The Good~
Will has no paci! It is gone for good and he is doing great. He cries for it when he is really tired or hurt himself but once reminded that they are gone then he is usually okay.
5 Day Inferno made me loose 5 pounds. Not sure how many inches as I don't have my before measurements from my sister yet. I'll let you know on that. I am happy with the amount that I lost but over the weekend and taking a few days off working out and eating at the Olive Garden, I'm sure that number will be back up a little. I'll get back on it tomorrow!!
I did find a dress for Lillian's baptism. I wanted a dress that wasn't too dressy or too casual. Something I could wear to church and to a BBQ. I hate spending money but I needed to buy something for this occasion since (The Bad) nothing fits.
The Bad~
I need to buy clothes because nothing fits. It truly amazes me how I can gain just as much in two pregnancies and how they effected me so differently. If this is how I will gain weight for the rest of our kids, I hope that we have only boys from here on out! That way I will loose all the weight within two weeks of having the child and fit back in my pre-pregnancy clothes that soon! (In reality, I don't care. Lillian is worth every ounce!)
The Ugly~
Two. Two is the number of pant sizes I went up. It was a very disappointing day shopping. It hurts to face reality knowing how big I am now. I have so much work to do to get it off. I'm not looking forward to this. The thing that is so hard is I really can't diet too much since I am breast feeding. The fewer calories I consume, the fewer ounces I make. That is not a good deal since Lillian doesn't accept formula well.
Well, there you have it. My little pitty party for the day. I'll try to cheer up but if I see that number on the pair of shorts I had to buy every time I slide them up my oh so wide hips, I not promising I'll host another party for myself. A party no one wants to attend!
On a happy note: I do have new pictures to post in the next couple of days!!!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Day 2/ Nursing:
Nursing:
I don't know why I try or why I want to try. When it is successful I get this overwhelming feeling of joy. I just can't stop smiling. Why does this happen? Nursing has never been one of those things that are all that important to me. I know it is best for the baby but my true motivation for it is money and the cost of formula! Yesterday we tried nursing again. Bad latch every time. It hurt. When she has a bad latch I get this overwhelming feeling of pissed-off-ness. I start to hate nursing, pumping, everything about myself, and life in general. It take several days to recover from a bad latch. I need to remember this and say 'screw it' to nursing and stick to my reliable nipple torch-er device. I hate nursing, enough said.
Day 2:
If it hadn't been my bosses birthday and my desire to buy her a cheese cake, I would have done fabulous on my diet. It was a very small piece and I did stay in my calorie restrictions for the day. Working out is so hard to do in the evenings. Lillian has her fussy times and it is always at night. During the day, she is great, hangs out in her swing and will watch me workout as her brother is watching John Deere movie. I got the 20 minute HIIT workout done before supper. I made supper and then the fussy girl starts her evening need to be held and SHHHHHHed. I managed to get her to sleep enough to do another workout but it wasn't the one I was supposed to do. I was supposed to do a 45 minute less intense workout too but knowing I wouldn't have enough time I did the 20 minute one again and back tracked about half of it and did that again. I figured the higher intensity would make up for the lack of time I worked out. I was right though, by the time I worked out, took a very quick shower, Lillian was ready to eat again. Having to work again this morning, I couldn't stay awake until 11 with no nap just to do this workout. I managed and did the best I could.
My Mom and I are doing a little weight loss incentive. Whoever looses the most weight in the one week time gives the other $5. I have lost 2.5lbs in the last week so I win!! I am now $5 richer. Thanks Mom!
I don't know why I try or why I want to try. When it is successful I get this overwhelming feeling of joy. I just can't stop smiling. Why does this happen? Nursing has never been one of those things that are all that important to me. I know it is best for the baby but my true motivation for it is money and the cost of formula! Yesterday we tried nursing again. Bad latch every time. It hurt. When she has a bad latch I get this overwhelming feeling of pissed-off-ness. I start to hate nursing, pumping, everything about myself, and life in general. It take several days to recover from a bad latch. I need to remember this and say 'screw it' to nursing and stick to my reliable nipple torch-er device. I hate nursing, enough said.
Day 2:
If it hadn't been my bosses birthday and my desire to buy her a cheese cake, I would have done fabulous on my diet. It was a very small piece and I did stay in my calorie restrictions for the day. Working out is so hard to do in the evenings. Lillian has her fussy times and it is always at night. During the day, she is great, hangs out in her swing and will watch me workout as her brother is watching John Deere movie. I got the 20 minute HIIT workout done before supper. I made supper and then the fussy girl starts her evening need to be held and SHHHHHHed. I managed to get her to sleep enough to do another workout but it wasn't the one I was supposed to do. I was supposed to do a 45 minute less intense workout too but knowing I wouldn't have enough time I did the 20 minute one again and back tracked about half of it and did that again. I figured the higher intensity would make up for the lack of time I worked out. I was right though, by the time I worked out, took a very quick shower, Lillian was ready to eat again. Having to work again this morning, I couldn't stay awake until 11 with no nap just to do this workout. I managed and did the best I could.
My Mom and I are doing a little weight loss incentive. Whoever looses the most weight in the one week time gives the other $5. I have lost 2.5lbs in the last week so I win!! I am now $5 richer. Thanks Mom!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Day 1 Inferno/ Nursing update:
I could post two blogs but here are my updates.
Nursing:
Yesterday, Will was on a 4-wheeler ride with Dennis and I had just finished giving a bottle to Lillian. She was kinda fussing around with the first 1/2 oz or so and most of that ended up out of her mouth. So when she finished the bottle she wanted that little bit to top her off. Since I was home alone with her, I thought I would give nursing a go. If she had a bad latch, no one was around to watch me scream in pain. I didn't have the audience and could do what I pleased. She latched! I couldn't believe it. I of course had to pump after since I had given her a bottle before. Since I am typically even with what I make I had a rough guess of what she took from me. It was about 1/2 an ounce, exactly what I thought she would want. That feeding was apparently the start of her night... too early by my standards! So I woke her up at 11 when I was wanting to go to bed to feed her one last time before I hit the hay. She did it again! It took about a half an hour to eat. Since it had been so long since she ate, I pumped afterwards. Then she woke up at 3. I nursed again. This time she had a slightly bad latch on one side. I was about to give up and get the bottle since it was 3AM and I had to work this morning. But, we managed to get it a little better to where it didn't hurt too bad. I really should have just turned on more lights than just the TV and I'm sure it would have been better. Again, 30 minutes and she was done. I'm more than thrilled that nursing may actually work while at home. The ability to go out and not have to lug around the nipple torch-er device and worry about keeping bottles cold and then how to warm them up when on the go. Oh how nice this would be.
Turbo Fire Inferno:
The diet was great. Until... There were sugar cookies from mother-in-law. They were good. All three. I knew that the next would be just as good as the first so why did I have to taste test all three?!? But overall I was pleased with how I did for my diet. Will and I even made ice cream in a bag and I had only a small taste of it. Luckly, I live with a human garbage disposal and all but two cookies were gone this morning (Yes, he ate a good 18 cookies last night!). I could place money on the fact that they will be gone by the time I get home today. So there will be no temptations for me when I get home! The good news, I did weigh myself this morning and I am down 2 pounds since last Wednesday.
The workout didn't happen until 9:30 last night. Lillian was pretty fussy and not letting me get anything done so I just rocked her and knowing I hadn't worked out yet I went to sleep too so I could do it after she went to bed. So at 9:30 I woke up on the chair and she was out cold. I put her to bed and started the workout. It was overall a pretty easy workout, long but easy. Tonights workout is a 45 minute one plus a 20 minute one! Ya Baby!!!
Let me tell you what this Inferno thing is. It is a 5 day diet and workout plan that goes along with the Turbo Fire. I am doing it first and starting the entire 90 day program next week. The Inferno states you can loose up to 10lbs in 5 days. We'll see...
Nursing:
Yesterday, Will was on a 4-wheeler ride with Dennis and I had just finished giving a bottle to Lillian. She was kinda fussing around with the first 1/2 oz or so and most of that ended up out of her mouth. So when she finished the bottle she wanted that little bit to top her off. Since I was home alone with her, I thought I would give nursing a go. If she had a bad latch, no one was around to watch me scream in pain. I didn't have the audience and could do what I pleased. She latched! I couldn't believe it. I of course had to pump after since I had given her a bottle before. Since I am typically even with what I make I had a rough guess of what she took from me. It was about 1/2 an ounce, exactly what I thought she would want. That feeding was apparently the start of her night... too early by my standards! So I woke her up at 11 when I was wanting to go to bed to feed her one last time before I hit the hay. She did it again! It took about a half an hour to eat. Since it had been so long since she ate, I pumped afterwards. Then she woke up at 3. I nursed again. This time she had a slightly bad latch on one side. I was about to give up and get the bottle since it was 3AM and I had to work this morning. But, we managed to get it a little better to where it didn't hurt too bad. I really should have just turned on more lights than just the TV and I'm sure it would have been better. Again, 30 minutes and she was done. I'm more than thrilled that nursing may actually work while at home. The ability to go out and not have to lug around the nipple torch-er device and worry about keeping bottles cold and then how to warm them up when on the go. Oh how nice this would be.
Turbo Fire Inferno:
The diet was great. Until... There were sugar cookies from mother-in-law. They were good. All three. I knew that the next would be just as good as the first so why did I have to taste test all three?!? But overall I was pleased with how I did for my diet. Will and I even made ice cream in a bag and I had only a small taste of it. Luckly, I live with a human garbage disposal and all but two cookies were gone this morning (Yes, he ate a good 18 cookies last night!). I could place money on the fact that they will be gone by the time I get home today. So there will be no temptations for me when I get home! The good news, I did weigh myself this morning and I am down 2 pounds since last Wednesday.
The workout didn't happen until 9:30 last night. Lillian was pretty fussy and not letting me get anything done so I just rocked her and knowing I hadn't worked out yet I went to sleep too so I could do it after she went to bed. So at 9:30 I woke up on the chair and she was out cold. I put her to bed and started the workout. It was overall a pretty easy workout, long but easy. Tonights workout is a 45 minute one plus a 20 minute one! Ya Baby!!!
Let me tell you what this Inferno thing is. It is a 5 day diet and workout plan that goes along with the Turbo Fire. I am doing it first and starting the entire 90 day program next week. The Inferno states you can loose up to 10lbs in 5 days. We'll see...
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Turbo Fire
I'm starting this workout tomorrow! I'm not about to post how much I weigh on the web but let me just say, its depressing! Lillian is 10 weeks old tomorrow and I still haven't lost a single pound since a week after she was born. I have been doing Insanity with my sister from time to time, I have been lifting weights with Chalean Extreme and the one workout of Turbo Fire I had before I finally bought the entire program on Ebay. I still have yet to loose any weight OR inches.
I truly have nothing that fits. After buying two pairs of pants because I refuse to wear maternity pants yet I am more than a little sad that still nothing fits. I had Nikki take my measurements again a while ago and I wanted to break down right then when I found out I gained 2" in each thigh!!! That was the most inches I gained. This would be why none of my pants fit! I am flabbergasted by the amount of inches I gained since I gained less pounds with Lillian than I did with Will and I was in my pre-pregnancy clothes a week after I had him. So, I'm on a mission to loose this. I'm not only going to do all the workouts to the book but I'm also going to follow the diet to the best of my ability. I say this because I am breast feeding and if I follow the diet to a T, I'm pretty sure I will not be able to make enough milk for Lillian. But, if I'm hungry, carrots and celery here I come!
So, I am going make this blog into a little weight loss blog here and there. I will post how I'm doing and what I'm eating, my struggles with the workout and FOOD! I know that this will be my main struggle since I am such a junk food junkie. When it comes to veggies, if there cooked I'm a huge fan but raw, it takes a bit of work for me to eat them. As most dieters, I over fruit. When it comes to fruit, I could live on them! Watermelon, strawberries, bananas, mangoes, pineapples, I love them all! So, I need to work on that, more veggies, less fruit.
This Turbo Fire starts out with an Inferno 5 day plan. It has everything you are to eat and then you just do one workout a day for the five days. Easy peasy right?
If I have the ability to update tomorrow on the diet and workout I will! If not, talk to you on Tuesday!
I truly have nothing that fits. After buying two pairs of pants because I refuse to wear maternity pants yet I am more than a little sad that still nothing fits. I had Nikki take my measurements again a while ago and I wanted to break down right then when I found out I gained 2" in each thigh!!! That was the most inches I gained. This would be why none of my pants fit! I am flabbergasted by the amount of inches I gained since I gained less pounds with Lillian than I did with Will and I was in my pre-pregnancy clothes a week after I had him. So, I'm on a mission to loose this. I'm not only going to do all the workouts to the book but I'm also going to follow the diet to the best of my ability. I say this because I am breast feeding and if I follow the diet to a T, I'm pretty sure I will not be able to make enough milk for Lillian. But, if I'm hungry, carrots and celery here I come!
So, I am going make this blog into a little weight loss blog here and there. I will post how I'm doing and what I'm eating, my struggles with the workout and FOOD! I know that this will be my main struggle since I am such a junk food junkie. When it comes to veggies, if there cooked I'm a huge fan but raw, it takes a bit of work for me to eat them. As most dieters, I over fruit. When it comes to fruit, I could live on them! Watermelon, strawberries, bananas, mangoes, pineapples, I love them all! So, I need to work on that, more veggies, less fruit.
This Turbo Fire starts out with an Inferno 5 day plan. It has everything you are to eat and then you just do one workout a day for the five days. Easy peasy right?
If I have the ability to update tomorrow on the diet and workout I will! If not, talk to you on Tuesday!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
9 1/2 weeks
And she finally got her shots! I don't know what it is but I can not remember these important things for my second child. I'm glad I was reminded by my Dr to get these done. Here she is chillin out after her legs got shot. She took it like a champ, she cried but did well. Big brother Will on the other hand, no so much. He was very concerned about her while she was getting them. Once the nurse was done, he started talking to Will and the poor guy thought he was next! He started to cry and hid behind me.
And now I have to lock my car too. Letting Will play outside while I was comforting Lillian is a great thing but then I heard the car horn. When I first looked outside he found an old pop can in my cup holder and he was drinking it in the drivers seat. I wish I would have gotten that pic!! It was pretty cute!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! You know one of the things I love about being a mother?
This smile.
And this smile.
While being a Mom is the most difficult job there is, there is not a single day I don't thank God for giving me these two kiddos. Those smiles just melt my heart. I love my babies more than anything on Earth!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Will's first horse ride!
A couple of our friends got two horses a while back and we just now went down there to see them. And their new baby. ;) Once we were told that they were wanting to saddle them up, we told Will that and he could not stop talking about riding horses!
Dad and Will on this guy. I can't remember his name but he was nice. They always take good pictures together!
The Dad's and their oldest children.
Faith and Will. He had to have her on his lap for their ride.
And then Will had to give Faith a ride.
Will and Mommy!!! I had fun too!
While supper was cooking, the kids leaned in for a kiss. Too cute!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Slumber party with the cousins!
How many naked bodies can fit in the bathtub??
Just a cute pic of Logan and Will
Look at all those butts!
Bedtime story was a little hard to keep all their attentions.
It was a fun night and one of the best sleepers ended up being the worst one that night! Will woke up screaming at 3 and so he came down in the basement with Nikki, Tara and I. He then woke up at 5, had a full out melt down and went back to sleep. Then finally woke up for yet another full blown melt down at 7 A.M.! So, I was very tired between him and Lillian that night. Oy.
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