Fighting Back Friday

OK, how's about a real life update y'all? Because, trust me, its been a while!

First off, my Bowen girl, force.to.be.reckoned.with. Here's what happened this morning in the car:

Bowen is babbling in her car seat. Hayley is half-zombied next to her. We're crusing along...
Hayley: Bowen hit me with her shoe!
Me: Did she hit you or did she drop her shoe?
Hayley: She hit me!
Me: Bowen, no hitting.
Hayley: No, Mama, you're supposed to throw the shoe in the floorboard.
Me: It's already in the floorboard (dropped by Bowen)

about 1.5 minutes later

Hayley: Bowen hit me with her other shoe!
Me: Bowen, no hitting (as she throws shoe into the floorboard)

about 1.5 minutes later

Hayley: Bowen pinched me!
Bowen: Hayyyylleeeeeyyyy bakbahobakoba BABY!

 (y'all, I'm 99% sure she just either told her to stop being a baby or tattled on her for being a baby! I almost wrecked!!)

Otherwise, we think we have Miss Hayley-bug straightened out after a week of weirdness possibly related to her stomach but mostly what we have determined to be stress/getting accustomed to her new routine/general life busyness at the time) We are being much more deliberate in monitoring her input of foods and making sure she's getting a variety (wide variety would be an overstatement at this point) of different fluids and foods. So far, so good!

I'm heading to .MOM this weekend with Kara and hoping to meet bloggers Big Mama & Boo Mama (and maybe some others too! see the whole line up at Lifeway.com) and hear some inspiring words for Mamas in the breakouts and worship sessions!!

Otherwise, life is life is life is life.

Oh, and for the sake of it, here's where I've been fighting back:

1. I'm leading exercise 2x a week at work.
2. I got posted on another blog!
3. I've shot two times with deliberate manual camera settings and don't hate every picture I took.
4. I'm going to .Mom for some spiritual encouragement!
5. I started Angie Smith's new book!

Fighting Back Friday

I went for my yearly checkup.

If that doesn't count for a full week's worth of fighting I don't know what does.

Fighting Back Friday

This week I...

1. did not eat out....which really translates to, did not go to the Mexican restaurant during lunch, because, well, there isn't anywhere to eat out for supper in our neck of the woods.

2. made the most of a sing-a-long video by dancing and bouncing and doing some semi-exercise with 23 lbs of baby on one hip

3. made (on my own!) 3 diffferent sets of labels and one directions sign for Hayley's party in a few weeks

4. made 3 photo books from Shutterfly... coupons and discounts get me fired up! I used a Pampers Gifts to Grow redemption for the first book, then a friend sent me a buy 1, get 1 code on Monday so I used it for the other two.

5.had more days without snacks than days with... I want to think it was 4-2, but don't hold me to the exacts.

6. decrease portion sizes at meal time and at the left-over meal-time (which is usually when I eat the most)


This week I did not:
1.drink much water
2.take many pictures
3.substite more healthy options for tried and true favorites (lots of white, not a lot of wheat)

Fighting Back Friday

This week, err, not so good on the fighting back... however:

1. I cut down to 1 soda a day every day this week (as best as I remember)
2. I paired down my order size at lunch...not to say I stopped going to get lunch, but I did order less
3. I've drank at least some water daily.
4. For 3 of the days this week, I did not do any snacking or between meal eating.
5. I have begun to do "exercise" in the floor while the girls are playing... crunches, etc.
6. I designed and printed party invitations
7. I fine-tuned party decoration plans
8. I went into complete denial that in 2 week our whole world is going to change with hayley going to school and dance and all those big girl things.

And I really think that's all I did.

And since yesterday, I joined pinterest...which may or may not be a detriment to my productivity all around

Fighting Back Friday

It's the week after a holiday.

I did no fighting this week.

I may or may not regret it.

Currently, I'm on the "may not" side of that fence.

Fighting Back: Week Two

Here's my round-up for this week:

1. Two nights I choose whole wheat soft tortillas over my hard-shell completely processed but totally prefered Old El Paso shells.
2. I now understand when Michael says "Its good enough to eat, but not great enough to want more" and what that means for portion control.
3. I figured out that my "eat now" button is triggered by stress... and that I also crave junky when its an "eat now" stressor rather than true hunger.
4. I choose water over a soda on Thursday night. And I drank the whole bottle. And I didn't chase it with the soda.

Week One: FIghting Back Friday

1. I started this blog!
2. I have a just-for-fun photo shoot planned with my daughters in the morning.
3. I have scheduled posts! As in, I have inspiration and am getting it out there!
4. On Wednesday, I only had 1 can of soda all day. My going rate has been 2-3. (and while we're being honest here, I also had 2 cups of soda at lunch...so maybe that isn't an accomplishment at all) BUT I also did NOT have any mid-morning or mid-afternoon snacks today. I ate 2.5 meals and that was IT!
5. I got round one of our monthly grocery shopping done. Round One Phase One: Meat, meat and meat. Round One Phase Two: Snacks, Cheeses, Cereals
6. Today, I spent a deliberate 10 minutes with correct posture. No slumping, no propping, no bending, just upright with squared shoulders and straight back.