Day 25 - :( No Gym Today

The universe does not want me to go to the gym...That must be what this is.  Yesterday I ran into software issues.  Today, my assistant said she could actually work until 5pm ) she usually gets off around 3:15pm.  Since we had work that needed to get done I had to forgo the gym today.  Lately it's been really hard for me to motivate myself to work.  I have a ton of motivation to exercise and eat healthy but zero motivation to get work done.  It's interesting how that works.  When I am motivated to work I am not motivated to eat healthy/exercise... Now it's the opposite.  I guess I can only motivate myself on one aspect of life...lol.

So instead of putting off work (once again) we stayed here until 5:00pm.  It's actually 5:20pm right now and I am trying to wrap up for the day.  I am soooooo happy it's Friday!!  My twelve year old daughter has to be at Saturday school tomorrow at 7:50am so I still have to wake up early but at least I get to sleep in a little on Sunday.

This weekend we have a packed schedule.  On Saturday my younger daughter was invited to a birthday party at a gymnasium.  I am going to try and take advantage of being kid free for the morning and go to the gym.  On Sunday, a family friend of ours is having a bday party for their daughter who is turning one.  They have three other kids, one of which is six and my younger daughter's best friend.  Then, on Sunday evening, we have our weekly family dinner.  It will be a busy but fun weekend.

Alright..I should get going if I ever want to get out of here.  Happy Friday everyone!!  xoxo

Day 25 - Morning Check-In

Happy Friday!! It's 7:34 and just finished breakfast. This morning I had the new cereal I bought: Honey Bunches of Oats Morning Energy Cinnamon Crunch. I bought it because it has 6g of protein and 5g of fiber in one serving. It was pretty good, although I still like my usual Special K breakfast better.




I can't believe it's already Friday. This week flew by so quickly...I think in part because it was only 4 days long (Monday was a holiday).

On Fridays I go to my office every week. My assistant gets there at 10am so I have to get there before then. She then leaves at 3:15pm. I'm thinking of going to the gym after she leaves. I have a ton of work to do but I think I can make a major dent in the pile if I work by butt off all day. That's always the plan but I tend to get distracted and end up B.S,'ing with my assistant, online shopping, or reading other diet blogs all day long. Today the word of the day is "Focus".

My six year old was actually supposed to have an appointment today with the dentist to have a couple of her teeth pulled and a few other things. It was a long appointment so we had to schedule it a month ago (since they didn't have any other openings). The dentist's receptionist called me yesterday to remind me and I said "thanks". I have had this in my calendar for a month so this was not something I was going to forget...not quite looking forward to it but it has to be done (she hasn't lost ANY teeth but 2 of her adult teeth have come in anyway). After I got off the phone with the dentist I remembered something my daughter had been talking about all month...A field trip/ end of year party. She's been talking about it nonstop for weeks and yesterday she woke up and excitedly said "My field trips tomorrow!!!" After I got off the phone with the dentist it hit me: The field trip is... TOMORROW?! Ugh, that was not on my calendar. So I called the dentist back and had to reschedule the appointment. I apologized several times for the late notice but I think they were still a little peeved.

My six year old is in the process of getting ready for school. She woke up early and keeps asking me what time it is. She wants to get to school early for the big field trip. She is so darn cute. :)

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Day 24 - Going to Bed

It is 11pm and I am about to go to bed.  I was really trying to go to bed early tonight but between the dishes, the laundry, and straightening up the living room picking up after my kids, it didn't work out quite as planned.

As I mentioned in my earlier post I wasn't able to make it to the gym today.  I ended up FINALLY leaving my client's at 6:10pm.  I realized that (once again) I didn't have time to cook either of the new chicken recipes I found.  I didn't want the chicken to go to waste so I figured I would just use an old recipe.  I checked my All Recipes app on my iPad really quick to see if I could find a quick recipe to barbecue chicken and sure enough I did.  The recipe was "Favorite Barbecue Chicken" by Amanda Anne.  The ingredients:

*olive oil
*onion
*garlic
*ketchup
*honey
*brown sugar
*apple cider vinegar
*worcestershire sauce
*salt & pepper
*2 skinless/boneless chicken breasts

I am extremely happy to report that the recipe was delicious!  I also cooked a side of steamed veggies (carrots, broccoli, and green beans) and a side of brown rice.  I have spent hours finding recipes online and none of them have turned out very good.  I finally find one that's great and it only took two minutes to find on my iPad...go figure.  You can check out the recipe yourself at: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/favorite-barbecue-chicken/

My the time my girls and I had finished dinner and cleared the table it was already 8:45pm.  I was going to take my girls for a walk downtown to get ice cream but it was way too late.  My six year old was really excited about going for a walk and was bummed when I told her it was too late.  I decided to compromise and took her on a quick 15 minute walk.  So I didn't get to do the cardio I wanted today but at least it wasn't due to procrastinating.

I realized that MyFitnessApp has a blog on it's site.  I am going to start copying my posts onto there as well (since more people will probably read it there anyway...lol).

Alright...I have to go to bed.  I really wanted to wake up early and go for a run but it's already 11:05pm and waking up at 5am only leaves me with around 5.5 hours of sleep...not enough.  Oh well, I will just have to try and go tomorrow after work.  Good night everyone.  xoxo

Day 24 - 4:45pm

So I'm still at my client's...once again. I installed the accounting software and by 3:45pm it was up and running. I was stoked that I would finally be able to leave at 4pm to go to the gym. Unfortunately I completely forgot about the three other computers that also needed to by updated... doh! So I'm still here, updating away. Im actually almost finished, probably have another ten minutes or so. But it's not enough time. I would have to leave the gym by 6pm to pick up my younger daughter while my older daughter is at home alone (my mom dropped her off a an hour ago). Since I will probably get off around 5pm I wouldn't make it to the gym until 5:15pm. By the time I parked, walked over the gym, and changed in the locker room it would be 5:45pm and I'd have a whopping 15 minutes to work out.

So instead of going to the gym I'm going to pick up my daughter early and head home to start dinner. If I can start dinner early enough we can walk downtown to get ice cream (for the kids) afterwards. It was pretty hot today so tonight should be a nice warm evening, the perfect weather for a walk to the ice cream shop. If I can't workout I want to at least walk 10k steps on my FitBit. :)

Well I should finish up. Will check in later. xoxo


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Day 24 - Afternoon Update

We have a winner. Today I tried a new frozen meal: Chicken Mesquite by Smart Ones. It was very good.


Out of all of the frozen meals I've been eating the best ones have been Smart Ones (by Weight Watchers). I also liked one from Healthy Choice. The ones that have continuously been pretty bad are Eating Right (by Safeway).

For snacks today I packed: carrots, green grapes, a Fuji apple, 1.5 serving of sourdough pretzels, and 2 nonfat Snack Wells cookies.


So far I have eaten half of the carrots and about 1/3 of the (huge) bag of grapes.

A friend of mine asked if I wanted to go to the gym together after work. I told her that would be great just as long as I don't run into any issues installing this accounting software today. *Fingers crossed*.

For breakfast today I made oatmeal.


It was very good and it did keep me pretty full for a while. Tomorrow I may have oatmeal again or I may try out a new cereal I bought.

Alright..,back to work. Will check in later. xoxo

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MyFitnessPal

I have mentioned a couple times that I use MyFitnessPal to keep track of my progress.  I input everything I eat into my food journal on MFP and I post all of my exercise into the exercise journal.  I have used this app during previous diet attempts and it really helps.  Another great aspect to MyFitnessPal is that you can make friends, join groups, and post comments in the community, which is especially nice if you need some added motivation.

Today I joined two new groups:  The first is a twelve week challenge to transform yourself.  You complete with fellow members to see who can reach their goal weight after 12 weeks.  The second is a month long challenge (June 2014) where you have to work out at least 20 minutes every day and not go over your daily calories.  If you do either of those you fail the challenge.  I think these groups will be fun and I am hoping to make a couple friends.

If you want to look me up on MyFitnessPal my username is NicoleMarie001.  You can check out my food/exercise journal and see my progress.  You can also add me as a friend if you like.  :)

Day 24 - Morning Check-In

Good morning. It's 7:40am and I just dropped off my older daughter at school. Now my younger daughter and I have to head home and get her ready for her school which doesn't start until 8:30am.

I couldn't fall asleep last night and finally went to bed at 12:45am. Normally I am so tired I pass out as soon as I put the kids to bed. I bet the reason I couldn't sleep had something to do with being amped up from two workouts. I wanted to wake up early this morning and go for a run but when I couldn't fall asleep I knew that would no longer be possible.

I haven't eaten breakfast yet but I'm planning on having oatmeal and some fruit once I do. I've heard that oatmeal keeps you full longer that eating cereal. I'm going to test that out.

Today I am going to my Thursday client's. This is the client that closes at 4pm so I could normally go to the gym afterwards. I've been in the process of updating their accounting software and the deadline to get it done is today. When updating the software, no one else can be using it so I can't do it during normal business hours. Last week I started downloading the new software after everyone left and it took forever. An hour after starting the download it was only 75% done so I gave up and went home. That was only the initial download. Since I am pretty sure the download finished after I left the next step will be converting the old program into the new one. That can also take time, but usually not as much. I'm going to tell the owner that we need to start at 3pm so they're going to have to close an hour early. If I start at 4pm and run into issues, I won't be able to fix them all if it takes too long (since I have to pick up my kids). If the software coverts without any issues, I may have time to go to the gym afterwards. I'll bring my gym bag just in case.

Alright, have to get going. As always, I will check in later to update my progress. Have a great day everyone. :)




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