monster update (not in size)

*After 5 days of coughing, sneezing, stuffiness, runny nose, not eating well, or sleeping, I finally gave in and took monster to the doctor. what does she have? an upper respiratory tract infection, or in other words a fancy name for a cold. Plus, I got yelled at for her not being big enough. Have you ever tried to make a baby eat who doesn't want to eat? I don't know what more I can do. I guess 16 pounds isn't enough. Too bad. She's just going to be a small girl.

*Missed out on going to our class field trip tonight because of said cold and need for monster to sleep. Sad, we missed out on the petting zoo but monster's not really ready for that yet. Maybe in a few months...

*We started switching monster over to whole milk today. So far, same reaction as to formula. Will drink a little and then stop. Need to get this kid to drink better... maybe a straw?

epic 3 hour nap

On a completely different topic... I sometimes wonder if I would like the bloggers that I follow in real life? Some of them yes for sure, but others, I'm not really sure if I would or not. And, would they like me?

goals

On July 30th, I said my goal for August was to blog 2-3 times a week... So, how’d I do in August? 14 total posts. What did I post about? Random nothing... a little bit of something... and I made a new friend, Court3ney.

Aug 1

Aug 3

Aug 4

Aug 5

Aug 8

Aug 12

Aug 15

Aug 17

Aug 21

Aug 23

Aug 24

Aug 27

Aug 30

Aug 31

Goal for September – do something nice for me every day (i.e. dress pretty, wear make up, do Pilates, eat a treat, relax, watch a crappy TV show, etc) Will do a round up at the end of the month.  Also, continue to blog 2-3 times a week.

Oh yeah, I joined twitter finally. I just couldn't resist any longer. Next will probably be pinterest though I am holding out because I know I'll get addicted!

Half-year report

Update... I have not done much in the last 3 months. This list looks eerily similar to the one I posted in May. This summer was not much in the way of my goals, but I am hopeful that will change in the upcoming months.

30 before 30.

Health--Body

1.  Run a 5K with decent finish time (60 minutes or less).  DONE April 28
2.  Do a mud run. 
3.  Give up Diet Pepsi.
4.  Lose 10 pounds. DONE April 14
5.  Try a yoga class.
6.  Do water aerobics.
7.  Learn something new (physical).

Health--Mental

8.  Get off all meds and feel good about it. **I am off all meds and feel mostly good about it... only time will tell. In the next 6 months I plan that I will feel good about it!**
9.  Learn something new (intelligence).
10.  Learn to grow something (flowers or veggies).
11.  Finish Audrey’s baby book/scrapbook/calendar.

Food

12.  Bake a cake from scratch. DONE 04/25/2012
13.  Make homemade peanut butter cups with cookie crust.

House

14.  Go through closet and simplify wardrobe (use it or lose it). 
15.  Clean out and organize office. **started working on this, will take a while**
16.  Paint office and trim.
17.  Paint front porch and garage door.
18.  Decorate the dining room.
19.  Solve the coats and shoes dilemma **mostly finished**
20.  Get new sheets/pillows for bed.  **Still need pillows but sheets are done**
21.  Frame some family pictures (gallery wall). **Have some but not all framed, need an IKEA trip! and some spray paint**
22.  Go through knickknack box/get rid of/put out/store things.**partially started**
23.  Make/hang curtains in living room/dining room.

Travel

24.  Take a trip somewhere I haven’t been.
25.  Visit Monmouth.
26.  Check out city of Madison. DONE 06/15 and 06/16
27.  Go to Duluth for a weekend. DONE O5/13 thru 05/15/2012
28.  Spend a weekend camping out of town.

Other

29.  Finally change name on passport.
30.  Watch the Lethal Weapon movies.

One month update

As of Saturday (my weigh-in day), April 7, I have lost ... 6 pounds toward my #4 goal for 30b430. Yay for me!!!

as for my other 30b430 goals, i am slowly but surely working on them and eventually I will post about them. :) I hope.

Fail

Last week was a total loss. Did not exercise. Did not track food. Did not watch portion sizes.

Result? Up 2 pounds.

New goal: Make up for last week by keeping better track of portion sizes and drinking more water.

I can't seem to find the motivation I need... what is it going to take?

Weekly Update

Since buying a new digital scale last week, I have been obsessively weighing myself every day. Sometimes 2 and 3 times a day. I know that my weight fluctuates throughout the day and that I drive myself crazy every time I see the numbers go up, but I can't seem to help it. It's just sitting there on the floor, staring at me, all shiny and screaming "Step on me! See what the numbers say!!" I have to admit, I love having the digital scale. We had an old fashioned, non-digital one that worked well enough but I could never for sure tell what the number was. Plus, I think it was a few pounds off both ways, high and low, so the actual weight was never truly what is should have been.

So now for the update.
Goal for last week: physical activity 3 times. FAIL. I only did the treadmill twice.
Goal for this week: Redo C 2 5K week 1 and try to jog at least half the time. Drink 64 oz H20 every day.

Weight: 192.5
Total lost: 2.5 pounds.

So even with having 2.5 "cheat" days this weekend (Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday) and not doing all the physical activity I should have, I still lost weight. I guess cutting back on portion sizes really is a good place to start. Now, here's to this coming week! :)