Any More Chubby Twenties?

oh and p.s. mercuryblue i love your new pic! You can really see it in your face that you are thinning out!

Thank you so much!

To answer your question, I sleep okay... I'm in bed about 9-10 hours a night. I wish I could cut back on my sleep a bit (it would make fitting exercise in that much easier!) but I have sleep apnea. So while 8 hours a night is fine for your average person, that would be like six hours to me. I'm EXHAUSTED and can barely function- not pretty. 8 hours is basically the bare minimum I can get- any less than that and I actually get physically ill. Nausea, the whole shebang. Also, on top of my sleep apnea, my 13 month old STILL isn't sleeping through the night so I'm usually up about three or four times a night. I don't know how much total sleep I have by the end of the night... but I feel rested, for the most part.

It was SO MUCH easier with my first. He slept 12 hours through the night from 4 weeks on. He's a GREAT sleeper!

Hello everyone! Good morning again!

kaytbognar - I was going to make the same suggestion Keri did, but she beat me to it! Congratulations on the fantastic workout! 2.5 hours is great!!! I'm glad you found a logging solution that works for you.

Keri- Congratulations on your loss! You're doing awesome! I really really want to get an elliptical myself one day. Cardio is definitely my downfall!

I wanted to thank everyone for your support of my BAD DAY the other day. Sometimes you just need someone to vent to, you know? Yesterday was MUCH better overall. There were a couple hiccups but for the most part, I'm QUITE happy with myself. I ate well all day. Then came supper. I was going to make some mock chicken wings because I was craving something spicy- so I sliced up some chicken breast. Unfortunately, I was out of healthy cereal to make breading with (I wasn't about to use my strawberry All Bran! Lol) so I poured some Rice Krispies into my magic bullet with some onion powder and cayenne. I dipped my chicken breast chunks in egg whites, then coated them in the Rice Krispies 'crumbs'. Put a little olive oil into a baking dish, then put the chicken in. Was going to bake the chicken at 350 until done. Only here-s where I had my first hiccup of the day- I completely forgot I was cooking! Because hubby had learned his lesson from yesterday, he'd already eaten and fed the kids themselves. And I wasn't super-hungry, so I just started cleaning house. Finally it dawned on me that, oops! The chicken was still in the oven. So it came out really crunchy and dried out. Not BURNED, thankfully. Still edible. But not cooked to perfection, by far.

Flavor-wise, my little faux hotwings were GREAT. However- hiccup number two- I poured Frank's Red Hot all over them without thinking. Now, Frank's is VERY low in calories, so it's not a big deal. But it wasn't until this morning I noticed how much SODIUM is in it, so I'm sort of kicking myself over that.... but hey, we can deal with that, right?

Okay, well, here's where I fess up! Part of why I overcooked my chicken was 'cause I was busy primping. :blushing:

See, I decided to treat myself to a new sexy haircut and color for my birthday tomorrow (see my new picture? Wooot!) and so I was playing with it, trying new styles. It's been SOOOOOO LONG since I had a hair 'do I could be stoked about!

Anyways, the funny side effect of my new haircut is that it made me feel good about myself. And I was like, 'Imagine how much cuter you'd look with a rockin' bod to go with that rockin' cut!' So as soon as the boys were down for the night, I went gung-ho! I did a full-body workout with Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010, then a full-body workout with Bob on The Biggest Loser. Jillian's workout was about 20-25 minutes long, Bob's was 28 minutes long (3 circuits). After that, I put on the Wii Fit Plus and played Super Hula Hoop for three minutes (I didn't beat my record but, come on! By then I was EXHAUSTED!!!) and then went for a 'run' around the island. I was SWEATING by the time I was through!

I'm proud of myself, too- because as much as I SUCK at Cardio, I did the full 5.5-minute jog with Jillian around the island without ONCE having to stop to catch my breath or having an asthma attack. I even jogged for about 5 minutes at the end of my workout! I've never jogged for that long at once, believe it or not. I know that's sad but it's true. I can already feel myself getting stronger.

In total, I was on the Wii for about 2 hours but I'll say that about an hour and fifteen minutes of that was probably spent ACTUALLY working out. UNFORTUNATELY I don't have an HRM, and the calorie counter on TBL is notoriously inaccurate so I don't know what I burned. But if I go by MFP, I burned about 511 calories in that workout. Not a HUGE amount- but for me, it's a lot! The only downside is that I couldn't fall asleep afterwards, I was too pumped up! Now I know why they say don't exercise before bed! Unfortunately for me, it's often the ONLY TIME I can find the opportunity because my kids are sleeping.

Anyways, I'm feeling pretty good today and can't wait to work out again tonight!!!!


Hey, I wanted to add, ladies.... I have this discussion board that a bunch of friends and I frequent. It's pretty much all women between the ages of 20-30. We just get together and catch up on one another's lives. It's been pretty dead lately because of the holidays, but for the most part, we have some great conversations there! Anyways, if any of you are interested in joining us (we can talk fitness there, or just chat or vent!) you're welcome to join us. The forum is at www.opusnocturna.com/forum . If not, that's cool too. The reason I bring it up is because a lot of the ladies here I think would fit in really nicely with the ladies there, and it's been a while since we had some new blood! Lol.

Of course, MFP is still my preferred board of choice when it comes to weight loss! :flowerforyou: