Ok, so today I was just not feeling my exercise. I mean, I really still am not feeling it. But I was looking at my blogs and was reading Fit Club. So I thought to myself, all these women are really trying to stay on track and are dedicated to working out and eating right. So I better just turn off this computer and get to exercising. So I did =)!
I was really thinking about walking, but since Spring has arrived so early (which I LOVE), the pollen count is totally insane. Get this, anything over 1500, is considered a high count, today we broke yesterdays all time high by 1000 points. Yesterdays, it was in the 8000, and today it was over 9000. You can literally see it floating in the air. Everything is coated with this yellow dust. Anyway, I thought I probable shouldn't really be exercising outside. I don't normally have allergy problems, but this high a count might just put anyone in an allergy coma.
Instead, I headed to the basement and popped in my P90X Kempo disk. I hadn't done that one in a while. It was kind of nice. I was very glad to have got it done. So thank you Fit Club!!
I didn't find any good recipes to try yet. I still need to work on that.
Soccer season has started where we live as well. All three of my kids have decided to play. I love to see them so active. On Friday, we have their practices (yes, I managed to get them all on the same day). Of course their fields are on total opposite ends of the park, but I am using it to my advantage. My husband is coaching my oldest son's team, so I don't need to check up on him. So I float between my middle son and my daughter, and I take a jog between their fields. I am actually impressed I don't get winded while doing it =).
So thank you ladies, for staying dedicated to Fit Club!! It really made a difference with me today.
MJ
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
MIA...but I'm back
Wow, I have been MIA for a while... What have I been doing? Well, with three kids the possibilities are endless. My husband had a birthday, and I made some really cool cupcakes, I found one Pinterest. Has anyone read the article about the lawyer/pinterester who decided to delete all her boards, because she thought it was a violatioin of copyright laws? (Hello, run on sentence). That got me a little worried, so I went through and modified my boards, and made sure the only things I had on it were ones that had working links, and were appropriatly credited. Anyway, I digress. My cupcakes turned out pretty good. They were German Chocolate cupcakes with a twist. I cut lids off of the tops of them, filled the German Chocolate icing in the middle of the cupcakes, and then on the top added chocolate frosting, with a glob of the German Chocolate icing in the center. They turned out pretty good, but we didn't keep them around the house, I sent all the left overs to my husband's work. Then I wasn't tempted to eat them. I just love love love frosting. Who cares about the cake?!!
My daughter and I went to the zoo one day. I just love going to the zoo with her. The zoo pass they offer at the Atlanta Zoo is a great buy. I mean it is normally $109, but usually they will throw in 10 dollars off, making it $99. With that you can get a whole years worth of zoo visits. Which includes two adults and four kids (all kids 2 and under are free)! So if I just put my name on the pass, then I can bring 1 adult with me, and it doesn't matter which adult. Makes it just perfect for a play date at the zoo. My zoo pass is up for renewal, and I am toying with getting one again, but I think I will. Addy won't be in school full time just yet, so it is still a great time to purchase one.
Really I don't have any other excuse, just been lazy!
But I am linking up to Fit Club. I don't have any numbers to share this week. Although, I was feeling skinny today. And I did try on my other jeans. Proud to say they fit =), my 12s are starting to get roomy, which I love!! It is getting to the point, that I really can't wear the 14s, because they are falling off. YEAH!
I did bring it the one week and got in 5 days of exercise, but this last week I only managed 4. I am not sure what really happened, but stuff did. However, I am still bringing it when I do my P90X workouts, because I am feeling them the next day.
On the one video they have you are working triceps, biceps and chest. OMG!! It is seriously so hard, and I remembered why I hadn't done it that much, lol. The first exercise is just brutal. The routine is chocked full of push ups, all kinds. Anyway, the first one you do these slow push ups. So with a slow count of four you go down, 1...2...3...4, and then up 1...2...3...4... Seriously, you have to try them, even on your knees they are so super tough!!
I think with everyone's birthdays out of the way, I won't be having to fight icing and cupcakes!! That should really help. Going to work hard on the 5 days of exercise, and sticking with it! Hope everyone else is still doing well.
MJ
for some reason my spell check isn't working, so please forgive all of my spelling errors!!!
what they looked like from the outside
and what they look like on the inside
My daughter and I went to the zoo one day. I just love going to the zoo with her. The zoo pass they offer at the Atlanta Zoo is a great buy. I mean it is normally $109, but usually they will throw in 10 dollars off, making it $99. With that you can get a whole years worth of zoo visits. Which includes two adults and four kids (all kids 2 and under are free)! So if I just put my name on the pass, then I can bring 1 adult with me, and it doesn't matter which adult. Makes it just perfect for a play date at the zoo. My zoo pass is up for renewal, and I am toying with getting one again, but I think I will. Addy won't be in school full time just yet, so it is still a great time to purchase one.
Really I don't have any other excuse, just been lazy!
the flamingos were super cool that day!!
But I am linking up to Fit Club. I don't have any numbers to share this week. Although, I was feeling skinny today. And I did try on my other jeans. Proud to say they fit =), my 12s are starting to get roomy, which I love!! It is getting to the point, that I really can't wear the 14s, because they are falling off. YEAH!
I did bring it the one week and got in 5 days of exercise, but this last week I only managed 4. I am not sure what really happened, but stuff did. However, I am still bringing it when I do my P90X workouts, because I am feeling them the next day.
On the one video they have you are working triceps, biceps and chest. OMG!! It is seriously so hard, and I remembered why I hadn't done it that much, lol. The first exercise is just brutal. The routine is chocked full of push ups, all kinds. Anyway, the first one you do these slow push ups. So with a slow count of four you go down, 1...2...3...4, and then up 1...2...3...4... Seriously, you have to try them, even on your knees they are so super tough!!
I think with everyone's birthdays out of the way, I won't be having to fight icing and cupcakes!! That should really help. Going to work hard on the 5 days of exercise, and sticking with it! Hope everyone else is still doing well.
MJ
for some reason my spell check isn't working, so please forgive all of my spelling errors!!!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Slowly making progress...
Ok, I am back for my link up to Fit Club!! I happened to miss last week, but in all honesty, I just didn't realize it was Monday. My days were all off, because my boys were home from school, for their winter break, and my husband took that day off too. So I was thinking it was Sunday. Then I remembered and really didn't have anything to share that I haven't already shared.
It is still a constant battle to make sure I stay on track and exercise and drink my water, blah blah blah. So I felt like I was a bore.
However, I am slowly making progress. I didn't reach my personal goals for this month.
I wanted to reach 5lbs this month, 2 more inches off my belly and 1 off my hips.
I did manage to loose 3 more pounds, and 1 inch off my belly and 1 off my hips. So it was still good progress. I also really didn't want to try on those other jeans. I think I am afraid they won't fit well, and I will be so disappointed. I need to go ahead and pull them out and try them on, so I can just see where I am at in them. Maybe they will fit??
So for this month, which my husband informed me, I will have 5 weeks to accomplish before weigh in/measurements. I want to get under 180! I also want to loose 2 more inches off my waist, and I want to consistently workout 5 days a week. I flex any where between 4 and 5 days.
I also keep thinking I still need to work on making better decisions when I am eating out and what not. For example, I was at the Cub Scouts Blue and Gold this weekend. They had it catered by a BBQ place. I ended up getting a pulled pork sandwich, and I could of just got the pulled pork minus the bun. That would of been just as filling and less calories. So little things like that, I still need to work on.
I hope everyone else is doing well. Keep it up!
MJ
It is still a constant battle to make sure I stay on track and exercise and drink my water, blah blah blah. So I felt like I was a bore.
However, I am slowly making progress. I didn't reach my personal goals for this month.
I wanted to reach 5lbs this month, 2 more inches off my belly and 1 off my hips.
I did manage to loose 3 more pounds, and 1 inch off my belly and 1 off my hips. So it was still good progress. I also really didn't want to try on those other jeans. I think I am afraid they won't fit well, and I will be so disappointed. I need to go ahead and pull them out and try them on, so I can just see where I am at in them. Maybe they will fit??
So for this month, which my husband informed me, I will have 5 weeks to accomplish before weigh in/measurements. I want to get under 180! I also want to loose 2 more inches off my waist, and I want to consistently workout 5 days a week. I flex any where between 4 and 5 days.
I also keep thinking I still need to work on making better decisions when I am eating out and what not. For example, I was at the Cub Scouts Blue and Gold this weekend. They had it catered by a BBQ place. I ended up getting a pulled pork sandwich, and I could of just got the pulled pork minus the bun. That would of been just as filling and less calories. So little things like that, I still need to work on.
I hope everyone else is doing well. Keep it up!
MJ
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Or where or where have I been...
Wow, where have I been? Totally slacking on so much. The kids had a winter break this year, so my normal routine is off. Not to mention, birthdays, and scouts.
I have missed my photo challenge twice now, and the last fit club too.
I guess I really haven't had much to blog about.
I did finish The Hunger Games trilogy. I really enjoyed the first two books, but I thought the third was lacking a little. I think it was more to do with how the author developed her main character, Katniss. I guess I pictured her mentally stronger, and I felt like she was really kind of weak in the last book, but it was pretty good. I can already tell that I am going to be irritated with the movie. I saw a preview, and in that tiny clip, they had already changed stuff from how it was written in the book. Which I shouldn't be so surprised at, but I guess I don't understand why they would change that part. I can't imagine it being so hard to film it like it was written in the book.
I have read all the Twilight series, but I have never seen any of those movies. I keep thinking I need to watch them, but for some reason I don't seem to care either way. I did however read all the Harry Potter books, and watched all of those movies. I couldn't wait until the movies came out. I love when they can take a good book and turn it into a good movie. Sometimes though, books should be left alone. The one book to movie that I was really disappointed in, was The Horse Whisperer. That was such a great book, but the movie was terrible. They totally changed it. Are there any books to movies, that you really enjoyed or didn't?
The Oscars are on tonight! Do you guys watch? Every year, for a long time now (not even sure how many), my friend and I, and my husband have been predicting who the winners will be. It has slowly grown, and now her husband is included and my husbands friend. Anyway, most of the time my friend Kim is the winner, followed by my husband. I am typically in last place. I think one year, I got a total of three right. I am just not a good predictor. One year, I even went so far as to pick all the ones that People magazine had picked, and I still lost. Anyway, I can't wait to see what will happen this year. This could be my year. I will let you know the results.
MJ
I have missed my photo challenge twice now, and the last fit club too.
I guess I really haven't had much to blog about.
I did finish The Hunger Games trilogy. I really enjoyed the first two books, but I thought the third was lacking a little. I think it was more to do with how the author developed her main character, Katniss. I guess I pictured her mentally stronger, and I felt like she was really kind of weak in the last book, but it was pretty good. I can already tell that I am going to be irritated with the movie. I saw a preview, and in that tiny clip, they had already changed stuff from how it was written in the book. Which I shouldn't be so surprised at, but I guess I don't understand why they would change that part. I can't imagine it being so hard to film it like it was written in the book.
I have read all the Twilight series, but I have never seen any of those movies. I keep thinking I need to watch them, but for some reason I don't seem to care either way. I did however read all the Harry Potter books, and watched all of those movies. I couldn't wait until the movies came out. I love when they can take a good book and turn it into a good movie. Sometimes though, books should be left alone. The one book to movie that I was really disappointed in, was The Horse Whisperer. That was such a great book, but the movie was terrible. They totally changed it. Are there any books to movies, that you really enjoyed or didn't?
The Oscars are on tonight! Do you guys watch? Every year, for a long time now (not even sure how many), my friend and I, and my husband have been predicting who the winners will be. It has slowly grown, and now her husband is included and my husbands friend. Anyway, most of the time my friend Kim is the winner, followed by my husband. I am typically in last place. I think one year, I got a total of three right. I am just not a good predictor. One year, I even went so far as to pick all the ones that People magazine had picked, and I still lost. Anyway, I can't wait to see what will happen this year. This could be my year. I will let you know the results.
MJ
Friday, February 17, 2012
A book or two...
Two books in two days...lets just say I am tired! I was up reading until 2AM! What can I say, when I get a hold of a good book, I can't put it down. I read constantly until it is finished. Even if it is a pager here or a page there, until I find the time to just sit and read. I finally read the first two books of The Hunger Games, trilogy. The local radio station, that I listen to in the mornings, was talking about this book a couple weeks ago. The one girl, Jenn, was telling this other guy Jeff, how good this book was, and he had to read it on the plane. They were all traveling to the Super Bowl. Then I learned that they have also turned this book into a movie, that comes out at the end of March, I believe.
I have a Kindle, and I was reading The Swiss Family Robinson ( I ended up ordering it for my son), but got sucked into the story, myself. I read Robinson Crusoe, when I was younger, but not that one. I realized while reading this book, that there is no where possible that these people got ship wrecked on. The landed on this island, that had desert like conditions in one area, jungle in another and open plains in yet another. Then they came across every single type of creature that lives on earth. They had animals from South America, Africa, Europe, North America, and Australia. Penguins, walruses, kangaroos, lions, elephants, monkeys, it just never ended. As soon as they saw an animal, they killed it, and/or captured it. I kept thinking, that PETA, probable doesn't really like this book. Although, it was a good story, and obviously a classic, it was kind of silly now, they never ran out of bullets, lol. I wonder back in the day, how many people really thought there was an island like that?
So back to the Hunger Games book. After reading Swiss Family Robinson, I saw that I had the Hunger Games already down loaded on my Kindle, and I have no idea when I did that? I must of did that quite a while ago, because I really haven't been reading much lately. Then I remembered I had been hearing so much about it, and now I can just read it. Let me just say. If you haven't read it, and you are a reader like me, that once you start you can't stop, don't read it yet, unless you have time! I was sucked in right at the beginning. There was really no hope. I finished in like a day, turne around and down loaded the second, as soon as I was done and had to finish it last night. If I had a paper copy, I have a feeling I would of laid it down, but my Kindle was screaming at me, to just finish it. I would look, and it wold say 50% read, and then 65%, and then I was at 88%, and thought I only have 12% to read!! I can do it!! I almost down loaded the third and final story, but have held up. I need a break. I need to pace myself, lol. I did discover, that Kindle had a program, where you can down load books free, so I think I am going to sign up for that and not actually buy the third one. The second one was only $7, but I think free sounds even better =). The only down fall, is you only have it on your Kindle for 2 weeks. Which isn't a problem if the book is good and I get sucked in.
I have also been reading presidential biographies. I started this project shortly after the 2008 elections. Just going through the process of selecting a president, I realized I really don't know anything about any of our past presidents. Only 44 Americans have had the privilege of being President. The most powerful man in the world, according to some. I just became interested in learning more about these men. I figured, I would start with the first, and work my way up. I have thus far, read 6, and working on the 7th. Yeah, not a stellar start, but to my defence, biographies can be hard to read. Not to mention, I have purposely found books that are long, because I figured they would contain the most information. I am currently on Andrew Jackson. I think I got through half of his book, before I had to take it back to the library (a month over due). It has really been fascinating to learn about our founding fathers. I know when I get done reading their stories, I am usually thinking, that people really have no idea what hard work is. Our founders where amazing men, who worked very hard and sacrificed much, for the love of our country.
Wow, this post got long. Do you like to read? Have you read the Hunger Games? Did you like it? Do you like biographies?
MJ
And normally on Fridays, I post a pic for the photo challenge, but I totally forgot this week. Can't imagine why....
I have a Kindle, and I was reading The Swiss Family Robinson ( I ended up ordering it for my son), but got sucked into the story, myself. I read Robinson Crusoe, when I was younger, but not that one. I realized while reading this book, that there is no where possible that these people got ship wrecked on. The landed on this island, that had desert like conditions in one area, jungle in another and open plains in yet another. Then they came across every single type of creature that lives on earth. They had animals from South America, Africa, Europe, North America, and Australia. Penguins, walruses, kangaroos, lions, elephants, monkeys, it just never ended. As soon as they saw an animal, they killed it, and/or captured it. I kept thinking, that PETA, probable doesn't really like this book. Although, it was a good story, and obviously a classic, it was kind of silly now, they never ran out of bullets, lol. I wonder back in the day, how many people really thought there was an island like that?
So back to the Hunger Games book. After reading Swiss Family Robinson, I saw that I had the Hunger Games already down loaded on my Kindle, and I have no idea when I did that? I must of did that quite a while ago, because I really haven't been reading much lately. Then I remembered I had been hearing so much about it, and now I can just read it. Let me just say. If you haven't read it, and you are a reader like me, that once you start you can't stop, don't read it yet, unless you have time! I was sucked in right at the beginning. There was really no hope. I finished in like a day, turne around and down loaded the second, as soon as I was done and had to finish it last night. If I had a paper copy, I have a feeling I would of laid it down, but my Kindle was screaming at me, to just finish it. I would look, and it wold say 50% read, and then 65%, and then I was at 88%, and thought I only have 12% to read!! I can do it!! I almost down loaded the third and final story, but have held up. I need a break. I need to pace myself, lol. I did discover, that Kindle had a program, where you can down load books free, so I think I am going to sign up for that and not actually buy the third one. The second one was only $7, but I think free sounds even better =). The only down fall, is you only have it on your Kindle for 2 weeks. Which isn't a problem if the book is good and I get sucked in.
I have also been reading presidential biographies. I started this project shortly after the 2008 elections. Just going through the process of selecting a president, I realized I really don't know anything about any of our past presidents. Only 44 Americans have had the privilege of being President. The most powerful man in the world, according to some. I just became interested in learning more about these men. I figured, I would start with the first, and work my way up. I have thus far, read 6, and working on the 7th. Yeah, not a stellar start, but to my defence, biographies can be hard to read. Not to mention, I have purposely found books that are long, because I figured they would contain the most information. I am currently on Andrew Jackson. I think I got through half of his book, before I had to take it back to the library (a month over due). It has really been fascinating to learn about our founding fathers. I know when I get done reading their stories, I am usually thinking, that people really have no idea what hard work is. Our founders where amazing men, who worked very hard and sacrificed much, for the love of our country.
Wow, this post got long. Do you like to read? Have you read the Hunger Games? Did you like it? Do you like biographies?
MJ
And normally on Fridays, I post a pic for the photo challenge, but I totally forgot this week. Can't imagine why....
Monday, February 13, 2012
Fallen off...
Fit Club Monday, and I have confessions... I confess I have fallen off the wagon this last week. I haven't been drinking my water, not keeping up with my calories, and I slacked on the exercise.
I was out of town, this weekend, and that made it hard to exercise, and my eating wasn't so good. I made poor choices, when I could of made better ones.
So today, I am really going to keep track of my calories again. I think not doing that really made me less accountable. So this is a must! I have to hold myself accountable.
I am not sure why I am not drinking my water. I am really not replacing it with anything else, I am just not drinking much during the day. I know that is not good for me. I need to, at the minimum, drink 64 ounces every day, if not more. So I am getting ready to fill up my water container and get to work on that for the day, week.
And, the exercise, besides the last thee days, really hasn't been too bad. I just ran out of time on Friday, and Sat, and honestly, got lazy on Sunday. In general though, I think I have been doing pretty good with the exercise. I am still working on making sure I give it my 100% when I am doing it.
I am worried about not making my goals, but hopefully if I buckle down in the next two weeks, I can do it.
How is everyone else been doing? If you have fallen off the wagon, there is always room to get back on, and today is always a good day to do that. Take a look at what you know you are doing that is keeping you from your goals, and think about what you can do to fix them. You will be more angry with yourself for falling off, and not getting back on. Then falling off again and again. Because at least if you fell off, you put yourself out there to try. (Note, I am giving myself a pep talk here too)!
MJ
I was out of town, this weekend, and that made it hard to exercise, and my eating wasn't so good. I made poor choices, when I could of made better ones.
So today, I am really going to keep track of my calories again. I think not doing that really made me less accountable. So this is a must! I have to hold myself accountable.
I am not sure why I am not drinking my water. I am really not replacing it with anything else, I am just not drinking much during the day. I know that is not good for me. I need to, at the minimum, drink 64 ounces every day, if not more. So I am getting ready to fill up my water container and get to work on that for the
And, the exercise, besides the last thee days, really hasn't been too bad. I just ran out of time on Friday, and Sat, and honestly, got lazy on Sunday. In general though, I think I have been doing pretty good with the exercise. I am still working on making sure I give it my 100% when I am doing it.
I am worried about not making my goals, but hopefully if I buckle down in the next two weeks, I can do it.
How is everyone else been doing? If you have fallen off the wagon, there is always room to get back on, and today is always a good day to do that. Take a look at what you know you are doing that is keeping you from your goals, and think about what you can do to fix them. You will be more angry with yourself for falling off, and not getting back on. Then falling off again and again. Because at least if you fell off, you put yourself out there to try. (Note, I am giving myself a pep talk here too)!
MJ
Friday, February 10, 2012
Rise up
Ok, just a quick one to link up to the photo challenge, over at, my 3 boybarians. If you haven't checked it out, click here. This weeks theme was Drink Up.
I love love love hot chocolate ( yes, I am a small child at heart). I don't like heating my water up in the microwave, it just isn't as good for some reason and I don't own a coffee pot. Instead, I do it the good old fashion way, and use my tea kettle. I got a new one last Christmas, and this one sings when it is done. I love watching the steam rise from the kettle, so I thought I would try to capture that.
I love love love hot chocolate ( yes, I am a small child at heart). I don't like heating my water up in the microwave, it just isn't as good for some reason and I don't own a coffee pot. Instead, I do it the good old fashion way, and use my tea kettle. I got a new one last Christmas, and this one sings when it is done. I love watching the steam rise from the kettle, so I thought I would try to capture that.
MJ
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