October 31, 2011
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Super weekend! Details later ... with pics.
Nate has to pick up some extra internship hours on the weekends now and even though that's a bummer ... it's still nothing compared to the 32 hour weekend shifts of last year!
Tonight is Trick or Treat and the girls are dressing up as ballerinas (Mazie is Angelina Ballerina). Mazie has been allowed to wear her ballerina dress in advance today because she has resisted the ever-so-tempting whining and general, dramatic hoopla that comes along with being a girl of age three. We're all happy about this.
Freya is just growing up so fast. She doesn't say any words, but uses lots of hand motions and seems to have excellent fine motor skills like Mazie. I think she is also going to be a very bright girl (with a happy-for-no-reason, I'm just really happy disposition).I helped my mom declutter her living room, sitting area and kitchen on Saturday. The house looks so open and airy now. My parents have a very pretty home, but my mom's sentimentality sometimes overtakes the homeland and it ends up feeling cramped. She said it wasn't as difficult as she thought it was going to be; decluttering, donating, selling and so on.
I'm still on the path to making eating/exercising goals that are peaceful and reasonable for me. I talked to Nate and them and he seemed to think they were right on target. I am going to workout five days a week .... this can as simple as 20 minutes of pilates to as advanced as an hour or more of intense aerobics/weights at the rec center. I'm trying to give myself lots of room for flexibility as to not get burnt out or give up entirely bc my expectations are too high. I've also set some small eating goals that I talked to Ann about last week (did I mention this already? If so, sorry.). My weight loss will continue to be slow and steady as there is no deadline and this is not a race. I've never gained back all of the one hundred+ pounds I lost and we discussed my self-awareness in this area and my ability to take a step back and assess the situation as needed.
Ok, I need to go resume my life in the real world. Will post pics later. Gator.
EDIT: here's a quick pic of our princess-ballerina-faeries
(the benefit of homemade costumes ... so versatile).
Comments (4)
our weekend was quite amazing too; so glad to have started it with you twos! (and the other fours!)
one another note: five days a week is a lot of work-out! if you succeed with that you'll be out-workout-ing me by two-three days! i think its awesome to allow the range starting at 20 minutes though. (maybe if i count dog walks you wont out-workout me, he heh)
I have fun pics to share of all of our cuteness!!
Previous workout goals have been five days or more, an hour and a half at the gym (equals heavy, intense, crazy burnout). This goal is mild and doable. 20 min on the floor is easy. (Can I nap while I'm down there?)
What DO you do anyway to continue getting slimmer and more lovely??
@oneparkbench - oh, you kind lady. i do weight watchers; although lately i've been lax (i always lull somewhere between 18-20 months of serious "tracking") the running is helpful, but i rarely run more than 10-12 miles a week over the course of 3-4 workouts.
cant wait to see the pics!
pic post! pic post! pic post!
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