Week 3

Weight Loss/Gain: Down 2 pounds this week!  Bringing the grand total to 7 pounds so far.

Best Part of this Week:  I had a big Easter meal at my mom's at the beginning of the week, and I didn't even skip any of the good stuff. :)  Gotta have a cheat-treat every once in awhile!  Mmmm....carrot cake.

Worst Part of this Week:  Mark had to work nights this week, so that put me in "single parent" mode.  It was really hard to deal with the baby/house/meals by myself - I guess mostly because I'm not used to it.  My honey is so good about helping me out in the evenings, and taking care of the little one when I want to work in a run.  I was missing that big time this week!  I only got 3 workouts in, so I had to adjust my eating accordingly.  And...big props to all the single mommas out there!  Don't know how you do it!

Exercise:  Treadmill three time this week with interval workouts.  Trying to work in some high-intensity intervals during my walking/jogging/running to boost the calorie-burn.  Seemed to be effective this week since I had less workouts than less week, but more loss.  I need to start working in some strength training as well, so I did one workout that included some abs and arms.

Goals for next week:  4 workouts, plus some strength exercise as well!  I will post some progress pics when I lose my first 10!

Inspiration!

Week 2

Weight Loss/Gain: Down only 1 pound this week.  Not gonna lie....that was a little disappointing compared to last week's loss.  But, as the hubby says, "Better than gaining a pound!"  I'll take any loss I can get. :)

Best Part of this Week:  I got to exercise a few times with my sis this week.  Much more fun to walk with her than alone on the treadmill in the basement!  We brought Natalie with us to our favorite park and took turns pushing the stroller.  She fell asleep and we walked our little big butts around and around and around that trail.  Good workout and good company!

Worst Part of this Week:  It's been a little harder this week to resist some of the temptations of all those yummy things I used to eat.  I did indulge in a cookie one day when a kiddo brought birthday treats at school.  It was from my favorite bakery and I couldn't say no.  I did work out a little more that night to make up for it. :)

Exercise:  Walked 2.5-3 miles at the park with my sissy two nights this.  Two other nights were spent on the treadmill at home....mostly intervals of walking/jogging and really trying to push myself.

Goals for next week:  I generally spend about 30 minutes on the treadmill and complete two miles.  I'd like to push myself for 3 miles a couple of times this week. 

Inspiration for this week:

Natalie's Book

One of my July goals was to catch up on Natalie's scrapbook.  With August beginning tomorrow (whoa!!) I have been working frantically on my digital pages over the last week or so.  I'm all caught up (with the exception of some swimming pictures I took last weekend)!  Here they are!
(Warning: there are A LOT!)

 
 

Hooray!  Now, I didn't get to her traditional scrapbook of her professional photos...but hey, baby steps, right?  I'm proud of what I got done!