Where did the last 5 months go?

Wow 5 months since I last got on here, really? I guess life in our house just got to crazy. I will try to sum it up lol. We had an awesome summer. My 85 year old grandfather spent 2 weeks with us and kept both boys entertained. We spent some of our summer up in Minnesota with my wonderfully beautiful twin sister and my gorgeous nieces.  We also spent some time in with our Illinois family, some of who I had never meet before. We spent my birthday weekend at a beautiful resort in Orlando. All in all it was a very nice summer and now we are back to the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
  My sweet 5 yr old has entered kindergarten and seems to be adjusting well. He is still to scared to get in the car line in the mornings so I have to walk him in. Even though some people think I should make him go in alone, I know all to soon he will be to old for me to walk him in so I am enjoying it while I can. I am excited about the fact that our youngest is finally talking way more! Both his speech and occupational therapist say he is doing excellent. I am pretty sure he will need to continue Speech since he still has a lot of jargon( their words not mine), but OT will probably be done soon. His sensory issues are becoming very manageable and I have learned a lot on how to continue helping him. I am so glad we found out about Early Steps, which is early intervention.  Well, that about wraps it up with me. Hopefully I will post again long before 5 months from now :)

Where has the time gone

I have not blogged in a couple weeks. The time is just flying by. My husband and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary last week. I meet him in 1997. Some days it feels like a million years ago and other days it feels like yesterday. We have had our ups and downs but all in all I still feel like I am married to one of my best friends. I also can not believe that Nicholas will be 2 this month. I really do feel like I just had him yesterday lol. All 10lbs 5oz of him :). Noah and Nick are growing up to fast. All those years we spent trying to have them time stood still and now it seems time is speeding up. Its hard sometimes to just breath and take in how beautiful life really is. Especially when the kids are overly hyper and there dad is overly busy at work. Despite how tired and frustrated I may get at times I still realize that God has blessed us beyond measures and I am so very thankful for all he has  given to us.

St. Patrick's Day party/ Animal Kingdom

Beautiful Day Out

Today I had to take advantage of how nice it is outside and took Nick on a long walk around the neighborhood. I would have like to go a little further but he was ready for his nap. So I completed my workout for the day and now my legs feel like jelly. I am sitting here watching tomorrow's workout thinking how in the heck am I going to do that? Lol I did have to skip a ply o metric workout last week because 1. I have no idea what that means and 2. It had movement's I have never tried. Last thing I want to do is hurt myself. I am half way through my 90 day Hasfit challenge and I have to say most days I enjoy it. I try to keep my steps at 10,000 or more but sometimes that requires me to walk in place at the end of the night. I figure at least I am getting them. I would like to work towards walking 3 miles a day. I don't always have time for that but I want to try. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13.

Rainy Day

I have been bad about blogging daily. I just finished my workout for today and I am not sure I pushed my self to the limit like I should have. It was kickboxing and I am not that great at it. I wanted to go for a long walk but it is raining. I am on week 5 of the exercise, week 2 of my diet, and starting the 2nd week of my phentermine. I was really hoping to have lost more than 2 pounds but it is what it is. On a brighter note I am able to put on the size 16 jeans I have not fit into for almost a year. They are still snug but they fit :). As far as the diet I have cut out almost all sugar and carbs. I have a small amount of fruit each day and I did have fat free pudding last night. I am also trying really hard to eat veggies which I have never been a fan of. I am also making sure I get to 10,000 steps each day, which sometimes means I have to walk in place while waiting for my 5 yr old to fall asleep. I really hope that I can get to my first goal by summer which is 20 to 30lbs. I feel like I am work hard and haveing the same results as when I was not trying. I guess if it did not take me a month to put on it may not take a month to take off. This will take lots of prayer and hard work. :). Now I am off to clean while I watch Horders in the background. Nothing motivates me more than those shows lol.

Back in the Saddle

 After 2 weeks+ of bronchitis, I finally got the strength to exercise yesterday. I was able to do low impact for 20 min with min able coughing. I did 15 min of the Wii just dance in the evening with the boys and thought I was going to pass out lol. My lungs are slowly getting better. Today I started my prescription of  Phen and so far I have a little more energy than normal. I have cleaned most the house and it is not yet noon. We shall see. I am not a fan of taking mess but working out and eating right were not giving me much results.I am truly hoping that I can loose at least 30 then get off of it and loose the rest on my own. I am trying to do a low carb diet and cut out sugar. If I can keep it out of the house maybe I will succeed lol. Well, I am off to finish housework before my little monster wakes up and destroys it lol.

Bleh

 After a nice weekend at Disney with the boys I am paying the price with a touch of the flu or something.  Since my husband was traveling for work I decided to spend the extended weekend at Epcot and Downtown Disney. We had a great time and even got to spend time in the pool, sorry to my northern family lol. I did not work out Sun and Mon because I walked a lot pushing a stroller with 2 boys. Tue I coughed to much to work out. Today I stated my workout but had to stop due to the throwing up it caused. Lol sorry tmi. I feel disappointed in myself but I am not actually sure what I can do about it. So for now I will just rest, well as best as I can with my little monster running around. Hopefully i will feel better in the morning.

12 days down

Since I have not posted in awhile, I will start with my workout.  I have been doing them and today was day 12. It sucked, but I did it lol. I hurt my elbow and I am pretty sure I will feel it in the am. I am not loosing weight like I want but I am have lost a couple pounds. I am trying to eat lower carb and less sugar. Hopefully by May I will see better results. For now I am just going to push through my workout s with all I got and resist those  Reeses cups my hubby has hidden in the freezer. ;)

Day 7 of the Warrior Challange

Today was day 7 and it went pretty good. It was dumbbell strength training. I am using 5 lb weights. I can do most of the arm exercises but it is really hard for me to to some of the leg ones. I can not go down as far as I use to on the lunges and forget the triceps push ups lol. I am getting better and the soreness afterwards is lessening. I have not started the nutrition portion yet but I will this week. I also have a huge addiction to diet pepsi that I am trying to overcome. These things are baby steps for me lol. I did go on a 20 min workout with Nicholas after my work out and When we pick Noah up we will probably do another walk so that I can get to mt 10,000 steps on my fitbit. Hopefully I will start seeing some results soon :)

To Work or Not to Work

 A few months back I was working at The Hospital as a part time Unit Secretary. One day they decided to eliminate one of the shifts, which in turn pushed me down to 1 day a week and I lost my insurance. After a couple months my husband and I decided it would be best for me to stop working. It no longer was profitable for me to work there with no benefits. Well, today a former coworker emailed me to let me know they now needed a part time worker again. There is more to the story of the hospital that I will not bore you with, but bc of the story I was leery about going back or not. After talking to my closest and dearest friend Jackie about it( and of course my husband lol), I have decided to decline their offer. Some days this staying at home with the kids 24/7 is rough, but I have an opportunity to do something special and not every mom gets the chance to do. I love my kids more than anything and I want to be able to spend this precocious time with them before they grow up. I feel guilty at time staying home and I think it is because I have always worked full time, until this last position at the hospital. I am working on the feeling guilty part and I am realizing whether you stay at home or work full time, some days your kids are the best and other days not so much lol.

Very Long Day

 Today was a very long day for me. My littlest is either getting his last 4 teeth in or he is going through a let's scream about everything stage. Either way it is enough to drive anyone mad lol. I love my boys more than anything, but dragging a screaming toddler through the store is not my idea of fun lol. Normally I would leave the store but today I had to get a few things so I bribbed him with snacks and we made it through. I of course forgot the main thing so after I picked up my 5 year old the 3 of us hadd to venture into Publix, that went much better, probably because they were distracted by the rain on the way in and out.
   I did complete the 3rd day of my Hasfit workout today. Before I started I was sure I would fall over because my legs are still sore from yesterday. It was only 10 minutes but it killed my legs. Thank goodness tomorrow is an off day and that I do not have to drive out to Noah's school since it is far from the house and I hate traffic. :)

Day 2 of Hasfit Challenge

Today I completed the 2nd day of the Hasfit 90 day  warrior challenge and my legs are sore. I did it early and it did not seem like it would be to hard when I first started but I was wrong lol. So  far I like these workouts because they are not to long and cut right to the chase. Of course I am only on day 2, so we shall see. I really wanted to get my walking in as well but with the a sick little bot that did not happen . Tomorrow I will probably walk first then do my challenge, in case I can't stand up after words lol.
  I have not quite started the diet portion of the challenge. I am trying to stay under 1400 calories, but I am not quite succeeding. I did go to my Dr. today about my weight gain and not being to take it off. It seems the harder I try the less it comes off. I will do blood work to see what is up. Having PCOS kind of sucks sometimes. For now I will have faith in God that he will help me with this journey of my life. It seems kind of silly to pray for help with loosing weight, but what can it hurt :). I am off to get my Kiddos ready for bed and maybe a nice long bath for me.

http://hasfit.com/warrior-90-day-workout-routine-exercise-program-fitness-schedule-work-out-plan/

My crazy life.

Since this is my first blog I am just going to wing it. I have two boys, both of whom are sitting next to me while I type. Noah is my 5 year old preschooler who chatters away about everything lol. Nicholas is my 1 year old(21m) who, bless his heart, doesn't say much yet but gets into Everything. My husband Tom works in Orlando, which is an hour and a half away. This gives me and the boys a lot of time by ourselves. I recently became a stay at home mom which is taking a lot of getting use to. I enjoy it most of the time but I feel like I am still trying to find the balance of where I end and my kids begin. Hopefully, over time I will master this lol. I am also struggling to get off the extra weight I gained after I stopped Nursing awhile back. Anyway, Hopefully I will succeed  at everything I do especially this blogging stuff lol.