... working out ...

i need to purchase a scale. now that i've lost a good amount of weight and am starting to feel good about how i look in clothes, i want to know how much i weigh and figure out how much more i need to lose. it's been about 3 months since i started making it part of my routine to work out but i'm still not where i want to be. i still have a pouch that needs to go and my arms need to be more toned and defined.

my girlfriend, GR, mentioned i should get a wii board because it has a scale on it and you can play wii games with it. i love that idea but haven't looked into cost and stuff. definitely on my list of things to do.

i think the hardest part of working out is just starting the workout. you can always find a spare 20 minutes to workout but actually getting up and doing it when you'd rather be doing something else is challenging. sometimes reluctantly i will get off my big butt and off the computer to get my workout in, but once i get through it, i feel so much better about myself.

i need to detox this week too. over the weekend, there was just too much eating going on. my body has become accustomed to eating healthier and so my body isn't happy with all the food (a lot of which may not have been healthy) that i ate.

we ran out of meat in the freezer... and i didn't have time to go to Costco to replenish our stockpile so i made a bowl of egg salad to make sandwiches. hubby decided that we'd get pizza for dinner and my first thought was "great, more cheese, grease and fat to consume". but i told myself that i wouldn't eat any and that i'd come back home and make myself a protein shake. i did just that! i was so freakin' proud of myself! and my body thanked me too. i can't imagine how my tummy would be feeling after a few slices of pizza. i'm hoping we go to Costco tomorrow or at least i'll make a run to the grocery store for one night's worth of dinner.

tomorrow morning, before the kiddies wake, i'll be getting my workout on and starting my day off on the right (and left) foot.

... blogging and research ...

so i think it's quite obvious that i'm not a very good blogger. it's been almost 3 months since my last post. i need to make it part of my habit to get on here and just write. i think it would time well spent, especially after putting the kiddies to bed.

i've been doing LOTS of research on baked goods... need to start coming up with a way to bring in some income to contribute to our household. since being home, i've been baking a lot and all the goodies i've made have been very well received. but who doesn't like a yummy home-baked goodie, really? there's so many great blogs out there that share tons of information with you on how to make this and that, how to package it to look pretty... sometimes it's information overload and before you know it, i only have 3 hours left to sleep before the baby will wake up for me to nurse her. so instead of just "researching", i need to start practicing baking these yummy goodies and building an arsenal of goodies that i'm going to potentially sell.

this is the week i start practicing baking sugar cookies. i've never baked sugar cookies from scratch... the whole rolling out, cutting out shapes and icing part has scared me. but "carpe diem"... "sieze the day" and i must overcome that fear. plus i need to practice so that i can justify the need to purchase some "tools" like: cookie cutters, pastry bags, etc. i LOVE shopping for kitchen tools and gadgets, but these would be write-offs once my business is up and running!

wish me luck and i'll post pictures depending on how well they turn out!