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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Patience.....Something I lack!

So yesterday I went with my son's Kindergarten class on their field trip. We went to place called Heartland. This is a place where they raise, live, go to school, church, have a gas station, college, restaurant, dairy barn, goats, etc. The kids had a blast.

Jacer petting the goats

Me, my niece and Jacer on the school bus

But I have come to the conclusion that I am glad I did not pursue a career in teaching. I love kids, don't get me wrong but that many at one time, those teachers have the patiences of a saint!

I also realized that I need to learn some patiences, especially when coming to losing weight.

I keep getting frustrated with myself but I need to remember how far I have come and how long that took me.

I need to remember that every day is a new day and every day there will be a new obstacle to overcome.

I need to remember that I get where I want to be with dedication, patience, and overcoming fears that I have within myself!

Tomorrow is a weigh in day!

I have done my workout calendar for the month of May and here it is!

◄ April	~ May 2013 ~					June ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Planks 1 min Squats 40 Pushups 10 Crunches 20 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 1	2 Planks 1 min Squats 45 Pushups 10 Crunches 25 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 2 Cardio 3 miles	3 WI: ________ Planks 1 min Squats 50 Pushups 12 Crunches 25 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 3 Cardio 3 miles	4 Planks 1:15 min Squats 55 Pushups 12 Crunches 30 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 4 Cardio 3 miles
5 Planks 1:15 min Squats 60 Pushups 12 Crunches 30 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 5 Cardio 3 miles	6 Planks 1:15 min Squats 65 Pushups 15 Crunches 35 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 6 Cardio 3 miles	7 Planks 1:20 min Squats 70 Pushups 15 Crunches 40 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 7 Cardio 3 miles	8 Planks 1:20 min Squats 75 Pushups 15 Crunches 45 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 8 Cardio 3 miles	9 Planks 1:20 min Squats 80 Pushups 15 Crunches 50 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 9 Cardio 3 miles	10 WI: ________ Planks 1:20 min Squats 85 Pushups 20 Crunches 55 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 10 Cardio 3 miles	11 Planks 1:30 min Squats 90 Pushups 20 Crunches 60 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 11 Cardio 3 miles
12 Planks 1:30 min Squats 90 Pushups 25 Crunches 60 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 12 Cardio 3 miles	13 Planks 1:35 min Squats 95 Pushups 25 Crunches 65 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 13 Cardio 3 miles	14 Planks 1:35 min Squats 100 Pushups 30 Crunches 70 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 14 Cardio 3 miles	15 Planks1:45 min Squats 105 Pushups 30 Crunches 75 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 15 Cardio 3 miles	16 Planks 1:45 min Squats 110 Pushups 30 Crunches 80 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 16 Cardio 3 miles	17 WI: ________ Planks 1:45 min Squats 115 Pushups 0 Crunches 85 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 17 Cardio 3 miles	18 Planks 1:45 min Squats 120 Pushups 30 Crunches 90 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 18 Cardio 3 miles
19 Planks 2 min Squats 140 Pushups 40 Crunches 95 Burpees 20 Bikini Mommy – Day 19 Cardio 3 miles	20 Planks 2 min Squats 145 Pushups 40 Crunches 100 Burpees 20 Bikini Mommy – Day 20 Cardio 3 miles	21 Planks 2:15 min Squats 150 Pushups 45 Crunches 105 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 21 Cardio 3 miles	22 Planks 2:15 min Squats 155 Pushups 45 Crunches 110 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 22 Cardio 3 miles	23 Planks 2:15 min Squats 160 Pushups 50 Crunches 115 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 23 Cardio 3 miles	24 WI: ________ Planks 2:20 min Squats 170 Pushups 50 Crunches 120 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 24 Cardio 3 miles	25 Planks 2:20 min Squats 175 Pushups 50 Crunches 125 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 25 Cardio 3 miles
26 Planks 2:30 min Squats 175 Pushups 60 Crunches 130 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 26	27 Planks 2:30 min Squats 180 Pushups 60 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 27	28 Planks 2:30 min Squats 185 Pushups 60 Crunches 135 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 28 Cardio 3 miles	29 Planks 2:45 min Squats 190 Pushups 65 Crunches 140 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 29 Cardio 3 miles	30 Planks 2:45 min Squats 195 Pushups 70 Crunches 145 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 30 Cardio 3 miles	31 WI: ________ Planks 3 min Squats 200 Pushups 75 Crunches 150 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 31 Cardio 3 miles	Notes: STICK TO IT!!!

It is very overwhelming to look at this but I believe that I can do this and get it all done!

With my dedication and willpower, I will do this!!

Now for some pics from the past week:

In the pickup at the farm

Riding at the farm

An outfit I wore last week

Helping Daddy!

Well it is almost 5:00 here and time to go home :)

Friday, April 26, 2013

Falling off Wagon and hitting the Wheel......

I had been doing pretty good with being healthy and working out religiously and then I fell off the bandwagon and hit the wheel and spun out of control this past week and in result was up tremendously on the scale!

I hit a number I hadn't seen in a very long time!

THE 160'S!

I was devastated with myself and ashamed that I let it happen!

What was I thinking when I ate that cookie dough, that it was going to cling to my body

and add weight!

Or those french fries and club sandwich!

Geez.... I knew better and yet I still ate it under my better judgment.

When I am at home and in the comfort of it, I look to food as my comfort.

If I am stressed or bored, I eat!

So at night when I finally sit down after cooking supper, kids bathed, put to bed, house picked up, laundry done, I think that I need something to eat.

It is not that I am even hungry, I just think I need something.

It is time to take control of my stressors and boredom.

I exercise but I feel like I don't get enough exercise in!

I get up at 5 a.m. one morning and then the next I don't!
I am not consistent!

I need to commit myself to being more consistent and start that routine.

I read so many blogs and they are doing this!

They are committed to getting themselves healthy and improving their body. \

What is stopping me?

I can answer that......

I am stopping myself!

Well time to let myself pass go and succeed!

Summer is almost here but that is no reason to stop working for that bikini look this summer!

Have an awesome weekend ladies and gents!

I'm out!

Karie

Monday, April 8, 2013

MIA

I have been MIA for the last two weeks +.

I have just been super busy, it seems like. Can not say doing what but I have just been super busy. Helping with Jacer's school's PTO, has taken up a little of my time. With the fundraiser I was in charge of and then our Carnival we have every year.

I am super excited to say we made close to $3,700 with our fundraiser! I am super excited!

Now to figure out what fundraiser to do next! I am thinking a 5K!

Speaking of 5ks.... I have been wanting to start running outside since the weather has been nice. I absolutely hate running on the treadmill.

(Running view)

So yesterday, I did it. It was only 2 miles but I will honestly say I ran more than I walked.

I have determined that it was in my head to walk, that I was hurting, it was a mentality problem. I hated it! I would get mad at myself for walking 3 steps, so I would start up running again.

I don't know if running will be my thing but I did enjoy it. It was nice quiet me time!

I do not like running on gravel very well and that was the worse part probably.

(Monkey's basket on right and Jacer's on left)

Since it has been a while I realized I haven't posted about Easter or anything.

Our Easter was good! We went to my MIL on Saturday night for supper and decorate easter eggs

Which I do not enjoy doing at all so my SIL always gets to do it

On our way my hubs did not feel well and was sick all night, pretty much on the hour (which he would have to talk to me for about 10 minutes each time he got up) and was sick pretty much until Tuesday.

So I got the boys up and ready for church and we were off! It was a beautiful day. I had spent the day before helping hubby with building fence for our cows so we could spend all day Sunday together! Which of course did not work out. So after church we came home, changed clothes and went to my hubby's grandma's house without him. I hated to leave him but really did want to be around him or the kids around him too much. I hated that I did not get a picture at all of the kids all dressed up!

We came home and hid eggs at home so that Jeremy could see them find some eggs.

Then Monday I headed to work and came home by noon and stayed home Tuesday.

All the things husbands and wives share and I wish sickness was not one of them. I felt awful. I hate my bathroom and have decided it needs updated terribly!

(Monkey and Daddy checking cows)

Monkey is truly a Daddy's boy during the day and Mommy's boy at bedtime but that is it for Mommy. He would much rather be with his daddy!

Here is he is thinking he is helping Daddy till our huge garden

It was adorable. I will say I am a little overwhelmed with how much bigger our garden is this year.

But at least I got my potatoes, beets, radishes, lettuce, cabbage, mustard greens, sugar snap peas and carrots all planted!

Now to get all the rest in about a month! I dread it all summer but in the winter when I can get those jars of goodies off the shelf! I love it!!!

It has been nice out several nights lately and so we have been outside alot, I try to get a workout in on the drive while the boys play. But I get a huge workout chasing after Monkey on the tractor and pushing Jacer out of ditches or up the hill on his dirt bike. (we have it turned way down.)