no excuses!

this is my year

2010-05-12T06:29:00.000-07:00

this might be my year. one of the reasons i'm going to try to blog more is my big brother Jesse. he leaves a comment almost after every post i do and it's usually something like "this is a waist land" so i guess i'm not writing enough for some people. maybe i should ignore my kids more so people can read about what's going on in my life more frequently. just kidding. well me and my family have just moved into a new place. we have been here for just a week and a half and out of those eleven days i have walked eight of those days over two miles with the kids. there are three parks a mile away from our place now so i have been taking the kids to the park almost every day. and this week i decided that i will run to and from the park with the kids to get a short run in every day. i went this past monday but not tuesday, but i still went on a short walk to target (on tuesday). my goal has been to walk everywhere, and i am very proud of my accomplishments. i also am trying, as of today, to write down everything i eat. i am going to try to be real strong for three weeks and see if i can create a new habit.

diana

the day before the big day

2010-01-23T14:54:00.000-08:00

so i lied and didn't even write one thing during christmas break. but tomorrow is my first official half marathon. the hubby was sewing today to have our new stroller up and running, me and my son got super cool super short haircuts (thank you lice), and my running shorts are in the dryer. tomorrow is the Carlsbad half marathon and i'm in wave 6 which is not the last wave so i'm not the slowest runner. pretty pumped about that. more later
diana

13.1

2009-12-18T10:27:00.000-08:00

i haven't posted anything in months and people keep asking me about it so i finally decided to update. it's just been hard updating with my kids napping at different times and lately when the first nap happens i end up going on my run. well i am officially running a half marathon at the end of January. we moved a couple of months ago and i started training for my half. i have lost nine pounds since we moved, i'm thinking it's from all of the running i've been doing. i finally last week started to journal all that i eat, i think that's been good for losing weight. i've heard that it doubles the amount of weight you lose as apposed to people that don't log there food intake. i ran a 5k on Thanksgiving morning that was crazy there were 10,000 people that ran that. i'm running 7 miles on saturday morning, and i'm going to run three half marathons in 2010, two of them are already paid for so i have just one more to register for. i'll write more coming up cause the hubby has two weeks off for Christmas break.
diana

the ups and downs of life

2009-09-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

so last week didn't go so well. i didn't really run except for almost 20 minutes at the gym on the treadmill. YUCK!!!! all of last week i was feeling discouraged and not supported so i just didn't have the will to even make myself run. it was lame but hopefully i'm past some of that stuff. i know i'm not it's life ups and downs. i just got done reading about tempo runs and i'm excited about that and i'm also really excited about getting new shoes and a heart rate watch. i have no clue when this will happen though. i'm probably going to wait until October. not because i wan to but because that's when we should have money to buy some shoes for me. the watch is just as important but more expensive than buying even two pairs of shoes. "only time will tell"

consistency is not my friend but needs to be

2009-08-20T16:53:00.000-07:00

and it might not even be consistency for all i know it's discipline, but lets face it saying that you aren't disciplined is a hard comment to make about oneself. i believe that i am on my fifteenth or seventeenth week of training and have lost as of last time i weighed myself 15lbs. i'm very excited about that but i want to lose 25 more by the end of the year. definitely possible and i'm going to do it. i as of this week of training have picked up a third day of running, tuesday, thursday, and now saturday are my running days. i have been trying to get to do my runs with my friends that helps me do a better job, and is encouraging. i am a slow runner/jogger so anyone that does run with me usually keeps my pace or is just ahead of me about a car length or two. did i mention i have awesome running friends? and i'm going to get some blogging expertise help so my blog is more appealing.

two weeks in a row!!!

2009-07-04T14:01:00.000-07:00

so i have accomplished running two weeks in a row for twenty minutes without stopping. i definitely made a foolish decision in the time i chose to run on Thursday. i decided to run in Escondido at 2:50 in the afternoon, yuck.... i felt like puking and thought i was going to pass out the whole time. i ran for twenty minutes off and on not continuously or anything like that, i was out for forty minutes and i only ran for twenty minutes. but i went for another run this morning with a friend and we ran for over twenty minutes it was awesome. i only stopped once to give my boy his apple to eat. well more to come, i'm going to San Francisco next week for a much awaited wedding. very excited.

diana

no excuses, confessions of a pastors wife

2009-07-02T09:37:00.000-07:00

so i have been praying about how to talk about and share with people what has been going on my personal life, and my families too. so i've decided to change my blogs name (if i can figure out how to do that). so i hopefully will start blogging more about more stuff. one thing i want to share today is that this is the ninth week i've been working out with my trainer, and the second week in a row that i am running one day in. and just for fun i weighed myself the other night and total i have lost ten pounds in the past nine weeks, that's a pound a week, i am so excited about that. and another big blessing is that my sister in law has been helping (basically doing it all) count calories for me. so for the past two weeks i have been trying to stick to 1800 calories a day and having small snacks in between my meals, which has been making me eat smaller meals. i think that has been the point the whole time i've been training. one more thing i will share is that i have been reading a book by Elizabeth George called A Woman After God's Own Heart. this book has been very helpful for me so far. i will get into specifics in another blog. my husband gets off early today so i have a twenty five minute run waiting for me still.

diana

"i did it..."

2009-06-30T07:25:00.000-07:00

... is what my son says every time he does anything, from throwing something in the trash for me to eating all of his food, but now it's my turn to use his phrase. "i did it" last week was my seventh week of my training and on Tuesday i did fifteen wind sprints with a couple of breaks between them, and then proceeded to run for twenty minutes on Thursday with the kids and the double stroller with out stopping. that is a huge accomplishment. i don't think i could have done that even two weeks prior. so this week starting today i will be doing seventeen wind sprints and on Thursday running again for 25-30 minutes. not sure how long yet but will find out today. i also made plans to run on Saturday morning with my friend Katie for 20 minutes or so, she's in better shape than me so it will be a good experience, and challenging. i also am on a 1800 calorie a day food plan, saying food plan sounds less restricting than "diet", and the truth is that it's all about planning what you're going to eat and making your calories really count for you.

diana

"I'm going for a walk and there's nothing you can do"

2009-06-01T13:39:00.000-07:00

five weeks five long weeks

2009-06-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

okay, so this is the start of my fifth week with my double stroller and my personal trainer, aka my brother Jesse,. so we are in what my brother calls cycles, three week cycles to be exact,. i am at the start of my second week in my second cycle. in my first cycle i lost four pounds, i won't weigh myself until the end of this second cycle so not till june twelfth will there be any more stats. today is a shopping day and tomorrow is my hard walking day. i have two forty minute walks to finish tomorrow and my morning one is going to be a super duper fast power walk. over the weekend i went to the Rock N' Roll Marathon to watch my sister in law run it and i definitely came away inspired to run it next year. i don't really have a goal except to be running full time by Halloween or the beginning of October, but man after seeing all those old grandparents kicking ass at the marathon i felt very inspired. you should have seen the huge grins me and my husband had on our faces after we saw a mom with a jogging stroller run past us, it was awesome.

diana

Suffering To Worship

2009-05-04T06:47:00.000-07:00

i just got done listening to an online sermon by Mark Driscoll about suffering. he was reading through Peter not sure if it was first Peter or second Peter anyway it was awesome. Mark Driscoll is very fun to listen to, well he is for me,. so today i am supposed to be receiving via Fed Ex my new double stroller. i am so excited i can't wait to get it and use it too. hopefully it doesn't rain today that would suck for strolling purposes. hopefully it will be nice weather. right now my morning is about to begin, my son will probably wake up soon, and i'm going to try to potty train him some today, we'll see how much we can handle. wish i was listening to the mikey show now.

the new plan

2009-04-29T05:58:00.000-07:00

so i have inherited a personal trainer. i'm very excited, it's actually my older brother. he has been riding bikes with teams for years now and he definitely doesn't have a weight problem. last night i purchased a double jogger stroller with a front swivel wheel, that's one of the most exciting purchases that i have made probably since my last tattoo. so the plan is that i go for two twenty minute walks Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and on Tuesday and Thursday i walk to Trader Joe's or Henrys to buy my groceries. i'm very excited i hope you can feel the excitment in this entry. so for the next three weeks this will be my workouts. the most exciting thing about this program to me is that it's not going to interfere with my life, it's going to be a part of it. i'm not going to have to make time or spend time away from my family to get in shape i can do it with my kids in tow, especially with our new stroller coming in the mail hopefully by Saturday. so excited for our new yellow family member.

two babies and one nap

2009-04-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

so i just got done prepping my dinner so it will be ready to go in the next few hours, and i just realized that my kids are taking a nap together. my two month old daughter and just as of yesterday two year old son. my son has been down for an hour and my daughter just fell asleep about ten minutes ago. actually for the past week or so they have been on the same nap schedule. the only thing i have to say about that is God is good. i definitely feel blessed to have some time to do housework, prep dinner, pray, read some of the millions of books i'm in the middle of, or just catch up on the Biggest Loser, or take a shower. the simple things in life really do give me the most joy.

Ask and you shall receive

2009-04-18T05:21:00.000-07:00

so my daughter in the past five nights has decided that she's going to start going to bed at 8pm. this is great because my son goes to bed around 7:45-8pm usually on the dot. so Thursday night i took full advantage of it and went to the gym, i stayed for just over an hour. it was great, my sister in law had just got me a book from the library that day so my cardio couldn't have gone faster, and thanks to the guys in the weight room i went through my weight training pretty quick too. so last night my daughter went to bed around 8:20pm and we're getting ready to spend a week or so at my moms house so i didn't go to the gym last night. but i definitely prayed that my daughter wouldn't wake up until 5am, which is possible i suppose in some world, but since the 8pm bed time she usually has been getting up before 2am for a feeding, but last night, or this morning she didn't wake up until 4:45am, and now i'm up drinking hot tea and starting the day and packing process for the family. i never thought that such simple things would make me feel refreshed so much.

full bars in the bathroom

2009-04-08T07:58:00.000-07:00

well i am in the middle of cleaning my bathroom, and just for kicks i was curious to see if i got internet reception in the bathroom, and i do, full bars ahead. if anyone knows the background of our internet access i think you know how funny this is. well basically we don't have the internet but a neighbor of ours does and we get reception usually in the living room and our bedroom sometimes. so my lovely husband has the week off for spring break and i am trying to go to the gym while he's here with the kids, i went yesterday at 5am and plan to go tomorrow morning early too. i'm going after Koa goes back to sleep after her night feeding and i didn't go this morning cause she got up at 3:45am, way too early with how tired i was feeling after my 4am adventure yesterday. one more update i'm having a friend make me a meal plan for 1800 calories a day and i'm going to try it for a week and see how that works. i'm excited and nervous to fail possibly. i think i'll have the meal plan by next week hopefully.

diana

the baby girl has arrived, five weeks ago

2009-03-18T06:26:00.000-07:00

so we have a new kid, a daughter, she's very sweet has a lot of brown hair and loves her daddy. everything went well for the delivery, i would like to post my birth experience, but i think it's too late for all of that jazz. so this past Monday i went to the gym for the first time since little Koa has been in our family and i was there for just about an hour. i left her home with dad and a bottle of moms milk and i guess she didn't do too well without me and with the bottle. but she was only up for twenty minutes without me so that's not too bad. i really want to go to the gym tonight but we'll see if the hubby is up for me leaving Koa again. i hope i can go i really need to, i have the opportunity to walk when my son naps and taking baby with me, i've gone a few times, but not enough hopefully i can change that. my hope is that the days i don't go to the gym i would go on this great one hour walk with the baby, that hasn't happened yet, maybe tomorrow.

diana

four weeks and counting

2009-01-13T21:11:00.000-08:00

so i only have four more weeks until i deliver my second child, and i can't wait for it to happen. or maybe i should say i can't wait for it to be over. i've already been thinking about what i'm going to do for exercise, and how i'm going to accomplish either working out at the gym or just going for a walk through out the week (with two kids). i don't know how it's all going to work out i just hope it does. we don't know if we're having a girl or a boy so i'm very excited to see the new face of the family.

diana

Laundry, Nickle Creek, and Doctors appointment

2008-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

that sounds like less than it feels like. i definitely have a full day today. i have a doctors appointment in the next couple of hours, this is my third time with a new doctor/midwife. i just haven't found the "right" one yet. the whole hospital experience is quiet foreign to me as it is. the last kid/first kid i had was born at home with a great midwife that i got to know well and felt comfortable with. so i'm nervous hoping that this is the doctor that makes me feel comfortable somewhat. i know this whole situation is a learning experience for me and that God is trying to show how i need to trust Him in this situation over everyone else in this situation with me. so as i sit here waiting for my two thirty appointment i listen to one of my favorite bands, Nickle Creek, and fold some laundry. another new thing in my life this past two weeks is that our son is now upstairs sharing sleeping quarters with his cousin. it's been nice to make progress on our room, but i miss waking up to him, seeing his face before i climb into bed, and hearing him moving around in his bed at night. can't wait to meet my new doctor

diana

yes i'm still alive

2008-11-13T11:12:00.000-08:00

so i guess i haven't written in about five months. that sounds longer than it feels. i haven't lost any more weight but i have gained a few pounds. i wasn't sure what i was going to write about since i'm pregnant with my second child and definitely not trying to lose any weight. i haven't been to the gym in at least three months. we were trying to save money since gas was so expensive for a while there, so we decided not to drive anywhere extra. i have been going on a walk here and there. i guess i'll be updating about my life as it is now. i still want very badly to lose weight, it will definitely not happen by my thirtieth birthday, but i'm hoping to get a kick start as soon as the new baby is here, and we're all caught up on our sleep.

diana

twelfth week blues

2008-06-10T12:21:00.001-07:00

so for my grand finale i only went to the gym once. what a sad story to report. i've been really stressed out about finances and silly stuff like that. so much for my annoying report of my end to my second run of six week intervals. so i should be posting a picture in the next few days hopefully, and i'll weigh myself tomorrow, or today, not sure yet. for the next six weeks i'm going to perform my cardio on the dreaded stair climber. the good thing about the stair climber is that it gets your heart rate up and it keeps it up. we've purchased some new music from itunes, so that has been great for the gym time. as i keep writing i'm going to try to increase my time doing cardio. tonight will be my first night at the gym for this week, and we have friends in town so i hope i can make it a few more times, i'll try to go on the weekend if all else fails. i hope i can get motivated to push myself harder. i think i'll be doing the cleans in less than two weeks, but i could be wrong. i'm very excited about that.

diana

accomplishments usually happen when you're not paying too much attention

2008-06-03T11:22:00.000-07:00

so this past week i went to the gym five times. i can't believe it. i was getting ready Saturday morning talking to Kelly and i realized that Saturday morning was going to be my fifth time that week. it was pretty amazing. i'm now officially on my twelfth week, which means that i'll be taking a progress picture soon. some of the things i'll do different this coming six weeks are do cardio first and lift weights after the cardio. i'm going to try a menu plan. i'm going to try to ride my bike for an hour or so when Amal takes his nap. and i think just in general i will try to up my cardio time in general. i might even try to go to the gym more than once some days, especially if i have my bike to ride to the gym. i'm also going to do a detox/cleanse sometime in June, i think the third week. i want to try to cut out my sugar intake, and try to stay away from so much caffeine. so i hope after three months i have lost a good amount of weight, or at least ten pounds.

diana

to pray or not to pray

2008-05-28T10:03:00.000-07:00

i always know i should pray about everything, unless i know from past wisdom what to do. but right now i'm praying about my bike. i'm not sure if i should keep it or if i should try to sell it. it would be good to have to ride when Amal takes his naps, and i could even ride it to the gym during the day and work out. i'm just not sure of what to do. we have very limited space with only a room and bathroom to store it in, and a toddler that gets into everything. the only thing that worries me is the possibility of the bike falling on my son. i guess i need to talk to my husband about it too. besides the bike dilemma i have gone to the gym once this week so far, and i plan to go tonight, i wanted to go last night but during the day i was feeling down. about what? i have no clue, i must be overwhelmed or just stressed about life in general. i feel a lot better today.

diana

week eleven is just tomorrow

2008-05-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

so i had another vacation of a week i guess. i went to the gym once, i think,. oh how life can get busy if you allow it to. well i hope that my next week is good, and i hope in a couple of more weeks i will feel good about my progress when it comes to getting on that scale. one good thing is that my work out pants are too big, they definitely fit they just have some extra room in them. i'm pretty excited about that, that means i get to buy some new ones soon. this is going to be short and sweet.

diana

blah, blah, blah

2008-05-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

i keep telling myself that i'm going to keep an all around journal for food, exercise, emotional mood sorta stuff, and of course i haven't done it yet. i know i have a kid and i'm married, but you think i could find some sorta time. i think i just have to work harder. i definitely think that i'm scared to start a journal, i don't want to know what i'm eating, and how i'm feeling, how my workouts are going. i think i'm doing good, but if i started journaling i would probably find out that i'm totally slacking in some area. the motivater for me to start journaling is that i keep forgetting how long i've been on this crazy ride. i'm pretty sure all of you are getting a deal. i mean a two for one deal, this entry will recap my eighth and ninth week. so week eight i worked out three times, i think i've hit a plateau with losing, and just an all around feeling of i'm tired of doing this. but that's ok, cause i'm not stopping until the fat lady is gone. week nine was my vacation week, and as i write i'm still in Denver visiting my friend. the sad thing about this visit is that i've been sick for about half of my trip, so for a few days i haven't really been eating cause i'm sick. but i did work out once this week nine. what can you do when you and your kid have flu like symptons? not that much. the weather is beautiful out here though. week ten will be good, i think i'm going to mix up my cardio, and add some extra time and run maybe like ten to twenty minutes, so i'll be going for up to fifty minutes of cardio at the gym. i hope to start running in the morning with my son in tow too. well i'll be in San Diego tomorrow morning to start my week ten.
diana

this is harder than i thought

2008-05-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

well this is an update from my week seven. the sad thing is i have totally forgotten what i did, i know i went to the gym i think at least three times, and i ran once and i think i walked a few times. i keep forgetting to start journaling about my food intake, i'm really bad at this kinda stuff. i definitely see some changes in my body, and i'm going to be excited about them unlike the past when i couldn't stop thinking about how much weight i still needed to lose. i just weaned my son from nursing in the past few weeks so this last few weeks has been harder for me because i've been emotional about not having the closeness with my son that i'm used to. but it was definitely time. for week nine i'm going to be out of town visiting old friends, i'm so excited. her husband has a home gym that i will definitely be taking advantage of. so i'm excited to change up my routine some while out of town. we're going to Denver i've never been before i'm really excited. just me and my son are going. and i think when i finish this next six weeks i'm going to do a detox cleans with my little brother. should be good, so i'll write about that in about four weeks. i'm in week eight and i haven't gone to the gym yet, i'll probably go tonight. i am having less of a crappy boring time on the elliptical machine thanks to Sarah's advice about bringing a magazine. well i'll try to stay on top of this blogging thing better.

diana

six weeks later

2008-04-28T05:17:00.001-07:00

Still going strong?

2008-04-28T04:53:00.000-07:00

so this past week my son turned one, that was fun. i went to the gym three times. i'm working out on the elliptical machine for the next six weeks. i had a few "wow i think i'm losing weight" moments this past week. 1. i felt more flexible while i was shaving my legs in the shower. i didn't need to have my leg on the edge of the tub. 2. i fit in some lawn chairs with having some room, instead of just enough room for my big butt. 3. my underwear fit perfect, and a few pairs are too big for me. i'm really excited about this next six weeks, i hope i see some good progress, i have a goal for every six weeks and this next six weeks is to go down one and a half sizes in my pants. i'm in between sizes and i thought that i just as well should go to a size and a half smaller. for the first six weeks i lost six pounds, and almost six inches total in my hips waist and bust. after i post this i'll post my newest pictures, if you ask me they look just like the first pictures and maybe worse, i'm wearing jeans in the picture, which make my butt look bigger than it already is.

diana

week six in a nutshell

2008-04-22T04:48:00.000-07:00

this week my husband and son were sick, and i got new running shoes. i went to the gym once, walked a few times, continued to watch what i ate. my son turned one yesterday! well i will be posting a new picture either later today or tomorrow. this week i plan to go the gym four times, change cardio machines, and continue to watch what i eat, and walk here and there. i'm off to a good start, i went to the gym last night.

diana

"that's what i used to think"

2008-04-16T06:54:00.001-07:00

so last night i went to the gym, it was soo busy and all of the free weights that i use were being used. but besides that little annoying fact i had a great time working out, and i had a great time running on the treadmill, i ran for the longest increments yet. i think because of the weight i'm at i get shin splints, but it could be my shoes, which are new,. we'll see what happens tonight. i actually didn't feel like a fat blob running it was nice.

diana

Four days a week, who am i kidding?

2008-04-15T11:46:00.000-07:00

this is obviously my update from last week, week five. i definitely didn't go to the gym four times i actually only went twice. i still went on walks for at least three days last week too. so my goals for this week are to just keep doing what i was doing for week five, eating the same, doing the same sorta stuff at the gym. i'm actually really excited about taking my measurements, weight, and another picture. well the picture thing i'm not that excited about. i'm really excited with my progress with my eating habits, i actually like celery with a little peanut butter for a snack. i'm really excited about changing up my gym routine after this week, i will change my cardio machine, and i think i'll do something with lifting too. i'm also going to keep a food journal, i'll write about what i eat (amount wise), how i'm feeling emotionally, and what my workout was like that day. well back to being a mommy.

diana

36" 24" 36", only if you not me

2008-04-08T16:17:00.001-07:00

i measured myself this week, pretty scary. but one good thing is that i have been counting calories and it seems to be going pretty well for me. so far the counting calories has been the most obvious change i've made. it feels good to actually see results after four full weeks. i'm starting my fifth week with the hope of going to the gym four days this week. last week i went three times and that's good for me, my husband has been encouraging me to go more often. the beginning of this week has been slow because i got sick for a day and just wasn't going to be able to make it to the gym, but i did walk around all day yesterday at Disneyland. that counts for something right?
diana

what makes me smile?

2008-04-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

i hate consultations

2008-04-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

so i talked to a trainer at 24hour fitness. that was the first wrong thing i did. i think only three out of six times have i had a good experience with a trainer from 24, this one was pushy, and wanted to tell me that if my husband knew how important my goals were he would let me spend $700 on training. so lame!!!! well the good thing about it was that he told me some things that i didn't know about, one i'm starting is going to be counting calories. i really hate the thought of that but if i ever want to lose some weight this seems to be the one thing that should work. i'm also looking at getting a trainer too, not with 24 though. this week so far i've gone on two walks with my son. both at least three miles or so. i will go to the gym tonight.

diana

halfway through the beginning!!!

2008-03-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

so i just finished my third week. that's an accomplishment in itself. i definitely struggle with being consistent. and one thing that's become much harder for me the longer i have a gym membership is not having a workout partner. it's makes workouts go so much quicker and it's fun, and i'm a girl so not talking to someone for more than an hour is hard, especially when you're in a huge room wall to wall with people. running on the street is a lot harder than i thought it would be, i didn't actually run on the street at all this week. i will occasionally, but i will not stress myself out about not doing it at all. can't wait till the coming week. i'm really nervous about taking a six week picture, i hope i've lost some weight by then. the goal for this week is to go on a walk with my son every morning, that doesn't sound unrealistic. well see.

diana

"An affair to remember"

2008-03-25T10:18:00.000-07:00

so last night i went to the gym with my husband, that was the fourth time in the last few years he's actually gone with me to the gym. definitely something to celebrate. we lifted together and did cardio together too. i don't think he actually knows how much i love going to the gym with him though. so the focus of this week is being consistent, running on the treadmill, making a dent in my costco size tuna salad, and drinking more water. that sounds like a lot, we'll see how it goes. i also need to go bed earlier. my birthday is on Friday, i guess that's exciting. i've never been one for big birthdays or anything, sometimes i think i want some big party, but not really deep down inside. i guess the big deal for my birthday is that i'm turning 29 and i want to lose all of my weight before i turn 30, i guess if i was on the "biggest loser" diet i could do it, but i'm not. this week has been very encouraging with two main things 1. my husband going with me to the gym last night 2. my old gym partner giving me words of encouragement. thanks Kuss

diana

Tears of Frustration

2008-03-23T20:27:00.000-07:00

i definitely slacked on my second week of working out and running. my husband had a week off, and i guess i decided that i needed one too. it was hard for me to be motivated when i had some time i could spend with my dh. i went running once with my brother, and i went to the gym once too. i thought that tonight i would semi make up for it by running a mile with my son, but my knees hurt so bad, and i kept thinking "what is wrong with me?" i felt like i forgot to run all together, so that's when the tears started. i'm so glad my ds couldn't see me so pissed off and angry with myself. well i hope next week goes better for me. my brother definitely helped with my form, and that always helps, anything does really. well i just hope i have some sort of progress in the next two weeks, but i'm really not expecting anything until week six.

diana

I wanna be the "Biggest Loser"

2008-03-18T22:15:00.000-07:00

so i just finished watching the Biggest Loser, i love that show. i really can't get over the amount of weight these people lose in just one week, and let alone the 12 weeks they've been there total so far. i have to remember that realistically i don't have six hours a day to devote to working out. and even if i did would i? i think if i had Bob the trainer by my side encouraging me, and i don't have that so the six hours aren't happening. my little brother's in town for a week he runs on a college track team, and i'm going to be getting some one on one coaching from him this week. i hope to run at least four times this week, tomorrow will be day one. can't wait to run with my brother tomorrow.
diana

what a week

2008-03-16T21:10:00.000-07:00

so i finished week one, and i have to say that it went better than i expected. this week i started working out again, and i started getting up with my husband at 4:30am, yep super early. i feel confident for week two, and really excited that my husband has a whole week off to help out with our son. i'm hoping that i can run more in week two than i did week one. i only ran twice week one, but i hope to run four to five times this next week, and i will continue to go to the gym at least three times, maybe four, who knows. i was thinking about what i was missing to jump start my weight loss and i definitely don't take in enough protein, so that will be a goal of mine starting week two too. i hope that i have more energy this coming week than i did last week. can't wait to run tomorrow.

diana

keep those babies busy

2008-03-13T06:35:00.000-07:00

the things we do to save our sanity daily

what did you do yesterday?

2008-03-13T06:25:00.001-07:00

for me yesterday was a fun filled day with babies, babies and more babies. Amal and his cousin were all over the place as usual, yesterday i was extra tired so that made it seem like a long day. i didn't run yesterday, but i went to the gym last night, and walked about three miles (to the grocery market). i really haven't decided how many days i should go to the gym. i have to go at least three times a week so i can keep up with my lifting. i'm still figuring out how to fully use this blog space and what's possible, i'll keep the pictures coming, but i will only be posting a progress picture of me every four to six weeks. i also want to write about more than what kind of exercising i'm doing during the week, it's more fun that way. today our friend and her daughter are coming over to have a "playdate", my birthday is in a couple of weeks, and my son turns one at the end of April. lots going on this next couple of months, and i'm sure lots more to write about.

diana

push ups and sit ups, yuck!

2008-03-12T06:13:00.000-07:00

this week i've been getting up early with my husband so that i can have some alone time with myself for stuff like reading, blogging, posting pictures, and possibly push ups and sit ups. i personally hate push ups, and sit ups seem useless to me especially if you're overweight. oh, did i mention i hate performing both of them? well i guess i can muster up the strength to do some in the next week, or so. today i'm not sure when i'll run, but my sister and i are going on a three mile walk today. and i went to the gym last night, that was great, i love lifting weights.

diana

thank God there small pictures

2008-03-11T10:03:00.001-07:00

well i just downloaded some beautiful pictures of myself, hope this keeps everyone coming back for the gory details. anyway, today was another good day of running i took the kid in the stroller today, that was definitely harder, but so much fun with my boy. i am very sore still, and very exhausted today. i didn't have any sweet music to run to today, but listening to the giggles of my little man was better than any music in my itunes.

diana

wow!!!! i can't believe i took these pictures

2008-03-11T09:58:00.000-07:00

Day 1-1/2

2008-03-11T06:23:00.000-07:00

so i've decided to write about my adventures in "being healthy" (aka) losing weight. first off i have really pore grammar, and i don't really care about it so if you do you'll just have to get used to it. i'm turning 29 this month and i really want to get in shape before i am blessed with my second child. my son is about to turn 1 in april so it would be nice to be able to run around with him at the park without losing my breath. my goals are to eat healthier, more veggies and water, more protein, and of course more and consistent exercise. so yesterday was my first day street running in a couple of years, it was rough, and of course i didn't run the whole way. it was about a mile and a half, very slow pace, i ran to Jack Johnson, that was awesome. and last night i went to the gym too, needless to say today i'm very sore. so i'm sure i'll have some more creative stuff to write in the future, i took a before picture yesterday so i'll post that later today. my sister in law said i was bold for putting the before picture up, but i think if i told everyone how much i weighed or how long it took me to run the mile and a half i ran yesterday that would be bold. i'm going to run the same distance today, but today i'll have a special buddy with me in a stroller.

diana