Fresh Start

This week is a fresh start.  Yesterday I went to the dentist and got my eyes checked.  I need glasses for reading and driving at night.  I am trying to take better care of myself.  I not only need to lose weight but I need to take better care of myself and I am making an effort to do so.  I am feeling better.  I am still sore, but I just got finished on the treadmill.  I fast walked for five minutes then jogged for five minutes in that pattern for twenty five minutes.  I feel exhausted.  I am making this a daily goal for myself.  I want to continue to to add ten minutes to it each week, or every other week depending on how things are going, up to fifty-five minutes and then switch it up.
We had a long weekend with President's Day.  The weather was crappy to say the least so there was not much to do.  We played with play-doh and colored.  My sister and nephew came over Sunday and stayed until Tuesday while her husband was out of town.  Brody is getting so big!!  I cannot believe that he will be a year old in April.  Time flies when your having fun!  He is standing more and more on his own.  I believe he will be walking before his first birthday.  He adores the girls, especially Kayley.  She sings to him and plays with him.  Blake on the other hand is not that into sharing her toys with him, but she is three.  It is about what I would expect from someone her age.
I want to do something fun for Spring Break but not sure what to do???  I want to do something as a family and also something with just my husband.  Justin has to leave the end of May for Oklahoma to do his internship while the girls and I stay here.  We will visit and probably do a lot of meeting halfway in Fort Worth where some of my family lives.  Making an eight possibly nine hour drive with two kids by myself is next to impossible.  So I will be looking up a few fun things for us to do and share them with you all.                  

Pain is the Pits!!

Well, it is always something...I hurt myself and not sure how.  My sciatic nerve is very tight and swollen and has caused me bad leg pain and the whole right side of my back is swollen and hurting from it.  I went to get a massage yesterday and she tried to work it out but said that I would need to ice it and my back to get the swelling to go down.  SO......I cannot workout right now, but I have been trying to eat better and drink water.  I weighed myself this morning, 203.4 pounds.  Hopefully I can start fresh on Monday.  I already feel better having had a massage and going to bed at 8:45pm, which I never do.  I am a night owl.  I usually am up until after midnight.  It feels good to sleep from 8:45-6:30.  I might have to try that more often.  I guess I am getting old haha!      

WOW

I have had a very busy and somewhat stressful few months.  I am finally getting back into the swing of things.  I have actually gained back the weight that I lost.  I now weigh 205 pounds.  I just got finished doing a 45 minute fast walk on the treadmill.  I hope that in the coming months I can shed this weight before my ten year high school reunion in the summer.  I know I won't be at my goal weight by then, but I will continue to work on it until I do get there.  I read a couple of things on Pinterest a few weeks ago, "A year from now you will wish you started today!", "Suck it up today so someday you won't have to suck it in!".  

I woke up early this morning to make my girls some Valentine Muffins and raspberries stuffed with chocolate chips.  They each got a thing of chocolate candy, a new mini Barbie, a lovebug balloon, and are sharing an assortment of chocolates.  My husband bought me the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn.  I am not sure what we will do tonight if anything.  My mom will be babysitting my nephew so our Valentine Dinner may have to wait until this weekend.  Happy Valentine's Day everyone!