Get up how early and do what?!?

We are getting stronger!

So as I mentioned in an earlier post, my husband and I decided to not eat meat for a whole month except for fish once a week. I took it a step further to include no sweets, no junk, no wine, and no bread. For the most part I did...okay. There have been several times where there was bread, a few times where I had wine and few times where I had sweets. Dissapointed? A little. Despite that I did lose a little. But the consequence of my choice to indulge on one particular day cost me to gain back a couple of those pounds and then I held steady.

My husband decided to really step it up, especially since we are going on vacation! So have started to hit the gym in the mornings. Hey, for now it's free for us, why not?! But.mornings. (UGH!) Not only that but let's get up at 5! No, 4:45 a.m.! (Double UGH!)

The first morning we got up at 5 a.m. and left the house around 5:15. He decided that that was too late to leave so we needed to be up by 4:45. Believe it or not, the first morning after the workout, I was pumped! The night before the second day, I decided to pack my stuff (clothes and necessities) so after the workout, Adam can drop me off at work. After that I was even more excited! Not only did I get a morning workout in, I was on time to work. I got to do my nails and grab a smoothie! (After that I brought stuff to make my smoothies! Cheaper and better : ) )

This morning was another story! Tired and feeling out of it, but we still got up (me grumbling and body complaining)! I have come to the conclusion, that in order to have success with our workouts, we need to be well rested. Therefore, I need to go to bed at 9 p.m., not 10 or later!

Since we have been going to the gym, I am starting to feel a tiny bit of difference in my body and it feels good! My face (I feel) is looking less and less like the Michelin man's sister. And I can feel my collar bones! I know vain. But it feels good! and when I feel pain in my legs from the walk/run I do in the mornings, I can smile because I know our workouts are doing my body good.

The biggest plus is that we get to work out together! It's another bonding experience that I get to have with my husband and I am grateful for that!

My hope and desire is that one day we will be healthy enough and have enough energy to run around with our children.

I'm grateful to God for giving us the motivation to do this and encourage each other in this new phase (and hopefully continued phase, not fad) of our lives.

As they say, "Take it one day at a time." And that's what we are doing!

Love,

Mrs. M

P.S. And because my hair is natural, I have no excuse not to exercise! It will be interesting when I get extensions but that's for another post.

Dear Diary- Blog (hatin') and the Magic Bullet

Dear Diary,

I have FINALLY figured out how to get here and write. I can't just go through blogspot anymore. I thought I could because because when I did go to blogspot, my newsfeed kept rolling and well nevermind. Here I am again!

I started a couple of entries and wanted to finish them..maybe for later. There are a few things to catch up on.

The biggest thing for me is that I finally started taking the "magic bullet" at night. There are many forums and such that I have read regarding these little things. But I have yet to hear them referred to as the Magic Bullet. I mean, some women talk about these things as if they are indeed magical and that these little things helped them to get pregnant and better yet keep the pregnancy.

Ah, yes, progesterone suppositories - the Magic Bullet. My doctor prescribed these to me. Before I gave her the GO to order them for me, I felt like maybe this was a decision that my husband (aka Habanero) and I should make together. But I remember the time before we got married and had a little discussion on birth control - should I get on the pill or not. He pretty much told me it's my body and my decision BUT he did tell me he wanted to start trying for kids six months after we were married to which I said one year would be better. Girl, I'm SO glad that I didn't go down the birth control route! One, I was afraid of the side affects as the wedding date was fast approaching. Two, I'm to old for that! Three, if I had taken them, the problems of us having a child anyways probably would have been masked by that tiny pill.

So as I was thinking and my biological clock was ticking in my head, I felt that this is a pretty small step and I think it would be okay to make this decision by myself to go ahead and ask the doctor to order them.
So all that to say, I'm finding progesterone seems to be working fine with my body. I'm not having all those yucky side affects that I have read some women having. One thing I have noticed is that I am super hungry, but that could be because I am on a semi-diet (no meat, no sweets, and sometimes no bread) or PMSing. Who know. But it's nothing that I can't handle with God's help.

If it does not work this time around (as I think I may have started earlier than I should have), then we'll try it the next cycle. If that doesn't work, we'll go on to the next step.

I hope that after all this is said and done, when my child (children) start getting older and start to act up that I won't be that mom and say, "Do you not understand all the stuff I went through just to have you?!!"

Oh guess what? Since being on our diet, I have lost 5 or 6 pounds and I love it! Oh it's hard sometimes but I can't help think that if we choose wisely what we put into our body, how amazing we will feel!

I'm wondering what are some of the yummy alternatives to junk food that people enjoy? Some of my favorites are dried seeweed, homemade kale chips, and stove popped (with olive oil) popcorn.

Well, I could write more but I got work to do!

Love,

Mrs. M