Some of my super cute stash!

I was doing some diaper folding and it struck me how cute it was all stacked up.. This isn't all of our fluff, but it's a few days worth.

Farrell's eXtreme Bodyshaping

I have decided that I am not in the kind of shape I want to be in. I want to make a large change in how I look, and how I feel. A well timed flier and radio ad led me to Ferrall's Extreme Body Shaping. 
It is 10 weeks, 6 days a week, at 5:00am of kick-boxing and resistance strength training. They also include a pretty comprehensive meal plan. I'm totally pumped to get started--- and completely freaking scared.

Orientation was on the Saturday before the first Monday. We did some basic measurements, before pictures, sit-ups, push-ups, and the dreaded one mile run. I completely failed at the sit-ups. In one minute I did 9. I blame 3 c-sections worth of muscle loss. I did like 23 push-ups in a minute. And I ran my mile in 11m 16sec. At the 5 week mark we'll do all these things again, and then for the final test we'll repeat at 10 weeks.

Orientation was a lot of talking about how the nutrition works, meeting your teammates, and explaining how the week goes.  I liked what I heard. You alternate MWF kickboxing, and TTHS strength training. You turn in weekly food logs.

Now, I'm not sure how my diet will be affected. I haven't decided exactly how I'm going to handle it. I want to keep my diet primarily vegetarian, and I need to keep up a certain amount of calories for breast feeding. They're big thing is getting the proper balance of protiens to carbs per meal (6 meals a day). My ratio is about 15g of protein and 30g of carbs per meal. I linked the calculator for finding such figures.



So, I'll try to keep the world updated with how I'm doing. How I'm feeling. Anything that I think might help someone jump in and go for big change.

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CJ's-- the Butt-Face solution

September 1st rolls around every year (as days tend to do) and my body reacts violently against the pollen of the day. Doesn't matter what kind or how much- I just start oozing mucus and coughing and sneezing-- and subsequently getting really pissed about everything.

The difference this year is, I have a newborn in cloth diapers.. And what a blessing in disguise she has been. My raw, rough, red little nose now gets the benefit of CJ's BUTTer. I swear it was a one day turn around. I may not be able to smell or breath through my nose, but it sure is soft and pain free.
I've already had success with it on:

•  sore butts
• bug bites
• rough elbows
• sore noses

The website lists a ton more super clever uses as well.

• Use it for black/mixed hair!! Leaves hair soft, shiny and helps alleviate those ‘owies’ when trying to separate locks!

• Melt a dollop under running bath water for a relaxing, soothing, and anti-inflammatory soak–provides relief for post-partum soreness and hemorrhoids!

• Provides protection against windburned cheeks/face and helps to relieve windburn!

• Promotes healing and provides a non-stick barrier when used after a circumcision.

2 month check up

It breaks my heart to go through infant vaccinations. They need me to hold her arms down while they jab 3 needles into her thighs. It's cruel. Although, Polio is cruel too.....

They are forwarding us to an ENT specialist because baby has a little white mass in her throat that they want looked at. Doctor didn't seem overly concerned about it, just wanted to identify it and monitor it (or remove it if necessary). So I'm trying to not to flip out as my newly vaccinated (aka SCREAMING) baby is peeing on my arm and she's telling me she can schedule the appointment for me. Yeah, cause I've got my hands full at the moment.
After a moment of reflection, I'm fine. Going forward it'll just be a weird little thing that they scrape off and someday I'll remember only vaguely.

What it did remind me of is how much I love the Boys Town Pediatrics system. All the doctors and P.A.s are amazing people. You really get the whole package when you see their doctors. I can't recommend them highly enough.