Simply Dawn

Dumbell

So this morning, I was giving my dear son a ride to school.  We were chatting about exercise…I am trying to drop a few pounds.

Anyhow, he and I had shoveled the driveway and sidewalk and I said that it should count as my exercise for the day.  To which he replied that snow shoveling is not exercise for Minnesotans, it’s just what we do.  I retorted that it indeed does count as exercise for housewives, to which he could pose no argument.

He then said that he wanted to get a gym membership.  I said, “Why spend all that money to get exercise when you are young and can get it so easily just by riding your bike or walking wherever you go.  Besides, you have a weight bench too.  You really don’t need a gym membership.”

“Yah, but I need some dumbells.  I wonder how much those cost…” he said.

“I don’t think they cost much, you could probably pick up a set on craigslist or from the second-hand fitness shop for a reasonable price.  You could use the money that you would spend on a gym membership and have yourself a nice setup,” I replied.

“I suppose, but I want to get rid of the plastic covered cement ones that don’t match my set.”

“Well, I have a set of dumbells at home,” I said.  “Eight of them.”

“You do?  I have never seen them.  What sizes are they?”

“They are all different sizes, different shapes too.”

“Really…hmmm, well, they have to be a certain kind so you can use them for push ups…you know so you can grip them…”

“Well, I don’t think I would use them for that.  It might hurt them.  They don’t take too kindly to getting gripped.  Not to mention that putting all my weight on them might damage them.”

“Really…what!…Wait!  What?!”

Then he slugged me and said, “You should put this on Facebook.”

So I did one better and put it out here for all my lovely friends to enjoy.

Lovies!

What This Momma Has Been Up To

Hey all, just a little update today!  Hope all is well in your neck of the woods -- we're supposed to get up to 60 degrees today and the sun is shining.  Yep!  It looks to be a great day!

• You will be seeing some changes around here soon.  Remember that I started the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog challenge at the beginning of the month?  Well, I am hopelessly behind -- and that is actually okay.  The big deal with this is that I am going to be changing the look of the blog and trying to be more consistent.  Plus!  I got accepted by BlogHer Ad Network for advertising, and will be adding that content!  I am excited about this because it is an opportunity for the blog to potentially pay for itself!
• I will probably be bagging the Memory Verse Monday and putting a link to the Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest site, somewhere on my main page.  I tend to get more from that and if there is something we are memorizing I can still share it.
• Back at the end of February, I began to address my weight and then at the beginning of the month, I went back to the beginning of that process.  I was 215 pounds...did you notice the was????  Well, this morning the scale glorious showed that I am now 211 pounds!  Happy day!  I am so thankful this is starting to work!
• I got to go shopping with a friend on Friday and we bought some cute things for me...instead of the normal t-shirts, I got a few dress shirts, a couple of sweaters that were 90% off, and some cute flip flops.  I haven't done anything like this in a long time, and it was nice to have a second opinion so I could begin breaking out of my frumpy shell.
• I am still mulling over the notes from the Loving Well ladies retreat that our church had.  I am glad I was able to post Sarah's poem, You Are the One.  Next I would like to share what I learned.
• Last, I am getting ready for a garage sale, that will hopefully provide some Ikea and Container Store (yep, I read your post April) money.

That's about it!  I am off to do some homeschool work with the kidlets and then hopefully a walk!  Hope that you have a blessed day!

Lovies, DJ

Back to the Beginning

Well, I haven't updated on this because I am ashamed that my weight had actually increased!  You'll remember in my Beginning post on Weight Loss, I was a whopping 215!  Well, for some reason (maybe a Jo-Jo fetish) I put on an extra 5 pounds, and nothing seemed to be getting me back down.  So, last week I started George up again and did it faithfully for 5 nights, and I cut out the extra sweets, and midnight snack (more like 3am) that I had gotten so used to.  Plus, it was the second week that the kids were back in school, so that added to the movement.  I am now, back to 215!  Hurray!  Never thought I would say that, but at least it is heading in the right direction.

I haven't picked a nutrition plan to stick with other than, trying to cut out a lot of the extra carbs and eat more fruits and veggies.  Plus trying to stick with the only calories from a beverage being my afternoon latte.  I will keep you posted.

Lovies,DJ

Excercise Update

OK, I am down a pound!  Not much but I will take what I can get.

Today, the only excercise will be housecleaning and errands.  I did pass up the extra piece of pizza at lunch and didn't opt for a sugary snack for breakfast, but ate some cheese and had a couple pieces of toast (buttered and honeyed, thank you very much!)  My snack today is my latte, made with 1/2 cup 2% milk, 2 tsp sugar and french vanilla senseo, and a handfull of peanut butter filled crackers from Trader Joe's.  It will be interesting to see if one can loose weight while nursing...the only one it worked with was Joe...I think...that was years ago.

Yesterday I did situps, leg lifts and wall push ups (someday I want to be able to do girl pushups and then guy pushups, and maybe even try a one handed one...good to set the bar high)

Monday was 20 minutes of walking it off with George Foreman.

OK, enough rambling gotta get!

Lovies,DJ

Beginning

OK, so I made a commitment to myself to lose weight after this last pregnancy.  I have been carrying around extra poundage for years and haven't been able to get down to a healthy weight for my height.

So, with that in mind I began setting some goals:

- I want to be running by fall.  I mean like a three mile run.  I used to run from my apartment in high school to this place...OH I can't remember the name, but there was a climbing rock called Spire rock there...anyway I would run the track about 5 times and then head back home.

-  I want to be able to ride my bike...I can ride it now, but not very far and the seat...not very comfortable when you are chubby.

-  I want to be able to get down and play with the kids on the floor without my feet falling asleep...yeah, I know wierd!

-  I want to be able to fit into smaller clothes and feel good (who doesn't)

With those goals in mind, I bought...gasp...an evil scale!  I weighed in this morning at...okay, I am going to post this...you can do it Dawn...c'mon, just press the keys...ok, here goes...215!  My goal weight is 140-150...how's that for vague...that in mind, I have to lose 65-75 pounds.

OK, that's all for now, I will try to keep up to date...I plan to try to post my weight and pros and cons of this whole getting fit thing for you.

Lovies,DJ