I have hit the halfway mark!

I feel like I haven't written forever! It has been a few weeks. I always did my posts from my Kindle Fire and all of a sudden it wont upload pictures. I feel like a post without pictures is like giving a kid who cant read a chapter book. There has to be some fun and excitement from pics!! Well I got a new laptop so i am back!!

Anyway, my life has changed a bit. I stopped doing daycare a month ago, and went back to lifetime to work in the Child Center. Well, on Sunday, I was promoted the the Assistant Department Head, which pretty much means that I am running it. We go through about 600 kids a day. We can have close to 200 kids at one time. This week has been crazy, mostly because I am just jumping right in and learning by doing. The Department Head is out taking a class all week and then visiting family till next Wednesday. But its ok because I am loving it! I love her and I know she will always be there when and if I need help, and even though we are short on employees, I love all the ones I work with. And my girls are liking being there more and more which definitely helps.

I am still doing my crazy workouts and my diet has gotten even stricter. But it is going really well. I have officially lost 30lbs now. It came off really really fast at the beginning and has slowed the last few weeks. But I am for sure gaining a lot of muscle now. I am thinking about posting some pics on here soon. It is unreal how much has changed! Everything looks so much tighter and leaner, and my waist?!?! My waist looks like the pictures are from 2 different people. Which is great since I feel like a new person!

Anyway, I just wanted to quickly let everyone know I am still going strong and still headed toward my goals! I hope you are doing good and making positive changes in your life!

Week 5

First off, I want to say congratulations to my friend Janessa who competed in the NPC Utah competition Saturday night. She did amazing and looks fantastic! I was lucky enough to attend and watch her in her first show. I hope to see her in more and maybe compete against her one day. :)



Here she is with a few of the other competitors. They all looked great and worked their butts off! Very inspiring to see!



There were two awesome men who are huge competitors in the country and world who came and put on a show for us. Then they signed autographs and took pictures with people in the audience. Both were very down to earth sweet and funny guys.but I would not want to piss them off! This first pic is of Johnnie Jackson,



And this pic is Branch Warren



I haven't been writing as often, but things are still going great. Its getting easier to eat only my approved foods and I go well over the water amount every day. I can run a lot further than I ever thought I would, and my strength in general has increased so much in the last month. I may not look too different yet, but there are a lot of big changes happening in my body. I had to buy new gym clothes yesterday cause the ones I had been using fall off now. I went with drawstring pants this time. :)

I saw this picture and had to post it. My favorite favorite FAVORITE song right now is Will.I.Am The Hardest Ever. It says over and over, you can go hard or you can go home. I think if you are getting yourself to the gym, that you better work hard. Harder than you thought you could, otherwise, why are you there?



I'm going on a cruise in June. I want to have this awkward moment there. ;)



Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well with their goals and aspirations. I will have the best body of my life this year, even after having 3 kids. It can be done and I will prove it!!

Day 16!

I missed a few days! Oops! Things have been a little crazy. My husband and I have been making some big decisions and it has been really hard and stressful. We are going to try and buy a house this year, but in order to do so, I need to be doing something different for work. This is really hard for me because I have come to love the kids I watch like they are my own. I love their parents and I will miss them so much! I wish it didn't have to be this way, but it seems to be our only option at this time. I am talking with my gym and may be going back to work there. I should get more details on the job this weekend and I can decide from there. A house is what my family needs at this point though. And I feel we need to take the right steps to make that happen.



The gym is going great! I no longer have to make myself go every day, I want to go. On Sunday I feel like a bum for not being there at all. I finish my 2 hour workout and am sad its over. I love that I feel this way now. I love the gym and the whole atmosphere there!



My nutrition is getting better. I felt like I was being deprived of so much for a while, but now I realize that I don't eat for entertainment, I eat for fuel. Yes my cheat meals are still awesome. I had an amazing Philly cheesesteak last week. :) but food is not my enjoyment anymore. I do love to bake still and I continue to do so. I just ration it out as soon as its done and give it away.



I don't want naps anymore. I have so much energy, even when I don't get much sleep the previous night. I feel great all the time! Its real energy too, not that sugar high kind that leaves you feeling sluggish and down after it wears off.



My skin is getting clearer and smoother. Ive never had horrible skin, but I'm in my mid 20's and I still have acne. Since I've been taking better care of myself, it has almost all cleared up!



Needless to say, I LOVE how my life has changed and I plan on this being a very permanent change. I am not dieting, I am living!! I feel like I can do anything and I plan on doing everything!!

Days 10 & 11

Tonight is rock climbing!! Wooohooo! I look forward to Thursdays every week for rock climbing. I don't know what it is that excites me so much. Maybe its conquering my fear of heights, maybe the feeling of weightlessness. I don't know but its awesome. Lynnli cant wait til she is big enough to do it. I know shes going to love it.



On to my workouts and diet. Things are going pretty good still. I'm never hungry and finding it hard to make myself eat a lot of the food, but I know I need it in order to lose weight too, so I'm making myself. I was told yesterday by my sister that she can see the weight loss on me. That felt good. Then while doing my cardio on the treadmill, I kept having to pull my pants up. They are a little too big now! I cant wait till I have to replace all my clothes! Haha



Anyway, my sweet baby girl is patiently waiting for me to finish so I can play a game with her. I just thought id take a minute to put a few thoughts here. I hope you are all feeling as great as I am!

Days 8 & 9

This will be a short post today. I'm 2 days in on week 2. Its going pretty good still. Its been a couple weeks since ive made any cakes or cupcakes and I really just want to make some. I don't want to eat them, just want to make them. This means My daycare kids might be getting some, friends at the gym might get some (awesome thing to take to the gym huh) and my uncle in OR might be getting some. I want to try something new though. Something different. I just haven't decided what yet. I don't use recipes with my cakes usually so they don't always turn out amazing. We'll see what I can come up with this time! :)

Anyway, I am bored with chicken and brown rice. I may see if i can switch to fish a couple times a week. I put salsa on my eggs today too. I'm not supposed but I needed it. I feel better now. :)

Days 6 and 7

Today is a great day!! I am in a wonderful mood, the sun is out, I'm surrounded by family, its just great! I was super busy yesterday and didn't get a chance to write a post so I'm combining it with today's.

I started off yesterday by sleeping in. Although with little kids at home, sleeping in was 830. Still felt good. Me and the girls relaxed and just had a lazy morning, then headed to lifetime around 11. My workout felt amazing! I did my lifting and then went and did all my cardio on the treadmill...which I hate! Running is horrible. Its the worst. I have had knee issues with running before and I just don't like it. I read a funny quote that fit me perfectly a while ago,

"I don't run with scissors. Those last two words weren't necessary. "

Anyway, I have been trying to incorporate more running and I am proud to say that I was able to run almost 30 minutes without a problem. That's HUGE for me. Watching SNL on my ipod didn't hurt either. ;)



I think I said before, I am trying not to weigh myself a lot on this diet. I don't want to get discouraged when I don't see big number changes cause muscle is heavier than fat, and I'm definitely building muscle! Well I couldn't stand it and I weighed myself this morning. I was so nervous getting on that scary, mean little scale. But, in the first week, I am so excited to tell you that I lost double digits!! Wooohooo!! I was NOT expecting that. Boy does it feel good though!



I'm not going to change anything on my diet and exercise this next week. It worked so well I think ill keep it a little longer the way it is. At least another week anyway. I will post some progress pics soon. Maybe at the end of next week. :)

Day 5

Day 5 and I'm still alive!!

This morning I decided to get up and do my cardio first... by cleaning my house and doing all the laundry. It took me almost 3 hours and as long as I focused, I was able to keep my heart rate elevated. I felt much more accomplished with a clean home at the end too!

I only watch one kid for my daycare on Friday and she ended up being sick so I ended up having a free day also. So once I was done with the house, we headed to the gym. :) I am pleased to say, my body is started to get used to the daily beatings ive Been throwing at it.I got my workout done, then we went to meet daddy for lunch! I should've thought ahead and brought my lunch. Watching my girls pick at hot dogs drowning in ketchup and relish, and the hubs endulge in a smothered burrito and chips and salsa was HARD!! It looked and smelled so good!! It was almost too much for me to handle. But I did it!

I get a cheat meal once a week. I can pick the day and it can be anything as long as it stays in my calories allotment. Well after watching that lunch I thought today might be that day! When hubs got home from work he announced he wanted pizza. DING!!! Of course! I can make cauliflower crust pizza and enjoy my cheat meal! So that's what I did!




Oh how I love cauliflower pizza! And my hubs even prefers it to any other! But here's the great thing, with my recipe and toppings, an entire pizza is only 500 calories!! Incredible! I can only eat a quarter of one before I'm full, So I decided to be crazy, and add a dessert! I got skinny cow caramel truffle ice cream bars. These things are AMAZING!! totally satisfied my sweet tooth and it only has 100 calories. I ended up staying under my cheat meal calories allowance. How awesome us that!? I'm so excited to plan next weeks cheat and to include another skinny cow bar! Yummy!



Tomorrow is my last workout this week, then I get Sunday off. Hallelujah! I am excited to rest and hopefully let my body recover a lot more. Week 1 is so close to coming to a close! I hope it all goes this fast!


It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator.