Weekend recap and more

As the weekend comes to and end I can't help but think this was a perfect weekend - slightly lazy, but still accomplished a few things.

Friday I was thinking a lot about my new love of healthy living. I really want to focus more on enjoying life and still being healthy. I don't want to feel like I have to turn down fun events because I don't know if I can control myself. I also want to live in the moment and enjoy life while losing weight. I tend to turn down fun ideas from the husband all of the time because they may involve eating or drinking. I was trying to come up with something fun to do at home on Friday that he would really enjoy. I know that he loves sitting by the campfire and I usually turn him down because either I don't want to drink a ton by the fire, or I think it's to cold.

Oddly enough before I even asked him to enjoy the fire with me, he asked if I wanted to have a fire. I was excited. I had already decided that I would just wear my winter coat to the fire to stay toasty. (I don't know why I have never thought to do this before. I always just wear a hoodie and then complain that it's cold.) I also wanted to enjoy one drink at the fire. I was thinking about my wine, but then realized it's in the fridge and will be cold. I wanted to make a nice warm drink so I looked through what we had. The only alcohol we had in the house was wine, beer and peppermint schnapps from last Christmas. I decided I would make a hot chocolate and add the peppermint schnapps. It was pretty tasty and I had enough calories to cover it and enjoy guilt free.

spiked hot cocoa in a cozy mug

We sat out by the fire and talked for awhile. I sipped my hot chocolate and stayed bundled up in my sweatshirt and winter coat, while the hubs stayed warm in a hoodie. It was nice and I truly enjoyed that. We also planned some fun for Saturday.

What a blazin fire we had!

Saturday morning we woke up early, well little lady woke us up at her usual 6:45. We all got ready for the day and left the house around 7:50 to get my car back to shape. The hubby checked the tire when he got home from work and said that I ruined the actual rim/wheel of the tire and that can be costly. I was feeling really bad about it, but he was super sweet about it and went down to Discount Tire with me in the morning.  I have a temporary wheel on until they can call for parts on Monday and let me know.

ugly tire, but drives nice

After what felt like forever we were on for the fun portion of the day. We went thrifting!  I love that we both really enjoying thrifting and can enjoy that time together. I found so many fun clothes. I only had 2 sweaters/long sleeve shirts in my closet. I always felt to fat to wear sweaters so my whole wardrobe consisted of jeans, t shirts and cardigans. In the winter I would just wear a cardigan over my summer outfits. I felt like it hid my muffin top much better than a sweater. Lately I have been wanting to wear actual sweaters and long sleeve shirts. We went to 3 thrift stores and I bought 6 shirts, one hoodie and one pair of jeans. I am so excited. Each shirt and the hoodie were about $3 each, so $21 on tops  and the jeans were $7 but they are seven for all mankind. I was excited about the jeans, but they don't fit me yet. They will though! I also love the hoodie. It feels slightly quilted and super warm. I also love that I feel confident enough to start wearing brighter colors. I don't feel the need to blend in.

$28 worth of clothes

Sunday has been much more laid back. Little lady and I decided to head out for a few things, mainly diaper cream. I decided to go to Target instead of the much closer Meijer because (a) little lady was cranky and I thought a long car ride would help and (b) my Target running running shorts size large seemed a bit big and I wanted to buy clearance shorts for next summer. We spent a lot of time looking at all the wonderful Target things. They had some really cute coats! I loved that I could try them up and zip them up! I didn't buy any coats though because I don't really need any fall coats and they were $40. I did end up buying a new cardigan. I have wanted a mustard yellow one forever, but haven't found one/wasn't sure I felt confident enough to wear yellow. I have one now and I will feel confident enough to show it off! I also bought a size medium pair of running shorts. They are a different cut than my size large though so the mediums are tight. I can still wear them though, but they really accentuate the muffin top. I think they will be perfect for next year.

As we were at Target, I realized that we were super close to Kohl's (I don't head to this side of town often). Kohl's is one of the few places that I can buy bras. The bras that I had been wearing were finally getting ridiculous on me. The cup went up so high on my chest that it was very noticeably peaking out in a tank top. It just looked odd and the band was starting to feel loose and spend most of the day riding up on me. We headed in to bra shop. I wasn't sure what size the bra was that I was wearing. I thought it was 38DD (the size I always claim to be) so I looked at 38Ds. I don't know why I didn't think to try a smaller band on. I was in a panic, I hate bra shopping. I tried on a few but they didn't fit right. As I was trying bras on I looked to see what size and brand my current bra was. I knew I bought it at Kohl's and figured I would just get a smaller one of the same bra. My old bra was 40DD. I didn't like seeing that and was glad I had blocked that out of my memory. I couldn't find the brand that I wanted, but ended up finding a brand that actually carried a 36DD. It's hard to find larger cup sizes with smaller bands. I tried it on and it feels perfect! I am wearing a 36DD bra! I feel great and am excited that my band size is 4 inches smaller than last time. Although the old bra was always worn on the tightest fitting and wasn't tight at all. I am wearing my new bra on the loosest fitting, but it feels perfect!

Today we actually managed to have a lazy, relaxing Sunday. I guess yesterdays relaxing really wore us out. The day started early because as everyone knows, if you keep your baby up late she will wake up early. She was ready for the day at 6am. yay. We lounged around most of the morning. I was tired since I am usually in bed by ten and actually stayed up until midnight last night. I have learned throughout my weight loss adventures that I can not control my eating when I am tired. I wish I had realized this sooner, but I am glad I put that piece of the puzzle in this past year. I woke up starving. I usually wait until 9am to eat breakfast because otherwise I want lunch by 10am and probably dinner at 3. I held off on my breakfast until 8:15 when my stomach was starting to scream at me. I ate a banana and a Greek yogurt. It was good but I was still starving. I had one zucchini cup left over from dinner a few nights ago so I ate that. I still felt hungry, but knew that I would survive and that I could nap when little lady took a nap and cure some of the hunger.

I then remembered that I had bought hair dye and wanted to dye my hair some time this week. I have dark hair and the greys are slowing taking over! I decided that I needed to distract myself by something other than lying on the couch watching little lady and staring at the kitchen. Hubby said he was fine with watching her while I did my thing. That took about an hour and I felt much better afterwards. I played with little lady until lunch time. I ate a sandwich and wanted to eat ten more, but knew that I was going to take a nap soon and I could eat after my nap. Little lady fell right asleep and so did I.

I only took about a half hour nap and felt sooo much better after waking up. I thought I was still hungry and was actually making a snack when I decided to drink some more water and then decide. I drank 2 glasses of water and some coffee and felt content for the first time all day. And yes, I had drank a lot of water in the morning too. I just starve when I am tired.

I finally got my bootay in gear after that. My training schedule called for stretching and strengthening today. As embarrassing as this is to admit I checked out one of those idiot's guide to...weight lifting book from the library. I haven't found anything super helpful for weight lifting, but I do like the stretches in there. They have about ten stretches and it takes me about ten minutes to work through them so I did that and then I did a strengthening routine. I am sort of lost on strengthening so I trying different routines online until I find one that I like.

I prepped dinner while little lady and hubby continued their napping. Surprisingly I still wasn't hungry. I am glad I had the time to take that nap and that I actually fell asleep. It saved me from the day long grazing that would have happened in my previous life.

After everyone was awake and dinner was in the oven the hubby started talking about maybe going out for some ice cream. I love me some ice cream but really wanted to stay on track for a full weekend. That has not happened much this summer with all of our crazy plans. Although I have done so much better with my 'eating while traveling' than ever before. Back to the ice cream though, at some point while waiting for dinner to get out of the oven the hubby decided he would rather just go to the grocery store and get things to make milkshakes. I tried to get him to go alone, but he lured me in with a trip to Goodwill since it's across the street from his store. I can't resist a deal so we all headed out with some missions.

We went to Goodwill first since it closed at 6pm and his store is open 24/7. I actually had a shirt that I wanted to return. (I know, who returns clothes to Goodwill?!? Seriously! Well, this girl does.) We actually have a super nice Goodwill and they have a section with brand new department store clothes. The last time I was there I bought a New York and Company skirt that will be perfect for the fall and two New York and Company shirts. They were all brand new and I am guessing out of season. I also bought a used pair of Calvin Klein jeans in a size 12. They do not fit me yet, but they will. Oh yeah, my returned purchase from Goodwill. As anyone with a child knows, you no longer have much of an option for trying on clothes with your baby in tow. I have gotten really good at buying things so I can try them on at home and then having to return them. One of the shirts I bought was a button down shirt with some cute ruffles. The ruffles made me look ridiculous. Normally I don't return clothes to the Goodwill, but since it was brand new I didn't feel as bad. It was also $8 and I am cheap. While there I looked around a bit. I have been trying to only purchase brands that are quality and I wouldn't spend the money to buy it brand new if I was at the actual store (hence the Calvin Klein jeans). I almost didn't find anything, but then I saw this gem.

Yes, those are workout pants. I used to think it was gross to even consider buying used workout clothes. I also used to think all workout clothes were created equal. I also didn't workout much. Now that I enjoy running, I have found out that there are a reason some workout clothes are a bit more money and that moisture wicking fabric is amazing. I keep hoping to score some Under Armour at the thrift store, but that has not happened yet. In case you can't see my new pants...

I know The North Face is overly trendy right now, but I do like their stuff. I have a sweatshirt and a winter coat from The North Face and they are so much warmer than anything else I have ever owned so I think it's worth it. The pants seem like new and were only $3.99 so I didn't think I could go wrong. They are also a size medium. I figured they would fit some day and since the only actual workout pants I have are my first pair, in sweaty cotton and size XL. In my mind, those pants would just fall right off and I think I will need a new pair once I retire my capris for the season. These pants, size M actually fit me (only because they are quite stretchy). They were a bit tight in the thighs, I have huge thighs, but they fit and didn't look super ridiculous. I might actually get to wear them out to run this fall! I have always worn L or XL workout gear. This could be huge!

I also managed to not have a milkshake tonight. Victory for me all around tonight! When we were at the store I had to check out the ice cream selection and was going to just buy one of those small containers with one serving of ice cream to make my milkshake with but could not find one. They did have the Greek frozen yogurt on sale though and I have been wanting to try it.  It was still expensive, but I thought it would be healthier and then I could stop drooling over it every time I passed it. Hubby made a milkshake for him and little lady to share and then I was to lazy to wash the blender, make a milkshake and then wash it again. I rinsed the blender, put it in the dishwasher and just had a small taste of my frozen Greek yogurt. I almost got the blueberry vanilla graham, but i love peanut butter and banana so I had to try it. It was really good and some how I managed to have three bites and just stop there. Usually if a container of ice cream is open I can't sleep until all the ice cream is safely in my stomach. Tonight I feel good knowing my frozen yogurt is safe in the freezer while I enjoy tea. I hope I can control my portions throughout the frozen yogurts stay at our house.