Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. Life happens--and so much has!
I hope to give a brief "up-date" on what happened in our family for the month of February, but for now, I am going to say a few other things.
One of my big time-consumers happening right now is the "Dubois Biggest Loser" contest I signed up for on Jan. 24th. I decided that if I was going to join, I was going give it my all & devote a lot of time & energy to getting my life in a more balanced state. And I forgot how much time is needed to be healthy! I am eating a LOT more veggies (& fruits), and it can take up to an hour to get all them cleaned, cut/chopped, and measured into single-serve sizes. I am also tracking my calories/food intake daily on a wonderful web-site (SparkPeople.com) along with all of my fitness/exercise time.
I am exercising a minimum of 1 hour, 6 days a week. So that, along with the food-prep has taken a lot of my time. I also have discovered that I am tired earlier at night, and in order to make it through the day, I need to get between 7 & 8 hours of sleep. So that makes my bed time closer to 11 pm, rather than midnight (and late at night, after everyone is in bed is when I used to blog).
The entry fee was $25 each, and the winner takes the pot. 13 people are participating. We have weekly weigh-ins, and if you gain (instead of lose), you have to pay $1 into the pot for each pound you increase that week. Thankfully I have only lost each week. I joined almost 2 weeks after everyone else started (I didn't think I was "ready"--but are we ever really "ready"?).
I decided to "make-believe" that I was at the Biggest Loser Ranch--and work as hard as I can. And I love being accountable. Since my first weigh-in, I have been in the lead, so now I am even more determined to keep working hard & keep losing big! (the contest ends May 31st). I just reached my first goal on the last weigh-in (on Thursday)--which was losing 10% of my weight. Now it is on to my next 2 goals!
So not only am I working on being healthier, I also have every-day life things (children, laundry, dishes, cleaning floors, piano lessons, more laundry--and did I mention those children???).
