dream car, more goals

so i set a goal yesterday to go to foxy's today and workout (the gym membership we pay $80 a month for and never use!) because i wanted to get my money's worth since i am paying for it anyway, but also to get back in shape and lose a few pounds. i am trying to get into the habit of daily exercise (other than chasing kids around) and eating healthier... i do the meal calendar so i'm not as tempted to eat junk (i buy ingredients for what i'll need to make that week so i know i have the fixins vs not having everything and resorting to snacking on cookies) and i have realized i need easy healthy stuff, like a turkey sandwich with lettuce tomato and cheese takes a few mins to make vs cooking anything.

well, i don't know what the deal has been with me, but ever since thanksgiving, i have been on a sweets binge. i finally ate most of the easily accessible sweets (all the stuff leftover from thanksgiving got left at our house!) and have been trying to steer the other direction (but sweets taste SOOOO GOOD!) sometimes i wish i didn't have the sense of taste. it would be so much easier to stay away from all the bad foods that taste good and eat tons of raw veggies and sugarless drinks cuz you can't taste them, and even better - you wouldn't have a desire to eat unless you were hungry cuz you wouldn't love food...it would mean nothing to you. i can remember the few times that i burned my tongue from something way too hot, and suddenly i couldn't taste anything and i was like i didn't have the desire to eat anymore! hmmmm.

anyhow, i was so proud of myself, i set a goal to go to Foxy's while kathryn was in school and Daniel could go in the nursery at Foxy's, and i just went. i knew when i got there i would just go do it, even if i didn't necessarily feel like it. i guess the reason i haven't gone in...3 months is because Daniel is so clingy to me, he cried the WHOLE 2 hours i worked out...so i felt bad for going back and putting the workers through that. but this time...he walked in, i cheered him toward the slide and, he was surrounded by all new things and forgot about me! yay!

i got there a bit late at 10 (nursery lets you leave kids for 2 hours at max and i like to utilize the whole 2 hours) and had to pick kathryn up at 12 but i figured some time was better than no time. i brought a sports bra to use, but somehow didn't think and just went straight to cardio without changing into it... yeah, i suffered through this time, but i will definitely know better next time! so i usually don't enjoy cardio unless it's through a sport (gymnastics, tennis, raquetball, trampoline) but i remembered to bring John's ipod so i'd at least have music to listen to (in the past i always forgot headphones and music devices so i got really bored and 10 mins seemed like forever!)

as i chose an eliptical i saw that on one of the TV's Michael Buble was on the View! i have really been wanting to listen to his music lately so i went ahead and listened to it until the song ended... then the question i wasn't sure of...what music to listen to while working out? most of the songs i would choose john doesn't have on his ipod, so i scroll through artists, and Linkin Park... yeah, i think i'll try them. Minutes to Midnight CD... well lets just say, that was the best workout i've had on an eliptical! their songs have fast parts, and for all the fast parts i went as fast as i could, and for most of the time i closed my eyes and imagined running through a wooded trail like up in seattle with my bro jaime... and when the slow parts came, i went slower, and it was perfect. i went for 40 mins! WOO HOO for me! i have only gone 20 mins max before. so then i did some crunches and sat in the steam room (i LOVE the steam) then the whirlpool, then relaxed for 15 mins laying on a lawn chair by the indoor pool. it was sooo nice. i was convinced i could do that at least 3 times a week. it works out perfectly with going while kathryn's in school. so new goal... go to Foxy's on Friday and maybe 3 times next week...but then break for kathryn's surgery.

And lastly, i am simply in love with the Acura TL 05-06 body style. Dunno why, it just looks so sleek and awesome. so maybe in a few years i could actually afford one...lol. they are about $16000 right now. not so out of reach. but we kinda need a van for baby #3 (in the future) and then we need a truck for john... and if we have 2 vehicles, why get a 3rd? we aren't that weathly! lol. so i guess i'll just admire them when i see them.