You punch like a grandma

Kempo was on tap yesterday for our workout. I relate this video to the Tae bo days. Alot of kicking, punching and it's really hard!

Peter is great at this video, I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley :-) me on the other hand not so good! The string of punches are sometimes a little to much for me and if you were to just tap me with your finger I would fall over.

Peter likes this workout the best I think just for the simple fact that he gets a good laugh out of me.

Yesterday I really pumped myself up, I said "self you need to do this, be strong and show your hubby who's boss".

We get past the warm up and I'm ready to FIGHT :-)

My arms are up and I'm ready to punch....about 2 seconds later Peter says "try it like this"...my fist felt like it was going to deck him.... :-).

So I continue on trying really hard, the sweat pouring down my face..(my target ...his head!) I blame the sweat for not seeing what the people on the DVD are doing, it's my excuse and i'm sticking to it!

Fast forward to the cool down, I turn to Peter and say "wow you must be pretty impressed with your wife today, I did so great".

Peter says "you punch like a grandma". I'm not even going to dignify that with a response well ok I will....I said nothing and Peter slept outside with the dog!

Alright just kidding, your probably wondering if I have a point...I do, here it is!

Just because I punch like a grandma (no offence to any grandmas out there who can actually punch) doesn't mean I can't do it, doesn't mean I didn't try my best and most importantly doesn't mean that I wouldn't leave Peter in the dust if he ever were to try and catch me, I've got some Kiolmeters on him :-).

And if this didn't give you a chuckle, I will leave you with a little story I heard from one of my friends yesterday, it would appear that my son Matthew has been telling people the following:

he is training for the Olympics, doing P90X with 30 lb weights and running a 1/2 marathon with Mommy.

I believe I may have created a monster!

I showed up and gave it my all

Yesterday I was asked why I work out in the evenings...here's the simple answer, it works for me!

When I signed up for this stay at home mom gig, I knew that I would need to find some time in the day for "me". Being a mom is a full time job and dedicating time to my kids during the day is my number one priority.

However, having said that my number one priority is also me. Because like I have said many times before a happy mom makes a happy family.

Evening workouts work best because it gives me something to look forward to at the end of the day. At first it was really hard because I would be exhausted, however as time went on it became routine. For me there is no better way to end a day than with a workout.

Sometimes there are days were I have to do my workouts with my kids, be it put my little one in a running stroller, or pop in a video with them. But they have become aware of our workouts and even join in.

This is a long winded prelude to what I wanted to write about today - which is doing what is right for you as long as you just do it!

Yesterday Peter and I did our P90X, however we did not do what was scheduled. We are in recovery week (I find this week the hardest) and we had Yoga scheduled. We have replaced Yoga many times with a different disc. Now I know this is not how the program works. You are suppose to follow it according to plan to see results.

What results do I want? my goal for this program was to get through the 90 days and do the best I can. The way I see it is why waste and hour and a half struggling through Yoga when I can do a different workout giving it my all.

I am seeing results, the most important result I am seeing is that I am getting stronger, and that in my mind is already success.

At the end of the day the way I see it is, I showed up, I gave it my all and to me that is what matters.

Head band

Someone asked if I would model how these head bands work....sure why not ?

So this is the top of the head band as I showed you earlier today:
this way I have all my hair tucked behind my ears and no bangs

this way I have a little bit of bang hanging out on one side, I think I prefer it this way

these head bands are really light weight (they feel kind of like silky tights) and it would appear that they stay in quiet well. You could also probably wear them over your ears if you so chose, if the weather is cold. There are many ways to wear them. I plan on going for a run and testing it out very shortly, as soon as it warms up and the nasty snow we got yesterday goes away! I will let you know what I think.

These bands can be found at bondiband.com if you are interested in getting one for yourself.

Snail mail

Yesterday a girl friend of mine sent me some mail :-) I love getting mail!

In the envelope was something that she wanted me to have and I couldn't be more excited!

She also included a card and basically said, keep doing what you are doing, and keep this as a reminder of what you can accomplish, she also made a point of making it pink, do my friends know me or what :-)

Here's what came in the envelope:

It's a bondi band (head band) an it's perfect!! Will totally compliment my outfit for the half, and I'm searching for a skirt, I'm going to be the cutest runner out there ;-)

As for P90X last night we took a break, we were both really tierd and drained and figured we needed a day off, so instead of my normal Sunday break, I had it yesterday. Day 1 of Week 8 begins tonight.

Oh and need I get into my grumpiness over the snow that feel last night..I'll save that for another day :-)

A new level of uncomfortable

Hi everyone,
I received an email today which informed me that my blog was featured on a site and I had no prior knowledge of.

When I went on the site and saw my blog on there with my kids picture, I'm not going to lie it FREAKED me out. Some how when I posted the pictures here, I felt like I was sharing them with "family", but this was just too much for me.

I always knew that a blog would be an avenue where I would go to write about my weight loss journey, going back on it, I realized that I have done alot of posting about my family and posted pictures of my family to share with you.

Up until this point I was very comfortable, I knew that I was just sharing a little part of my life with you, I also knew that if I get to the point where I feel uncomfortable I would shut it down.

I have make some changes. I have taken the liberty of taking down my children's photos. It just made me feel very overwhelmed and am hoping you all understand. I took these steps to make my blogging experience as comfortable for myself as I could.

Four weeks to go!

Yesterday's run was so great! 14 degrees celcius in the city and the sun was warm. I did a fast paced 6km, came home and the boys were not home yet. So this means Syl was locked out of the house! I went to the back yard, grabbed the leash and took Taz for a walk.

I knew exactly where the boys would be....at the park! I got a key from Peter came back and showered and grabbed a quick snack, by the time I was done all that the boys came home, quickly changed and it was time to head to the birthday party.

I kept my portions very reasonable. I had a bun with my meal and went back for seconds on the salad, it was THAT good! I love a good salad. and here is the part I was most proud of, I skipped dessert, that's right not one bite. Just because it's a birthday doesn't mean you have to have cake.

This past week has been really good all things considered.

I did the P90X 4 out of the 6 days (sometimes life just happens!)

I ran 3 times with the sortest distance being 5 km.

All in all a great week, it made me feel like I can double the workouts sometimes, it's not going to kill me :-).

On that note I am happy to say that we have 4 weeks left of the P90X, seems like it has just flown by and I'm not going to lie, i'm kinda wanting it to be over. Not because I can't do it, or because I hate it, but because the weather is getting nicer and I just want to be outside, running or biking!!!!!

We are expecting snow tomorrow and the day after, boy am I glad that I went out running while the weather was on the warm side.

I'm now officially a princess...

Guess what arrived in my mailbox on Friday afternoon?

and guess what happens when hubby takes my picture and doesn't ask me if I'm ready :-) (ha ha deer caught in the head lights!)

How exciting is that! This shirt is now being put away, and will not be seen again until I run my half marathon on May 30th...just need to get me a pink running skirt to match, I'm working on it :-)

Ok so in a few moments we are heading out, the boys are going on their bikes and I'm going for a run. We are going to get back and get changed, ready and then head to a birthday party. After the party we are going to do P90X.

This run marks run #3 for me this week and I couldn't be happier :-)

Let's return to regular scheduled programming shall we...

I wanted to start out by saying I am overwhelmed by not suprised by the compassion that I recieved yesterday. I did not write what I did for attention, I wrote it because I was truly hurt. After the week I have had it just seemed like it was just one more thing to deal with.

I want you all to know that I am not going anywhere. I have formed friendships and bonds with alot of people through my blog and can't imagine not continuing. I am leaving things as are, have put somethings into place for peace of mind and you are all going to have to just continue listening to me blab until I have nothing more to say :-), and if you were to ask my husband when that would be, he would laugh and say "NEVER...she even talks in her sleep!"

My main focus is weight loss but tragedy lead me there. Through this I am sharing what I am going through with the hopes that if someone else is out there that needs support or just feels lost that I can help them in some way.

The same way all of you help me. Some going through the same situations, some that couldn't imagine the situation and others who just show me that there are very kind hearted people left in this world.

Having said that I just wanted to thank all of you who reached out with your personal stories and helped me realized that it doesn't matter which avenue I chose to deal with my grief, that I need to do what is best for me.

Shall we now return to regular scheduled programing? :-)

Last night I went running again. I did another 5k and it felt great. While I was out I felt like my workouts are really paying off. I do feel stronger and I also feel as though my form is better and I actually.... dare I say this "felt like I know what I'm doing". Without any previous training I have relied on the advice of others and just put one foot infront of the other each time I go out there. Putting one foot infront of the other in some many ways has lead me to run a 5k, a 10k and I have no doubt in my mind that putting one foot infront of the other will lead me to come back to you all and say I did it, I am a half marathon runner. I am so excited!!!

This weekend is filled with kids birthday parties and more workouts and hopefully another run... on that note there is one other thing that I am doing this weekend and I don't even have a clue how to start, and is hoping someone out there is crafty :-) We as a family have been assigned to build a Leprechaun trap. Items that should be used are house hold items. If anyone has an ideas please let me know :-). I will post a picture of what we come up with but just a warning it may be scary!

Have a great weekend my friends!