( We'll have to make a point to go out, just us, soon!!!! We've only been out together for 3 hours, my mother's day date, since having Riley, crazy right?! It's on my list.
I'm kinda sad that we're not going to California anymore this month to visit :( It was just too complicated trying to figure out flights and taking off work, ugh! Missing my California peeps in a bad way! Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule sooner rather than later.
Well, gonna put the babe to bed and since it's taken me this morning and tonight to finish this blog, I better quit before I end up needing tomorrow to write more. Stay tuned for hopefully more P90X progress and a date night, ????, yikes bikes!
For those who are wanting a total body change, I highly recommend this plan. The workout is hard, and honestly everyday before starting it I feel like running away from home, but after doing it, you feel great!! Combined with the super healthy "clean eating" that we're doing, you can't help but see results. I am down 11lbs. already and week 2 isn't even over yet!!!! How fun is that!? I'm obviously not where I want to be yet, but clothes are already not as tight and my c-section shelf of fat isn't so shelfy! :)
I have also been challenged this week with worrying about my milk supply. No Vons isn't out of milk, my left breast seems to be. Granted I have always favored the right because when I pull Riley into bed to nurse that's the side that puts him safely in the middle of our bed. I bought an herbal supplement called Mother's Milk from Whole Foods that I read about online. It's supposed to double your milk supply if you've slowed down. I noticed more on the left side this morning, but when I tried to pump later, just a little bit came out. So who knows?? I'm giving it a shot. I hope this isn't the end of breastfeeding for me and the little man, my right side is still behaving as it should, so stay tuned. I don't think either of us are ready to be done yet. I did read that you can nurse from just one side, so we'll see. He is eating rice cereal and carrots, (homemade :), sorry to toot my own horn), now, so hopefully everything will shake out ok.
Joey's birthday weekend went really well. We're both 29 now, dang! One more year of our twenties, crazy! It was fun Sunday. Joey went to the lake with friends (I was unable to find a babysitter, so I stayed home with Riley and cleaned and cooked and nursed :)) Then we had a few friends over for chicken tacos and bread pudding and drinks, (just one small margarita for me :) I don't want to upset the breast milk fairy). All in all, a great weekend! I am craving a date night with my husband! I always see people post that they're out for date night and I'm so jealous because most nights it's just me and the baby, which I love, but I'm mega missing my husband lately! He is just working like a maniac and since we're watching Riley sans babysitters, we're just passing in the wind:( We'll have to make a point to go out, just us, soon!!!! We've only been out together for 3 hours, my mother's day date, since having Riley, crazy right?! It's on my list.
I'm kinda sad that we're not going to California anymore this month to visit :( It was just too complicated trying to figure out flights and taking off work, ugh! Missing my California peeps in a bad way! Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule sooner rather than later.
Well, gonna put the babe to bed and since it's taken me this morning and tonight to finish this blog, I better quit before I end up needing tomorrow to write more. Stay tuned for hopefully more P90X progress and a date night, ????, yikes bikes!
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