Hello Friday

Hi :) I'm just a few days late!  What a crazy week!

I didn't lose any weight last week, so I decided to do something else for a change... add up all the inches I've lost!  So, over the last few months, I've lost a total of 7 inches.  Wow! 

P90X is going great!  I'm almost done with my 3rd week... getting close to 30 days... 1/3 done!  Speaking of,  I'm now going to go do the Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X DVD. 

Woot!

WIW

Hello, Wednesday and my readers, whoever you are...

My hubby is gone on training this week.  I'm half way through this week and I think I'm going to make it.  heh.  Tomorrow I'm going to lunch with my autism mommy friends (Seriously, thank God for them because they GET it) and then tomorrow night is Autism Parent Support Group that has childcare.  Doubley good day planned tomorrow. 

So, back to WIW... I lost 3.5 lbs last week and I'm officially in the 150's again... 159.5 to be exact.  That brings me to a total of 13.5 lbs lost.  I'm super proud of myself.  :)  Now that I hit that milestone, it's baby steps from here on out.  My 1st goal is 155, which is what I consider the max of my comfortable weight range.... if that makes sense.  When I'm really dedicated to eating well and exercising I have been anywhere from 147-155.  150 is my goal and anything beyond that is bonus.  My doctor says I should be closer to 135-140, but honestly don't think that can happen.  I haven't ever consider that a true goal of mine, but it's always in the back of my mind. 

yay.  :)

WIW

This week hasn't been much better.  It was decent, but then today sucked and I gave up.  I ate and I ate a lot.  My cravings are out of control, due to my monthly friend coming around.  I can hardly stand it.  I just cracked today.  It has been a month of solid, 100% commitment, so I'm not really beating myself up.  In fact, as soon as I felt satisfied, I said I was done with what I was doing and put that whole episode behind me.  Moving on...

I started P90X again and I'm feeling it.  Ouch.  Since I've started I've gained some bloat, but maybe that's my monthly friend again.  Who knows.  I'm up a pound.  That's fine.  I'm not really caring too much about the number because I'm feeling good and I'm losing inches.  That's what really matters!

School Stress & WIW

I feel like a bloated mess.  Stress will do that to you.

In the last two weeks I've talked to 2 different teachers regarding Cooper's classroom behavior/expectations.  He's missing 1-3 hours of class time a day because of it.  He's not only disrupting his education, but the education of the other kids.  I get where the teacher is coming from.  I hope she gets where we are coming from... where Cooper is coming from.  He's not your typical kid.  He's in a mainstreamed class, with a classroom aide and an L.D teacher supporting all of them.  He needs a lot of support. 

I'm just frustrated because I feel like besides supporting the school's efforts at home on rules they abide by, I can't change Cooper's behavior.  I can encourage it, but It's not like I sit down with my child and have a two way conversation about walking quietly in the hallway and sitting in his chair properly.  I get him to do things at home or behave a certain way, but that doesn't always carry over.

Did I mention I was frustrated?

So, WIW... I did lose .5 lbs last week.  That's about what I expected.  Stress... bleh.  Down 11.5... woot woot.  I want to stress eat really bad.  Reeeeaaalllly bad.  Some days it takes everything I have in me not to just eat a lot of junk.  It's mindless and easy.  I've changed though.  I'm conscious of it and I'm recognizing those feelings.  I'm processing that and chewing on gum instead.  That usually works. 

Alright... off to bed.  Goodnight!