Ashley's Daily Report

Food (Total Calories = 1,573)

Breakfast = Grapefruit & Granola Bar (181)
Snack = Almonds (104)
Lunch = Spinach Salad (215)

Snack = Slice of Swiss Cheese (80)
Dinner = Turkey wrap, carrot soup, guacamole with chips (993)

Exercise (Total Calories = 642)

80 minutes of Cardio (398)

40 minutes of weights (244)

Water

44oz (hope to get down another 22oz before I go to sleep)

Summary, I ate way too much for dinner, but we are working on the weekend leftovers. I should correct that issue tomorrow.

Hope you had a good day and made it to the Y. Talk to you soon!

Made it to the Y...

I actually really did not want to go today, I had my morning walk, and I wanted to skip the gym. But I didn't, I went for the full hour and it was wonderful, I am very glad I did it!

I am sore. 

Whoot Whoot!!

#1) Made it to the Y at 9:58 for my class that started at 10!

#2) Aviana LOVED the babysitting place.  She apparently chased some little boy named Zander the ENTIRE time.  He walks....she crawls....I'm thinking though that if she's around enough babies who walk she'll figure it out more quickly.

#3) 60 minutes of zumba and boy was it fast!  The chick who taught today's class is Jamaican...phew

#4) MIKE CAME TOO!!!!!!!!  This is HUGE!!!!!!!  

Off to the local consignment shop for a quick purchase.  While I was looking for my desk that I didn't find, I DID find a hiking back pack for carrying Avi!  It's LLBean and those usually run at $150+ and it was just shoved in a corner for $28.  

Ashley's Daily Journal Report

Food (Total Calories = 1,010)
Breakfast = Oatmeal, blueberries, applesauce & banana (199)
Snack = Cheese (35)
Lunch = Two eggs with mushrooms and rainbow chard (285)
Dinner = Taco Salad, no chips, cheese or sour cream (491)

Exercise (Total Calories = 371)
45 minutes of cardio (300)
28 minutes of Wii Fit (71)

Summary, it felt great to get a good sweat going at the gym, my daily walking has been great, but with the cold weather it is more difficult to get a real sweat going. I hope to make it to the gym Monday-Friday and alternate cardio and weights. Overall, I feel great, I hope I can maintain the momentum! Oh, and I really need to be drinking more water....any ideas here on how to make that happen?

Fitness

I really went back and forth about joining the YMCA. I knew if I was going to do it, I had to do it by the end of January to get the 'no-joiner fee' discount, but I didn't know if I would be able to find the $50 bucks a months to cover the cost, as our budget is so tight right now!

In discussing it with John last night he mentioned that if I went 5 days a week, for 1 hour, that was 5 hours a week of 'free' babysitting, and breaking the YMCA cost down to a weekly cost, it is only around $13 so really, it is almost like 5 hours of babysitting for $13, and the access to the gym is an added bonus. THIS made sense to me! I love my kid, but oh to have an hour of me-time once a day, it sounds dreamy.

So at 9pm, on January 31st, I went to the YMCA on 202 and joined. Talk about waiting until the last minute! I figured I could squeeze it in-between her morning and afternoon nap, roughly from 11:30-12:30, and for today anyway, it worked like a charm. I tell you, dropping her off and walking down the hall to the wellness center (by myself) I almost ran and did a little heel kick in the air.

So far, it has been the best hour of my day! AND, to be honest with you, I don't think I would have joined if I hadn't read the Adult membership price on your blog, I didn't know I could qualify for an Adult membership and still enjoy the free babysitting. Thank you!