Mamavation Monday: Walk … Run … Week 3

June 27, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

Last week was week 3 of the Couch to 5k walk/runs. I survived doing all three walk/runs and avoided an asthma attack the one day by really focusing on my breathing. I take that as a success. I am still doing my walk/runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

This week is getting rough so my husband tells me 4 minute runs with 1 minute in between. There is a very strong chance I will repeat this week but we will see how it goes.

As for weight, I decided to not weigh in today. Monday’s weigh ins seem to suck so I am going to do my weigh ins on Tuesday. So I may update this tomorrow or I just might post an update about a week behind. We will see how this plays out.

Mamavation TV is on tonight! To find out details check out the information here! (I miss Mamavation TV every week because it is on too late for this East Coast girl … if I am up that late, I am doing homework. blah.)

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Mamavation Monday: Walk … Run … Week 2

June 20, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

I was late posting last week but I did get in my post! You can find it here if you want catch up!

So last week was week 2 of the Couch to 5k walk/runs. I survived doing all three walk/runs. oh my goodness. I am still doing my walk/runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

I am not looking forward to week 3. I am running? I don’t run … how am I doing this?

As for weight, I didn’t get the update I wanted on the scale. I was up 1.2 lbs. I can not eat enough it seems so I am trying to watch what I eat this week to make sure I am making good choices.

Mamavation TV is on tonight! To find out details check out the information here! (I miss Mamavation TV every week because it is on too late for this East Coast girl … if I am up that late, I am doing homework. blah.)

UPDATE: I felt the need to add a little update today. Maybe I should change my weigh in to Tuesday mornings … anyway. I was back down to my starting point this morning so down 1.2 lbs from yesterdays weigh in … let’s trash that weigh in and go with today’s!;)

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Mamavation Monday: Survived Week 1

June 14, 2011 By
Well I am a day late but it is Mamavation Monday time again!

I know I said was recommitting last week and then I didn’t post yesterday. Yesterday I was an allergy mess. I was lucky to get through the work day. Then we took the kids to the library summer reading program launch party. My homework didn’t get done and it was due yesterday. That is how bad off I was. If something had to give, it was blogging and now here I am catching up!

So last week I did all three Couch to 5k walk/runs. I am doing my walk/runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. That meant that Saturday morning I had to get up and get moving before we left for a quick overnight at the in-laws. Since no prior packing had been done, it would have been so easy to skip and leave on time that morning but I didn’t. I went out.

Since I am a day late posting this, I can tell you that I did walk/run one for this week … two more to go. I will be sore for sure tomorrow.

As for weight, I did my weigh in yesterday was up a pound from last week. The food we ate while not at home was not good choices. aye. I did jump on the scale this morning before I went on my walk/run and was back to my weight last week so no change. I am good with no change because I know I was moving. Hopefully this week will bring a positive change but at any rate, I will keep the goal of moving because it feels good.

Mamavation TV was on last night. You can check it out the theme for the week here though!

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Mamavation Monday: Recommitting

June 6, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

Recommitting. Recommitting to what? To me … and to my Mamavation Monday posts. I have let myself have a big, great big break from being active and I don’t really enjoy it. At some point, something had to give though and that is what gave for me. It happens, I accept it. I am going to recommit to my Mamavation Monday posts too. I have started and stopped several times lately. I am going to keep posting for my sake not the comments of encouragement I hope I get left. At this point, I almost feel like I have been around too long just hanging onto it all. I know I don’t have the time to commit to be a Mamavation campaign mom as in the shows are just too late for this East Coast girl and heck if I am up, I am doing homework that is due that night. Not a good combination. I do love the Twitter hashtag and taking a few minutes so comment on others posts on Mondays. So I will keep up with that better even though it is harder without Tweet Deck!

So what am I going to do, I agreed maybe on a whim, maybe out of lack waking up but to do the Couch to 5k program with my husband. Since it is a 3 day a week program, we can alternate days and trade early morning kid duty. This was inspired by the fact he ran in a 5k this past weekend. The kids and I handed out water to the runners with other people from my office. Someone had to watch the kids since they are too little to join in and I only have a double jogger. Since the cause fit my husband better, he became the runner and I became the volunteer. It was inspiring to see everyone run for a great cause. So we will run and next year, someone else will get the kids while we both run.;)

All that being said I will take today as my starting weight (again) and go from there. More to report next week as tomorrow is my first Couch to 5k day!

Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? You can check it out here! (It is past my bedtime so I miss the show every week!=/)

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Mamavation Monday: Another Monday

May 23, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

I have nothing to report this week. It seems to be a standard post for me these days. My eating isn’t that off. Maybe a few extra treats as I just have a hard time say no but that isn’t the problem. I know I can say no. I can’t seem to find the motivation, energy, or time to be active. Work is as a busy time with extra hours, we are trying to get the yard/garden/path in order before it is 110 degrees outside, and school started again today. It is always something. I don’t know where to add the minutes because I can barely convince myself to get out of bed in the morning and I just crash at night after I finish the “must-do” list for that day. It just isn’t there.

It is on my mind to figure this out. I know I will but I don’t know what will make this change for me yet. If you have ideas, let me know. I seem to be out.
Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? You can check it out here! (It is past my bedtime so I miss the show every week!=/) Oh and if you are in the 5 before or after me, I will comment tomorrow, I promise!!

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Mamavation Monday: Survived Another Wedding

May 9, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

Saturday my sister became a married woman! I thought I might die. I used to have a small wedding coordinating business. It was fun but took a lot of time and energy. Then I had Grace (my oldest) AND we moved. I never started it back up after we relocated. I totally forgot how much my feet would hurt after that.

All that being said, my family survived a trip to Myrtle Beach and back … we all came back so that was good. It took us 8.5 hours to get there and 8 hours to get home. I should add the maps say it is a 7 hour drive so feel my pain.
As for my weight loss this week. ha. There was none but there was no weight gain which was impressive for some of the crap I ate. I did make the cake so I was darn sure having a piece of it! At any rate, I was happy to not come home plus 5 pounds or something crazy.
This week is a hard deadline for a work assignment for me so I don’t see scheduled work outs in my future this week. I am going to drink my water and watch what I eat. I must get to the store for some fruit and veggies. We are majorly lacking those as we cleaned the fridge/kitchen before we left!
Nothing much fun but that is how it is.

Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? You can check it out here! (It is past my bedtime so I miss the show every week!=/) Oh and if you are in the 5 before or after me, I will comment soon, I promise!!

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Mamavation Monday: Hello again

April 11, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

Where have I been? Life took over. My work assignment changed, remember I work full time outside the home. This change made the at-home balance harder and I had several weeks I was just happy to make it through. My graduate class is still going. It is almost over but also means the summer one is almost ready to start. I am not ready for the sprint pace of that class for sure. So excuses are excuses but something had to give and this gave. A lot of my blog gave and so did my workouts. My little tracker spreadsheet is proof of that.

Last week, I said I would fix this scale going in the wrong direction issue. I said I would at least ride the stationary bike. Then I got sick. So sick with little kid crude. So since I knew working out wasn’t going to happen, I decided to watch was I was eating better. I know I had slipped in this area … mostly in more sweets and less activity. So watching what I was eating did help and I was down three pounds. Now I am about 5 lbs off from where I was in January and then from that another 15 from low last summer. The problem last year was I stopped losing weight and my clothes kept fitting. I want … need to fit in those summer clothes again so here is the resolve to get back down and then to the past where I got stuck last year. So while I got my body shape to change some last year, now I need to get the scale to move. Hopefully I can find a way to do that this year because so far I have been pretty stuck in what I can stay committed to do.

And the question of the week …
How would you like to alter your family’s nutrition and eating habits? Do you have a plan to do this?
We meal plan monthly. You can see the meal plan for April HERE. This has really helped us stay on track. Plus the summer garden will go in soon. (The seeds were planted in the starter area last night.) Then there is the CSA we are members of … we have hopes for lots of veggies this summer.

Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? You can check it out here! (It is past my bedtime so I miss the show every week!=/)

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Mamavation Monday: Walking

February 14, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

My workouts last week didn’t happen but I walked. I decided to start walking. We can walk “loop” in our neighborhood. It is a fairly easy walk minus the hill. You see are at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains so our hills are actually hills. Man my butt fells the burn walking up that hill pushing the stroller. Now as the for the stroller, I feel like a dork pushing a double stroller with one kid in it but it is the only good walking stroller I have. I know if I asked for a single, my husband might have a stroke!

This week is the third check-in of the work “Biggest Loser” challenge. The giveaway for a scale is UP NOW! Find it HERE!! Oh and it is the EatSmart Precision Digital Scale! Get ahead of the game and follow them on Twitter at @EatSmartScales!
Results this week … are better. Last week, I was up 1.61% up. This week I am down 0.91% but overall still up 0.69%. So I am happy about that. YAY for progress in the right direction!! I do have to say without the new EatSmart Precision Digital Scale, I wouldn’t know this as my old scale wasn’t accurate at all!

This week I hope to limit my Valentine’s treats. I made them for the preschool so yes, I have eaten some! I also want to keep up the walking with my little guy. The weather is hinting at Spring so being outside is great … at long as I don’t get blown away. It is WINDY here today!

Once again, congratulations to the new Mamavation moms!!!! The Los Angeles Moms are Kate (@katecoleman77) and Angela (@ninemoremonths). The online selected moms are Kimberly (@christlikemommy) and Amanda (@beeacutie2).
Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? Sorry to disappoint but there is no show tonight so you can enjoy the day with your honey! Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Mamavation Monday: Survived the Deadlines

February 7, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!

My workouts last week didn’t happen. I knew that last week was going to be hard as it was full of deadlines. It was also stressful. To top the week off, I tore up my knee … as in took a fair amount of skin off of it. Holy crap that hurts. How do my kids do that and keep trucking? I was seriously in tears in the parking lot and limping for two days. My knee is STILL bothering me since I can’t kneel on it or ignore the big bruise on it that came with the missing skin. aye. So moral of that story … don’t trip and skin up your knee. It hurts way more as an adult than it does when you are 2 years old!

This week is the second check-in of the work “Biggest Loser” challenge. The giveaway for a scale is coming up next week so WATCH for it! Oh and it is the EatSmart Precision Digital Scale! Get ahead of the game and follow them on Twitter at @EatSmartScales!
Results this week … not good at all. I am up 1.61%. up. ugh. I knew my lack of activity would get me but I honestly didn’t expect that. This week will be rough with an anniversary, my birthday and then darn Valentine’s chocolates early next week. I work on moderation!

Since my knee won’t let me do some of the EA Sports Active 2 work outs, I am dropping out of the campaign for now. I will start it over when I can do everything in it again. So for now, I am walking and riding the bike. Cardio is something and I can do that. My husband is working on some stretches for his back and offered to help with some for my hip. So while stretches might not be the fat burning technique, if I can lay on my hip without pain at some point, that will be a small miracle and I will feel good about the taking the time to work on that.

Congratulations to the new Mamavation moms!!!! The Los Angeles Moms are Kate (@katecoleman77) and Angela (@ninemoremonths). The online selected moms are Kimberly (@christlikemommy) and Amanda (@beeacutie2).
Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? Details are HERE!

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Mamavation Monday: Stalled Out

January 31, 2011 By
It is Mamavation Monday time again!
The EA Sports Active Challenge too started on Jan 7th with EA Sports Active 2. Details are HERE on bookieboo.com!

My workouts last week started good and ended bad. I got my first workout in on schedule on Monday. Tuesday I got ready to work out and got sicker and sicker as the day went on … it wasn’t good. Wednesday I started feel better but decided not to push it as my schedule right now is to rough to be sick. I then didn’t get back on the work out schedule. Total fail on my part.

This week is the first check-in of the work “Biggest Loser” challenge. The new scale is great for this because it has that nice decimal point and I am not left guessing as I did with my old scale. The giveaway for a scale is coming up February so WATCH for it! Oh and it is the EatSmart Precision Digital Scale! Get ahead of the game and follow them on Twitter at @EatSmartScales!
Results this week … a big fat zero percentage weight loss as my weight was exactly the same. I was sure I had lost but when I opened my spreadsheet this morning, today’s number was the exact same as last week’s number. No lie. What? ugh.

My schedule this week isn’t good to be honest. I am facing a lot of deadlines (three today alone) which makes my time very limited. Last week my time where I would do my workouts went to my family and it became time with my kids. My kids needed that and so did I … I need to figure out a balance. I am not sure if I will pick up my EA Sports Active 2 challenge this week … I need to figure that out and I will report back next as I want to report a I lost percentage next week despite my crazy deadlines this week!

Congratulations to the new Mamavation moms!!!! The Los Angeles Moms are Kate (@katecoleman77) and Angela (@ninemoremonths). The online selected moms are Kimberly (@christlikemommy) and Amanda (@beeacutie2).
Are you ready to watch Mamavation TV tonight? Details are HERE!

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