I am doing to 5k and a 10k virtual run this week. this will be my very first 10K I cant wait to see how I do. if you want to join me just go to the link below and sign up. You can get some really cool gifts too.
http://www.runninglovingliving.com/welcome-to-summer-virtual-run-5k10k
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Weight loss.
Most ladies out there don't like to or will not talk about what their weight is. Well, I.m not a person like that. I stated a new ADVENTURE in my life back in Oct or 2011 and can't believe how good I have done so far.
Let me go back just a little more. On, July 28 at 4:14am my grandma passed away by my side and I was so sad. I have never seen someone die right in front of me before. I knew I needed to be strong for my mom because she was they with me. later that day the family went out to lunch because most of us was not eaten yet for the day. I just ate what looked good to me and i had a BIG soda. After lunch I was feeling really sick, sad, down, and just depressed. I was thinking it was because my grandma just passed away but later I would find out it was what I was eating that was making me feel like this.
A few days later I started to walk everyday with the girls in the Jogging stroller we got about a year ago. I would just walk around the house in my area. I started going about one mile a day and would keep adding more as I felt like I could do it. At Christmas time my In-Laws gave us a very old treadmill. It was over 10 years old but it worked OK. I started to walk and jog on the treadmill everyday if the girls didn't want to go outside. I was doing really good. I was able to do three miles in just about one and a half hours. I was thinking that was really good. A few weeks later Amber asked me to go out running again. I was thinking I was going to die again. But I told her yes, so that night we went out again. I did a lot better then the last time. we did 3 miles in 65minutes. I was able to add one mile to our walk/jog from last time. I did feel like I was going to pass out but I was so happy I did it.
Now that I was walking or jogging everyday I wanted to see what my weight was. At this time it was about December and I was down 20 pounds and I was feeling so good. I had to take some time off from walking and jogging because I had my tube(I only have one) tied. so I started again the first of the New Year ;-)
Danny and I started to do P90X work out almost everyday as well as walking and jogging. I was losing weight so fast and I was feeling great. I am so Happy to say I am down to 200 pounds and i was able to lower my BMI from 37.6 to 29.9. So I am down 50 pounds 7 months just by walking 3 miles a day and eating better. I have found out a lot about me doing this. I found out I do like more food then I was thinking, I can do stuff if I put my mind to it and that I can help other people.
I will be posting more about my fun new things The Smythe Family are doing now that we are all healthier.
Let me go back just a little more. On, July 28 at 4:14am my grandma passed away by my side and I was so sad. I have never seen someone die right in front of me before. I knew I needed to be strong for my mom because she was they with me. later that day the family went out to lunch because most of us was not eaten yet for the day. I just ate what looked good to me and i had a BIG soda. After lunch I was feeling really sick, sad, down, and just depressed. I was thinking it was because my grandma just passed away but later I would find out it was what I was eating that was making me feel like this.
(this tattoo is for my grandma. it is HOPE. Hold On Pain Ends)
Now to jump to Oct, 2011. My friend Amber has been asking me for years to go for a jog with her and I would always make something up like " I cant because of girls" or " Danny and I are going to do something". But this time when she asked I said OK. I was not even able to run/jog 500 feet before I felt like I was going to pass out. Amber told me to just keep moving even if I had to walk. she would run up the street a little and turn around and run back to me. I just kept going and she showed me where to go. about 65mins later we were back at my house and I found out we jogged/walked about 2 miles. I felt like I was going to die and just pass out but Amber told me something that made me want to CRY. "Ashley hold on the pain ends you will be fine in a few minutes" I use to tell me Grandma "hold on pain ends" every time I had to give her Meds to her. As I was thinking about this I was also thinking about other things about grandma and I talked about. I remembered that I told her I was going to lose some weight. at this time I was 255lbs. Yes, I was only 45 pounds away from 300 pounds. :-( at this post I knew I needed to keep my word to my grandma. A few days later I started to walk everyday with the girls in the Jogging stroller we got about a year ago. I would just walk around the house in my area. I started going about one mile a day and would keep adding more as I felt like I could do it. At Christmas time my In-Laws gave us a very old treadmill. It was over 10 years old but it worked OK. I started to walk and jog on the treadmill everyday if the girls didn't want to go outside. I was doing really good. I was able to do three miles in just about one and a half hours. I was thinking that was really good. A few weeks later Amber asked me to go out running again. I was thinking I was going to die again. But I told her yes, so that night we went out again. I did a lot better then the last time. we did 3 miles in 65minutes. I was able to add one mile to our walk/jog from last time. I did feel like I was going to pass out but I was so happy I did it.
Now that I was walking or jogging everyday I wanted to see what my weight was. At this time it was about December and I was down 20 pounds and I was feeling so good. I had to take some time off from walking and jogging because I had my tube(I only have one) tied. so I started again the first of the New Year ;-)
Danny and I started to do P90X work out almost everyday as well as walking and jogging. I was losing weight so fast and I was feeling great. I am so Happy to say I am down to 200 pounds and i was able to lower my BMI from 37.6 to 29.9. So I am down 50 pounds 7 months just by walking 3 miles a day and eating better. I have found out a lot about me doing this. I found out I do like more food then I was thinking, I can do stuff if I put my mind to it and that I can help other people.
I will be posting more about my fun new things The Smythe Family are doing now that we are all healthier.
Disney mommi blog
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http://www.disneymommi.com/2012/05/spibelt-giveaway-at-disneymommi.html
http://www.disneymommi.com/2012/05/spibelt-giveaway-at-disneymommi.html
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Day at Disneyland
Disney's California Adventure I started our day at Disney by getting up at 6:15 in the morning and going in Maddie's room to find Danny and Maddie both sleeping. I got them up to start getting ready for the fun filled day at Disney. I got Maddie and myself as Danny was getting ready to go. After Danny got ready he went in and got Emma up so I could start to get her ready. As I was getting Emma dressed and her hair done, Danny was packing the three little bags and the stroller in the car. I had one bag with Emma's pull-ups and wipes, one bag for the water stuff, and one bag for our water and punch bottles and a few snacks for the day.
In the car by 7:15 to go pick up Courtney and drop her off at school, to Moreno Valley to pick up the Fast-track at moms house and then to Disney :-)
On the drive to my moms house Maddie tells us she needs to go poop. Maddie will not just go poop in any potty. I don't know why and really dis-like it because we have to try and find a place for her to go. We are very lucky because she never has to go when we are out. So I started to think " where can we bring Maddie to go poop because I don't have a key to my moms house. oh, how about to Poppies house. No Maddie have never Pooped they so that will not work out. Oh, wait we can call Christa and Maddie can go there. No, wait Christa will say no like she always does. Now I got it, I'll call Kristin(the daycare lady) to see if Maddie can go there." So, I call her and get her voicemail. So after picking up the fast-track at my moms house we drove by Daycare and she was there so I went in can Maddie was able to go poop. I was so happy that we had to pick up the fast-track because I really don't know where we would have gone if we did not. And I hate driving the 91 freeway without it. So Fast-track in the window and Maddie got to go to the bath it is time to get on the road to Disney.
We got to Disney really fast because know one was on the freeway. It took us about 50 minutes from the time we left my moms house to get to the Disney parking lot. I was thinking we were going to have a long line to get into the parking lot. NOTHING, we were able to drive right in. I love that we have our Disney Passes for parking is FREE. We parked on the Micky level in row 4D, if your don't know the Disney parking that is a good place to park not a lot of walking to get to the park or back to your car. Danny got the stroller out and ready for the girls. I got Emma out, put on a clean pull-up and in the stroller. We walked over to the elevator and we only had two people in front of us, that is really good for a Monday. I was starting to think we are not going to have any lines today and it was going to be a good day. We got down to the Disney Trams and waited to get on for about five minutes. Danny put the girls on the tram and I put the stroller on on the tram. I love that Disney has a end car on the tram that you do not have to fold down your stroller. Just about a Minute later we are at the end of the tram ride to the end on Downtown Disney and the gates of Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. We walked over to the Stroll area to see if they could blow up the stroller wheels. We got some bad news after walking over they could not do it. I was a little mad about and yelled at Danny(I love you baby and I'm really sorry) that he should have done it before we left the house. Danny had to push the stroller for most of the day. So we walked back over to the Gate of Disney's California Adventure.
They are working on a lot of areas of Disney's California Adventure and the Main Gate is one of the areas they are working on. I really dislike all the walls they have up and have to walk around. Lots of walking........
More to come......
June of 2010
A Day at Disneyland !!!!We had Maddie, Emma, Courtney(11), Robyn(12), and Karena(16) for the day. Maddie and Emma have not been to Disney very many times before this day but the three girls that came with us go all the time and know Disney better then me. Our girls did not like going on rides at all this day. We were starting to feel bad that all the girls were not having fun. It was a nice day out but we had to hold Emma and Maddie each time we would stand in line. We started to walk around and found my mom, Sydney, Christa and Tarah waiting for a Parade to start. So we stopped and watched it with them. I was a New Toy Story 3 Parade. All the Kids young and old loved it. We walked around with my mom for a few more hours stopped for Dinner. After dinner when went Pin shopping and almost got in a fight with some not so nice lady. We left just as the World Of Color was starting so everyone was walking aways from us. We had so much fun that day.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
My Family is great
My girls are growing up so fast now. Maddie will be three years old in Nov(5months), Maddie is starting to be the best older sister ever. She loves her little sister Emma so much. Maddie will help with getting more food for Emma. If Emma needs a hug Maddie is there for Emma. Emma needs a juice cup Maddie will get one for her. I love that my girls love each other so much. Maddie is out of her crib now is now sleeping on the cough. We don't know why she likes to sleep out on the cough but every night now for the past month she sleeps there. She is now going to daycare two times a week for about six hours each day. Emma will be 2 years old in March(9months), Emma is our little fat baby, she is only about 5lbs bigger than Maddie. Emma looks just like her daddy. I love looking into her BIG BLUE eyes every morning. She is a big lover. Emma is starting to talk more and more. I can't believe my little baby is going to be two in only 9 months. I want my little babies back.
A fun night out with the girls
SO last night I got to get out of the house and see Eclipse with the Heath girls and some of their friends(I think I was with about 10 12 year olds and one 16 year old). I can't believe I went to see a movie at 12:01am. It was so much fun. I left my house at 9pm and got a Large coffee and than went to wait in line to see the movie. I think this was the best of all the Twilight movies so far. I think they could have put more in some parts of the movie. Now I need to go back and read all four books again. I got home around 3am and was not able to sleep. I think I got to sleep around 3:30 or 4am. Maddie got me up around 7am. I did not get much sleep at all this morning. I can't wait now for Nov. 18, 2011. that is when part one of the last book is coming out. I only have a little over a year to wait. What am I going to do?
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