Week 1 Day 7

I woke up this morning feeling so tired and blah! I really wanted to take some midol and crawl back in bed but instead I decided to exercise. I knew from the day before I needed to do it before the kids got home from school.

So I did 30 minutes of Step Aerobics and then 30 minutes of dancing. I had a friend loan me several Just Dance games. I used the very first Just Dance today and really enjoyed it.
I am so sore today. But I suppose that means that the exercise is doing me some good.

I drank water all day and had some Pepsi this evening while winding down after women's group.

Week 1 Day 6 updated

Today has been a very slow day. You know you have those days at least once a month. I have done so well drinking water today but now I am sitting here awaiting my pepsi. I think I am going to wait and drink it with Hawaii 5-0 tonight.

For some odd reason I decided it was better to wait till later in the day to exercise, hoping I would feel better. Waiting until after I got the kids from school was a MISTAKE. Ugh, it was so aggravating trying to exercise with three kids fighting and running in circles around you. I did have a moment that I felt so supported by one of them. I was doing some step aerobics and Lilly was sitting behind me screaming "Go Mommy, Go Mommy..."
My body is hurting today so I must be making some kind of difference. I know all scales are different and my goal is not weight loss. But if I loose a few or 50 through all this I won't complain. Anyways, the Wii fit tells me that I have lost a pound since I was at the dr. last. Which was the 23rd, 7 days ago.

Thank you to all of you who have checked in on me and encouraged me to keep it up. Thank you to those that have sponsored me.

**** Okay so I didn't wait until Hawaii 5-0 to drink my Pepsi. I decided to enjoy it a little early because I am so tired I was afraid I would fall asleep. And let's be honest I have looked forward to this Pepsi all day. It tasted so good! I enjoyed every drop. It took me about an hour to finish it, I took my time.

Week 1 Day 5

Today started out with exercising followed by quickly getting me and three kids ready for church.

Church was really great this morning. Mike had a really great message to share. We had a meeting at 1:30 today so we grabbed some Pizza for lunch with some great friends. By habit I got a Pepsi to drink. I didn't even think about it till I already started putting it in my cup. I am allowed one non water beverage a day so this wasn't a issue. I had just planned on saving my beverage for later in the day. Oh well, the Pepsi with pizza was good.

I am doing so much better with drinking water. Those of you that know me well know that I love my Pepsi. So it's not easy to reduce to one a day but I am not feeling like I am being tortured or anything. It's a treat I look forward to everyday.

Week 1 Day 4

Today started out with a trip to Chillicothe and on the way home we stopped at the Dogwood Festival. The five of us shared a Lemonade Shake up. So I am guessing I drank maybe 4 oz. of lemonade. It tasted so good and I am glad we all shared it. Water is tasting better and better everyday, as long as it's ice cold.

We walked around the Dogwood Festival for probably 30 minutes. I know that it wasn't vigorous walking but I was moving and exercising. While we were out and about today I got a Broadway Musical Dance Wii game. We tried it out before I headed to the RVCC Ladies in house retreat.
While I was at the church a friend gave me The Black Eyed Peas Experience for the Wii. When I got home and I could get Silas pried away from Skylanders I tried it out. Oh dear, can't play that around the kids, it was fun though. After we danced to that we put in the Just Dance Disney and I danced with the kids. I had fun dancing with them.

At the RVCC Ladies in house retreat today a friend gave me a donation for the Tread on Trafficking. This donation puts me almost 1/2 way to my dollar amount goal.

Thank you all for the support, encouragement and sponsorship. I couldn't do this without the encouragement and support.

Week 1 Day 3

After I got the kids off to school I started my day out with an hour of Just Dance 2. I am realizing that I am not a good dancer at all but it sure is fun. It's also fun to have the girls, Isabella and Lilly, trying to dance along with me.

I realized sitting down to watch TV last night that I really craved having a Pepsi while I sat down to relax and watch my shows. So today I saved my 1 non water beverage for tonight's RVCC Ladies in house retreat. I enjoyed a little coke while we participated in a webinar.

Tonight I received a lot of encouragement about what I was doing. I feel so encouraged and supported.

Week 1 Day 2

I believe I am going to go to Book club tonight so tonight's post is going to be a tad early.

I woke up this morning to another donation on my page. What a wonderful surprise. It was from a great friend that I have made through Chrysalis. She is so bubbly, fun and full of love. The love of Jesus just shines through everything she does. I am so thankful for her.

Well I got a tad discouraged today when I got out my wii fit board and couldn't get it to work. Yes, I changed the batteries. Still nothing, it would blink but it wouldn't stay on. I am sure Eli will come home touch the button and presto it will be fine. So this morning I thought what in the heck am I going to do and then I remember that one of Eli's co-workers had sent home a Just Dance with him so I could try it out.

So this morning I danced a total of 60 minutes. I was so tired and my arms were hurting when I was done so I must have done some good right?? The plus to this is that it was fun too.

So far today I have already had my one non water beverage. This afternoon I was so cold and I could not get warmed up. So after layering on clothes, socks and a blanket I gave in and had a cup of coffee. I really didn't want to drink it, although it did taste good. But I couldn't figure out what else I could drink that would warm me up. And as I sit here and type this I remember my friend Anne telling me that if you drink warm water it will fill your belly and you won't be hungry. Hmmm, maybe I should have done that. Oh well, now I know for next time.

So in the past two day I believe I have drank more water than I have in the past three months. It's not that bad as long as it's super cold.

I feel good today. I feel encouraged. Now I should finish dinner and feed the kids so I can go to book club.

Week 1 Day 1

I drank more water today than I have in months. I am proud of myself. Today I used the wii fit to get some exercising in. I really enjoy doing the step aerobics on the wii fit. I also like to do the boxing. I will have to remember that when my arms are hurting and I am trying to figure out what I did.
I have 2 sponsors. Having someone sponsor me makes me feel so good. It makes me feel like someone believes I can do this.

I am going to try my best to blog an update every night. Thanks for reading and supporting me.

Help Me Shine a Light on Slavery

First of all, thank you for visiting my page. This is my first year participating in Tread on Trafficking. I am excited to help raise money for Love146 by getting myself moving.
My goals are not huge. I know that I need to get up and get moving and what a better motivation than to help to raise money for Love146 at the same time.

So my goals are simply to:

1. To get up and excercise for 1 hour everyday. Whether it be inside doing excersises with DVD's or the Wii fit or out walking, biking, swimming, ect... All I need to do is simply be active for 1 hour.

2. My second goal isn't an active goal but it's something that I know I need to do, drink more water. So I am commiting to only have one beverage a day that isn't water. So if I get up in the morning and immediatly drink a Pepsi that's it I am done for the day and the rest of the day will be water.

Like I said my goals are not huge. I would love to put a number of lbs I would like to loose but I am not going that route. It simply about getting active. I am going to be blogging everyday as accountability to those who may read it.

So please feel free to ask me how I am doing and encourage me. I need all the encouragement I can get. If you would like to join me in doing this I can create a team and we can work together.

If you would like to help support me as I am doing this you can donate here: Tread on Trafficking.


Thank you for your love and support as I try to raise some money and awareness for trafficking.