Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Today started out a little rough. I am one that needs sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. So when I have to start my day at 3:30am, I am not a happy person. I had a little girl wake me up. I got her back to sleep but had no luck myself. I was exhausted. I was ready for a nap even before I took Megan to preschool. My bed called out my name as I walked out the door to take Megan to preschool. I was so tempted to come back home after dropping her off and hibernating for a few hours. I finally decided against it.

I knew that I wanted to go to my Weight Watcher meeting this morning. It really has helped my mind set going to the meeting each week. I think too often people forget that I am still a member even though I do work at WW. I am glad that I went today. Definitely some things that I needed to hear and a few things that I remembered sitting in the meeting.

After the meeting I rushed to the Y. I was so excited to finally be able to get in a run. I cannot remember the last time that I have been able to run. School closings due to snow, doctors appointments, Megan’s birthday party at school, showings, house inspection…. you get the idea. I think the last time I ran was in January. Bummer. I really pushed it today. I need to get better about tracking my times. I think this was my best time for a 5K yet. Not fast. It was a good run and made me realize that my goal for the 5K at the Indy mini is not a reasonable goal most likely. But I am ok with that.

I am kind of scared to post this and jinx us. It looks like we sold our house. It is a scary time but we really think we have made the right decision. We made an offer on another house (a house with a basement so I can get my treadmill back) and our offer was accepted yesterday. Big relief. Talk about stress. Another offer on the house came in. Nothing like thinking you just sold the house that you love and won’t get the house that you have dreamt about for 6 months. During those crazy 24 hours I really really wanted to turn to food. I wanted to stuff those emotions but I fought it off. No food that I didn’t need. In the heat of the moment I was able to remind myself that the food wasn’t going to help & I would only feel worse once I was done eating & realized what I did. Dodged that bullet.

Unless we hit a major snag we will be moving in the next six weeks or so. So excited and nervous. Lots of things to do. Not going to turn to food. I will not. I refuse.

Tags: emotions, run

When I was contacted by Kellogg’s about offering a giveaway on my site, they asked if I would like to try the new Special K Low Fat Granola. I had heard some good things about this cereal but had not been able to find it in any stores yet. So I took Kellogg’s  up on their offer. The girls & I were excited when the box arrived. Nothing like a new food to try. Sydney & I immediately ate it straight from the box. Tasty even without any milk.  Great first impression.

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Tags: cereal, favorite

Well, as you have probably figured out, last week was kind of crazy for me. Besides celebrating Megan’s 4th birthday (which included a special dinner at home, a party at preschool & a family shindig yesterday) we had three more showing of our house. Every time I think I am going to get the the gym, something throws a wrench in my plans. I was able to squeeze in some workouts at home but no trip to the gym.

I knew that I was strong all last weekend. Perfect. NO. More conscience of my eating. Definitely! So I went to my weigh in yesterday not sure what to expect. Wouldn’t you know. Down ONE POUND. WHOOOOOHOOO. After last week’s one pound loss (1.4 total but .4 was from the gain the week before) I wasn’t sure what to expect. That means I am only 7.2 pounds from my Weight Watcher goal.  And if I want to get even more technical, I am only 5.2 pounds from “being legal” with the two pound allowance WW gives to lifetime members. It feels so good to get back to goal. I am going to continue to work hard even though I am not sure I will be able to hit my goal that I had set. I was hoping to be back to goal before we left on our spring break trip. We have never gone out of town for spring break. This year we will be going to Disney. I am so ready for some sun.  So I have less than four weeks before we leave. We shall see.

OK. Some have asked for an update on the house situation. Here is just a quick update. We had THREE more showings this past week. Including one showing which we had TWO HOURS before Megan’s birthday party yesterday. Stressful!  We have had some other things happen but I am not ready to jinx us even though I really don’t believe that would happen. Just staying positive. We have had six showings in eleven days. So you can kind of get an idea of what I am been doing. LOL

One last thing that I want to mention. I am never too busy to hear from you. Yes you. I had someone mention yesterday that they thought I was too busy and didn’t want to bother me. YOU WILL NOT BOTHER ME! If I am too busy for your email it just might take me a little longer to respond. But I will respond to you. I am not the know-it-all of the weight loss world. I am just someone who has struggled with her weight pretty much her whole life.  Email me. We can support each other on this journey.

I am off to go cuddle with my adorable four year old.

Tags: weigh-in

Yesterday I had planned on running until we got the call about a showing. I am NOT complaining at all about the showing. Finally the activity is picking up in the housing market. Praying hard for a second showing and an offer. This stuff is for the birds.

After running Meg to preschool, I knew that I had some last minute cleaning things that needed to be done before the showing. But I was totally on edge. Another day that Sydney wasn’t in school thanks to the blowing & drifting on the roads. I was nervous about the showing. I was tired from not enough sleep. I saw myself having an emotional eating day to calm my nerves. So I worked out. In between cleaning and preschool runs, I got in an express Turbo Jam workout. It felt so good and it was just what I needed.

My nerves were calmed down. The anxiety gone (as much much as possible considering the circumstances). My eating stayed in check even while taking the girls out for a quick lunch during the showing. No late evening snacking after the girls were in bed.

Now just to figure out how to get in a workout today between Megan’s speech session, trip to our WW center, making birthday treats for Megan’s party at school tomorrow, and all the other things on my to-do list. I have two food reviews that I hope to get posted in the next couple of days now that my computer is back. Yay.

OK. That is all for now. Got to get the girls moving. School is a go as of right now. Praying that the delay doesn’t turn in to a cancellation.

Tags: Turbo Jam, workout

As you can probably figure out, my computer has been fixed and returned to me. YEAH! I was so lost without my computer.

Since I posted last, my life got even a little more crazy. School for Sydney ended up being closed the rest of the week. Wednesday, I received a call that we had TWO showings on Thursday. That made THREE showings in THREE DAYS! I hardly sat down. Cleaned, organized, anything that I could do to increase our odds.

So Saturday I wasn’t sure what to expect on the scales. I hadn’t been able to get to the Y because of the weather. And to be honest, I didn’t get in the workouts at home that I would have liked because of working on the house. But I figured I was moving more than I normally would.  I was so pleased when the scales showed I was down 1.4 pounds. With the 0.4 gain the week before it was an additional 1 pound loss. Whoohoooo.

I wanted to start out the week strong and danced to my Zumba workout dvd on Saturday. Rested yesterday. I just finished  Turbo Jam’s Cardio Party #3. I had planned on running tomorrow morning while Megan was at preschool. I might still be able to squeeze it in BUT I am not going to freak out if I don’t.

As I was finishing up my workout, the phone rang. We have ANOTHER showing tomorrow. Seriously! Four showings in SIX days. We went weeks and weeks and weeks. (almost two months straight) without a showing. Still waiting on the second showings to start but thankfully the activity is picking up. So I am going to be positive. We will get this house sold soon.

OK. Off to go clean. We were home most of the weekend and you know what that means. A messy house.

Tags: weigh-in

Well, operation Molly Wants A Dog has taken a slightly different turn.  I am still working hard towards my mini goal (which is now only 9 pounds away!  I’m almost half way there!) but we were given the opportunity to rescue this little guy and we jumped at the chance.

He is a Boston Terrier which is a breed I have always loved.  His name is Winston and he will be 3 months old tomorrow.  So far things are going amazingly well.  Our kids all love him (and so do we!)  I must admit, my eating went down the tubes a little over the weekend.  Something about the relief of thinking “I already have the dog so I can stop eating so perfectly” started creeping into my brain.

So, today is back to it after a 3 day hiatus of no points counting.  I really need some new strategies.  I thought it would be neat for anyone who reads Kristen’s blog to share your best strategies for weight loss and motivation.  It can be anything from how you make yourself drink your water before you watch TV in the morning to making sure your sodium count is low before weigh in day. Leave a comment with your best strategies!!  We (and by “we” I am including myself!!!) can all benefit from the ideas that work for you!

Happy strategizing!!

It has been a busy few days. On our way home from Megan’s speech session Monday, I got a call that someone wanted to see our house on Tuesday. During the snow storm? Ooooookay. So once we got home, Istarted working like a crazy person. I seriously didn’t sit down all day. I even got in a Zumba workout in the middle of the cleaning/organizing/straightening up spree.

Yesterday I finished getting things ready for the showing and even had to shovel our driveway. So that was my workout. I put Beefy Veggie Soup in the crockpot so when we got home from the showing dinner would be ready. It was nice & tasty and so filling.

I wanted to let everyone know that I am having some major computer problems. I will be the first to admit that I am completely and totally addicted to my laptop. Some days I feel like it is my only link to the outside world. Since we put our house on the market I only have my laptop because our desktop is in storage. I have a call in to a computer repair company and am waiting on a call back. So if I disappear for a while it is because I have no computer. If that would happen, I will try to have Molly keep you informed to a certain extent.

OK. Time to figure out if I need to get Megan to her speech session or if the roads are too bad. Hope everyone is warm & safe.

I put the number of entries in a cup and Megan drew the winning number.

Drum Roll Please……….

The winning entry was Amber who was the 7th entry. Amber, please send me a private message with your address and Kellogg will mail out your prize package.

Thanks again to Kellogg & Special K for the prize package.