Mamaof2’s BodyBlog

I few weeks ago I was thinking…I would love to just be sick and lay in bed all day one day and do nothing, but read magazines, watch tv, and just veg.  Well, the flu hit me yesterday.  Let me tell ya, I took that thought back IMMEDIATELY.  It was nothing like that.  I spend the first few hours thinking I would PUKE all morning, even making some false alarm runs to the bathroom.  (I have a way of talking myself out of puking!)  Then my mom came over to help with the kids, but my daughter (the newly 3 yr old) tells me she is sick too and needs to be in bed with me.  She is screaming "Mary had a little lamb"…making up her own words.  Crawling over my head, kicking me in the stomach, and whatever else she could do to annoy me.   So, my dream day was HELL.  I will never wish to be sick again…unless I get super fat and pray for weight loss.  I lost 4 lbs in 24 hours and have only got down a bowl of cereal today. 

So, no workout today.  No energy.  Big week ahead.  My son has his surgery this Thursday and will be in the hospital 3-4 days.  I will be staying there with him…and plan to catch up on any cartoons his little heart desires.  I appreciate all your kind words, prayers and warm wishes.  No one wants to see their baby have surgery, but God knows things could be worse.  I have a healthy lil guy and he will be 100% fine after the surgery.

If you haven’t read ShanBL’s blog…she is the funniest person on bodyspace.  I wish she lived closer b/c I could use her humor daily!

In my next life…I want to be a man.  Only for these reasons…you have FUN hobbies that you get to go on GUYS trips for all the time.  Golfing, hunting, bachlor parties are ALWAYS in Vegas.  You grow bigger muscles, faster….  Fashion works for any figure..you can have your dress shirt untucked and have a 6 pack or a pony keg under there. 

You don’t have "that time of the month" or the emotions that come along with it.  (I know, allot of you males are saying you have to DEAL with that time of the month…lol.

You don’t have to be pregnant, give birth, or deal with losing the weight from children.

You have it better body wise…do they make cellulite creme for men?  No, you don’t have to worry about that.  Do men get saddle bags?  No…you are one lucky breed.

My hubby has it good…too good!    But he often reminds me, he is the provider, and I wouldn’t want the stress of that.  He is a wonderful father, and hubby, but he sure has it gooooood!!  :0)

I see this guy workout at my gym about 2-3 times a week with a trainer.  I am not being mean, but he is a rather large guy.  He works his butt off, and the trainers and doing all the right things with him.  But, I have to say, he hasn’t lost any weight in over a year!  I was sitting there thinking today about how he gets up at 5am to get to the gym, to get tortured, but he has to be doing somethign wrong…and I would bet money it is DIET!  I wish the trainers would take the time to ask him what he is eating or make him accountable.  I would ask him, but I don’t want to offend anyone…but geez, I would love to see him get results. 

He isn’t alone.  I have this mental lecture with myself about once a month.  I get up at 5am to go to the gym, then get back home by 7 so I can be up before the babies get up…and then I am running all day.  Then at about 2:30pm each day…I want sweets, carbs…anything I get get my paws on.  I am usually cracking a Red Bull open at this time.  Sometimes I cave……  But I really have to stop and think about what I am doing.  It totally defeats the purpose of getting up at the butt crack of dawn (when I am NOT a morning person) and then eat crap later in the day.  I am having this lecture with myself right now.  So…I am going to stick to my diet and let my hard work pay off…and show off.

So, off to eat my tuna.  Yum, yum.  The holiday’s are coming…it is better to be ahead of the game!

It has been awhile since I wrote…so just wanted to update & thank you.  First of all, thank you for all your well wishes for my son.  His surgery will be on Oct 9th.  He has what is called a tethered spinal cord, which is fatty tissue at the bottom of gis spinal cord.  Luckily, it is not at all affecting him now….but more than likely it will at some point, so we are doing the surgery.  The little guy just turned ONE this week.  As much as I hate to see my baby have surgery, I know he will be fine.  I am blessed that (other than this) he is a happy, healthy little guy.  And he will be a normal one year old once it is over.  So, that is that…thank you again for all of your kind words, prayers, encouragement…and everything else.  I appreciate your support thru this.

On the fitness end…my workouts have been INTENSE.  I am working with Jphillips17 on the workouts and diets…and whoa, he has some KILLER workouts.  I was a little leary about working with someone on-line, but I needed a change in my workouts and I didn’t want a set appointment with a trainer, etc.  i did legs on Monday, and they are still sore.  But sore is GOOD.  I love being sore.  When you aren’t sore, that is when you need a change…so I made that change.  Diet has been pretty good besides the occasional cheat.  My cheats aren’t horrible….but today I had a deli sandwhich for lunch since I was out at the park with the kids.  I realized I had not had bread, or a sandwhich like that in months! 

My goal is to get this booty tight, and my thighs tight as well.  I don’t really care how much I weigh or how much my BF is (as long as it isn’t BAD), but I just want to look damn smokin’ hot!  :0)  Who doesn’t?  I wish you all the best with your goals and I hope we can all continue to support each other.  Thanks for all you have done for me.

My daughter who turns 3 this Friday asked me…"mommy, what do you want to be for halloween?  A cow or a whale?"  Not so funny…more gym motivation!  :0)

As some of you know we were waiting to meet with the specialist regarding my son.  He has what is called a tethered spinal cord.  Basically fatty tissue and the end of his spinal cord.  Luckily, they caught it this early.  Had he not had an MRI to look at one of his vertebra, we would not have known.  We met with the neurosurgeon yesterday and he suggested that we do surgery.  It affects everyone differently.  Some don’t potty train because it can obstruct the bladder and bowel functions, others can’t walk, and others just have pain in their legs.  Well, for his sake, it isn’t worth waiting until we know how it will affect him.  We scheduled his surgery for the 1st part of October.  Yesterday I spent time crying, and trying to deal with this.  My baby is only 11 months old!  He is the sweetest little guy.  He has these awesome dimples and greets everyday with a smile.  He was born 5 weeks early, so when he was the in NICU for 8 days, I really struggled with where I needed to be.  When I would come home my 2 yr old would cry and say "mommy I miss you…" yet I had a baby in the hospital.  Again, I will have to deal with this…although I DO know, that it could be worse.  Many people have kids who are terminally ill…and my heart and soul go out to them.  After my son’s surgery he will be 100% normal and perfect!  This all just came at a bad time…one of my dogs had surgery about a month ago, my mom is terminally ill, my hubby is going to have back surgery in the next couple months.  Gosh…God only gives us what we can handle right?  I must be a ROCK!

I want to THANK all my BB.com friends who have asked, offered prayers, and help with diet etc.  You all are truly angels.  As much as I want to indulge in sweets and comfort food to make this all better….you are my sanity!  I only do about 1 thing for myself…and that is workout.  Everything else I do is for my family, friends, and volunteering in the community.   I will not give up or let any of you down.  That is my promise!  I plan to have a bootylicious booty by Christmas…LOL!  Hugs to all of you.  And my prayers are with you also!

On a lighter note…I have been tearing it up in the gym.  I used to think I didn’t sweat much!  HA!  I am now a stinky pig when I leave and I love it.  Thanks to Jphillips17 for his tremendous workouts and diet.  Seriously, this guy knows his stuff.  

Have a great day….and take care of you!

Lisa 

I had a killer workout this morning.  It is amazing what an OFF day can do.  I guess I needed to recharge!  I did back with allot of supersets and triple sets and then did HIIT on the stairmaster for 25 minutes.  I would have gone longer but I needed to get home before the babies woke up.  I am back to ME…wanting it ALL.  Diet has been good today.  I feel so much better when I eat clean.  I need to write that on my walls!

I need some motivation…I am feeling a bit emotionally drained right now.  I found out on friday that my 11 month old son has some string at the bottom of his spinal cord and he may have to have surgery.  We will be seeing a neurosurgeon in a couple weeks.  My husband will be scheduling back surgery sometime in October.  One of my dogs had surgery 2 weeks ago, and she is a mess.  She has ripped open her stitches and will have a cast on her foot from 2-3 months!  My mom also has a terminal illness and her health is declining…it hurts me so much because she is the SWEETEST person in the whole world.  I truly mean that.  I swear, she has to be a saint!  She would do anything for ANYONE!  Then my mother in law (who lives 5 minutes away) has not seen my kids in 6 months!  She is a very sad individual…she truly needs mental help, and plays the POOR ME card, and talks about how her aches and pains are so bad.  (well, that happens when you put on 100 lbs after a divorce).  She is still bitter about her divorce and treats my hubby so poorly b/c he is running the company his father started.  Ugh…and she says all this poor me crap when my mom is DYING everyday.  If you met my mom, you would never guess she is dying.  She would never let you know.  She lives each say to the fullest.  So, you can either ly in bed and live like you are dying or you can make the most of life.  I just needed to vent.  I am TRULY blessed and by no means mean to BIT*H.  I have two wonderful little children who are 11 months and almost 3!  I have a wonderful hubby who is so generous.  I just hit a rut, and I want to get back to being a STRONG person.  I was having some killer workouts, eating superb, and then I guess I just needed a BAD day.  So, no workout (but it was an off day) and I didn’t have time to prepare any of my meals ahead of time.  I want to get back on track of getting lean and feeling good about ME.  I need to focus and get motivated again.  I think I am ready to kick some butt at the gym tomorrow….oh, maybe all this is coming to head b/c I have a b-day coming up.  Does anyone else have mid-life breakdowns before their b-day??!!  :0)  Cyber hugs to all..thank you.

The good news is, I had a GREAT time at the lake.  The bad news is I am OUT of last man standing.  Yes, I fell off the wagon at the lake and had 2 cheat meals.  I thought I could do it, but I failed.  We were out with 4 other couples on the boat all day, and I just caved!  It wasn’t too terrible…I was using a 1/2 cinnamon roll as my "cheat" meal, but then I had licorice as a snack.  Not tooo terrible, but I am out.  I can’t wait until the next challenge!

Congrats to KLTEXAS for winning this weekend!  She rocked!

As for an easy recipe…well, here is one that can’t get much easier.  I fill a crock pot with salsa, I add thawed chicken breasts and put it on HIGH for a few hours.  Then when you take the chicken out, it shreads easily just two forks and can be used on salads, in tacos (super easy for families if they don’t want to eat as PLAIN as you do!).  I do this about every week, and that way I always have chicken on hand for a meal…it helps me eat clean when I have something on hand.

Wnjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Hello!  Thanks for all of you who sent well wishes for the pup.  She is doing ok…she had her surgery on Tuesday and was suppose to come home Wenesday, but now she will come home tomorrow.  They had to take some bone out of her shoulder to put into her foot, and they want to keep re-casting in when some of the swelling is down.  Yesterday her cast was hot pink!  How cute.  So, she will be home tomorrow!  I miss her.

We also leave for the lake tomorrow afternoon.  It will be a fun filled weekend on the boat with friends.  I hate leaving the pup, but we have a wedding to attend, and our dog sitter stays at the house, so I feel ok with that. 

This week was MUCH harder at eating clean.  The same meals are started to taste sooo bland, and I had a hard time getting all my meals down.   I did the best I could to eat everything I was suppose to.  On the other end, the workouts I did were great.  I think i finally figured out what fat burner I like and what gives me energy.  You know, you need something for those 5:30am workouts!  I did lose a 1/2 inch off my thighs in the past 3 weeks!  Whoo hoo!!  And, I actually had a trainer at the gym tell me that I looked a bit leaner.  :0)  Of course, I was all smiles.  I think I will be happy with my progress when I can SEE it myself.  My legs could lose some fat and I would like to have a booty as hard as a rock!  Who wouldn’t??!! 

Anyways, have a great weekend.  I will get another workout in tomorrow morning, and then off to the lake.  I will be back Sunday and will start FRESH next week.  I plan to eat CLEAN all weekend and maybe take my cheat meal?  I am going to plan NOT to, but I have that option open which is nice since we will be on the boat all day Saturday.

Enjoy the weekend.  Eat clean, stay positive, and always strive to be a better person.