That the sounds of my brain bubbling out of my ears. Work has been Cuh-Razy lately! I can't keep up with the weird. I got into a rather heated e-mail exchange with someone at our corporate office who has MUCH more power than I do. But, I knew I was right and I was willing to take a stand. Guess what? It totally paid off and they apologized for their aggressive approach. I love getting results like that.
Speaking of results... Tuesday mornings weigh-in? Same. I think I'm going to try to eat small snacks through the day because I think maybe I've thrown my metabolize all out of whack with the lack of food. We'll see if I notice any difference on the scale Monday.
My house is in shambles, but ya know.. sometimes that happens? I'm still gearing myself up to start my FlyLady lovin', but I know that unless I'm 100% committed, it ain't gonna work. I'm getting there though and once things calm down with work I think I'll be ready to dive in. Hubbs promised that he would do the dishes before I got home from work today so I'm crossing my fingers that a clean sink will greet me this evening.
Hope all of you loverly ladies are doing great. HAPPY WEEKEND!
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
And she got up!
Yes, you read that right. Today I got off the couch! HALLELUJAH!
I think I've found the key to making the most of my Tuesdays and Thursdays. Make plans. Yep, it seems to be that easy. As long as I have a reason to get up and get going in the morning I remain upright.
Today's excuse was the wonderful Culligan Man who came to install our new water softener. He was due to arrive between 11a & 1p so I had to get up and get breakfast for everyone (this entails me sitting at the computer eating cereal) and get ready for the day because we had some plans, yo. My goal was to clean this morning because we had a play date scheduled for the afternoon at our house. That didn't quite happen. Hubbs let me sleep in and by the time I got ready (wet hair, no makeup but clean!) the Culligan Man was ringing our doorbell. So I figured I would clean while he was doing the install. No dice. They had our water shut off most of the time so I just picked up as best I could and resorted to using my Ready Mop instead of the real thing. And it was fantabulous because snoozing on the couch with the Culligan guy there just wasn't a possibility. No sooner had he left than our friends arrived and I was busy with that until nearly Bugga's bedtime. It felt great! I actually have more energy now (past midnight!) then I have for days. I guess it is true; laziness totally leads to more laziness.
Also, hosting play dates at my house means I have to clean. Public shaming is an excellent motivator. Anytime I clean Bugga asks who's coming over. Sad, huh?
I think I've found the key to making the most of my Tuesdays and Thursdays. Make plans. Yep, it seems to be that easy. As long as I have a reason to get up and get going in the morning I remain upright.
Today's excuse was the wonderful Culligan Man who came to install our new water softener. He was due to arrive between 11a & 1p so I had to get up and get breakfast for everyone (this entails me sitting at the computer eating cereal) and get ready for the day because we had some plans, yo. My goal was to clean this morning because we had a play date scheduled for the afternoon at our house. That didn't quite happen. Hubbs let me sleep in and by the time I got ready (wet hair, no makeup but clean!) the Culligan Man was ringing our doorbell. So I figured I would clean while he was doing the install. No dice. They had our water shut off most of the time so I just picked up as best I could and resorted to using my Ready Mop instead of the real thing. And it was fantabulous because snoozing on the couch with the Culligan guy there just wasn't a possibility. No sooner had he left than our friends arrived and I was busy with that until nearly Bugga's bedtime. It felt great! I actually have more energy now (past midnight!) then I have for days. I guess it is true; laziness totally leads to more laziness.
Also, hosting play dates at my house means I have to clean. Public shaming is an excellent motivator. Anytime I clean Bugga asks who's coming over. Sad, huh?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday Morning Results - 1.24
Scale reads: 214.4
Yeah, I know it's Tuesday but I spent Monday watching Bugga playing in the snow and then enjoying my two guys for the evening.
Monday's results did not go as planned. The scale was down almost each day last week and then we hit the weekend. This is why I weigh-in first thing Monday morning (officially) because I have no choice but to see the damage the weekend has caused. Friday night Hubs and I went to see Brad Paisley in concert. It. Was. UH-mazing! Before the show we treated my sister to some Mexican goodness (margaritas and burritos and chips and salsa and extra poundage apparently). I love me some Mexican food! Afterwards, Hubs and I met up with friends for more drinks and (dun, dun, dun) bar food. Combine that with snacking all weekend and you get a gain of one pound.
I'd like to say that I've kicked it into high gear, but that would be a lie. I'm really struggling with getting off the couch and being productive at all. My family has suggested I might be depressed, but other than the lack of energy I"m happy as hell! And I don't think it's seasonal because I'm a lazy lump all year round. I've had a full blood workup done too and nada. Maybe I am just that lazy. I HATE IT! I only work 3 full days a week so I feel it's my job to do the majority of the housework. Forget my Hubs being mad at me, I'm pissed at myself for the condition of our house.
I think I'm going to do my darnedest to get back into FLYing. Oh, you don't know what FLYing is? Well let me direct you here good readers! The name of the game is adding in good habits one day at a time and once you've mastered that you move on to cleaning zones in your home each day or week. They've even partnered up with Cozi to bring you downloadable calendars of their cleaning schedules. I always make the same mistake though (one they warn everyone about) and try to jump ahead without laying the proper foundation. So I will start this week with shining my sink. To be honest, it won't begin until Thursday at the earliest because that's when we get our new water softener installed. Once that happens, I plan to clean out the dishwasher of all of the hard water and lime buildup so that we can FINALLY use our dishwasher in this house. Procrastinate much??
I'd love to say that I'm ready to jump right in, but I know that I'm really not. So for now I'll start downloading the schedules and reading my daily e-mails from FLYlady and try make myself get in the right frame of mind.
I know this greatly veered of course from my Monday Morning Results, but I think it all ties in together and when my life and home are cluttered, my mind feels cluttered and it's hard to get my shit together on the weight loss front. One step at a time right?
Yeah, I know it's Tuesday but I spent Monday watching Bugga playing in the snow and then enjoying my two guys for the evening.
Monday's results did not go as planned. The scale was down almost each day last week and then we hit the weekend. This is why I weigh-in first thing Monday morning (officially) because I have no choice but to see the damage the weekend has caused. Friday night Hubs and I went to see Brad Paisley in concert. It. Was. UH-mazing! Before the show we treated my sister to some Mexican goodness (margaritas and burritos and chips and salsa and extra poundage apparently). I love me some Mexican food! Afterwards, Hubs and I met up with friends for more drinks and (dun, dun, dun) bar food. Combine that with snacking all weekend and you get a gain of one pound.
I'd like to say that I've kicked it into high gear, but that would be a lie. I'm really struggling with getting off the couch and being productive at all. My family has suggested I might be depressed, but other than the lack of energy I"m happy as hell! And I don't think it's seasonal because I'm a lazy lump all year round. I've had a full blood workup done too and nada. Maybe I am just that lazy. I HATE IT! I only work 3 full days a week so I feel it's my job to do the majority of the housework. Forget my Hubs being mad at me, I'm pissed at myself for the condition of our house.
I think I'm going to do my darnedest to get back into FLYing. Oh, you don't know what FLYing is? Well let me direct you here good readers! The name of the game is adding in good habits one day at a time and once you've mastered that you move on to cleaning zones in your home each day or week. They've even partnered up with Cozi to bring you downloadable calendars of their cleaning schedules. I always make the same mistake though (one they warn everyone about) and try to jump ahead without laying the proper foundation. So I will start this week with shining my sink. To be honest, it won't begin until Thursday at the earliest because that's when we get our new water softener installed. Once that happens, I plan to clean out the dishwasher of all of the hard water and lime buildup so that we can FINALLY use our dishwasher in this house. Procrastinate much??
I'd love to say that I'm ready to jump right in, but I know that I'm really not. So for now I'll start downloading the schedules and reading my daily e-mails from FLYlady and try make myself get in the right frame of mind.
I know this greatly veered of course from my Monday Morning Results, but I think it all ties in together and when my life and home are cluttered, my mind feels cluttered and it's hard to get my shit together on the weight loss front. One step at a time right?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Already?!?
I feel like I just began my search for "perfection" and I'm already sucking at it. My parents are coming to stay with us Friday night and I just looked around my house and literally had a panic attack. Woe is me and my ready-to-be-condemned home! It seems that I can focus on or two areas of improvement and any more than that sends me reeling for the closest bottle of liquor. (Or Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss as the case may be tonight.)
Oddly enough I'm doing really well with the menu planning AND executing. That's a first. Normally I can plan the hell out of something and then promptly lose all interest in actually making it, you know, HAPPEN! So I did my meal plan, went to Sam's Club and Wal-mart to secure all needed ingredients, and then (get this) actually have made the planned dinner for the last three nights! Go me!! And yes, I feel that this deserves a large pat on the back seeing as how I am one lazy-ass mo'fo' (see also; whole blog for reference). AND tonights dinner was even healthy.... O.M.G AND, and... I exercised tonight. OK, I kicked my 5 year old's ass on Dance Central and Just Dance, but I was moving dammit!
So with the focus on meal planning and execution as well as trying to throw some healthy shit in the mix... my house has fallen into disrepair. So I'm torn. Do I a) just focus on keeping up momentum in the aforementioned areas or b) slack back down to mediocre and add household management skills into the ringer? I'm leaning towards keeping up my good works so far and making them habit before adding in anything else. I'll have to have an all-night-power-clean before the parentals arrive which will probably shred the last of my sanity... but HEY, dinner will be served!
Oddly enough I'm doing really well with the menu planning AND executing. That's a first. Normally I can plan the hell out of something and then promptly lose all interest in actually making it, you know, HAPPEN! So I did my meal plan, went to Sam's Club and Wal-mart to secure all needed ingredients, and then (get this) actually have made the planned dinner for the last three nights! Go me!! And yes, I feel that this deserves a large pat on the back seeing as how I am one lazy-ass mo'fo' (see also; whole blog for reference). AND tonights dinner was even healthy.... O.M.G AND, and... I exercised tonight. OK, I kicked my 5 year old's ass on Dance Central and Just Dance, but I was moving dammit!
So with the focus on meal planning and execution as well as trying to throw some healthy shit in the mix... my house has fallen into disrepair. So I'm torn. Do I a) just focus on keeping up momentum in the aforementioned areas or b) slack back down to mediocre and add household management skills into the ringer? I'm leaning towards keeping up my good works so far and making them habit before adding in anything else. I'll have to have an all-night-power-clean before the parentals arrive which will probably shred the last of my sanity... but HEY, dinner will be served!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
We'll call it a draw...
... Today that is! Some hits, some misses.
Bugga woke up at 8:30 am and I got him breakfast and then fell back asleep on the couch. FAIL!
Then I woke up at 10 am, ate me Lucky Charms, answered work e-mails, did a load of laundry and then got us both moving. WIN!
Then we had the best part of the day which was a 4 hour playdate. I love those because I get to gossip and Bugga gets to play. Especially during the winter, it's nice to get out of the house and try to alleviate some of that cabin fever that affects very active 5 year olds. So of course all of that was a nice big WIN!
We got home in time for me to check my work e-mail and start another load of laundry. Hells yeah on the productiveness! (Don't worry, it didn't last long.) Then it was Hubby's turn to wake up and we went out for pizza. I'm going to call that one a fail because going out for pizza does not help the waistline or wallet. Dinner itself was also a draw because I caved on the cheesy bread, but got the thin crust garden pizza and water. Yes, water!! I'm going to make it my best friend even though we've had a checkered past.
Now it's Bugga and I home alone looking forward to his return when we wake up. Yep, my hubby is an overnight, 12-hour shifter. He's off this weekend so my big goal is to clean up really well tonight so that we don't have to deal with it over the next three days.
If I can do some dishes tonight, another load of laundry and pick up the family room I'm gonna pat myself on the back and then put today firmly in the WIN column. Otherwise I'll come here tomorrow to make a ridiculous excuse for why it didn't get done. And none of us like that, do we??
Bugga woke up at 8:30 am and I got him breakfast and then fell back asleep on the couch. FAIL!
Then I woke up at 10 am, ate me Lucky Charms, answered work e-mails, did a load of laundry and then got us both moving. WIN!
Then we had the best part of the day which was a 4 hour playdate. I love those because I get to gossip and Bugga gets to play. Especially during the winter, it's nice to get out of the house and try to alleviate some of that cabin fever that affects very active 5 year olds. So of course all of that was a nice big WIN!
We got home in time for me to check my work e-mail and start another load of laundry. Hells yeah on the productiveness! (Don't worry, it didn't last long.) Then it was Hubby's turn to wake up and we went out for pizza. I'm going to call that one a fail because going out for pizza does not help the waistline or wallet. Dinner itself was also a draw because I caved on the cheesy bread, but got the thin crust garden pizza and water. Yes, water!! I'm going to make it my best friend even though we've had a checkered past.
Now it's Bugga and I home alone looking forward to his return when we wake up. Yep, my hubby is an overnight, 12-hour shifter. He's off this weekend so my big goal is to clean up really well tonight so that we don't have to deal with it over the next three days.
If I can do some dishes tonight, another load of laundry and pick up the family room I'm gonna pat myself on the back and then put today firmly in the WIN column. Otherwise I'll come here tomorrow to make a ridiculous excuse for why it didn't get done. And none of us like that, do we??
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Scheduling my day
If I was left to my own devices I would lay around and nap most of the day and then be productive from dinner to bedtime. This isn't such a problem 3 days a week when I work at my office, but the other days I'm home with Bugga and he requires a bit more structure. Does this happen? Nope, hardly ever. To be honest, Tuesdays and Thursdays usually turn out exactly how I described above. Result? I feel like a lazy fat-ass (which I am!) and Bugga watches too much tv and gets cabin fever. Something has got to give! So here is my ideal day at home with the kid:
I'm going to give this schedule a shot tomorrow. I'll be home with Bugga all day and I might as well dive into my first step on the way to Stepford-dom! Keep me accountable y'all!!
- Breakfast (with one tv show)
- Get ready and go run errands. The sooner we're on the move, the less likely I'll curl up on the couch and hibernate!
- Come home for lunch (with one tv show)
- Chores around the house. I like to use a 15 on / 15 off method with Bugga. I set the timer on my phone for 15 minutes and during that time he needs to be picking up. When the time goes off he can play for 15 minutes. Rinse and Repeat!
- Next would be outdoor play or fitness time. Basically anything but laying on the couch! Playdates would fall in here too.
- Dinner bell ringin'!
- Relax with my boys and make Hubs help me with tasks around the house
I'm going to give this schedule a shot tomorrow. I'll be home with Bugga all day and I might as well dive into my first step on the way to Stepford-dom! Keep me accountable y'all!!
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