Wake Up call

Well, this past weekend I really had a wake-up call. Our girls had family fun night at school so we went to have fun playing Spongee polo. It was a ton of fun, but it really showed me how out of shape I am. I am not talking about the extra weight, but my lack of stamina. I was almost in tears when I got up Saturday morning because my knees hurt, my lower back was a little sore from bending over. I am not that old to feel like I cannot walk around normally all weekend because my knees were sore. I am determined, not just to lose weight, but my focus is getting into shape so I do not feel decades older than I am. I thought I had been doing well with aerobics once a week and then getting on my exercise bike a couple of times a week, but obviously that it not the solution. I am back to the drawing board........

Questions

As I think more about what I am eating and how I should be getting my rear moving, I seem to have more and more questions.

We do a lot of homemade food now and I guess I really don't know how many calories homemade recipes contain. I would love to find a good website or resource to calculate how many calories and servings are in a meal or at least a dish. Any ideas anyone?

I am working on my schedule and making more time to exercise. I think this will be easier once it is warmer outside so I can just take the kids with me. I have looked into the local fitness center and the schedule lacks a lot! The times they offer classes is when I am dropping kids off at school or picking them up. I think I am on my own with the exercise issue. I am going to talk to a mom at school about walking with me once the weather warms up some!

Kris' Introduction

I am going to follow Jen's lead:

My name: Kris

My mission: lose 40 pounds

The Plan: changing my lifestyle so I can be more active

How did it get this way?: After having the twins, life has been so busy with the four kids in my life and my DH that I do not take time for myself. I work from home, so my time seems to be split between taking care of everyone else's needs, cleaning the house, and working. When I do have a few minutes I just want to relax for a few minutes.


The Big Picture: I am going to try to refocus. I want to ask for more help from the other family members to help pick up the work load so I can have some time to regroup and some time to focus on my fitness.

Short term goals:
1. Drink more water during the day.
2. At least do my situps 5 times a week.
3. Keep going to the weekly aerobics class.
4. Try to get to bed at a decent time so I can get up early 3 times a week to get on my exercise bike.

Longer term goals:
My first longer term goal right now is to lose about 12 pounds by the first week of May 2010.