Cami's Sunday night goals....

So, I'm kind of a moron, and typed all my health goals for the week on my other blog. Duh. But...I'm too lazy to type it again, so I left it and I'll leave you a link to my other blog if you care to see my goals for the week!

www.funfamilyoffour.blogspot.com

Thanks.

Cami

Hello :-)

Cami invited me to join awhile ago, but I haven't posted an introduction yet. My name is Michelle, I have three children and I've been married 8 years. About 4 years ago I decided I wanted to be healthier so I invited two other friends, also fellow moms, to start running with me. We ran our first 5k that year and it was amazing! Since then, I've run another 5k and a 10k last year. I was doing really well keeping up with my running/exercising but when I became pregnant with #3 things have been very different.

I was pregnant my last year of college and not only was my pregnancy hard, my classes were too. I had my baby during my last semester and a month later I had to do my final clinical rotation. Having to work 40 hours while my husband (who took that same semester off from school so I could work and our kids didn't have to be in daycare) took care of our 1 month old and two other children, was harder than I ever imagined. We made it work but I was so stressed from being gone so much and the class/work load I had, exercising wasn't on my to do list.

The stress from my rotation ended but then I was stressed with studying for my last final before graduation. I made it through and graduated though, so yay! But I was tired from everything, I felt I needed a break. So again, I didn't exercise much, I just wanted to veg and not have to worry about studying and enjoy being home with my family. So I did, for about two months until I needed to study for my licensure exam. More stress. But I finished with that and passed my test, yay!

During this whole time, I kept telling myself, I'll start exercising and being more healthy as soon as this is finished...as soon as this is finished...ok, as soon as THIS is finished. Yeah, nothing came of it. This whole year I've let stress eat me alive and I've totally compensated by eating. After having my baby, I was under my pre-pregnancy weight and it felt awesome. But today, I'm ashamed to say I've put on 27 lbs. I about choked when I got on the scale. Who puts on 27 lbs in 9 months?!

So that's my story and here I am. I realize I have two main problems when it comes to my weight. The first, stress keeps me from wanting to be healthy. The second, after a long day, I feel like I deserve a reward so after the kids go to bed is when I treat myself. The first I'm doing really well with. Instead of having a huge to do list that never ends, I've been getting things done so they're not hanging over my head. That's made a huge difference, doing things sooner rather than later. But the second thing, I haven't figured out how to get that out of my head. Any suggestions there would be great. I'm ready to not be so unhealthy. I want to feel better about me and right now, I don't like myself very much.

Goals...

My new goal is to do 3 pull-ups. What's yours????

Winter's coming...

So, how is everyone doing???? Summer is coming quickly to an end. I'll admit I'm a little bummed. I LOVE to get outside to exercise, and during the winter seasons, it just doesn't happen. How do you all stay motivated during the Fall/Winter months? It seems like during the winter I stay inside (with the food) and don't feel as energetic. Anybody have any tips to help me before the season changes????

10K!!!!!!!

So, last Saturday I ran my 10K. I did it in 1 hour and 7 minutes, which isn't FAST by any means, but I was trying to stay under 1 hour 15 minutes, so at least I made my goal! It ended up being in the 10min/mile area, which was fine by me! Here is a picture of the race....my mom, my cousin Shalae, my Aunt Shareen, my sister-in-law Rachel (not in the first picture but in the second), and my friend Jamie all did it with me. It was so much fun. The three ladies in the first picture with me walked and they did it SO FAST!!!! (for walking that is!) Sometimes, I think it's easier to jog slowly, than to walk that fast! They walked about 4 miles an hour and completed the race in just about 1 1/2 hours. Rachel, my sister-in-law, took 2nd in her age category, since she ran it in 54 minutes!!!! I'm amazed! And Jamie ran it in 58 minutes which is also amazing! Such wonderful girls! Thanks again ladies! It was a blast!

Hello....is anybody there???

Just wondering if anybody looks at this blog anymore. Well...I'll still write just for the heck of it. I've lost almost all my baby weight and it's taken me an entire year! Can you believe it? Something was way different after the third kid! I still exercised and ate healthy, but it just didn't come off as easily. I feel healthier than I've ever been though, so I love it! I am running a 10K on Saturday, and I'll let you know how it goes! ....um....that is if anybody reads this still!!!!

2nd Round

I have started my 2nd round of P90X. I am doing it a little different this time and hope that I can keep up with it. I did the Lean program the 1st time and I dropped 3 sizes. I did not loose any weight, but I also did not gain any weight. Which I am happy about. So this time I have decided to do the program this way, Odd weeks I will do the Lean program and Even weeks I am doing the double program (You workout morning and night 3-4 times a week staring week 6). So we shall see how it all goes. My 13 weeks ends a week before my birthday, so I figured it was a good target to reach for this time. I did not make my goal by my kids birthday, but came pretty close. So here is to the next challenge!