move it Monday

This is not a normal move it Monday but I was so productive yesterday I just have to brag share. It's no surprise or excuse that because I work Monday-Friday, when I finally get home to my sweet boy I do not want to clean or do laundry. blahhhhh It drives me crazy. For one reason, when I'm trying to fold clothes Beckham thinks it's hilarious to knock over the piles; and another is because I just flat out hate doing laundry. Actually I think I hate laundry period. Dirty laundry, clean laundry, folding laundry, putting laundry away, etc. When I'm rich I will pay someone to just do my laundry for me! Or just send it all out to be dry cleaned. HA! wishing....kidding! Anyways, even though the hubs is at work Beckham and I still make a ton of laundry-how? I don't know. The whole taking baths, wearing clothes during the day and then pjs at night probably has something to do with it. 

So I tryyyy to get at least one load done every couple of days but it has just not happened lately. So, yesterday Beckham apparently was really sleepy because he took about a 2.5 hr nap at 10:00 and then another 2 hours around 5:00. Needless to say, I did not lay around on the couch watching Food Network like I so desperately wanted to. No- I graded eight stacks of papers and put them in the grade book, made this weeks lesson plans, updated my school blog, did four loads of laundry (washed, dried and put them all away-whoohoo), put away all of my Halloween decor and rearranged the fall stuff, swept, mopped, cleaned my washing machine (think bleach and a toothbrush clean), unloaded, reloaded, and unloaded again dishes in the dishwasher, cleaned out my refrigerator, while Beckham was between naps we went to Walmart and got a few things. Annnnndd last but certainly not least I watched the Saints kick butt. Sorry Cowgirls! Who Dat?

move it Monday

I am so excited to finally have another move it Monday post!! Honestly, my gym time has been non existent since about August. School is back and I honestly have not made time for exercise. Saturday we participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and by we I mean 147 participants from my school including myself, Beckham plus my Mom and friend Paige. Back when I was working out regularly Beckham and I used to walk the 5k route around our town but that was about 2 months ago. However, I had no doubt we could finish just knew we would be slow. Thanks to my Mom having to stop and stand in line for the port-a-potty for about 20 minutes we ended up coming in just about last. Not the very last people walking but pretty darn close. We completely lost all of my friends and students from school and the majority of the pack of people but nevertheless we did finish-which I am very proud of!

I have to say we had a ton of fun! We had to wake up around 6:00am to get going and be there by 8:00am. They did a little warm up around 8:30 and the race started at 9:00. There was soooooo many people there it was awesome to see all of the men, women and kids sporting their pink and the Susan G Komen foundation. It was mine, my mom, Paige and of course Beckham's first 5k and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to do another one soon. I know we will for sure do the Susan G Komen Race again next year.

Did we finish in an hour and twenty minutes? Yes! But, we finished and that's all that matters! I am so proud of my Mom for trekking through and not complaining at all, once we found a bathroom...lol She is also trying to get me to participate in no makeup November but I am not too sure about it. I like the concept of inner vs outer beauty but my makeup is my comfort zone! She told me that God created me perfectly and I added that God gave me bags under my eyes. haha!

Anyways, here's to move it Monday!! Photos of out first 5k!

move it Monday

Life has been incredibly busy lately and I am having a problem getting to the gym. (enter excuses) It's hard to find a babysitter, it's hard to make time, it's difficult to blah blah blah.... However, I am doing the 30 day squat challenge. It is something quick & easy to do at home, during nap time etc. I am currently on day five and let me tell you, I can feel the burn! I'm excited to see results. I am also doing this Gymless workout on days I can't do C25k. It is really hard and right now I have to space it throughout the day but I am hoping I can work myself up to doing it all in one session. I know it may seem like I am going in about five different directions, but I do the squat challenge in the mornings, and if I am not able to do C25K, I do the Gymless workout, so really it's not that bad, I am just trying to do something productive during the day. I want this baby weight GONE! note to self: I really need a new Wii remote so I can do Zumba at my house again...

Goals last week:

Week 2 of C25K <-- barely, but I did it! Each week of c25k consists of three days and I did two days this week outside. It was not easy. I was actually dying both days. It's much harder to do outside than in the gym, so I'm probably going to keep doing it outside instead of going to the gym. The temperature around here is ranging from 90-95 everyday so I was definitely sweating my booty off but I'm pretty sure that's a good thing, right? 
One Zumba class <-- Zumba is on Friday nights and Butch came home last Friday and it was his birthday; Beckham's party was Saturday, so I honestly didn't have time to get to the gym. I just wanted to be with my family, sue me! I actually looked up at it was almost 7:00. Going to Zumba hadn't even crossed my mind. We were just too busy!
Lose 2 pounds <--- I'm at a plateau I swear. I don't know if I'm gaining muscle and not losing weight but it's really frustrating. I am counting calories and I've never gone over 1200. Most days I'm wayyyy under that. I am working out more than I ever have, and nothing..... I am still at my same weight. And I am at a loss. I don't know what to do!

Goals this week:

Week 3 of C25K

One Zumba class
Lose 2 pounds...again...I'm not giving up! It's just making me push myself harder!

Linking up with Ashley!

move it Monday - c25k

Okay so, I got some really horrible news at the gym this week............the calorie counter on the treadmill is not accurate......I cringe. I've mentioned more than once that I am a complete beginner so here I am thinking that I'm burning this many calories when really I'm not. The trainer said the counter on the treadmill is always either too low or too high, never correct. It consistently counts calories and doesn't adjust or something like that. I don't really know. But, here's how my nightmare began:

After two and a half weeks of walking for an hour 3-4 times a week (burning what I thought was around 400 cal) I was already becoming bored. My Mom told me about the Couch to 5k app, so I got it and started last Tuesday. The program is designed for 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week for 8 weeks. By the end of the 8 weeks you should be able to run (jog) a 5k without stopping. After day 1 of week 1 I was finished with my 30 minutes, wringing sweat, more tired than I ever was walking an hour and I look down to see that I only burned 190 calories. I was pissed! I marched to the office and was like what is up?? I'm in there jogging and I only burned half of the calories.... So he tried to convince me not to worry about the calorie counter and that the C25K program is much better than walking one full hour. He actually said it is more beneficial for your body to do more strenuous training for less amount of time than vice versa; and a cardio session shouldn't last much longer than 45 minutes. AND that it's bad to use the incline (which is what I've been doing so my little calorie counter went higher, duh!). He said that the incline on a treadmill is unnatural and is nothing like walking outside. He also said using the incline too much is the number one cause of shin splints and some other knee problem I can't remember the name of.

Long story short- his opinion was to keep doing C25K, no incline, and don't look at the calorie counter. UGH! I'm such a type-A person. I like to see exactly what I'm burning right then. However, I am more sore than I have ever been walking for an hour, so I guess what he said makes sense now because I'm definitely feeling it. Week 1 was a 5 minute warm up, jog 60 seconds and walk 90 seconds for a total of 20 minutes, then 5 minute cool down for a total of 30 minutes! I have to say I'm loving it and if it wasn't so hot I could actually do it outside. So, hopefully when the weather starts to get cooler I can keep running jogging outside. I'm also still doing Zumba on Friday's and I still love it!

Being the novice that I am, I have a few questions! Has anyone tried c25k? Love it? Hate it? Anyone else experience the calorie counter problem? Incline problem? Corrections (if these statements are false)? or Suggestions? Thanks!

Goals this week:
Week 2 of C25K
One Zumba class
Lose 2 pounds...please, pretty please...with no sugar added on top...haha

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As usual, linking up with Ashley!

move it Monday

This is random, but I mailed Beckham's invitations this morning and OMG! It's becoming so real. My little boy is going to be one whole year old in a very short amount of time. I can't believe he has been in our lives for a whole year. I know everyone says it flies by, and you 'think' you know what that mean; but honestly, I had no idea my life would be moving so quickly. I am trying so hard to savor these sweet moments, but I feel like if I blink I'll miss something. And I probably will because he's growing at warp speed. I am too blessed to be stressed and so incredibly lucky God chose me to be his Mommy.

Move it Monday....hmmm I'm not even worthy to pose a move it Monday but here it goes: Okay, so last week was a complete bust! We enjoyed our visit with Yaya and Grumpy but I got zero exercise in. :( However- I am so motivated this week! I have been doing the Military Diet (you can find meal plans here), and today is my last day of this week. Thank. You. Jesus. Don't let the ice cream as dessert fool you, this diet is no joke. One thing I have been doing is drinking water like a fool. I have had, on average, six bottles of water a day for the past four days. I'm also peeing like a fool. TMI, I know. Anyways, I already have a babysitter lined up this week so I'll get three days in the gym (basically all I do is cardio) and Zumba class on Friday. I'm excited. Sorry for the brevity of this post but I don't have much to talk about in regards to 'movement' since I haven't been moving much this past week. Although, we did swim all day Saturday and Sunday, so I guess that counts. I'll update next Monday with calories burned and hopefully pound(s) lost. Ha!

Move it Monday

Wow! I can't believe June is gone and July is here in my face already! It is so beyond hot here in Louisiana! Like the temperature is fluctuating from 95-100 just about every day. It is always hot during the Summer but this year is scorching; and the humidity....UGH! The air is so thick it's hard to breathe. I am almost positive I was way more miserable last Summer because I was 9 months pregnant, but this Summer I am chasing an 11 month old that runs.....fast. Speaking of that 11 month old, I have been planning Beckham's 1st Birthday for what seems like his whole life. But it is so close now! I literally have all of these thoughts in my head but I still have so much to do. Like: cover water bottles and juice boxes with labels, make cupcake paper wraps, make banner for tent and for his highchair, make envelopes for invites, send invites (I'm thinking by the 8th), make 28649240 stickers, food labels, goody bags, print tags for thank yous, print tags for sugar cookies, order cakes, cupcakes, cookies, tshirts......ahhh the list goes on and on. BTW those are the things that can be done in advanced, I'm not even going to think about the list of things that need to be done both Friday, and the day of the party. Twenty days, Katie. You still have 20 days until his party...... okay, I'm better.

Anyways new topic- This is kind of random but Beckham has a new found fear of the diaper genie. Yes, the small white, tube shaped, contraption that keeps the house from smelling like poop haha! I don't know what has gotten into him but he is completely afraid of it. Last night while I was putting on his pjs, (I lay him on the floor to do the whole diaper, powder, lotion routine) he kept scooting away from it and making the saddest face like he was scared. So, I hurried to get him dressed and he jumped in my arms and wrapped his arms around my neck. He kept turning his head looking at it then looking at me, them back at it, and then back at me. There's a Scooby Doo stuffed animal that sits right beside it and at first I couldn't tell if he was looking at it or the diaper genie; so, I picked him up and kind of put him near the genie and he lifted his legs up almost to his neck and was truly afraid. I opened the lid a few times and kind of tapped on it so he would see that it wouldn't hurt him, but he wasn't having it. I am really blown away by this because he is honestly not afraid of much at all. He would jump off of any surface imaginable (the bed, coffee table, couch, etc.) if we would let him. He loves to ride the lawn mower and our Polaris Ranger, loves the pool, and with the exception of the vacuum (he's not a fan of it) there isn't much he's afraid of. I guess I'll have to add the diaper genie to that short list, at least for the time being. It's still driving me crazy though. It's been in his room, in the same spot, his entire life, and he's just now noticed it? I'm at a loss.

So there's that.

Move it Monday-
I managed 3 work outs this week. Wednesday I burned 245 calories, Thursday I burned 350 calories, and Friday I did a Zumba class so I'm not sure how many calories I burned but I definitely feel it. I lost 1.6 lbs this week.

Que adorable picture of Beckham man:

Move it Thursday?

One week in and I didn't quite make the Move It Monday post. So here's Move It Thursday! Last week I managed to go to the gym Monday through Friday! I started slow on Monday but by Thursday I was burning over 400 calories a day (I realize that is still pretty slow to some). I did Zumba with some friends on Friday and it was so fun! I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow so I can do it again. I did not do a very good job at recording my times/calories burned last week but I am trying to do better this week. I actually took a before picture last Monday. Yeah, it's bad. I most definitely will NOT be posting it, or my weight for that matter. Also, my goal was to at least go to the gym 3 days a week and lose 10 lbs by Beckham's birthday. I'll admit going 5 last week may have been a little too much I was beyond sore all weekend, then on Monday we went  shopping all day and I didn't feel like going when we got home; and then Tuesday the hubby and I went fishing all day since he had to go back to work yesterday. But, I did make it to the gym yesterday, I am going later today, and Zumba tomorrow! That's 3- I'm happy about it! I am also thinking about doing the Military Diet. I have done it before with pretty good success so I'm contemplating doing it a few times before Beckham's birthday to maybe jump start some weight loss. Plus, since Butch is working, I don't have to cook and can diet a little bit. So there's that. Move it Thursday! HA!

Move it Monday

This is my first Move it Monday and I guess it's a little premature because I haven't actually 'moved it' yet....to the gym at least. But, I am going today with my best friend, Amber and we are determined to motivate each other. I'm setting realistic goals like going at least 3 times a week, which really isn't that much considering the gym is 24 hrs and about 5 minutes from my house. Also, my main goal is to lose 10 lbs by Beckhams birthday which is about 5 weeks away. My wonderful husband, who knows me way too well speculates that I'll go 2 weeks and quit, so I'm making that part of my motivation as well. I know I'm bad about having all these great intentions and then not following through. But, this is something that has bothered me the past 11 months and it is time I do something about it. I can't let it get any worse than it already is because #1 I plan on having more kids and #2 I am not comfortable this size. I'm just not happy with it. I'm also thinking that by having a Move It Monday blog to look forward to will also be motivation... So, that's that. I'll be weighing every Monday (but not posting, of course! That's just tmi) and blogging about my progress. I am seriously determined. Just gotta stay this way. :) Linking up with Ashley @ Domestic Wannabe


Post "move it": Day 1 in the gym was a success. We walked 2 miles on the treadmill and did 150 of these ab/crunch things with the medicine ball. I"m pretty proud that I finally stepped in the gym. It has been a long time.