I have noticed a trend in my life. After reading some books on babies, I have seen a lot of authors (though certainly not all) talk about getting structure to your baby's day. They say that structure is good for both you and the baby. Not rigidity, but structure. That got me thinking. Once upon a time I spent my 4 years in college with a lot of structure. I made structure and tried to plan my classes accordingly. Sometimes it didn't work out...but sometimes only came every now and then. When "so… Continue

I am so terrible at blogging. I've still been reading, just not posting. I've been rather busy with wedding planning. March 21st is quickly approaching. We're so happy and ready for our big day!

In other news, I am 6 weeks pregnant! 2 weeks ago I took two home pregnancy tests, and they were both positive. Went to the health clinic to have it confirmed, and sure enough, I am expecting! My estimated due date is October 4th. We were planning, but with some medical issues in my finace's (R… Continue

So I gave birth to my second child a boy a month ago. Im at home on maternity leave with the newborn and an active (almost) four year old. Its cold and snowy outside and all I seem to be doing is laundry, laundry more laundry and snacking! Its really bad. Today is my first day of weight watchers! Ive done weight watchers before and its worked great! So here is hoping another victory! :)

Today is a good day. It just feels right. This morning I woke up early before the alarm went off. I felt refreshed and not dead dog tired like I usually do. I was pleasantly surprised since last night I couldn't fall asleep. I got ready and walked 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 mph. When I got done I realized that I had a full 20 minutes before I had to get Tommy up for school. Usually I would spend that time rushing around doing this or that around the house. Today I did something different… Continue

On Sunday I started to notice that my knees were hurting whenever I would stand up, sit down, squat down or go up and down stairs. Standing, sitting and walking felt fine, but the transition was painful. Yesterday, I woke up and did 30 Day Shred Level 2, pushed through the pain and then it was so painful that stairs almost brought me to tears. I spent a good chunk of last night like this

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justWEIGHT - Week #6 – Day #5 (Day 40 of 365) Total loss 8.0, 44.0 to go! I find blogging very interesting. It’s a bit like keeping a diary, but opening your secrets to the world. It’s easy and fun when everything is going the way it is supposed to, when you are in

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Day 1 done, not necessarily succesfully, but I have to start somewhere and it can only get better.

I am catching up from being at my daughter's State Dance Team Competition all weekend so my physical activity was unpacking, doing laundry and chasing after my daycare kiddos - they brighten my day with their little personalities.

Journaling my food, but will begin completly journaling tomorrow with activity, calories, etc. I have to start somewhere and this is a start.

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So while on the treadmill at the gym the unthinkable happened! My iPhone crashed and I lost some run data! Bah Nike+, bah iPhone!
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Day 69 February 8, 2010 Monday
Today I weighed in at 171.5 (3 pound gain in one day from the lovely Superbowl)

Breakfast
Oatmeal 110

Skim milk 90

Lunch
Cousin sub 657 (youch - I had a meeting today and I wish I would have know there were that many calories)

cookie 100

sun chips 140

Diet Coke 0

Conversation hearts 12 60 cal

2 pieces of turkey lunch meet 66

banana 72

Supper

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breakfast cookie, plain - 5

spinach + soy meatball(x5) + pasta sauce/hummus + wrap - 7

sweet potato fries - 2
chili 0.5c - 2
veggies w/marinara - 2

sliced cucumber w/balsamic and s/p 1c - 0

pb 1 tbsp on millet bread - 5

hot chocolate, 8 oz - 3

greek yogurt 0.5c + apple + cinnamon - 3

total: 29