My turn!

Yup, I got to be sick next. I feel so lucky, Not! Oh well, it was short, and not too bad. I had Mom and Dad come and pick up the boys and take them to church. So, they took them, and then fed them lunch. So, I got   4 1/2 hours to rest. It was great!

Well, my baby turns 2 years old tomorrow. I can't believe it's been that long! Where does the time go, huh? Mom came over and helped me get the house picked up. She was here for 2 hours. We sure got a lot done. I'm having a little party for him tomorrow during the day. So, big brothers wont be here. My friend from up North is coming down (I assume she's still coming, as it's been snowing but I haven't heard otherwise), and he's having 3 other friends over. It's going to be a ball theme. I got 25 mini assorted beach balls and 1 dozen regular beach balls from Oriental Trading Co. I think I spent $15. I'll have them all blown up, and all over the living room. They will play, we'll have cupcakes, and then they'll go home. Simple, easy, fun!

Sick Baby

Okay, I probably need to stop calling him a baby. He will be 2 years old on Tuesday. But, he was sick all last night. From 5pm to 11pm he threw up about 8 times. It was so distressing to him. He didn't understand what was going on. He didn't want dinner, of course. And when I asked him if he wanted to go to bed, he indicated that he did. But, he kept waking up to throw up. By the time it was all done, we had gone through 5 pairs of pj's, 4 sheets, and 7 blankets. Oh, and let's not forget my clothes that got soaked with the last one. I got a load of laundry in before I went to bed, so that I'd have more if I needed it. Luckily, he didn't wake back up. He still wanted his cup of water, and he went right back to sleep after he was cleaned up.

I called Mom, as I was worried about giving him more water, as that was all he was throwing up at that point. She was concerned about electrolytes. I texted my friend, as I couldn't leave the house with sleeping kids, and asked if she would run to Casey's and pick up some Gatorade. When she heard that he threw up 8 times, she was walking out the door. I have such good friends! He woke up one more time after the Gatorade showed up (that would be the time he soaked me), and so I filled his cup with the drink rather than water.

When he woke up this morning, he was happy! That is very unusual, as he always wakes up crying. But, so far, he's been doing great! Back to his normal happy self!

Kyron was doing the same thing 3 nights ago. I wonder who's next...

Weight Loss

My friend came up to me 2 weeks ago and told me that she was going to help me lose my extra weight before my husband came home. While some might be offended by such a comment, I wasn't. I was excited. If anyone could keep me motivated and on track, it was her.

After I had Donovan, almost 2 years ago, I started Weight Watchers. I was a nursing mom, and therefore I had a LOT of points every day. So many, that by the end of the day I would have so many left over, that I would eat ice cream and candy because I had the points for it. Not the best way to lose weight! I kept at it, though. I didn't really follow the point system, though. What I did was eat smarter and make my portions smaller. In fact, I started using the kids' plates. My plate looked fuller, and I found that I wasn't hungry at the end of the meal. I didn't eat so much that I was overfull, either. Using that system, I lost 47 pounds. I didn't exercise, just watched my food. I got down to a stretchy-jean size 6!!!

Then the next year arrived, and I gain 23 pounds back. I was back in a size 12. Boo!!! How? I stopped caring what I put in my body. That, and stress/emotional eating. That's when I found out that David was going to Korea. I knew I needed to get control again, but I lost the desire and motivation to do so.

So my friend coming to help was so great! We met later that week to talk about our issues with food and exercise, and made a plan. My plan was to make a green smoothie every day for breakfast and/or lunch. A healthy dinner with minimal meat, and a salad. The salad was to be the main course, and the meal the side dish. My boys LOVE salad, so there are very excited about this. We were going to get together Monday through Friday to work out. Her house on M-W-F for trampoline and treadmill for the cardio, my house on T-R to do "weights" on my Wii using EA Active. Upper body one day, lower body the next.

We started on Wed last week, and it is now Thur. I am happy to say that I have worked out every day! Well, not everyday. I don't work out on the weekend, and it wasn't in the plans to do so. In fact, yesterday Kyron was sick so he was home from school. I didn't want her to get sick, so we didn't get together. Yet I was good, and I worked out here by myself! I'm so proud of me! I rarely actually follow through on working out on my own.

As for the eating, I'm not doing quite as well. I made the green smoothie the first day, but I found that most of my ingredients have been infested with bugs (yeah, it's been a long time since I've been in that pantry). I need to do some shopping for chia seeds, almonds, and more frozen fruit. The salads for dinner, eh. The boys are doing better at eating them than I am! I don't know. I like salad, I really do. But for some reason, I can't bring myself to eat it. I am doing better at not eating the junk food, though.

So, a week has gone by. How have I done? I've lost 1 pound. Yay! I hope to keep it up and do the same, if not a little bit better, next week.

Introduction

I don't know how many people are going to know about this blog. For now, it's mostly a journal. But I thought I'd find a place to record the things that are happening in my life. So, things will be pretty random. I'll talk about my kids, my effort to lose weight, my journey to become a HypnoBabies instructor, my aspirations to become a midwife, my VBAC and natural childbirth "soap box" issues, the struggle of single parenting while my husband is deployed, life in my town, my family, and friends.

So, I hope to stay on top of things, and keep posting!