February 14, 2012
New Family Pictures
February 8, 2012
Still Kickin'
Wow it has almost been a year since I last posted. I would say that I felt guilty about it, but I kinda sorta don't.
Life has it's way of moving along whether you want to move or not. And my life this last year has been a whole lot of crazy.
Let's see in the health department I've made so huge strides in some parts and little steps in others. I took most of the summer off from actively trying to lose weight. I more or less just maintained my weight, which I know was a huge accomplishment in itself, so that made me happy. I picked back up where I had left off in August with another weight-lifting class at school. And I added a little running to my program. A friend told me about a running program called C25K, couch to 5k. And I decided to try it. I have never been a runner, in fact before I started the program I had never even run a full mile without a whole lot of walking in between the little bit of running. So I was a little hesitant that I could finish the program, but I decided to try and see where it went. I finished the program and for the first time in my life I ran not only 1 mile but 2 full miles. I was thrilled, and so proud of myself for doing it. I wish that I could say I love to run now, but I can't and I'm good with that. I am still trying to keep up with the running and would like to slowly push my running time, currently 30 mins, to 45 or 50 minutes. And then I would like to increase my speed. I really do want to be able to run a 5k, just to say that I've done it. In November I hit my 50 lb weight loss mark. I actually hit it while in Utah for Thanksgiving, surprising even me!
School wise, well that's had it's ups and downs too. I finished Spring '11 with decent grades, not as great a GPA as I had hoped for, but I passed all my classes and was ready to move on. I was a hard semester in that I really overloaded myself with classes. Summer I took 3 classes and was again glad when it ended. Fall'11 semester just about did me in. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown, but I made it through. I failed my first class ever (calculus) and that was really hard for me mentally and emotionally. But I'm moving on and will retake calculus this summer all by itself so I can really focus on it. At the very beginning of this semester (spring '12) I met with my academic counselor and we decided that if I pushed my graduation date from Dec'12 to May'13 it would be a better path for me. That means that not only will I graduate with the 150 hours I need to sit for the CPA, I will also graduate with a minor in internal audit.
The kids are alive and well. They too have kept me busy. Miss Magoo turned 8 in January and was baptised. It was a wonderful day and a post all it's own. PJ turned 11 last week and has moved from being a cub scout to an 11-yr old scout. He decided somewhat last minute that he wanted to earn his arrow of light award. And after much scrambling. hard work, and tears on both our parts he finished the day before his 11th birthday.
So while that short clip doesn't even come close to describing out last year, there it is the shortened and very much condensed version of 2011. My hope is to be more consistent with posting, more for myself to keep track of all the ups and downs of our life.
Life has it's way of moving along whether you want to move or not. And my life this last year has been a whole lot of crazy.
Let's see in the health department I've made so huge strides in some parts and little steps in others. I took most of the summer off from actively trying to lose weight. I more or less just maintained my weight, which I know was a huge accomplishment in itself, so that made me happy. I picked back up where I had left off in August with another weight-lifting class at school. And I added a little running to my program. A friend told me about a running program called C25K, couch to 5k. And I decided to try it. I have never been a runner, in fact before I started the program I had never even run a full mile without a whole lot of walking in between the little bit of running. So I was a little hesitant that I could finish the program, but I decided to try and see where it went. I finished the program and for the first time in my life I ran not only 1 mile but 2 full miles. I was thrilled, and so proud of myself for doing it. I wish that I could say I love to run now, but I can't and I'm good with that. I am still trying to keep up with the running and would like to slowly push my running time, currently 30 mins, to 45 or 50 minutes. And then I would like to increase my speed. I really do want to be able to run a 5k, just to say that I've done it. In November I hit my 50 lb weight loss mark. I actually hit it while in Utah for Thanksgiving, surprising even me!
School wise, well that's had it's ups and downs too. I finished Spring '11 with decent grades, not as great a GPA as I had hoped for, but I passed all my classes and was ready to move on. I was a hard semester in that I really overloaded myself with classes. Summer I took 3 classes and was again glad when it ended. Fall'11 semester just about did me in. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown, but I made it through. I failed my first class ever (calculus) and that was really hard for me mentally and emotionally. But I'm moving on and will retake calculus this summer all by itself so I can really focus on it. At the very beginning of this semester (spring '12) I met with my academic counselor and we decided that if I pushed my graduation date from Dec'12 to May'13 it would be a better path for me. That means that not only will I graduate with the 150 hours I need to sit for the CPA, I will also graduate with a minor in internal audit.
The kids are alive and well. They too have kept me busy. Miss Magoo turned 8 in January and was baptised. It was a wonderful day and a post all it's own. PJ turned 11 last week and has moved from being a cub scout to an 11-yr old scout. He decided somewhat last minute that he wanted to earn his arrow of light award. And after much scrambling. hard work, and tears on both our parts he finished the day before his 11th birthday.
So while that short clip doesn't even come close to describing out last year, there it is the shortened and very much condensed version of 2011. My hope is to be more consistent with posting, more for myself to keep track of all the ups and downs of our life.
February 15, 2011
More Updates
So while I realize that it's Tuesday and I should've posted yesterday, but I didn't and I'm pretty sure that I'll live. So here we go.
As of yesterday I'm down 2 lbs for the week. I was hoping for 3 but I'll be happy with 2. This last 9 lbs has been the slowest to come off. On Christmas Eve I was down 29 lbs, and as of yesterday I'm down 39lbs. So it has taken me a little over 7 wks to lose those 10 lbs. That's a long time considering most months I was averaging 9 lbs a month. So yes I'm a little frustrated, but I knew that once school started and my schedule changed things might slow down. And added to that I only did my water aerobics class once each for the last 2 weeks. I have found that I am really missing that class, it has been a great stress reliever for me. I just hoping that I can fit it in once this week too and then maybe next week I can get back on track. My weight-lifting class on the other hand is going good, I am loving doing the weights again. It is such a great feeling to push and pull heavy weights and see what my body is capable of.
On the kiddo's front it has been up and down. The kids are both busy with school and homework. Near the end of last week Miss Magoo was complaining of a sore throat and was doing a LOT of coughing especially at night. And while at first her coughing wasn't keeping her up, just lucky me. By Thursday night it was waking her up too. So Friday after a busy running around day I got her into the Dr's. Good thing too, she tested positive for Strep. Poor kid. By Saturday she was back to her happy bouncy self. We even went to the BSU men's bball game. The main reason for going was the BSU was honoring all the students that achieved a gpa of 3.50 or higher. Before the game they had a reception where there was pizza and they handed out certificates for those who made the list. Then during the half-time portion of the men's game all of us who made the list got to walk out on the court and wave to those in the crowd. It was a little geeky feeling on one hand, but also cool feeling too. I mean I worked HARD for my grades, and I'm proud of that. The kids got a kick out of seeing their momma on the court waving up at them. I want my kids to know that college is important and that I'm doing all this hard work for them too. And in the long run (hopefully not too long) all this hard work it going to pay off for all of us.
As of yesterday I'm down 2 lbs for the week. I was hoping for 3 but I'll be happy with 2. This last 9 lbs has been the slowest to come off. On Christmas Eve I was down 29 lbs, and as of yesterday I'm down 39lbs. So it has taken me a little over 7 wks to lose those 10 lbs. That's a long time considering most months I was averaging 9 lbs a month. So yes I'm a little frustrated, but I knew that once school started and my schedule changed things might slow down. And added to that I only did my water aerobics class once each for the last 2 weeks. I have found that I am really missing that class, it has been a great stress reliever for me. I just hoping that I can fit it in once this week too and then maybe next week I can get back on track. My weight-lifting class on the other hand is going good, I am loving doing the weights again. It is such a great feeling to push and pull heavy weights and see what my body is capable of.
On the kiddo's front it has been up and down. The kids are both busy with school and homework. Near the end of last week Miss Magoo was complaining of a sore throat and was doing a LOT of coughing especially at night. And while at first her coughing wasn't keeping her up, just lucky me. By Thursday night it was waking her up too. So Friday after a busy running around day I got her into the Dr's. Good thing too, she tested positive for Strep. Poor kid. By Saturday she was back to her happy bouncy self. We even went to the BSU men's bball game. The main reason for going was the BSU was honoring all the students that achieved a gpa of 3.50 or higher. Before the game they had a reception where there was pizza and they handed out certificates for those who made the list. Then during the half-time portion of the men's game all of us who made the list got to walk out on the court and wave to those in the crowd. It was a little geeky feeling on one hand, but also cool feeling too. I mean I worked HARD for my grades, and I'm proud of that. The kids got a kick out of seeing their momma on the court waving up at them. I want my kids to know that college is important and that I'm doing all this hard work for them too. And in the long run (hopefully not too long) all this hard work it going to pay off for all of us.
February 8, 2011
Whinny Me
So school has been extra hard this semester, and in reality it will only keep on getting harder. Which makes me what to hide under a rock. And I keep thinking it's not fair, I liked it so much better when I understood exactly what the instructor was talking about. But now they are talking about things I only kinda understand or don't get at all. And I'm not liking that so much. This morning while my Econ professor was trying to explain to several of us who didn't get it (see it's not just me) about how to calculate the yield to maturity on a bond it finally clicked, again. I'm not here to learn the easy stuff or re-learn the stuff I already know, I'm here to learn the hard stuff and learn new things. That's what is making me a better student and a better person. I know that I didn't pick a fluff major ( but really at this point any major would have it's challenges), there is a lot of hard stuff that I am going to have to learn over the next year and 1/2ish. And most of it is going to have me doing way more stretching and growing than I want too. But I know it's for my own good. That in the long run it will be for my benefit and the benefit of my children. So here's to growing and stretching and learning new things about life and about me.
February 7, 2011
Different Week New Numbers
So the last two weeks like every week since I started back to school were crazy. I think I'm getting used to my new normal, craziness. Last was good for the most part. Only lost 1lb last week, not thrilled but it was a loss not a gain so that's good. This week though I feel like I'm getting back into my grove that I had going before Christmas. Today the scale showed that I was down 3 lbs.! That's the kind of numbers that I like to see. I wasn't able to get on the treadmill as much as I wanted last week but I still walked a total of 8 miles, so not bad.
In other news:
Friday Jan. 28th I took the kids to see the Living Legends, it was so fabulous!! Both the kids loved it, even if before hand they both were a little whinny about having to go. The performers were incredible, if you have a chance to see them I highly recommend it.
Saturday Jan. 29th I took the kids to see the BSU women's basketball team play. We lost, everyone was very sad, but it was a ton of fun. Again both kids weren't so sure about going, but once we were there they couldn't sit still in their seats. The crowd was sadly rather small so the kids had a lot of room to dance around to the music. They both made it on the big screen 4 times each, which made their night. Part way through the game Miss Magoo leans over to ask me where the "women" were. I pointed to the court and said there they where. She was a little offended and told me that "those were teenagers" and reminded me that I had promised to take her to a "women's" basketball game. So we had a little talk about how women's and girl's basketball teams were really the same thing, just different names.
Earlier in the day on Saturday I had taken the kids to BSU for their Engineering Day. It was crazy busy. There where demonstrations, exhibits, and hands-projects around every corner. The kids got to build with keva blocks, helped to make a balloon replica of some kind of molecule or other, try and build a earthquake proof house, ride a hoover craft, made a miniature catapult and finally made a spool car. All in all it was a great weekend, and it took me all week to recover from it.
Last week was just more school, kids at the dad's and me trying to catch my breath and get ready to start this week and do it all over.
Totals so far: 37lbs
On another side note Miss Magoo and I went and saw Tangled Saturday while her brother had his birthday party. Loved loved loved the movie, this is one we will be buying when it comes out!!
In other news:
Friday Jan. 28th I took the kids to see the Living Legends, it was so fabulous!! Both the kids loved it, even if before hand they both were a little whinny about having to go. The performers were incredible, if you have a chance to see them I highly recommend it.
Saturday Jan. 29th I took the kids to see the BSU women's basketball team play. We lost, everyone was very sad, but it was a ton of fun. Again both kids weren't so sure about going, but once we were there they couldn't sit still in their seats. The crowd was sadly rather small so the kids had a lot of room to dance around to the music. They both made it on the big screen 4 times each, which made their night. Part way through the game Miss Magoo leans over to ask me where the "women" were. I pointed to the court and said there they where. She was a little offended and told me that "those were teenagers" and reminded me that I had promised to take her to a "women's" basketball game. So we had a little talk about how women's and girl's basketball teams were really the same thing, just different names.
Earlier in the day on Saturday I had taken the kids to BSU for their Engineering Day. It was crazy busy. There where demonstrations, exhibits, and hands-projects around every corner. The kids got to build with keva blocks, helped to make a balloon replica of some kind of molecule or other, try and build a earthquake proof house, ride a hoover craft, made a miniature catapult and finally made a spool car. All in all it was a great weekend, and it took me all week to recover from it.
Last week was just more school, kids at the dad's and me trying to catch my breath and get ready to start this week and do it all over.
Totals so far: 37lbs
On another side note Miss Magoo and I went and saw Tangled Saturday while her brother had his birthday party. Loved loved loved the movie, this is one we will be buying when it comes out!!
January 25, 2011
More Numbers and Updates
So I missed updating my numbers yesterday, oh well is was a crazy day. I started my new semester last Tuesday, and WOW this is going to be a busy busy semester. All of my classes started with a bang, and their off with no slowing down in sight. That's okay I'm sure that I will survive at least I hope I do.
Okay on to the numbers. Sad to say that I only lost 1 lb this past week. But I'm okay with it. I got almost no time with the treadmill because of school starting and trying to work back into my schedule. Last semester I was able to walk on the treadmill for 20 to 30 minutes every morning. I would get the kids on the bus for their school, do my walking, then head home and get ready for my school and be on campus for 9:40 class. This semester I have a 9:15 class 2 days a week so no walking those mornings, and the other three mornings seem to be hard to get on the treadmill too. I've decided that I'm still going to try and get it in. One good thing about my new schedule is my weight-lifting class. I started the actual lifting last Thursday, and was somewhat sore for the next couple days. I did more lifting today, and I don't feel as sore, so I'm hoping tomorrow isn't too bad. Anyway, in a nut shell life is crazy and looks to remain that way for the next few months at least.
In other news, Miss Magoo turned 7 last week and we celebrated with a trip to Red Robin and a birthday party. This was the first time she has had a birthday day and it was very exciting, and even better we all survived it.
PJ will be turning 10 next week and his dad will be taking care of his birthday party for me. He and a couple of his friends will be going bowling so that should be a fun time for them.
BYU's Living Legends is performing here Friday night. I am so excited to take the kids. I remember going and seeing the Young Ambassadors perform whenever they came to town growing up. It's exciting to pass this on to my kids.
Totals so far: 33lbs lost, 15 inches (total) lost.
Okay on to the numbers. Sad to say that I only lost 1 lb this past week. But I'm okay with it. I got almost no time with the treadmill because of school starting and trying to work back into my schedule. Last semester I was able to walk on the treadmill for 20 to 30 minutes every morning. I would get the kids on the bus for their school, do my walking, then head home and get ready for my school and be on campus for 9:40 class. This semester I have a 9:15 class 2 days a week so no walking those mornings, and the other three mornings seem to be hard to get on the treadmill too. I've decided that I'm still going to try and get it in. One good thing about my new schedule is my weight-lifting class. I started the actual lifting last Thursday, and was somewhat sore for the next couple days. I did more lifting today, and I don't feel as sore, so I'm hoping tomorrow isn't too bad. Anyway, in a nut shell life is crazy and looks to remain that way for the next few months at least.
In other news, Miss Magoo turned 7 last week and we celebrated with a trip to Red Robin and a birthday party. This was the first time she has had a birthday day and it was very exciting, and even better we all survived it.
PJ will be turning 10 next week and his dad will be taking care of his birthday party for me. He and a couple of his friends will be going bowling so that should be a fun time for them.
BYU's Living Legends is performing here Friday night. I am so excited to take the kids. I remember going and seeing the Young Ambassadors perform whenever they came to town growing up. It's exciting to pass this on to my kids.
Totals so far: 33lbs lost, 15 inches (total) lost.
January 17, 2011
Checking In
So it's 17 days into the new year, and so far so good. I finished my little 3 wk class, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be in some ways and in other ways it seriously tried to kick my butt. But I prevailed, and while I didn't quite get the grade I was hoping for (I got a B-) I'm still happy with the results. So now on to my regular semester which starts tomorrow, and I'm already stressing. I'm taking four upper division classes along with another math class ( 2 down, 2 to go). And just for fun, just because I totally want too I'm taking a weight-lifting class. I took one last spring semester and loved it. And while I didn't actually lose any weight, I lost 3% of my bmi. I wasn't surprised that I didn't lose any weight that semester, in fact I think the only reason I didn't gain weight was because of the class. That was a pretty emotional semester for me. Anywhoo, I'm super excited to be doing the weight-lifting class again, I found out I can repeat the class like 8 times before I can't take it anymore, yea me!
So these past 17 days I have been doing so good on my goals. In fact last week and the week before I've gotten in 6 to 7 days a week or walking. Normally I don't walk on Sunday, but these last two Sundays have been stressful/emotional days so I decided to try and walk it off. In addition to the walking I have also gotten in 2 days a week of my water aerobic class at the Y. I am feeling so good. Today which is my weigh in day saw a loss of 4 lbs from last week. 4 lbs I tell you!! That made for a very happy me this morning.
So I think that I've found a new little motivator for me. See there is a very special someone (who from this point forward shall be forever referred to as Mr. DA) that has been stressing me out to the point I can't sleep, or sometimes even think straight. And I really needed my sleep these last few weeks, and of course over the next semester I'll need my sleep even more. So my new plan is whenever I start to get stressed out or overwhelmed with life, if at all possible I go walk it off. Last week alone I walked 17+miles on the treadmill. I'm a genius! Not only do I take my stress out on the treadmill, but I'm losing weight and looking great (so my mom tells me) in the process.
So my totals so far: 32lbs lost, 2 pant sizes, and lots of inches (I'll have the #'s next time)
* I actually started this weight-loss journey back at the end of Sept. but I'm just now sharing.
Oh and on a totally unrelated note I just discovered Paul Cardall's music, wishing I had heard of him forever ago, his music is my new go to when I need to feel some peace. I also use it for my kids bedtime music and they love it too! Seriously click on the link and listen!!
So these past 17 days I have been doing so good on my goals. In fact last week and the week before I've gotten in 6 to 7 days a week or walking. Normally I don't walk on Sunday, but these last two Sundays have been stressful/emotional days so I decided to try and walk it off. In addition to the walking I have also gotten in 2 days a week of my water aerobic class at the Y. I am feeling so good. Today which is my weigh in day saw a loss of 4 lbs from last week. 4 lbs I tell you!! That made for a very happy me this morning.
So I think that I've found a new little motivator for me. See there is a very special someone (who from this point forward shall be forever referred to as Mr. DA) that has been stressing me out to the point I can't sleep, or sometimes even think straight. And I really needed my sleep these last few weeks, and of course over the next semester I'll need my sleep even more. So my new plan is whenever I start to get stressed out or overwhelmed with life, if at all possible I go walk it off. Last week alone I walked 17+miles on the treadmill. I'm a genius! Not only do I take my stress out on the treadmill, but I'm losing weight and looking great (so my mom tells me) in the process.
So my totals so far: 32lbs lost, 2 pant sizes, and lots of inches (I'll have the #'s next time)
* I actually started this weight-loss journey back at the end of Sept. but I'm just now sharing.
Oh and on a totally unrelated note I just discovered Paul Cardall's music, wishing I had heard of him forever ago, his music is my new go to when I need to feel some peace. I also use it for my kids bedtime music and they love it too! Seriously click on the link and listen!!
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