New Year....New Goals....

Helllo there blog world!!! I'm ready to blog again (even if it's to myself).  The last 6 months have been really, really rough around here and I am ready to get things started in the right direction. I will touch on the roughness in a later post.

Wanted to put down my goals to hold myself accountable!!!

Numero Uno......Log my food every single day!!!!! No matter what!! The good, the bad and the ugly. This is a big one for me. I am consistent with my exercise but when  I get off track I often go off the deep end. Time to be accountable.

Number 2.......Be Healthy!!! That's it. I don't have an actual weight loss goal but want to maintain a healthy lifestyle and be active. I feel the best when I am and I feel that it's important to hold myself to that for my sanity and for my husband and kids sanity :)

Number 3......Get this blog a rollin' I think I back off often because of the intimidation. I don't think I will do well, people won't like what I am doing/ saying, but with all the empowering women that I follow I have come to realize it's important. Important as an outlet for myself and important to encourage those who are sitting where I was 5 years ago!!

2015 is going to be it!!! I can feel it!!

Plan of Attack

Here is my plan of attack over the next 8 weeks!!!

Lots of This

 

 

I am at my long run of 8 miles coming up this week. Last week while running 7 I thought I was effing nuts for doing this once again!! But man it felt good!!

 

Lots Of This

 

 

Clean, clean, clean. Obviously this is not my pic :) Sooo the chocolate on the bottom will most likely not be my friend. I am just really concentrating on whole clean foods!! And logging, logging, logging. I want to win some free shenanigans from Mama Laughlin!!

 

 

Definitely some of this

 

 

I love, love, love me some Body Pump. I swear by it and swear it was the reason I am where I am today. I am taking on the challenge of going HEAVY and it hurts soooo good! I pump 2X a week and it makes me happy every time.

 

 

And still, none of this

 

 

I had to weigh in for Mama Laughlin's challenge and well of course it ruined my day. 172 :( Boooo. My lowest weight yet has been 162 and that was right before my half in December. So no getting on that damn scale. I am only weighing in 4 weeks and then at the end of the challenge!!

 

Here we go!!

 

 

 



 

 

 



Some bloggity updates!

Still having a hard time staying on top of this blog writing. I do really well for awhile and then fall off the wagon and it gets swept under the rug with my crazy schedule. Some very fun updates....


1. I signed up for this:

woohoo!! This will be my third half and my goal for this is to not puke!! Seriously, my first half I could barely move and puked. My second half I was good for two hours after and then I got in the car and then well, next came me yelling at my husband to pull over and well you can use your imagination for the rest.

Sooooo, I will finish and I will not puke!! Great Goal :) but I am pumped! 8 mile training run this week! Bring it on!!!



2. I am participating in Mama Laughlin's 8 week challenge. Basically, I took pics (ugh, in a bathing suite!) and measurements and am going to be clean eating for 8 weeks! I can do it, I can do it!! I want to win that prize. Not sure what the prize really is but know if it's coming from her it's got to be good one!! Here are my week one before pics and stats.

Body Fat: 31%
Weight: 172
Hips: 38"
Bust: 36"
L Bicep: 11.5"
R Bicep: 11.75"
L Thigh: 24"
R Thigh: 24.5"
L Quad: 17.5"
R Quad: 18"
L Calf: 16"
R Calf: 16.75"


3.My six year old is signed up for his first real races. It's a kids running series and oh my he is nothing like his mama. It's so incredibly effortless for him and he is a natural. I could not believe how proud he was when he finished his first one in 3rd place!!! Say what??? My kiddo came in 3rd!! It's a series of 5 races and they get points based on their place and at the end they are tallied up and given their medals. I hope he wins something good :)

Anywho....I will be updating more!!!!

Five on Friday

Just some updates about what's happening on my end.....


1. Tomorrow is my first day at my new salon, and I hate being the new girl. Being at my last place for 5 years I was cool as a cucumber and now I feel like the little peanut on the block!!


2. Super pumped that my six year old has got the runners bug! I let him run his first kids run and he did amazing and came in fourth! He was so excited I took him out and got him some new running shoes. He is all signed up for his kid run series. It's 5 Sundays and they get points based on their place. Can't wait!!

Good practice for them :)

3. I haven't weighed myself in 3 weeks and it feel gooooood!! There are days that I am just curious but I know if I get on it is going to be a direct reflection of my mood or motivation for the day! Think I'll keep on keepin on and see where I end up at the end of the month. But I know one thing, I feel strong and I love it!

4. Confession: My food intake has been no bueno :( I made my menu and shopping list or the week and an going to be clean, clean, clean next week. Well, until Saturday where we are attending a party with lots o green beer and yummies. Hey, have to celebrate being Irish! Well, maybe I was Irish in my previous life :)

 

 

5.I have two runs coming up in April! Another 5k to support Autism and a 10K for Brain Cancer Awareness. I told myself that I really only want to do races that support a good cause. There has been a lot of controversy around here about a race director (who I have done his races) not doing the right thing with his money. The more I looked into I realized that he does nothing for our community! There was never a good cause my money was going to except for directly to his pocket. So here is to a year of charity races!! Yahoo!!!

 

Happy Happy Friday!!

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How am I ever going to be a blogge? and race review

This bloggy thing is HARD, I thought "hey I read these thins all damn day so it shouldn't be an issue to write it". Right? ummmm, no. It's one thing to read and another thing to write.

When I started going to the gym and losing weight I has so many accountability partners. You know the kind that would text you all crazy if they didn't see you walk into that 8:30 class. I knew I had to be there, I knew people were waiting for me. Think that is what I need here on this blog! At least one follower, haha. That way I know what I am writing is getting read and that just maybe someone was gonna do a little click on my blog to read what I wrote. With that, I know in time if I keep on truckin it will be worth it in the end!

 

In other news! I had a PR at the YMCA 5k! It's been months since I have run a timed/race 5k and I was really excited to do it. I had a PR of 31.35 woohoo, that was a 10:10 mile. Might not be fast for some people but that shit was fast for me and I was pumped!! One of my goals this year is to actually place in a race. I know I have a long road ahead of me on that one since I was a few minutes off from the 3rd place winner but I am all about it!! I did come in 6th in my age category  so that was a fun little fact. Here are some pics from the run!!

 

SO there was a guy next to me in this pic that was trying to pass me up ummmm hells no!! I beat him by 2 seconds. Girls rule, boys drool!!!!


Happy Wednesday!!!

 

Motivation!

I decided to concentrate on my body rather than the scale and needed a bit of motivation today so wanted to look back on where I was and am now! Just a couple pics!

 

 

My older son and I

 

 

Anywho, with that. I'm off to lift some weights!!

Five on Friday

Happy Happy Valentine's Day

 

 

 

 

1. We are staying in tonight and having a family vday celebration! Hubby and I have a hard time going out battling to get a table that we could normally get any other day. So steaks and veggies and homemade chocolate dipped strawberries it it! Plus we always eat senior citizen style with these kiddos and I can have more wine at home :)

 

 

 

 

 

2. I am in transition to finding a new salon to move over to. At this moment I am working out of town and have about a 25 minute commute. I really want to work in my home town close to my kiddos, so I am stressing on that at the moment.

 

 

3. I have officially broken up with the scale and I'm kind of liking it. I have always said I needed it to keep track of where I am but that damn thing gets trickier and trickier the more weight you loose. I asked my husband over a week ago to hide it but every time I walk in the bathroom, there it is staring at me and I stare right back at it and have a debate in my head about why I should be standing on it! So far it's been a win for me and I walk right back out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. I have two upcoming races I am signing up for, a 5k that it happening in a couple of weeks and a 10k in April. I'm super excited for these because I have been training so much for my half's this last year I really haven't had the time to run any of these smaller races. They are always fast, flat and fun!!

 

5. The hubby is out of town next week so it should be a fairly good week of eating. I always find it easier to be a bit healthier when he is not here because I don't really cook myself dinner. I get the boys ready and then throw something together for myself. Usually just some type op chicken and veggies type of dish. I'm going to post my What I ate Wednesday this week and hopefully still not step on that scale by the end of next week!!

 

 

Happy Friday!!