Better late than never!

Yummy Blueberry oatmeal w/flax seed plus the PB

So it's past midnight but yesterday was crazy day! I had a beautiful blog I wanted to do about my awesome morning workout on Tuesday, than my yummy oatmeal w/added energy banana nut peanut butter. I was going to show you my pile of paperwork I had to organize and everything I threw away. I even found this funny note from Benjamin he wrote to Rob and I. But Everything went down the drain that afternoon............

After Organizing this is all trash!

The funny letter from Ben found in my pile of papers

Won't be throwing this away Ben!

I had to make phone calls for football since my husband is coaching and after organizing I found my room destroyed with papers everywhere. I also found the boys playing with my make up all over the freshly washed and clean bed sheets. After organizing all day I just cried, my husband wasn't home he was off doing his side job so it was just me and my twins. I was so down...........

Some may say brush it off but when you work so hard from being frazzled and unorganized to organized and feeling great.....that  being taken away from  you in a  second. A lot has to do with me  not really getting a break or a date night out in a while. We love taking our kids everywhere but my sanity suffers for it! Ha Ha You moms know what I am talking about! Needless to say although my options were not the best Dad brought dinner home and made me realize I need "me" time.Against his advisement I continued to organize our playroom/school room.

Waiting in the long line for TB Shots!

Yes I get to work out and it's awesome but I never do anything else for myself. Let's face it I have not had a hair cut in two years and I rather have holes in my clothes before my kids are without. That's what moms do at times. Baby steps in learning to take care of me of course.

Local Pomegranate juice in my shake!

Wednesday was going to be a long day, after all I stayed up with a little boy not feeling well the night before and had two twinados crawling in my bed way to early in the morning. I am talking Midnight, than 2am, 4am and 6am. At six I got up missed my PM run so I took those boys out and went for a slug run. Felt great after the night before. Made the boys favorite, pancakes and I had my morning pomegranate shake! Yummy in my tummy!

Next mission was to go to our local Health Department and wait in a long line to get my twins a TB test. Why because like 1/2 of our town I waited to the last minute and they needed it to start their speech preschool classes. We made it out in probably 1 1/2 hrs if not more but we survived! I must rest now and let these pills kick in, I had to pop some pills after doing stairs at our local stadium.....What a workout!!!!

One eye is on the playground watching one twin

Other eye on this twin

Still waiting in line so lets pick the flower pedals

Still waiting........ for our shots!

This is the tip for the day

Well that's all for now friends! I missed Blogging on Tuesday, Wordless Wednesday and here we are ready for Thirsty Thursday!!! Quench your thirst with water people! It's so important!!

P is for prepared, pre-planned, patience!

Well after a long night, late dinner and tossing and turning I once again failed in getting up early to workout with two awesome ladies. I disappointed myself since I woke up early tossing and turning but an hour too late and plus I really learned this week that morning workouts rock because when you get home breakfast fuel is so good and yummy!!!

This week I am going to aim for 8+ workouts, I completed 8 this past week could have been more but that sleep is the devil! Just kidding! I will also today prep meals for this week because this was def. my downfall this weekend. I usually have my chicken, veggies and salad prepped but not this weekend. Saturday and Sunday I did a  bit more overindulging. Maybe Friday a bit too.  I am going to be strict this week about using Fitnesspal to log in my meals too. Friday I had two slices of French bread pizza not big pieces but because I didn't prepare food and only had granola bar for breakfast after kickboxing.  When lunch rolled around and I had no snacks in between I was starving!!! 

On Saturday we had a yard sale and so I brought myself watermelon and granola bar again since I had to be out of the house by 6 am and didn't prepare anything. It's hard getting up with three kids in tow but thankfully they were in good moods knowing we were heading to Nani's house (my mom) Well I didn't get to eat my granola bar because God forbid I eat anything by myself without my kids. So watermelon it was for me and I was so hungry my mom had nothing in her house since she just moved in and was without a refrigerator! So after the yard sale what did I do? I headed to Sonic got a chicken sandwich(whole grain bun? not so bad) , fries and green tea :( Boo to the starving me, but Kudos too because usually I order like 6 things off the value menu or extra stuff with my meal. But shame on me! Did I snack after that..NO!!! because I fell asleep and woke up starving again.....boy my metabolism is kicking into high gear now! What did I do? I went to my moms to celebrate her birthday only too totally overindulge in pizza, a bit of cake and ice cream!! I felt like a piggy but I ate to fast and paid for it! Small meals rock, stuffing your face not so much!

Sunday after my three mile slug run I had eggs and spam made by hubby. Felt awesome, had a 4 oz Greek yogurt for lunch and knocked out! So what happened? I woke up starving again!!!! Guess what it was bible study/BBQ time at my sis' house. I ended eating a turkey wrap there than we ate dinner I would say about 9:30, I ate two chicken thighs, heaping helping of macaroni salad and some bread all so late!!!! I was so hungry........

Some of you may think you didn't do that bad, some may think I over did it but either way I know myself and I know better! These bad choices whether big or small won't help me succeed, am I sad, depressed or going to go on that cupcake binge? Ha ha ha no, realizing bad choices is better than  not recognizing that they exist. I move forward...I have my eye on the prize of HEALTH!


What could I have done to change what happened over the weekend?  Prepare meals and snacks!!! That's when the cravings and hunger kicks in for me. You may think what could be worst then this....well trust me this is a sample of what damage I can do to my body. Am I proud NO but have I learned.... YES!

So today as I am eating my oatmeal and drinking lemon water I will be making out my meals and preparing them today. I will also be have a homemade Zumba/Circuit session with the kids. We love to blast the music and just dance away!!  Last but not least I have not concluded organizing my house for when Ben starts school so yes I am very frazzled but I won't turn to food! I have laundry up the wazoo but I won't turn to sleep to make the blues go away! I will remain focused and look towards my goals. Giving up on myself, my house, my family is not a option! Pray that God continues to guide me, leads my family and gives me strength to endure another week!  Any prayer request for you please let me know!! Love praying for others too!


Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14

Fiesta Friday

Had a great day so I am calling it Fiesta Friday. What I really needed was a siesta which is a nap!! Kickboxing was kick my booty boxing, my boulder legs where about to crumble again but I made it through this morning. Hung out with my mom for awhile in the afternoon which was really nice. The finale of Fiesta Friday ended with Fish tacos with pineapple salsa. Would have loved to take pictures but I really needed that siesta and was too tired!

Good night you all! Have a great night and weekend!!!

Knocking that chip off!

This morning I was really annoyed and carried a chip on my shoulder for a while. I am not a person that gets mad at the smallest thing unless your name is Caleb, Levi and Benjamin and that smallest thing is a messy room! But they were not my chip on my shoulder. I blamed it on others but really after a nap and prayer God revealed that I was just mad at myself.

Photo Credit: Tribesports.com

Right before my morning workout I weighed myself.....do you think the scale changed...NO!!! Can I feel the inches gone yes! I guess I was a bit bummed but I don't feel defeated I guess I was just mad at myself. The best part is that I don't feel like quitting, I feel like pushing through!

Prayer def. gave me peace. I also prayed for strength to clean my house and for patience with my kids. I am outgrowing my house and/or need things like a desk to put paperwork, etc away. Maybe just a huge storage will do. I have things everywhere and being unorganized gets me very frazzled.

photo credit: myblessedlife.net

In the end I am happy, grateful and blessed. My best friend text me to let me know there is a difference in me...blessing! Also as I was writing this God sent another blessing my way, mind you I hardly answer my phone but decided to pick it up as it said ZIN Lupe. (Zumba Instructor Network) No words can describe how blessed I am to have this gals in my life but just calling me to encourage me at that right time........priceless and a blessing indeed!

Have a great day!
 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9

Wordless Wednesday : Visiting Hairy Potter at Fresno Discovery Center is a must!

Which picture is recent? Don't worry it won't hurt my feelings if they all look the same ;)
Oh and he lost his glasses FYI

One phone call please!!!

This is how I felt like today, Can I just make one phone without all the commotion kids! Come on!!!

Weeble Wobble

Well to start off, I didn't get to blog yesterday since I was extra busy with my boys. I cleaned our house, I did a painting project, we went swimming, watched the Classic The fox and the hound and loved how much my boys enjoyed it. My boys also painted as you can see.  We also enjoyed Monsters University Jello Jigglers and I even organized my oldest son's school stuff since we are homeschooling this year again!

 Okay, okay enough about yesterday. Today I woke up to do a workout with my PM group. My legs should feel like the Jello in the picture but it was more like boulders coming down in destruction. I know all big people carry their weight different but I have huge legs, big tummy and bigger bubble butt. I am not putting myself down it's just a fact. I actual am jealous when I see another big person with normal legs or butt. If my stomach was all I had to work on man I be happy to do that! But I still push through even as the boulders crumble below me. I literally had breakfast in bed because I could not move my legs. Another amazing workout from a motivator and mentor of my Lupe. At the end with a smile on her face she said "See you tonight at Zumba!" In my mind I was thinking "WHAT!!" Is it going to be chair Zumba tonight because my legs won't make it! But she knows how to push me and knows if I can be there I will be, legs or no legs I will be there!

My breakfast in bed

 I can tell you a millions of stories right now funny, sad, happy, tearful of my kids. They are my life, my joy, my heart. But I can say all these things and not really give them what they need. They need their mom.......a healthy mom.........physically, mentally and spiritually. My goal is to give them the best of me! So I am going to share with you the physical part today. On my recent sand slug run I thought we took the most unflattering picture of me in the group photo. I decided to push my shoulder back in the pictures don't know why but it made my stomach pop out and grossed me out. I don't share with you this so you feel sorry for me but it's reality.

 I am on the far left with the stomach :)

I won't lie, I did get discourage and thought "Man I am putting in work why does my picture have to look gross?" I had to remember this didn't happen over night and if the scale says I am losing I am happy, if my inches are coming off I am happy. I am doing things others can't do like sand slug runs, or today we did crazy squat with the attack of the lunges! I am blessed to be able to move! My legs may feel like weeble wobbles but at least I have legs to move. I am breathing, I am alive and I am blessed. It may not be my favorite picture but lesson learned, always suck it in! Just kidding! But really like my mentor always says look from where you came from so I decided after today's workout to take pictures of myself. They didn't come out great because it was hard standing after today's workout, hehehe!  I am not putting pictures out there because it's fun or it's huge difference I am putting them out there to let you know I am human and I am making that change for me and my family. I am far from perfect but I am willing to show you my imperfections, my struggles, my joy, my defeats and my success. 

I know this weight is not coming off overnight but inch by inch....lb by lb...........small goals, BIG LIFE!