Teaholic not quite anonymous

So yesterday I started working out again. I only did 20 minutes of elliptical today and yesterday but I will work back up to 30 on Monday. It felt nice to get up and work out although it was quite hard to get out of bed!!! I've also been working on my balance ball and pilate ab moves during the afternoon since Maddy enjoys 'helping' me with them. Heck, she's thrilled I'm on the floor with her. But it does give a little kick to my workout so that's great.

The other issue has been eating. I've been letting myself eat anything and everything I want with little thought to serving size or nutritional content. So... I'm back on the wagon with that as well. That's been a little harder. I am used to eating food that Maddy doesn't want lest it go to waste. So now I grab a gladware and put it away for Maddy for later instead. Also, night time snacking is the worst.

There is this other obstacle called MATTHEW who is in my way. Last night Matt went upstairs to 'get some icecream' and I tell him I don't want any, I'd really prefer he not even bring it down the stairs. He brings down the container of Breyer's Fried Icecream (which I do highly recommend) and continues to hand me a spoon which I throw at him like it's burning metal. So he scoops out a scoop and sticks it in front of my face. Ok, I resist it about 2-3 times and on the fourth... well. I ate it. And then I continued to eat more. Matthew, the saboteur.

Today Maddy and I went to a local Farm/Park near our house. I met one of the moms from my mom's group there. It was PACKED. Obviously it's the end of the school year and this is a free field trip (or just the cost of bus) because there were school groups all over the place! Well, it was quite hot, she was quite clingy (didn't want to ride in the stroller or walk) and was scared of the animals. She was even scared of the adorable little kids (baby goats, not children). Now, I'm not one for goats and I can understand not liking things that tower over her, but they were ADORABLE baby goats!!!

Ah well, after carrying her around the farm we went to the playground area. By this point I was tired and quite hot. However, she did go and play on the equipment a bit. She did try to walk down the slides, like she always tries to instead of sitting on her but before she slides. SHEESH, after a couple of times of that, and the fact it was so crowded a bid adieu after an hour of being there and came home.

Maddy wanted TV which I was just fine with. I wanted her to cool down. I never need to guess when Maddy is hot--her cheeks turn bright pink when she's even remotely warm. I made her some lunch which she ACTUALLY ate (happy dance, happy dance!). We snuggled and watched a bit more TV together and then off for a nap about 12:45.

That's much better than yesterday. At 11:00 yesterday I took her outside to swing under the deck and she fell asleep on it! I brought her in and yet, she didn't want to wake up. When she walked once, she fell so she started crying so I held her. She fell asleep again! After that, I gave up on the idea of lunch and just laid her down at 11:30. She slept until almost 2, so that was a pretty great nap considering she didn't have any food on her stomach.

Maddy played 'with' the pool yesterday. No, she didn't want to go in it, just stand next to it and splash around and play with buckets (mainly getting water and dumping it outside the pool). It's weird since I filled the pool in the morning and the water was honestly like bath water by the time we came out onto the deck in the afternoon. But nope, still didn't want to go in and sit in it. Although, she did climb in twice to get something she couldn't reach and then climb back out.

Other than that, not a lot going on today. I'm feeling kind of tired today and really can't wait for bed tonight.

I hope everyone is well.

Tea of the day: Stash Green Chai. It's almost time to start making sun tea again! I do love some great sun tea! I think that will be on my agenda for tomorrow.
WO of the day: 20 minutes elliptical, pilates abs, balance ball.