I finally got through tax season! I am now prepping for our March of Dimes walk that is in exactly one week, which happens to be the same day that I am hosting my first Diamond Creek Candles Open House *crosses fingers and hopes it goes well*. My waist line has expanded, we rarely ate and then when I did I would gulp down a footlong from subway. However yesterday I got on the scale and it said 170. I knew that was not right. So I got back on this morning and it says 180. Fine, after two days of no carbs and all veggies and lowfat foods, that sounds fine by me! Yes I got myself back on South Beach. Right now the only thing I can do to get past the evil candy cravings are to chew one tiny peice of sugarfree Eclipse gum (5 calories in one peice so I will chew it for hours lol). I started walking again this morning. In a couple days I wanna get back onto the morning workouts. I miss those but I was just too tired here lately. Now that I have more time, wohoo I am gonna rock it. I don't care much about the numbers anymore. The fact that my waistline expanded and some of my pants I could not wear....made me want to just sit and cry. So I am gonna fix it. No sobbing for me!!
So I weighed in this morn, gained a lb...not surprised. I only ate every bit of chocolate I could find this past week. But here is where the GRRRR comes in. I had TOM and I didn't work out cause I have a horribly heavy flow and I hate when I am doing something and a huge gush comes along and I have to trample people to get to a bathroom so it doesnt hit the floor. Well yesterday I had no sign of it whatsoever. So I made my lazy arse get up this morn and workout since I hadn't all week. Wouldn't you know it....as soon as it was over I went to the bathroom...and gushed everywhere. I am so NOT happy about this! I had a tubal ligation in July of 2005 and ever since then my periods lasted only 5 days (before they would last 8-10) and I would only have major heavy bleeding for 4 of those days. SO wtf does it think its doing by coming back now??? I am thankful I didn't gush til I went to the bathroom but jeesh I thought I was done already....today is day 7, or 6 I guess since I didnt have anything yesterday.
So the good news. My website should be back and up and running by tomorrow. I forgot that it meant my url would be reissued which means changed. I went and ordered business cards from vistaprint and wouldn't you know I realized my url was wrong AFTER i paid for 1000 biz cards??? Fortunatley they were kind enough to cancel the order, they have issued me credit so as soon as I get the new url I can go back and change everything and reorder the order. YAY! I also checked out some flea markets locally, they prices aren't as bad as the craft fairs. I wanna check out some local street fairs too just in case they are cheap and I can get in. Now I need to find out where I can get tickets to use for a free raffle. I came up with this awesome idea last night....I have some mirrors left over from our wedding (almsot 2 years ago) and I am gonna raffle off a pillar candle and mirror together. I figure if people jump in on it for free I can get lots of possible leads for sales later on. I am sometimes amazed at how brilliant I can be LOL.
Ok must go to work, and check in with you ladies. TTFN!
Gawd, I got TOM this past weekend. Freaking great! So I haven't weighed in cause I don't want to see the 1-2 lb water gain. On top of that I have raided chocolate like no other so I know that has prolly put on another few. Mealtimes have been alright. Got in a salad yesterday, dinner is salad tonight. I just hate the chocolate fiend I become at this time.
I have my pedometer on, I haven't felt like working out. To be honest I have a very heavy flow so when I work out I tend to feel gushes and it just makes me gaggy to feel that. Even if I wear a tampon AND a pad I have that issue. I know its good to workout at this time but if I could do it and it didn't make things gush then I would feel ok with it. Anyway I put my pedometer on so I can kinda see how badly sedentary I am. I already know I am because nature of my job is sit at a computer all day. But it would be good for me to see how bad it is. Then when TOM is gone and I get back to working out and walking again I will see how much it improves and how much more I need to improve.
After this weekend I think if the kids have any Easter candy left I am trashing it, that way I can't sneak it. They don't need it anyway. I didn't even go bonkers like I usually do when buying it. I bought them a couple things and a token chocolate rabbit. Mostly their baskets had gifts in them. But we took them to an easter egg hunt out by the inlaws and thats where they really racked up. Oh well, it will be gone and everyone will live and just hate momma for a bit LOL.
So let's get the bad part out first. I didn't eat healthy at all this week. NOPE NOPE NOPE! I said I was gonna and failed miserably. However I went to the grocery store today and stocked up on healthy stuff...point for me! So I will tackle it again this next week.
The good part is I am still being very active. I haven't weighed in yet. I will soon I just had the time now to blog and I am taking up on it. There is a great new show on FitTv on Tuesday nights. It's called Shimmy. It's a very upbeat bellydance for fitness show. I have my dvd sets by Neena and Veena who are typically a bit slower. Well the speed up by 3rd dvd but anyway I think I was getting burned out on them since I haven't felt like putting them on. This show was setup very much like Namaste Yoga. Except with bellydance obviously lol. They teach you some movements then you put them all together for a short choreographed peice at the end. Then you get a couple min just to dance freestyle. I REALLY enjoyed it and I was sweating tons by the time I was done.
Ok must go, have a great holiday everyone and will post my weigh in weight soon.
I saw this on one of the church signs here in town.
"Worry is the darkroom where negatives are developed"
Isn't that the truth!!! I was driving when I saw it and pulled over to just sit and think about it. I am putting this on my fridge so that maybe whenever I worry and stress over the little things it will put me at ease.
Will post more later, got lots of work to get done!
I have not lost nor gained. I am happy about not gaining, not surprised tho on the lack of loss. This past week I met another one of my goals. Matter of fact I exceeded it LOL. I was supposed to do a workout dvd at least 3 times a week and I have successfully worked out every single morning this past week. My walking has cut back abit but I think I have missed 2 days this past week.....not too shabby really. Since I have started working out I am already physically feeling better and more energetic. One of my teammates for March of Dimes started working out and walking some also. He called me this past Wednesday to tell me thanks for talking him into it. He said he is feeling better and more energetic as well so I think that I have someone who will help keep me on track when we are out being social (he is one of my very closest buds!). Hubby is not very good at it. *sigh* Yesterday he needed to get some work done at a client's office. Happens to be a bakery. Everytime he goes out there they load him up with all kinds of goodies. Really they are just trying to be nice and spoil our kids. Sadly, we don't need it and end up acting like crackheads trying to get to it. It's all gone except for the pumpernickel/rye loaf of bread. It's good but I have strayed from eating alot of sandwiches and that's why they sent it to our house. This week I am tackling my next goal which is to reroute my eating habits. I need to eat a salad at lunch at least 3 times during the workweek and work in spinach salads on the weekends at home. I want to build that up to a daily salad at some point, just not yet LOL. I have already thought a bit about next months goals and I have to limit it to just two since its Hell Month. But I have a pretty good idea what those two things will be. Well I must run, I have to get some work done, TTFN!
my blogging! No offense, I love this site. I just have too many blogs going for various facets of my life. I need to merge them desperatley because I cannot keep up with 3 blogs anymore. i will still check in on a weekly basis, I like using the weight log. And I will still post when I do check in. However if you wish to read more please go to www.angelapippinger.blogspot.com
Last night I went to Barnes & Nobles to get a gift for my hubby's nephew, its his bday today and the fam is getting together. While I was there I checked out their music section for some Chakra Meditation cd's. Found one out of all of their meditation section. I have been having a hard time sleeping and some of the chakra stuff I have listened to I have found so soothing. I didn't open my chakras, just listened to it (no speaking just music). Sure enough I slept well last night. As a result I woke up feeling very energized....at 4:30 am!!! WTF??? Usually I am up around 6:30, the earliest I have gotten up is 5 am on occasion. So I found it nice really to have some quiet time. I ended up doing two loads of laundry, emptied and filled our dishwasher (couldn't run it again tho cause not enough dishes in it), I woke everyone up, made lunches for 3 kids AND I did a 30 min workout with Gilad on FitTv. Btw, Gilad is tough. Yes, i am very out of shape....lol I was REALLY huffing and puffing about halfway through. I tried to keep up with his pace but I ended up slowing it down a bit, lest I kill myself. Really my biggest issue was my knees. Both of them were screaming during the lunges. I couldn't even do the lunge as low as they could. Oh well, I will just have to practice....with braces I think. I have to say I like FitTv. I only have bellydance and pilates dvd's and after awhile I get bored with those. At least with FitTv I can find a variety of different things to do and not feel bored.
Well I must go, I plan on tackling my food issues next week and at the rate I am going I don't think it will be an issue. One week of exercise and I am feeling good....good enough to want to make a difference!
Ok so I have to admit that I am enjoying the training I am going through, prepping for the March For Babies walk on April 26th. I mean last night I did my bellydancing and really got sweaty but it was like I HAD to walk. And I made my walk longer last night too. Felt really good, i woke up slightly more invigorated and less tired than usual. YAYYY
Ok so i do need help with fundraising!! There are three awesome ways to help me out, so if anyone can I would appreciate it.
1. go to www.marchforbabies.org/alegna1975 you can make a flat donation here at any amount that fits your budget! Every penny counts and will be greatly appreciated!
2. go to www.diamondcreekcandles.com/f420 for all your candle and aromatherapy needs! What a wonderful way to reward yourself for meeting specific goals! 15% of my comissions made in March will go to March of Dimes.
3. go to www.vitoriasmida.pureromance.com for another way to treat you and your spouse/significant other for meeting goals and adding "spice" to intimate playtime. All orders are extremely confidential and arrived in unmarked packaging. 15% of the sales will be put into a check made out to March of Dimes. I will not know who orders or what is ordered, only final sales amount and donation amount. Hurry this ends March 31!!! In order for me to get credit, please put my name in the comment section at checkout, Angela Pippinger
I got on it this morning.......179!!!! YAYYYY!!!! I was fully expecting it to either still be 185 or pushing 190. All I have done this past week is walk sooooo I guess there is something to walking lol. Amazing too what happens when you jump on the scale. I didn't dare put anything near these lips so far that might wreck it all. Tonight's dinner is leftover lasagna for the fam and I am going to have some tuna on a bed of spinach. I am gonna do my bellydance dvd tonight since it makes me sweat the most. I MIGHT walk too, depends on my mood and if I have enough time lol. Here is to looking at a much better week than I have had in a long time!!!!
