I got home this morning and as soon as I got in the door the school called about Rhiannon. I had to take her a change of clothes because she got accidentally elbowed in the nose and she had a terrible nose bleed. Blood everywhere. They were in line to go to there classes and one of my (et) boys was goofing with another boy and Rhiannon happened to be in the way. It was so bad I almost brought her home. She wanted to stay at school so I let her stay.... I haven't heard anything so she must be ok. As for now I just did my healthrider for 17 minutes and I will make some coffee soon and get in gear to go to work.

I am feeling tired today. Probably just mentally. I thought we would have a snow day from all the snow but no. We still have the storm system coming through so maybe tomorrow we will get a snow day. They say up to 12 inches. WE WILL SEE. I am doing my best right now to have a good day but I have been worried about Rhiannon and her nose. I am a chicken when it comes to her being hurt or sick--I want her to come home and rest, but she wanted to stay at school. She is so strong and stoic calm. How did I make a daughter like that? I am such a chicken. LOL. Anyhow I am off to make coffee and get myself dressed properly. I would like a snow day it would calm me down for sure. The exercising helps. I HAD to do that today.

I got brave and weighed myself just now. A couple weeks ago I was weighed for my life insurance physical and she was generous and said 192 that was nice of her. Well right now my scale says 185!!!!! I have lost probably give or take.... 5 pounds!!!! I am so exited!!! I could say 7 pounds. I have only been doing my healthrider for 4 days and watching how I eat. I am so feeling SO GOOD RIGHT NOW!!!! 

I am watching Oprah and having breakfast after I have done my work out. I must say that the mp3 player helps a great deal indeed. I don't know what to talk about right now. I am still working out and so far it's been  4 days. I need to make it a way of life. I feel so much better already. I love healthy food and am planning on some nachos later with blue corn chips and vegies and black beans and some cheese. I still eat what I like but make it as healthy as possible ya know? Lots of vegies and protein and careful with the carbs and doing the good carbs ya know? Have a good day!

Old friend of mine from waaaay back. He is a professional musician, artist, teacher in Jerusalem and working for Sony Records.

Moving the muscles everyday and working them is what burns the fat away. Who says you have to run yourself ragged and sweat buckets to lose weight??? Working the muscles is what is burning the fat. Working your way up in time of doing it everyday works too so your body doesn't get used to it. Once your body is used to something it hits a plateau. I have been doing my Healthrider for 3 days now. I did 17 minutes with the help of my mp3 player and some good tunes. I used to do 30-40 minutes a day and not sweat(much) going at my own pace. Getting the heart rate up is key as well. Breath deep and hold in the tummy once in a while helps too. Then after wards do the ankle foot rolls and head and neck as well as shoulder rolls and then I feel great. 17 minutes is good for me right now I will do that for a few days and then add on a few more minutes. Gradual is key.

I am starting to feel better all ready. I will measure myself again in a few weeks. I am staying away from the scale unless I get brave and want weigh myself one morning in a few weeks. The tape measure does not ever lie. Scales do, they're tricky and mean. Talking nice to my scale will not help matters because it does NOT care one hoot. GOOD LUCK MY FELLOW PEELERS!

Well today I have a slight headache but it is from the weather. I went out to walmart and bought myself a new MP3 player. Its a Philips one with 8gig. It has FM radio and a 2 inch screen and can hold pictures and small movies and like 1800 songs. That should work for me. I need it for my working out on my healthrider. I also bought an arm strap holder for it. I didn't want to spend a mint and get the ipod I want so I got this with the warranty so I have a decent one workout with. It's pretty sweet. I will take a pic of it with my phone and post it to FB later. It suits my needs and it was on sale for $69.99

As soon as it is done charging I will load it up with some tunes and work out!!! YAY!!!! I was bad today and had a piece of the chocolate bread I made,

I have been drinking herbal tea like a whole pot of it. I had skinless chicken breast and broccoli and a little pasta for dinner. 1 slice of my homemade chocolate bread I made today for dessert. I just did 10 minutes on my Healthrider........ and then did a little stretching like foot rolls and shoulder rolls and neck/head rolls to loosen up afterward. Now with the neck/head rolls you want to keep your jaw closed so you get the full stretch when you are looking up at the ceiling. Goodbye double chin! Anyhow after all this..... what I really want to do is...... stuff my face!  I am feeling so angry at wanting to eat right now. I am now going to go and drink a bunch more herbal tea or water. 

I couldn't find my sewing tape measure today for a while and so I measured myself with a piece of string and then measured the string. Then I found the tape measure and did all my measurements. I am astounded at how far back I have backtracked over the last few years. And to get myself focused on getting smaller, I am doing something very brave right now. I am posting my measurements since 2004. I have very few here but it is something to go off of and start again. Hollys success has gotten me very brave indeed. Here goes.

2004
Upper Abs 40   Waist 39   Hips 49   Upper Arms --   Thighs --   Weight 195

June 2007
Upper Abs 38   Waist 39.5   Hips 47   Upper Arms --   Thighs --   Weight 185

June 2008
Upper Abs 38   Waist 37.5   Hips 47   Upper Arms 13.5   Thighs 25   Weight 180

Feb 5 2010
Upper Abs 38   Waist 38   Hips 48   Upper Arms 14.5   Thighs 26  Weight 192

Look I know in the grand big picture of things I haven't strayed too much. But OMG you would think that I could have gotten a little farther by now? For "F@#$$%%" sake!!! SO there you have it and now the world knows that I am LAZY when it comes to slimming down.


 

Well the parent teacher conference went well. Rhiannon is at a 4th grade reading level and is in 3rd grade, but then again its the last half of the school year so she is right where she needs to be. She pretty much where she needs to be in math with her multiplication and she needs to work on her writing. They are staring to write 4 paragraph essays and she needs to work on writing one good paragraph right now. I am pretty much amazed at how well she is doing. Her 3rd grade is faaaar beyond what my 3rd grade was like.

I made stroganoff for dinner. Its Vegetarian. Oxymoron I know but man is it awesome!!!

STROGANOFF

1 onion minced
2 stalks celery minced
a few mushrooms sliced thin(I used small portabella)
1 package vegie crumbles(Bocca and Morningstar have great ones! it mimicks ground beef) 1 package equals 1 pound ground beef, you can find it in the frozen section at the store.
2 cans cream of mushroom soup(undiluted)
1 cup milk(I used soy milk "vanilla" soy milk)
dash worchestershire

pasta of your choice I recommend whole grain pasta of any kind.

saute the onion, celery, mushrooms and vegie crumbles first with olive oil.
add the 2 cans soup and 1 cup milk
simmer on very low with a lid, stirring it often so it doesn't stick.
season with pepper and a dash of salt if you want it.

WARNING THIS IS SO GOOD EVEN THE CATS WERE BEGGING AND MY DAUGHTER ATE IT!

Have a great evening!!

Today we have no school nor tomorrow. It's parent teacher conferences days. I have Rhiannon's conference at 10am for 20 minutes. I am always nervous about them. I don't know why. I feel like it's my fault she is struggling in math and reading comprehension. She reads great and she is a bit slow at math..... I feel like I don't have enough time to teach her at home since my job is an after school job and she is there with me and she needs extra help with her homework and I have to work too. She also wants to play with the other kids. It tears me up that we have to concentrate so much on her homework and she wants to play. I try to get all the kids to do some homework but they take it home and we don't have that option. I feel like it's unfair to Rhiannon. Like I am doing something wrong.  Maybe I need to quit my job to give her the attention she needs after school. I just don't know. I just wish I had a magic game I could play with her that would help her learn what she needs. I want her to enjoy school and enjoy homework but at this rate she learning to hate homework. It's mostly due to my schedule and I feel terrible.

Today I woke up at 5:30am with a head ache. Harley fell off our bed with a big thump because he didn't land on his feet. He is ok though. My head was throbbing and so I came downstairs to get some claratin and pain killer and make some coffee. I cleaned out my head and now am drinking the coffee and it is only 6:36am. I have been up for an hour and have been having some quiet time alone. The past couple days have been hard. Hubby was fixing both toilets and yesterday I had to leave the house and go to work early for the restroom facilities- But he got it all done by last night and we are ok now. Our toilets are working better than before and he worked really hard at it. I felt bad so I made him some pizza(lots of vegies on it) for dinner.

So anyway we are having a quiet day today and going to the parent teacher conference and then I think we are having a nice lunch and watching movies or something. Quality time together mom and daughter is whats in order and maybe some educational games if I can find any. Any ideas on games??

Have a great day folks.