Kris, Snuk's issues and other thangs...

Ahhhh...the joys of motherhood.......

So I tell the girl today while on our way home... that I'll get her some snacks for snack-time at school.  Since then she has harassed about going to the store.  Then, she puts her twinkle toe shoes on and is waiting for me.  I never said I was going tonight.  Now she's crying.  Sorry Nat-Nat.

Then there's this Kris dude.... apparently my son's name that he has chosen for others at school to call him is Kris.  Umm... his name is Aries.  Middle name is Tremaine.  No where is there Kris involved.  We ask where that name came from.  He says he just likes that name.  I ask him if kids are just calling him that or something, he says no, he told them to call him that.  WTH? **side-eye**

Then add in David to this equation, he's now referring to him as Kris.  Aries is telling Brayden to do something... and David is telling Snuk not to let Kris talk to him like that.  LOL.  Oh and I got to watch David flat iron one of his mannequin heads that has hair like Naty's... he was so proud to be able to use a round brush and blow dry it out straight.  Niceee...

Snuk hates bed time.... he screeches, hollars, throws his body down to the floor.... stomps, even gets on all fours and hits his head on the floor.  Why?  He's crazy...  He's now peaking through the door to come out.

And now its time for me to watch The Bad Girl's Club - New Orleans.  Yes, I watch this shit.  Don't judge me.  :)

First Day of School!

So I stayed home today so that I could see the kiddos off to school.  Mainly my baby girl since she would be attending a different school.  Luckily she has her older cousin there to help her around.  She was very excited. 

Here is her outfit for the day... and backpack.  Had to get her a dark backpack since she is kind of rough on things.  And I know if we got her the pink one, it would have been dirty looking on day 1!  And then some twinkle toes (the tops light up).  She loves them!  And little brother was walking around in them trying to get the lights to go off.

So Dad braided her hair.  He did mini-braids.  Unfortunately, she has finer hair than most so they don't last as long as we would like.  His plan was for at least 2 weeks.  We're on day 2 and I'm not sure it will make it to the weekend, but it will have to.

So check her out... she was ready to go!  So was Snuk... he just wanted to leave in general.

The rest of the day, it was just me and Snuk hanging out.  He was actually very well behaved.  Considering.  I should have shown you all what he did the week before.  I don't know why I didn't post that.  Lets just say he's living up to the terrible 2's.

I'll show you below the picture of what Brayden did last week...

David also happened to cut our oldest hair.  Check it out, can you figure it out whats on the back of his head???  Haha... He's definitely gifted and talented with clippers and hopefully scissors soon.  He found out the bad news about going to cosmetology in Texas.  Means he can't use a razor... since he's not going to school to be a barber.  I just figured it was all the same.  And if he uses a razor, he can be fined money.  That sucks.  He was a bit disappointed by that, but heard something may change later down the road with being a hairstylist & barber at the same time.  Who knows.

Outside of this... school went well for all the kiddos, including David's... he had his first test today and got a 100.  Whoop whoop!

And for your viewing pleasure... Brayden's most recent mischievous moment.

Semi-Rested, Kind of Want to Get Back to Routine and Bratty Kiddos

So I've basically taken about 2 weeks off from doing any major exercises.  Since then my leg/knee has been a ton better.  But I noticed last night my knee was aching after some walking we did around Walmart.  Had to get some last minute things for my junior high kiddo.  I just took some Ibuprofen and elevated my leg...it helped.  I don't think I did anything too bad to my knee.  I'm starting to think it was my knee more than a shin splint.

However the good news is I've managed to drop 2 (. point) 4 pounds of the stuff I gained back the week before.  I've done bad on my water intake this week - I got most of it in but had some off days and it was hard for me to get it down like I had done before.  Outside of that I did pretty good on staying under my calories.  Especially since I knew I would not be doing any major work outs.  I want to start doing the treadmill this week but I'm afraid it may be too soon to work out on my knee again.

So goal this coming week is maintain staying under calorie intake, get my 64+ ounces of water in daily and try to get in 35 minutes of cardio at least 3 times this week.  So thats 105 minutes of exercised planned for this week.  I figure starting out slow and not so intense like I did last time...... won't hurt my limbs again. :)

I'll post tomorrow with some 1st day of school photos.  Laters.

Plus this past week I've been staying until 7pm or later working late.  I knew I needed a good check with the kids going back, etc.  So I've been really exhausted off that.

The kids start back to school tomorrow.  My oldest, who is starting middle school has been acting majorly bratty.  I don't know why.  I just want to slap him.  For real.  I can't take snotty kids with attitudes... and thats how he's been acting lately.  He gets mad if we ask him to do any chores, help with is siblings, etc.  I know its a bit overwhelming but he needs to understand how much we all do in this family.  Its not like he doesn't get to do things as a kid.

I'm off tomorrow to see the kids off to their 1st day of school.  I'll post again then with some pictures.  Yay!

Poor food choices

Horrible gain for this week but I did it to myself.  I knew the food choices I was making for dinner each week and I totally ate it....... even with guilt.  I did good during the day for breakfast and lunch but come dinner, it was all over with.

Fact is, I need to come to terms that I can't have certain things if I'm in the middle of weight loss mode.  No cheats, no food prizes for having a good week.  Nada.  It only sets me back to square one.  And thats what happened this past week.

I wish I could say I was disappointed but I know the truth, I did this.  Now I have to stop this madness NOW! And stop being weak behind food.  I feel like I'm a prisoner of food and I have to learn to control it and not let it control me.

Truth is, to lose weight its 80% diet and 20% exercise.  So no matter how much I exercise, it won't make up for the bad food choices. 

So onto to a new week to lose back the weight I gained plus some. 

Time Out!

After trying to stay up with the August challenge, I have to pull out.  I did it on the very first day, hurt my freaking left leg.  I'm guessing its a shin splint even though I haven't actually talked to a doctor.  Thats my medical educated guess and I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

I would go to the doctor to officially diagnosis but after reviewing my HSA account funds (after the dentist visit), not enough in there to cover the sick office visit to the specialist.  I basically had an emotional break down yesterday about all of this, mainly because I have a high deductible HSA health plan....  that means I have to first satisfy my $2400.00 deductible before the insurance kicks in at 80/20.  I was seriously crying, which was strange.  I process claims for a living.  I know how this works and what the deal is.  I guess because I know I'm trying to get this weight loss thing going and I feel myself falling back into what I've always done.  Like I said in a previous post >> Losing my mojo.

I've also learned the hard way that I'm 30 years old and I'm overweight, I can't just jump in and do exercises that someone in better shape is doing.  I have to start out slow.... until I build my strength, stamina, etc.  Thats why I hurt myself.  So since I'm waiting on doing the doctor thing, I'm doing the rest.  I had to back out of the August Challenge, which really makes me disappointed and sad (maybe thats why I was crying yesterday) :(

I got me some Ibuprofen and icey-hot for my leg....... I'm going to take a week off from any exercising involving my lower legs.  I will still do some swimming since that's lower impact.  I found some physical therapy exercises I can do on strengthening my calves/shins.  Gonna work on that. 

In the meantime, I've still been getting my water in.... however I can admit we've been eating some not great things.  I'm eating right for breakfast/lunch but come dinner  >> all hell breaks lose.  Gotta get that back under control.