Happy Friday!

Well it's friday again!  Sorry that I haven't posted in a week. It's been a crazy week! I can describe how my week has been in four words... School's...out...for.. summer.    So, you just pictured kids at the swimming pool or running thru the sprinkler in the afternoon sun, or maybe picnics with fresh watermelon at the park, right?  Not me.  I pictured WWIII occurring in my basement because Nate won't let Ryan play the xbox. Toys and clothes and god knows what else scattered throughout my house. Kids running, screaming, yelling, hanging off chandeliers, and most of all... an empty pantry.  What is it with kids and eating constantly?  Especially when other kids come over. Do their parents not feed them? (Not you, Kami. I know you feed my kids as well!) I don't know how four kids can devour an entire box of cereal, gallon of milk, and one dozen donuts and STILL be "hungry" an hour later. It's going to be a LONG two and half months.......

I've done a little bit of cardio from videos On-Demand by Cox, but it's been too rainy to go running outside. I did convince Brian to go for a 2 mile walk with me instead of going home to nap after brunch on Sunday. Maddy enjoyed the view of the Papio Creek from his jogging stroller. We also scoped out the Bellevue Berry Farm from the trail.  Have to say, I LOVE where we built our house. It feels out in the country, and Target is 2 minutes away.
I'm also doing better about food. Instead of grabbing burgers and fries, we did Subway and Jimmy John's (hold the mayo!).  I fell off the wagon last night when I stopped for my usual zero calorie peach white tea at Quik Trip.  Those damn oatmeal raisin cookies stood up on the shelf, did a kick line and chanted my name. I figured one treat would be a good reward for being good?  It tasted damn good too!  But now I'm back on the wagon, that's slowly rolling along.

I almost forgot! I did The Color Run with one of my besties, last weekend!! I warned her ahead of time that I couldn't run like she could. My lungs just aren't "there" yet. My legs were fine with jogging, but my chest closed up and I couldn't breathe. So I had to walk a lot of it. BUT we were out there for fun, which we had a blast! And got REALLY dirty!! I looked like a rainbow had vomited on me by the end! I'm still cleaning blue and red dust out of my ears! Can't wait to do another one!

I can tell I'm getting into better shape because last night, I had to run from a kids house to my car (about half a block) due to the downpour of rain and cloud to ground lightning. I DID IT without feeling like I was going to die! I got to my car and WASN'T panting like a dog in hundred degree heat! I was very proud of myself.  This weekend, I have plans to get back out on the trail and look for some new healthy recipes to try next week.  I'm all for suggestions if you have any!!! Please share!

Day Three or Four: Weight Unknown

Okay.. yesterday was full of excuses. I was seriously tired... and every muscle in my body screamed when I moved even the slightest millimeter. So I took a day off....

BUT today is a new day!! I did sleep in just a little because I worked late last night (kids being stupid which I attributed to the full moon and that the last day of school is today). I got my butt out of bed and jogged around the block. Well, halfway around the block until the allergies kicked in and I was a snotty, wheezy mess. So I speed walked the other half and sucked down my inhaler while croaking in my driveway. Overall, very proud of myself. I could've turned my alarm off and went back to sleep, but I didn't!!!

I'm also being very rambunctious and agreed to do the Color Run tomorrow with one of my BFFs that I haven't seen in FOREVER! Her running partner dropped out (yes, that's you Chadley) I warned her that I definitely can not run a 5K and I'm still fat. But reading the description of the color run, it says it's an "un-timed race for every person, no matter shape, size, or athletic ability. It's the happiest 5K on earth!"  So Kristin's been warned... this fatty may walk the most of it with sporatic bursts of jogging. It's okay if she wants to leave me to run like a gazelle, I'm used to it. (Pointedly looking at Brian Shapiro and Kevin Arkfeld remembering the Glow Run)  I've also carried a 20 lb 8 month old five kilometers so got my upper body workout that time.
... but I've got really awesome socks to wear for this one. I'll post pics afterward.

I've also got to buy a new scale. Maddux (our 16 month old) has somehow dismantled the bottom side of it. Since I fished two of the "feet" out of his mouth, I wondered if the baby slobber shorted out the weighing capacity. OR it was my miraculous sudden gigantic weight loss that caused the screen to read "ERROR" :)   I know, you're right... it's the baby slobber. But a girl can hope, right?!

Day One: Getting up off my lazy butt!

Hi! Welcome to my blog! I've never blogged before but someone recommended it yesterday so I thought, heck, I'll try it. Not for my own good, but maybe this will help another fat mommy out there who is wanting to find that inner skinny girl again.
I'm an overweight mommy of five. Four from my previous marriage and one from my current marriage. Jacob is going to be 14, Nathan is 12, Megan is 10, Ryan is 8 and Maddux is 16 months. I work full time tracking juveniles on probation and working with families in trouble. I'm also a full time student finishing my bachelor's of science to go on and get my master's in physician assistant. Needless to say, I have no time and I'm fat. I can admit that. I started out at over 205 pounds in January and completely miserable. I hated looking in the mirror. I hated all my big clothes too and watching Biggest Loser just made me feel worse.
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last year after enduring YEARS of unexplainable pain and depression. I've lost thirty pounds using weight watchers which has helped some but also I didn't like how the meds made me feel (like I couldn't put two thoughts together) so I decided on Sunday to stop all medication and make a lifestyle change. My current lifestyle is probably just like that of every other fat mommy, FULL of excuses. I'm too tired to exercise. I'm too busy to eat right. Grabbing Burger King is so much easier than actually planning and cooking a healthy meal. Etc, Etc, Etc.... so I've decided to end the excuses and thus, here's the beginning of my blog.

DAY ONE-175 pounds:  I got about five hours of sleep last night, so getting up to take kids to school was a chore. I REALLY wanted to go back to bed when I got home, but instead I forced myself to put on a cardio video on the free zone section of Cox On Demand. Once I got started, I thought "Hey this isn't so bad, and I'm sweating so must be doing something right!"  I did the first 20 minutes before feeling like I was going to die. I was too sweaty to sit down so I then decided to take our spaz of a new puppy for a walk, thinking that maybe someday, I can turn her into a jogging partner. We jogged for about two blocks, before she tried to kill me by running under and across my feet. After my boobs met the cement sidewalk and my butt was aching from all the jiggling and bouncing, I thought we'd better stick to walking. So we walked one and half times around the subdivision. I felt pretty darn proud of myself. I'm also not tired anymore! So now time to shower and then run errands... I'm also putting some chicken in the crockpot for dinner (no pizza!) and plan on baking a low calorie berry cobbler so we can still have our sweets but hopefully stay on my weight-loss plan.