1. I WILL continue my TaeKwonDo & Kisado classes. They’re fun, and I can kick ass if I need to.

2. I WILL continue to opt for natural foods rather than processed foods. Who needs extra junk in the trunk anyway?

3. I WILL NOT eat fast food, no matter how easy, quick, or yummy a Sonic Slushie sounds… especially during Happy Hour..

4. I WILL use the treadmill I made my hubby buy me. Adding it to my fitness routine will *Help* me, not hurt me.

5. I WILL work my butt off… literally..

6. I WILL also work off other parts of my body, my tummy, my thighs, my love handles… because I need to.

7. I WIL NOT give in to late night snacking. A glass of water is my new best friend.

8. I WILL drink at least the recommended daily suggestion of water… more if I’m near a bathroom

9. I WILL train for, and run a 5K sometime in 2011. After all… I should be able to do it.. right???

10. I WILL NOT EVER buy clothing that is too large, or baggy, just for the sole purpose of “hiding my rolls”….  They make me look fatter…

11. I WILL buy clothing that fits well, is the proper size, and makes ME look awesome.

These things I swear to myself for 2011… If you agree.. Let me hear a “Hell Yeah!”

Got other vows for yourself… I’d love to hear them too!

UPDATE: So I went shopping today, and I bought clothing… in regular sizes… Yes, I shopped at my local Old Navy, and bought jeans… I didn’t have to buy online (since that’s where their plus sizes are). WOOT! These vows are so going to stick

ME!!!!

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve talked about my weight loss, but I think this deserves a little bit of bragging rights… So check this out…

I got up yesterday morning and got ready.. just like any other morning… but as I was getting ready, I caught a glimpse of my measuring tape in my vanity. I figured, what the heck… so I measured my waist… Can you believe it said 39″??? That’s a total loss of 6 inches since April. Yes, sadly, I started at 45″. SIX INCHES PEOPLE!!!!

I’m loving how I feel now. I have so much more energy, and aside from the annoying heel pain (yes i know the name of it, but I’m not even gonna try to spell it yet) crap, I’m feeling amazing. My clothes are so loose on me, and I love it. I have a pair of jeans from last year, that not only is the waist too big, but the legs are baggy! My jeans don’t cling to my thighs anymore. You’d have thought I bought skinny jeans last year… and I wasn’t skinny. Seriously. I’m seeing a lot less of me, and that makes me happy.

The holidays are here though, and that means a lot of delicious food, baking goodies, etc… I know that the name of the game is going to be “Moderation”… Lots of will power, and exercise. I am going to make sure that I don’t miss a workout. I may even do some extras. You know, I still have that damn treadmill that I haven’t really used a whole lot… Shhhh don’t bring it up with hubby… LOL..

Ok, I have to get the girls to school, but WOOT!!! Pictures to come later.. when I get a chance!

So today was it! I wrote last week about signing on to do TaeKwonDo again, after a 14 year hiatus. I had planned on starting class last week, was all ready, drove up there and found our when I got there that it was a testing night! Sad as I was to not have class, I was not discouraged. I decided to go get some exercise running through the Old Navy across the parking lot. heee heee…

Well, today was the first day of classes following the testing cycle, and I was ready… or at least I thought I was.. lol.

Putting it nicely.. I got my ass kicked. Figuratively, of course. We did contact drills, kicks, punches, spin kicks… I was feeling it. I had to stop to catch my breath a few times. ok more than a few times…. but it was fun. It reminded me of all the fun I had years ago. It also made me realize how much I missed it.

Yeah, I have a lot if catching up to do… and I’m going to love working out again!

I learned in Walt Disney World…

Ok.. not really, but I did walk over 25 miles while I was there (really!! I wore a pedometer!)… and boy did my legs feel it! Not only did I walk that far, but I did it in my Earth Shoes! Man, those shoes are no joke! I felt like I was walking at a slight incline all the time, even after I took them off for the evening. It was weird!!!! I actually think this was the first time I had EVER packed for a trip, and literally packed one pair of shoes… besides the pair that I wore while I was flying. Nothing super cute, nothing with high heels, nothing of different colors, one pair of white Earth Shoes… and they rocked. I didn’t even care that I was semi dressed up for something, and wearing sneakers. I was doing it for my health.

Oh, and that’s another thing. I wear a pedometer now. I never knew how cool those things were. I used to roll my eyes at them, but now, I wear one. I’m shocked to see how little walking I do, and strive to try to make it as close to 10,000 steps per day. It doesn’t happen often, but I’m getting better.

So even though I haven’t been writing all about my exercise (or lack thereof) lately, I’ve been doing little things here and there to make some changes. Next week, I’m going to have even more news… but I can’t let the cat out of the bag just yet! See you next #mamavation Monday!

As much as I love blogging about my workouts on my main blog, I’m thinking it’s time to move them over to my personal blog for now. I am going to do a lot more blogging, and since I’m not actually “reviewing” anything but my own fat ass, I would love to make as many comments in whatever language I want… and I can only do that here. Should I happen to come upon any cool fitness products to actually review, I’ll post them on Mommy Brain Reports.. but until then… Let’s commence the fitness stuff.

So, last week was a hard week for me. I had so many things hit me over the past few weeks, that I think I kinda had a melt down on Thursday evening. I won’t go into detail about the previous things, because, well, they have to do with some people that I’ve worked with, and I can’t divulge that information publicly.. Just say that I found out some shit that didn’t sit well with me… It’s over now… The culmination of my disappointment came when I found out that I didn’t get chosen as one of the #mamavation moms. Yes, I’ll admit it… I don’t take defeat very well sometimes.. but only when it comes to things I really truly feel that I need. So, I lost. Do I sound like a whiney pain in the ass? lol. Well, the winners are two very amazing and deserving people, and I know they’ll do so well over the next 7 weeks. As Leah said… Their asses are hers.. LOL. She’ll whip them into shape…

So anyway, as I was wallowing in my own self pity… I set myself to cleaning house. I actually got so much done that I had neglected over the last few weeks while lobbying for votes.. I was pretty proud of myself. I pretty much stayed off of Twitter, and the interwebs in general. Hubby thought I was sick. No, I wasn’t.. Just finally focusing on something else besides my hypnotizing 24″ Apple iMac. *teehee* Anywho… I finally jump on my Tweetdeck, and see a tweet @’ing me… It was from a fellow blogger, and she actually wrote about me in her post. She mentioned how she had heard me and @DaddyClaxton on the Wii Mommies Blog Talk Radio Show, talking about our hike up Runyon Canyon, and how we really pushed each other to get up that hill. It was then that I realized that I wasn’t the only one in this situation.. meaning needing to lose weight… and that people are actually watching me, following me, and looking up to me. I’ve never felt like…. so… not important… but I’m having a hard time thinking up a more fitting word.. I snapped out of my funk and get my ass in gear.

I remembered a package of office products I had received from a party at BlogHer. Office Max I think gave them out. It had file folders and other random office-y things. It happened to have a journal in it. I immediately made it my fitness journal. Sure, I have this blog, or my iPhone, but you know, there’s something about having a paper and pen that makes it more interesting to me. Like I have to write in it.. No paper can be left blank! LOL. Plus, it’s something I can carry with me, in my purse… Yes, my purse is big. I decided to write down anything that I ate or drank, and every bit of exercise I did. Guess what? It worked. I did excellent… and it made me actually think about how much I was going to eat.

I was on a conference call with Pete Cohen on Sunday night. He’s giving us Mamavation moms 30 days of free fitness consulting… and I’m loving it. Anyway, one of our goals was to think more about what we want vs. what we need. Writing down everything I ate and drank really kept me thinking more about what I needed. Sure, I still had a couple of gummy bears, because I wanted them… but I only had a couple to kick that sweet tooth rather than the whole damn bag. See!?!?! Progress. (yeah)

So anyway… about the changing channels thing. We have Time Warner Cable… I hate them.. really I do.. but I have no choice but have them for cable and my internet. Well, I may have found my little light as to why I should keep them. On Demand. Yes.. I said it.. On Demand.. You know.. that little thing you can do with your digital cable box that lets you sit and watch just about any show you missed over the last few weeks? Well, I found a channel that I can’t just sit and watch. Exercise On Demand… It has so many various workouts, categorized under the type of what body part it would be best for working out. There’s even the strip tease aerobics.. Yes, I tried it, and I liked it.. LOL Damn thing had my legs burning by the time I finished my 24 minute workout. Sure it all culminates to a 60 second dance.. but you do it so many times you feel those muscles burning. There was also a walking show where I walked a mile in only 15 minutes. Granted, I’m walking in my own living room, but add in some hand weights and a few extra movements with the steps and DAMN! I was feeling it. All in all, I did about an hour of these little workouts… I felt good at the end. These workouts were so short, and easy to spread out over the day that I totally loved them… and for anyone who’s wondering, I did wait until my girls were upstairs before I even attempted those strip tease aerobics classes…. I don’t need them even seeing those… not that it was really stripping, but not that I’d really be taking my clothes off during a workout… unless it was Summer time and it was really really hot… Oh nevermind…

Well, North Carolina has proven to be a total adventure! We’ve seen the Crystal Coast, and the Outer Banks… We’ve been on Emerald Island, Ocean Isle, Roanoke Island, and so much more…. all in the last 5 1/2 months we’ve been here… Don’t worry, there’s still so much more for us to explore. The cool thing is, that even though the girls are only 4 years old, they’ve seen so much history, and have really loved to travel, they ask us all the time to go out on the weekends. I love it.

They had their 4 year well check today. It’s a couple months late, but better late than never. I was a little disappointed… ok, a lot disappointed. They didn’t send in the pediatrician that I scheduled an appointment with. Granted, the doctor that came in was very nice, and listened to us, I had done my research on the doctor I asked for when I scheduled the appointment… Not happy. I’m still debating what I should do about that, if anything.

Halloween is coming, and thankfully, the girls aren’t begging for elaborate costumes. They found these really cute cat & dog headbands at Michaels… and that’s what they want to use for Trick-or-Treating. Phew! I’m breaking out the Halloween crafts that I’ve been hanging on to since they came out in the stores.That’ll keep them busy for a little bit… and they love crafts…

Oh, and as if anything else could be crazy.. I’m signing up for the new 6 week challenge with EA SPORTS Active.. That challenge will go through the holidays… That means major portion control.. Not like that won’t be hard. We’re in NC, the family is in CA. Ummmm.. Yeah.. I don’t have to cook anything large. We’ll have a small scale Thanksgiving, and probably Christmas. I guess it all depends on what (if any) family make it out for the holidays. I’m hoping to get a jump start on losing weight for next year’s resolution… and sticking to it, since this year’s kinda didn’t happen like I planned….

Anyhow, dinner is ready, and I need to get everyone fed. I told you this was just a bunch of randomness

Thanks for reading… I promise… I have a very exciting (mostly) story for my next post…

That I spent all of that money on the Wii Fit… I can just see the cold, windy, rainy days ahead.. 

Monkey See and Monkey Do had convinced me to stay home on Monday.. Monkey See had tummy aches and wasn’t feeling too well, so it was an easy convince… CLoser to nap time, I realized that by not going to the gym, we had no outlet of energy all morning, and nap time was not going to happen… It was too windy to go to the park, so out came the Wii Fit… It was awesome…