Melanie, now I'm getting jealous. Noah is doing lots better, but he still screams every night at some point or two or three points. He goes to sleep around 8 and then I give him a bottle around 9-10 just to be sure he isn't hungry (he's asleep, but I take him out of crib and stick it in his mouth just to fill him up, he goes right on sleeping). But last night he woke at 1 am and screamed. I ignored him and he finally went back to sleep. But did I???? NOOOOOO and I layed there until he screamed again at 4:15 and then I gave him a bottle and he sleeps until 6-6:30 and he's up. AND I'M TIRED. I always ignore him until 4:15 or so, but he still continues to wake at 12 or 1 and sometimes 2 and 3 and screams for a while and then lays down and sleeps. Enough complaining. Sorry.
Emy.....you got me all jacked up here. I'd love a challenge. Whenever I take a few days off, I have a hard time getting motivated to do ANYTHING. So I got a copy of Muscle and Fitness just to possibly give me a little motivation and then I read your post and I think I'm sufficiently psyched to hold me for a while. Problem is what kind of challenge. I want a hard and heavy challenge. I'm still trying to add bulk to my shoulders and upper body. But Melanie probably wants a cardio challenge, and shopaholic doesn't need a challenge she's 101 pounds for pete's sake. So what type of challenge are we looking at here???
Regarding diet, I should not call myself a vegan because I am not a true vegan. I don't eat meat and dairy, but I do use honey in some baked stuff. And I have been using a protein shake from Nature's Basics which contains whey. AND I have been using homemade plain yogurt in a protein shake in the mornings, but many mornings I use a veggie protein instead. I stay away from sugar like the plague, but I do have a donut day about every 3-4 weeks or so. (And boy do I have a donut day like no other donut day in all history - we're talking like 5 or more donuts and I eat almost nothing else although last donut day I ate like 10 homemade chocolate chip cookies on top of it). And then I low carb for the most part. I do NOT do atkins.
I eat a protein shake post workout in the am. I eat a big salad for lunch and lots of veggies through the day (see I do eat carbs, just NO breads, pasta's, crackers, grain type things). I guess a sample of dinner would be a small homemade tortilla piled with lettuce, salsa, refried beans (black refried soy beans are lower carb) or better yet (I just discovered these) a Boca Italian Sausage on flax lo carb bread - oooooooh these are heaven on earth. Many nights I skip dinner and have a soy kefir drink. I snack on almonds or other nuts. My family eats much more normal, but I'm used to not eating what they eat. I admit I have been blessed with all kinds of locarb products because of this little amish "bent n dent" store a mile up the road and they sell me BOXES of atkins and carbolite shakes for .25 a can and all brands of lo carb bars for .10 a bar, so when I do want a snack I grab one of those. Our kids eat way to many these I'm afraid as they are cheap!!!
Sorry to ramble on, so let us know what your thinking about Emy, I'd LOVE a good challenge to make me work. Wish you guys were closer, in the P90X he talks about his Sunday workout buddies and I wish I had a bunch or friends who I could workout with one day a week to really push each other to the limit. Wouldn't that be fun!!!
Briee
Emy.....you got me all jacked up here. I'd love a challenge. Whenever I take a few days off, I have a hard time getting motivated to do ANYTHING. So I got a copy of Muscle and Fitness just to possibly give me a little motivation and then I read your post and I think I'm sufficiently psyched to hold me for a while. Problem is what kind of challenge. I want a hard and heavy challenge. I'm still trying to add bulk to my shoulders and upper body. But Melanie probably wants a cardio challenge, and shopaholic doesn't need a challenge she's 101 pounds for pete's sake. So what type of challenge are we looking at here???
Regarding diet, I should not call myself a vegan because I am not a true vegan. I don't eat meat and dairy, but I do use honey in some baked stuff. And I have been using a protein shake from Nature's Basics which contains whey. AND I have been using homemade plain yogurt in a protein shake in the mornings, but many mornings I use a veggie protein instead. I stay away from sugar like the plague, but I do have a donut day about every 3-4 weeks or so. (And boy do I have a donut day like no other donut day in all history - we're talking like 5 or more donuts and I eat almost nothing else although last donut day I ate like 10 homemade chocolate chip cookies on top of it). And then I low carb for the most part. I do NOT do atkins.
I eat a protein shake post workout in the am. I eat a big salad for lunch and lots of veggies through the day (see I do eat carbs, just NO breads, pasta's, crackers, grain type things). I guess a sample of dinner would be a small homemade tortilla piled with lettuce, salsa, refried beans (black refried soy beans are lower carb) or better yet (I just discovered these) a Boca Italian Sausage on flax lo carb bread - oooooooh these are heaven on earth. Many nights I skip dinner and have a soy kefir drink. I snack on almonds or other nuts. My family eats much more normal, but I'm used to not eating what they eat. I admit I have been blessed with all kinds of locarb products because of this little amish "bent n dent" store a mile up the road and they sell me BOXES of atkins and carbolite shakes for .25 a can and all brands of lo carb bars for .10 a bar, so when I do want a snack I grab one of those. Our kids eat way to many these I'm afraid as they are cheap!!!
Sorry to ramble on, so let us know what your thinking about Emy, I'd LOVE a good challenge to make me work. Wish you guys were closer, in the P90X he talks about his Sunday workout buddies and I wish I had a bunch or friends who I could workout with one day a week to really push each other to the limit. Wouldn't that be fun!!!
Briee
