WiW....Letting Go

Hi today is WiW and my weekend recap since I was to lazy(not gonna lie) to post on Monday.

 

 

 

It's not bad but I am up one pound. Honestly that is way better than I thought it was going to be. 

 

  I fully expected it with all about the salty snacks this weekend.  But I stuck with make sure to exercise though I did take Friday and Monday as rest days. 

 

My baby is all grown up... and that makes me one old proud mama.

We spent the weekend moving TaTa in to her own apartment, not even roommates. She is doing it all on her own.  Like I said this makes me so proud and happy for her but at the same time a little nervous a worried.  Not that she won't be able to do it, that I know she can do. It's just the living all alone that scares me a bit, luckily she is pretty close by though. I just have to let her go and trust in her.  Moving actually went pretty quick though seeing as she really hasn't accumulated a bunch of crap yet...But oh the stairs, I swear I must climbed 100 flights.

 

After we were done we met up with friends and had dinner at Lazy Dog.  I wasn't to bad I stuck with the chicken lettuce wraps but I did have a few nachos and a few too many sangrias.

 

Sunday I woke up early and picked up TaTa (bouns of her living so close now) and we hiked the Claremont Loop going up seemed to take forever but then we ran most of the way down.  Then hit up the farmers market for some fresh veggies and of course a starbucks.  I also finally got my chicken coop it's too cute and we got most of it together I just wasn't to weather proof it before we finish it.

 

 

 

Monday was super laid back, our friends came over and we swam and relaxed by the pool.  It was a little harder to be as good food wise with all the yummy chips and dip around (they brought lunch) and an awesome sub sammie.  Again with a few drinks so no wonder my weigh is up.  Time to get back to it.

 

Linking up with WiW,  Fitness Blondie, and Shanna. 

Oh Hey Friday…Dance Party

I have been doing really well at getting in my 30 minutes of activity and most of the time I am doing more than that. I guess the no expectation is working (so far).  The thing that has always helped is my tunes if I have good music I can do just about anything.

So for this Fridays Five I  put together my faves for the last few weeks.

{one}
I LOVE this song besides being fun and catchy the message is pretty damn awesome!

{two}
This is my new anthem.  The older I get the more I really don't give a you know what!
It's kinda liberating :)

{three}
This is my high school self coming out, 

{four}
I can get down and work up a good sweat to this one enough said!

{five}
another great sweatin' song but every time this comes on when I'm run I lose my rhythm,
cause the latin in me just wants to dance! haha

So  there you have it the music of my life :)

Linking up with September Farm, That Friday Blog Hop, and Friday's Favorites.

WiW…All or Nothing

Hi Guys, thanks for letting me vent yesterday.  I have just been in a funk lately. trying my best to stick to something...anything really.  I think summer just got the best of me, to tell the truth this year has got the best of me.   I don't know if it's because of the surgery or all these fricken  aches and pains due to surgery. Not that I'm trying to make excuses.  Yes some of those aches and pains make it a little harder to go all out at the gym or on runs but I am still fully capable of going for a walk, and  make healthy food choices.  There is no reason for me to be sitting there at night mindlessly snacking,  (and yes Desiree you hit the nail on the head it's just boredom).

After writing that I have been trying to be more mindful of what I'm eating and doing.  Even though I still feel in a bit of a funk I am working on getting back into good habits. I'm really working on NOT snacking. the plan is to come home make and eat dinner then 20minutes later I can have dessert.  But only ONE!  It can be whatever I want but one sensible portion. As for working out my goal is to get in  at least 30 minutes 5 times a week. Again it can be what ever I want a walk, run, swim, or weights but at least 1/2 hour if it's more great, but I won't force myself to always go big because then I just won't do it if I'm not feeling it. 

So far  Monday I made myself go to the gym and told myself I could just walk for 1/2  hour then I could go home.  But when I got there I ended up doing the elliptical, then I figured ok I'll just add 15 minutes of stairs.  When I was done I went to get DQ from kids club but she begged to stay a little longer (they were doing relay races) so I walked on the treadmill for another 15min so all in all I got a whole hour in. 

Tuesday I had a ton to do at home (aka fight DQ on homework... it's already started)

so I told myself if I run on my lunch (1/2 hour) then I don't have to do anything else when I get home.  so I busted out a quick 2 mile 30 minute run in the heat I was sweating buckets but it I knew I could do it because it was only 30 minutes, and I didn't feel guilty that I didn't go to the gym.

I really got into the mind set of all or nothing and  I think that screwed me up.  So now I'm back to baby steps and taking it one day at a time.

Now that I have made you read a novel lol here is today's weigh-in.

I'm actually down .2 pounds go figure.  Hopefully the means my one day at a time attitude is working.

Linking up with Weigh In Wednesday,  Fitness Blondie, and of course the lovely Shanna.