Happy Monday!

Hey There Monday, August 4th! Say what? 

Something happened & I blinked than the next thing I knew it was August. Anyone else have this happen to them?

I started off August with telling myself, this is IT!! This is my time to shine and so willing I am going to do this. 

Friday: I finally convinced myself to eat the rest of the cottage cheese we had and mixed in some blueberries. I can't say I will try it again but it was doable. Than it was house chores and bootcamp with my trainer in our lululemon store. (Man am I ever not a fan of Lulu Lemon... the girls in there were just rude!!) 

Saturday: My brother was sending me pictures of Indy so I had to take this of Trigger sleeping in my lap.

We ran some errands and than it was nap time. 

Not to forget San Diego FINALLY got some rain. We've been needing it so bad that I don't even care that it's August and we're getting rain. I loved it! 

The best time to sleep! 

Sunday: Sister and I went grocery shopping. Planned our meals for the week. I even managed to descale my Keurig since Sister brought her's out so now we have 2. (actually 3 but only 2 work because her's had to get replaced since it stopped working) 

Over all, it was a great weekend home. Got my planning done for the month of August. 

Side note: Today also starts no dairy, soy, gluten and eggs for 30 days. Any good recipes please send my way as I know I will get sick of eating the same "safe" foods over and over again. I am hoping I will see a difference in my body after this 30 days.

Have a fabulous Monday!  

Happy Birthday Liz Bear!

I fail as a blogger...

I promise I didn't forget about this little corner of my world... 

Being busy is just an understatement when you work 2 jobs, mom, animals and husband. 

I really just wanted to drop in today to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFF!! 

So make sure you stop by her little corner of the world today, wish her a happy birthday and enter her giveaway as she is doing a quest bar giveaway again (One day I will win one of these). 

Liz, my bff, I am not even sure where to begin on how much our friendship means to me. You are always there for me when I need to chat and always willing to share some good advice. You are by far the sweetest person and always willing to help out with anything I may need. I am praying we get to have a trip sooner than later. I hope you have the BEST birthday ever as you are just beginning the fun years of life.

Happy Birthday Darling!  

Picture This...

Welcome to Friday..

You are probably wondering where I have been all week right?

Maybe you aren't... Maybe you didn't even notice I was missing... 

A little off topic...I know I said I would put up the tutorial for the diaper motorcycle cake but sadly I have ran out of time since my week was cut short... Next week if everything works out right..sometimes life just gets crazy 

Side note:..Good news I have lost 4.5 lbs in a week (secretly celebrating) 

But Picture this.. Toes in the water, ass in the sand, and a cold beer in your right hand.. What are you thinking??

No I am not at a Zac Brown Band concert... but close

I am beach camping this week!

I wish it looked like this

  

I am hoping to be back Monday with all the pictures and fun. 

Have a safe and wonderful weekend!

What A Beautiful Weekend

Wow Hello Monday! 

This week is going to go fast as I only work 2 days this week and I have some big weekend plans. The stress though has kicked in as I am writing this at 4:15am and I can't seem to sleep anymore. 

But if we back up a few days, I can say the weekend was good. 

Friday: I honestly can't really remember what I did. I did run some errands during the day, made my own version of chiptole burrito bowl and probably went to bed at a decent hour (8pm)

Thanks to my BFF, I tried out the Blackberry Mojito tea from starbucks. I loved it but I was in my fitness pal trying to find the calorie count and I can only find the one that says 130 calories and a bunch of sugar lemonade one.. anyone can help with this? 

Saturday: I cleaned up the house. Got ready. My cousin had a baby shower. She is due in about 3 weeks if not sooner. Another boy will join the family. Than it was off to my other aunt's house for some dinner and swimming. 

Tutorial diaper motorcycle cake will be up later this week.

Sunday: I finally gave in to my craving and made blueberry pancakes. Got my nails done. Did some shopping at the mall. Went grocery shopping for our adventure this weekend. Than it was home and ready for bed! 

Now it's back to the grind of work and getting stuff done this week! 

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Ready Or Not...

Yesterday I was reading Skinny Meg post about tough love and I started to think of all kinds of things. It started with the excuses I tell myself and the excuses I hear all around me. Not to mention the excuses I tell my husband and I just let it go on and on. I am only hurting myself. I leave for my cruise in 93 days, my anniversary is in 88 days and I turn 25 in 80 days. 

How do we make excuses so easy yet we know we will regret it later on? When was the last time you made an excuse and you felt good about that excuse? {my point exactly}

The past two months I have been seeing a nutritionist and going to barre classes. Recently I started boot camp too once a week plus my cardio days. I will be the first to admit how disappointed I am in myself because I haven't lost any weight and I haven't been eating like I know I should. I can not blame anyone else but myself.  I started my journey over 365 days ago and I would be at my goal if only I stuck to it. If only I would STOP the excuses and just do it. I want to fit into my clothes in my closet that still have tags on it. When my husband sees me for our cruise I want him to be proud of my hard work. I want to wear a bikini and not be ashamed of it.  

I know I am not the only person whose husband is in the military, who works weird hours, who has a child to take care of, has animals to care for, who wants to sleep in, works 2 different jobs, who stresses over little things and so much more. I know so many people out there have it much worse than me and yet doing so much better on this train than I am.

 

The truth is....

Last weekend, I was trying on old dresses (high school prom dress and such) and I got really down on myself when I couldn't fit into them. I sat in my great room and thought to myself why not? Why can not lose this weight? Why am I working out so hard and nothing is budging on me? Why can I not fit into these dresses? Why am I not happy with myself? The only answer I can think of, because I didn't want it bad enough. I really didn't care. I really just kept putting it off. 

That is until that moment. Until last Friday sitting there, tears in my eyes I knew I had to change something. I sat down at my desk on Saturday and wrote out my meal plan for this week. I made a grocery list. I made a list of which stores I needed to go to to get these said groceries. I printed off my recipes. I paper clipped it all together.  I took it with me to meet my nutritionist. I took it with me grocery shopping. Sunday I cooked what I needed too, I pulled out chicken from the freezer for my meals this week, I packed up my lunch for Monday at work, I put everything into my fitness pal  . I did all these things to help me get on track and stop the excuses. I found my weakness in the process, food. I changed the way I did it before. 



The last two days I have been sticking to my food plan. I can honestly say I feel so much better about this journey. I feel like I can actually achieve my goals. I know it won't be easy. I know it won't be over night. I know I will need to face those parties (Saturday). I know I will spend weekends away from my house. It's in all those moments I need to remember my journey and make healthy choices. 

With all this said, here is to the next 80 days of no excuses and working hard at my goals. I want to look fierce when I turn 25! 

Ready or not.... cheers to the journey 

June to July...

When did it become July, let alone middle of July? It is so crazy to me how fast time is going and how fast things are changing around us.

June goals:

workout: We did great going to barre classes twice a week. I still did cardio but some weeks it wasn't 5 days a week but that is okay. 

Food Tracking: I failed at this so bad. New month which means I can start over right?

Morning pages: FAIL! I really need to get on this. I know it will make a big difference in me. 

Date night: We did mange to do some dates. Granted we turned them into like running errands but hey a date is a date right?

Read: What is that?

Rest of July goals: 

Workout: Continue working out. I recently took up boot camp classes too. I also want to get back to running at least 3x a week. I am trying to stay away from HIIT to lean myself out not to build bulk. 

Food planning: I am going to switch up my food tracking with food planning. I think if I plan my food out for the entire week than I might have a better chance of food tracking and eating cleaner.  

Date night: I really need these in my life. I miss our sunday fundays. I would even take watching a movie. 

Read and write: I need to do both these next two weeks to see how much of an impact they will have on my life. I am currently reading a new workout book that will hopefully help with my journey. 

So at the end of the day, July goals are the same as my June goals. I just want them all to be green and to lose some weight. 

Monday You Never Disappoint

Hey Monday.. Glad to see you arrive! 

I am starting this week with a new attitude and a new game plan. 

Apparently everything I have tried before wasn't working so I came up with a new way of doing things. 

1. Get rid of the scale (Yesterday morning was the last day of my scale). The stress of the scale can cause a lot of headaches and stress which in turns holds onto fat. 

2. Meal Planning for the entire week + grocery shopping for it all on Sunday. I know I need more calories but at least this way I am more likely to stick to my food. 

 

We will see how this all goes. I am hoping to reduce stress which will in turn reduce fat. See my logic here?

Onto my weekend: I am sad to say Indy went back home to my brother's in Sacramento. I miss this guy!! I know though it's only a matter of time until he's back at my house. 

Cali got a bath this weekend thankfully. Her undercoat was coming out again and she was shedding like crazy. Now she's back to being white probably until the end of today.

and this happened. I went from my brown hair to black with violet tint. I love it! 

Sunday was a day of shopping for foods and running errands. Once we were home it was time to meal prep and get everything ready for this new week. I sure hope this is the secret to my weight loss journey. 

How was your weekend?