Posts by austiemg

Frank- I took my little man out trick-or-treating tonight...but since he is only three months that means I have candy...not so great for eating good!  I will have to start over tomorrow...but I think that I should leave my candy loot here at my moms house when I take my five hour drive home tomorrow, otherwise we all know i will eat it ALL during the drive. 

You know I realized something, I LOVE being outside in the fall.  But I live in the middle of know where on a highway- meaning no neighborhood to walk around in.  I really would enjoy getting outside and walking around a neighborhood...if only I could come up with a good solution to that problem!

I am finally starting to look forward to starting a clean lifestyle again.  Thank goodness too as I am loosing valuable time before next swimsuit season!  I kind of feel like a bum since my husband has been out elk hunting all week (which means miles and miles of hiking every day) and I have been at my moms sitting (or shopping, which is plenty of walking) and eating like crap.  boo on me.  BUT the fact that I am feeling ready to try again (finally) is a really welcome change! 

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!  and Happy Halloween!

well from what i know there are two schools of thought out there.

the first one is often promoted by oxygen magizen- eat something small before a workout to give your body fuel so your workout will be more successful.  so yogurt, toast with peanut butter, ext.

the second is promoted by the body for life work out program which was designed by bill phillips- the owner of EAS.  he says work out first thing in the morning without eating because your body is in fasting mode and will have no other fuel to burn then the fat in your body.

so i figure its your choice.  personally i work out harder if i have had some food- but the are plenty of days i work out before i eat.

oh and bill phillips also says dont eat for 30 min after a work out cause your still burning caloies- which says to me, take a shower then eat.  :)

Ok so working out and eating healthy has been a bust.  all of those pounds that i lost that i was so proud of, yeah they are back.  i am sure that i have lots more to say, but Isaac is crying, so i should go.  But i did update everyones dates, however i did not delete the missing people.  i will wait till sometime next week to start that project.  good work everyone!  I am sorry i have been slacking so much.  I am really going to try harder, but i have NO desire to be healthy right now, which is supper depressing cause i want to be healthy.  *sigh*  till later, keep up the good work.

today did not start so good- chocolate cake for breakfast :(  and no workout yet!  But I will try to get a workout in at some point today, and I have a lot of housework to do- and since cleaning burns calories more then watching tv i guess i should be thankful!  I have not been doing a good job with my goal of working out, but this week we are going to try and change that!  After having Isaac I was losing the weight without doing anything, but it seems to have stopped- now i just bounce around between 162-167...I feel that if I could work out and eat better and get into the 150's I would finally be more motivated and feel like I was making progress.

hey everyone- sorry i have been gone so long.  I have been struggling to be healthy, both in eating and in working out.  As well as that I have been super busy with family occasions, my husband working at home (as opposed to on the road like normal), helping my father start his new business, and going back to work to pick up a few shifts.  Its funny, I felt like I was doing SO good for a week- working out, eating good...i even lost 5lbs. But it ended just as soon as it started.  But tomorrow morning is the beginning of a new week, and once again I am going to jump back onto the wagon.  I cant keep putting off getting healthy or next years water skiing will be just as horrible as this years!  

Marcekd- you should try all fruit Popsicles (the sugar free ones) to make you feel better, nice and cold but not as bad for you!  feeling sick is horrible, hope you feel better soon!

Hey so what is bob's challenge for this weekend?

Ps- Just wanted to share my good news with you guys!  Since my husband and I started our challenge at home I have lost 4 1/2 pounds- that is in one week!  I am very happy about that!  I hope that next week is even half as successful as this week!  Oh but dont worry Isaac will still get to go to college because my husband lost all of his money for cussing!  haha!  Ok I have to go work out or it wont happen today!

ok i suck, been gone too long. I have been a bad leader and have not been updating things.  Sorry.  Things have been nutty around here- but I have been eating healthy!

I am going to update things now- then i will hopefully post more later, like tomorrow!

Wow- one month already huh?  it has gone by very fast!  and the worst part is i think that i have spent more of the last month off the wagon then on it. sad.  So this week has not been so great for me, actually the end of last week was not either.  My husband and I are bad influences on eachother.  i am not sure why, but we sabatoage ourselves and eachother when we are together.  but that has to end.

today was a good day, and even though yesterday was not, it had good points.  my husband and I worked out a new system to help "clean up" our lives.  We have our own personal challenge going with monitary rewards.  If we cheat with food or excersise we lose money- the money goes into our sons college fund, so really no one is a loser!  After setting those peramiters I actually worked out today.  Hopefully it will get easier soon cause i am drained and it took a LOT of effort to make myself do it. 

So I am going to share a little bit about me rather then having someone else do it...and of course if you have any questions or want to know more just ask!  

I am 24 years old.  I have a 3 month old son, and have been married to my wonderful husband for just over a year.  We live in Oregon up in the mountains, and I do not think that there is a place I would rather live.  My husband and I always marvel at how good it feels to come over the mountain passes and drop into our valley after being out of town for a bit.  We hadnt planed on having kids so soon, so it has been quite an adjustment, but I really love being a mommy.  Being pregnant was really hard because i kept gaining weight, and while i did not like it I got used to the idea.  Big mistake.  Now i am down 30 pounds, with 20 more to go to get back to pre-pregnancy weight, and 20 after that to be at my goal weight...but 30 pounds down makes me feel so much thinner that I have very little drive to do anything.  Except for the fact that I was an utter failure at waterskiing, so I HAVE to fix that before next summer!  Boating with my family is one of the most special things in my life- well for that matter family in general is a huge part of our lives.  We do sunday dinner every week, and my mom is a WONDERFUL cook...but not really so great for eating healthy!  anyways, I need to go get ready for a nephews first birthday party!  Hope that everyone continues to have a great week!

Tif-

Alright, so i just finished my masters in education, and although i did not specialise in elementry ed, we did learn a lot about how children learn.  First off, the easiest time for people to learn is from age 0-3, after that the amount of time it takes our brains to learn new things starts to slow down.  which is one reason why it is important to talk to babies and read to young children.  it is also why some people teach their toddlers to be bi-lingual, they learn better at a young age.  now that being said- scoring six months below where they should be is often a common thing- sad as that is.  I do not think that i would jump to conclusions about him having a learning disability- however if you want you could ask that the school has him tested.  there are checksheets that they will go through and he will have to do all sorts of IQ tests and behavior tests.  if they determine that he does have a learning disability of some kind they will be able to get you started on either an IEP (individual educaton plan) or on a 504- both of these documents are designed to protect your son in the coming years to insure that he is getting all of the help that he needs to have a successful education.  However, like i said, i am not sure that you need to do that just yet.  talk to his teachers, are they concerned?  Also how are his verbal language skills?  is he meeting other developmental milestones?  one of the reasons that his kindergarden teacher probably recomended that the stay in that class is because he may not have been developmentaly ready to learn in the manner that first grade is taught.  Kindergarden is more of a 'fun' learning environment. Honestly i think that i would start by sitting down with his teacher, most likely she will know if you have need to be concerned.  But if she is not concerned then take heart, fact is that children who go into classes ahead of the rest of the class (or behind) are all at the same reading level (or close) by the third grade.  The dispareties that you see now will most likely even out- so long as there is not any problem and you continue to work with him.  It sounds like you are a great mother!  it is every teachers dream to hear that their students are being read to every night!

hey everyone!  Ok so this week was going good, then the hubby came home!  Good news is that there have been no "binge" days or meals, but it hasnt been too healthy either!  But yesterday i did ride the bike for 20 min- and i did it with isaac sitting on my knees, you wanna feel a good burn from a statoinary bike, put a 12 pound weight on your leg! It was funny cause he seemed to really enjoy it!  And we got the tred mil and put it together, so that is great, maybe now i can use it!  

Frank- your a machine dude!  And your wife kicks butt!  What a great goal she set for herself, and achieving it... wow!  And your right the food isnt "nasty" tasting, i was thinking more along the lines of nasty for the body! (rather then the mouth!) Great job on resisting to eat bad for you food! 

Crackster- two pullups?!!!  Wow!  The other day my husband and i were standing in the workout room talking and I was hanging on the pull-up bar, then he said "hey why dont you see if you can do a pull-up?"  which would have been not funny at all...except that is what i was trying to do!!!  it was so pathetic that he couldnt even tell.  we had a good laugh at it!  Anyways, you are doing GREAT!!!!  

Sbev- that is quite a challenge!  I am going to do it!  But it wont be till monday cause today is, well full.  and tomorrow i am going to work a shift at my old job for the first time in six months, and 7 hours waitressing with no break is going to be hard enough without being exauhsted from crazy bobs cardio!  and sunday is my day off...but monday i will do it!  And i will try to get my husband to do it with me!  He worked out for an hour this morning- so my guess is he will try it!   and i thought that rancho said he was a man in his very first post...but i could be wrong!

Sbev- i forgot, great job on the challenge!  What is the next one! I will make a valid effort to keep up with you!  Too bad on the bender, but it would have been WAY worse if you had not done the challenge too!

reminder ladies- this thread will be lock.  to continue with this challenge you need to follow the link above to the new thread.   dont get lost!!!!

Welcome to the new thread everyone, hope that we did not lose anyone!!!!

wow niccole, you are a planner!  you rock!