Let's see if I can do this

So, everyone is doing it.
Yesterday there was a lady on Oprah, a stay at home mom, just like me, who is making lots and lots of money, simply by writing about her everyday life with her 2 (or was it 3) children. She writes about postpartum depression and diapers, all the unpleasant things which goes with having a newborn. Why can't I make at least $100 a month by writing about what I'm passionate about - fitness, and my journey to building the body which I can see in my mind's eye.

An easy way to describe "it" will be to simply refer to the cover of an Oxygen magazine. I'm far from attaining "it", but I've come a long way. Let me introduce myself...

I'm a Canadian immigrant - now a citizen. I was born in South Africa. The country of my heart, but left 6 years ago for various reasons. Opportunity being the foremost reason. I grew up in a small town not near Cape Town or Johannesburg.
I have 2 small children. My son, let's call him eM, was 4 in January. He is my wild thing. He never stops talking, he is intense and emotional. He is not so creative, but shows lots of promise as a violinist. He goes to preschool 2 days a week for 2.5 hours - thus I hardly ever enjoy time where all I hear is Nothing!
My little girl, dD, will be 20 months old by the end of this month. She is creative, funny, easy going, also talkative, but more shy than her brother. She is a joy to parent. eM has made me cry out of fustration, until now, dD has yet to do so. I don't feel like a terrible mother when I'm around her - except that she does not demand (and get) as much attention as eM does.

Oh yes, I also have a wonderful hustband, cC. He is a techie-guy who will hopefully help me figure this blog-thing out.

One year ago I was 220lbs. This morning, I was 158.4lbs. It seems like there should be nothing for me to complain about, but I work HARD. I get up every morning at 5:25 to go to the gym. I'm back by 7am and then my day starts with getting everyone fed and dressed for the day. Etc, Etc, Etc - that part never ends. Please tell me that when my kids are older, it will be easier?

I do cardio (usually treadmill or stationary bike) for about 45 minute, 3 times a week. Twenty of those minutes will be intervals. Serious, all out, intervals. The other 3 training days of the week will be weight training.

I have tried several exercise/nutritional prgrams, all with variable results. There is 2 which I will continue to use, but I'm still looking for the ONE which will get me to my "it". I will try and describe each of these programs in the next few days or weeks. I'll try and remember all the pros and cons of each and will continue to blog about the new ones I try.

One thing that kind of bothers me is that there is few programs geared towards woman. The one program I really liked (to be named later) comes with a COMPLETE menu - I, as a 158lbs woman was allowed to eat just as much as a 158lbs man. I only lost about 7lbs on that program in 4 weeks. It promises more. I really did work hard and did not cheat once. I wonder that if I followed a lower poundage plan if I would have lost more. I'm a little dissapointed in that program, although I loved the workouts and the food. It was normal food, which I eat everyday any. Nothing fancy, and it allows substitutions, as long as you keep the portion sizes right. Hmm, I might return to this program within the next week - but more about it another time...

This week I'm going to work hard on getting this blog at least a little interesting. I'm going to exercise and try and eat more or less right - but for the most part, my next 4 week sprint in attaining "it" will start next week.

Oh, another thing that I should mention is that English is not my first language, so please pardon my grammar. Thank goodness for the spellchecker!