Bring it on packing it on

Happy Monday everybody. The start of a new week and for most the half way point of there 12 week challenge. Bring it ON!!! That's right bring it on. Just tell me how and I'm there. If only it were that simple. What works for me? I don't have the foggiest idea. I feel huge and my weight this weekend was 138. I haven't been this heavy since I got pregnant. Yes I do have more muscle, but you can't see it. Danny has convinced me to hold out with my plan 2 more weeks. I am however going to make sure all cardio is done first thing in the morning for 45-60 min. Hoping this is the edge I need to start dropping some fat. In 2 weeks I am going to get my BF% done at the gym and then I can see how I am really doing. Did you know the best time to test your body fat is at the end of the day. It is higher in the morning when your not hydrated. I always thought the morning was better. I feel smaller when I first wake up. I know it all takes time maybe I'm being inpatient. My first challenge I was excited at this point and having consistent changes. I think that is way I am frustrated. So, anyway that is that and all I can do is give these next 2 weeks my all and see where it brings me. What else is there to do, just have to keep moving forward. I figure that since I am getting stronger and feel more muscle that no matter where I go from here at least I will have some muscle to hopefully help me drop some fat in the long run. OK moving on I'm done fretting over it I'm over myself and moving forward.

We had a bit of excitement Friday night. Natasha had her first visit to the emergency room. She had been sick a few weeks ago, but since had been feeling better. Then Thursday she seemed stuffy and congested. She was waking a lot at night, which I attributed to the molar you can see rounding up her gum, but not yet cutting through. Anyway Friday it all hit her pretty hard. She was stuffy coughing and needed two naps both lasted over 2 hours. Friday night she was playing and seemed to get out of breath. She could not speak a word without trying to draw in a new breath. As she took in air her stomach pulled in some from the side with some wheezing. I called the doctor while Danny gathered her and started the car. We were sent to the hospital Danny got us there quickly which scared the hell out of me. He was afraid she would go into a full asthma attack. Luckily the hospital is 3 miles away. She was quite the trooper when we got there. She cried a lot at 1 1/2 years old she even cries when approached by a stethascope. Overall though she handle it all very well. When they backed off she stopped crying and even talked and waved at the nurses station. She had a nebulizer treatment for the wheezing and it helped right away. She was given a shot of steroids in the leg to help her lungs. She had a chest X-ray and pulse oxcimeter reading. They looked at her ears and throat along with the routine temp and respiration. So yeah, she cried poor babycakes. She has since only needed one treatment and is taking antibiotics, steroids and the nebulizer treatments. We were told she has a double ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. Her chest X-Ray is clear, thank goodness. As for the wheezing this is the first time it has happened, but looks like she may take after her dad. He has child onset asthma and is a nebulizer pro. She is holding up well still coughing and congested, but she is letting me type all this, so she is playing nicely for now. She can't go to day care this week. This means my challenge for the week is to workout before Danny goes to school. I may have to go to bed when Natasha does but if I stay organized this is doable. Today was hard after working two 16 hour shifts your body get pretty pissed for getting up at 5am. I will be surviving today by way of caffeine. I did the 60 min. cycle class at 5:30am and glad I stuck to me promise to get out of bed.

OK she gave me some time but time to run.