This past weekend was so nice and relaxing, a much needed thing. My weekend was spent with my sister's family and we had so many plans to do and places to go. I love keeping busy.

On Saturday we went to see my sister's kids compete in Odyessy of the Mind. It was fun and intresting to see a bunch of 2nd graders working out as a team and coming up with ideas and answers.

On Sunday we went on a nice, relaxing hike! First time!!!!!

It was so beautiful and the weather, I can't complain!!! The weather was just perfect! I didn't even burn, so that means I lathered quite enough. The hike total was 5.6 miles!!!!!! Not once did I complain, I just worried I was going to fall and kill myself, lol. At the end of the hike are these beauitiful pools of water, flowing around.

Oh I just sat down and soaked my feet into the cold water and enjoyed the sun hitting me and it was just a nice time to think about everything away from the busy life-style were always living. We got back and my feet were in pain actually I believe they had a heartbeat for a couple of hours. I will be doing that hike again!

So recap of the past week,

• eating was good, clean, healthy and in portion 
• Exercise was awesome!!
• Ran 6 miles, not bad for a busy week!
• Hiked 5.6 miles!
• Lifted weights!!!!

Im happy and im ready for this next week!!!! I plan on going to yoga tonight, not sure if its still on.

I have alot to do, Friday I leave for San Fransico!!!!

Happy Monday!

 

 

Things have been really good today, eating has been good and exercise has been good! I ran today!! I decided to give my body a week off of running so it wont get tired and I thought it would be a nice little rotation. Well im back! I thought a week was going to put me in a loop and mess up my time but I did two miles in 18minutes and my pace was 9'13 not bad!

I only have one concern.....For the past few runs I feel sick after running. Im worried, it doesn't stay for long, but its not a fun pain to deal with. I dont want this to ruin my running.

Today all I want to do is shop, even while I was running I was thinking about shopping and what I wanted to buy. NO ALEXIA!!! I can't go shopping, I need to save my money because Im taking a trip up to San Fransico in a week and a half and its going to be a money expense in itself. I will just window shop...yeah never works out for me! Lol

Alrighty, im off like a bullet I have alot of things to do before I go to sleep!

Thank you to everyone and the wonderful comments you all left me!  It made me hang even more. Im glad that I took a break from the computer for a little bit. Everything is fine personal wise, now that I have that out of thw ay its time to concentrate on ME! Yes ME!!! This past week was good I ate good and exercised and thats more than I could ask for. Better yet is I did weights three times this week and yesturday! Yes! Im getting the hang of this :]

After taking a mental break for me with all the thinking I was doing I came to the conclusion that im happy at where im at. Im happy to be healthy and alive! Daily I was striving to be better and perfect, but it dawned on me that I can't and never will be perfect in this world. I make mistakes and I have to learn to grow with them. Yeah I would love to lose weight every week and see the scale go down but as long as im not gaining weight and im doing everything I can possibly do well there is really nothing else I can do. I could push my body and of course I could be strict but i have learned that if this is where im meant to be then so be it! I will take it, Im happy to be alive, healthy, happy, and most of all I feel BEAUTIFUL!

So yes im back and in full gear....to kick some butt!!!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday!

Im not having a good week and its due to personal problems but I do have to say that im doing really well with my eating and exercising. Im trying to not let my emotions take the best of me and make me turn towards food, but no problem here since I cant eat when im in times of stress and just feeling blue.

Im going to try to get to everyones blog, im just letting you all know im going to hang in there and keep on going one step at a time. Thank you to everyone who has been so helpful! Thank you! It means alot to me. Hopefully tommorow it will be a better day. 

I have been M.I.A for a little bit, but im back! Had alot of things going on with school and what not and im finally back on earth, lol. This week has been an up and down road. I feel like im getting pulled into this black hole. My exercise is great My eating is not so great . Im not giving up, nope no matter if I eat more than I should and not eat on plan, im going to still push through all this. However, I think I need a plan. I have a plan but its usually in my head, i need something that I can read and look at and hold myself accountable for.

Starting tommorow, I start my new routine. Im super excited, im going to keep on running and try and get better. However, im going to incorporate weights!!! Yes im going to start training more often, i did some last week but i need to get my butt in gear!

Yesturday while shopping for new clothes I came to the fact that I wont ever get back down to 135 or 140. Why? Well it was way to hard for me to even maintain my weight at the number. I was on a strict eating plan and exercise was a huge must. Im happy where im at right now im eating healthier than before and im exercising alot more, most of all I like my exercise routine. So with that said im going to not push myself to lose weight weekly or have a deadline to be a certain weight by a certain time. Im going to take it slow and im going to get to a weight that is healthy for me to maintain without it being super hard at the same time.

Okay im off to eat! Eat something healthy!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Okay, literally my legs are not on fire, but they srue do feel like they are on fire! I ran this afternoon, outside. I run inside and outside. I love running more outside than indoors. So today I took it outside. I was worried because I have been using the treadmill more that usual and more than I should be using, lol. So I hit the road and this time I decided to take a mini-challenge. I decided to run where there was alot of small and big hills. Holy smokes! I felt on fire, but I didn't stop! I kept on pushing through, and I ended up with 3.32 miles completed in 30 minutes with a pace of 8:59 min/mile!!

Im lovin running!! I can't wait to run tommorow morning, lol!

Im off! I have alot of stuff to still do, lol!

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

Don't Quit

When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down
And you feel like the biggest failure in town;
When you want to give up just because you gave in
And forget all about being healthy and thin;
So What! You went over your calories a bit;
It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit! 

It's a moment of truth, It's an attitude change;
It's learning the skills to get back in your range;
It's telling yourself "You've done great up till now;
You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."
It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal;
You're still gonna make it, just stay in control. 

To stumble and fall is not a disgrace
If you summon the will to get back in the race;
But, often the struggler's when losing their grip
Just throw in the towel and continues to slip
And learn too late when the damage is done
That the race wasn't over and they still could of won. 

Life-style change can be awkward and slow
But facing each challenge will help you to grow;
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint in the cloud of doubt.
When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit;
If you bite it you write it... But Don't you quit! 

Thats exactly what I needed to read this morning! I didn't eat the best last night, I was having some personal issues and the next thing I knew I was fiving into a box of strawberries and dipping them in Chocolate. Yummy, but bad to the bone. I learned and after reading this little motivation I learned that im still learning and im going to keep on learning. This is a life-style change and its not going to all soak into me all at once. Im proud of myself for getting as far as I have come! Im happy that im taking it with all the punches that come along and im not giving up!

I hope you all have a nice Tuesday!!!!!

 

Im feeling so much better today. My TOM never really hits that hard with cramps but this time it decided to hit with extra bombs. I decided to just rest and do Yoga moves I saw in a magazine that is supposed to help your cramps. It made me tired and I ended up taking a nap. I only worked out for 15 minutes but, thats better than nothing, right?

I was thinking yesturday, I have been eating well, not off plan, eating healthy ad better food choices but when it comes to chocolate its like I go crazy. All I want is to eat it and stuff it in my mouth. I really need to grab ahold of myself and start saying "no"! I tried yesturday and I ended up eating three pieces of Valentine's Candy from my sister's box of candy. Yeah having a box of candy at her house doesn't help either. I tried to stop after two but onto another piece. Then I decided it was okay to have a little ice cream...what the bananas!? Ugh I hate the feeling when I know im giving it my all to exercise and eating healthier but then there is that 2% where I just give into the sweets. So I have to take action......so until I can control my chocolate cravings, im just going to have to say "no" until I can see that I can eat it in moderation. So along with my plan, I donated my boxes of candy to my sister. Now I don't have it in my house.

Goals for this week;

Eat healthy and on plan! No eating out!!!! It's going to be hard but I have to. Exercise 6 days this week Oh and weight train, lol! Can't forget!

Alrighty, I hope everyone has a wonderful new week!!!!

Im feeling pretty tired and moody, and all I want to do is raid the fridge and pantry. That or drive by Mcdonalds and order everything off the menu. Its not going to happen im going to lock myself in a closet until my TOM passes and its safe to go outside! Im glad it started, finally after playing and messing with me for a couple days, it decided to show up, phew! The sooner the better so I can get it over with.

My cramps this time around are really, painful. I have my heating pad and im laying down. Im too tried to workout but im still going to workout whether I like it or not. Im not going to sit my lazy butt all day and make an excuse because my period is here. Im going to figure out something, im thinking i will do The Firm DVD. Its a great workout and its fun.

Recap of this past week, eating has been good. Had two days where I kinda went over on the chocolate but I handeled myself pretty well. Exercise has been on target! Now onto next week im very excited to start a fresh new week, my goal is to stay on target as much as I can with my eating!

Nothing planned for today, just taking care of my sister's kids for her. Not too bad, I plan on reading and watching movies with them.

alrighty im off!

Happy Sunday!

Nope there is no pirate here! I just wish my TOM would show up and stop haunting me like a evil little devil!  My eating has been good and my exercise was good yesturday. Talking about food! Im addicted to sushi right now. I have always loved it and would eat it from time to time, but golly I have been eating it everyday for the past three days!!!  Its just soooooooooo good! The good part is I checked the calorie count and its not bad, as long as I don't drench it with soy sauce im fine! Which is no problem because I hate soy sauce!

I plan on running today to make up for my eating the other day. It wasn't too bad on the eating front but I just feel like running. If I get a run in im going to be very proud of myself and will feel better in the end.

Nothing else planned, nothing else to talk about, lol!

Okay well, im off since im having writer's block. teehee

Happy TGIF!!!!!