Fit for Friday -- Survived One Week

Well, it's Fit for Friday. I suppose I must take the high road and concede my http://godspeakstoday.blogspot.com/ race for the Body for Life book to the other winners. Honestly, I struggled with my massive campaign and worried that perhaps, my aggressiveness might discourage others from posting and feeling as though they had any chance. At the same time, I wasn't sure I could stand defeat. So, I was going to step down from the campaign gracefully. And then, the http://godspeakstoday.blogspot.com/ lotto began. The names in a hat. Sandy, I'm sure, blindfolded and holding her breath as she pulled out the winner. And lo and behold -- even though I had the majority of votes -- my name, entered time and time again, was not amongst the winners.

I spent the day today, nursing my disappointment. Fortunately, I did not bury myself in a bag of chips or a pint of Hagen Daaz. I had to be an adult, a role model, a champion and continue forward after this defeat. So, with I stand next to the winners of the http://godspeakstoday.blogspot.com/book raffle and together we will all get our Body's For Life and listen to God speak!

Seriously, I've been working on the Body for Life this week. I checked out their website and really need to go out and get the book. I know that Sandy, probably feels like she's in a bind, so she did offer to send me the book as a consolation prize. Sandy -- I'll see if they have it at Target. I need an excuse to go there tomorrow. :-)

It hasn't been that hard to incorporate eating smaller meals, reducing my bad carbs and my bad fats. Granted, chicklets are essential for me to get that boost of energy or sugar that my body needs in the middle of the day. I'm going to check out my Dollar Tree and stock up on them (thanks for the suggestion). Only problem is....

See, not only do I have a massive Diet Pepsi consumption problem -- the girls in the office really are convinced I need to check into rehab for my Diet Pepsi addiction. I also have this gum thing. I could pretty much live on Diet Pepsi and gum. The office joke is that if you leave a pack on your desk, most likely, it won't be there in the morning. In fact, Tashica is in SHOCK that her two packs of Trident have managed to last an entire week with my only having swiped one piece.

I am going to continue on my Body For Life this coming week and incorporating some water and exercise into the mix. Granted, I will be reading the book. So, my plans might change. I want change!

Alberto-isms....

I learned on Thursday morning that Alberto can actually wake up on the wrong side of the pack-n-play. Talk about waking up grouchy! There are no words. He was Alberto the Grouch! Oh my! Seriously, it was bad. He has a molar coming in -- could be that. I gave him some Baby Advil and by the time he got to school, he was doing great.

Alberto also has the ability to eat seemingly large quantities of food for such a little guy. And then the next day not eat anything at all. He must take after me in that regard. Today, he wasn't hungry and barely ate. A few spoonfuls of his dinner, a couple little bread sticks and all his Pediasure. That's it. I don't worry about it. I used to get so concerned and worried. But now, I am used to this. He'll pig out for a few days and then not be hungry one day. It's okay. I suppose, I can say that I think it's okay because he's drinking his Pediasure. If he wasn't then I am sure I wouldn't be so relaxed about it. After all, I'm a Cuban mom. Cuban moms don't like their kids not to eat or drink their milk; we actually like it when they eat large quantities and drink lots of milk.

On Wednesday morning, he handed me my glasses and wanted to get going. On Thursday morning, he woke up in a horrible mood, and I wanted to get going. This morning, he woke up, drank his Pediasure, handed me my glasses and then climbed over me -- the barrier to keep him from falling off my bed. He placed his bottle on the nightstand and then slid down the bed to the floor. Once he reached the floor, he looked up at me, smiled and said, "bye bye" and turn and walked out the room. They grow up so fast....