Busy, Busy

So last week was a bit abnormal, I was 'relocated' to cover for someone that was on vacation, so I was at a very busy office (about 3x the size of the one I'm normally at), and I worked a TON! A few nites of not getting home until 7 or 8 p.m. and trying to get kids bathed and fed can really wear on a girl!

I didn't get as much exercise in last week as I had planned with my long work days, but I did pack my lunch and breakfast EVERY SINGLE DAY! And of course I kept up with my water challenge of drinking at least 100 oz of water
per day - I can feel a difference in my energy, and my clothes feel a BIT looser. Not checking the scale just yet, because
I have a tendency to concentrate on that TOO much - so well see what next week brings.


I'm STILL having a hard time adjusting to swim suit season - We were at Kings Island's water park again yesterday, and when you see all these Mom's with their little bikinis, stretch-free bellies exposed, it can be a bit depressing. But I tried to concentrate on my kids, since that's why we were there, and they had a blast! I love that my kids have no self conscience issues (yet) and can just run and play and not worry about what anyone else is thinking. I ENVY that in them..,

My goals for this week:
   - Continue drinking my 100 oz of water per day
  - BREAK A SWEAT in my work outs - continue my treadmill regiment of 40 minutes
   combination of jogging/walking (at least 4x a week)
  - Pack my lunch (and breakfast when needed)
  - Get ALL my laundry sorted and put away, and work on my 'garage sale' items
   


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Discipline = Routine = Discipline

Discipline & Routine go hand in hand; I believe you can't have one without the other. And this week proved it.

I have always tried to keep some sort of routine in our  crazy household: Between school, sports, work and just crazy kids, it's VERY hard to keep a routine going. But I know in order to be successful in weight loss (and having an organized household) I must have them both.

This past week thru me for a loop when my husband took a unexpected vacation. He is an OTR truck driver, so normally he is only home every other weekend, but with some mechanical trouble and so forth, he ended up home this past week. Now I LOVE my husband; and I LOVE when he's home so I can spend time with him - what I DON'T love, is the lack of routine that comes with it.

Not only do I get thrown a curve ball, but so does he, and worst of all the kids. I'm a lackadaisical Mom for the most part, my former-Marine husband is um, not. SOO what our relaxed whatever-goes-as-long-as-you-get-bathed-and-homework-done-and-bed-by-10 attitude routine is, it gets turned upside down when Dad is home.

I didn't know which way was up or down, whether I was coming or going, and I was constantly breaking up arguments (mostly between kids and Dad) SO obviously my routine and discipline were out the window, along with the eating completely healthy and exercise.

Now I did *Some* work outs in, but I didn't eat the best. And as they say no matter how hard you work out, you can't out run a bad diet.., so point in case I decided NOT to weigh myself this week and I will weigh myself next Monday.

By Saturday I was feeling tired, and lethargic. So I went to the store and decided I was going to plan my breakfast & lunch for work for the entire week and I took the kids on the bike path and walked a good 6 miles. My dear husband is back at work today, and we are back to our regularly scheduled program.

Goals for this week:
   - 90 oz water daily
  - work out EVERY day, including at least 5 miles of walking
  - Continue to plan each and every meal ahead of time to
   keep from getting off track 
  - Keep a food journal 


I can't wait to get back on track this week!!! 






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