So, I've decided to finally get serious about losing weight. I've realized that sitting on my butt all day stuffing my face and then complaining that my pants don't fit isn't the best solution. I have started to go to the gym regularly, with the goal of improving how far I run and how many calories I burn each time. Last time I did just over 2 miles (sad, I know, but it's an improvement over last week), and burned 317 calories in 35 minutes. The biggest motivator is that I could easily do 3 1/2 miles when I was 8 months pregnant--it's amazing that I was in better shape then than I am now! On days I don't go to the gym, I take Ian out in the stroller for a long walk. Some days my friend Patty comes with me and that helps a lot--it's good motivation when someone else is pushing you. :)
I've also found a website, www.thedailyplate.com, that lets me enter in how much weight I want to lose a week and then figures out how many calories I should consume in a day to make that happen. It then allows me to enter in everything that I eat in the day and adds up the total calories. That alone has helped me cut back on my snacking--I had no idea how the calories added up! I was eating nearly twice as much as I should have been!! It also let's me enter in the exercise I do in a day and then factors that into my total calories for the day.
I have no real weight loss goal. I am about 15 pounds heavier than before I got pregnant, so I would like that gone. But for the most part, I just want my pants to fit right again, and for me to like the shape of my body again.
Wish me luck--I'm on week two!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
14 months old
Mr. Ian is a whopping 14-months-old today. He is taking his nap (finally) so I have a few free minutes. What has he been up to this month? For starters, crawling is a thing of the past. He has been walking for awhile, but in the last few weeks, he has started to refuse to crawl. He can now stand himself right up in the middle of the floor, it's not even a challenge to him.
He thinks EVERYTHING is funny right now. He'll be walking around talking to himself and then he will just suddenly start to laugh. It's actually a little creepy. He can say some more words now. He repeats "all done" (he says it "ah-doe!"), and "yes" ("yesh"). He still says "Hmm" after most stuff, like he's thinking about it. I'll point to something and say "That's a chair", and he'll say "Hmm".
He loves his sippy cups. Oh, and the toilet. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. I had some of those toilet thingies that keep the lid closed--absolute crap! It took him all of two minutes to figure out how to rip it off. So now he loves to lift the lids and put his hands or whatever else is within reach into the toilet. It's fantastic.
He still loves books. He will take his books off the shelves and bring them into the living room and just flip through them. He can spend a surprising amount of time doing that. I'm not complaining--it's quiet time for me!
Hazen has taught him to "headbutt". Ian can be anywhere in the apartment and if Hazen says "Ian! Headbutt!" he'll come running in and give Hazen a headbutt. He also gives big, wet, slobbery kisses--on the mouth. It's sweet but pretty gross, too. :)
Okay, as you can see from my mood I'm not feeling great today, so I'm going to end this now. Just wanted to give a quick update on the little man. :)
He thinks EVERYTHING is funny right now. He'll be walking around talking to himself and then he will just suddenly start to laugh. It's actually a little creepy. He can say some more words now. He repeats "all done" (he says it "ah-doe!"), and "yes" ("yesh"). He still says "Hmm" after most stuff, like he's thinking about it. I'll point to something and say "That's a chair", and he'll say "Hmm".
He loves his sippy cups. Oh, and the toilet. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. I had some of those toilet thingies that keep the lid closed--absolute crap! It took him all of two minutes to figure out how to rip it off. So now he loves to lift the lids and put his hands or whatever else is within reach into the toilet. It's fantastic.
He still loves books. He will take his books off the shelves and bring them into the living room and just flip through them. He can spend a surprising amount of time doing that. I'm not complaining--it's quiet time for me!
Hazen has taught him to "headbutt". Ian can be anywhere in the apartment and if Hazen says "Ian! Headbutt!" he'll come running in and give Hazen a headbutt. He also gives big, wet, slobbery kisses--on the mouth. It's sweet but pretty gross, too. :)
Okay, as you can see from my mood I'm not feeling great today, so I'm going to end this now. Just wanted to give a quick update on the little man. :)
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