Day 57-Do not count chickens

            Last night on my drive home my son had a screaming fit from being in the car for well over an hour before he fell asleep. I did everything I could to calm him but he just wanted out. When he finally fell asleep around 9:00 we were shocked when he did not wake up until 8:30 this morning. You would think this kind of sleep would provide the happiest baby in the world and he was until he woke up from his first nap. Then for some unknown reason he needed more attention than he has ever wanted. I could not get anything done. I think he might have read yesterdays post and thought it was funny I had goals. This made for a stressful day simply because I could not get anything done. Then around 10:30 I finally got to p90x but was so exhausted I was probably running on 60%. I know to reach my goals what I need to do but for that to happen my sons schedule needs to change.

            Ok for the all you frequent fliers who noticed I have not weighed in yet well I did but I was just avoiding it. The magic number is 193.8 about the same as last week and I know exactly why. Besides my failure to track calories from the hotel I am sure my date night did not help. But I also have an idea why I did not gain weight; the hotel workout from Tony Horton. It may not be a strength-gaining workout or one I could loose weight on but it is good to know that if I am ever in a tough spot I can do it so I do not back track. Listen to me talking about back tracking before I even reach the end. I need to stop counting those chickens before they are cooked.

Day 56-TIme to light fire

             Ok so i had a great weekend but being in a hotel and not doing my normal thing got me way off track. I am saying now to the world tomorrow I am kicking things into gear. This not only goes for workouts and eating but the house, Ben, and school. I need to refocus and get cruising if i want to keep pace and make changes. Any ideas on how to keep things up? I am worried me slowing down is a sign of laziness sneaking in. AHHHHHHH!

Day 55-Just cause

            Today was a run around kind of day and I am now getting very tired. I even thought about not writing today but I wanted to post some words so I can say I have not missed a day.

Day 54-Date night

            Today grandpa asked if he could take Ben for the night so my wife and I could go on a date. We took him up on his offer and decided to take the opportunity to do as much as we could. We could not choose between two restaurants so we went to both and then ended the night at a haunted house to keep with the season. Now I could go into more details but this is taking away from my date night.

Day 53-No invite, but I have a baby

            My day started earlier than I had planned when my son woke up this morning and lasted longer than planned as well. After Ben woke up and had breakfast I decided to tackle my first issue of the day; how to workout in a space barely big enough to do a pushup because of the crib we had brought in. now I figured I was not the first person to have this problem so I looked up what others have done and sure enough Tony Horton, Mr. P90x himself, wrote and article about it. In the article he as a basic outline of a workout you can do in an area the size of your body both standing and laying but no moving around. It was perfect, lots of running, jumping, squats, pushups, ect. It was over pretty quick but that was probably because I went as fast as possible and forgot to take breaks. Now I am sure yoga would have been better for me today but there was just no room for it and I got a decent workout in and feel good about that but my issues were not all solved yet it was still early.

            My second dilemma I thought would be much tougher, food. If you remember I am too cheap to eat out all the time and thought I had few other options, but after I was done working out Ben and I walked to the car and headed north through town looking for a solution when it hit me. We are not in a small town where options are few and prices are high this is the big time. So I pulled into a grocery store and bought breakfast and lunch for two days for less than seven bucks and that included the dollar for breast cancer. Now these were not creative meals, fruit bagel and tea, but I was happy about it. Now I still had to figure out dinner but I had time. Ben and I visited my mother at her work then went to my grandma’s around eleven. I assumed I would be back in the hotel before two. The next thing I know my aunt and dad drop in and we go to dinner at my favorite Thai place and I score an awesome me provided my family. Well even though they paid I think Ben should get the credit because having a new baby in the family is like an open invitation to all meals and gathering. It is a bring the baby and sure we will feed you deal. Perfect.