My apologies for taking a nearly three week sabbatical. My house is still a wreck from the signs of an over worked mama and her hard working, super tired husband and wild baby. We had a wedding this past weekend uniting two of our dear friends and hosted lovely visitors as well. I also had a fuller work week than usual.
What has mom life been like for me these past (almost) three weeks... We moved Killian to his crib! We started off attempting to sleep training using CIO but ended up being more gentle and he still has been doing well. Killian has also been chomping on some banana at dinner time the past few days and Jake is skeptical that the sugar is keeping him from getting to sleep at his usual 9:30 bed time. He has been waking up around 11:45, 2AM which is unusual and relentlessly crying until I nurse him. Aside from being horribly exhausted, I can tell it is what he needs right now and it won't be like this forever. My positive mindset in difficult times like those is to treasure the snuggles because one day I will miss them. Jake and I have been toying with the idea of getting a sitter some day soon. We have welcomed a bit of advice from friends encouraging us to step out alone for a quick treat to test the waters. Hopefully I can muster the courage soon because this mama needs a break and this couple needs a date! My fitness / health journey continues with this fun 15 day challenge by Mommy Trainer:
http://www.idealfit.com/mommy-trainer.list
The challenge truly pushed me to my potential and beyond. I am trying to follow her meal plan as well but as I find it a little repetitive and sometimes bland, I've mixed it up just a tad. I also had a bunch of milk (meaning from cows) in week one which i used in place of almond milk. I do feel good and I sweat like an absolute pig every day! I love the variety and quickness of her workouts and the challenge, although sometimes discourages me because knowing you're not that strong can be humbling, has been beneficial for me. Sunday I weighed in at 168.4. I am slowly going down, and getting stronger as I had hoped.
Baby is awake from his nap and it is time for me to run to my afternoon nanny job! Until next time...
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Rebecca Hamilton
11/2/2016 04:44:53 pm
Have you heard of Dave Ramsey's program? Joe and I use it for budgeting, finances, getting out of debt,etc. and it has been AWESOME. I would highly recommend his Financial Peace University and his budgeting app Everydollar.
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Carli Albrecht
2/17/2017 03:17:20 pm
You might check out my cousin's (Adam Masternick) Band It Body workout program (http://www.banditbody.com). It's simple, easy (as in, all the equipment you need is a DVD player and a Band It band), and a good workout, among other things.
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