Well, since we survived the wilderness last year, I've decided that it's time to do more than survive...it's time to be proactive.
This log is mainly going to be about how I feel and how I feel I look. I struggle with energy level because my B-12 absorbtion is low and a slightly low thyroid, so I am going to get more blood work done and see how things are going now that I've been consistently taking 1000mg B-12 a day. I've also been turned down for donating blood (3 times recently) because my iron is too low. Because of that I've picked up my prenatal vitamin again.
So here's my vitamin schedule: 6 greens plus pills, 1 Flame Out, 1 B-12 (1000 mg, time released), and a prenatal vitamin.
Today's HIIT was pretty quick since I am trying to get Jack and I used to going to the Y to workout. I have a feeling that that's what this week will look like...just something to get us both used to going. Samantha's the easiest of all b/c she likes to play dress up there!
The kids are down now so I am going to rest! Later taters!
Good luck with attaining your '07 goals, Jamie. Looking forward to watching your progress.
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
My overall goals are 1)Loose fat...considering Velocity Diet to help with this 2)Be strong and have lots of energy for all the things I want to do.
Eventually, when we get in the swing of things and I can spend more than 20 minutes, I'll probaby go to NROL Fat Loss I. But we just bought Metabolism Advantage, so that's a possibility too. For now, I am doing HIIT, and 2-3 sets of basic movements: squat, deadlift, push ups, pull ups, etc.
My plan to "get in the swing of things" is to show up at the gym everyday for lifting or HIIT.
Awesome Jamie I am really looking forward to following your log. As a busy mom with little ones I can relate to the challenges that poses in trying to get into a regular schedule. It will be interesting as well to see how some of the health related challenges go along with your training. It all links together. I started keeping a journal at home too of things that are important to me and how they all link together and affect each other. Your log will be very interesting to follow and will provide much inspiration. You are a great mom and your posts are always a source of inspiration, humor and thought. Woohoo Jamie this is very exciting
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Yeah! looking forward to reading and keeping up to date here!
I'd say skip the velocity diet and anything else drastic. You might lose quickly, but it'll all come back if you're not as or 10x as careful as when you were dieting. It's a long haul, work on your energy levels and basics!
If both of you can agree on eating like MA recommends, I'd say to do that. Nothing like teaching the kids great eating habits by watching their parents eat right.
Yeah! looking forward to reading and keeping up to date here!
I'd say skip the velocity diet and anything else drastic. You might lose quickly, but it'll all come back if you're not as or 10x as careful as when you were dieting. It's a long haul, work on your energy levels and basics!
If RedLefty posts in here saying "good job RedWifey " I think I may just shoot myself.
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Good luck Mrs. Red, I'll be following along as well.
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Two Bears Dadda? Two Bears Benno, just two. ______________________________ ___________
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
My overall goals are 1)Loose fat...considering Velocity Diet to help with this 2)Be strong and have lots of energy for all the things I want to do.
Eventually, when we get in the swing of things and I can spend more than 20 minutes, I'll probaby go to NROL Fat Loss I. But we just bought Metabolism Advantage, so that's a possibility too. For now, I am doing HIIT, and 2-3 sets of basic movements: squat, deadlift, push ups, pull ups, etc.
Velocity Diet and "have lots of energy" conflict with each other IMO! I want to agree with Cappy and LD and encourage you to use the nutrition plan from MA.
I like your lifting plan and getting the kids comfortable with the gym experience. NROL and MA both have good lifting plans to move into.
Today I am mad as h-e-double hockey sticks!! This may be TMI, but Jack poopoos in his diaper every morning and will not go back to sleep after that. So this morning, it's 5:35 and I can hear him on the monitor fussing. I didn't go in because it breaks my "sleep until the sun comes up" rule, but instead of going back to sleep, I just lay there listening to him fuss, then he gets quiet, then he fusses, and the cycle continues for an hour and 15 minutes. Finally at 6:45, I go in and change his freakin' diaper and by then, of course, he's not going back to sleep, so I've essentially started my day at 5:35. Most days I'm cool with being the mom and having no control over my life, but today it just got me. Then I lost my temper with Samantha and screamed pretty loud at her. So, I definitely win the bad mom award today! But now that I have a few hours for myself, I can't decide what to do! My list is so long and 5 hours goes so quickly when they're in school that I want to do the most important stuff first, but I just can't decide what that is. I think i am going to see if Jenn can bring the Wam-bulence and come take my sorry butt somewhere else today.
But at least I went and worked out. It was fine, but there was no "delayed" in my DOMS today; it's just plain Muscle Soreness from running yesterday. Squats and Pushups were one superset; deadlifts and pull ups were superset #2. Did some warm up overhead squats...I have a much better time keeping form with these than I do with "potato sack" squats.
Pull ups were interesting. I had 120lbs of help and still could only do 4 in each set. That made me feel VERY weak. Before Jack was born, I could do sets of 5 with no help. Guess I've got my work cut out for me.
Thanks for all your encouragement, everyone. Without you and this log, I wouldn't have gone today and I would have already given up after my rough morning. I think the plan for the day is just to be quiet and the good things in my life that I can be happy about...namely that Red and I have been married 8 years today. Yeah us!
Sucks about the poop. How about this? Tomorrow, rather than you both stewing in it, go change him and then let him "play" in crib until the sun comes up. He'll learn that it's bed 'til dawn, at least.
Make your coffee. Read a bit. Whatever.
My daughter (she was a bit older than Jack) would wake up everyday at 5:00. I wanted to get up at 6:30. But, I could never get back to sleep after I heard her puttering around (lonely). It sucked, because I felt like I just wasted more than an hour NOT SLEEPING.
Eventually, I learned my lesson. I started to get up and just be up with her. After a day or two she was good with us both being up together, yet silent and happy, doing our own things.
Eventually, she started using that time to sit near me, reading to herself while I read and had coffee.
I know that's what I should do, I just get tired of someone else dictating when I make my every move. Today, I am just feeling like a rebel. Probably after I stew a bit more, I'll get over it, make it right with Samantha after school and be done with it.
If I do the right thing, I'll just have to go to bed earlier.
Hi RedWifey...my son used to poop himself awake. It drove me crazy, but it eventually stopped. It looks like you have a great plan. Best of luck to you! I know how hard it can be to try to get your workouts done while there are little ones around!
Thanks Jill! It is HIGHLY annoying, but encouraging that there might be an end to it. The other thing I am going to do today is buy bigger diapers so maybe it won't be so annoying to him. Who knows!
Good news is he's regular - bad news is he poops at 5:30 a.m. Our 2-year old has been getting up at 6-7 a.m. but he pratically stumbles out of his room half asleep. Not sure why he won't stay in there and at least wake up a little more. But he's not getting enough sleep and is crabby all morning. The only theory that we've come up with is that he's getting up so he can see his Daddy before he leaves for work...which I love, but it's awful hard on his Mom.
Just know this...that 1-hour or so you spend at the gym is YOUR time...no one else is dictating what you do and you've chosen to become healthier by working out. I really get frustrated when I don't get that time. Give me an hour and I'm perfectly happy donating the rest of the day to the rest of the family. But I need that one hour or so...everyone does...need to get my wife to take that one hour or so and do something for Herself...
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
Jamie, congrats on getting the w/o in despite the fact you were feeling low. That's super. And don't worry about the weakness; you're coming back from a long hiatus. You WILL get the strength back now that you're back into the routine.
Good luck with Jack's issue. While these things seem overwhelming now, I can assure you, as a parent of two teenagers and a 9 y.o., that this phase will not last forever. In fact, you may look back on it with fondness one day. Really.
(PS My younger daughter turned 13 today. I am now officially the parent of two teenage girls. Ack. )
(PPS Happy Anniversary to you and Michael.)
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"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
Jamie firstly Happy Anniversary
I feel your pain. I know how frustrating it is when the little ones get up so early and you really need that extra hour or more. My little guy still gets up at 3 am to tell me he has to pee and needs a drink. Don't be so hard on yourself about what happened with Samantha. You are human my dear and your day started way earlier than it should have. Just remember it for next time and use it as a learning experiance. Being a mom is such a demanding thing and we all have our moments when we aren't at our very best. You are a great mom so don't beat yourself up. As far as what to do when you have kidfree time the first thing you should do is something for yourself. Worry about the other stuff after you give yourself atleast 20 mins to decompress and regain your focus. Great job getting in the gym, that alwayshelps me destress and is something that is all for me. Enjoy it. Anytime you need the wambulance to escape just yell for me
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"My darling," she said at last, "are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?"
"I don't mind at all," I said. "It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you."
Today was good. It started at 4 am, but I changed his diaper and put his silly self back to bed and he did something between 4:30 and 7 that seemed fairly quiet!
The exercise portion was good. Before Jack was born, I was running an 11 minute mile (I know, not fast, but the fastest I've been) and today I did an 11:40 mile doing intervals. It was VERY painful at the beginning...my chest was feeling the majority of the impact; yesterday I had OMS and today I had DOMS.
It's amazing what time with your spouse can do for a persons outlook on life! Thanks to all my friends here for the encouragement and the well wishes on our anniversary! You guys are GREAT!
hmmmm, no workout today! I kinda threw out my back a little bit ago. It WAY hurt, but stopped pretty fast. The only thing that lasted a little while was the feeling like I needed to throw up. I'm gonna post a thread in the injury forum and see what Bill says.
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"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right." - Henry Ford
"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
RedWifey gets in gear
Good to have you around. Wow. The Velocity Diet? You're not messing around are you? Good luck!
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