Catching Up...

I went on Hiatus at the end of August.  So what has happened since then??

Day Care Change:  We identified in September that we could save over $700 a month by making some adjustments to before and after school care for the boys.  We were paying the YMCA (at their school) a bucket of money each month for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon…  I decided to adjust my work schedule and forfeit my early mornings to include my boot camp class and put the boys on the bus and come into work a little later.  That also means I get home a little later but to be honest…it has been GREAT!  I get to spend some serious quality time with the boys in the morning and I love it!  Plus…traffic is not as bad a little later in the morning.

Gym:  No more boot camp made me sad…Alicia was so good at keeping me motivated and I loved the support of the group of people who worked out each Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6am.  I was sad to see it end…but hey $700 is $700!!!  I decided to join the Planet Fitness in my neighborhood instead.  $10/month…you can’t beat that!  I LOVE my planet fitness.  In September I went EVERY day…sometimes twice a day.  I often do 20 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the bike then arms or legs (Circuit Machines) then some ab work (situps, planks, etc).  I was obsessed J

Food:  I did a great job through September and October with clean healthy eating even losing a few L.B.s in the process.  Then November came along!!!  DJ and I went away for a late anniversary trip (9 years…WOWZA) and we had a wonderful trip that resulted in a lot of naughty food J  LOL!  Then Thanksgiving then the Christmas Holiday and I seemed to have lost my healthy taste buds.  I know for a fact that you can become addicted to wheat and sugar.  This seems to be my problem…  I have become addicted to icky food again L  I know we aren’t judging food as good or bad but beginning in early January I have decided to need to rebuild by healthy taste buds so my choices are automatically better.  I know that if I can stay strict with myself for 10 days…I’ll be addicted to fruit instead of sugar (aka Chocolate) J    We will see how it goes…  

Wine:  I don’t know what it is about the holidays but wine had become a nightly event.  I HEART Wine, that’s not a secret but every night will only add L.B.s and when I’m trying to lose them…I need to cut back.  I plan to only have wine on special occasions until I lose 20#s.  The first special occasion will be book club on Friday night J  LOL

All in all it has been a GREAT but exhausting time in my life.  January will provide a little down time and I’m really looking forward to it!

I’ll post my food tonight…til then

TTFN