Week Three-Moderation

Let me tell you something. Sometimes you have a hard day...other times you have a hard week. Last week kind of reminded me of skipping backwards pregnant. I totally forgot to post my new picture last monday because I didn't workout, because I can't even remember right now, but I'm sure it was a good reason and the rest of the week was a mere struggle to survive...health wise anyway!

Okay, lesson learned: some weeks you feel like you are moving in reverse, ruining everything you worked for in previous weeks. When I feel like that (this last week) I choose something to focus on and let the other balls drop. At least I feel like I didn't loose it all.

This week was very fun and very busy. I spent the first half of the week at a cottage on a river with my in-laws (thanks again Aunt Dorothy!). It was so much fun and great food (and my personal contribution of candy..yummy candy) that it was hard to stick to EVERYTHING. So I chose just one thing to focus on so I could enjoy the trip and not feel guilty; since I don't think you should feel guilty for enjoying a vacation. Moderation (it's the most important to my weightloss).

I ate and enjoyed every bit of it. I really tried to be moderate in my sweet intake. I'm not glowing with great results, but I didn't go overboard either. I feel like I can pick it back up this week and that's what healthy lifestyle is all about to me.

SOOO, great for me...I had a dumpy week as far as working out and eating lots o' treats (my husband and I love a good yummy in the evenings which helped thwart the end of the week), but I tried really hard to be moderate and at least right now at this moment I'm not crying for feeling guilty, or sick to my stomach from mindless eating.

GO Fourth Week, I promise to post my pic tomorrow.

Good Friday

It's Good Friday, almost Easter. Truly the Saviour died so we can live. And not only live, but change! I'm trying to change for good. To truly incorporate good habits and be healthy my whole life. True, I'm slow and change is one at a time, but better late than never. Besides, if the whole truth came out I'd say that in these last 10 years my health and habits have changed from night to day. It's possible to change; you have set backs but that doesn't mean you aren't changing. Seek the best things in life. Seek Christ. He died so we can live and be happy. It takes work and is hard, but entirely possible.

Emotional Eating

I'd like to take a poll:

Are you an emotional eater? Yes or no.
I find that I am when I'm either overwhelmed with decisions or things to get done and also when my baby cries unconsolably.

What makes you eat? Why do you choose eating? How do you feel? What outlets have you found to replace eating?

I think emotional eating is one of the big factors that make woman feel hopeless about weightloss. No matter what you do, it's seems a re-occuring battle.

To answer these questions myself:
1.Yes, although I'm not as bad as I used to be
2. answered above
3. I'm not sure, but it's always there whereas a treadmill isn't and I can't just take off and run
4. I think I go numb because it never tastes as good and I go through it faster than if I'm eating just for fun
5. I love going to the Y and pounding out my frustrations, and cleaning my house is a quick fix although sometimes it seems useless with a two year old, turning on music. try pandora.com it's great.

Enjoy what you do

My arms are shakin, my buns a burnin', but I'm feeling so good. "You know I feel like Dancin'."

Tom asked that I make him a personalized menu plan for losing weight with meals to meet his caloric needs included so it wouldn't be so hard keeping track of calories. Wouldn't that be the life?So, for FHE all of us got a personalized food track, as our family named it, the food budget. After all my calc.'s it ended up to be more food than I thought. I guess we eat more junk than I realized. I haven't even come close to my grains and protein, but I'm doing great on my "discretionary calories". Infact, I may sometimes go over....heh, heh. What can you do when you have screaming children? EAT MORE CHOCOLATE!!! Maybe there's some work there...just maybe. Yeah, but I'm not there yet.

Which reminds me of something I thought of as I worked out today: "If you aren't enjoying it, don't do it, it's not going to work." And
"Love your body. Feed it enough. If you are hungry, eat. 'Let your body know, it can let it go' ."
I think too many women feel they can't eat anything in order to lose weight or they have to feel a certain amount of hunger. That's not only lame, but completely untrue. The more you don't eat the less you'll burn. Love your body, enjoy life. Enjoy exercising it should be fun!

ps that's my husband enjoying a little jaunt on the beach with the kids, it was really fun

Dedicated

This blog is indirectly dedicated to anyone who gets frustrated with losing weight, especially mothers.

Directly dedicated to Thomas Paul, my husband, he has been the greatest strength in my life. I don't think he even knows how beautiful he makes me feel. Also, to my dawgs. You guys are the greatest family a girl like me could ask for, I miss each one of you every day.

the teeniemama blog

I've created this blog for a couple of different reasons. First, because I just had my second child and I need to loose the baby weight. Second, there are a lot of mothers out there that feel hopeless about weightloss. Third, this is my way of supporting my sister, hopefully she can feel my love even if we are thousands of miles apart. And lastly, I want to be a Personal Trainer some day. I don't want to work anywhere, home is where I belong, but I want to do it for myself. This is my dream.