I'm Here!

Busy, busy, busy... we move into the new house next Saturday!! Hooray!! DIQ is going along, mostly just making me work my business more and more! I have 6 parties on the books in the next couple weeks or so and I had a $600+ day today... not too bad right now! But it is keeping me busy, and I am working on trying to keep my priorities in line. Facebook and Blogging have definitely gone waaaaaay down.

The scale this morning put me at 144 even. Better than last week, that's for sure!

I have been making it to the gym 3-4 times a week, doing weights, cardio, and swimming. It's coming along, one day at a time!!

Routine

I am working on my routine, but I am pretty sure that crazy busy IS my new norm, at least for the next couple months. I am in DIQ and we are moving into our house in 3 weeks. Ellie's in preschool 3 mornings a week and I still kidswap with Amber on Tuesday Thursday. So I have some external schedule to help with my routine!

I have been making it to the gym about 3-4 mornings a week, often working out with Erika Grinder. I am loving the routine, now just to work on the discipline to make it habit!

Crazy busy lately

And I'm still working on getting my daily schedule down. It's getting better, but not perfect. I'm blogging from the locker room @ the Ridge before my workout this morning since I have not spent a whole lot of time on the computer lately.

I weighed in this morning @ 146.8, clothes, shoes, and all on the gym scale. That's my new starting weight.

Okay... off to workout now. :)

Update...

Okay... finally sitting down to do an update! Let's see...

Food has been good. I have been eating moderately, though not recording as much as I should. I would like to get back to recording as I think it helps me combat the late afternoon munchies and I have succumbed to them in the last couple days.

Exercise... I joined the Ridge this week. I took Eliana swimming on Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday got up and was at the gym before 6am to work out. I met with a trainer and she is coming up with a specialized workout plan for me to help me lose 20 lbs by the middle of May.

Schedule - I am developing a schedule that works well for us and really focusing on my personal discipline. I have a lot of work to do, but am pleased with my progress this first week.

I have had to change my weight because I am now weighing fully clothed, including shoes, at the gym in the morning.

I am planning to work out at 5:15 M-F. That's my goal. =D One day at a time!!

Conference...

I am back from the conference and I'd like to say that I survived the food. We ate out at restaurants for dinner or lunch 4 of the 5 days. Sometimes both.

When I returned home, I weighed myself and found that I weighed .2 lbs less than when I left. I survived! I thoroghly enjoyed the meals and I chose wisely. I even had dessert 4 times. The 4 lbs of "water weight" I lost before I went are still gone!

We head home to Bozeman tomorrow . 

Leadership Conference...

Here I am at Leadership in Houston and already we've eaten out twice. I am happy to say that I am making good choices and thoroughly enjoying my food - and staying within my allotted calories so far! We are doing plenty of walking, so I am counting that as exercise and calling it good.

I stopped in to the little cafe downstairs and picked up lunch for the morning to avoid eating out... yogurt, raisin bran, and a banana. Not a whole lot of protein there, but not a bad start to my day.

I am tracking calories on SparkPeople, even if I am not so consistent in posting here. Right now I am having a hard time sleeping (it's almost 3 am! I will be up in 4 hours) so I figured I might as well post an update since the shut-eye isn't happening.

One of the things I am committing to this year is discipline, and specifically for 90 days. I am pretty sure this will include my eating and exercise habits, so I am excited about the progress! I'll keep you posted...

Weigh in

I weighed in this morning... 4 lbs down!! I realize it's probably water weight, but I'll take it!!

I exercised yesterday for about 20 minutes. Some dancing, some hula hoop, some pilates and yoga. I still haven't gotten my workout in before breakfast, but at least I have done some moving.

I ended yesterday in the 1200-1300 calorie range, right where I like to be.

I leave for leadership tomorrow, and I have no idea what the food situation will be like, so I will just have to record and do my best.

Okay... off to start my day!!