Weigh in

Well, weightloss is slow but consistent: just how I like it. I've lost three pounds in three weeks with Herbalife. I've lost an inch in my hips, which is my "problem area". I went on a quick paced walk this week and painted for about two and a half hours (going up and down a ladder much of the time). I know that if I could begin a regular exercise program I could be loosing faster, but for now I'm pleased with my level of activity.
I'd really like to be doing some sort of kickboxing for exercise. Well, to be 100% truthful I'd love to start Karate for exercise. I now have two of my sons doing Karate and I grow more and more envious of them as time passes.When they do drills in class I think, "That would be an awesome drill for my abs." It is a lot easier to loose weight if you are participating in something that is active instead of just going on a treadmill. I, personally, would like to have an active lifestyle. One thing I will be doing, starting next Monday, is playing basketball. That'll be really great for me, even being just one day a week. Then I'd also like to go for daily walks that'll turn into daily jogs. But what I think I'll do that will give me that extra boost of weightloss is kickboxing from my house.
I used to teach various aerobic classes through LA Fitness. And I've found that I miss kickboxing the most out of all the classes and equipment offered there.
The only thing that is holding me back is the mess that is my bedroom.
We have a very large TV in our bedroom and enough space between that and the bed that it'll be plenty of space to kickbox. Unfortunately, our room is the room where everything gets thrown into when it doesn't have a place. I think that is very common for families that the parents room becomes the dumping ground.
Right now I have stacks of books in front of my bed with no boxes to put them in and no place to put those boxes after the books are placed in them. Our closet is overflowing with matter unorganized.
The solution is actually a very long project. Yes, I could find a temporary solution so I can get going on my exercise, but I don't want to. If I do something temporary then it'll become permanent. This is how our closet mess came to be in the first place.
Another problem is that I have a couple other big projects that need to get done before I can get to my closet fiasco. (Isn't this the way it is Moms?!)
I switched my kids around in their bedrooms. I moved them, their pillows, and their clothes. I had them grab things from their drawers and walls and they are sitting in laundry baskets waiting to be taken care of.
Man! I'm glad that at least I can clean my living room in a relatively short period of time because I'd be so embarrassed if my living area was like the bedrooms right now.
So, my goal today is to take care of the kids bedrooms. Once they are done, I can get to my bedroom. Once my bedroom is done I can start exercising in my room.
And that is the way it works in a Mom's world.
So, like I said, I'm in no hurry because I try to live in the world of reality. Taking care of five other people besides yourself can drive you crazy if you expect too much of yourself at one time.
Mini-goals help me feel accomplishment and get me closer to being able to do what I really want without distraction. Because, once I start exercising, I don't want anything to get in my way.
And for me, a pound a week is such a great accomplishment.
I'm just slowly melting away.
Weight 167