All posts for the month July, 2012

Exctiting News!!!

…..But you’ll have to come back on August 15th to find out what it is (I know, I hate when bloggers do that).

I know I’ve been MIA for the last week, but I have been having some life stuff happening that may affect the temporary direction of where my blog is going.  I know, so vague, and I hate to be so cryptic, but it really does have to wait until closer to the end of August.  For right now I have a lot of things to get in order and some stresses to deal with and I won’t be able to give the blog my love and attention like I would like.

I will update you that the hub’s is doing AH-MAZING with his commitment to a healthy lifestyle.  I know I never came back with a follow-up on his first week, but he lost 3 pounds.  That is even with him going out to eat 3 times that week (none of which were with me, they were all work related).  So far he’s lost 5 pounds and he has finally got it in his head that it will take him a while to lose the entire 25 pounds that he would like to lose.

See you all in a couple of weeks!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 31, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 31, 2012

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Somethings Working…

Nothing starts my weekend off the right way better than a good weigh in:

Starting Weight: 282.8 Pounds

Last Week’s Weight: 256.8 (which I just realized looking back at last week’s post I recorded 264.8 which was a few pounds off, and thank goodness that wasn’t true!)

This Week’s Weight: 252.2

Total Week’s Loss: -4.6 Pounds!

Total Loss: 30. 4 Pounds

What worked this week:

  • Continued with my 90 day no caffeine rule (I have since turned it into a no carbonation at all rule).  I don’t think I realized how badly an effect caffeine and soda (even diet soda) were having on my body.  I’m not going to lie, I truly believe I have been seeing such great losses these last couple of weeks because I have 100% cut it out.
  • I continued to eat a 90% Plant based diet.  And I have a secret arsenal that I will blog about later that has helped me kick chicken stock (something I’ve been having a hard time letting go of).
  • I have been doing some form of exercise everyday even if it is cleaning (which I did for 5 hours on Monday, and that burned some major calories).
  • My hub’s was eating healthy as well.  It is so much easier to eat healthy when your significant other is on the bandwagon with you!  I cannot stress this enough and besides the whole caffeine thing having my hub’s really trying at being healthy helped me out enormously!
  • I tried some new recipes.  Healthy eating is always more fun when you are trying different things.  I even measured out a vegetable dip that I made today and I will share the recipe with you all next week.  Getting creative in the kitchen is so much fun, and cathartic if you ask me.

What a great way to start off a weekend!  The hub’s and I are going to the big city to do food shopping tonight and I mentioned going out to dinner.  He told me he does not want to sabotage his weigh in on Monday, and I could not have been more pleased with that response.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 20, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Caffeine, Diet, Dustin, Weigh in

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 20, 2012

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Nice and Fatty

Sweat it Out:
50 minute hilly walk
15 minutes of stretching

I have something for you that I don’t normally share on my blog.

A recipe.

A fatty, fat, fat recipe.

This is definitely not a recipe that I made up nor do I make it very often (the last time I made this it was approximately 7 years ago).  My mom use to make it every now and again, but only if she knew that it would be devoured in full by the end of Sunday dinner.

After looking online for this recipe (so I could just link you guys up to it), I couldn’t find this exact recipe.  I figured that since my mom got this Hershey’s cookbook for free in 1979 when she purchased some of their baking cocoa, the fine people over at Hershey wouldn’t mind if I shared the recipe with all of you wonderful folks.

But be warned.  This is not a health food, and it is delicious.

No Bake Hershey’s Chocolate Cheesecake

Cocoa Crumb Crust (see below)
1 Envelope Unflavored Gelatin
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Hershey’s Cocoa
1/2 Teaspoon Instant Coffee Granules (optional, I left these out because I don’t drink coffee and it still tasted fabulous)
1 Can (14 ounces) Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla
2 Packages (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese, Softened
1 Container (9 ounces) frozen non-dairy shipped topping thawed

Prepare Cocoa Crumb Crust (below). Mix gelatin and 1/2 cup water in small saucepan; heat and stir until dissolved.  Combine cocoa and coffee granules in small bowl.  Gradually add gelatine mixture is smooth. Stir in condensed milk and vanilla.  Beat cream cheese until fluffy in large mixer bowl; gradually blend in cocoa mixture.  Fold in whipped topping; pour into prepared crust.  Freeze 3 to 4 hours or until firm.  Garnish with sliced strawberries, sliced peaches or canned cherry pie filling, if desired.  10 servings.

Cocoa Crumb Crust:
1 1/4 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs (about 9 crackers)
1/4 Cup Hershey’s Cocoa
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, Melted

Combine graham cracker crumbs, cocoa, and sugar in a small bowl.  Add melted butter; mix well.  Press firmly onto bottom of a 9-inch springform or square pan; chill.

I will say that after stepping on the scale this morning, the one piece I allowed myself of this cheesecake didn’t seem to hurt me much, but we’ll have to see if it sticks to my official weigh in day tomorrow.

It really is a shame that I’ll have to wait another 7 years to make this recipe again, but I guess with the fat content that will have to be the tradition.

Enjoy!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 19, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 19, 2012

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WIAW: Recipe Round-Up

I’ve been spending a LOT of time in the kitchen.  So much in fact I think half of my calories burned in the day have been spent from standing around making food.  Granted these are not recipes that I made up (I’m far to lazy to measure some of the concoctions I come up with on some days.  Maybe one day), but I love to share a little link love so that you all can experience some of the fabulous recipe’s that I have stumbled upon.

Thanks to Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for hosting all this Link Love!

This first recipe I tried about 3 weeks ago, but it was awesome, and it forced me to get a griddle which I needed anyway Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes:

The pineapple grilled perfectly with the canola oil, and this recipe is dairy free.

The next recipe is a fabulous soup that I made the first time a few months ago.  It is intended to be a cauliflower soup, but I switched up the veggie and made it a broccoli soup.

Click pic to go to recipe

This photo is from the blog I found the recipe on, and not the actual one I made. I actually added more veggies than what it said and it made a very HEARTY soup.  I also made it on a rainy day which was perfect.  This soup is meat and dairy free, and you would never be able to tell.  It actually tasted like a broccoli cheddar soup.  No lie.

Last night I made Mama Pea’s Roasted Chickpea’s with homemade Cabbage Salsa:

This recipe made a TON of cabbage salsa!  And a little warning that the more the flavors meld together the spicier it gets!  I may have to share the other mason jar with a neighbor who likes spicy dips because it has my husbands heart burn a flarin’.

This burrito had me missing Taco Bell no more.  Layered in there is:

  • La tortilla factory low carb high fiber wrap
  • Vegetarian Refried Beans
  • Brown Rice
  • Roasted Chickpeas
  • Cabbage Salsa
  • Guacomole

It was AH-MAZING.  No joke.

And what would a recipe round-up be with a recipe from Oh She Glows!  Roasted Tomato, Onion, and Basil Pesto Pizza with Vegan Parmesan Cheese:

I’m not going to lie.  I was the in the kitchen for the better part of the day on Sunday making this pizza, but it was worth every minute for how delicious this pizza is.  I will never use another pizza dough recipe again.  I did add a bed of spinach before I added on the rest of the toppings.  Also, her pesto recipe makes a ton and uses a LOT of Olive Oil.  I cut the oil in half and still ended up with sauce to put in the freezer for later.  This recipe is Vegan and didn’t leave me with a sick, I-overate-too-much-pizza kind of feeling that I am normally left with after eating a pizza heavy laden with meats and cheeses.

UPDATE***  I mentioned yesterday that I was having the missionaries over for dinner and was having a nice dinner full of Dustin and I’s old school eating.  I successfully gave the rest of the chocolate cheesecake to a neighbor friend (thanks Mindi!), and gave the leftover Chicken Enchilada’s to the missionaries for lunch today.

But that won’t stop me from sharing the Chocolate Cheesecake recipe with you all tomorrow!

Till next time friends!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 18, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 18, 2012

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Idle Hands

I have a horrible tendency, if I’m not paying attention, to sit home all day with the TV tuned to TBS watching reruns of shows that I have seen dozens (or more!) times.  I try to keep the background noise tuned to PBS for Hanna in the morning because for some reason Sesame Street is a comforting noise, but by the end of the day it always goes back to TBS.

What is it about the show “Friends” that makes it so I can’t turn the channel?  I’ve seen each episode over 10 times (confession: WELL over 10 times each), but it feels like sinning when I turn the channel, or heaven forbid turn the entire TV OFF.

When I was in Utah last week and I was discussing the woes of being a Stay-at-home-mom with my own mom, and how I can let myself actually sit in front of the TV all day long and not accomplish one single task, she told me a secret to when she was a SAHM: Projects.

I know, it seems so simple yet I cannot pry myself away from Friends long enough to come up with some projects that I need to get done.  So I have forced myself to sit down and come up with a list of things that I either need to get done, or would like to accomplish.

First off, I am not crafty.  I mean, I AM crafty if I need to be, but I don’t want a house full of homemade displays and such, but there are plenty of projects I can do for Hanna that have nothing to do with my house.  Of course I turned to my Pinterest arsenal and got to planning.  The only thing is that I need a sewing machine for most of them (pffft.  whatever sewing machine).  I may have to see if I can borrow one from a friend.

Hanna has a quiet book that I let her play with in church and she loves it, but I think she is getting tired of the same old pages over and over again.  So I’m going to add some fun pages that I found from this website:

I thought the potato head quiet pages look awesome and have loads of different playing possibilities.

I would also love to make her these felt “paper” dolls that can be found on this website:

Another suggestion that my mom had was to slowly paint my cupboards.  I eventually would like to paint most of my house, but I am going to start with my kitchen cupboards, which I want white (right now they are grey).  I think I can get it done with 1 gallon of paint so now I just have to start sanding them down.  That should keep me busy.

Along with those things I would also like to:

  • Finish knitting the baby quilt I started when I found out I was pregnant with Hanna (I am NOT a procrastinator! Ok, maybe I am)
  • Start taking a weekly trip to the library since Hanna has FINALLY started letting me read books to her (this makes me so happy I could cry, I LOVE books!)
  • Peeling off all the labels to my old Kombucha glass bottles so that I can store bulk food items in them like shaved coconut, dried beans, lentils, and such.
  • Cleaning out my pantry so it makes sense.
  • Putting together a Vegan cookbook binder for all of my recipes that I have printed out and organizing them into categories.
  • Finish Divergent on audio book, and start another.  My 2012 reading goal is happening this year!
  • Organize my Pinterest boards, which I find ironic.
  • Re-vamp my blog and give it a facelift. This WILL happen the next time I am in Utah with my Graphic Designer brother.  And of course make it easier to navigate and organize it.
  • De-clutter the garage (this one may have to wait until next spring)
  • Go through Hanna’s room and re-arrange it, put old clothes in storage and get rid of some toys.  I literally have not done anything to that childs room since we moved 4 months ago.

Along with that list I feel like I have LIVED in my kitchen the last few days so a recipe roundup will definitely be making its way for What I Ate Wednesday tomorrow.  I will also have a recipe for a chocolate cheesecake that I will be sharing, but unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your eating philosophy) it has lots of dairy in it.  I am making dinner for our church missionaries tonight and every time I suggest a Vegan dish my husband gives me the stink eye.  On the menu: Chicken Enchilada’s with roasted green beans and Hershey’s Chocolate Cheesecake for dessert.  Side note:  Whatever is left after the missionaries leave goes in the trash, or to a neighbor (don’t you wish you loved by me).  Here’s hoping my stomach doesn’t get too upset!

BTW: Dustin is doing stellar on his one week challenge so far!

Later friends!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 17, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Change, Distractions, Indulgence, Kombucha, Making It Happen, Planning

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 17, 2012

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He’s All Mine (Muwahahaha)

Imagine me rubbing my hands evilly while reading that title.

Let it be known that nagging works.

People may hate it when the nagging begins, but it proves they will do almost anything to get it to stop.

Take my own life’s experience.  Nag your husband long enough to get on the healthy bandwagon and it is inevitable that he will eventually get sick of your nagging and cave.  Especially when you tell him that it would help you out on your own weight loss journey (not that I haven’t used this argument before, but apparently something I said stuck.  Now only if I could remember what it was?).

This week Dustin is mine.  He’s actually legally mine by marriage, but this time I have complete control over everything that goes into his body.  Food wise anyway.

We’ve decided to try a little experiment to see how my diet affects his diet.  He will be eating (mostly) the same kind of things I eat, and he will be going to the gym a minimum of 5 times this week.

He weighed in this morning at 226.  We had a weekend of semi-indulgence (we weren’t as bad as we normally are on the weekends) so I’m sure some of his weight loss is water weight.  But the whole point is that I’m hoping he will be able to feel a difference, and in turn it will help him and also help me.  We have already fully admitted that we are enablers and this week we will be playing different roles in each others food lives.  I’m pretty excited!  And I’m not letting the fact that he’s giving me a pouty face while eating raw carrots at lunch, dampen my spirit.

When I ask him what he’s going to have for breakfast he says “I don’t know?  What do YOU want me to eat for breakfast?”.   I then made him a chocolate, banana, peanut butter protein shake (under 400 calories).  I was trying to ease him in with something delicious, and to please his pallet I made it sans kale.

But there will be kale this week.  Oh so much kale.

Watch out Dustin.  You may like a healthy lifestyle yet.

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 16, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 16, 2012

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I am Perfectly Imperfect

Sweat it Out:
50 Minute Hilly walk
Stretch!  My muscles are still sore from MONDAY’S workout!

I hate stepping on the scale after being on vacation.  So I didn’t.  I actually waited until Wednesday to weigh myself and it was after I saw the number 259.4 that I was glad I waited.  If I saw myself in the 260′s I would have crawled into my bed for the day and let Hanna fend for herself.

So it is with much thanks today that my weight has lowered to 264.8 because I have shed most of that pesky water weight that vacationing brings.  I have worked pretty hard this week.  I’ve gone on my walks everyday, drank plenty of water, cut out ALL forms of caffeine, and followed a 90% Vegan diet (when I say 90% that means that I ate less than 150 calories in animal products a day, since I usually take in about 1500 calories).  Thu hub’s even lost 2 pounds!  I’m so proud.

I do have to say that I am in a MUCH better frame of mind today than I have been for the past few days.  I knew that I had put on some weight, and I knew that the next couple of weeks were just going to be catch up week’s, which is pretty deflating.  Then when I was reading some blogs for motivation I came across this great quote from Clean Eating Chelsea’s Blog:

This basically sums up how you should feel about all aspects of your life, and I love the line that says I am perfectly imperfect, because that is just what I am.

Everyday I strive to be better and although this weight loss journey has been hard, and has definitely had ups and downs, I need to pick myself back up and get back on track.  Because I love myself that much.  Life is a gift and I have to remember that.

Today will be a bit of a test since we are going to the Air Show this afternoon, and there will be festival food.  I will be indulging a little and sharing with Dustin rather than get anything of my own.  Even Dustin is on board with that (which is a change).

I hope you all have a great weekend!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 13, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 13, 2012

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DRINK THE DAMN SMOOTHIE!

Sweat It Out:
50 Minute hilly walk
foam rolling and lots of stretching!

If it is one thing I can attest to from my weight loss journey thus far is this: Tastes change.  The first time I ate oatmeal I didn’t chew it, but more let it slide down my throat.  When I started eating meatless meals they always felt like they were lacking something.  When I started putting spinach and kale in my smoothies they looked, well, green and gross.

Now I crave oatmeal in the morning (had it for breakfast today!), I love preparing meatless meals and the unlimited options it feels like it brings, and I make it a game to see just how GREEN I can get my daily smoothie.

As far as Hanna is concerned she LOVES green smoothies.  So much in fact, lately she has been guzzling down an entire 16 oz. all by herself!  The daily smoothie is great for her because she is teeny tiny, and every time I take her to the pediatrician she is in the 5th percentile for weight.  Her weight hasn’t changed in her last 4 appointments.  She is a busy kid and she hates to stop to eat so a smoothie is a great on the go way for her to gain some weight.  I get to make her the smoothies I wish I could make for myself with nut butters and chocolate almond milk.  The one thing that makes the fat difference is that I add Dr. Udo’s Flax oil.  It gives her 14 grams of fat and another 120 calories.  I can’t wait to see if she has gained at her next appointment.

But I digress.

I have been fighting a battle this week.  I’m on the motivation train right now since I am trying to get back on track after what seemed like a LONG 3 weeks OFF track.  Someone else has actually showed interest in coming along for the ride.  Who has two thumbs and HATES green smoothies?

THIS GUY!

(this is actually one of his annual birthday photo’s that he sends to the first person in my family who texts him happy birthday)

Dustin’s “nervous weight”, as he puts it, is 227 pounds.  This week, he got there.  He now has a little motivation to get down to a more acceptable weight and he would like me to help him.  The only problem is that Dustin’s way of “being healthy” is to only eat one meal a day.  I’m trying to get him to eat breakfast before he leaves for work and I’m also trying to get him to eat more fruits and vegetables.

What is the easiest way for me to make these changes for him?  Kill two birds with one stone and introduce the green smoothie.  I have made him this drink the last two days and here is the reaction I have gotten:

Him: “does it have to be so thick?”

Me: “I made it with banana’s so it would be smooth.”

Him: ” Why do you have to add kale?”

Me: “For calcium, iron, and cancer fighting nutrients.  You work in the Gas and Oil industry and around chemicals it’s almost certain that you will get cancer at some point.  This will help your chances”

Him: “I have to drink ALL of this?!” (while his daughter is BEGGING him for a taste)

Me: “You can sit down and eat well over 2000 calories in one sitting and you are turning your nose up at something that is actually healthy for you?”

Him:”Why is it so frothy?”

Me: “Use a straw.”

Him: “A straw won’t change it.” (I hand him a straw, he laughs as drinking through the straw, once again realizing I am almost always right)

I could go on and on (because that is just what he did), but instead I choose to relish in the fact that some F&V’s made it into his system 2 days in row.  Besides that, in the end all it took was a simple phrase:

“DRINK THE DAMN SMOOTHIE!”

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 12, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 12, 2012

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Will I Ever Learn?

Sweat it Out:
50 minute hilly walk burning 500 calories
triceps/biceps/shoulders/lats weights

Every time I say “this is the last time ever”, I mean it.  And then a new day comes along and my resolve goes out the window.  Motivation is fleeting and so is trusting yourself when you say with matter-of-fact “this really is the last time!”.

The past 3 days I have been on a bit of a detox.  From what?  Oh, I’m sure if you’ve been reading my blog for some time you will already know that I have an addictive personality, and that caffeine is one of my BIGGEST vices.

Some of you may be thinking “caffeine is not that big of a deal, you could be addicted to something much worse than harmless old caffeine”.  I try to tell myself this too.  The only thing is that I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach telling me that caffeine is slowly going to killing me.  Dramatic much?

The thing is, being the independent person that I was brought up to be, I hate the fact that if I go half a day without a drop of caffeine I get headaches.  If I go a full day of having no caffeine I start to get body aches.  I don’t think those are signs that caffeine is good for your body.

I went cold turkey like this last year and it worked for quite some time.  Then they came up with Dr. Pepper 10.  Damn you soda makers!  The hub’s and I had a love affair with this drink for quite sometime and after I got up to 3 cans a day (that was nothing compared to how I use to drink Diet Coke back in the day) I knew I was falling back into old patterns.

These 3 cans wouldn’t have been so bad if I hadn’t gone back to an even worse habit of starting my day off with 2 Excedrine every morning.

So now I have been taking Excedrine daily, and then sprinkling in extra Diet DP 10′s throughout the day.  I’m a mess.  I wish I could say that it was helping me lose weight, but I didn’t see a drop in the scale one bit even though I felt like these things were curbing my appetite.

So what have I done?

Quit Cold Turkey.

This concerns the hub’s.  I told him if I don’t do it all at once I will never get off the stuff and I will feel awful forever (once again, so dramatic!).  The past 3 days I have had a constant headache, irritability, and I am so tired I fight every time Hanna goes down for a nap to not put myself down for one as well.

The only thing I can think of to help myself stay off the juice is by rewarding myself with something after a period of time with none of the junk that I get myself roped back into every few months.

I’m proposing a 90 day caffeine cleanse, and vow to have no form of caffeine enter into my body.  I’m trying to talk my hub’s into letting me get the Jillian Michaels 90-day Body Revolution if I complete the cleanse (get it, 90 days of “soberness”, and then 90 days of body revolution), but he is leery of how much money I will be spending on my prize.  Don’t worry guys, I’ll wear him down.

Or I may just buy this shirt for my reward.

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 11, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Addiction, Caffeine, Challenges, Commitment, Daily Struggles, Diet, Energy

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 11, 2012

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CRAVING Routine.

Sweat it Out:
50 minute walk burning 550 calories
4 leg/arm supersets

For reals.  I’ve been on a 3 week vacation from life, and I couldn’t be more ready to get back into my daily routine.  Apparently Hanna is feeling the same way and woke up at 6 am too excited to get back to normal living.  So what did we do?  We went for a walk at 7 in the morning (the earliest I have exercised in a LONG time).

What have I been up to?

Visiting family in Utah for the past week.

A good time was had by all, and so was a stomach bug that knocked us all out on our butts.

I got thrown up on once by my darling daughter and then had to clean up a MASSIVE puke fest when we decided as a family to eat at Chuck-a-rama (I’m pretty sure I will NEVER eat there again).  I spent the first 15 minutes of my meal cleaning up regurgitated toddler foods off of the floor.  Funny thing is that none of the other patrons seem to mind or even notice that my 20 month old was in nothing but a diaper, and I was on my hands and knees with a stack of napkins.

Between the waves of nausea that we were all experiencing we did manage to get in a trip to the zoo, and two fabulous swimming sessions at two different pools.  It turns out that my baby girl LOVES the water and loved being dunked over and over again.  This couldn’t make me happier considering that I have a bit of a fear of water and only wish that I loved floating down the Colorado river, jumping from rope swings, and of course, being able to do laps in a pool the “real” way (I also have a fear of getting water in my ears, I know I’m weird).  Don’t get me wrong, I can swim just fine, but it definitely does not come natural, and forget about me getting in large bodies of water.  Who KNOWS what lies under their murky depths.

One of the major things that I was looking forward to this past week was going to an ACTUAL running store and getting my running/walking stride analyzed and then try on copious amounts of shoes until I found the right pair, no matter what the price tag said (that’s the part that made my hub’s nervous).  After having the sales lady watch me run outside she said I have a pretty neutral stride, which was good to hear that I didn’t have anything wonky going on with my feet.  The tricky part for the poor sales girl is that I have enormous feet.

I wear a size 11-12 in regular shoes and was just informed that I would need an even BIGGER size for running shoes. She was reluctant to tell me that she probably wouldn’t be able to find me the size I needed in a woman’s shoe.  I eased her concern by letting her know that I don’t even remember the last time I owned a running shoe that was made for woman and she felt a lot better about the horrible news she thought she was breaking to me.

I am happy to say that I found a pair of running shoes that I love more and more everyday.  I ended up getting the Brooks PureFlow in a men’s 11 (!!!).

I have walked in them for the last couple of days and they have been wonderful.  Also, the saleslady  showed me a new way to lace them up so that the top of my foot doesn’t hurt like in my last few pairs.

I still LOVE my Five Finger Vibrams, and they have been great for my knee pain but then I started having other joint pain.  I think I will stick to using them when lifting weights.

On the blogging front.

I love blogging.  I love being able to get words onto to paper (or computer screen), and be able to preserve those thoughts that I have in everyday life.  But I have found lately that I have a lack of subjects to talk about.  I also have limited access to writing time, and a toddler that has recently become a MAJOR momma’s girl and wants my constant attention. And of course I have to mention the fact that my weight loss has been at a standstill for what seems like forever!  My point is that I will be posting more sporadically, or when I feel I actually have something to say.

Example: My toddler is whining and slamming her head into me as I type this.

Hopefully I will get out of this writers block quickly and back to regular posting because in all actuality I miss it.  But I’m also not going to post some canned words that have no heart.

Thanks for reading peeps!

Need some inspiration?  Check out Kim from Healthy Strides who was just recently on “The Today Show” for her amazing weight loss story!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 10, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Blogging, Blogs to Read, Family, Running Shoes

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 10, 2012

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