5/3/12 Exercise

2.7 miles this morning.

walked a block from the car to the parade and back

held a 30 pound boy on my shoulders for about 45 minutes and lifted him up and down off of those shoulders.  that's totally strength training.  I should've counted the reps.

5/3/12 Food log

Smoothie for breakfast 189 cal

An iced chai made at home w/ 3/4 c skim milk and sugarfree chai mix for 64 cal

Lunch was a fat free yoplait yogurt, and a pita with imitation crab and hummus 315 cal

Dinner was the majority of two taco bell bean burritos (we were at the parade, options were limited), a bite of cotton candy, and a few craisins for a total of 841 cal

Daily total was 1403 calories

It's 9:10 in the morning

It feels great to already have my workout in for the day.  I left Agent P in his pajamas, fixed him a waffle and a smoothie to go and we went at it first thing this morning.  Not only am I glad to have it over with, but I feel like I really accomplished something and it's not looming over my head all day.  And those aren't the only benefits.  Agent P normally watches cartoons while he eats his breakfast, but today the world was his tv show.  So that cut down on his tv time too (something I've been meaning to do for a while now).

If only I could get this motivated every morning.

We did 2.7 miles in 45 minutes.  Not quite a 4 on the treadmill, but better than a 3 (a 3.6 if my calculations are correct).  I used to be able to walk at a 4.0 and much higher no sweat.  In my best shape, I could jog at a 5 mph pace for 4 miles straight.  Some day...

(And yes, those are totally my shoes.  The ones we blamed one of the girls for leaving on C's floor Sunday morning while we were trying to leave for church.  I didn't even know what my shoes looked like. Gotta tell the girl sorry for that one...)

Seconds?

I'm really not all that hungry, but I just want to eat.  I make something tasty for dinner and I just want to have more of it, even though I'm full.  I'm just not overly stuffed and I'm not used to that feeling.

My belly says it's full, but my mind says it wants more.

5/2/2012 Food log

While I didn't do great on exercising today, I did pretty good on my eating.

Breakfast was another smoothie 189 cal (noticing a trend here?  It's Ez's new favorite thing.  I think it's b/c he thinks he's getting a milkshake for breakfast.)

Lunch: A whole wheat pita pocket filled with imitation crabmeat, a light string cheese and a few strawberries 263 cal

Dinner was eaten at church, I had a smallish chicken thigh, lots of mixed vegetables, and one slice of bread with a little bit of butter on it. 528 cal (and since I didn't measure my portions, I made sure to over-estimate them when I counted them. ex: I think I used about 1 1/2 tsp of butter, but I counted it as a Tbsp)

Snacks: 2 graham crackers w/ peanut butter in between them 155 cal.  oh and 1 white chocolate m&m that my son gave me.

Total calories 1135 (plus 1 m&m, how many calories is that?)

5/2/2012 Exercise

Honestly, I didn't do anything today.  I got a new book from the library and I just wanted to sit and read it.  And we ran too many errands, but I did park by the Fern Creek library and walk all the way down to Kroger and back.  And I parked far away at Target.  And I was carrying my 30 pound son.  So I got some cardio, just not enough to really count.  I wanted to walk after I got home from church, but J isn't home and I can't leave a sleeping two year old alone in the house.

The imperfect mom

I often feel like a failure as a mother.  It was amazing to me to read this blog today and see so much encouragement for the imperfect mom.  It's not about getting everything right, because I will never do that.  It's about loving. As the writer of the article says:

To be quite honest, there are a million ways that I stink at being a mother.

But there is one way that tells me I’m a great one:  I love my kids with everything inside of me.

I've got to show my son that I love him, all the time, in the same way that God loves us.