Sabotage.
There's no better word for it.
A few days ago, I made the post, proclaiming that I had a goal and a goal date and what have I done since?
Absolutely nothing.
No exercise.
Bad choices.
Like having the second burrito, the Sam's Club pizza slice (and the JUMBO cherry coke the combo came with) and the alcohol, oh the alcohol.
So here I am, holding myself accountable.
It seems that every time I declare I will exercise or eat better or be healthier, I totally sabotage that plan. Now that I've gotten the sabotage out of the way, it's time to make better choices and get back on track.
Started the day with an english muffin and have a full day of cleaning ahead.
That should burn a few calories.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
The Countdown Begins
I know, I know. It's been a minute since I've updated this thing. Since November 2011 to be exact. It seems so long ago. So much has happened and yet so much remains the same.
Updates:
My darling Kaitlyn is now a high school student. It feels as if I blinked and she went from 3 to 13 in 2 seconds. She's sassy and knows everything.
Owen will be 3 in October. It feels as if he was just born yesterday.
I'm obsessed with reality tv, still. I just can't help it. Give me a Real Housewives of Anywhere and I'm all over it.
Work is keeping me busy. Sometimes too busy.
My favorite moments are Sunday mornings when everyone somehow ends up in our bed. The kids fight over who gets to lay next to me. Owen usually wins.
I think I'm going to start wearing make-up. Be more girly or something.
I've lost over 20 pounds since January 1. Thanks mostly to diet changes. Thanks mostly to making dinners and taking lunches and just making overall better food choices. I stepped on the scale today and saw numbers I hadn't seen in a couple of years, at least.
This last update leads to the title of this blog post. I am starting a countdown for health. I saw on Pinterest (by the way, totally obsessed with Pinterest) something that said, "You diet to look good with your clothes on, but you exercise to look good with your clothes off." So, this is where I get in gear and look fantastic naked. Way too much info for some of you, I know and I apologize. The end date for my transformation? My 30th birthday. As of today, thats 136 days away.
I plan to use this blog to document my transformation along the way. I'm not quite comfortable posting things like size, weight or measurements, but I can keep myself accountable.
So a warning, quite a few posts between now and 136 days from now, will be mostly dedicated to food, diet, exercise, etc. It'll be boring and not exciting in any way, but at least I warned you.
Here's to a healthier, wonderful transformation!
Updates:
My darling Kaitlyn is now a high school student. It feels as if I blinked and she went from 3 to 13 in 2 seconds. She's sassy and knows everything.
Owen will be 3 in October. It feels as if he was just born yesterday.
I'm obsessed with reality tv, still. I just can't help it. Give me a Real Housewives of Anywhere and I'm all over it.
Work is keeping me busy. Sometimes too busy.
My favorite moments are Sunday mornings when everyone somehow ends up in our bed. The kids fight over who gets to lay next to me. Owen usually wins.
I think I'm going to start wearing make-up. Be more girly or something.
I've lost over 20 pounds since January 1. Thanks mostly to diet changes. Thanks mostly to making dinners and taking lunches and just making overall better food choices. I stepped on the scale today and saw numbers I hadn't seen in a couple of years, at least.
This last update leads to the title of this blog post. I am starting a countdown for health. I saw on Pinterest (by the way, totally obsessed with Pinterest) something that said, "You diet to look good with your clothes on, but you exercise to look good with your clothes off." So, this is where I get in gear and look fantastic naked. Way too much info for some of you, I know and I apologize. The end date for my transformation? My 30th birthday. As of today, thats 136 days away.
I plan to use this blog to document my transformation along the way. I'm not quite comfortable posting things like size, weight or measurements, but I can keep myself accountable.
So a warning, quite a few posts between now and 136 days from now, will be mostly dedicated to food, diet, exercise, etc. It'll be boring and not exciting in any way, but at least I warned you.
Here's to a healthier, wonderful transformation!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Extreme Couponing
Disclaimer: I am not an extreme couponer.
Phew.
I'm glad I made that clear before I continued.
I spent my morning clipping coupons. Store coupons, manufacturer coupons and internet coupons. I got my stash ready and made my way to the store. I knew going into the store that when I would be rung up that my total would not be zero. I was okay with that, but I was trying something new today...stacking coupons.
Stacking coupons - that's when you combine store coupons and manufacturer coupons to get even better deals. I've always been afraid to do this. Fear that it wouldn't ring up. Fear that I'd hold up 10 people in line and get dirty looks. Fear that the clerk wouldn't know how to ring up coupons. Fear that I'd be told I was an idiot and couldn't stack coupons. Not today. I walked in with coupons organized and list in hand.
As I was being rung up, I saw my total going up and up and I felt dread in my belly...what had I done? Did I really need two bags of chocolate chips (I actually did, it was a condition of one of my coupons) and before I knew it, everything was accounted for. I shakily handed over my coupons and saw the clerk go to work. It wasn't bad at all. It was actually exciting! All but 2 of my manufacturer coupons even doubled! DOUBLED! Madness I tell you.
I felt like buying another newspaper and doing it all over again!
I saved $70 off of my total.
I was one of those people who shook my head at that extreme couponing show, but I totally get it. Can't wait for next week's ads to do it all over again!
Phew.
I'm glad I made that clear before I continued.
I spent my morning clipping coupons. Store coupons, manufacturer coupons and internet coupons. I got my stash ready and made my way to the store. I knew going into the store that when I would be rung up that my total would not be zero. I was okay with that, but I was trying something new today...stacking coupons.
Stacking coupons - that's when you combine store coupons and manufacturer coupons to get even better deals. I've always been afraid to do this. Fear that it wouldn't ring up. Fear that I'd hold up 10 people in line and get dirty looks. Fear that the clerk wouldn't know how to ring up coupons. Fear that I'd be told I was an idiot and couldn't stack coupons. Not today. I walked in with coupons organized and list in hand.
As I was being rung up, I saw my total going up and up and I felt dread in my belly...what had I done? Did I really need two bags of chocolate chips (I actually did, it was a condition of one of my coupons) and before I knew it, everything was accounted for. I shakily handed over my coupons and saw the clerk go to work. It wasn't bad at all. It was actually exciting! All but 2 of my manufacturer coupons even doubled! DOUBLED! Madness I tell you.
I felt like buying another newspaper and doing it all over again!
I saved $70 off of my total.
I was one of those people who shook my head at that extreme couponing show, but I totally get it. Can't wait for next week's ads to do it all over again!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Back to School Shopping
I think this is the first year I've done back to school shopping without Kaitlyn.
These days, she's too cool to hang out with us at home days before she's due to start school, so naturally she's at her friend's house. She'd been there since yesterday morning and we probably won't see her until sometime tomorrow, maybe.
I probably bought way more than I should have and probably bought things she doesn't even need. Like crayons. 8th graders need crayons right? They were only like $0.74 so it was a total bargain...and she'll use them, maybe.
I figured out the problem with back to school shopping....places like Walmart (where I did my shopping) offer such great prices on everything that you feel everything is a bargain and therefore you must buy 1043 of them. We bought a bag of mechanical pencils (20 count) for $1.49. Really? Is she really going to go through 20 mechanical pencils? To top that off, I bought lead refills because they were only $0.99. So not only will she not use the 20 pencils, she probably won't use all the lead either. The real problem though is that I simply can't help myself. I went down the aisle and just tossed things in. By the time we were being rung up, I realized that I added about 10 portfolio folders. 10. She could have probably used 3, maybe 4 but 10?
All in all, I spent too much money, bought things that aren't needed and still can't help but think that I forgot to get something.
I think I need help.
These days, she's too cool to hang out with us at home days before she's due to start school, so naturally she's at her friend's house. She'd been there since yesterday morning and we probably won't see her until sometime tomorrow, maybe.
I probably bought way more than I should have and probably bought things she doesn't even need. Like crayons. 8th graders need crayons right? They were only like $0.74 so it was a total bargain...and she'll use them, maybe.
I figured out the problem with back to school shopping....places like Walmart (where I did my shopping) offer such great prices on everything that you feel everything is a bargain and therefore you must buy 1043 of them. We bought a bag of mechanical pencils (20 count) for $1.49. Really? Is she really going to go through 20 mechanical pencils? To top that off, I bought lead refills because they were only $0.99. So not only will she not use the 20 pencils, she probably won't use all the lead either. The real problem though is that I simply can't help myself. I went down the aisle and just tossed things in. By the time we were being rung up, I realized that I added about 10 portfolio folders. 10. She could have probably used 3, maybe 4 but 10?
All in all, I spent too much money, bought things that aren't needed and still can't help but think that I forgot to get something.
I think I need help.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Getting Ready
Before I start my rant, has it really been this long since I've blogged? The last post says February 14, that can't be right, can it? Nearly two months ago. Had I not failed Project 365 then, I most certainly would have by now :)
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
The husband is in Chicago, attending a cousin's wedding. Normally that means a carefree weekend with the kiddos except for the fact that when he returns on Monday, he's arriving with my MIL. Immediately my weekend has done a 180. The house needs a scrub down from top to bottom, in every room. The new bed we bought (for my MIL to sleep in) has no sheets. We have no laundry detergent and enough laundry to fill the entire weekend. I need to buy groceries, so there's food to eat next week while she's here and the list goes on and on.
So, today will consist of going out and buying anything/everything we need and then coming home and getting to work.
This last week has been hectic and busy and I'm glad it's over. I worked overtime on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, Kaitlyn had a dance recital each night - and was fantastic. Nick left for Chicago on Friday, I saw an old friend and had our tub refinished, all in the same day.
On top of everything else, I have a wedding to get in shape for. I have about a 4 month countdown window.
Wish me luck :)
Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
The husband is in Chicago, attending a cousin's wedding. Normally that means a carefree weekend with the kiddos except for the fact that when he returns on Monday, he's arriving with my MIL. Immediately my weekend has done a 180. The house needs a scrub down from top to bottom, in every room. The new bed we bought (for my MIL to sleep in) has no sheets. We have no laundry detergent and enough laundry to fill the entire weekend. I need to buy groceries, so there's food to eat next week while she's here and the list goes on and on.
So, today will consist of going out and buying anything/everything we need and then coming home and getting to work.
This last week has been hectic and busy and I'm glad it's over. I worked overtime on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, Kaitlyn had a dance recital each night - and was fantastic. Nick left for Chicago on Friday, I saw an old friend and had our tub refinished, all in the same day.
On top of everything else, I have a wedding to get in shape for. I have about a 4 month countdown window.
Wish me luck :)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Something different...
I'm laying in bed, posting to this blog using an iPad. I've got to say, it's actually pretty cool and very convenient. Lightweight and easy to use.
Decided to see just how easy this would be so I know what to do when I'm taking a break from angry birds :)
Decided to see just how easy this would be so I know what to do when I'm taking a break from angry birds :)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Project 365: EPIC FAIL
Man, did I set myself up for failure or what?
Project 365 was successful for what, 6 days? How embarrassing! I honestly wanted to succeed this one, but deep down, I knew....I knew it wouldn't happen, but I thought if I had the 4 of you who read this have something to look forward to, who were counting on me, that I would!
Did the 4 of you really believe that? :o)
Now that that's out of the way....it's been a while.
There's not a whole lot to report...just some observations...
Work has been interesting, to say the least...
Kids are good....the munchkin is getting into everything! To make matters worse, he's climbing everywhere.
I refuse to buy $9 underwear, it's not even that expensive at VS!
Shedding for the Wedding is an awesome title for a TV show
Got a new washing machine, hella cheap
Excited to switch back to Verizon - it'll mean no more dropped calls, no static, a brand new iPhone!
At this point, I've donated $50 to my sisters in the weight loss challenge as I haven't really done anything and weigh in is soon
Alright folks, more updates soon!
Project 365 was successful for what, 6 days? How embarrassing! I honestly wanted to succeed this one, but deep down, I knew....I knew it wouldn't happen, but I thought if I had the 4 of you who read this have something to look forward to, who were counting on me, that I would!
Did the 4 of you really believe that? :o)
Now that that's out of the way....it's been a while.
There's not a whole lot to report...just some observations...
Work has been interesting, to say the least...
Kids are good....the munchkin is getting into everything! To make matters worse, he's climbing everywhere.
I refuse to buy $9 underwear, it's not even that expensive at VS!
Shedding for the Wedding is an awesome title for a TV show
Got a new washing machine, hella cheap
Excited to switch back to Verizon - it'll mean no more dropped calls, no static, a brand new iPhone!
At this point, I've donated $50 to my sisters in the weight loss challenge as I haven't really done anything and weigh in is soon
Alright folks, more updates soon!
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