Podcasts

I FINALLY have a day off!!  Just finished a 9 day stretch... phew!  Thankfully, I really like my job... but I like my family more and I have a mountain of laundry and both kitchen sinks plus a little on the counter is filled with dishes... the never ending jobs (luckily I can't get fired from those! haha)

My sister got my hooked on Jillian Michaels podcasts.  They are free on iTunes.  She downloaded them all onto my iTunes and subscribed me so I will get her new weekly podcast every week.  I put them all on my iPod and hook it up to my car and listen on my drive to and from work.  I've listened to about 10 of them already!  There is a lot of really interesting information that she covers.  She has her endocrinologist, Dr V, on and she speaks about a lot of interesting things.  She talked about diabetes and the difference between Type 1 and Type 2, about thyroid disease, and the importance of sleep.  They were interesting to me since my grandma had diabetes (Type 2, probably), my dad has hypothyroidism, and I sometimes don't get what I feel is enough sleep.  These are the reasons why health is so important... way more important than the vanity of it.  The end of her podcasts end with caller questions.  Those usually are pretty interesting as well.  The best part, for me, about listening to them is it puts me into a healthful mindset during the day.  I think I make at least a few better choices during the day... for instance, yesterday I purchased organic broccoli... I've never even considered buying organic before.  Jillian is always talking about buying organic and how everything else has tons of chemicals all over and in them.  I have always figured eating broccoli (or other produce) was good, whether it was organic or not.  It was only 10 cents more so I decided to give it a try.

Speaking of my sister... I should do a post just about her!  She is working so hard and is doing so well at getting in shape.  She discovered my blog, so... Molly, give a shout-out if you wouldn't mind being the spotlight! :)

Yes I said discovered... I really haven't told many of my friends or family about my blog.  A few have discovered it and that's fine.  This whole thing Jillian talked about in a podcast, actually.  I never really told anyone or talked a lot about my blog.  I guess it's because if I fail, I don't want the people I care about to judge me on that failure.  But... (like Jillian said) everyone fails at something, it just may not be proven by being visualized on their body.  That really doesn't make it any easier, but it's something I can think about.

Happy Birthday to Me!! :)

Today is my birthday!!! :)  I turn 29 years old today.  That's right, it's the 1 year countdown to the big 3-0!  Me and a couple of my friends I grew up with all have birthdays in the first couple weeks of September and have already planned that we are going out on the town next year for our Dirty/Flirty 30 party.  We are getting a limo ...which, believe it or not, I have never been in a limo before.  I'm pretty excited already.  I don't get out much, because if I'm not working, I prefer to be at home with my kids... since they are already with a babysitter a lot with mine and Jeremy's work schedules.

I need to be physically ready for 30.  I want to start out a new decade feeling awesome!  I already know it will be a slow process.  With a new baby and the other 3 kiddo's in school... I have found myself to be quite busy.  There are days where I try to eat well.  Usually when I try to eat well, I end up eating a lot less.  Mostly because I know I need to eat less... but when I do this, I notice my milk supply goes down also.  I really need to find that balance.  If I can load up on good foods, I don't think this will happen to me.  It's a learning process but I am bound and determined to get it figured out.  I haven't been doing very well in the exercise department.  Since I have returned to work, I have found myself to be pretty tired.  I have been working 3:00-11:30.  So, I try to leave for work at 1:30p, so I can get to work by 2:30p and pump before I start at 3:00p.  Then I work till 11:30p and get home somewhere around 12:30a-1:00a.  I'm back up at 6:30a-7:00a to get the kids off to school (the girls go Tuesdays and Thursdays).  I take Annika to daycare at 11:00a and try to get a few things done before I go to work, like dishes, laundry, go to the bank... whatever.  Then it starts all over.  The days the girls have school are kinda nice because I can get a nap in after they leave.  ...but it also stinks, because those days I hardly see them at all.  Ugh.  ...that is what stinks about working odd hours.  I'm getting off topic a bit... basically what I'm getting at is... I'm giving myself a goal.  I don't want to say, "I want to be such-n-such weight by the time I'm 30."  I just want to spend this year making better choices.  ...and I guess that might mean that I don't get the pack of 2 cookies at work... pretty much every. single. time. I go down to the cafeteria (which means I will be $1.00 richer!)  This will be a good 365 days.  I will make this year about myself.... getting my nails done... maybe even a pedicure (I've never had one!), getting my hair done, buying myself clothes/shoes (I rarely do).  I don't do enough for myself.  I put so much energy into others.  It's time to put some energy into myself... I'm worth it, right?! :)