8 pounds lighter...and a sick baby

Alright! Its the last Tuesday of January and I lost a total of 8 pounds this month! :) What is even more exciting is that I am officially back to my pre baby weight and on my way to a healthy post baby lifestyle! Hopefully with baby #2 I won't gain 50 pounds! haha! Well I weigh 154.4 and I started this month off at 162.4 pounds and I actually don't feel like its that much of a struggle anymore, I have been logging all (most) of my food intake...I totally skipped yesterday and I still don't think I did too bad besides all of the hot tamales I destroyed at my mom and dad's house. (She always has candy and she always has hot tamales...she knows its my one weakness.) Besides having the habit of logging all my food, I have been in the habit (Obsession) of working out...mainly running but I throw in some other stuff too.

Yesterday I woke up super early to get ready for my interview (Which I think went well...Hopefully).. little miss Aubrey is still sick, So I called my good friend Tricia to ask her if she thought I should take Aubrey in because I didn't want to take her in if they were just going to send me home saying I was doing everything right (i.e humidifier, suction out boogies, tilt her up at night....blah blah) Well she said the doc's gave Carter (Her son) a breathing treatment when she took him in. So I decided uh what the heck I might look like an over worrying mom but I'll call her doctor, He wanted us to come in so he could see her....The next thing I knew was.....

She had to have a breathing treatment, and he sent us home with breathing treatments because she has broncolitis....only babies under 2 years old get it and it can become serious so good thing I took her in to get checked out...here I was just thinking oh she just has a cold...guess not! Last night was a better sleep night but this morning was worse than any other day so far and the doctor said it would get worse but the treatments will help. My poor baby, I hate the fact that she is sick.

We went to the grocery store after all the madness of the day and she stayed asleep which is crazy because she loves the grocery store! I stocked up for the week so I won't have to go running around everywhere with her being sick. Well with that being said I had to skip out on going running or going to the gym today... :( Maybe later I'll get a video workout in... I HAVE to do something since I skipped yesterday's workout. I guess its video workouts until she is feeling better!

Well James is a huge dessert person and I totally didn't get any desserts for him...Oops lol...So in my head I was thinking of everything we had in the house that I could whip up together to make something... this is what I came up with and OMG! so good and good for you!!!

Two frozen bananas (cut into pieces before freezing)

1/4 cup more or less of milk (almond milk would have been even better)

and of course CHOCOLATE syrup!!!

I threw all of that in my Ninja and BAM! Chocolate banana ice cream! 

I must say I am a genius! lol 

I getting pretty good at trying to be a skinny fat girl! :)

Weekend recap

Friday....

I woke up and Grandma (James mom) came over to watch Aubrey while Nicole and I did the most amazing workout ever!! Its Sunday and I'm still sore! Its called TRX and you think okay these ropes aren't a big deal whatevs......nope by the time the 50 min class was almost up my arms couldn't hold anything, they were shaking so bad! For those of you who know me I totally laugh when I'm uncomfortable or trying something new even if I'm in pain and yep I was totally laughing because I could not believe how well those ropes work you out! You are using your own body weight for everything and you have to totally trust that the ropes will hold you up! At our gym it's $10 a class so its kinda pricey on top of a gym membership but I totally wanna do it again! 

 This was the plank position that I did not believe I could do but actually ended up really liking.

 We weren't the only two people in the class, we took these after class was over!

Looks easy enough right?! ;)

Of course we had to get our protein shakes in after that because we worked our butts off!! So rewind to Thursday Nicole told me about how her old job was looking for someone to do admin work.... So on Friday I called and I have an interview tomorrow at 9 am!  I really hope I get it because I need some $$$$ to spend so I can buy some more work out stuff!! Can you say addicted?! Yes...yes I am! 

Saturday....

OMG! So freaking sore! Texted Nicole to see if she really wanted to work out....My way of saying please please say no!! But she did not say No she said Yes! So I got myself ready and we went running with her and her husband! It was awesome because I didn't have Aubrey so it was much easier. Speaking of my little munchkin...On Saturday she woke up with a nasty cough :( She has never been sick before. 

Nicole was nice enough to go to Target with me to find an outfit for tomorrow because I have absolutely no office clothes!! By the time I got home and had Aubrey settled in to take a nap, James came home and we were off to our friend Ben and Gina's house because they were having a BBQ with all of their wedding group! Ummm totally shouldn't have taken Aubrey (Since she wasn't feeling well) but its okay and its been wayyy too long since all of our friends have been together...well I should say since James and I have been with our friends because they all hang out all the time!! haha 

Speaking of friends I am so excited for everyone in our little lodi group that is getting married!!! yay!!

First was

Nicole and Ryan (before I knew them) 

James and I 

Christina and Eric

Whitney and Teo

Then coming up is

Megan and Jake

Gina and Ben

Kat and Raul

Anddddd 

Sara and Travis who just got engaged!!! yay!!! 

I'm pretty sure I mentioned everyone who is married and is getting married soon.... I can thank James for all my friends in Lodi because if I didn't meet him I wouldn't have met his sister Christina who then introduced me to all these incredible people who are now part of my life! 

Sunday (today)....

Last night sucked! James and I are catching up on Sons of Anarchy and we watched the episode where Opie gets killed! :( So irritating! And I got absolutely no sleep because Miss sicky poo slept in our bed because I didn't want to keep getting up to check on her throughout the night...We have a queen size bed and that does not work with Lexi (our boxer), James, me and Aubrey who doesn't cuddle but is all sprawled out! So needless to say I woke up with a headache and exhausted and have just been cleaning and doing house stuff while Aubrey is sleeping. 

 For being sick, she sure is a trooper! She had a fever this morning so I just had her playing in her diaper.

 All smiles

Wait... Whats this...... Girlfriend doesn't even have teeth yet and she is already trying to crawl! With being sick she sure is going for it! She did this multiple times this morning! :) Not that she needs to crawl to get around that girl is a crazy scooter! 

Now to try to convince myself to go for a run or a gym session if James comes home early. I think it might be good to get Aubrey in the fresh air though!

Wait....What?!?

So on Tuesday I weighed myself at 156.8, well this morning I weighed myself at 154.4 (on my scale at home, naked, it makes a difference! lol) and at my weigh in this morning at Edge Nutrition I weighed 156.4! (Every scale is different, plus i had clothes on) and last week I weighed 158.8 there so I lost 2.4 pounds!! So needless to say I'm beyond excited! I decided I would give myself a rest day today so I will just be lounging around with my little mini me today!

Sniff Sniff Sniff hahah its her new trick!

Yesterday was a jammed packed day, I went and worked out in the morning while my mom watched Aubrey, then we went to my old work to get some yummy lunch!

 Have I mentioned how much I love my hair? lol And I actually curled it yesterday!

Grandma and Aubrey at lunch! 

Such a big girl in the cart! Now I need to buy a cart cover so she doesn't get nasty germs!

Sh*t just got real.....

Well Its official.......I just signed up for my first ever 1/2 marathon!

I can't believe I actually signed up! Now for the hard part of training and getting ready to do it! We are doing the Disneyland half marathon on September 1st.

rundisney

The race just opened up today and it is already 75% full! freaking crazy! 

If this doesn't keep up my motivation to be fit and healthy, I honestly don't know what will! Plus it will be Aubrey's first time to Disneyland!!! :)

In other news.....womp womp womp....

I weighed in today and I failed to lose any weight! :( I actually gained .8 of a pound.  (I blame it on my boobs full of milk.) haha. So I weigh 156.8 now but oh well I am trying to be good and I have been working out so hopefully with time it will eventually come off.

Rewind to yesterday.....

I got my hair cut and colored! I think I am in love with my new color and bangs!! I wish I could curl my hair like that.... my awesome cousin in-law and hairdresser Julie is the best! 

On Sunday I went for a very very short run haha but at the end of it I decided to sit outside since it was such a nice day and I put Aubrey in the big girl part of her stroller

I could tell she liked it so on Monday I decided I would jog with her in the stroller that way! 

She loves it!!! I can't believe how big she is getting! I feel like just yesterday she was this little 5 lb baby and now she is 17 pounds! 

I also hung out with my friend Mindy who is adorably pregnant, she is almost 6 months along so I will have another mommy friend to hang out with and our little girls will be 11 months apart. I'm super excited! I can't wait to have more mommy friends to hang out with.

  

This was me today before our run! I'm so glad I have kept up on running and working out! Tomorrow is gym day because as much as I hate the treadmill I need to run on it to push myself farther and faster! 

7 months already!

So today started out lazy.... Aubrey woke up around 4:30 am so I brought her in bed with us so she could nurse and go back to sleep. James left to go to the shop around 7 am then we stayed in bed probably until 9am.

Then it was photo shoot time!!

Little Miss Aubrey is 7 months old today! I always celebrate her months by cutting out a piece of scrapbook paper into the number and have her pose with it! I can honestly say this month by far is the best picture! She looks so big with her vans on! Well then I decided if I was going to get a workout in then I had to change into my workout clothes so I did and decided to just automatically get ready to go for a run, so by 11 am Aubrey and I were off! We started out on our normal walk then got to the intersection to start our run and just kept going! I went a totally new way today, I pretty much covered this side of Lodi, I went all the way down to lower Sacramento st up to downtown and a bunch of streets along the way!

I'm learning that Aubrey has to have something to hold on to while she is napping on my run! She is holding her favorite monkey! It felt so good outside today! I want everyday to be this nice for a run! Well we ended up hitting 3 miles and right then I decided I'm doing 6 miles even if it kills me! well I made it to 4, and then 5 and then 6! bam! I totally did it and I probably could have gone longer but for my first long run ever I thought 6 miles was good enough! I ran it in 1 hour and 8 mins! not too bad for my first long run!

 After our run! Outside of our house! I can't wait to go on another long run I just wish I lived somewhere that had a long trail because running throughout Lodi with all the stops sucks! I tried not to stop and most cars were nice enough to let me go but when I hit a red light well that kinda messed up my time! Aubrey was such a trooper too she pretty much slept the whole time until about the last 10 minutes!

(As I'm writing this I can hear the crazy kids at my neighbors house screaming as they play..... I can totally wait for that age! I would be happy if Aubrey stayed little forever! Those kids are freaking crazy!)

 OMG! Ice bath! I filled it up higher than that but man it was freezing but after a couple of minutes it felt so good and I'm hoping it keeps me from getting too sore tomorrow.  My legs feel dead right now so I know I will be sore tomorrow I just hope I can get another short run in. I totally wore a sweater in the ice bath because no way was I going in completely naked!

That's what I had for lunch after my run and ice bath! well that's not all I ate because I ended up going to the shop to hang out with James and he had a massive steak burrito and I ate about a 1/4 of it :) oops....It was soooo good though and I deserved it! I counted it at like 450 calories which was probably too high but oh well I still have some extra calories to spare for dinner and maybe dessert.

I brought along Aubrey's walker to the shop so she could cruise around! She had a blast! I'm definitely going to bring her walker more places with us because it was so nice to not have to hold her the whole time and she got a workout!  

Stuck in the corner! lol This girl does not know how to scoot forward only backwards! lol

My fitbit!

Off my game...

I didn't do anything horribly wrong with eating today but I didn't get any kind of exercise in and it totally made me feel weird all day, as I'm writing this I still feel weird so maybe I should just go to bed early! haha! Aubrey is totally off her game today as well! she got her 2nd flu shot today and while she usually takes a nap from 3 pm to roughly 6 pm that did not happen today, So right now she is totally passed out which I hope doesn't mean for a rough night ahead! :( I hope I can just wake her up to change her and hopefully she will nurse and go right back to sleep.

This was her playing while she was supposed to be down for a nap today! oh well I got my laughs in for the day while playing with her. (Trying to tire her out but that didn't happen!)

So today was the weight loss challenge meeting and their scale is different than mine but their's still said I lost 4 pounds so yay me! I have a feeling this week is going to be a different story though....Just today alone I could feel myself wanting to give into temptation and eat everything in sight!  I desperately need to get a work out routine in and stick to it! I swear routine is the key to making me feel right and today I totally feel like a space cadet. hahah.  Back to the gym or at least walking or running tomorrow for sure because I hate feeling like this! I can not wait until summer so I don't have to worry about how cold it is but then I have to worry about how hot it is! blah! I definitely think the cold is worse but ugh I hate being sticky and breathing in hot air! I guess in summer I'll have to wake up early to go for my run!

I get super motivated when I come on here and read all the bloggers I follow about how they ran or did something that day! I also get super jealous! Man they have so much willpower and determination! I will get there one day! They also make it seem like a run everyday isn't that big of a deal but it totally is for me!!  


 

Not to toot my own horn but....

 

I lost 4 pounds in the last week!!! Go ME!!! I'm beyond excited to say that this week was a success! I told myself that I would step up my game this week and I totally did and it paid off!! Okay so big whoop its only 4 pounds....but its 4 pounds that I have been trying to lose forever!! I am officially in the 150's! 

So in two weeks I have lost a total of 6 pounds! I'm that much closer to my goal! So since there are two more weeks in this month where I will weigh in.....I am making it my goal to lose a total of 10 pounds....So I only have 4 more pounds to go! I hope I can do it! I just have to work hard to achieve where I want to be and so far it has been such a fun journey!I can honestly say I feel amazing! I have such a great support group to keep me going, plus blogging and writing down everything I eat is totally helping me as well.

Well last night I tried a new recipe, Quinoa Tuna casserole, I really liked it, My husband uhhh not so much! haha! James totally drowned it in ranch after taking one bite! I made it with Tuna, spinach, peas, mushrooms, onions, tuna and quinoa. I put panko crumbs on top and also some sliced almonds for a crunch.  James is not a healthy eater at all so to make him happy I made brownies! well....     

I LOVE BROWNIE BATTER and cake batter and cookie dough so needless to say I cleaned the bowl and of course I had to have a brownie!! I know its horrible but hey! I lost 4 pounds! and guess what? I have not touched those brownies at all today and they have just been sitting there on the counter! I am so excited I have my self control down, because usually I would have killed like half the pan before James gets home but not anymore! 

This is Aubrey in the Kitchen with me last night just squealing like a lil maniac haha! But I absolutely love every little and big noise she makes!! She got to play with daddy, grandma and papa today while mommy went to the gym and totally blew it on the treadmill but oh well at least I worked out!   

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Oh do I hate the treadmill!

YAY! I am officially a gym member!!! I went today and got my gym membership to the gym that is literally like .2 miles from my house. haha. Well I ran on the treadmill and UGH! I hate it so much! When I run outside I literally feel like I can run forever ( 3 miles, lol ) but when I'm on the treadmill I stare at the stupid thing and count down the seconds! well today I only made it to 2.65 miles in 30 minutes! I should have made it to at least 3 miles but oh well. I even had to stop and walk for a while :( oh well.  I better get used to running on the treadmill with cold ass mornings like today! I'm sorry but 28 degrees is not okay! Plus when I run outside I run with Aubrey and I don't want her to be in the cold.

With that said...... yes!!!! I finally got to have some me time!!! I dropped Aubrey off at the shop aka James work because that's where Aubrey's grandma was. So she got to hang out with grandma while mommy was at the gym!! wooo! I can't even explain how nice it was to go to the gym and not have Aubrey. I'm not trying to be mean but come on everyone knows you need a break every now and then from your kids! Well after working out for almost an hour, Nicole and I went to Edge to get our shakes and we met Sara and Travis over there! It was good to hang out for a little bit until I went to go get Aubrey!

So tomorrow we will all be going to the gym because I got a free pass for Sara to join in on the running since tomorrow is going to be freezing as well! I can not stand the cold one bit! I'm so excited because I have a ton of energy today, probably from the coffee but I would love to think its just me getting back to my old self again! Well with that being said I am going to actually try a new recipe out tonight with quinoa, its like a tuna noodle casserole but without the noodles and with quinoa instead! (hopefully James will like it!) I tried to get him to sign up to the gym too but he said no! lol oh well he can always stay at home and watch Aubrey while I go! :) And its not like he needs to go anyways, that boy will never be fat!

Aww look at my baby sleeping on me this morning before going to the gym! I love my little girl so much!


I'm so mad at myself because I totally left my fitbit at home all day!! but oh well I still logged all my food and my activity even though the step count won't be right.

my fitbit profile

Tomorrow I weigh myself!!! :)

I miss you grandma!

 A year ago today My grandma, Joan Partain passed away.  I still remember hanging out at my sister's place when we got the phone call from my mom telling us that the doctors gave her 48 hours to live (When the weeks previous they said 6 months) ugh! I know its not the doctors fault and we all knew it was going to be soon but not that soon! Well my sister lives in Campbell and I live in Lodi so we literally had to figure out what we were going to do...regardless we were driving out to Monrovia to be with her and my family...So after traffic we decided to drive to my house drop off my car and pack a little bit and book it down south.  We made it to my grandparents house at 3 in the morning.  It was not a fun thing to experience but I'm so glad that my grandma knew I was there (ugh emotions are getting the best of me as I type this.) That picture of my grandma is my grandpa's favorite picture of her and its my favorite too!

This was my grandma before we really knew how bad and how fast her illness was. That is me and my sister with her! Believe me when I say it took over her body super fast! I believe this was in August of 2011

That's my mom and me with my grandma.

I can not believe it has already been a year! What makes me the most sad about my grandma being gone is that she never got to hold Aubrey, and I remember her telling my sister that her mom (my great grandma) got to hold Christine before she died and I felt that she told my sister that because she knew deep down inside that she wouldn't be able to hold Aubrey, but at least she is now Aubrey's little guardian angel and believe me when I say there is a part of my grandma in Aubrey because Woo that girl is sassy and my grandma was always sassy! haha

Busy days!

So it is Sunday and I am completely exhausted!

On Friday James and his friend Teo tore up our deck in our backyard.  The wood was rotten so our landlord wants to build a new one or do something different. 

This is Lexi finding all the balls that our landlords dog left behind! there are literally like 30 balls.

After they got it all cleaned up it doesn't look too bad but it is still a mud pit so we need to get a landscaper to help maintain everything and we need to build a new deck asap! I want our backyard looking good for summer!

 Well of course I kept up on my working out! I haven't taken a single day off except for on Friday when it was so cold outside that I only ran about a mile because I could not warm up and from the looks of it neither could Aubrey!

 She started pulling her beanie down

 Til it covered her face. I was laughing so hard because her finger was stuck but she didn't care at all

Then when I fixed her beanie she totally wanted to fight me! lol 

Well Saturday was such a busy day, Aubrey and I went to my old co workers house because his wife throws these super cool house parties where she gets these products to try,  This one was a coffee party and  it was awesome!

 

This is Aubrey before we left! She was all dressed up!

This is us with Julie at the party having a good time! It was awesome to catch up with some of my old co workers! I miss them but don't miss working there! I totally miss Julie and Jessica the most! 

Then I came home to be bored and got a little depressed because it was Saturday night and I had absolutely  nothing to do, so I decided to work out because that was the only thing I to do, well I talked to my sister in law, Christina and she ended up coming over after my work out. ( which totally made me feel better and not depressed anymore!) I gotta remember to work out when I'm feeling down! So we ended up going to Lodi Beer Co to get some dinner! (we should have taken a picture) It was a fun time! It was fun to talk and hang out because we haven't in a while besides the monthy bunco, and I used to see her on a weekly basis before both of us got married and now I ave Aubrey so its even harder! lol

Today I ended up going to my parents house to visit with my sister while she stopped by! ( ugh! I didn't get a picture of her either) Well before I left to go up there I literally had to run to get my car which James had because he had a little too much fun the night before and got dropped off at home. Well he had to work today like a mile away so I decided to pack everything up and jog to get my car. Aubrey figured out she loves her beanie over her face! haha!

This is her at my parents house getting into my diaper bag! Having fun playing with her wipes

 uh oh then grandma busted out the frog puppet and she was all giggles and laughs. She loves that frog puppet.

 Still alittle too small for the rocking chair!

 Grandpa watched Aubrey while grandma and mommy did a work out video! Shed and Shred! woo! I worked my butt off today! that's why I'm so tired!!

 Aubrey and Cali (my old dog) 

 Aubrey trying to eat mommies face! ahah

 Grandma just had to put her hair into a fo hawk! lol 

Overall I had a great weekend and continued to keep up my motivation and work out! Hopefully this week it will pay off and I can keep it up! 

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