I Did It!! Day 6 and 7 On the Road!!

This weekend I traveled to Kansas to celebrate my niece's high school graduation. since it was going to be a "quick" weekend trip I determined that I WOULD DO MY SHRED no matter what!! It would be hard but I decided "I am worth it!" I am really on a roll and I want to get this weight off...and the only way I can successfully do that is if I exercise EVERY DAY and monitor my food intake!

Saturday afternoon we checked into a hotel and unloaded our stuff, changed clothes and went to my brother's house. They had her party Saturday night with lots of great food. Good choices and bad choices! I filled my plate with good choices then sat down to eat. After eating the good stuff, I went back to get the "bad choices". I sat down with my plate and started eating, when That Other Kid "got hurt" on the trampoline. I say "got hurt" in quotes cuz it was mostly hurt feelings with a little bit of "real hurt"! Anyway, by the time I got back to the food it was cold and I wasn't really hungry anymore! I did find room for several dessert choices, but I drank water the whole night and did pretty good with the "good choices"!

After hanging with the family and friends That Other Kid and I went back to the hotel. I got him ready for bed and asleep by 10:30 p.m.!! Pretty stinkin' good if I do say myself!! I immediately changed clothes and started exercising!! YAH!! I kept the volume down on my laptop and did my Day 6, Level 1 of the DVD!! All while he slept in the same room!! I'm so good!! I went to sleep about 12:30 a.m. feeling good about the fact that I did my workout!

Yesterday morning I woke up early and changed clothes and immediately started working out! I'm not a morning person but I knew this would be my only chance and I didn't want to go through the day without doing my workout....I made it through the entire section and did Day 7, Level 1!! Then I took a shower and went about my busy, crazy, fun day!!

I did choose to have a 32 oz. coke last night, since I knew I would need the caffiene and calories to help me drive back home. We didn't get on the road till 10 p.m. and I realized that driving that late with no caffiene would be dangerous!! I'm cutting myself some slack on that one!! But I don't feel the need to have more, so that's good! Back to my "no cokes/no caffiene" lifestyle!! Not that I won't allow myself some "splurges" once in awhile!!

Hope ya'll had a great weekend....I check back in later with some pictures of the graduation celebration!!!

Today's Accomplishments

1804 spins on WiiFit Hula
Level 1 - Day 5 of the 30 Day Shred

My accomplishments for the day!! That and a big o' pile of laundry to fold!
I gotta tackle it cuz I'm leaving first thing in the morning for Kansas again....this time for my niece's high school graduation celebration weekend. I plan to keep up the exercises, at least the DVD...probably not the Hula, since my brother's house will be swarming with people this weekend and I probably won't want to embarrass myself by pulling the WiiFit out and doing the Hula in front of all of them!!

I'll try to check in sometime over the weekend and let you know how I'm doing with the exercising and the food and drink intake....gotta do this trip with NO COKES or caffeine!! Wish me luck!!

30 Day Shred Again

WiiFit Hula spins 1563
Level 1 - Day 1 of the 30 Day Shred

Back to work....tonight was the first night of round 2 of the 30 Day Shred. It was also the first night in 1 week that I exercised. Last week I was sick with sinus gunk and just didn't really feel well. I was planning to finish the last 2 nights of the Shred but I had to prepare for my trip out of town this past weekend and didn't really feel like "bustin' a gut" to get it done. I started over with Level 1 and did some of the routines with Natalie and some with Anita. I feel like the cardio routines are more difficult in Level 1 than the other levels, but maybe that's because I HATE jumping jacks and that is a large portion of the cardio.

That Kid played in a hockey tournament in Kansas where all the family lives so we made a family trip out of it, with a nice Mother's Day celebration and little graduation party for That Kid. It was a really fast paced weekend, with family gatherings, hockey games, and a bit of Wii!! Whenever we go to Kansas it is always like that (usually without the hockey)!!, but we always have fun!!

Both boys have girl cousins to hang out with so it's fun for them, too. That Kid went to his first drive-in movie with his cousin and her boyfriend. That Other Kid played on the trampoline, played with water guns (even though it was only 65 degrees), and generally wrecked havoc on my brother's house! We all had a great time!! That Kid's team won 3 out of the 4 hockey games they played...only losing in the championship game.

We went to Burger King for Mother's Day lunch as we were heading out of town and That Kid gave me the Baby Mama DVD!!

All in all a great weekend...but now I back to the hard work of the 30 Day Shred and I'm going to keep up with the WiiFit Hula. I know, I'm crazy!! But it's fun and it just helps me lose weight faster. This time I took my measurements and took a front on picture and a profile picture. They are not pretty but they are real. I'm not going to post them yet...I will do that after my 30 days so I can show before and after shots!! I know I'll be able to see the difference in 30 days...as I can tell a big difference in the way my clothes fit from before Round 1 of the 30 Day Shred.

If you want to join in the 30 Day Shred....go to Target or Walmart or Amazon.com and get it and join in. You'll get great support from the Sisterhood.

Traveling Again

Tomorrow morning I will get up and finish packing to leave AGAIN to go to Wichita. Last week I was there and it took me 7 hours to drive a 5 1/2 hour trip with That Other Kid. Tomorrow I hope and pray it doesn't take that long! That stretch of highway gets OLD real fast! DH is, at this point, planning to go with us this time so I probably won't be driving more than a few hours of the trip which is nice, but I get bored even faster when I'm not driving so I may be the one saying "are we there yet?" this time. Last week we weren't even out of Texas when I started hearing it...and I know that it will not be a pleasant trip if this starts up so fast this week.

Dad's surgery is planned for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and I will try to write an update as soon as I have something to report. Please pray for the doctors, the family, and my dad as we undergo a very crucial surgery. According to the report that my dad was given the cancer mass in the colon is smaller than it was in January, but it is still quiet large and there are many nerves that can be injured if the surgeons make mistakes. Sooooo....we are praying for NO mistakes and the surgery go smoothly.

After surgery Wendesday I have to rush right back home as I have That Kid's 18th birthday party/bash planned for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Please pray for safe travel back home. I'm sure I will be tired and emotionally wrung out, but I want to make sure the party goes as planned.

I probably won't be back on here till Friday afternoon....so hope you have a good week!

I'm Still Alive!!!

just extremely busy since I got home Monday night. I did laundry for what seemed like days just to catch up on what we used over the weekend. Then the week held doctor's appointments, a pre-planned play date, a trip to Six Flags over Texas for Homeschool Day, and the annual Homeschool Bookfair. Of course, we squeezed in a Mother's Day lunch (Saturday) and a Ranger's Baseball game this afternoon! That is, in short, my week since I've been home.

My trip to Kansas was fun...I have pictures and video to share when I get a few more minutes, because we had a great time with family and celebrated my niece's 4th birthday. That Other Kid had a wonderful time, playing with his cousins, jumping on the trampoline, "mowing" the grass, riding his bike, and playing at the park! Needless to say, I am exhausted!!

Thanks to all the prayers that have gone out my dad is doing better than ever expected with NO side effects from the radiation and chemo treatments. He's walking 2 miles a day and he kicked my butt walking the track at the local rec center he walks at every day. I could barely walk 1 mile, and it was embarrassing and humbling as well as pleasing that he is doing so well!!

That Kid's trip to Utah was informative and beneficial to his referee future. He was in a classroom setting for a huge hunk of time Friday, did a power skate that he said was HARD (but then again he hasn't skated till that weekend for about 6 weeks), then did another classroom time on Saturday morning. Then he was assigned to work 3 games all Midget Major AA level -- which is the level he PLAYS -- and he isn't supposed to be able to ref yet! He worked these high level games with as much skill as he could, and was criticized and praised by high level officials. He did well and learned tons that he can apply to games here in the metroplex...I'm so proud!

I got pictures back from the Prom and pictures back from the photo shoot that That Other Kid won that I also need to post. But those will take time, too so they must wait for me to get a little more caught up around here. I have school work to grade and get caught up on and that is my next goal. There is only a few more weeks left and then we go to VERY limited schoolwork for the summer. But before the summer break That Kid will be preparing for the June 7th SAT test.

So much to do....so little time!!!!

Hope all is well in your world....