Well, I hurt my back and was in bed for two days. I was pretty miffed because the only thing I did to hurt my back was bend over and pick up a freaking pillow! Argh. Oh well. I didn't post for a while because I was a little depressed about hurting myself and not getting to workout. I'm am feeling much, much better now though. I've slowly been getting back into exercising. Mostly I've been doing snow shovelling for exercise. I looked like an idiot out there today snovelling WHILE it was snowing. I wanted the exercise! I can't really exercise in the house right now because it is crazy. We are waiting to get new carpet put in and with the Christmas tornado that just hit - things are a mess. So, show shovelling it is. Starting Tuesday, weather willing, I will be going back to the pool in the mornings. I love swimming. It's almost like meditative exercise for me!

Well, the baby was fussy last night, both of the older kids got up in the middle of the night, and the dumb dog is just darn lucky to be alive this morning, so I did not get up early! I did do aerobics after my oldest daughter went to school before I had to get the others ready for school. Today was a really rough day. The kids were just awful. I don't know what's up with them, but they were ALL having a bad day. Ugh. When they went to bed, I just wanted to veg out in front of the TV and eat chocolate. Luckily, I didn't have any chocolate in the house! It took every ounce of willpower I had to get my rather large butt up off the couch and do my Thighs of Steel video, but I did it! Yea, for me. Now, I am off to bed. If that darn dog opens his mouth tonight....well, I just have one word - DOGBURGERS! LOL.

Whew! I just finished Step Interval with Sharon Mann. I got a good workout. I think I want an aerobic step for Christmas. So far things are going well. My kids had a major meltdown today. Ugh! I wanted to SCREAM at them, but I refrained. Their dad is in California on a business trip, and they miss him. Not an excuse for the meltdown, but I understand it a little better. It's amazing how many of those boxes of organic greens I go through in a week! My oldest daughter loves to eat them with me, so that's pretty cool. I need to find some new yummy dressings. I love Seeds of Change French Tomato, but I'm ready for a switch. I finished off that bottle today. I have a sweet one that okay when I have a spinach and fruit salad, but I really prefer the savory dressings. I'm going to try and get to bed early tonight, so I can get up early in the morning. I really enjoy working out in the mornings, but I REALLY like sleeping! It takes a lot to get into the habit of getting up early to workout. I'm planning on driving down the street to swim in the mornings when my husband gets back from California. Will power baby! I can do it!

Well, I have lost eight pounds so far! Yea. It feels good, but honestly I have so much to lose that it's hard to get excited. I shoveled snow today, starting learning belly dancing moves with my daughters from the DVD I bought, walked home from a friend's house, and did the Thighs of Steel video. I'm beat. My husband did the video with me. I ate pretty healthy. All in all - a good day, and now I'm off to bed!

Well, I forgot that today was CiCi's day! Once a month, my son's preschool has a fundraiser night at CiCi's Pizza. They really look forward to it all month long, so I couldn't really say no. I did GREAT though - I'm very happy. I ate mainly salad - a huge salad of romaine lettuce, carrots, pepperoncini, cucumbers, mushrooms, peas, a few croutons for crunch, and low-fat Italian dressing. All in all CiCi's night wasn't the healthiest dinner, but it was WAY healthier than when I've eaten there in the past. I got 63 minutes of exercise in, too, which feels really good. Tomorrow is weigh-in day. Ugh. Oh well, I might as well take body measurements, too.