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Ok, so the title is “kicking kid ass” but it really ought to read “how my kids kicked my ass on Mother’s Day”.

I had this great idea that we would spend Mother’s Day together and I could pick whatever I wanted to do. Sometimes I’m a moron cuz I picked hiking.

I figured since I’m the only one out of the 3 of us who has any experience hiking up mountains I’d be so much better at this then they are.

WRONG!

Stupid athletic kids. After my yells of “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon” fell on deaf ears (perhaps because they were so bloody far ahead of me they couldn’t hear me yelling!) I gave up trying to coach them. I figured they’d burn out and be super exhausted about half way up and then I’d make my move.

No such luck.

The little buggers are clearly half mountain goat. This wasn’t any easy, eastern region type hike either. This was full on, British Columbia mountain stuff.

On one hand I’m proud of them, on the other I’m thinking that all those hours I spend at yoga and in the gym are not paying off in the way that I need them too.

I mean, come on! They’re 11 and 8. What am I going to do when they’re 16 and 19? Perhaps by then they’ll be able to carry me up?

Hmmm, I may be on to something here….

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Ok, so Day 2 was a wee bit better. I got on the scale this morning and I’d actually dropped 1lb but that may be due to the fact that I was eating everything in sight for the last 2 weeks and ended up with a Pad Thai evacuation…so to speak (I’m pretty sure you can figure out what I mean here without me spelling it out for you but if that’s not the case…d-I-a-h-r-e-a-h. Not that I’d spell that out for you.

Anyway, that episode prefaced my first day but I, cleverly, weighed myself after the Pad Thai but before the “episode” so the number was good and high. Hee hee.

Moving on….

So this Isagenix stuff is definitely going to have an effect on me because I’ve done nothing but gain weight and get annoyed with the weight gain then gained more weight for the last couple of years. Just the simple process of “being on a cleanse” is enough to shed a few pounds.

That said, I’m not finding it too brutal yet. Tomorrow will be interesting though because I have a spin class in the morning, at 8am. Usually I wouldn’t eat before an early class but it occurs to me that I might pass out and fall off the bike, which would make the instructor super freaked out. Maybe I’ll do half the shake before and half after.