Stepping Out

So today I didn't treadmill, but I did walk to starbucks on the trails that weren't completely plowed pushing a bike trailer/stoller with two almost 20 lbs babies in it.  That might not sound like much of a workout, but I bet if you have been to Northern Alberta in the winter you would know what I am talking about.  It was hard work!

I don't have how many calories I burnt or how high my heart rate was.  Oh well.  I did choose to go through the snow pushing the stroller instead of going around, so that must count for something.  It was not easy at all, but I did cause I wasn't going on the treadmill.

On a side note something funny happened on the way home.  My third son, E, found a paintball on the trail. He picked it up and decided to keep it.  We crossed the bridge and E says to me, 'Mom, what do I do with this stuff?'.  I turn to look at him and he has orange paint running down his fingers.  So I tell him to rub his hands in the snow and to shake it off when he is done.  He follows the directions that I gave him and proceeds to cry because of how cold his hands have got.  So I go to him and try to put his mittens on but E insists that he does not want his mittens to get wet or to have the orange paint inside of them.  So E walked all the way home crying and insisting not to put his hands into his mittens.  We got home and E took his boots off and ran to the bathroom to wash his hands and be rid of the orange paint.  But then he didn't want to get his coat wet because he didn't dry his hands well.  Oh E, you make my heart melt with love for you!

Anyways that's all for today.  I leave you with a picture from our walk.

Starting Again

So I missed a week.  I had some very sick kids last week.  That made it very hard to do any tread milling.  It might seem like a poor excuse, but it is not easy to do anything when you have a clingy one year old who refuses to be put down.  He even fell asleep on me and that hasn't happened since about six months ago.

I tread milled today.  I went for one hour.  I really wanted to quit at around 20 mins.  But I really wanted to say I went an hour and also I didn't have a good reason not to go an hour, so I did it.  The treadmill said that I burnt 390 calories and that my heart rate topped out at 133 bpm.  Ok that's all for now.  Will be back tomorrow.  :)

Another Day

So I missed Wednesday cause of a migraine.  Took some Advil and felt much better.

Treadmilled tonight for 40 minutes while hubby worked out in the garage.  Burnt 275 cals and topped out at 130 beats.  I really hope that I can make this a true habit and lose it all.

So the name of this blog is actually two fold.  The last two years I have tried really hard to be transparent and live an honest life.  It has not always been easy, but I think that I have done a not to bad job.

Anyways, I just wanted this blog to be about both a weight loss journey and an unraveling of my heart.  We shall see how it will all go.  See you all tomorrow! ;)

The Second Day

Well I really didn't want to treadmill today but I thought I better since I might have people reading, haha!  I managed 42 minutes today and heart rate topped out at 136 beats.  The treadmill told me that I burnt 268 cals so that's something.

It's bitterly cold today where I live.  Negative 37 with a windchill of -47.  So the kid lets all stayed home from school today.  The boys along with the extra ones I watch played xBox for most of the morning.  But guys were still pretty hyper though, so I found some youtube videos of cardio workouts and made them do them to wear a little of the extra energy they still had.  It's a blast to watch them try and follow the fitness leaders.

Well the littlest guy is crying so I better go and get him.  I'll see you tomorrow.

Starting Somewhere

So I have been considering for sometime starting a blog.  I read on someone else's blog that people who blog are more likely to lose weight.  Well here's hoping that that is the case.

I need to lose weight.  I want desperately to be around when my kids are adults.  I want to live a long life with my husband.  So this blog is for accountability purposes.  But I am also hoping to record life also.  It can be hard some days with little people growing before my very eyes.

So today I walked on the treadmill for one hour at a speed of 3.5-3.7.  It says I used 375 calories and my heart rate topped out at 137.  I watched Contagion while walking.  I hope that this works.