Ok... so... I really have nothing to put here for this week. I ate WAY too much. Didn't really count on the days I had fast food (yeah 5 meals TOTAL!! HOLY CRAP!!) I only walked 2, maybe 3 days all week. So yeah... Besides being preggers, I'm not surprised by my 2.8lb weight gain. But oh well.
Today starts a new week. Food in my cupboards and fridge. Easy dinners planned for this week. Lots of comfort foods like I've been wanting. including Potato soup & chicken soup, both homemade. hhhmmmmm. I guess there are some good things about being preggers, I don't have to worry as much about the foods I make. :) LOL
It's going to be a great week full of good for me food and activity. It'll be like this week... never existed. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself. :) LOL
Always,
Jules
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The best layed plans...
Are always the ones that fall flat. hahahaha!!
This has been an interesting week... Food has consisted of 3 fast food meals. 1 because I didn't feel good and hubby does not cook, 2nd because I went to make dinner and turns out my turkey was BAD... eeewwww... and it was already late so no time to defrost anything else :(, 3rd was today... lets face it... i didn't have enough groceries to pack snacks and meals to really keep me going for being gone all day. So, I caved and bought lunch. Good thing too, I was gone ALL DAY! An apple, peach and waffles would not have been enough. Oh well. So much for no fast food more than 1 day a week (we've bombed that test this week, next week IS another week though).
Exercise has SUCKED!! I have already missed 2 workouts, and again tonight... I'm missing a 3rd. Because we (I) ALL LOVE To place the blame elsewhere... we'll blame my hubby. hehehehe!! I admit... no matter how well I plan, when he's around... he is wrench thrown into my engine. oh well. I need to figure out a new schedule for our evenings, with him going back to graveyard... he's going to be around more in the evenings... I've got to stop letting him be the wrench thrown into my mix. But tonight I'll do some strength training instead and maybe some other exercises... oh yeah, maybe that handy dandy little side stepper I own. Ok... So I guess I can't blame him for tonight. DAMN!! :):):)
I say this all in gest, for the 1st time in a LONG time... I don't feel upset about this week. Maybe it's the lack of pressure because of the pregnancy, maybe it's my frame of mind that I've been trying to acquire. All i can do every day is TRY. I can do my best... and if I do that... I'll never fail... I may fall flat... but never fail. And although this hasn't necessarily been my BEST work at trying this week... I'm still ok :)
So remember... no matter how well you plan... there is always a wrench waiting to throw itself into your mix... be ready to catch it and handle it! :) I still need to learn that. :)
Always,
Jules
This has been an interesting week... Food has consisted of 3 fast food meals. 1 because I didn't feel good and hubby does not cook, 2nd because I went to make dinner and turns out my turkey was BAD... eeewwww... and it was already late so no time to defrost anything else :(, 3rd was today... lets face it... i didn't have enough groceries to pack snacks and meals to really keep me going for being gone all day. So, I caved and bought lunch. Good thing too, I was gone ALL DAY! An apple, peach and waffles would not have been enough. Oh well. So much for no fast food more than 1 day a week (we've bombed that test this week, next week IS another week though).
Exercise has SUCKED!! I have already missed 2 workouts, and again tonight... I'm missing a 3rd. Because we (I) ALL LOVE To place the blame elsewhere... we'll blame my hubby. hehehehe!! I admit... no matter how well I plan, when he's around... he is wrench thrown into my engine. oh well. I need to figure out a new schedule for our evenings, with him going back to graveyard... he's going to be around more in the evenings... I've got to stop letting him be the wrench thrown into my mix. But tonight I'll do some strength training instead and maybe some other exercises... oh yeah, maybe that handy dandy little side stepper I own. Ok... So I guess I can't blame him for tonight. DAMN!! :):):)
I say this all in gest, for the 1st time in a LONG time... I don't feel upset about this week. Maybe it's the lack of pressure because of the pregnancy, maybe it's my frame of mind that I've been trying to acquire. All i can do every day is TRY. I can do my best... and if I do that... I'll never fail... I may fall flat... but never fail. And although this hasn't necessarily been my BEST work at trying this week... I'm still ok :)
So remember... no matter how well you plan... there is always a wrench waiting to throw itself into your mix... be ready to catch it and handle it! :) I still need to learn that. :)
Always,
Jules
Monday, August 24, 2009
The randomness of me... and a little sunshine thrown in. :)
Do you ever have those days where you feel like you're empty of thoughts... but at the same time... you feel like you're brain won't turn off. Lately, that's how i feel all the time.
Ok... wait, the truth is... MOST days I feel like my brain is naturally on crack. I can't keep my own thoughts straight some times. My husband thinks I'm loco when i jump from subject to subject... but this is just how my brain works. Am I ADD... ADHD... I don't' think so. I don't have a problem slowing myself down, concentrating... ect... My brain just never stops. A lot of times this isn't a bad thing... I mean come on... do you have ANY idea how often i work through my own problems in a day... because when my brain gets bored with it... i jump to something else... even if I'm still working on said problem... which is usually when i get frustrated and mad... because then I'm not putting 100%. But I always work my way back. Kinda like how they say you work your problems out in your dreams... you just don't know it. yeah well... i do that awake. :) LOL
Needless to say, I get frustrated A LOT! I hate getting frustrated, feeling like i don't know.
Anyhow, lately though... despite my wee brain's function... I've felt empty of all thoughts. Probably could be why I don't blog as much these days. Sadly though... I know I'm not empty of thoughts because I'm thinking all day. Over and over. I've tried writing blog ideas down, but usually by the time I get to the computer put fingers to the key board, I wonder... what did I want to say about that? Why did I even want to talk about that? WHO CARES!! Cause by then... even i don't. It's a sad world in my brain... if anyone has the capability to read minds... if they ran across me... I'd drive them to the looney bin. So, do I belong in a looney bin. Ah, I don't care. :) I'm happy, content these days (which in itself is a weird feeling for me), and not bothering anyone but my blog buddies. hehe!! So probably not.
~~~~~~~~~~~NEW SUBJECT! :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This weekend has been one of those all out lazy weekends. I have gone NO WHERE!! Done just about nothing, I did however manage to work on another project (I need to finish it this week), mop my floors and wash all the laundry (hubby put it all away as usual). I've been lax on exercise, maybe that is part of my feeling empty lately... Which brings me to wonder... when the hubby is home, why do I feel the need to have that be an excuse to not do what i need to do? hhhmmm...
Speaking of walking.... I did go walking Saturday morning. I woke up to the sky being overcast and still a little sprinkle here and there... When i got out of the shower, I decided to go walking. It's one of my all time favorite things to do... walk outside when the ground is still wet and rain is still in the air. I wondered if it would rain again... and thought of maybe of not going. And then, I started to miss Washington state... So i went anyways. When i lived there... i walked no matter the weather, rain, shine and even snow. Of course, i had no car... so that was WHY. But still... i never let the weather bother me. In fact... I loved it. I've always loved the rain and being outside when it's wet and rainy and yes, even cold. So why since moving back to Az have I let the weather dictate when I do and don't go outside. I wish i knew. While walking and looking around, and really just plain enjoying remembering my old days when i still felt like a kid, but an adult at the same time... I realized WHY i love rain so much and which explains why i miss WA so much these days.
After it's rained, for me, it's like a fresh start. A fresh start for the world around me, the environment around me... and even for all of us humans. Rain just seems to wash every thing away. It gives us a new chance... everything living, a new chance. I've never looked at the dark sky and felt sad... i always felt like when the clouds did depart... I'd see a new sky... a new day dawning. A breathe of fresh air. It didn't matter for me if the sky was drab and grey for days on end... I knew what WOULD be coming. It always made the sun seem more bright. I know, it all sounds so Pollyanna (thanks Lisa, the term has been in my head for DAYS now. :) LOL) But the truth is... shouldn't every day be like this... rain or shine? That's what i thought about Saturday morning on my walk. Why is it here in Az... I don't feel like like that hardly ever... is it because I hardly get those days where I can look at the world and think... wow... it's a new day. Why is it just the dark drab sky gives me that feeling. Why not the sunshine? IS my world filled with so much sunshine... I just take it for granted? I don't know. But Saturday it certainly put all my thoughts (and my journey) into a new perspective.
Every day IS a new day, a new dawning... a new chance. Every day truly is a gift. No matter how healthy we are (or aren't) tomorrow could elude us and be no more. So we really should be thankful for every day... no matter our screw ups... our OOPPSSS I ate 2700 calories in a day (my Sunday)... or our lack of exercise (my Sunday). We shouldn't beat ourselves up. Because as the song DOES say... the sun will come up again, it's just our job to decide if we want to see it or not. That being said:
My challenge this month and until the end of September is to see the sunshine and the new day dawning (figuratively cause we all know I can't wake up that early) every day. Because I think I need the reminder of the bliss I used to experience everyday when I'd see the rain clouds... despite the lack of rain clouds. I miss feeling like, DAMN I'm glad it's today!! :)
I'll admit... today is a hard day for this one too... Because I'm all out drag out... tired. I need another lazy day. hehehe!! But I am glad it's today.
So today, i am thankful that I'm healthy enough to BE pregnant, despite my weight/health. I am thankful I am capable of taking care of my family. And most of all... I am grateful to be here today. My journey is going to be strange one over the next 8 months... But damn it, I'm thankful to experience it... no matter how weird it may get. :) LOL
But PLEASE grant me the patience to not get frustrated today. :)
What are YOU thankful for today? What makes you see the new dawning?
Always,
Jules
Ok... wait, the truth is... MOST days I feel like my brain is naturally on crack. I can't keep my own thoughts straight some times. My husband thinks I'm loco when i jump from subject to subject... but this is just how my brain works. Am I ADD... ADHD... I don't' think so. I don't have a problem slowing myself down, concentrating... ect... My brain just never stops. A lot of times this isn't a bad thing... I mean come on... do you have ANY idea how often i work through my own problems in a day... because when my brain gets bored with it... i jump to something else... even if I'm still working on said problem... which is usually when i get frustrated and mad... because then I'm not putting 100%. But I always work my way back. Kinda like how they say you work your problems out in your dreams... you just don't know it. yeah well... i do that awake. :) LOL
Needless to say, I get frustrated A LOT! I hate getting frustrated, feeling like i don't know.
Anyhow, lately though... despite my wee brain's function... I've felt empty of all thoughts. Probably could be why I don't blog as much these days. Sadly though... I know I'm not empty of thoughts because I'm thinking all day. Over and over. I've tried writing blog ideas down, but usually by the time I get to the computer put fingers to the key board, I wonder... what did I want to say about that? Why did I even want to talk about that? WHO CARES!! Cause by then... even i don't. It's a sad world in my brain... if anyone has the capability to read minds... if they ran across me... I'd drive them to the looney bin. So, do I belong in a looney bin. Ah, I don't care. :) I'm happy, content these days (which in itself is a weird feeling for me), and not bothering anyone but my blog buddies. hehe!! So probably not.
~~~~~~~~~~~NEW SUBJECT! :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This weekend has been one of those all out lazy weekends. I have gone NO WHERE!! Done just about nothing, I did however manage to work on another project (I need to finish it this week), mop my floors and wash all the laundry (hubby put it all away as usual). I've been lax on exercise, maybe that is part of my feeling empty lately... Which brings me to wonder... when the hubby is home, why do I feel the need to have that be an excuse to not do what i need to do? hhhmmm...
Speaking of walking.... I did go walking Saturday morning. I woke up to the sky being overcast and still a little sprinkle here and there... When i got out of the shower, I decided to go walking. It's one of my all time favorite things to do... walk outside when the ground is still wet and rain is still in the air. I wondered if it would rain again... and thought of maybe of not going. And then, I started to miss Washington state... So i went anyways. When i lived there... i walked no matter the weather, rain, shine and even snow. Of course, i had no car... so that was WHY. But still... i never let the weather bother me. In fact... I loved it. I've always loved the rain and being outside when it's wet and rainy and yes, even cold. So why since moving back to Az have I let the weather dictate when I do and don't go outside. I wish i knew. While walking and looking around, and really just plain enjoying remembering my old days when i still felt like a kid, but an adult at the same time... I realized WHY i love rain so much and which explains why i miss WA so much these days.
After it's rained, for me, it's like a fresh start. A fresh start for the world around me, the environment around me... and even for all of us humans. Rain just seems to wash every thing away. It gives us a new chance... everything living, a new chance. I've never looked at the dark sky and felt sad... i always felt like when the clouds did depart... I'd see a new sky... a new day dawning. A breathe of fresh air. It didn't matter for me if the sky was drab and grey for days on end... I knew what WOULD be coming. It always made the sun seem more bright. I know, it all sounds so Pollyanna (thanks Lisa, the term has been in my head for DAYS now. :) LOL) But the truth is... shouldn't every day be like this... rain or shine? That's what i thought about Saturday morning on my walk. Why is it here in Az... I don't feel like like that hardly ever... is it because I hardly get those days where I can look at the world and think... wow... it's a new day. Why is it just the dark drab sky gives me that feeling. Why not the sunshine? IS my world filled with so much sunshine... I just take it for granted? I don't know. But Saturday it certainly put all my thoughts (and my journey) into a new perspective.
Every day IS a new day, a new dawning... a new chance. Every day truly is a gift. No matter how healthy we are (or aren't) tomorrow could elude us and be no more. So we really should be thankful for every day... no matter our screw ups... our OOPPSSS I ate 2700 calories in a day (my Sunday)... or our lack of exercise (my Sunday). We shouldn't beat ourselves up. Because as the song DOES say... the sun will come up again, it's just our job to decide if we want to see it or not. That being said:
My challenge this month and until the end of September is to see the sunshine and the new day dawning (figuratively cause we all know I can't wake up that early) every day. Because I think I need the reminder of the bliss I used to experience everyday when I'd see the rain clouds... despite the lack of rain clouds. I miss feeling like, DAMN I'm glad it's today!! :)
I'll admit... today is a hard day for this one too... Because I'm all out drag out... tired. I need another lazy day. hehehe!! But I am glad it's today.
So today, i am thankful that I'm healthy enough to BE pregnant, despite my weight/health. I am thankful I am capable of taking care of my family. And most of all... I am grateful to be here today. My journey is going to be strange one over the next 8 months... But damn it, I'm thankful to experience it... no matter how weird it may get. :) LOL
But PLEASE grant me the patience to not get frustrated today. :)
What are YOU thankful for today? What makes you see the new dawning?
Always,
Jules
Saturday, August 22, 2009
All wrapped up
This week has been a rough week for me. I won't get all sappy and moody again. You can just read my posts this week if you REALLY wanna know. :) LOL
I did, by the graces of god, lose weight this week. I don't know how. Lost 2.5 pounds this week. Which I find crazy. I've been slacking on working out and 3 days this week... I just gave up counting and caring. So... With that being said.
I did, by the graces of god, lose weight this week. I don't know how. Lost 2.5 pounds this week. Which I find crazy. I've been slacking on working out and 3 days this week... I just gave up counting and caring. So... With that being said.
Here's my breakdown for the last week.
Sat
Food: Didn't keep track for nothing!!
Exercise: 0
Sun
Food: 1169 calories, 30WWP
Exercise: Walk 20min/1mi, Strength 11 min
Mon
Food: 1608 calories, 38WWP
Exercise: Walk 22min/1mi
Tues
Food: 1335 calories, 29 WWP
Exercise: 0
Wed
Food: 1279calories, 24 WWP
Exercise: 28min/ 1.31mi, strength 11min
Thurs
Food: Didn't keep track for nothing!!
Exercise: 19min/ 1mi
Fri
Food: Didn't keep track for nothing!!
Exercise: 0
The days I didn't keep track of my calories or points was just pure laziness. i ate all day, munched on BAD food choices, etc. Eating lasagna all week didn't help either. hahaha! BUT it was so good. I've got to figure out HOW to make it less points/calories. But I won't be making it for a while, so I'm in the clear. :) I certainly didn't starve myself either.
That's one thing I can say I've completely NOT been doing... OK maybe a little before my Dr apt yesterday... but I've been making sure I'm NOT hungry because lets face it... I really do need to make sure I stay "healthy" in the sense of my pregnancy all the while not gorging myself. It's a FINE line. A very fine line I'm trying desperately not to pass, but I'm doing so far so good. All in all, despite my mood I'm fine with how the week turned out, ok wait... missing 3 days of exercising was BAD, but I'm still ok with it. :):)
Always,
Jules
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