It's been a while

Hello all, it's been a while.  I apoligize for leaving you out there with no contact.  I have not given up, nor have I fallen off the wagon.  I have however been extremely busy with work and kids.  If you have kids in school, you are probably fully aware of the chaotic schedule that goes along with the end of the school year.  Not to mention my Drama Daughter had First Communion, and Snuggle Bug had his birthday.  I also work in a real estate based business so you put all that in the same pot and BAM!!!  Two months have disappeared in a whirlwind. 

So to update you.  I have not been good about tracking calories, I also have not made it to the gym as often as I like.  I have however started getting up at the crack of dawn a few times when the gym seems to not be an option to walk.  For those that do not know where I live, just around the block from my house is a trail that leads into a nature center/park.  It's a beautiful trail, that is paved, with a water fountain about a mile in from my house, and it's gorgeous to walk by the pond, and watch the sun rise.  Although I don't feel I get quite the workout I get from the gym, I due love the peace an quiet that 6:30am provides :)  My husband on the other hand now believes I am an alien.  I have never been a morning person in my entire life!!!  Anyone who knows me well can vouch for it.  And until recently I have not been an excercise person.  So to combine the two together, he thinks I'm an alien.  The first morning I set my alarm early he actually looked at me and said "who are you, and what have you done with my wife"  LOL.  I am still me, but I am a healthier version of myself. 

As for my diet, weeeeellllllllll, when I work I tend to eat badly.  I have been working quite a bit with a company that many of the people there are on a healthier lifestyle so that helps.  We will go to lunch and have salad or something better for you than burgers and fries.  When I am by myself, it just simply depends on the day and my alotted time.  I also haven't cooked well at home do to the crazy schedule.  I'm hoping that when school gets out (in a day and a half) I will grill more, and eat better.  My work schedule has significantly slowed down it should make healthy eating easier.  I am still eating A LOT less than I used to, and that is still taking some time to get used to.  Simple things like the amount of pizza to order, or spaghetti to make, I have yet to get regulate them properly, and we have way more left overs than necessary. 

Anyway, that is sort of what has been up with me.  For those of you who have been working on this journey along with me, I hope it is going well for you.  I have not weighed myself lately as they moved the scale at the gym, and I don't know where it went so I'm scared to get on a different one.  I do have a more current picture, and I don't feel like I'm losing as much, but I do feel stronger.  Maybe I'm at one of those dreadful plateau's that people have warned me about, and if I can kick myself into high gear again, I will get through it. 

Hope you are well!

Breakfast -
Protein bar

Lunch -
2 taco bell tacos

Snack - 3 small cheddar cheese, 3 rosemary & olive oil triscuits

Dinner - 1 1/4 cups of Chicken fetticinni alfredo, heavy on the chicken.

Water - BAD -  (I left my water cup at home when I went to work and soda was what was available)
4 - 8oz. cups
1 - Coke Zero
1 - Diet coke

Excercise - 55 minutes of Group power (weight lifting)


For those who haven't seen me in a while.  Here is the latest.  Sorry I didn't realize the kids had fingerprinted the mirror all up :):):)