tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19073884801210081872011-07-07T16:35:11.818-04:00A Cunning Mom navigating motherhood and my own weight loss journeyChristine Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06326645296639048147noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907388480121008187.post-61250956347939932602010-03-05T09:37:00.000-05:002010-03-05T09:37:17.858-05:00

I've been a bad blogger and a bad tweeter! My problem is I can't do everything 100% all the time. Lately, I've been focusing on the kids and I've been planning family activities for March and April, before I go back to work so then I find my blogging suffers. Or if I'm on top of blogging and tweeting I'll be lacking somewhere else. That balancing act is a struggle for me. So I'm just gonna catch

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180.3lbs this morning. Down half a pound from last week but still up 2lbs from 2 weeks ago. I'm disappointed, I'm not going to lie. I'm really up and down the last few weeks. I regained my focus and then I majorly fell off the wagon, for a week and then I got back on track this week. In terms of exercise, as you know I completed my 2nd 6 Week Challenge on More Workouts and now I'm focusing on

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I earned my trophy for my 2nd 6 Week Challenge on EA Sports Active More Workouts. I am so happy to have completed it. Doing a challenge definitely keeps me on track and makes me follow a regular workout schedule. I lost about 5lbs during the challenge, but my eating was really off track for a few weeks of the challenge, so my weight loss wasn't great. I lost half an inch off my arms, and a

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I'm really sad that I only discovered shrinkingjeans.net recently! I really like the site and thought the Monday challenges look interesting. I will definitely follow along with the next challenge! This morning the scale said 178.3lbs. I'm down 5.7lbs from last week and 33.7lbs total. Since December 30th I've lost 9.1lbs. Last week I decided to get out of my slump, to be positive and to get

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http://www.endcancer.ca/goto/christinecunninghamHappy Friday everyone!As some of you may know I love to exercise! I love using the Wii to get a good workout in on EA Active and Wii Fit Plus. I also love walking and running. I'm currently training for a half marathon in May and some shorter races through out the summer. I loved walking after I gave birth both times because it allowed me to ease

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Yes I have been down in the dumps however I decided I don't want to stay down in the dumps and watch the scale go up and up. That will NOT happen. I'm feeling better, I need to be positive and I promise I am feeling positive (not just faking it). What helped to change my attitude? Some awesome support from wonderful ladies like Shannon, Monique, Trish, Lori, Sarah, the Wii Mommies and everyone on

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Be warned, this post is random, all over the place and a little crazy... I feel like screaming! I cannot get back on freaking track with my eating. And I'm beating my head against the wall wondering WHY? Why did I buy the ice cream? Why am I eating more than 1 bowl a night? Why am I sneaking bites of ice cream randomly through out the day? Why did I buy chocolate hearts at the store? I'm so

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The scale said 180.8lbs this morning.  WOW, it was very cool to see 180, so close to the 170's but I am not overly excited because I had a REALLY bad stomach bug yesterday, which basically emptied my system out.  I really want to hit my goal of 179lbs by next Wednesday so I plan to keep my eating under control and hopefully I will hit it.  I've been on top of my exercise (other than yesterday

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I'm disappointed in myself. I lost momentum after the holidays, in terms of food. As you know, I've been doing great with the exercise, not missing a day, doing both EA Active and Wii Fit Plus everyday. However, I've been struggling with food. Last week I got my meals on track, eating better, but I've been snacking on junk. I'm so annoyed that I'm even writing that. But I have to be honest if

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Well Conor did so much this week! He was 8 months old on Wednesday. I could not believe that 8 months ago I was sitting in the hospital, in labour waiting for Conor to arrive and now he's 8 months old!!! It boggles the mind how fast time goes by. He's been sitting up on his own since 7 months old, but this week he started getting up to a sitting position from lying down all on his own! Then

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I didn't post for Weigh-in Wednesday because I had less than 3 hours of sleep Tuesday night and so Wednesday I was just trying to survive the day, I didn't even turn the computer on. Magically though, I did make it through the day, even got my workouts in and I was in a good mood! lol Wednesday morning I weighed in at 183.6lbs, I'm down 1.7lbs from last week and I'm almost back to pre-Christmas

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Well my first Mommy Monday post was a month ago, but I'm sure you can understand that things were hectic through the holidays.  I didn't go on the computer much because my in-laws were here, my husband was off work so I wanted to focus all my attention on the family and we had a wonderful holiday.  It was so nice to spend two whole weeks with Steven and the kids.  They definitely bring us lots of

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Ahhh, Sunday evening, both kids are sleeping peacefully, I'm relaxing, blogging, tweeting, watching Dr. Oz and am trying to spread the word about starting a new 6 Week challenge tomorrow. I finished my first 6 Week Challenge last week and I definitely need to start a new one to keep focused. I like structure, planning and tracking when it comes to diet and exercise so the challenges really keep

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Happy Friday. I know it's late in the day but kids are sick and sleep is limited so it took me a LONG time to get started today. This Friday I wanted to talk about the Wii because I'm loving it! Especially with the cold weather it has definitely helped me to stay on track. As you know, I use EA Active Personal Trainer and More Workouts and I finally completed my first 6 Week challenge on

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Here we are, post Christmas and New Years. Just like that it's all over in a flash and I'm left with an extra 2lbs. As of this morning I am 185.3lbs. I have seen so many of you wonderful ladies on Twitter and on your blogs say you've lost weight over the holidays which is amazing but I am being honest and saying no I didn't lose any weight over the holidays but I'm not going to beat myself up

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As you can see I have not posted since December, my in-laws arrived from Ireland December 11th, they left December 27th, so we were very busy the last few weeks and my husband is still off work which has been so wonderful. So we've been having family time and I've been away from the computer. But I'm back and ready for the new year! Happy New Year to all of you out there! I hope everyone enjoyed

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Well the scale was not kind to me. I'm at 184.9lbs, up 1.6lbs. I was seriously disappointed. I've been doing well with my meals, but over the weekend yes I did indulge in chocolate that my in-laws brought from Ireland. And my mom had a Christmas party with all my friends and I couldn't resist a butter tart, brownie or roast potatoes with gravy. Ugh. So now I'm really thinking that getting to

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Where do you get your motivation? How do you stay motivated? Do you find it hard to get motivated or stay motivated? I've never had a problem finding motivation. I cannot count how many times I felt super motivated/focused to lose weight. I started eating well, exercising lots and I was so determined to lose the weight, get to 140lbs. And then I would start snacking, exercise less often, and I

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I was really looking forward to this weigh-in because I did really well with my food choices this week. I almost always chose healthy snacks over junk, and when I did have chocolate I had a Dairy Milk Thins which is only 100 calories. I missed my Thursday run last week but I ran an excellent 10k on Sunday in 1hr11min and of course I've been continuing with my 6 week challenge on More Workouts.

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I decided to write a "Mommy Monday" post to let you know the funny and cute things my kids do. Hey maybe you can write a "Mommy Monday" post too and let everyone know what your kids do that crack you up! Lately, I've been feeling kind of run down from my mommy duties, not really taking enough time to appreciate these two little blessings in my life. So I am posting a Mommy Monday post to let

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I'm not posting a Fitness Friday post because I didn't feel so focused on fitness this week. I have a cough/cold and both my boys are sick, so I haven't slept much this week. But here's my week in review. I did a very short run on Tuesday, felt good to stretch out after my long run on Sunday but then I missed my run yesterday. I missed a day on More Workouts but I will be making up for it

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My fitness goal is to run a half marathon and I've been slowly building up my mileage every week and sort of working on my speed. I'm running a 10k race in three weeks so I've been really trying to get quality runs in. Since getting back to running in August I ran my first 10k non-stop on Friday and was really proud of it, I had to blog about it! So this is a bit of an update from that post. My

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My favorite temperature to run in is 0 degrees Celsius, I love running in the rain and a little wind at my back always helps to push me along. Well the stars were aligned for a great run today. I missed my Tuesday run (I always feel guilty when I miss a run), I didn't run yesterday, so as soon as my husband got home and I headed out. I checked the temperature and it was 0 degrees, excellent! I

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I decided I feel positive, I want to keep this post positive. I'm down .4lbs this week. It's not much however, I was very happy to see the scale go down, rather than up. I had a rough week. As I mentioned in my last post. But since Monday night I'm feeling better, I decided to snap out of it and yesterday was a good day and today is going to be a good day. This week I binged. I ate a lot of

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Hello, If there's anyone out there that still might actually read my blog, I'm here! I haven't posted in two weeks. I've been feeling really sad and lonely for a while now and I think it's made me tired. I just haven't wanted to socialize, I've been distant and I haven't been writing. Anyway, I need to snap myself out of it, re-focus and get back on track. To be very brief and not moan too

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Well this week wasn't so great. I'm down .6lbs so I'm happy about that but obviously I was hoping for a 2lbs loss. I went out for two birthday dinners over the weekend and had quite a few Vodka's with my friend for her birthday, so I guess that's what did it. I'm still a bit surprised because I made really good choices while I was eating out and at home I was as diligent as ever. I have to say

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6 weeks after giving birth I had reached 212lbs and decided enough was enough. I had never been successful at losing weight before, maybe 5-10lbs and this time I had 72lbs to lose! I thought how the heck am I going to do this? What a big number. So I made small goals, first 5lbs, 10lbs and I was hitting them, small goal after small goal. So this morning I hit a few goals. I stepped on the scale

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Halloween was short and sweet for us. My oldest son just turned 2 and my youngest is 5.5 months old so we only went to about 5 houses. My 2yo doesn't eat candy so we let him have a few bites of chocolate and then you can guess who ate the rest! Anyway, we put last years costume on the baby and it actually fit him, so here they are, the Tiger and the Dinosaur! Cuddle time with bear after a

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Can you tell their brothers?

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This is like a week in review: I've had a GREAT week! This morning I am officially TWENTY pounds down. I can't believe it I'm so happy. It makes me not want to cheat or eat anything bad at all because I'm desperate to see 189 on my scale. I will cry when I see that!I'm SO excited that my last workout on my first 30 day challenge is tomorrow! Woo hoo I did the first one on easy of course, I'm

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I'm a very affectionate person and of course I am that way with my kids. My 2yo is THE sweetest thing on the planet, if I do say so myself. I guess because we cuddle so much and hug and kiss lots, he'll just randomly come up to me and say "cuddle mummy". I just grab him and squeeze him tight and give him lots of kisses.We always have a cuddle before bed, kind of time for him to wind down. And so

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I worked hard this past week, controlled my eating and exercised a lot. I decided on my goals, to get focused and I was excited for this morning. Kids woke up at 7:45am, WOW I got to sleep in, so I was happy with that. I was nervous to see my number today, so when I finally got on the scale I took a deep breath and hoped for the best. I was 196lbs last week and was really hoping for 2lbs weight

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As I've said, last little while I've lost focus so I decided to just focus on the next two weeks and weigh-ins.  So for the last week I've done really well, not missing a day on the Wii and running and I've been eating well, so I'm actually really looking forward to Wednesday's weigh-in. I decided that I want to lose 2lbs a week for the next two weeks. Now that I feel more focused I'm going to

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For my son's second birthday, I decided to do crafts. Seems strange to have a bunch of kids sitting at a table doing crafts for a birthday party right? My thinking was that usually at birthday parties the kids are running around aimlessly, screaming, fighting for toys and destroying your house. So I decided to try a crafts table out and see how it went. Well let me tell you, it was a hit! First

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Just this week I found mommy bloggers on Twitter. I've since starting following at least 10 people. Then I looked at their blogs, started reading and haven't stopped since. I am definitely very interested in seeing what other moms are experiencing and how they deal with whatever stages they're going through. I decided to also share my experiences with a mommy blog of my own. I'm a mom to two

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So I haven't snacked for a week! I'm feeling really good about that, I'm just praying it pays off on Wednesday, on the scale. After dinner, I haven't been eating anything and if I'm really hungry I have had a fruit. I haven't bought any junk at all this week so I haven't had it in the house. That helps me big time. That's it for now..short and sweet, unlike the last post!

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On Wednesday I was feeling like crap because of my weigh-in and because I've been stuck for a couple of months at this weight, not going anywhere. I lost my focus a bit with my running and the Wii. Thursday was a new day. I dropped my 2yo at daycare, got home, ate breakfast, fed my 5 month old and got him in the jogger stroller. With my ipod charged up I was ready to tackle a 12km or 13km run. I

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Well I basically stayed the same, only lost about .2 of a lb..oh well. Considering how much crap I ate this week, I'm happy about that. SO, I need to get back on track. I think I say that every week, am I the only one?? Anyway, goal for next week, to be down 2lbs and then another 2lbs the week after and then I will be at the 20lbs loss mark! I think that will gave me a major boost. After

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So I just finished one of my 30 day challenge workouts on EA Active for the Wii...I think it was number 10 or 11..anyway, I love the Wii. I've noticed a major difference in my arms and legs from just the first half of the 30 day challenge. It's going to take me longer than 30 days to complete, but when I do it again on Medium I'm really going to try and do it within the 30 days. The More Workouts

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So I'm fighting my addiction to food, one snack at a time. Sometimes I'm so focused and I do so well and then I "reward myself" for doing well with food! What the hell is wrong with me?! When I'm sad or mad or happy I eat..I'm totally an emotional eater and I cannot seem to kick the habit. So far I've lost give or take 15lbs, I'm really happy with it. I do really well when I journal my

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