Well, week one of my new fitness journey has come and gone. What a week it was! I found out that we will only be weighing in once a month. :-( That kinda sucks cause I was hoping to keep track with what my progress is. Oh well!
So, Monday wasn't too terribly bad. We did a lot of push ups and crunches. Along with walking/running. (Me not being a runner, chose to walk.) Wednesday, was a little harder. Friday, we sprinted. Hello.....not a runner here. On the off days of Tuesday and Thursday, Dixie, our chocolate lab, and I walked about a mile each morning. I was going to walk over the weekend, but laziness took control and didn't let go. Plus, it was crazy cold here.
Week two started today. It was very hard. We had to get a partner, and one of us sat in the squat position while the other ran 50 steps. Once the partner stopped, the other person who was squatting had to run to the partner and then 50 steps passed that person. Yes, my shins were killing me by the end of our hour workout. But I am ok. I will keep getting better as the time goes by.
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T-man has been practicing very hard these past few weeks with his t-ball. He is so very excited about his upcoming season, which officially gets underway this coming Saturday. We have to be at the fields at 9:30 Saturday morning for pictures. Then T-man plays his first game at 11:30. Opening ceremonies follow at 1, and the final game of the day follows that at 3:30. It is going to be a long, but fun day for us all.
Go Owls!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Fitness Boot Camp
So, as of 2:30 this afternoon (Sunday, March 22, 2009), I have sold my sole to the fitness world. I signed up for an all women's fitness boot camp. I have heard of these boot camps for the past few years, and I finally told myself that I needed to try it out. I will start tomorrow morning (Monday, March 23, 2009) at 5:30 A.M. Yes, you read that correctly. I will be rolling myself out of bed to go do God knows what to my body, so that I can, hopefully, shed some of this unwanted weight.
My goal, as of right now, is to lose at least 20 lbs between tomorrow morning and the weekend of June 13. (If I lose more, YEA me!) Why might you ask am I wanting to lose between these two dates? Well, the answer is very simple. We have a wedding that we are going to that weekend, and the dress attire is formal, semi-formal. That means that Miss Jeans and T-shirt is going to have to wear a dress. I am NOT going to pour this horrible body into a dress until I have met this first goal.
My over all goal of weight loss is to shed 70 pounds all together. I haven't set a time frame for this part of my weight loss, and probably should. But I think that I should just take it one day at a time, and see how that goes.
You, ole faithful viewers, will get to see my progress in my posts, as I plan to use this as my journal of my adventure. I think that this will not only be challenging (especially exercising so freaking early in the morning) but hopefully really fun. I, however, will not be taking pictures along the way because I cannot embarrass myself to that extent. I do not plan to tell you my weight from every weigh in either. I will just post how many pounds I have lost over the week. So this will more than likely turn out to be a weekly post.
Wish me luck!
My goal, as of right now, is to lose at least 20 lbs between tomorrow morning and the weekend of June 13. (If I lose more, YEA me!) Why might you ask am I wanting to lose between these two dates? Well, the answer is very simple. We have a wedding that we are going to that weekend, and the dress attire is formal, semi-formal. That means that Miss Jeans and T-shirt is going to have to wear a dress. I am NOT going to pour this horrible body into a dress until I have met this first goal.
My over all goal of weight loss is to shed 70 pounds all together. I haven't set a time frame for this part of my weight loss, and probably should. But I think that I should just take it one day at a time, and see how that goes.
You, ole faithful viewers, will get to see my progress in my posts, as I plan to use this as my journal of my adventure. I think that this will not only be challenging (especially exercising so freaking early in the morning) but hopefully really fun. I, however, will not be taking pictures along the way because I cannot embarrass myself to that extent. I do not plan to tell you my weight from every weigh in either. I will just post how many pounds I have lost over the week. So this will more than likely turn out to be a weekly post.
Wish me luck!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Spring and Baseball
It's that time of year that the birds are chirping, the grass is growing, and the bats are swinging. No, not the bats that live under bridges and in caves. Aluminum and wood bats are swinging for all the little leaguers, high schoolers, college players, and pros. T-man is officially thrown into the mix of baseball players this year, and he couldn't be more excited.
Monday night marked his first official practice of the season. And of course, we were the first ones to the fields. (We were just 20 minutes early.)
As we move forward with T-ball, I will try to update everyone on the team's wins, loses, and just plain excitement of 13 little 5 and 6 year old boys. Plus, I will add some commentary of Aggie Baseball. WHOOP!
Monday night marked his first official practice of the season. And of course, we were the first ones to the fields. (We were just 20 minutes early.)
He had a blast practicing T-ball. They learned the different positions that are on the field. The practiced their throwing abilities and how to stop a ground ball with their bare hands. P will be one of the assistant coaches for the team, while I will be the team mom. I will get to sit in the dug out with the kids, trying to keep them in some sort of order, telling them when they are up to bat, and keeping the score. This is going to be so much fun. I think that we all can't wait.
This season, we are attending several Aggie Baseball games. This is always a fun thing for us to do as a family because we like baseball so much. Last night we attended the Cal-State Fullerton game. While we were there, the game was a very competitive game. We left at the top of the 6th inning (school night and all), which was a good thing, because Cal-State walked all over A&M after we left.
As we move forward with T-ball, I will try to update everyone on the team's wins, loses, and just plain excitement of 13 little 5 and 6 year old boys. Plus, I will add some commentary of Aggie Baseball. WHOOP!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Life....
So, as you can tell, I have not been very good at keeping up with our lives like I had hoped to. Maybe that's because we don't have very much excitement to share, or maybe we do and I don't want to share. Who knows how my wacky brain works. Obviously, I don't know. Anywho....
I left off with T-man starting Kindergarten and loving it. Well, he still does. Now he is counting down to 1st grade. Yes, my child, who isn't through with Kindergarten is ready to make the next step in his little life to 1st grade.
In the Fall, we all joined the local Soccer Club. I was on the board, T-man played, and P and I both coached T-man's team. T-man had fun, but I really feel that soccer just isn't his sport. He has always been in love with Baseball. He started throwing the baseball before he could walk. Once he started walking, he would mimic his dad and baseball players on TV. He watched their every move. How they would stand. How they held the bat, and how they swung the bat. He picked all this up on his own. Not much help from us.
I mentioned that I was on the board. Past tense here. I joined so that I could be a part of T-man's adventure and so that I could volunteer with helping the kids in our community. I didn't know that when I signed up to help that it was going to take every single second of my "spare" time that I had. The organization could be a great organization if ran by the proper people. That is all that I will say about that. To say that least, I am no longer on the board, P isn't coaching, and according to our very smart child, he quits cause he wants to play baseball.
Christmas came and went. It was a good time for all of us. We spent a lot of time with relatives which is always good.
In January, T-man was in a wedding. Ask him, he was the Ring man, and not the Ring bearer. HA! HA!
I left off with T-man starting Kindergarten and loving it. Well, he still does. Now he is counting down to 1st grade. Yes, my child, who isn't through with Kindergarten is ready to make the next step in his little life to 1st grade.
In the Fall, we all joined the local Soccer Club. I was on the board, T-man played, and P and I both coached T-man's team. T-man had fun, but I really feel that soccer just isn't his sport. He has always been in love with Baseball. He started throwing the baseball before he could walk. Once he started walking, he would mimic his dad and baseball players on TV. He watched their every move. How they would stand. How they held the bat, and how they swung the bat. He picked all this up on his own. Not much help from us.
I mentioned that I was on the board. Past tense here. I joined so that I could be a part of T-man's adventure and so that I could volunteer with helping the kids in our community. I didn't know that when I signed up to help that it was going to take every single second of my "spare" time that I had. The organization could be a great organization if ran by the proper people. That is all that I will say about that. To say that least, I am no longer on the board, P isn't coaching, and according to our very smart child, he quits cause he wants to play baseball.
Christmas came and went. It was a good time for all of us. We spent a lot of time with relatives which is always good.
In January, T-man was in a wedding. Ask him, he was the Ring man, and not the Ring bearer. HA! HA!
He did an awesome job. He was reluctant at first during the rehearsal, but once he had a chance to get to know everyone, he did a great job. I was so proud of my little man.
Now we are preparing for T-ball season. We haven't heard from a coach, yet, but I know that we will in the next week or so, and once we do, we will be consumed with T-ball from now until the middle of June. I can't wait! T-man is going to have so much fun playing the sport that he loves.
T-man will also be in another wedding this coming June for a couple that we are great friends with. He adores them, and I know that he will do just as good in their wedding as he did in the one that he was in in January.
That is all that I have to share for now. I hope that catches everyone up with our lives. I hope to keep up with this a little more, but I am making no promises of the sort.
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