Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Wow. Our whirlwind of a weekend is over. I am taking a deep breath. Our crazy weekend started with dress rehearsal for the girls’ dance recital. Can you see that Sydney did NOT want her sister in the picture with her. Oh the drama of girls.  Hair done. ”Makeup” on. Time to go to the recital. We [...]

I have really been working hard. Cycling Class still on Mondays & Wednesdays and the elliptical on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Yesterday, I pushed out 5.5 miles on the elliptical. I am finding that my trips to the Y are saving my sanity this summer. The girls have been picking at each other and some [...]

Man is it sometimes hard to change my mental mantras. Continually I catch myself saying to little old me “just keep trying”. NO! I stopped trying. I am doing it. Trying wasn’t getting me anywhere. I have been writing everything down that goes in my mouth. Making better choices. It sure doesn’t hurt that all [...]

After my lecture to myself, I have been doing well. On point target yesterday. Ran yesterday. Even signed up for a spin/cycling class that is held on Monday & Wednesday mornings. Today was day one. I had a million reasons why I could skip the class. OK… maybe not a million but I was exhausted [...]

How many of you watched Jillian Michael’s new show “Losing It with Jillian”? I had taped it on our dvr. Megan was sick again late last week so I had an opportunity to watch it while I rocked my sick baby. I really enjoyed the show. It has a different feel from Biggest Loser. It [...]