Well, at least it's Friday.

Woah, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. The weather is dreary; I woke up achy; my co-workers are annoying the crap out of me; a vendor is not complying with our insurance requirements for a project I’m handling and has been calling & e-mailing me all morning to torture me with nonsense; JC and I got into a little argument on the phone just now……Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

God, just get me through the end of this day without flipping out on someone.

Busy Busy Bee!

I have a lot of things coming up in the next few months. I’m throwing JC a pizza party for her birthday on March 31st, I’m doing a cute Toy Story theme because that is her favorite Disney movie, and it’s really more for the kids in the family to have fun. I will have pizza, cake and goodies for everyone, but I will order myself a grilled chicken salad. I have too many goals to reach that I don’t want to throw myself off with a night of pizza. Then in April we have the Easter egg hunt, and pics with the Easter bunny at the Queens Farm Museum. It’s so cute for the little ones. Then of course spend Easter day with the family. The rest of April I have two baby showers. In May, I have the cancer walk, another baby shower and our anniversary. In June, I have a baby shower and two graduation parties, one of which we are hosting for JC’s daughter. In July is Independence Day and Dylan’s Baptism. I don’t have anything planned for August or September YET. October is Dylan’s Birthday and our Disney trip!! I like having so much to look forward to!

I did the Biggest Loser workout last night, I haven’t done that one in a few days. I was surprised at my progress. I was able to do all of the jumping jacks, including the ones holding a weight. I was able to get into an actual plank position and not have to modify, except for the ones that you do a pushup and then turn your body LOL. The cardio didn’t kick my ass as much as last week. I can’t wait to be able to do all of the plank workouts!! I hope I will get to that point!

A new day :)

I feel 100 times better today, woo-hoo. The cold I caught from Dylan actually got a little worse, but I’ll take that any day over a stomach bug. I gained half a pound from yesterday’s loss of 4 pounds, I actually expected more since I drank 14 cups of water, and ate lunch & dinner. I weighed 215 this morning! I hope it stays that way and continues, I am going to bust my ass for this rest of this week for my weigh in on Sunday for Allan’s challenge.

At the rate I’m going, I should be out of the 200’s in two months, maybe even less than two months! I can’t WAIT for the day I see a 1 as the first number! This morning I realized I was excited to get dressed for work. Do you know how long it’s been since I’ve felt this way???????? I looked forward to choosing a cute shirt, and getting my accessories together. I’ve been so accustomed to just throwing on whatever and barely looking in the mirror. Now I’m wearing some of the clothes I’ve saved since 2007, it’s been that long since I’ve worn them. I’m feeling like a new girl already, and I haven’t even reached the two month anniversary of when I started all this. I have a lot of fun events coming up, and I’m actually looking forward to them rather then dreading them because I’m ashamed of myself.

Last night, my favorite PJ pants fell off of me to the floor when I was walking. Now THAT made me smile.

So, despite the stomach bug I caught last night, despite the three hours of sleep I got, despite the fact that I couldn’t stomach eating anything before lunch…I took my 50 minute walk. I went a little slower than usual, because I felt weak and a little shaky, but I couldn’t deal with NOT doing it. I haven’t skipped a day during the work week since 1/17. You know what? I feel a little better! Maybe the fresh air did me some good.

The bathroom was my BFF last night

OMG what a night. On Friday, Dylan had a stomach bug. It was insane, he even threw up all over my face and hair. I thought I managed to escape getting it, but of course I caught it last night. Plus Dylan would not sleep at all until after 1am. I was up until 4am throwing up and everything. Good times. I lost 4 pounds since yesterday, and I know it’s all water and will come right back after all the water I drink today. I felt a little better when I woke up, weak & exhausted, but I dragged my big butt to work. I have no appetite right now, maybe I will by lunch time. The stomach bug’s been going around in my area, hope you guys don’t get it too!

Baby Brain

To somewhat expand a little on my post this morning, I now have babies on the brain. I won’t be trying until January, but that’s only 10 months away. My son will be barely over two, wow. Now, I don’t know how long it will take before I get pregnant, but I’m excited just thinking about it. I’m already looking up exercises that are fine during pregnancy and researching recommended caloric intakes. My lifestyle now is one I want to continue forever, and I’m not going to abandon it while I’m pregnant. I will continue to exercise as long as I can (it may be a little harder once the waddle sets in LOL), albeit at a slower pace and maybe not twice a day LOL, and I will continue to count my calories. I will make sure to get adequate nutrition for the baby, and drink lots of water like I’m doing now. Instead of fearing I will gain all my weight back, I have a sense of control and know that I won’t let that happen. Of course some weight gain is inevitable, but I am going to aim for 20-25 pounds. Agghhhhhh, I can’t wait!

When I was pregnant before, I wished I would have lost the weight before doing it. I didn’t gain a lot while pregnant, but I just didn’t feel great. Especially in the middle of summer, Ugghhh. I am excited happy that this time around I will be healthy and in shape. Maybe it will even help me in delivery! I know I am getting ahead of myself, but I’m excited to see how pregnancy will be at a normal and healthy weight.

Oh boy, I have a lot to look forward to in the near future. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing, and remember WHY I’m doing it and I will get to my goal. Life has been going good for me recently, and I hope it only gets better! *knock on wood*

Florida or New York...Florida or New York....

So JC’s brothers moved to Florida last year. JC’s sister and mother have been talking about moving as well all of the time. She called me up just now to tell me that they are moving there by October. JC’s mom watches Dylan while we work during the week, so we have to find alternative child care. By then he will be two, so he will be eligible for a day care that we both feel comfortable with, they are reputable and have been around forever. The thing is, now JC really wants to move to Florida as well. In a way, I do too. I lived in Miami for a little while as a kid, but we moved back to NY. I loved Florida while I was there, but I was 10, so I’m not sure I would love it now. I do think the quality of life may be a little better than what we have now. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to afford a house living in Queens, but it’s possible in Florida.

There would be a few things we have to take care of before we go. JC has to adopt Dylan, we need to have another baby and have JC adopt that baby as well before we go. I don’t trust the Florida courts so I need to make sure that happens before we go. If we really DO want to move to Florida, we need to try for another baby in the beginning of 2013. I didn’t think I would be trying so soon, but we don’t want it to be years before we go.

I am kind of ambivalent about whether or not to move. I want to get out of NYC at some point in my life, I know that. I would hate not living near my sisters or friends, but I have always wanted to move. I love NY, it will always be “home” to me, but I need a change. I guess worst case scenario is we move and if we don’t like it, we come back. Life is too short not to take chances. We are probably close to two years before we go, but we have to get a lot of stuff in order before we make the jump.

I am glad I’m getting in shape now before I get pregnant again, and before we move! I remember the heat out there all too well, and with that comes less clothing! LOL