Craziness insued in my household over the last week and I've been trying to get back on track. Not food wise.. well, a little foodwise... but mostly just busy and crap going on. Mostly of the kidlet variety. My youngest is up all night and my oldest is a pain during the day. I keep catching him lying. He BLATANTLY lied yesterday and I told him ONE MORE TIME and he was eating SOAP. No joke. I'm going to old school make him hold a bar of soap in his mouth. I'm not even going to scream or fuss. Just get the soap. Apparently none of the other punishments have worked like time out, losing toys, etc., so something is gonna give. Momma means business! LOL
Anyways, we had date night Saturday so I did my weigh-in on Sat. morning which was 194.5. It actually said 194.0 but I always take the highest now. Just makes more sense. I am going to switch my weigh-ins to Sat., I think. I'm not sure... But since date night is always on Sat. now, it just makes more sense to do it then. Or maybe I'll do it on Sunday the majority of the time and only do the Saturday when we have date night... I guess that's the best idea! Anyways, even with my period, that is a 0.5lb. loss. I'll take it! That means 2lbs. down since I started. :D I know for some that's not much, but everyone needs to know I am doing this WAY slow. I am in NO hurry. That's why no hardcore working out or really strict cals. I need something I can stick with long term and hardcore isn't it for me. Although, I will admit I WAS excited to see 193.5 on the scale this AM! I think the bloat is flushing out! :D I did feel like I spent a large amount of time on the potty yesterday... LOL
I am still not working out. I tried to talk myself into doing it the last couple of nights but I am just SO tired I want to finish up stuff and go to bed. I know I keep giving the excuse of my youngest isn't sleeping, but he really isn't. He's up anywhere between 1 and 3 times a night. Even if I go to bed as early as I can which would be around 9 or 10, I am still up so many times I don't feel rested. Not to mention, I lay in there and flop around because I've not had any quiet time to wind down. So, then I get frustrated on top of the other stuff. AARGH. But I am trying to find times that will work. Like, right now. I am thinking that after I eat, I'll do Pilates. Youngest is eating and chilling while I type this, so I think that I could workout now. If not now, then in a bit when he has his snack I could. He's in his high chair during snack and the dogs go outside so I have the floor to myself! :D
Although I haven't been doing formal exercise, I have been staying busy with one thing or another. I just wish we could get this house done. I am purging as fast as I can, but being so tired it sometimes takes a bit for me to make decisions that use to take seconds. Even in typing I notice that I am having to correct more errors and it's just a PAIN! I am having a lot of protein at breakfast today and then lots of water and a multi to try to combat my exhaustion. Then later I may try to take a little nap. If I have to start taking naps and let a few things go, so be it. I need some rest. And I have a sneaking idea that if I did nap, it would give me a boost to finish things rather than be so tired that I can't function late in the afternoon. Which is what happens... I do fine in the AM (especially after I eat and have some coffee) but I poop out in the afternoon. Then I'm not much good at all. Then after dinner, I get a small second wind, do a few things and then I'm so tired I can hardly move. :( But my point is I am staying busy trying to organize and whatnot. I started working downstairs yesterday. The upstairs is pretty purged... just needs to be organized. That's only taking a while in one room... oldest. We finally found a bedroom set so now we just need to buy it and get his room straight. It's driving me bonkers. Same with the downstairs. We just need to get the couch and a few other items out and we'd be good. Slowly but surely, I guess. We already found the furniture for the living room... another La-Z Boy if you can believe it. I think we may be spoiled. LOL Once you own a LZB, it's hard to go to another kind of couch. And seeing as how their prices have come down some in the last few years, well, they aren't that much more expensive than anywhere else. But the quality is amazing. I just refuse to buy anything right now until we get rid of a lot of this other junk. I am hoping we can sell our stuff and give away some stuff to finance the new stuff.
Well, I guess that is all for now. I need to get off of here and get some things done. Mostly my kitchen and some designs. I need to figure out a layout for oldest's room to make sure the new furniture will work and give him plenty of space. Busy busy busy. LOL Hope you ladies are doing well... will try to do some reading tonight!
Good luck with everything! Seems like you have a lot on your plate but you need to make sure to make time for yourself and your health!
ReplyDeleteWhats your boy lieing about? There are lots of parental studies out there on lies and what parenting techniques are helpful, sometimes punishment is the best.
ReplyDeleteI focused my youngest tendancy for lies into telling fun stories. Lets just say that facts should never get in the way of a fun story, as long as you and they realize they are embellishing and you have fun with it, the truth can come out later. Or even during, as in "that is what really happened but it would be sooo much cooler if samurais had shredded my work, and then kidnapped me and taken me to china and I had fought my way back"
The studies actually said that sometimes punishment just makes them a better liar. My parents used guilt trips, and then would not ask the question if they knew the answer. Jedi Mind tricks for toddlers and early school years.
To this day I have a very strict sense of honesty that if asked a direct question I will give the correct answer, but otherwise will hold my tongue.
Good Luck with the Boy!
Hey nice to read your blog again, I have been super busy as well. It seems like we might be on the same track though, I'm trying to purge a lot of stuff over this way too and get rid of the clutter. Good luck this week!
ReplyDeleteMissCatty -- It's mostly about hitting his brother or doing things he shouldn't like... chopping off a big chunk of his hair!!!! What I did today was I directly asked him and when he told me the truth, I said, OK, since you told me what happened, there's no reason to punish you so go play. He smiled great big, said thank you, and went on. So, I'm hoping that by NOT punishing him and whatnot, that he will learn the value of telling the truth. I told him I wasn't happy about the cutting, but at least he was honest. I want to parent like my parents... I tend to be too honest at times, though! LMAO
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you are so tired and sleep deprived! Aside from major health issues, in my mind there are few things worse than being exhausted. And then you get to that point where you can't sleep and it's even worse, a vicious cycle! I say nap when you can and hopefully your little one will get his sleep cycle fixed and then you can get a decent night of rest!!!
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