I’ve been faithful with my workouts, but not in writing down my food.  This makes a HUGE difference in my progress.  I just make better choices when I write it down and choose things that are easy to write down–simplifying everything.

I’ve been stressed with planning Heidi’s 13th birthday party which just ended this evening.  And was a lot of fun. You can read about it tomorrow on my Grocery Shrink blog.  I still have some big things on my plate (no pun intended, lol) but think the stress has reduced enough that I can get back to tracking food.

Friday while I was working out with my friend, Darren took pictures of me. It was eye opening.  I was glad to see my form, but surprised how heavy I look.  When I look in the mirror, I suck it in a lot tighter than when I’m working out, lol.  Here’s a few of the pictures he took to show what I mean.

The room is in our basement and still not finished.  We threw down some carpet squares to make it useable for now.  They shift and make balance interesting, but I’m glad to have them.

To the left you can see rubber mats that are in the half of the room with the weights.  We bought the mats at Tractor Supply.  They were intended for horse stalls.

We work out with the kids right there with us.  Sometimes they do it too.  Sometimes they just get in our way :).  Brandon had his school down there that day and was asking me all sorts of stuff about it while I was on the stability ball.

I bought extra balls last week, because the kids are always running off with them.  Now we have enough to share :). The doors to the right lead to storage under the front porch.  It’s concrete walled and stays cool under there like a root cellar with more light.