Workouts for Thursday, July 24 - Monday, August 4, 2008

Thursday, July 24 - walk in Brecksville, to/from Panera (1 hour, total)
Friday, July 25 - off
Saturday, July 26 - wedding/off
Sunday, July 27 - off
Monday, July 28 - walk in neighborhood (south loop + 2 cul de sacs / bike trail) - around 1 hour
Tuesday, July 29 - walk in neighborhood w/Dan (north loop) - 40 min?
Wednesday, July 30 - off
Thursday, July 31 - off
Friday, August 1 - off
Saturday, August 2 - off (PA)
Sunday, August 3 - off (PA)
Monday, August 4 - Dad had surgery in PA (off)

Workout for Wednesday, July 24, 2008

Well, I didn't blog my food today (and I didn't do so good there), but at least I got in a good workout: Cathe Body Fusion on 6" step (50 minutes). This is an "easier" Cathe, but I was really sweaty afterwards.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Took approx. 1 hour walk around neighborhood.

Today was DH and my 19th year anniversary of being together....we've been together 1/2 of our lives!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Okay, I've been lazy for far too long. And I've been gluttonous. Today was no exception on the gluttony part. As far as exercise today, I didn't have anything formal, but I did do a lot of work outside (weeding, cleaning / scrubbing the porch and some areas on the house, carrying heavy lawn furniture around so DH could spray them off, etc.).

I guess it was better than nothing!

Journal for Monday, July 14 - Sunday, July 20

Well, as expected, the food intake hasn't been good. Haven't done much in the way of workouts either. They have been as follows:

Monday - long walk w/DH around neighborhood (probably 1 hour)
Tuesday - 1 hour walk (total) to/from Ruby Tuesday's on bike path
Wednesday - Off
Thursday - Off
Friday - 45 min walk around neighborhood
Saturday - 1 hour walk (total) in Brecksville to/from Panera
Sunday - off, but I really wasn't feeling well (TTOM)

I really need to get back at it. DH bought me a large fan for my workout room to make it a little more bearable temperature-wise.

Food and Workout Journal for Thursday, July 10 - Sunday, July 13, 2008

Okay, I pretty much have completely fallen off the wagon for the last few days. I didn't track any of my food, and my workouts have been as follows:

Thursday, July 10th - Off
Friday, July 11th - Off except for a very short walk
Saturday, July 12th - 1 hour walk in Brecksville
Sunday, July 13th - long walk around neighborhood (past Calvin Park)

I'd like to say that I plan on getting right back on the saddle, but I know this week is going to be extremely tough. Tuesday is DH's birthday, Wednesday night I have a dinner to go to, and Friday night I have a baby shower (oh yea!). I know my workouts will be minimal, and my food intake will be maximal! Hopefully the week afterwards I'll start to get my act back together.

Oh, the money you'll save!

Kids are expensive. We all know that. But what makes raising them isn't just the obvious (diapers, formula, baby clothes, kid clothes, tuition, etc.). It's the other stuff, too.

First example of cost savings: On Friday, I saw my neighbor outside. This is the one with the enormous jungle gym and two kids who don't play on it. We had an altercation last May because she had the monstrosity placed less than two feet away from our property line. She refused to have it moved because, says she "technically, it's on my land!" I just want a peaceful existence, so I didn't fight it any further. Anyhow, we do talk to each other when we see each other, and I stopped to say hello.

She started to talk with me about how expensive everything is getting. Now this chick is a pseudo single mom ("ex" husband is listed as co-owner of the house even though he never lived there and he definitely continues to be the wallet and babysitter). The kids have the best of everything, and I don't see her sparing too many expenses.

Anyhow, she starts talking about her electric bill. She asked what ours is running. I told her it was about $70. She gasped and said that something must be wrong with her bill then because hers was close to $300! So I said, "well, DH and I don't run our air conditioning a lot....only when it's really humid. Otherwise, we love having the windows open." I said this because I know she runs hers 24/7, and that's probably why the bill was so high. She said, "oh, well, when you have kids, you can't always do that. Sophie is afraid that spiders will get in through the screens." Huh? You mean you'd rather spend $300 so your kid doesn't have imaginary fears about tiny spiders? We live in the north, for god's sake! I wanted to ask her what her excuse was in the winter, because even on the warmer days, her gas meter is going gang busters.

Our utility bills in the winter are also fairly low as we keep the temperature down and just wear layers. We're never uncomfortable. I'm sure, though, if we had kids (especially babies), we'd have to keep the temperatures a lot closer to 70 degrees. Thus, our utility bills would most likely skyrocket. As it is now, we're comfortable, but we also are a little frugal when it comes to stuff like that. ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS PER MONTH FOR US: $230.

Second example of cost savings: Yesterday, DH and I ate breakfast at Panera Bread. I love that place because it is usually a calm oasis inhabited by quiet adults. DH and I are sitting there with our bagels and fruit chatting about what we're going to do for the rest of the day. All of the sudden, a "mother" (I put "mother" in quotes because she sure as hell wasn't much of one) sits nearby with her two brats (and I call them brats because that's how they were behaving). The kids were running around like lunatics. "Mom" totally ignores them. On the table, their food lies getting cold. I can easily guesstimate that each of these meals would be at least $7/piece. They both ate perhaps two bites. That's $14 down the drain! ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS PER BREAKFAST OUT FOR US: $14.

Third example of cost savings: Vacations. I was just browsing the Sunday paper and came upon an ad in the travel section for New York State. The caption on the ad was as follows: "Good thing the third night's free, because your kids weren't about to chip in." That is almost poetic. Parents and the childfree alike might laugh about that, and the real humor is in the truth. Do people realize how much more it costs when you have four people traveling as opposed to two? Granted, you may all share the same room, but the food, admissions to events, airfares, etc. all add up. However, the biggest price is the cost of your sanity. ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS PER VACATION FOR US: ???? But I know it's priceless.

Food and Workout Journal for Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Work has been crazy busy. I'm beat.

Breakfast - small bowl organic granola + raisin cereal w/ little bit 2% milk, small glass OJ

Lunch - Caesar side salad, 1 piece pepperoni pizza, diet coke

Dinner - Breaded chicken patty on bun w/light mayo, few pickle slices, handful reduced-fat chips, small glass vitamin water, 2 large sugar cookies, 6 Dove chocolate caramels

WORKOUT: Walk around neighborhood - 45 min.

Food and Workout Journal for Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Breakfast - small bowl organic granola and raisin cereal w/ little bit 2% milk, small glass OJ

Mid-Morning - few pretzel nuggets

Late Lunch - Quizno's w/Kathy: Small Baja Chicken sandwich, small bag chips, diet coke

Evening (this it where it got a little bad) - total of 6 Dove chocolate caramels, 2 Hershey Kiss caramels, 2 sugar cookies, small glass 2% milk, few peanuts

WORKOUT: 45 min. walk around neighborhood

Food and Workout Journal for Monday, July 7th, 2008

Well, I'm back. I didn't do great today, but at least I'm back to journaling and I didn't eat quite so much.

Breakfast - Small bowl organic granola + raisin cereal w/2% milk, small glass juice

Lunch - Quizno's small Baja Chicken Sandwich, small bag chips, diet coke

Supper - Organic hamburger on bun w/ketchup and mustard, few reduced fat chips, 2 sugar cookies, 3 Dove chocolate caramels

WORKOUT: Cathe Push Pull (45 min.)

Friday, July 4th - Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Well, the food intake wasn't so good. We were in PA and I just ate whatever. I also didn't workout until tonight (Sunday) when I took an hour long walk around the neighborhood. I plan to get back on it this next week.

Food and Workout Journal for Thursday, July 3, 2008

Breakfast - small bowl of CoCo wheats, 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, small glass juice

Afternoon - 2 snickerdoodle cookies, few peanuts

Late afternoon - 2 Dove chocolate caramels

6:15 p.m. 2 snickerdoodles

6:30 p.m. Went to Al and Linda's party - didn't track food, but I didn't eat all that much

WORKOUT: Slim in 6 Ramp it Up w/ Debbie Siebers (45 min.)

Food Journal for Wednesday, July 2, 2008

6:30 a.m. Bowl of OHs! cereal w/2% milk, small glass juice

Noon - 1/2 Turkey Bacon Bravo sandwich from Panera, few reduced fat chips, 1 chocolate chip cookie, diet coke

Dinner - Cozumel's w/DH: Several chips w/salsa, split an order of chicken fajitas, split 1 fried ice cream

Was tired and didn't workout.

Workout for Tuesday, July 1, 2008

I didn't track my food today....all I know is it wasn't a very good diet day!

WORKOUT: 1 hour (total) walk in Brecksville (to/from Panera)