Day 29

Today I got on the elliptical this morning for 30 minutes this afternoon I did my Turbo Jam 20 minute workout and this evening I hopped back on to the elliptical again. Both yesterday and today I knew that I didn't need to exercise 3 times each day, but I was so close to my 10,000 step goal by the evening time that I just decided to get on for additional time, tonight for 25 minutes, just to get it up to 10,000 steps.

Tomorrow and Sunday I'll be at work for over 12 hours, so I won't be able to get onto the elliptical or exercise 3 times a day like I have for the past couple of days. I just hope to have enough in my be able to get on when I get home from work. *fingers crossed*

It's been awhile since I've used MyFitnessPal so I've had a lot of fun playing with it the past few days again. I like that it tracks food better than it did last time I used it and I like it its easier to just plug in a recipe and go. I got this cute little message after I tracked my food for the day and it made me smile. Definitely motivational!

That's almost 20 lbs in 5 weeks. That's insane...and seems totally false. We'll see :)

One day at a time. One choice at a time. 

I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.

Day 28

When I woke up this morning I got on to my elliptical for 30 minutes.

Last night I promised myself that I would pull out some of my exercise DVDs and I did.  I did the 20 minute Turbo Jam workout, in my dress and all lol.  It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I can't use that as an excuse anymore.

I also did an additional 20 mins on the elliptical before bed to boost my step count to 10K.

I have several apps on my phone to help keep myself accountable. I use my Fitbit MyFitnessPal, RunKeeper and of course SparkPeople. I decided to play around with my RunKeeper and I created a training program and I set myself up to exercise everyday at 6:05 a.m. RunKeeper is primarily for running/walking and has a built in GPS mode so you can see a map of where you have gone, but you can use the stopwatch mode which is for like indoor or treadmill. I use the stopwatch mode to track my elliptical training and I can add anything else to it. It's linked to my SparkPeople so all of my exercise that I log into RunKeeper also gets tracked there as well. The same goes with my Fitbit. RunKeeper also crosses over to Fitbit so I just have to be careful not to double track everything or it'll give me false data. At this point I don't do much with my data, but I like knowing that it's there lol.

Of course the best part about all of apps are that they are free :-).

This is my Fitbit activity for the past week

This is what activity tracked on RunKeeper looks like.

My MyFitnessPal logo page today. My food goals are different from SparkPeople bc SP uses ranges.

Part of my log page on SparkPeople showing my macronutrients and activity that was linked over from Fitbit. They both change throughout the day and I don't follow the macronutrient goals (too many carbs)

If anyone that wants to add me as a friend on any of these accounts, please feel free!  My username is HEYNOWBNICE. I think I have a direct link to SparkPeople on the upper right hand side of this blog.

One day at a time. One choice at a time.

I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.

My Fitbit dashboard at the end of today

Day 4

Turbo Jam 20 minute workout with baby M strapped to my chest!

Today, despite my excessive lack of sleep, I had a stroke of genius! Oh my gosh, why didn't I think of this before?!? I strapped Mr. Baby to my chest and did turbo jam!

My first son is almost 5 so we didn't have much saved when we had this baby. We kept our baby monitor, wipe warmer (although we ended up

buying another), my breast pump (which recently just broke! *cry*) and...wait for it...my baby chest carrier thingy. It's like a baby bjorn but generic and more strappy. I can have baby toward me (has better neck support), or turn him around to see the world when he gets older/stronger. Awesome!!!

I did his breathing treatment, fed him and then strapped him in for a test drive.

At first he didn't like it, just walking around. He turns into a crack baby on this breathing treatment--super fussy and shaky (it's a little scary as his mama but I guess a normal side effect of this drug) so he really wasn't diggin' being strapped in. As soon as I started bouncing around and dancing (TJ is very dancy!) he went super quiet. I turned the music up loud and just had fun with it. I think he loved it. I loved it (that's all that matters, right? lol).

Anyway, fussy crack baby M fell asleep! bouncing all over the place to TJ! I can't believe it. Maybe this is what I need to do at 2 am when he won't sleep (lol I'm SO just kidding, but it might be worth a try someday lol). In fact, he's still strapped in as I type this, sleeping great--in a deep sleep, not the little flitty eye dreamer sleep he does sometimes where he is 1/2 asleep but kinda not (you mom's know what I'm talking about!).

Anyway I'm proud of myself. I did it, sleep deprived and all--of course with His strength.

Gotta love His strength, especially when it's needed the most.

All things in Christ who gives me strength!