home at last

okay, so a quick update. I just got back into town after our 2 week road trip, so I have a million and one things to get done today and the next few days. But I just wanted to check in and be accountable! :)

First off, I have to say, the road trip was a huge success. I can see huge differences in my son's behavior already. But beyond that, we had a fabulous time! Thanks to all our family and friends who let us come visit/stay with them. We really had a fabulous time. I thought for sure I would come back from the trip ready to disown my children, but that was not the case at all. In fact, I had to take the oldest three to their dad's house as soon as we got back into town, for his two weeks summer visitation. I usually really enjoy the first few days at very least that they are at their dad's, it always seems like such a great break, but this time, I almost cried when I drove away and I have been missing them ever since. So, I guess you can say that we really bonded on this trip. It will for sure be one of those experiences that we will all remember for a lifetime. The only thing that could have made it better is if my husband was there with us. I missed him dearly and couldn't wait to get back to see him. The night we came into town he was working, so the two youngest girls and I went by his work to see him. On the drive there I had butterflies in my stomach and it felt like a first date of something... according to my mother-in-law that means that I really love him .. I know that she is right! :)

Well, onto the purpose of this post. While I was gone for the two weeks, I managed to exercise all but 4 of the days. I also managed to eat pretty well most of the time. Towards the end of the trip I got a little bit lazy and got tired of working so hard to eat right when everyone else was eating fast food etc. But I am happy to report that I lost 2 more lbs. while on my trip. I know it is not a huge amount, but I am still extremely proud of it. Sitting in the car for more than 41 hours (over 3000 miles) and eating fast food etc. I am impressed that I lost any weight at all.

I am ready to get back to it full force now that I am home and on my own schedule. I plan on hitting it hard this week and have already started today. So, we will see what this weeks efforts will bring!

early weigh in 6/4/2010

I am about to embark on a two week road trip with 5 kids and a dog! I am not sure if I will be able to maintain my sanity! But it should be fun and hopefully a huge blessing for us as well. The initial purpose of the trip is to take my 9 yr. old son who has ADHD to a homeopathic Dr. in my parents hometown. Other members of my family have had great results from seeing him. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that this will help him.

Anyhow, the fact that I will be traveling and using different scales (I will still have to weigh in for the fitness challenge that I will be participating in) I wanted to see what my weight is on the my scale. I have actually lost the 5 lbs. that I had gained back plus an additional 1 lb. So, I am down 6 lbs. from my last weigh in! Whoo Hoo! :)

I obviously need to keep doing what I am doing. I have not been able to work out for the past two days. Yesterday morning I was getting ready to work out (Yoga x) but remembered that the garbage can needed to be put on the curb. My husband was still in bed, so I decided to do it myself. (I usually make him do it because we have a huge, out of control dog in our backyard that attacks whoever enters the backyard ... except for Brian) Anyhow, I opened the gate and realized that the dog hadn't heard me, so I grabbed the can and started backing out of the gate as fast as I could so that I could close the gate before the dog got over to me. As I was backing up, I ran into the electric meter thing that is on the side of the house. I have a gigantic bruise my right calf, I was wearing flip flops, I twisted my ankle and ripped my foot open on the gravel (when I twisted my ankle, my flip flop came off leaving me with a barefoot) Anyhow, I have some fun injuries. Luckily my ankle is fine. My calf is fine, just really, really ugly (my hubby says it looks like I tried to get a tattoo of a wizards hat but it got smeared) The cut on my food is a large open wound. That is the injury that is keeping me from working out. I am pretty sure that if I put on a tennis shoe it would just rip open and bleed. I am anxious for it to heal so I can get back to my exercise schedule!

This diet really isn't working!

HAHA! Brian and I were having fun playing with Skype. We found ways to make our faces look pretty crazy! We were laughing so hard we were in tears! :)