Finding Myself in a Crowd
I am a mother of three with a curiosity for life. This blog is about all those simple, complex, humorous, serious things, etc. that make up the travelings in my mind. Maybe in the process I'll humor you, make you cry, clarify things for you, or just confuse the heck out of you. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy the ride.
Reblogged from quote-book
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller | edit: marian16rox
Earlier I said that I was going to pop in the 30 Day Shred video. Right as I was getting started my sister came over. The other day was her birthday so she invited me out with them to eat some BD’s Mongolian BBQ. My favorite place. SO, of course I did.
I still haven’t been home. I am about to head out to the gym with, or possibly both of my nephews. Even though I didn’t have my date with Jillian, I’m still going to get that workout in.
I might even head out with them to The Diamondback. A country bar out my way. I haven’t decided about that yet. I guess it depends on how I feel, and if I can find something to wear.
I also got an invite with one of my girlfriends to come over to her house for a July 4th bbq. It looks like after today I have two final days left of my vacation and I am finding a way to keep myself busy.
90 Challenge…
So I started a 90 challenge on Facebook. Yesterday was day 1. I always prefer not to use the word “diet” because it seems when I do I constantly seem to have food on my brain. I think of all the different ways I can make what I like healthier. It becomes obsessive, and then I want to eat more. I do so much better when I don’t have to really monitor what I eat.
My goal is 10 lbs per month, although my ultimate goal now is 42 lbs since I gained those 20 since January.
I didn’t eat breakfast because quite simply I wasn’t hungry. I did have an early lunch. I just finished off a sandwich from Subway. Turkey & provolone on wheat, guacamole (because I’ve been craving it), lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, jalapenos (jalapenos are good on everything), lite mayo, and a tiny bit of Italian dressing. Toasted of course! I get it home and realize that the guacamole ruins the sandwich, so I scrapped it off and tried to rebuild my mush sandwich. It was edible, but next time, NO GUACAMOLE.
I also picked up those weights, starting with the 5 lbs, so that I can do Jillians 30 Day Shred. I should do it now before I decide to blow it off.
40andcounting replied to your post: @Rosewolf….
Omg I would have lost my mind….I don’t know how you did it.
LOL, shut up! :)
If you like that…when I had to carry them in somewhere the boys turned into footballs. One under each arm, heads forward (facing each other of course) feet sticking out behind me. They absolutely loved it.
@Rosewolf….
This is such a touchy subject for me. Seeing parents that won’t parent, and we wonder why kids are the way they are. BTW, the little girl wasn’t in the buggy, she was walking.
Speaking of that, when my kids were little I always had to take them everywhere with me. Grocery shopping was something else. I used to have to put the twins in one cart (in the carriers) and my daughter and food in another. She is three years older than them. It was quite an event to see me grocery shopping, push one cart while pulling another. Even as the kids grew out of carriers and could walk, I still used two carts, because there is no way that I was about to let three little ones run crazy in a grocery store while I am shopping.
People always ask me, “How did you do it?” They say it as if it some amazing feat that they couldn’t do. I always found these questions ridiculous. In my mind it was, “Did I have a choice?” I guess I did, but not in my mind. To me it was suck it up and drive on. Kind of like my mom and that engagement picture. She only saw me in the picture, she blocks out my ex-husband even though it is obvious that he is there. I block out any other option, it is obvious that I could take another route, one that many others take that could make life easier in the moment (but not in the long run). I only see one choice. I do what needs to be done. Parent.
I wish that I had that sort of thought process with health/fitness. That “suck it up and drive on.” I guess this is where I look at others and say, “How did you do it?” and they look at me as if it were a ridiculous statement. They think to themselves, “I only see one choice. I do what needs to be done.”
