Being Active

Being active is great, but sometimes can be a hard switch. My idea of a great night is sitting on the couch, eating something, watching my favorite shows, and then going to bed. Making my lifestyle change to eating healthy and being active as a family has been difficult. Kale, the tall thin man I married, has no interest in working out or eating healthy, ha. I fly solo on a lot of things.

This is the second week of my bootcamp. I have kind of hit a wall and lost the motivation and energy, but somehow I always seem to make it there and I'm glad I do. Sometimes I can't believe I have the physical energy to do the intense workout in the 1 hour. I have never sweat more in my life, ever, and I hate to sweat. I am much less sore this week and feel better overall. I told myself I wouldn't weigh often, but I had to today, and sadly I have only lost 2 pounds, which is frustrating because I feel like I have been so strict at my calorie counting and working out. My trainer said that sometimes it takes week for the body to catch up though, and my body fat % is what really matters. I try to do something extra each week on top of the bootcamp. I usually swim laps Thursday morning, and then try to hike, bike, or jog.

This week we went hiking. It was a night hike. We didn't start until 920pm! It wasn't planned that way, it just happened. We did an intense bootcamp (lower body), then came home, had a quick dinner, and headed up for the trail. Kylie and her Fiance Preston came, and then Kale, Sophie, and I. Sophie had the best seat in the house, in the carrier!

So I knew waterfall canyon was a steep hike, but man it was harder than I remembered. I had the 25 extra pounds of Sophie, which didn't help, plus since we just worked out, I felt kinda Blah. I did ok: needed a hand on some of the steep rocky parts, but we made it. Luckily I had packed two flashlights, but the batteries on one were crappy. So Ky and Preston used two cellphones to see where they were going, the one working flashlight Kale had, and I just went on faith that I wouldn't trip. Near the end it was pitch black. I kept saying to everyone: let's go five more minutes then turn around, but I just can't stand to not complete things, and I had to make it to the top. We made it there (not that we could see anything). We sat for a few minutes to catch our breath, then headed down. Hiking downhill can be just as hard sometimes - it always feels like my toes are going to bust through the front of my shoes. Sophie throws off my balance, too. She was pretty fussy (she didn't want to get back in the carrier, she would rather play in the water). After a few minutes she was just laying on me with her blanket. I kept thinking she'd be asleep but then she'd talk or point at things. It is so fun to spend time with my family, I just love my baby! We made it down about 1040, stopped for drinks (since we hadn't packed any - we were ill prepared). It was so awesome to have made it!

Yesterday was quite an interesting day. Ky and I wanted to go biking on Legacy Parkway today. I woke up, got ready, loaded everything up and rushed to frontrunner. We were about 5 minutes too late though. I had made the effort to get us there so we just went to Ky's condo to wait for the next train leaving an hour later. We thought we left with enough time, but were unloading the bikes when Frontrunner pulled up - and left. Two trains missed! Oh my goodness. Bad luck. It was probably good because Sophie was getting ready for her nap so she was fussy! We went back to Ky's condo and got in our swimsuits so we could take a dip! We didn't have a swim diaper, so we just took our chances. Sophie spent spend most of her time on the steps or floating with me. The best part of this story is when I noticed she had a little bulge near her bum. Yep, she pooped in the pool with no swim diaper on! I was like.... OH.MY.GOSH. Ky and I about died laughing. With little resources and energy, I ended up just flinging it out in the trash and we kept swimming. Oh my goodness, the adventures of being a mom. After, Sophie napped for about two hours. When she woke up, her diaper was SOOO FULL it was leaking. Sadly, that was the last diaper I had, too! Ky had none, and I wasn't in my car so I had no backups. I had only brought two since we planned to bike in the morning. We took the brick of a diaper off while we tried to think of a plan, and within minutes, Sophie peed on ky's tile floor. We were dying laughing and had no idea what we were going to do! We improvised: I got a Kotex pad, a dishcloth, and a safety pin and we made a makeshift diaper and rushed to the store. I guess it worked well enough to get to the store, even though Sophs had already peed through it when we got there.

We finally got a diaper and made it on the train. Sophie must have just been having a hard day because the first mile or two she cried and whined. I felt bad, but I was determined to finish our bike ride after the hard work we'd taken to get there! Pretty soon she was quiet and seemed to enjoy it. I kept feeling her kick her feet up to relax and rest them on my back! Silly girl!

Our ride was 1 15 minutes and we went just over 12 miles. It was a hard ride, I had no energy but it was fun.

Summer is going by way too fast!! I have been working extra shifts so it seems like I just live there. I will be glad to have a more normal schedule this fall.