Health and Fitness

I've been shying away from my workouts more often than I'd like to admit but that has been the reality. So now after feeling miserable about the extra jiggles I'm back again on the quest to embracing the healthy and active life style...i'm trying to clean up my diet and slowly build my endurance. The weather is just adding to the misery...I'm waiting for spring to go back to my boot camp classes but until then the plan is to build up my mileage on the dreadmill. I'm hoping to get upto 10 miles this spring. Last sunday I did 5.2 miles. I was thrilled because I really didnt think I would last that long. Not at the pace I'd have liked but what i realised in the last week is that I can choose to either huff and puff at my previously 'comfortable' pace and not last very long or take a step back slow down a bit and work on building back my endurance. As much as I hate that, it is exactly what I did.Yesterday I did 4.15 miles - added a bit of interval training so my ego wasn't bruised all that much. I'm hoping to increase my mileage every week..which reminds me, time to get a new pair of shoes..might make a stop at the running store this weekend.

My secret childhood wish ..

I love this picture. One big reason - Growing up I always envied my friends with big brothers. I always secretly wished for one and thought that if I had an older brother in addition to big Sis and little bro, it wd have been perfect. Sean and Rhea are at each other's throat a lot but can't deny how close they already are..they are each other's best buddy..and are always looking out for each other..

Here's wishing and praying that it always stays that way!

Aal izz well !

So the ‘it’ thing now is the movie 3 idiots. We saw it the day after New Year’s. It was the first time we were going for a Hindi movie as a family. The bonus was that it was a kid friendly movie as well. Sean and Rhea thoroughly enjoyed the trip to the theatre. With the big bucket of pop corn, their favorite candy and the sugary sodas…what’s not to love…the movie was just the cherry on the sugar loaded extravaganza that lasted a whole 3 hours :)Both of them enjoyed the songs and sat through the entire show with no complaints. They really didn’t have any time to complain since they were downing the ‘goods’ at record time which surprisingly Mom and Dad were surprisingly getting them (that’s a first) They were living the dream !!
So fast forward to this weekend and I got the CD and the kids have been listening to the tracks while ‘trapped’ or ‘securely belted’ as the case maybe in the mobile and forcefully shuttled around town for various errands. Yesterday Sean and Dad got back from tennis and we had to leave for church soon so I prodded him to the bathroom so he can take a quick shower. I love our little humbug of a boy..he has an amazing sense of humor and comic timing…what do we hearafter the showers were turned on…he’s singing out loud ‘All iz well…’ complete with the dance moves and everything grinning ear to ear…so that became the mantra of the night….if there was any crabbiness….we would say ‘All iz well!’ and there was an immediate smile on the face. After getting back from church.. Rhea was being especially difficult (what do you expect…she missed her afternoon nap). She was getting upset about something and calling out for us. We send the ‘Happy Messenger’ from downstairs to cheer her. Sean went to her and said ‘Rhea, All is well!!!’ she started laughing…its amazing how something so small really lifted everyone’s spirits…

So that’s the Joseph family motto going fwd….so sing it with me…AAL IZZ WELL!!!

You don't like me?

Yesterday morning, while the boys went for tennis,the girls hung out at home…well, mom was cooking and daughter was watching ‘Sleeping Beauty’. I took a few minutes break from the kitchen and I sat down with Rhea. The morning sun was on my face and I moved from the couch to the love seat. Rhea was so engrossed in her movie I didn’t think she even noticed me moving to the other side. A few seconds later, she looked at me and said ‘You don’t like me?’ My heart just about stopped….i felt so horrible…she thought that I moved to the other side because I didn’t want to sit with her. I’m sure that’s what happens in class everyday. I gave her the biggest hug ever and told her that I loved her so so much! And that I moved because the sun was on my face. She was happy to hear that. Later on in the day when I came back for yet another one of my ‘quick breaks’ I again sat on the other side and she looked at me with a big smile and pointed to sun on the couch next to her and said ‘Mommy, the sun is here’.

Aaww my baby! She is such a smartie and growing up so fast!!