Windy Day
What a rotten day, weather wise. I guess we are having a tornado or something? Heavy rainstorms? I don’t know. I just don’t want to be out there. Did I already tell you that my children are products of the DC area? It’s 75 degrees out and Elsa is shivering, saying “wheel-wee [really] cold, mom, wheel-wee cold. Get my jacka [Swedish word for coat]! Now, MOM!” Yes, she’s bossy.
She then proceeds to wear a winter coat, while I enjoy the fresh breeze in my tee shirt and shorts.
I caused Erik to have a complete meltdown last night. Every week they do a Math Facts test based on their abilities. They continue on from where they left off the year before. He is currently doing subtraction with 4 as the number. So he goes from 4-4 to 13-4. In kindy, the kids could take as much time as they needed. In first grade they have one minute to do these 10 problems. That’s 6 seconds per problem. Even though he is great at math, he is not so great at writing and thinking on his feet. The teacher sent home a practice test and it was taking him much too long to do the page, so I had a brilliant idea to help him come up with a faster strategy.
I taught him to look for the 13-4 and start there, then go backwards from there instead of doing it in order. So first he would write 9, then 8, then 7 and so on. He understood the strategy. He liked doing it that way. He had me write up a bunch of practice tests and got his time down to 27 seconds.
I did my weight lifting class today (Body Pump) and feel like I’ve been through the wringer. I am so hungry! I’ve been scarfing down bananas, grapes, tomatoes and sugar snap peas like nobodies business, but I really want some carbs or a big hunk of protein. I know the WW program lets you trade activity for food so I guess I need to figure out how that works. It says I earned 12 activity points. Does that mean I get to eat 12 points worth of food? Because if so, watch out chicken, here I come!
Tonight will be the real test of my fortitude. I have a meeting at Starbucks. I can have a pumpkin spice latte if I keep my dinner under control, but do I really want to give five points to a drink?
Ok, no more diet talk. I hate diet talk. Let’s talk about something fun instead!
Ummmmmm.
I folded laundry today! I did two loads of dishes! I need to go make Erik do his homework!
Wheeeee! It’s a laugh a minute around this place. Whatever happened to the days when I could ramble about anything?
Erin said,
September 18, 2012 @ 2:33 pm
Are you not eating protein? That could be why you’re so hungry. “Spend” your points on protein, it will keep you full longer.
Also, MyFitnessPal is better than SparkPeople…just sayin. :o)
I also weigh (pun intended) the worthiness of a food based on it’s calorie count. All of the OBs in my practice are adamant about me not “drinking my calories.” Uh, I don’t drink anything but water generally. Most things have too much sugar or caffeine (both of which are no-nos for me). Once in a blue moon I’ll splurge on decaf Starbucks and you better bet your sweet bippy I’m going to enjoy it.
I hope tomorrow is a better day!
Gopher said,
September 20, 2012 @ 7:46 am
I dunno why the email isn’t working – another friend said the same thing and I can’t find a reason for it. Anyway, if you like, I could send you a WW cookbook I have. I got it for xmas last year but the giver didn’t realize I already had it (I am a huge cookbook collector). It’s this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Watchers-New-Complete-Cookbook/dp/1118116836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348152128&sr=8-1&keywords=weight+watchers
Let me know and then we can figure out the logistics.