{New Addidtion To Our Family}

Morning Weight:  161.8

When it comes to working out yesterday...I didn't have anything to workout in so I ended up doing a BUNCH of laundry instead. Now I have a BUNCH of laundry to fold and put away too LOL But I also have something to workout in today which is what I was going for :-D
I wasn't able to completely watch my wheat/corn intake which is part of my goals (which I'll get up here soon) but I did do really well with eating a little bit here and there and not too much at dinner.  And did great with drinking water and not too much soda too.  I'm not too sure if the scale is correct and going to continue this morning but it sure is encouraging!!!  :-D

On with the most exciting news of yesterday tho!!  We got the newest addittion to our family....we got a little girl finally!!!!  She is a mini pin/chiwawah and is 3 months old.  :-D We haven't completely picked out a name for her....but we're trying out Dita....with a long E....as in Dita Von Teese....hehe  :-D  I know she is something that is what I would normally be blogging on our family blog....and believe me I will be here soon....lol....but I'm just SOOOO excited I had to have here on here too.  :-D

 Luvs! <3

{Past Couple Days.....}

Morning Weight: 166.8

Last night and the couple days before that I really wasn't paying too much attention to what I was eating.....much more than normal.  When I do that I tend to eat quite a bit of sweet wheats like donuts lol and I end up getting bloated and gaining weight in my waist/love handle area.
Getting up and weighing myself was really hard....I've weighed myself before but just waved it off and ignored it....now I'm not ignoring it....now I'm forced to look at the number square in the eyes and see it.  Well I'm tired of seeing it and ignoring it....I'm tired of skimming through my closet at my shirts that don't fit me and ignoring the cute pair of jeans that I long to wear that are hanging on my closet door!!! 
I'm setting up a game plan and some goals and I'm going to watch my journey on my blog once again to help keep me motived :-)

Luvs! <3

{Almost Square One....}

Very.....VERY LONG story short.....
A combination of meds, depression, life....and lots and lots of food.....and I'm almost back where I started at weight and eating habit wise.  Also I found out that I'm allergic to wheat and corn....I don't know if I've mentioned that on here.  So that has made it really difficult for me to pay attention to eating healthy for ME.
So here I am again.  I don't know what my plan is yet.  The kids are starting another school year.  I have three full time students this year.  Tommy is also going to be going to school so that will be an adjustment.  But I am looking forward to setting up a schedule that will get me working out again.  And figuring out how to get me eating healthy again too.....that's a hard one for me with cooking for my family.....I'm also hoping to continue to blog about it....through all of it.

 Luvs! <3

{Recent Pic}

Excuse the sideways camera angle LOL I usually end up taking pics of myself..by myself.  And it's hard to get a full body pic by yourself lol

This was taken on Mother's Day.  I wore a really cute dress to church and I was going to take a picture in that, but then in my rush to change out of my church clothes and get dinner and the evening rush I completely forgot....but I promised I'd get a recent pic up.....so I'm putting it up here too.  This is me now.  :-)

{Amped Up...}

Morning Weight: 136.FOUR! & 135.8!!! After My Workout! TOTALLY COUNTING IT!  haha
Today's Activities: Day8....22 more to go!!

We got up a little later this morning than usual.....it's been a long week.  Most of us haven't been feeling very well.  I've been doing my best to keep working out though.  I've missed a few days....but keep trucking it through!  I was reading a gal's blog Amber's, the other day over here....that's where I got the nifty Shredder button.....and I'm not sure why or where she got the idea, but she is doing the 30Day Shred (for 90 days! yikes!) in intervals......so I thought that was a great idea.....I've always thought that intervals are a great way to really loose weight and burn those calories!  And I've done them in the past, just during the same workout.  So why not with the 30Day Shred too?!?
Besides, while I was doing Level1....I noticed that I wasn't getting as much out of it as I was the first time....so I had already made the decision to ampe it up and possibley to the Level2 and up to Level3 much faster than I had the first time I did the workouts.....I never even did get to Level3 the first time...haha
SO I had started Level2 the other day and was pretty suprised at myself....lol...and today I did Level3!!!
Yikes!  It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be....BUT it wasn't easy either that's for SURE!  I'll do Level2 tomorrow....I don't know if I'll go back to Level1....maybe on days that I'm sick or not feeling well...but I'll definately be going back and forth between 2 & 3 from now on!  :-D 

And I'm SOOO excited that I hit another one of my goals!!!  :-D  YAY!!!  :-D

Luvs! <3

{Feeling Girly...}

Lately I have been Feeling Pretty Girly....if you know me.....this isn't too much of a far stretch.....I just go on and off of doing things like this.  Well, I was on youtube not too long ago....I go on there often looking around and learning all sorts of new girly things.  I learned how to do my poofy pinup bangs on there and how to do my liquid eyeliner on there to make that look pinupy too....like I said all sorts of things really lol  I've also watched a few videos to try and cut my boys' hair (that didn't turn out too well lol)

But anywhoo.....I was watching these videos on nail designs! This girl here is the one that I always end up watching.  She also does videos on make up ect but it's not really my style.  And I don't go out and buy the exact polishes that she uses either, I just use the ones that I already have that are closes enough...(and I definately have enough polishes lol).....or if I really want one, I love the Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails that you can get at WalMart for $2.50!

I tend to do most of the more detailed designs on my toes.....lol.....I clean too much with my hands and so the polish starts to chip off and I just don't want to put much work into my finger nails for them to be chipping off the next day after I clean my kitchen or bathroom lol  So this one I just did myself.....no big deal really....black with aqua dots on it....I really like it though.....and I did a black french tip on my fingers with the same aqua dots.  :-D

Candy Canes

The tutorial for these are here I just did it on my toes.  :-)

She does her designs on her finger nails, but like I said.....I just clean too much....and I love it when I wear my peep toe heels!  hehe I did these for Christmas time.....LOVED IT!  lol And I did a red french tip with a silver line below it on my finger nails.  :-)

I also did the Christmas Lights that she here did for Christmas Day dinner with my family....with a purple french tip and silver line below it on my finger nails.....because I was wearing a purple dress....lol

Here's the Twisted Dots that she does here .....this was the first one I actually tried on my fingers.  I really like the look of them.....I like the look of all the designs on her fingers....She did hers with pink and white.....They started chipping the next morning after I loaded the dishwasher and cleared and wiped down the kitchen counters......eh....you win some you loose some.  LOL

I have definately had a blast doing all these and know that I will keep it up.  It makes me feel girly again.....like I'm taking time for ME....and I need to be doing that.  It's not even about finding time to do it.....I do this while I'm vegging on the couch with Hubby watching tv....lol....not too far of a stretch there huh.  And it doesn't take too much creativity or thinking because I've gotten my ideas from this amazing girl already.  And if you don't like the ideas she has.....or would like something a little more detailed....there are many, many more woman on youtube doing many more videos showing you how to do them too!  :-D

Have a wonderful night Feeling Girly!!!

Luvs! <3

*Edit to post I had origianlly only put the link to the gal's youtube page but later went in and also put in the link to the actual videos that I used.  :-D  Hope ya'll enjoy!

{Sore Enough....}

Morning Weight: 137
Today's Activities: Day4....26 to go..

A good workout makes you sore....lol....just sore enough that you don't like it...but not sore enough that you CAN'T workout the next time.  So sore is a GOOD thing, but you have to be careful not to over do it so that you can keep going.
This is usually how I feel when I'm doing this workout.....it really....REALLY kicks my butt....and I am SORE...I mean I don't want to walk up the stairs or lift up my arms to stir dinner or even push the shopping cart sore.....I don't even hollar at the kiddos as much because my abs are just too sore LOL .......BUT I find that I'm still able to turn on that dvd (as much as I detest seeing Jillian and her cheerful smile) and keep on trucking through it again and again......thinking "it's only 30 seconds....it's only 30 seconds" lol

So since I've noticed that I am actually at least in better shape that I was when I did this workout the first time.....I'm so happy to feel that too! .....So I'll be doing Day5 and I'm going to do Day6 on Level2....not just Level1b which is the harder part of Level1....but all the way up to Level2.....which when I finished the 30Day Shred I was working out at Level2b......so we'll so how long it takes me to get there.  :-D
I'm really hoping to get some really good results.....I'd understand if I don't the same results as I did last time....I had a lot more weight to loose and a lot more fat to get off....I am more toning right now.....but I still have a lot to get where I would like to be.  :-)

And I want to be SORE ENOUGH!  :-D

Luvs! <3