If you think you’re gonna die, stay with Anita
(Missy here)
Anyone know what day it is? I don’t. It’s all beginning to blur together. And my stomach growling and muscles aching are making me delirious.
Actually I’m not really hungry. We have been kicking some major behind on eating healthy. I just cannot believe it some days. I’m not sure why this time is so different but we are both very motivated to stay on track. And I guess I don’t care why, I’m just glad we are. Like I said I haven’t really felt hungry.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN’T HAD CHOCOLATE IN 8 DAYS! (Except for one teenie tiny piece of brownie at a church potluck).
We also haven’t had a soda in a week and 1/2. (Except for one small soda when we went out to eat last Friday night). But come on – we’re still doing pretty good. Eating tons of fruits and veggies – many from our garden, which is really exciting. We’ve really tried to get control on our snacking. We are major snackers and so the past week and 1/2 instead of snacking when we weren’t really hungry we would go on a walk/jog or do our 30 day shred video or some other type of exercise.
Last week Wednesday we played tennis. That was so much fun as I whooped up on Patrick. Ok, not really. But it was still fun. And funny. We had extra balls and the kids each had one and threw their ball around while we played. At one point Caleb came onto our court and I asked Pat to move him. He told me not to worry and Caleb would be fine. The very next serve I smacked the ball and it went wizzing by Caleb’s head. About a 1/2 inch from killing my child.
As Pat said, “You can’t write that stuff.”
On Thursday Pat rode his bike to and from work. Thursday night I started to go on a walk with the kids but they weren’t interested and so we ended up only going about 1/4 mile. So then we came home and did the 30 Day Shred video.
Let me give a shout out to my bloggy friend Anna. She inspired me to do the 30 Day Shred and it’s amazing. I absolutely love it. Even though Jillian completely kicks my butt every time, I love the variety of the different stages and different exercises. I also think Jillian is so motivating. Her pep talks have now become common conversation at our house.
As we are walking/jogging our 1.2 mile loop Pat will say, “IF A 400 POUND MAN CAN WALK 1.2 MILES SO CAN YOU!”
Or our favorite, “IF YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO DIE STAY WITH ANITA.”
We love Anita. But let me just say that after 6 days of the shred I’m getting close to kicking Anita’s butt. And that feels awesome.
More awesome to report: I’ve lost 4 pounds!
Starting weight: 154
Current weight: 150
Pat is doing awesome too. He’s lost 2 pounds.
Starting weight: 210
Current weight: 208
Unfortunately the one thing not going well is I’m so tired. I thought I would have so much energy when I started exercising and eating healthy. I think part of the problem is I’m not getting much sleep at night. So I need to work on that. Beginning with tonight.
