November 16th

All right so the move is over and we are settled in. It is time to get back in gear. The last two days I have been lounging in bed in the mornings not wanting to get moving. I find my energy is quite low. I feel like a sloth. I can't remember the last time I did a workout just for me and I really miss dancing. So back on the band wagon. I hung some pictures last week and was looking at our engagement photos. Wow have I changed. So the new goal is to get to the weigh I was at when I got married 155 lbs by Christmas (that was my full term pregnancy weight with Juliet but I was 19 then), down to 150 lbs for my 33rd birthday on January 10th, and settling in at 140 lbs by Valentines Day. Ready, set, shrink.

Oct 27th

It has been a while since I have blogged and that is just because things are so busy. I have been doing really well. The last time I stood on the scale I was down to 165 lbs. I have become too small for one of my belts, I have had to tighten my microphone belt I wear in my fitness classes. One pair of pants I was wearing that fit is now looking quite good and is becoming roomy. I weigh in on Friday so I will know better weight and measurements but based on the clothes and comments I am getting I feel really good.

Monday I ran errands and taught a Cardio Scuplt class. Yesterday I taught Diaperfit (Aquafit for Mom and Baby), finished a birth story, did some packing and taught Muscle conditioning. Today I went for a walk in the morning, and taught Aquafit on an extremely hot pool deck. My inner thigh are so tender and I can feel my abs have worked everytime I move, it is a nice feeling. I am off to run some more errands and to do some cleaning. Have a great day.

October 15th

So life has still remained busy. I am coming down from five births in five weeks, tomorrow I will be handing over the title of Doula CARE regional rep coordinator, so I have been busy prepping all the documents and things to transfer. When I took on the role there was nothing, no files or anything. This will make it nice for the reps who will see some kind of continuity and nice for the coordinator who will not need to reinvent the wheel.

I have been getting a lot of comments lately on how great I look. It feels very encouraging to hear as I have not done anything other than teach classes. Today I did get up and do a workout. I have always had a fear of bootcamp. I was afraid my knee would not hold up. But several months back I found a bootcamp DVD for $5 so I picked it up. I did it today and it was a boring workout. The instructors were saying 'Wow this is tough" or "Feel the burn and I was feeling nothing unless I adapted to ramp it up. They did one or two interesting things I can adapt for class but otherwise the DVD was garbage. I did manage to work up a sweat though. I notice I have been staying up much later than I should so back to early morning workouts to adjust my body clock and start me off with that strong energy high. Now that I am clearing my plate I have more time for me. Woohoo.

September 28th

Wow, what a whirl wind this passed month has been. We have bought and sold a house, purged and packed, planned and excuted a huge birth and baby show, and have been at two births, the next scheduled for tomorrow and another next Wednesday. I am now teaching 4 aqua and 1 land class a week, subbing classes if my schedule permits. My personal workouts have suffered and because of it I have refused to step on a scale until today. I have been not sleeping well, working way too much, and stress eating and drinking (not a lot of drinking but more than average). Because of that I did not want to see what was going on with my proportions. Many people in the past week have been making comments that I am still getting smaller. As my schedule has going from extremely busy to just moderately busy I decided to hop on the scale this morning and see where I will be restarting from. I was very surprised, I got off twice and stepped back on again. I am down to 166. That is 5 more lbs. That means I get a new outfit and Marc is paying. WOOHOO.

September 6th

So things have really slipped but I am okay with that.

The week prior to the trip to the cottage I was busting my tail to ensure everything was done or passed off to the appropriate people for the Family Birth and Baby Show. I was quite stressed but made some relaizations and went for a Reiki treatment and gained some focus.

I didn't do any workouts at the cottage though I brought my gear. I went for an early morning swim twice and swam across the lake and back in under 20 minutes, but that was about it.

The week after the cottage things were crazy busy trying to get back on track after being away from clients and the computer for a week.

Then this week that just ended Marc and I found the perfect house, bought it and prepared this house for listing with a private open house on Sunday and today. It was a lot of work preparing a house for sale in under five days but we got it done, with some help of course. Last night I slept so well. I was asleep around 10:30 pm and stayed in bed until after 9 am. It felt amazing not to have to wake up and start purging or cleaning (sigh of relief).

The plan is now that the girls are both in full time school to get back on the wagon and get to business. I was just too overwhelmed and the workouts were the easiest thing to let slide. Something had to give and I know it was short term loss that I could easily make up.

August 12th

What a lovely morning. Actually I haven't been outside yet but it just feels like today will be a spectacular day.

I did my lower body strength training this morning. I was a little nervous starting out as my legs still feel a little tender from the other day but hair of the dog, right? I feel awesome now, very alert and eager to get this moving along.

Forgot to mention yesterday I weighted in, I was down another pound and 1/2" from my chest, waist and thigh. Not a lot but things are moving again in the right directions. This is just the start of the shed.

August 11th

I am so easily side tracked. This morning I got up at 6:30 am. I wanted to send photos out to be printed and be able to pick them up around 11 am so I knew I had to send them off right before or after my workout. Well me and computers are not always the best of friends and I was having huge issues. I did start my workout but not until after 7 am when I totally gave up. Marc came downstairs to say goodbye gave me a brilliant solution and things were smooth sailing. I managed to get it sent off while resting in between sets. My upper body workout this morning was good. I did one less set for chest and back because I work them nicely last night. It was a great class, they said it was good and they had fun, I know I did.

Off to have some breakfast and then go sweat it out on pool deck as I teach Aquafit at 9 am at Tansley Woods. Getting together with a friend today down at Spencer Smith or the beach. Sushi with another friend for dinner and visiting with a client in the evening. Have a great day.