Friday, February 22, 2013

Progress

It's been a month now since I've started running, working out and eating healthy. I'm craving Mexican food like crazy but that's neither here not there. I'm proud of myself and amazed about how fast things can happen if you focus on it.

I started the couch to 5k program and the first week was simply run a minute, walk a minute for 20 minutes. I thought I was going to die! Who knew I was that out of shape?!? Wow! Then it GRADUALLY increased the running over the walking and now I'm running 25 minutes straight. I'm on week 7 of the program. Yes, in a month I'm on week 7. The program is for only 3 days a week and I've been doing about 5 days a week. So I'm on week seven and because of Corbin's tball schedule I decided to go ahead and book my first 5k for next weekend!! Not this weekend, but next weekend. And I'm nervous as hell. According to the training program I will be a few minutes shy of running a whole 5k, but I think with all the people that will be there, I will be a little more pushed to make it through. I hope so! If I have to walk the last .25 mile though, I'm going to try to not beat myself up. Either way, I'm excited to have made it this far and see no end in sight. I really want to keep training after this to run a 10k by the fall and if I'm still loving it, a half marathon by next spring... I'd love nothing more than to do a full marathon one day, but for now I'm staying realistic. :)

Other than running, I've been doing some home exercises and stuff at home. U know those circuit training things you see on Pinterest? Well, I've actually been doing them! It's a lot of planks, burpees, different types of sit ups, jumping jacks, push ups, mountain climbers, etc. Clynt has been doing them with me and so it has made it fun. Again, I'm amazed at my progress. The first couple nights I did them, I wanted to crash right after and now, I just told Clynt yesterday that I need to do them 2 times in a row bc I'm just not feeling it as much.

On top of exercise, the diet is so important, right? So I've been eating a lot fewer calories and just paying attention to my eating habits, not eating after 8, eating healthy snacks between meals, eating more fresh foods, not drinking near as much wine, and etc. it's been hard but this is the longest I have actually stiuck to something like this as an adult and it's showing...

Progress?? Well, I'm down about 8 pounds. My legs are looking so much better, more muscle for sure. My old jeans from pre Corbin are starting to fit, and most of all, I don't hate the way I look in the mirror. I plan to continue with this change in my lifestyle. I will still enjoy the foods I love, just not to the extent I have in the past. I plan to continue to run, not for the weight loss but because its good for me. And here is the main thing, my boys are watching me. Yesterday I bought a diet coke (don't judge) and Corbin said, ' why are you getting that, you usually drink water!'. I was proud that he notices me making healthy choices most of the time. :). I hope in a few years that he is able to run with me and work out and be a healthy him also.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Traveling

My kids are seasoned travelers. Corbin (who is four) will have been to 16 states by the end of the year, and Garrett will have been to 10. So, it's not like we haven't done the flying with toddlers and preschoolers many time before, but EVERY time I get so anxious, I can barely function. I do all the packing for our family, partly because clynt is working and partly because I want to know that we have everything and that we will all be wearing decent clothes.

So currently my blood pressure and heart rate are through the roof. I'm not sure if it is the making sure we have everything, the rental car process (which stinks!), the baggage checking, the security check point (yuck!), the sitting in an airport (ew!), the being the stuck in a small space with two wild kids for several hours, or all of it combined! My boys have never once gotten out of their seats, cried, or yelled on a plane. Not sure if its us threatening for weeks leading up to it or just them being so excited to get to the final destination. Corbin LOVES to travel. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a kids so excited about traveling. He has loved it since he was little. He asks on a weekly basis to go on a vacation. It's just fun a different. Garrett on the other hand doesn't adapt as well and with the time change to mountain, I'm expecting to be up verrrrrry early every night we are on vacation. Joy :). Maybe I'll just take him running every morning and let people sleep.

I love vacationing also, but the process of getting where we are going leads Nero being very anxious and worried and stressed out. Poor clynt has had to deal with me snapping for the last week. Once we get in our rental car in Vegas, life will be so much better :). And once we see my grandmother and her gorgeous smile, it will be even better.

Can't wait for the airport/ airplane to be over :)

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Busy day

Do you ever have those days where you wake up and have to hit the ground running because you have a thousand things to do? I tend to over book us and have the boys involved in several things each so that we can be out and about during the day and not sitting at home with the temptations of electronics and stuff. Today is drop Corbin off at school, go to the grocery store, go to Corbin's school for his Valentine's party, then he has OT and then a play group, and then we have dinner plans. And we leave for vacation soon and I really need to be
working on packing and laundry and such. So it's busy.

And I am dieting (down 5 pounds!!) and I have a hard time eatting well while we are so busy! I'm going to try to pick up some healthy portable snacks while at the store. Hopefully that will help me in this process.

I love getting to see so many people on a daily basis and I love getting to be with my boys every day. Even though life can get busy, we just keep up and thank God for all the things he blesses us with!

Rough and tough

Having 2 boys that have no fear is exciting (cough), however teaching them boundaries is a whole other story. They both think that everyone wants to play fight with them alllllllll the time. I think play fighting is a good thing and a great way for both of them to release some energy and have a good time. However, this mommy doesn't like to play fight, maybe because I'm a baby or boring or whatever, but I just don't like it. How on earth do you teach kids to only play fight and wrestle with people who want to and WHEN it is considered okay. Corbin has a few friends that are rough and tough boys also who LOVE to wrestle, and man they can go and go and both can be laughing the whole time. It's amazing. However there are other friends and ME who don't enjoy wrestling, and so at that point when he goes up and starts play fighting people get upset.

Teaching boundaries like these is not the easiest thing in the world to do. I really struggle with it and getting Corbin and Garrett to understand when certain behaviors are okay and when they are not. I struggle with Corbin with that but with Garrett I struggle even more. Garrett will up and hit you upside the head with a bat and think its the funniest thing in the world!! Trying to explain something to a 20 month old is near impossible. But if we laugh then Corbin instantly thinks, oh that's okay for me to do maybe they will laugh at me too! (Though, Corbin wouldn't hit me upside the head with a bat, other behaviors he does feed off of). And then it just becomes a big game, I get mad, kids get disciplined and Garrett doesn't get it. I don't know. Boundaries for certain behaviors are just hard!

Don't get me wrong, I love my boys being rough and tough and I pray they will be capable of anything they want to do as they get older. But this mom is tired of sitting on the floor to play with my boys and it being thought of as an instant WWF moment! I guess I can continue to look forward to them getting a little older and them being able to wrestle with each other safely (they try now, but Garrett is so little, he is always the one who gets hurt... Or the one who will pick up a bat!) .

Pretty sure I'll have grey hair early on in life! The things I'm learning about boys is amazing! Who knew ?!



Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Being a good wife

My daily devotional read this morning was about being a good wife... I felt like I was putting the right 'ingredients' in on several points, but on one or two I felt pretty convicted. However conviction is good, because I WILL work on it because I love my husband... If you don't already read the proverbs 31 blog, you should go to it and read today's about being a good wife. It's most definitely worth the couple minutes to read over,

Since this month is Clynt's bday month, and he will be 32 this year, I'm going to try and write 32 things that I adore about him. I'm sure it will be a few today and a few over several days, but I will number to confirm there really are 32 things that I love!

1) he adores me! Clynt really believes that I am the most beautiful, smart, sweetest person alive. He thinks I am the best wife ever and he lets me know all of these things on a daily basis.

2) he is honestly the smartest person I have ever met in my life. He has studied every subject ever, and I know what he tells me will be accurate.. He knows math and science like the back of his hand, and he knows animals, history, and so so much more...

3) he is a fantastic dad. He loves our boys so so so much and will do anything in the world for them. He comes home after working a very long day and chases them around the house and wrestles like crazy with them. It makes my heart throb when I see him with his boys.

4) he loves God. He loves and trusts God so much! He prays with our family, and makes sure our boys know the importance. He will not miss a week of church, or bible study because he 100% values the knowledge learned.

5). He is a giver. He reminds me every other week when it is time to tithe. If someone needs help or money, he is the very first person to help. I never have to feel guilty for giving money or stuff away because I know he will 100% stand behind me.

6) he is funny!! Half our friends believe Clynt is the funniest person ever. Jokes and sarcasm come off his tongue so naturally. He is one of the funnest people to be around when he is in his funny mood. I love to laugh and watching others laugh...

7) he is a hard worker. Clynt thrives ever day to do better. He never is content and I'm pretty sure even when he makes it to the highest position possible or has the highest possible degree, he would still be trying to better himself. He amazes me at his abilities, even this morning I got a text that he got another lead engineering position on a project. I'm so proud of him and literally I want to brag on him about something at least once a week.

Okay, that's all for now. Have to get the kids up and going.. :)

Friday, February 1, 2013

Be nice!

How often do we tell our kids to be nice to other people? If you live in my house, or i suspect any house, it's very often. I tend to tell my kids to be nice alllllll day long. Or I say to 'say nice words', etc. but so often I see adults not saying nice words, and not being nice, including myself. But because we are grown, no one is there to say 'be nice', other than our spouses who often times need it said to them as well! Clynt and I talked until we fell asleep last night about being nice. I am a type of person who will agree with most things that are said just to avoid an argument or be rude and offend someone. Some people however says what they are thinking and I personally think it can offend people.

However, I hate to think that you can't have an opinion, so where is the line?

I've been offended many times by people's opinions and it doesn't make you like people more, that's for sure! So, that's where our whole conversation was. In my opinion (because we are allowed to have them), if you see people more than once a month and are in a relationship where you know eachother in and out, then it is okay to share your opinions that could be taken as offensive because those people love you and see the good side of you! However, if you see eachother once a month or less and the people don't completely understand you, I personally believe its best to just keep offensive opinions to yourself. Why put yourself in a situation where you may argue with someone who you don't see very often? Chances are you will see them even less. If I'm seeing people I haven't seen in a while, I always dress my best and I 'use nice words'. Those people don't necessarily understand me or know the every day me, and may only think of me for what I say in that one moment. I could be thought of as the 'girl that.....', instead of being thought of the 'really nice girl, that happens to believe.....'. Does that make sense?

I'm totally rambling. But I could not sleep at all because of this conversation we were having and why were having it :).

And I'll leave you with a picture of my big guy 'being nice!'