Diet, Diet, Diet.

( I am open to any advice anyone has on this topic.)

My goals when it comes to working out are:
1. Get healthy
2. Lose weight

In that order. It is important for me to be happy with myself. Since I stopped working out as much I have gained back most of what I lost in the first place. I really feel the need to have a healthy eating life style. Then there is the problem with how extremely picky I am. I can eat a salad but I am going to load it with bacon, cheese and chicken until I might as well eat a big mac. I like blueberry muffin and poptarts, but I am terrified of actually eating a blueberry.
I know that I am weird.

There really isn't much point in trying to lose belly fat if you aren't eating healthy though. You can build up your ab muscles but you will never be able to see them..

Today, while browsing pinterest I found a list of the top ten belly fat burning foods and most of them I liked.
1. Oatmeal
2.Almonds
3.Olive oil
4.Eggs
5.Whey Protein
6.Berries
7. Lean meat
8.Whole grains
9.Peanut butter
10. Green veggies

This list I can do. I like 90% of the things on the list.

My problem is that I don't like a lot of things at are required to make all of my meals healthy. If anyone has any advice or recipes that I could try It would be appreciated.

Pure Cardio.

In the words of Shawn T "This s**t is bananas".

Pure cardio is 40 minutes of hell. Legit.

In the Insanity booklet it is described as "Intense and extreme cardio all the way-no rest!"

It is not for the faint of heart. By the end of this work out I was laying on the ground, unsure of my ability to get up. It was rough. I am not quitting though. I've lost some weight but I still haven't gotten my diet in order, but that is another topic for another blog.

So I still hate Insanity, but I am still trucking right along.

Week 1

Well the first week of Insanity is over!! I am hoping every week won't be so hard but I guess that is part of the joy of Insanity. I have to admit I haven't been eating that well though. I try to eat well and count my calories but I am a snacker.

We will see how it goes. I will probably weigh myself on Monday or Tuesday.

Day 2

Well, just went I thought Insanity couldn't get any worse, it did.

It was awful. I am just going to suck it up and keep trucking though.

You know why? Because I have gained 10 lbs since I stopped doing TurboFire and counting my calories.

Today I started counting my calories again though and it is going good so far. Hopefully when I weigh next week I will have some encouragement.

If you are in need of a good calorie counter, I would suggest myfitnesspal. There is an app and a website!

Good luck to any of you who are trying to lose weight or get in shape!

Insanity... Day 1

Whose smart idea was it for me to do Insanity??

Oh, it was mine...

Well, that was dumb.

I am so tired. I am almost dead. I thought I might die.

Turbo Fire is a joke compared to this.

That is all I can say. It I am capable of getting out of bed tomorrow I will let you know how day two goes.

Finally!

It is finally time to start Insanity... well almost. I am going to start on Monday and I am kind of excited and kind of dreading it.

I will keep you updated on how it goes.


So last night we started Christmas shopping. We got Makenna a potty and big girl panties!! I can't believe it is almost time to start potty training. When did my baby get so big?? And when do they start listening??... I guess the answer is never...

I don't know what to do.

I am supposed to run in a half marathon on Oct 15. I have paid for it and there are no refunds.
Here is the problem...

It seems I planned more than I had time for. I had no idea how little time I would have to train for this marathon with my school and work and Colten's school and work.

I am no where near where I need to be.

I don't know if I should keep training  and try to run in it and see where that gets me or just keep running and working out and try when I know I can do it.

The marathon is about 1.5 hrs away from where I live and I would have to be there early(which is a problem in itself.) And honestly I am to the point where I have kinda burnt myself out on it because I knew I had to get this done.

My husband seems ok with whatever I choose, but I do not have a clue what I want to do.

Princess.

This little girl is my world. I love her to death. I mean how could you not?!?! Look at that silly smile!!

I am going to be an aunt...again

Well this deserves its very own post. My sister is pregnant again and I am going to have a niece this time around and I am very excited!!

My sister and brother-in-law are planning on naming this little princess Amelia.

Feel free to pray for her/ congratulate her/ be as excited as I am.

Mommy time.

Yes, it does exist. I have seen it. Even if only for an hour.

Right now I  am enjoying mommy time, but i fear it may end soon. Nap time is almost over and therefore so is my time to relax. Maybe soon I will even know what "sleeping in" is?? I wont get my hopes up though.

As I sure you have guessed I am super busy all the time. I guess I forgot to think through how busy I would be going back to school with a job and a family. Let me tell you I am worn out!! The good news is I am doing good at managing my time, which is why I haven't been blogging. I just couldn't find the time.

In other news, the half marathon that I signed up for that you can not get your money back on is coming up very soon, 18 days soon, and I am completely unprepared. Guess what else I haven't had much time for?? If you guessed running you would be correct. Well I guess I will try my best and hopefully it will turn out well.

Back to school.

Today was my first day back to school. I enjoyed all of my classes. Some of my teachers were really funny and some of them are for sure going to be rough, but I have new friends to help me through!

Wish me luck!!!

Opposites attract..

And now I know why. I don't worry or stress about anything at all...EVER. I just don't see the point. My wonderful husband on the other hand, will get stressed out at the thought of lots of work. Bless his heart. So today I decided I would help get him organized. ( I LOVE organizing and writing everything down, its kinda fun) I made him a to-do list to use until we have time to go get him a calender/ planner to write everything on. I was pretty excited about it. I really hope it helps.

Here's hoping I still use my planner once school starts next week...

Long time, No blog. ( I'll do better)

Wow so I think I might be a horrible blogger. The same part is that I haven't even been all that busy. Well in less than a week I will be starting my fall semester...  this should suck be fun.

As far as my summer classes go..

Statistics- C ( oh did I mention I didn't even have to take this class since they changed the classes for students starting in 2010- why did I take a year off again?)

Public Speaking- A

Macroeconomics-B

Biology- C

Not to bad. But now that is all behind me. I am taking 15hrs this semester- 3 days a week and being available to work the days that I don't have class. I don't really know if I will have to time and energy for all of this but I guess I don't have a choice now.

This semester I am taking:

Microeconomics

Accounting 1

College Algebra

Art Appreciation 

Developmental Psychology

I'm kind of excited. I have been a stay at home mom( and working a few days) the last two weeks and if I wasn't sure before I am now, I was not made for this. I love my daughter and I love spending time with her, but I can't stay home all day with her. 

Anyways, on to more fun stuff...

I ran 5 miles the other day. I was so excited, but I have taken a few days off, maybe more like almost a week and I am hoping when I have time to run again I can still do it. 

I am also blond for those of you who don't know and I love it. Maybe I will put a picture up later...

and finally, Makenna is cutting two teeth at the same time and I hate it. There is no need for them to both come in at the same time. Take turns. 

Hey guys! Remember me??

Wow i don't even remember the last time I blogged. We have been extremely busy the last few months. i have started back to school, I am still attempting to train for a half marathon that i already paid for and can't get my money back, I am working, and somewhere in all this my baby turned into a big girl...

Speaking for big girls, I brushed my baby's teeth(2 teeth:)) for the first time tonight. This was a sad experience.
We have celebrated her first birthday since the last time I wrote. It was great. Her daddy made her and Joshua an awesome cake and Makenna LOVED shoving it in her face...

Well this was fun guys... Just so that I have more to say next time, possibly tomorrow(crosses fingers) I will leave you with another cute picture of my cute baby.

3 months down, 2 to go

Well 3 months have come and gone with TurboFire but luckily I have the advanced DVDs so I can enjoy it for 2 more months.

Waist                  31                  29
Hips                    37.25            35.75
Arms(R&L)          10                 9.5
Legs(R&L)           20                 20.5


I'm pretty happy with my results and I am excited about the next 2 months. After these 2 months I am going to start running more often and for longer periods of time. Then I will start Insanity!!! 

update..

I started running this week. I am only running 3 days this week. I am running a mile each time. Yesterday I ran a mile in 10 mins and today I ran a mile in 9.50 mins. Hopefully I will be able to tell a difference tomorrow. I really hope I am going to be prepared for this half marathon!! I have a little less than 5 months to get ready. I have a friend training for a different half that is just a few days before the one I am running and I think we might try to train together, but I want to get somewhat better before I start running with people. We will see.

In other news my baby will be one next week :)/:(. Too soon.

Also, I have almost reached my goal weight!

I finally decided

I decided to stop thinking about running a full/half marathon and decided the only way I would ever do it is to sign up and commit myself. So on October 15 at 7am I will be running/walking in a half marathon hopefully with my sister:) I am very excited about this. I am still going to be doing TurboFire and then Insanity when I get done with TurboFire. This is going to be great. I had no idea when I ordered TurboFire this is the road I would be on.I love it.

My advice to anyone that is just starting to get into fitness is to push yourself through those first few weeks and then you will love everything about working out. When you are upset you will want to work out, when you go out to eat you won't choose a burger you will want something healthy, it takes over your life. If you can make it though the hard times you will never turn back.

Marathon??

I am entertaining the thought of running in the Music City marathon next year...

I am now on my third month of turbo fire and I am planning on completing 5 months of Turbofire and then moving on to Insanity.

I also have P90X but I not sure if I want to try P90X again. I was extremely bored with it the last time I tried...

So back to the marathon. I know it will be hard mentally, physically, and emotionally. I am not even completely sure I want to try it. I should wrap up my Beachbody workouts around October or November and I think I will try to start running after that. I haven't ran since I was in high school(no joke) and even then it was only a 1 mile or so. I also think that running a marathon will be a great goal. I might try my hand at a half marathon first(this one). We will see though. I will keep you up-to-date on my thoughts about this. Maybe I can find a buddy to train with me. Any takers???

Second month done...

I have finished the second month of turbofire and i still like it!!
                 Day 1                        Month 2
Weight- 115.2                           111.4
Body fat- 27.3                            22.9
Waist- 33.5                               29.75
Hips- 37                                   36.5

Makenna meets Bob

So its time to stop slacking on my blog. This happened about 2 weels ago...

I'm in the costume..

Blahhh

That is exactly how I am feeling. I love Turbo fire and I love the results I can see but i wish that was reflecting on the scale. I don't have much to lose but I do have an ideal weight goal. If I don't start seeing more results soon I think I am going to add Insanity in with Turbo fire...

I love my daughter and I loved being pregnant but I do not like what pregnancy(and working in fast food) did to my body. I really need to get myself in check. I am a very picky eater and it is mostly healthy food I don't like but I need to get over that, I think.

Not going to give up.

Back to school, back to school

Well, I am going back to school in a month. I will be taking classes all summer, along with working, being a mommy, wife and still trying to stay on top of my work outs. This should be fun. So keep me in your thoughts when I am sitting in a class room all summer wishing I could be in the sun. 

I am very excited about going back to school though. I will really enjoy it(once I graduate lol). 

Wish me luck!!!

The results are in...

I have finished the first month of TurboFire. I don't know how obvious the changes are but I feel the changes more and more everyday.

Here are the results-

             Day 1                                  End of month 1      

Weight-   115.6                                  113.4                     -2.2
Body fat- 27.3%                                 24.6%                   -2.7
Waist-     33.5                                    32                          -1.5
Hips-       37                                       36.75                    -.25
Right thigh-20                                     20.5                       +.5
Left thigh-  20                                     19.75                    -.25
Right arm-  10                                     9.5                        -.5
Left arm-     10                                     9.5                       -5



Black- Day 1
Pink- Month 1

Yoga.

OK I just want to say that there is NOTHING relaxing about yoga. At least for me. I hate every second of it. FYI Chalene Johnson I am probably not going to be able to lay still on the floor and breathe for 3 mins. Sorry. No matter how hard I try. I just can't.


In other exciting news....

I bought a GIANT cupcake pan(one cupcake) for M and J's birthday and the cutest little stamp. I am so excited about this!!! It is going to be tons of fun. Hopefully people will still come even though it is on Memorial day weekend!

First steps

Well at 10 months and 5days M has taken her first steps!!!(The down side- daddy wasn't there!! M didn't get the memo that both parents need to be present.)

This is probably the most exciting thing that has happened since she started getting a tooth a few weeks ago.

It is amazing the kind of things that excite you when it comes to your little one.

I really can not believe how big she is getting. I need another little baby... in a few years.

Makenna's new hair style...Until she gets more hair.

i should be an event planner...

Well with Makenna and Joshua's birthday getting closer(2 months lol) I have begun to prepare. Apparently I love buying stuff for their birthday. I have a lot of the decorations, but I still need to get monkey themed stuff, so far I just have things that are the right colors now to get some actually monkey things. I am very excited I can't believe how big they are both getting. I love that me and my sister had babies within two weeks of each other!

In other news... Makenna's tooth is coming in nicely and we bought her a little baby tooth(literally :))brush.

And I am done with the first 7 days of my Turbo fire workout and I can already see some results. I love this workout. Once you start to get the hang of it it can actually be the somewhat enjoyable. I have decided to do the 20 week program and then do insanity for 2 months after that. I plan on being in the best shape of my life(and lose some baby weight!) by October/November. It is going to be a long journey but I am going to finish the workouts.

Thanks for reading guys!!

Day 4

WOW! Thats all I can say. Turbo Fire is no joke. Not only is it tough physically but it is hard to push yourself that hard mentally too. I would recommend it to anyone willing to work hard to be fit for sure. Hopefully I get my insanity soon and then I will start that as soon as I finish Turbo fire. I am determined to be fit. I don't really want my pre-pregnancy body back. I want it to be even better. I want to have a healthy life. Now if only there were food that were really healthy that I actually liked...

Stick with me and in about 25 days I will show you my progress for the first month!!!

TURBO!

Well, instead of insanity I got turbo fire. It is possibly the hardest thing I have ever done. I guess we will see how it works in about 3 months, if it doesn't kill me first.

Worn out...

Am I insane??

The answer: probably.

Today I bought the Insanity workout. I am really excited about because I think it will help me reach my goal. I mean I LOVE Zumba and I will probably still do it some days because it is fun, but I feel like it is in the right lane  when it comes to getting my pre-baby body back and I need to be in the left lane for now. It is almost summer after all!!!

I will let everyone know how it goes if I can even move enough to get to my computer. 

Click here  to see what i am about to go through in the next 2 months(after I get it)!!

Birthday!

I feel like a crazy lady getting ready for a party that isn't for 2.5 more months, but I can't just sit and wait because I would go crazy. I have found invites, I am going to price some food at GFS and Kroger later this week and I am trying to decide if I should make a cake/cupcakes or just buy some. Then comes the question of the flavor of the cake... We are doing a monkey theme so I was wondering if we should make a banana flavored cake or go with something more traditional...

Hopefully this will be an enjoyable experience.

Busy, busy, busy.

What a crazy busy week it has been.

Our internet hasn't been working, I had inventory at work over the weekend and we just got back from visiting some great friends in Cookeville.

Plus I haven't really had much to say.

BUT today I do.

Mostly about my precious baby.

She is getting sooo big!! she is finally done army crawling for the most part and she can pull up very easy now. Its so crazy. She should still be a little baby. It all happens so fast. Her first birthday is quickly approaching.

I really want to find so cute neutral birthday themes(we are doing Makenna and Joshua's birthdays together).

Any ideas???

Thanks:)

9 months...

I can't believe that my baby is 9 months old(and 4 days to exact)!!!

We went to the doctor on Monday for her check up and the second round of her flu shot.

She is:

• 16 lbs 10 oz-18th%
• 27.5 inches-48th%
• 17.75(head circumference)-80th%

She OBVIOUSLY gets her head size from her father.

I can't believe how big she is getting. It is so much fun watching her pull up, stand and crawl. She even claps now and she is starting to pick up on some of her sign language. She can kind of sign 

'eat'. I can't believe how much she has changed.

Brand new:)

9 months old and taking big girl baths!!!

So sleepy. She is such a little cutie!

School

I have decided not to wait to go back to school. Our original plan was that I would work and then go back when Colten graduated, but I no longer like that plan. I reapplied for APSU today and filled out my FASFA.

I am really excited and I guess I should know what is going to happen by next week.

Hopefully I am following God's will for my life and not just making my own plans. I really have a deep desire in my heart to go back to school.

Super mommy to the rescue....

ZUMBA!!

When I was pregnant i really thought all my baby weight would just fall off because I had never had a problem losing weight before. Oh boy, was I wrong. I lost about 10 lbs right away and maybe another 10 in the following weeks but I gained almost 40!!!

Now I am stuck with the last with the last 10-15 that I want to lose and it wont go away. I've tried P90X, but I is so intense and I really have no desire to workout and I don't diet, because I HATE most food that is good for me. I tried the Special K diet and it helped get me out of a rut but here I am again and the weight wont go away.

So I talked Colten into buying Zumba. I love it but, I like immediate gratification.So I get distracted or sleepy and I don't feel like doing it. I really need to get my butt in gear!! I want to lose it all before May 26( Makenna's first birthday). I refuse to keep this weight on any longer. 

I'll let you know how it goes. Maybe I can put down the cookies and milk...That is probably a big maybe.

(Maybe I will drop the $120 for Turbo Fire)

Dandelions.

Just watched an AMAZING movie. 

Like dandelion dust. Please go buy the movie or the book. Or both!

*PLOT:Jack and Molly Campbell enjoyed an idyllic life with their adopted 6-year-old son, Joey. One phone call shatters their world when they learn Joey's biological father has just been released from prison and discovered a loop hole in the adoption papers and now lays claim to his son. He wants to start a new life by taking back his son. When a judge upholds the biological father's claim and Molly and Jack learn they must give Joey over to this brutal man, they devise a plan.

In other news...

My precious little baby will be 9 months old tomorrow(I know, right?)

I never thought that this little girl

would ever be big enough to crawl or pull on my pants leg while I stand at the sink. It's very bittersweet.

Nothing will make you cherish how sweet and short life is like this blog. Don't forget your tissue. Please keep this family in your prayers as they struggle though this loss.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

I have heard/flipped to this verse randomly in the past few days. Guess I should start listening...

Just getting started...

Hi all. 

I am just getting start at this blogging thing so I thought I would tell you a little about myself...

I have a beautiful family. it's true. Don't believe me? Look for yourself...

My husband is the love of my life and my daughter is one of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen. I can't imagine life without them.

Makenna will be 9 months old on Saturday. For you moms out there you understand how extremely hard that is to believe. She is very active, crawling and pulling up. It is so crazy how fast she is growing up.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I have mess up in my life, but I know that He forgives and forgets.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

John 1:9

Have a great night:)