Diet is back on track!!!  It was a rough month or so there.  Between illness and vacations and potty training it seemed like we were constantly eating out and finding time to get to the gym was spotty at best.  But I maintained!!  I didn't gain any back.  Stuck in the same 5 pound range that I was in when I started.  So that's actually a huge success for me!!!  Life interfered and I didn't let it beat me.

So now though, I'm back on track to be losing.  I've got meals planned out and I'm sticking to it.  I'm not munching on the kids food.  If I want a snack, I'm thinking it through, asking if it's worth it and making smart decisions.  Not relying on low-cal/low-fat products and processed foods - sticking with fresh, whole foods that are good for my entire body.  Back to running, doing step class and working on the 100pushups & 200situps programs to tone.  The down side of the exercise is that I build muscle tone, which is good, but the scale doesn't show me losing like I'd like it to (muscle weighing more than fat blah, blah, blah).  It will eventually, I just have to be patient.

Spencer starts his first full year of preschool today.  He's pretty excited.  He's been going since March, so to him it's just another day of school, but I'm pretty excited.  When we started, we were just kinda thrown in with no formalities and little explanation as to the usual process.  Now we got the paperwork, a paper with pictures of all the teachers and their names.  And oh yeah, he's potty trained this time!!!  And it's three days a week now. Wow!! Such a big boy!!  I can't believe it!

Rachel is adorable as always.  She just melts my heart every day.  Yesterday she was carrying around a little purse being just like mommy.  Her constant talking still grates on me sometimes, but I've gotten very used to it now.  I felt really bad when she first started and I had a hard time with it, but it would be worse now if she didn't talk.  In fact, one morning, she was really quiet (she had fallen out of her crib and was a little in shock I think).  I was so sad, I missed her constant babble and couldn't wait for her to start up again.  So that's that.  I'm not sure what kind of fun things she and I will do while Spencer's at school.  Not too much because I feel bad doing things without him, but I'm sure we'll find some girly things to do.

Off to get Spencer ready for school.  Be back in a few months heehee...