#Mamavation Monday

BIG congratulations to Julie Mansfield  @jamnsfld76 for being the Sista of the Week! This week's blogging carnival prize is Avon products from @gutimom.

Weekly Mamavation Goals - 

1.  #fruitnveggie challenge. Get 7-8 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. 
2. Water challenge. Strive to drink more water. Some moms are striving to drink half their body weight in water. For instance if you weigh 180, strive to drink 90 ounces of water per day.

My Goals -

• The long term goal 50lbs. by the end of the year.
• The short term goal 4 lbs. per month. 
• January - 4 pounds lost = goal met.
• February - 5 pounds lost = goal met.
• March - +1 gain = goal NOT met.
• April - 2 pounds lost = goal NOT met.
• May - 3 pounds lost = goal NOT met.
• June - 0 gain/loss = goal NOT met.
• July  - +1 gain = goal NOT met.
• August

My Work Outs - Working Hard. 
Monday - 45 min AM elliptical & weight training, 1 HR PM Boot Camp
Tuesday - 1HR AM Tae Bo, 1 HR PM Running Boot Camp
Wednesday - 1 HR PM Boot Camp
Thursday - 1 HR AM Tae Bo
Friday - 45 min AM Swimming laps, On my way to boot camp but the hwy was jammed again.
Saturday - 1 HR AM Running Boot Camp and 1 HR AM Zumba
Sunday - REST

Measurements -
Chest -.5"
Waist  +1.5"
Hips = same
Legs -.5
Arms +.5"

Scale Reading -
Step aboard my magical scale. Let me tell you what happened this week. I stepped on it and it showed a 1 pound loss. I tapped it over to the left because I didn't believe it! It gave me an 8 pound loss. WT? Back to the right I tapped it because there is NO way I lost 8 pounds. It gave me a four pound gain. Back to the left and there is a 3 pound loss. Even though I have no idea what the real number is none of them were close to last weeks number. There is a loss but I don't know how much. Blasted scale!!!!

**Update**
Thanks to jennydecki for fixing my scale problem. She left this comment - Can you put a hand weight on it and see if it's accurate? I did and it worked so now I will always have accuracy no matter how the leveling works out in my house. On that note I have a 4 lb. loss!!! NICE.

Stress Level -

Super high this week. We are still waiting on the funds from my hubs new job to kick in. That's all I want to say about that. You can use your imagination as to what it would be like not to have any sort of income for over a month with bills due. Just saying. - I didn't food journal this week at all. I didn't watch my water intake at all. I tend to lose my focus under high levels of stress. Also I have a highly agitated relationship with a family member. Most of the time we stay on our sides of the universe but every now and then a situation occurs and it's hard to keep a lid on my emotions. That's all I can say about that. So now that I have to hold everything inside and wait for all these storms to blow over you can imagine how much I would like to eat my way through a gallon of ice cream or bag of candy bars or something. I don't do it though. I just make sure I get a work out in so I have an outlet.


The UP side -

I'm all signed up for Saturday! Glad Keith and Liz will be there too. Nothing like exercising with friends.
"Friends Helping Friends 5K/10K-Kids K | Houston, Texas 77058 | Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 6:30 AM" ( http://bit.ly/c8hwxU ) I'm starting to get in 2 a day work outs on some days. I'm not trying to be an over achiever I just like to visit with my good friend Karen. She has knee problems so our work outs consist of walking, swimming or weight training. I don't get to see her often so we get to exercise and catch up at the same time. It's a win win.

I'm looking forward to reading how the rest of my "sistas" did this week.
And this is a little inspiration for all of this week!

I'm always hunting workout music which you will find in my DJ Booth at Blip.fm. You can search the #mamavation hashtag or #workouttunes to see my lists. If you have any music suggestions leave them in the comment section!

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