Is It Naptime Yet?: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Actually we were back Sunday, but I have just crawled out of my post vacation funk. I made an iMovie. It can be found here if you have the inclination to watch my family vacation to New York fly by in 7 and a half minutes! If you watch it, I know you really love me. Ha Ha.

We did many things. Here are the highlights:

took a boat ride on Lake George
got yelled at by the Jackass in the Box neighbor up at the "camp"
swam in the lake
got reprimanded by more neighbors at the beach for digging a hole in the sand
ate ribs!
put puzzles together
made fun of Sara
bumped into each other in the kitchen repeatedly
hunted for grocery stores
had zero cell reception
read books (even Mike)
marveled at how expensive things are in New York
rode down and up mountain roads gripping the "Jesus Handle"
enjoyed the automatic doors on the Swagger Wagon. (AJ renamed it Rocket Car and he cried when we had to take it back to Enterprise.)
bet fake money on the ponies and won fake money
tasted spring/mineral waters all over town
spit out spring/ mineral waters all over town
drank wine with Sara

I know there is more- we had a fabulous time and AJ was a blast to have along. He was a real trooper in the car and he slept like a champ each night. It was so good to see Sara and Erin and Rory, too. I can't wait to do it again!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

OFGS- The Lean part of ChaLean Extreme

Here's the latest slim down report: I have lost 23 lbs and have 20.5 lbs left to lose. I feel stronger and I am able to do things I have not done in a long time. What, you ask? Well, I will list them below.

1. I no longer get winded walking up the stairs at home.

2. I no longer get heartburn when I lay down at night.

3. I need a belt.

4. I can paint my toenails/tie my shoes/bend over to pick stuff up and can breathe normally while doing so.

5. I can carry AJ with one arm for "long" periods of time. In this case "long" means until he stops crying.

I am still having pain in my knees, but as long as I keep moving and keep them "oiled" I can live with it.

There are plenty of challenges I still face. I will list these too, so you see that this is real and no walk in the park. To reach my goal of "Fit at 40" I will have to buckle down and really re-assess the journey.

1. I am having a hard time getting up in the morning to work out. A real hard time.

2. Sticking to a healthy eating plan remains a constant challenge. Junk calls my name. I hear it. I have locked it out of the house but it still calls me. Like a vampire wanting to be invited in.

3. Although the pounds have started to come off again (thanks to Shakeology) they are still coming off slower than I would like. I have been losing .5 lbs per week and I would like to see 1-2 lb losses instead, but I'm greedy.

4. I am nervous that I will not be able to do some of the exercises in the Lean Circuits. Wow they look hard.

Chalene and Coach Katie say I should write down goals and share them to make them more "real" and attainable. So here are my new goals for this new phase.

1. Get up. Early.

2. Take off 7 lbs before school starts on September 9th so I can start the school year 30 lbs lighter. That is in 37 days. 5 weeks and 2 days. That means about 1.4 lbs per week. Hmmm.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Making Tracks to Algonquin

After a rip roaring good time in Glenview, (see the post below) we went over to Betty and Rog's place after church. I had given Papa Rog a tub of Thomas tracks I got as a hand me down and I asked him to put them together. He sorted out the pieces and had them ready to go on the table for AJ to see. He has had a crazy train weekend with his Grandparents! This stuff should keep him busy for quite a while!

Rail King of Glenview

As his fans know, AJ is a train freak. We visited Lola and Lolo and they had a special surprise for him. Mike put the track together while Lolo and AJ inspected the cars.