Hitting the 'wall'

Last week I have had problems with forgetfulness, being grumpy and tired, all the time.  I think after 6 weeks for consistant working out, I finally hit that "wall".  I took the majority of this past week off from working out and I feel better, so when I go back to working out tomorrow, I'm hoping for renwed energy. To be honest, I even stopped eating healthy and drinking the water I know I should.

I am nervous about what the scale will show on my weekly weigh in (tomorrow) but I know that my clothes are still loose and that should be enought.  Right?

Today, I will be spending the day at baby girls car wash, so it will be a final day of not a typical work-out.  I think I like the non-typical work outs. 

My baby boy is 15 today

Happy Birthday to my baby boy.  He is 15 today...wow, where did the time go? While MIL was here, she bought him his birthday presents, so hubby and I didn't go overboard with presents. Well, since today is his birthday, I went to the gym not long after I woke up. I only did cardio today, and knowing this was going to be a high calorie day, I wanted to burn some calories before I started eating.

Today at the gym, I did 40 minute on what is called a cybex arc machine. It is a cross between an elptical machine and a stepper. I also did intervals today, so my legs are exteremly tired.

After the 40 minutes on the arc, I did a walk/run for 15 minutes.

So for baby boys birthday (he will always be baby boy, no matter how old, or how tall), we ordered sausage from Black's Barbeque in Lockhart, Texas. We are origianlly from Texas and my kids love barbecue. Baby boy loves sausage and baby girl loves ribs. With all this AWESOME food, it is no wonder I have problems keeping the weight off. So, along with with sausage, we had beans (which will be GREAT as leftovers) and home made mac-n-cheese. My calories for is meal was over 600 (according to myfitnesspal)! After that great meal, we had chocolate cake, with chocoalate frosting (which helped the calories jump to over 600.) I included a picture of the cake, baby girl wanted to put candles in the shape of number 15 and ended up using 16 candles. When Baby boy originally saw the cake, he complained about the number of candles is more than his age, so I told baby girl to finish adding all the candles we had. :-) The real fire will happen if we try to light all hubby's candles (he will be 40).

So after all that wonderful food, I think I need to work out again, but to be honest, all I really want to do is take a nap. :-)

So tomorrow, baby girl will be making cupcakes for hubby's birthday (which is Tuesday...another high calorie day).& I will be happy when the birthdays are over.

My addiction...or rather, obsession

I'll admit, I have an addiction...and if you guessed chocolate,You would be partly right. I am addicted to the scale...I weigh myself every morning. Some studies state that daily weigh-ins are a good thing, but some days I'll weigh before bed too, just to see how much I gained during the day. I know it isn't healthy, and I should hide my scale, but I can't seem to be able to keep it away. In the past month, I have dropped 4 pounds. I am happy with the number, but I know that my weight is strictly a number...and the scale has no bearing on whether I am healthy or fit. I know all this...it is just actually putting it into practice. I guess the next step is measuring my success in different ways.My next obsession is working out. Currently, I go to a gym to work out, but that is getting old and I'm going to start working out at home with a DVD or two when my membership ends at the end of August. This leads me to today's workout...abs! I haven't strictly worked abs in a week, and it was tough. Last week I was able to hold a plank for 1 min 30 sec, today I was shaking at 45 seconds, but I pushed it to a full min. Workout:Bike @ gym: 40 mins and 13.5 milesCrunches: 125 repsStanding side crunches: 50 each sideFront standing crunch: 50 repsPlank: 1 min (2 times)Side plank: 30 sec each side (2 times)Back extension (machine) 100 repsStanding twist: 50 times each sideV-sit: 10 repsFull body roll up: 10 repsI went to the gym feeling guilty about going, but I went anyway and had a great workout. I was also able to talk baby girl into making her brother's birthday cake, so all I have to do now is wait for it to cool off so I can add frosting. The worst part is I've been craving chocolate cake since the beginning of June and now it is in my house! Wish me luck, with not giving into my cravings.