Emotional eaters...I think I am your leader

When the phone rings at a little before 8:00am I usually know it is someone wanting to know about class or bad news. Today was no different. My home phone rang (by the way some days I forget that I have a home phone) around 8:00am and the news broke my heart. The news isn't important but what I did after I got off of the phone is a direct reflection of my eating style. I got off of the phone and immediately went to the cookie jar. Nice fresh homemade chocalate chip cookies and they were all mine. So on my funky days I just eat to make myself feel better not good, but if you do the same thing...obviously you aren't alone.

Breakfast:
2 cookies
Lunch: Turkey wrap some fritos and a diet coke
Snack: cheerios with a peach
Dinner: Turkey wrap and blueberries
1 miller lite.

Exercise:
strollerfit and restore the core

Brian fell asleep with Jake so I will blog on him tomorrow.

Have a great nite.

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At least I ran this weekend....

Well, I was going to plead the fifth and not tell you what I ate this weekend but that wouldn't be fair. But here it is:

Saturday: I ran Hyde Park Blast in the heat and humidity and was soaked by the time I was done. I took a iced tea lemonade from a very kind man handing out samples at the end of the race, I thought it was diet, it wasn't and it cost me 210 calories. (Lesson learned 210 calories is a ton for a drink). Lunch half of a grilled cheese and a peach. Dinner mexican meatballs. They were excellent it was all of the fixings for a taco in a meatball. Also, some fruit and some chips. No pop today...yipeee!!!!! Then we went to West Fest and I had some (ok more than some beer) I can't tell you how much because my glass kept getting filled, but it was a good deal of beer. By the way for those of you who know me well, I did NOT stop at White Castle on the way home even though little hamburgers sounded like a really great idea.

Brian had the same dinner as I had. He also at a tuna fish sandwich (MB you would be proud he had protein) a coke, and some pretzels.


Sunday:
I had to run my hangover off so I agreed to meet the boss and run downtown. Neither of us were motivated so it was a good idea for us to run together b/c we pushed each other to do it. We were running the middle of a triathlon (well, duathlon b/c the swim was cancelled due to the ecoli being too high in the river...who want to swim in the river that is really gross). Anyway, I was once again stunned by the different body types participating in the race. It was great people watching too.

No breakfast I can't eat before I run. So brunch was scrambled eggs.
Black bean and corn salsa with chips for lunch and a snack
Fajita chicken and bean salad with salsa for dinner.
No beer and no pop.

Brian:
French toast for Brian (1 piece)
Lunch cheese and crackers
Dinner: Garlic chicken breast on a salad with ranch and a few croutons.
No pop today.

All in all not a terrible weekend.

We have been getting comments all of the time about the blog. Feel free to comment here or put your food log on here.

Until tomorrow...

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If it weren't for the evenings...

Ok...I will admit that I do great all day long and then when my day comes to a lull about 8:00pm or so I go nuts. Today is no different.

Eating:

Breakfast: Oatmeal and strawberries
Lunch: Turkey wrap with 2 cheetos from Jake and a water
Snack: Cheerios with a peach
Here comes the crap:
3 miller lites
3 pieces of pizza (thin crust)
doritos and chips




Exercise: Class today and swimming with my kids all day.

Brian:

He doesn't do meals so here it is:
5 pretzel rods
1 soda pop
crackers (5)
chocolate milk
5 glasses of water
1 slice of pizza
doritos and chips
Exercise: swimming with my kids tonite.

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No rain in days, but today when I decide to run....

ok..dont' we have enough obstacles in life. Went to the optional cardio get together that we have on Thursday mornings...where were you my friends? Did 3.6 miles of power walking/jogging kids in tow in the stroller. Decided that it would be an excellent night to run to my husband's softball game and since that generally means beer and some coneys it was an easy decision. I drive to where I decided to start running from with the end point being the ball field, 4.5 easy miles. I saw it getting dark but I could out run it, right! Ha ha ha. I was completely poured on but I was half way there not knowing to go back or not. Then it really started raining really really hard and that is when I decided to stop at the church and wait for someone to come get me. So run time wasted and no beer or cheesy fries at the ballpark. I do want to thank the number of Our Lady of Visitation folks who stopped on the street and offered to give me a ride...that was very very kind.

Katie's Day:

Exercise listed above

Breakfast: oatmeal and strawberries water
Lunch: two peaches and a diet coke
water
Snacking: 3 pretzel rods, 2 doritos
Dinner: a coney and skyline crackers with a diet coke
Ok so not a great day.


Brian's Log:
No exercise except running from the softball field in a terrential downpour.

Breakfast: nothing
Snacking: 2 cans of mt. dew and 1 can of coke
Lunch: 1.5 oz of cheese its and a banana
Dinner: 1 coney
Snacking again: 4 pretzel rods, 2 slices of cheese and crackers

If Rachel is reading this she is laughing out loud about the pop thing.

Until tomorrow...


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Day One

Breakfast real oatmeal (whole oats, not instant) with blueberries. water

Lunch blueberries and a peach with peanut butter on a half of a banana. water

Snack: cheerios with a peach. iced tea

Dinner: 2 pieces of mushroom pizza. diet coke

1 miller lite

Exercise: StrollerFit and restore the core class.

Brian is going to update tomorrow. He didn't want to reveal today.

Have a great evening.

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The big day tomorrow

Well I must admit that I ate pretty crappy today so that when I start blogging tomorrow it will hopefully be a tad bit better. Here is the newest addition to the contest, my husband is going to blog about his eating and exercise habits also for the next 6 weeks. If anyone in our family is reading this, they are already betting he is going to try to give up soda pop AGAIN. Anyway, we will see how day one goes. At least I am in the company of my fellow StrollerFit gals on this one.

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Not much for this, but here it is.

Some of the StrollerFit gals are participating in a summer challenge. I will post my challenge here. I will let everyone know my food journal, my exercise and my snacking habits. I will not reveal weight (I don't have a scale) but I will let you know if my skinny minny pants fit by August 1. So check back tomorrow for the first day of journaling. This should be fun, at least for all of you.

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Old Blogs but worth the read...

These are blogs from the hip to be mom website.

May 13, 2008 I just finished reading Fitness Magazine's article about Elizabeth Hasslebeck and how she got her pre-baby body back after only SEVEN weeks. It went on to explain she has a coach, a nutritionist a psychologist...you name it she had it. Is that really fair? In the land of Hollywood it is, but she really doesn't deserve to be on the cover of a magazine and claim that she lost all of her weight without dieting. I have and never will understand why fitness and health magazines can't celebrate the everyday mom. The mom who if she wants to train for a marathon or race pushes her kid(s) in a single, double or even triple jogger. The mom who if she wants to train for duathlon or triathalon puts her kids in the bike trailer and tows them along for her 20 plus mile ride, all of the time promising treats if her kids will just be good for another mile. Or how about the mom who gets up at 4:00am so that she can hit the pool or run because that is the only time that she has. I could go on and on. I am the ordinary everyday mom. I just got back from riding my bike with my kids in the trailer, promising my three year old the entire way that I would get him an icecream when we were done. I also am the mom that runs with my double jogger to train for races sometimes with both kids screaming. Why? The answer is simple, I am an athlete, I am a mom and I believe that you can be both with a little drive and determination. I am setting great examples for my kids. My three year old just ran a 1.2 mile race in 17 minutes and loved every minute of it. He loves to be in the bike trailer and tells me to pick up the pace. Today he asked me where the gas went in to the bike, I explained that my legs were the gas and then he asked about the engine, I explained that it was my heart. He asked a hundred questions in the course of my ride all of them being answered to the best of my ability. My running and riding time with my kids provides a time for conversation with my three year old and me, time I won't get back, time uninterrupted by tv or pleas to go outside and ride his bike or fish. It is time that I cherish. Until next time, happy mothering.


May 18, 2008 Believing in yourself is 99% of the battle. Today I watched many athletes participate in a triathlon, duathlon and 5k run walk. Many of the tri and du'ers were newbies...very nervous about everything from where to rack their bike to how cold was the pool (54 degrees to be exact..better wear a wetsuit). I watched people who if I saw them out in public, I would never guess them to be any type of athlete. However, they got to the start line and once you are there you can't turn back or at least you shouldn't . I watched a friend achieve a personal best...which she should be able to do all of the time but she didn't believe in herself until today. Believing is achieving and my hope is that everyone believes enough in themselves to get to some type of start line. It doesn't have to be a race or anything athletic...just start something you believe in and achieve it. By the way, my three year old believed he could do a 5k and well you guessed it he did in 54 minutes. Believe Achieve Repeat.

The Aquarium

My kids spent the night with my parents this weekend and we ended up with an aquarium. I am not sure what happened to plain old goldfish in a bowl, but that seems to be something of the past. So we have a 10 gallon aquarium with of course a pirate boat, five dogs and some pond fish...I think we are full now...we may even have a small zoo working. Anyway, just a reminded to those of you out there...Hyde Park Blast a 4 mile run to benefit cancer research is next Saturday...their shirts always say "cancer sucks" which is so very true and a great message. Also, the Sayler Park village run on July 12th in Sayler Park. I will keep you all posted on more races. Finally, I am moving the posts from the hip to be mom site to this site so there will be some old posts up today.

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Wedding is done time for summer training

Well the wedding was a huge success. They married couple really had a gorgeous wedding and the best part it was only 20 minutes long which was really nice. Anyway, now that the wedding is over the entire family has no excuse not to exercise. So starting Sunday it is back on track. I proposed this evening at dinner that we eat out only 1 time per month and make a vow to exercise together at least twice per week. StrollerFit gals who are following this have their biggest loser program started too. So with the exception of another week long vacation coming up in July we should be back on track.

Well it is wedding day for my brother in law and these are the days that stress me out. My two little guys have to be on their best behaviour and they didn't do so well last night at the rehersal dinner. So hopefully with LONG naps and a little ( ok who are we kidding) a lot of bribery they will be ok. These are also the days that I really need a nanny. My husband is in the wedding and has been gone for a couple of hours by now and I have to get the kids ready on my own. So baths for everyone and nothing sticky or red to eat or drink until tomorrow. Hopefully, I will make it to the wedding in my newly washed black dress and not have spit up on me but who are we kidding. Just throw up a prayer that my hair behaves...I had plans for an appt but didn't want to make the kids sit while I had my hair done so my great hair styling will have to work. Baths call...blog at you later.

The best intentions....

Well, I decided that today I would wake up do laundry and then finally get back into the swing of things working out on off StrollerFit days. When I was on vacation I worked out religiously, but that hasn't been so in the days I have been back. Laundry was being done and I couldn't leave...I was on a roll...that is until I realized that the the dress I am wearing to my bro-in-law's wedding this week had made it into the laundry pile after the great closet organizer collapse while we were on vacation. I could have really died. Looked at the tag, dry clean only. It seems to have weathered the storm, but needless to say laundry stopped. On to the pool, because well it is the summer and my oldest loves to swim. I am so glad that we did that since he has decided to try swimming without any floatation device. It was a great day to try too since we were the ONLY ones at the pool. The rest of the day was restore the core class, haircuts and returning business emails...so no cardio today, just core. At least something was done. Hopefully will get back into the swing of things tomorrow. If only there were 30 hours in a day.

Welcome to my blog

I started blogging awhile ago on my website but thought that I could hopefully help more people by blogging here. My name is Katie. I own a StrollerFit franchise. What is StrollerFit? It is an exercise with your baby concept that helps mom gets back into pre-pregnancy shape. There is also a class format called restore the core which helps moms get rid of the pesky low belly sag. Anyway, StrollerFit has been a godsend for me and a number of my friends. Some of my friends have lost over 100 lbs with the class. Others are finding that they are making friendships that are going to last a lifetime. Others are achieving goals that they never thought possible. StrollerFit is and has been more than a fitness class for so many moms. I am hoping that my blog can help other moms with fitness and motherhood and how the two can co-exist. Blog at you later.