Dusting Off, Getting Back On

Try and try again, which is all I can do!  Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there in blog land!  I am spending a great day with my family (and they washed my car), so we are going to go on a family walk in about a 1/2 hour.  I wanted to let you all know (the ones that still read my blog), that I'm still here!

More veggies please...

I've started incorporating more vegetables and will gradually start removing meat from the home.  The husband likes the idea of having more vegetables and trying vegan and vegetarian recipes, but he wants to eat the meat related products we have on hand.  I'm fine with that. as yesterday I made him this chicken and rice dish with vegetables.  I had rice and vegetables, with about 3 oz. of chicken.  As I was eating it, I realized I could go without it.  It wasn't necessary for the meal.

Tonight, I have tofu that I plan to cook possibly in a stirfry?  Haven't decided yet. 

Contemplating...

I am contemplating becoming a vegetarian, with the possiblity of easing into veganism.  I plan to do lots reading and research on the subject, as I feel that this isn't something that should be taken lightly.  I have watched Food Inc., Vegucated and Forks Over Knives and I took something from each of those movies that has got me to thinking that I want to do this not just for my health, but for the environment.  Currently, it is emotional and I'm feeling a bit raw over the images I've seen and read, but then part of it I'm thinking about my health and my future. I'm trying to keep an open mind and would like people's opinions and experiences.

I don't know if I have any readers left, but I want to know if some are you are vegetarian or vegan?  What made you come to that decision?  How did you make the change? 

An Aging Gen-Xer

It is very sobbering experience to go out and realize that you are getting old. :(  The concert was great and I always love seeing Ani DiFranco in concert.  She has a great voice and spirit! However, I looked around the audience and realized that a lot of those in attendance were just little kids (or babies) when she first started out and some of the songs she sung (she did a few from way back in the day -- early, early 90's) are older than the concert goers.  LOL!! 
Oh well!  We all can't remain young...

April Fool's & Where I've Been

Yes, today is April Fool's Day but I'm not fooling myself anymore.  I have a 1/2 marathon in 3 months (whoop-whoop) and a concert tonight (Ani DiFranco!).  My eating has been crappy and I realize that I need to keep track of what is going in, especially if I am going to make it through those 13.1 miles the end of June! 

Things are just okay though.  Trying to find my husband a permanent job.  Temp work is work, but not stable and it is tough.  Anyone who has gone through job loss knows how hard it is out there to find work.  He is a stress eater, so having two stress eaters in a relationship together is not good.  I'm taking it a day at a time, but it is hard.  Life gets in the way, gives you lemons and other crap and you just gotta make do. 

The more I'm on this journey, I realize that I have to do this for me.  I can't do this journey for anyone else.  Although, I wish I had the support at home, I know that I can find the support in the online community.  I just need to make the effort.  So this is me, trying to make the effort to get back in this.  :)

One day and step at a time...

My motivation ebbs and flows.  Some days it is really awesome and I'm kicking booty, eating healthy and exercising.  Other days (and there are lots of those), I'm just want to lay around and eat (and eat, eat and eat some more) myself into a food coma.  I had a pow-wow with a friend about my lack of motivation and she said that it is probably a combo of lots of things, but we narrowed it:

1. New Job:  The new job is awesome, but it comes with learning everything from scratch basically.  I want to do a good job, but I'm stressed.  I want to do a good job and progress my career.  I'm not getting any younger and it is nice to finally be at a place, in my career where I have the opportunity to grow and stay even until I retire.
2. Schedule is screwed:  My schedule is out of wack and I haven't gotten a hang of it yet.  When I leave work, pick up the kid and go home, I'm pooped.  I make dinner, help with homework and then I'm pooped some more.  I know there are mom's out there (even single moms) that find the time to go to the gym and exercise.  I haven't found that yet.  So, exercise videos here I come.
3. Accountability:  I need to journal everything I put in my "pie hole".  I really do!  I know it, but I'm not doing it. I suck! I just need to honest about the crap I'm eating, so I have pulled out my trusty journal and started writing everything I eat down.  It is actually helping me to make better choices and I am getting back to what I know.

I am running scared right now!  Since January 1st, I've gained 15lbs by just "letting myself go" and I have to put the brakes on the train before it derails.  I am awesome at gaining weight!  It is something I am really, really good at (sad to say), but doesn't mean I have to do it and continue to do it.  So, back to the basics.  I know how to do this, so here I go!

I’m Bbbbbaaaaacckkk!

I have not been up to blogging in months, months people.  With the new job (which I love), I haven’t had time for anything else.  I go to work, pick up the kid, help with homework, make dinner, try and decompress and get everyone over again.  All this to do it over the next day.

The weekend is only when I have “time” for anything else.  I have magazines I want to read, books I want to read.  I have exercise I need to do and healthy food to make.  So, I’m getting back to the basics.  I am blogging, because I miss reading and writing blog posts.  I need to catch up on others and see how they are doing.  I need to crawl out of this rock I’ve been living under and get my act together.

I have a goal this summer, the Seattle Rock –n-Roll marathon that I need to prepare for and I got to get my body into gear and my eating in shape and I need to move it, but right now…watching The Lion King with the kid.