Last weekend I went to Pocatello for a couple days and I didn't listen to my body as I was moving things around and I hurt my back. I've had a weak back for a couple years now, and it's pretty much always sore, but every now and then it seems as though I re-injure it. I called Darrin on Sunday to tell him I'd done something to my back, and when he answered he sounded horrible!! Ugh! Big 'D' has a stellar immune system so he doesn't get sick often, maybe once a year. But, when he does, the poor guy is down for the count. Of course all I could think was "Dang, this means he may take some steps backwards in his progress and then could fall off the band wagon once again." Well, he proved me WRONG! Monday he is up and at 'em at 4:30 a.m. and leaving for cross fit! Awesome!! Unfortunately by the way he sounded that evening, his instructors kept him home from clinicals and he was feeling worse. So there we were two "out of order" parents. This is what lead us to our break.
Tuesday Darrin took the day off from workout and pretty much layed around and I was still in too much pain to sit at the table and enforce a new veggie and fruit for the week, and we had dinners brought to us this week, which surprisingly had no vegetables, so I just went with it. Very grateful for wonderful friends who recognized our despair and brought yummy food! Even though we were on a "break" I still enforced what I could and three of our dinners this week had a salad and carrots were the snacks I turned my children to when they were hungry. On Wednesday we had a quick meal before piano lessons at Wendy's and we shared a salad there so we could fill our tummies up with a little health, before they chowed down on their chicken nuggets! This in itself is huge progress as only weeks ago my girls would be kicking and screaming at the thought of a salad at a restaurant, but on the contrary had an amazing attitude. Once again I was proud! What I need to do better on for the family is eating better while traveling! I need to bring our veggies and fruit of the week with us when we go on our little road trips. We have a lot of these since I have a lot of family and friends in Pocatello and family and soccer trips in Boise, especially in the next few months! We will work harder with only a few mild breaks! We live and we learn :)
We almost included our family activity in our break because of our situation and it was yet again a very busy week, but I was determined to keep this commitment. We can't let everything slide because then this whole healthy change could fall apart. So on Wednesday right after school we went to a new rock climbing wall that has been built near us. It was a rainy day so indoors sounded the best. We knew the girls would love it and it was something I could kinds of sit back, watch and enjoy, since I was on orders to take it easy. 
I was able to get one very short climb in, more like two steps before I could feel my back twinge a little bit, but even in those short steps I could tell what a total body workout rock climbing is. My job the rest of the activity was just being mommy and keeping Heston out of the hand chalk.
The girls and Darrin LOVED it and didn't want to leave, even though we let them climb for an hour! Little monkeys with strong little muscles to go that long! Darrin needs a bigger wall!! We all look forward to doing this again, and maybe attempting a very small mountain outdoors when the weather gets warmer.
Even though Darrin was sick and missed some cardio workouts he was able to lose 1.5 pounds this week! Truthfully, I was expecting some weight gain when he got on the scale. But I was wrong! This is GREAT!! We know that his numbers must get bigger to win a competition and because he has so much to lose, but like I explained before, we expect to hit some walls, and we expect to get right back up! Monday starts a new week and new motivation! Darrin has lost a total of 20.5 pounds! I also took Darrin's 1 month measurements and pictures, WOW, is all I could think of the difference in the pictures! If Darrin can keep this up, it will be amazing!!
Stats: Darrin lost around 1.5 inches off each measurement. I tried my hardest to place the tape measure at the same spot on each reading! I did it 3 times to make sure :) I did realize after the fact, that I need to bring the camera a little closer to him as I did in the initial photos and need to create the same lighting. Hey, I'm learning!
These stats are from Jan 5.
weight: 342 lb.
peck/bust - 55.5 in.
real waist - 56.5 in.
arms/bicep - 19 in.
thighs - 28.5
and now Feb. 2
weight: 321.5 Lost 20.5 lb
pecks/bust: 54in 1.5in
real waist: 55in 1.5in
bicep: 17in 2in
thigh: 28in .5in
Feb 2. Jan 5.
Regardless of the lighting and close up differences in the pics it's still awesome the difference we can see already in Big 'D'! He swears he wasn't "sucking in" on his side shot, but I'm telling him he is, HAHA! But I still see some great changes in that shot! Can't wait for next month! Today is super bowl sunday, and Darrin so far is doing great. It is his cheat meal for the week, but don't worry, Nazi Wifey is back on duty....pun intended! I know, I'm a dork!
See you next week!
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