I’m Gonna Make You Notice
I had to finish out the week with a song quote from my morning workout, dontcha think? I woke up before my alarm at 5:26 this morning (I’m sure Kath would get a kick out of that) but I such a hard time getting to class. I really don’t enjoy this teacher. I used to really like her but 5 years later, she still tells the same jokes and says the same things and plays the same songs and I’m over it. I did get there though and guess what? She had new music and a brand new profile. I want to say that it was a GREAT class, but I can’t :(. The music was fabulous-Black Eyed Peas, Train, Kings of Leon, etc. The workout was awesome-interval training-super challenging-fun. BUT the teacher WOULDN’T SHUT UP. She talked or SANG (!?!?!?!) 90% of the class. So it would have been a FANTASTIC class had she been quiet. *sigh* I DID get a good workout and now I want to go buy Train’s new album.
Before class I had a half a banana with PB:
And while I was procrastinating getting there, I noticed that my food scale is organic!
(it made me giggle).
After class I really felt like a Jamba smoothie and so I got one (giftcards are so dangerous!). I got an all fruit Sixteen Mega Mango with banana added in-next time I would add 2 “shots” of banana (yes that’s what they call it):
It was okay, it left a weird feeling in my throat?
This morning I put on boots that I haven’t been able to wear since about halfway through my pregnancy and they fit! I’ve got muscular calves so they wouldn’t zip before. I paired the boots with a dress that I picked up yesterday at Target. I just grabbed a medium off the hanger and didn’t try it on, hoping it would fit. Guess what? It did. When Shaun saw me he said, “Woah. Wait a second? What are you wearing? You look HOT! Where’d you get that?” It seriously made my morning. Thanks honey!
You wanna see, don’t you?
It’s blurry but you get the idea. The dress is blue with green and white detail. It’s not online for some reason. I also paired it with my new trench (also blurry):
Lucy says, “Hi!” If you notice she has a shoe and a banana in her hand, shortly after this picture she was trying to eat out of her shoe. Daddy did some investigating and it seems she put banana in there and was trying to eat it out.
In that blurry picture you can see a Lucy with cheeks stuffed, trying to get the last piece of banana from Daddy and he won’t give it up because it’s in her shoe.
She’s 16 months old today. I can’t believe it.
Lastly, I have a confession. As Marissa defined it yesterday I have, schizoscaleia. I weigh myself everyday. I have very defined times when I can weigh though.
My rules:
-first thing, right after I go to the bathroom
-naked
-If I mistakenly have even a sip of water, all bets are off-no weighing.
or
-right after a morning workout-again naked
Since September 30th my weight hasn’t really budged. This week? The week I decided to stop obsessing about calories in and calories out and to eat when I felt hungry and to not limit anything (except dairy). Yeah that week? Well I lost 4 pounds. I’m at my lowest weight since having Lucy. I’m 2.5 pounds away from where I was when I had her. All exciting stuff right? Yes BUT I’m ready to step OFF the scale. Not 100% ready. I’m still going to weigh once a week because I do need that checkpoint (either I need it or I’m not ready to give it up yet). I AM NOT going to step on the scale until next Friday. I don’t care how much she beckons to me. I’m not going to do it.
So there!
Do you weigh yourself? If so, how often? Do you have weird rules like me?
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I was cracking up at your rules! Turns out mine are exactly the same! See, us schizoscaleics are all alike! 😉
Love your dress and trench! Yay for mediums!
Thanks for the shout-out, too 🙂
First, let me let out a virtual whistle! You look awesome! Love the colors in that room too!
I weigh every day. I also follow your rules–only first thing in the morning (before water or toothpaste has touched my lips) and occasionally, I too will weigh after exercising, but that is really rare and usually because for some reason I didn’t weigh first thing. In the past, I have stopped weighing and recording my food and I wound up gaining weight. So, for me, the weighing once a day and keeping a food journal works. I do it like I brush my teeth without thinking and because (for me), it works. I do not obsess about the number on the scale but do have a range that I like to remain within. I have gained weight back many times and each time I return to these two simple practices I lose and then maintain, so again, for me, it works. I apparently need the accountability.
You are doing so well! I am very happy for you! 🙂
gorgeous! i LOVE that outfit 🙂
I can’t weigh myself because I will become way too obsessed with the number on the scale. I came a long way to get away from that, so I can’t go back! my husband won’t let us buy a scale, and when we go to friend’s houses that have one he tells me i’m not allowed on it! (this is all a good thing) 🙂
OMG You look so good!! Lucy’s nursery is adorable as well!
Oh wow…. I do the same thing. Pee… strip…. weigh. I TOLD myself to not get obsessed by the number but that scale is always tempting me and then I find myself standing on it. I hate the scale but I can’t help myself. And I am too scared to throw it away (because I will probably go out and buy another one)
Congrats on a big accomplishment!! Losing baby weight SUCKS!!!!!!!! (Still working on it 20 months later 🙁 )
Lookin good girl!
Congrats, Chels … fabulous weigh in. I am trying really hard to just weigh one day/week. I used to be a religious Friday weigh-in-er, but…I switched to Monday in hopes that it will help me to stay on track better over the weekends. Weekends are HARD….HARD….HARD for me. Actually…any unstructured time where I have full access to food is hard for me. Ugh!
LOVE the dress and coat!!! I just love you style, as it is very similar to mine 😉
I weigh myself a few times a week just to keep myself in check. CONGRATULATIONS on you results!!! You are looking fab!
I refused to have a scale in my house because I knew I would weigh myself constantly if I had one. Then the OB asked me to lose a few pounds before getting pregnant and so I got one. Sure enough I weighed myself every day for a month. I even recorded it in Excel and created a line chart to display how my weight was rising or falling and note the trends. Yeah. Freak. Then I stopped weighing myself in November as holiday stress increased and the baby making started. I weighed myself last week and was shocked and excited to see I had only gained two pounds back during the free-for-all that was December. I am determined to only allow myself to be weighed once a week from now on. Which means if I get weighed at the doctor’s office I do not weigh myself at home that week. It doesn’t quite match up, their scale and my scale have a 5 pound difference, but it keeps me from obsessing too much this way.
I weigh myself every morning after I pee, but I leave my clothes on. Sometimes I like to go back after meals too just to see how much a meal made me gain. I’m very scientific about it, no hurt feelings or anything. I just think it’s fun!
hey i had a snack pre workout LIKE YOURS! except i do the crunchy pb. =D
i have a scale in my house, but given my disorderedness, i force myself not to get on it. i think i would die/relapse if i knew how much i’ve gained.
lu lu is so cute! i however, would eat out of a shoe. i eat of the ground. i know, i’m gross.
I’m sooooooo behind in blog reading!!!
Love the 5:26. You know I set my alarm to end in a :26, right!?
Dress is HOT. So is that jacket!!
Kid + shoe is so cute.
And way-to-go on the weight loss! The more I learn/read/hear about nutrition, the more I think it is all about QUALITY and not QUANTITY. I think calories out is much more variable than we think and superfoods and synergy of whole foods and the lack of sugar/trans-fats/refined foods has a big role in it.
I love the adventures of Lucy and the banana. Such a shame her daddy has silly ideas about not eating out of a shoe.
I weigh myself every time I pass the scale. it is amazing how much your weight fluctuates throughout the day.
And the dress is super cute, well.. you are super cute too.
Great job on the 4 lbs!!
YOU LOOK GREAT! but what’s that thing on your face? 🙂 the camera part made me giggle. and lu being like “whatever, mom!”
i weigh myself ALL THE TIME but i swear to god my scale has to be broken. i got new jeans for christmas, size 12, and they’re already loose but i weigh the same as i did then AND my body fat is the same, according to that. i think it’s crap becuase i feel more muscular, stronger AND my belly is smaller. so i’m starting a new gym on monday and i’ll probably just obsessively check their scale instead.
all that said, you seriously are an inspiration. if you can do it, i can do it, even though you’re an ironwoman and i didn’t ever exercise until 5 years ago. so thanks.