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I have been MIA all week. It has been one of those weeks I tell ya!

As you know we are down to one income (and it’s not a great one) and things are getting tighter and tighter around here. Groceries and gas are going up and it has been 4 years without any raise for my husband. I have been applying every minute of the day to try and find some sort of online teaching job. I don’t want to put my kids in daycare and work somewhere full-time and to be honest, it would be a wash after paying for two kids in daycare anyway.
The cheapest I have found is $40 a day per child and that place is NOT great as I have had my oldest there before.

The nicer daycare/preschools are even more than that and I am uncomfortable letting strangers watch my kids anyway.

So I am job applying this week. Wish me luck on finding it lest one online class! I have 10 years teaching experience, you would think this would not be hard, but jeez it is so far!

If anyone hears of any part-time online teaching jobs let me know! I teach Health and Nutrition.

Anyways, I will be more active next week after I exhaust all places to post my resume. I will have my weekend hop Thursday night!

Have a good one!

Tawna
Oh but still getting my workouts in, I can’t miss those. doing a Turbo Jam workout in the mid day and the P90X with the hubby (yes he is back at it again, yay) at night! So will have results to post next week too!

If you have not read my previous post about how I have a yelling problem then you may want to check it out so you know what I am talking about:)

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I had a lot of great comments from a lot of you lovely readers and they did help me a ton! This is what I have done over the past few days.

I sat my daughter down the day after I wrote this post (it needed to be on a calm day when we were not already fighting). I asked her if we could “make a deal” and she said “OK Mommy, what is a deal?” I chuckled and told her this:

“If you do not argue with Mommy when I ask you to do something then I promise I will not yell anymore, does that sound good?”

She said “Yes.”

I also told her how sorry I was for yelling so much and that I do not like it when I yell and will try very hard to stop. I then told her how much I loved her and how beautiful and perfect she is. I said, “sometimes we get into fights and that is not fun is it?”

She said, “Mom, it scares me when you yell and makes me sad.”

Oh my, did I feel like a crappy Mom at that point. I hugged her and told her that she did not deserve me yelling at her. I then said “do we have a deal?”

She said “yes!”

Over the past few days, I have to admit that there has been twice I started yelling and I stopped, took in a deep breath, and preceded to talk to her in a calmer voice.

For the most part, when she is not listening to me I simply have said, “Rae, remember our deal?”

She will then say, “Yes, Mom,” and 9/10 times she let’s out a big sigh and says “I will listen.”

It has been much better. I love that we are not fighting as much. We are definitely a work in progress but definitely working in the right direction!

Thanks for visiting me today! I hope you all have a very positive, yelling free day!

Tawna

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My workouts today:
P90X Cardio X -40ish minutes
Turbo Jam 20 minute workout
Turbo Jam AB Jam-20 minutes

Whew! I smell bad!!!!

Tawna
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You know…I have to fess up that I still have a huge yelling problem. I have been trying to work on this but it has been one of my biggest downfalls and hardest things to change. I get so frustrated and my 5 year old gets more and more argumentative every day and I just find myself yelling at her more then I like to admit.


I know…these are all excuses and the fact of the matter is that I just need to stop. So any suggestions on how to go about this? My guess is that my 5 year old just has my personality, which is rather bossy and argumentative. Now how do I go about changing that in me so I can see the change in her before she gets too old and its too late!

I need to get a handle on this because you can’t be positive when you are yelling!

Thanks for coming by and in advance for any help/suggestions you have!

Tawna

OK so I had to go with the 5 year old daughter taking my picture since I could not for the life of me find the camera last night for my hubby to take so I apologize if they are a bit blurry! She does do a pretty good job though!

Bust: 41 inches                          40                           L-1 inch
Under bust: 36 inches                35 1/4                     L-3/4 inch
Waist: 41 inches                        39 1/2                     L-1 1/2 inch
C-section scar: 42 inches           41                           L-1 inch
Hips: 44 3/4 inches                    43 1/2                     L-1 1/4 inch
Thighs (1): 24 3/4 inches            24                           L-3/4 inch
Arm: 12 inches                          12                           0

Total inches lost = 6 1/4 inches

Overall experience with P90X
It was hard and I could barely do half of the workouts full out when I first started. I always did the entire workout (well except Yoga for a couple of weeks, it is 90 freaking minutes)! Now I can do the entire workout full out. Am I as vigorous as Tony Horton and the others on the DVD? No way, but I am 100% better then I was on day one. Would my measurements and weight loss be greater keeping up with them 100% of the time? Yes absolutely.

Now for round 2, my hypothesis is that my weight loss will be close to the same as the first time. Why am I not saying more? Well because I only have another 15-20 pounds to lose and I am gaining a lot of muscle in this program. Oh and most importantly I have gained STAMINA!

I do like the workouts as they make me feel good that I am working out so hard. I do have to say that the Yoga is still not my favorite and I am pulling out a Windsor pilates or a shorter Yoga routine on Yoga days for the lean program because I simply do dislike the 90 minutes of Tony’s Yoga. I don’t think this will matter because I am still doing it!

If you have wondered about trying this program I would definitely give it a huge thumbs up and a 8.5/10. I am not giving it a 10 for two reasons, the Yoga is not my favorite and Tony Horton just does not shut-up ever! That is OK though, he gets the job done. I guess if I am giving it another go and doing the LEAN P90X this time I must like it enough..right?

My stomach after my c-section is being so stubborn so I am hoping the LEAN program of P90X will take more off the stomach. As I said in my earlier post too that I am adding in Chalene’s Turbo Jam, Ab Jam into my day too to combat this!

Keep coming back for round two’s updates!

Have a great day everyone!
Tawna

OK pics coming tomorrow of me after my first round of P90X. I tried to have my daughter take them and they did not work out so well so will have my hubby do it tonight!

Today is day 1 for P90X LEAN program. I wanted to change up the workout but thought I would do the lean option of P90X first. I am going to do Turbo Fire next but really want to try and drop another 10 pounds in the next four weeks (mostly in my stomach) so I figured P90X lean would get me there the fastest!
 Swimsuit season is upon us and it has been years since I have wore a swimsuit that was not covered with a tank top and shorts so my goal is to wear one without an entire outfit on top of it in a month. We will see!

I am also doing Chalene’s Turbo Jam routine “Ab Jam” every day. It is 20 minutes long and to be truly honest, I really like it better then P90X Ab Ripper. I don’t know why but I feel it more after I do her ab jam than P90X Ab jam but….I feel it all over more for the regular P90X workouts.

Have a great day and come on over tomorrow for my pics!!

Tawna