It's officially been more than 6 weeks!
Studies generally say that you should "see" results of a diet/exercise program after 6 weeks. I saw them alot sooner, but I took that thought today and actually looked at my body, and what has changed.
If I flex my arms, I have muscles in there. Also, I'm not avoiding sleeveless shirts (okay, i am right now, but that's only because it's the middle of winter here... but otherwise I wouldn't
My stomach used to be this huge amount of skin that completely hung over my pants. (I had a condition when pregnant called polyhydramnios, that means you have WAY too much amniotic fluid. Because of that, I will always have nasty sagging skin on my belly, BUT doesn't mean I shouldn't try to make it as pretty as possible.) Well, now my tummy has no hanging skin left. I mean, there's still the bubble of extra skin, but it's not hanging anywhere. (i.e. I don't look pregnant anymore, which usually is how it looked!)
My legs have crazy definition now. There's that indentation which shows my muscle that I hadn't seen in 2+ years. Also, my calves are now getting sculpted instead of just being these fat things chilling under my thighs.
My booty. Okay, I won't talk about the booty in detail, but lets just say it has improved.

One thing that's very exciting is how I wake up every day feeling better, more confident, and since I know I'll eventually hit my goal, I feel very happy.
Okay, well enough rambling on and on about myself... I'm going to go upstairs and pack. Love you guys!
OH, and just wait until my weigh-in on Wednesday... it's gonna be a shocker, because it's already a shocker to me what I weigh today!

Hmmm... last day of November. Last day of the CrAzIeSt month of my entire life. And it's only going to get worse before it gets better. Everytime I think I know what I'm going to do (where to live, work, what to do with my kids...) it changes. I HATE not knowing whats going on. It's really starting to drive me crazy!
Urg.
Anyway, today I was at the gym for 4 and 1/2 hours.
Before you read that number and think I even remotely worked out well, let me tell you 3 and 1/2 hours were talking to people about stuff. Exhausting...
So, I'll be going to the gym tomorrow morning at 8am, and then tomorrow night I work again. (fun! okay, not really)
I'm getting ready to go upstairs get some food, bathe my kids, and then call it a night. I was on the phone with a good friend last night for more than 2 hours... (I LOVED every second of it, but I still am running on barely any sleep.)
Okay, I guess that's it for me. Wow am I super boring for the last few days... Sorry. Love Ya'll

Calories Burned: 600 ( )
Calories eaten: 1350

Weight: ?? check on Wednesday!

I want to add in a "Weekly goal" area in this blog. I keep track of all my weight/fitness/food related info in a big binder (with dividers and all that fun stuff!) One of the things I do EVERY week is set some goals to make sure I hit them. Well, after last week of me ignoring them to go drinking and dancing all the time (vodka cranberry anyone?) I feel like if I post them in here, I will actually MAKE sure they get done.
So here we go.
GOALS TO HIT BY WEDNESDAY: Dec. 6 (wow, it'll be Dec!)
1. Run at least 2 miles each day at the gym... (urg)
2. Make sure to go to Kickboxing AND Yoga (did kickboxing today...so CHECK!)
3. Lose 2lbs gained over holiday, plus another 2= 153 (ambitious...but all natural food will help with that I hope.)
4. Do a Tae Bo session at home
5. Eat all natural

There I go. Goals for the week. NEXT Wednesday, I will write to say how many of them I accomplished. Wish me luck!

p.s. normal wednesday post is underneath this

Day 40? Uh, wow. That's pretty awesome. Well, I FINALLY got my @SS back into gear and I'm going for those goals I spoke about earlier. (sweet booty, sweet legs, sweet arms, all that fun stuff...)
I ran ALOT today.
5.25 miles actually. At 5.2 miles an hour. (Yea me!)
I've noticed that the couple of times I've ran alot, I'd had oatmeal for breakfast... hmm.. I'm gonna stick to that! It gives me energy without that "full" feeling, yet I feel full in a content way. I don't know if that made any sense.
John, I just happened to read your comment RIGHT before I hit the gym, and you are right. I shouldn't have expected my body to do that much. (I pushed it simply because I'm CRAZY... but it was a little rougher than it usually would have been. EXCEPT the running... that was shocking still there as far as endurance goes.)
So guess what our temp was out here today?? Anyone? 1 degree. Yep, one. with a windchill of -15. YIKES! I actually FELT BAD dragging all the kiddies to the playgym in that weather! Also, my car takes so long to heat up, so that wasn't fun. I'm sure it's only going to get worse...urg. Okay, well, that's it for me today. I KICKED some CRAZY SERIOUS booty in the gym. Oh, and I am going all natural. At least until I move out (then I can't buy expensive groceries anymore ).
Love ya'll

Calories Burned: 1745
Calories Eaten: 1030 (about to go eat dinner)
Weight: 157 lbs (check on it again NEXT wednesday... changed it from Fridays to Wednesdays to go with my "weekly goal")

Today is the day I'm going to get it all back together.

This last week was rough for me (and my waistline), but today I'm putting all that back into check.

I'm going back to where I ALWAYS fit in gym time. NO MATTER WHAT. I felt so much better about myself when I did that.

And it starts now. I'm going to go feed the kids lunch, hit the gym, go to the grocery store and get some food. I'm thinking *maybe* all natural again. (only because my skin glowed where as right now it's pretty spotty!) and I felt so healthy doing that. THEN tonight I'll go to the gym AGAIN for my kickboxing class.

All people have set-backs. It's completely natural. But, back in the day... this is where I'd get out of control and start re-gaining everything I'd come to lose. Not this time. I'm back in control and I'm going to get to my goals.

Love you guys. : )