So, I'm halfway done!! Hardest parts of doing this. Its hard to go out to eat and eat at other people's homes. Its hard to count calories, ALL, THE, TIME. Its hard to wake up at 520am to go walking. Its hard to do this day after day and not see results coming as fast as I would like.
BUT, its great to have my clothes fitting a bit better. Its great to feel healthy and strong each day. Its great to know that I'm giving my kids a good example of healthy eating. Its great to feel like I'm headed in the right direction, slow and steady wins the race. Right??
So this last week I was 45 minutes short on my exercise. I now, pretty sad. I'm only exercising 5 hours a week and I came up short. I blame it on a few rainy mornings and Steve being gone Friday night/Saturday morning on a Father/Son campout with Jakob. I'm going to make up for it this week.
I've decided to change the way I count my calories. I'm going to count my calories on a weekly basis, making sure I'm eating at least 1000 calories a day, but allowing myself to have some flexibility. So, there you have it. My week.
We have been reading a lot lately. I've been trying to keep the TV turned off and let the kids play more. We've also been trying to read more. We have a little section of our bookshelf with books that we are currently reading. The Book of Mormon For Latter-day Saint Families is a great book, we love the pictures and the definitions. Isabelle and I are reading each afternoon after Karter goes down for his nap. We are currently reading the unabridged Winnie the Pooh books. We also are practicing the alphabet (she pretty much knows them all) from the Museum ABC book. In the evenings we read from a chapter book. We just finished the last Tucket book by Gary Paulsen. Now we are in the middle of Farmer Boy. I love, love, love reading with my kids. 
