Cankles

TODAY'S MOTIVATION

Cankles. I have a mild case of 'em. I don't want 'em. 

RANT OR RAVE

The frost is all over this morning. Eeek! They started playing Christmas music at a kids play centre I went to yesterday. What? I thought they at least waited until AFTER Halloween? The leaves are not even completely gone yet. I don't want my parental leave to end. Why does time keep passing by?

RANDOMS

Today we are having dinner with Maya's Grandma and Grandpa. I'm gonna cook a good ol' roast in the slow cooker. Chris is off again. Sundays are starting to become my favourite days. I will leave you with some more sweet Maya goodness....

Swimming Lessons

TODAY'S MOTIVATION

On Monday I took Maya to swimming "lessons". Usually this is something she does with her daddy but he was away for work that day. So we got to spend some mom and daughter time together. Maya loves swimming and being in the pool with others.  The class consists of babies / toddlers and their parents. They mostly just splash, blow bubbles, sing songs, and the like. It is great fun.  It's like a bunch of momma ducks and their babies just doing their thing. Like many people I always hate being in my bathing suit, but what can ya do? 

I was thinking it would be nice if I lose enough weight -  perhaps I would be able to do these types of things and not be so self conscious. I know that Maya will pick up on me being self conscious about how I look and I don't want that to rub off on her. Besides, when she gets older I don't want her to have a mom who is the fattest mom in the class (luckily I was not in this particular class).  I know that sounds mean and shallow but what can I say, kids can be very discriminatory by nature.  But mostly, I just want to enjoy doing activities with my baby girl without the body image issues. 

RANT OR RAVE

Found another recipe I may want to try. Simple, but looks tasty. Check it out here. 

NOTE TO SELF

Sweater Weather

TODAY'S MOTIVATION

Sweater weather. When you have sausage arms it's your best friend. They can camouflage and keep you warm at the same time. I can even get away with wearing sweaters in the summer time when I am at work because they keep the air conditioning so cold you feel like you are in a freezer.  But beyond that I am forced to expose my fleshy arms the rest of the year with short sleeves. It will be a good day, the day that I am able to be less self conscious about my arms and when I am able to wear a sweater purely for it's intended function and not also to hide the fat. I will try to remember that today. 

RANT OR RAVE

Well the weather has really changed where I live, the colder temperatures are staying. I think I'm going to try to make a stew this week. I have never made one before but figure it couldn't be that hard with a slow cooker. I will look for some lean cuts of meat and see what I come up with. I will let you know how it turns out and share the recipe once I figure it out!

NOTE TO SELF