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Look at me, actually posting on a Friday! This week wasn't terrible, but I unfortunately didn't see any change on the scale, so I'm going to focus on what many others refer to as Non-Scale Victories. I ran my 5k! Saturday afternoon was such a pleasant day that as I set out for my run I decided to just do it. I am so glad that I did! Running a 5k has been a goal of mine for quite some time and I am especially proud that I did it all by myself.  Another great Kazaxe workout. Literally dripping sweat.  I registered for a race! A group of women in my mommy meet-up group decided to sign-up, so I jumped on with them. The last, and only, actual race I've done was the Crescent City Classic 10k in New Orleans in April 2010. It was definitely time.  The weather was once again ridiculous this week. We got snow all day Monday and it stayed in the 30's until Thursday. My only workouts this week were the run on Saturday and Kazaxe on Monday night. I wil...

*written last night I wanted to write to remember this feeling. I feel awesome, motivated and exhausted! I ate well today and I worked out. Kazaxe is the best workout!! I'm so proud for going tonight, after putting Canon to sleep, by myself!  It was exactly the motivation I needed to decide what to spend my birthday gift cards on. I follow LivyLovesToRun on IG and she swears by this heart rate monitor. Sold! Can't wait to see how much I'm actually burning during each workout!  I love this feeling and I hope to have many more!! 

We spent this past weekend down in Charlottesville. We stayed with my sister and our dad took the train into town from Minnesota. It was a great weekend playing with the cousins, enjoying some nice weather and watching UVA basketball (on TV) and baseball! Here are the pictures! The boys: Cole (3 years), Canon (18 months), Baby Wes (3.5 months).

Week 2 was terrible. I started out with a Snow Day, which meant we were at home all day and all I craved were carbs and sugar. Thus, my week started not awesome. I did relatively well when I was at work Tuesday and Wednesday, but then back home Thursday - Sunday was up and down. The good news is, I've learned some things. I know that it is much easier to control my eating when I am at work. I pack my lunch, usually leftovers, and bring the correct portion sizes. The food I pack is the only food that is an option. I've also learned that when I get home on work days though, my initial instinct is to walk in and put something in my mouth - usually not planned or portioned out. Another trigger is about 8:00pm at night when I want something sweet. Becoming aware of these habits and craving will help me curb them. Emotionally, after having such an off week 2, I wanted to just avoid this space. That is my default - to avoid situations that make me uncomfortable or that I don't w...

We have done it y'all. Canon is no-longer a paci-kid. It took a lot of hard-work and determination on our part, but we, as parents, have succeeded. Haha, just kidding. Canon did sleep without his pacifier last week, which has led to him not having it all, but it wasn't something we tried for or planned. Way to go, kid. This is how it went down. Last Thursday night we were getting Canon ready for bed and we just couldn't find that last one we had. We're always losing them, but this time we seriously had no more. I frantically looked outside, in the car, under the crib, dresser...couldn't find one. We were joking about it possibly being the night we went cold-turkey, but I wasn't sure I was ready for that. So while he was screaming in his crib, I even more frantically went next door and asked to borrow one from our super sweet neighbors whose 6-month old uses the same ones. I came back in and thought "well, I'll just go rock him a little bit withou...

Follow Through Friday Week 1 Food: I think I did pretty well this week. I entered most things into my phone and came in mostly at my calorie goal for the day. By yesterday afternoon, I was definitely craving something sweet. Luckily, we were going to friend's house for dinner, and I did eat homemade pizza and one cookie. So, I'm not going cold-turkey on everything and I do think having a cheat meal a week is fine. Working Out: Ideally I'd like to get 3-4 workouts in a week. Last Saturday I went to a dance party group-workout called Kazaxe . From the website "Kazaxe is a high-intensity dance party workout that will have you twerkin and workin to international dance beats." Um, yes. It was so fun and I was SO SORE. I'm definitely going back today. Thursday I did a little 10 minute arm workout video, so I'm feeling okay. Weight-Loss: I am SUPER happy about this! This week's loss - 2.5lbs Total weight lost - 2.5lbs YAY! I'm feeling really goo...