Pinterest Fun

Ok, so I am on Pinterest so much more than I am on Facebook. In fact I don't go to Facebook much anymore. Pinterest has given me so many ideas. Which is great because I am all about recycling ideas. I don't ever feel the need to re-work the wheel, and am perfectly happy copying :)

Here is an example:

After looking at myself in the photo, I lost the belt. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the skinny jeans, but I refuse, REFUSE, to jump on the 'tights as pants' bandwagon that seems to be going around. TIGHTS ARE NOT PANTS PEOPLE!!! Especially not on curvy girls.

I am enjoying my weight loss; and I continue to. I am working very very hard to get myself fit and trim. Everyday is getting better and these clothes will soon be at the consignment shop. I can't wait for that day!!! I am already making money off of my size 18 and 20 clothes. Can't wait to say goodbye to size 16 forever!!!!

Other Passion

My other favorite kind of before and after:

Re purposing old furniture and household items is another passion of mine. I have redone dressers (4) multiple decor items, and then I love love love to take old thrift store items and find another use for them. Like vases and plates turned platters/cake stands. I am trying to round up all my before and afters and I will make a post about them. It doesn't take much money to decorate your house, just use the stuff you have and change the look to your new style.

Continuing On

I have received many conformations to keep going down this path! I am so so excited!! I am finishing up my test and I am working hard on myself. Doing all the things I know, and did know, to do. Staying on track and looking forward to each day and it's challenges. The light is getting brighter and my joy is overflowing. I hope to pass this joy on to others and help spread the happiness it brings to me. Helping others become their best self is going to be the best part of what I am doing. Seeing others happy is what makes me happy. Oh I am so excited!!!

1 mile in 4 minutes or 40 minutes is still a mile!

You can do this!!

Diving In!

I did it! I jumped into the deep end, ready to swim and swim and make it happen. I am currently working on my personal training certificate. It is the first step in the direction of my path. I am working out consistently and I am eating well. I have just a few short weeks until the love of my life comes home and I am so excited to show him my physical changes as well as the commitment I have made on my future path. I have a million and one ideas written in my business plan book and I am so excited to move forward and have something of my own like this. My new baby will be born January 2012! Can't wait to tell you all about it and show you all the little things along the way.

OK, back to studying and researching :)

Beauties: Dream big and Reach high!

Pushing Through!

I am fitting into clothes that I haven't been in since my fittest I was after I had Micah! Now just to fit into those few things I have from before Micah!

I have kept my weight at 201 for a while. I know it is my diet. I have been running and I started lifting weights again last week. I feel myself getting smaller even though it isn't showing on the scale. I know that it will all show in time. I am dealing with my monthly cycle right now so my eating is a little crazy but other than that I have been ok. I am going to get it together and really push myself diet wise this month so I can have some killer results before the hubs comes home!

Yes, he comes home in just over 30 days! I can't believe that the time has flown like it has. I have so many things I wish I would have done better. But I did the best I can and I know for a fact that I did. So I will live with that and He can take it or leave it. I am done worrying about things that are far beyond my control and just deal with my day to day. There are always going to be ways that I can improve, but that doesn't mean I did a horrible job in the first place.

Fall is here and for the first time I am really excited for it! All the cute clothes and fun fashion and not sweating to death and needing a shower just being outside for 10 minutes. Oh and the million of mosquitoes! Those stupid bugs were constantly attacking me and my family. We were always covered in major bumps and itching like crazy.

Mostly feeling good. Trying to keep myself positive and keep the self talk positive. I am beautiful at any size.

Where did my Motivation go?

I was on such a roll and then life comes in and sidetracks me and now I have no drive to get back on the horse. I was doing so well too! I am feeling hugely disappointed in what I have done while Jeff is gone and I know it is wrong to think this way, but it's true. I know I can make a major dent still if I get up and 'just do it'. But that's just it I HAVE TO DO IT. I love working out, I love running, I really do, but I don't like the cleanup. I can't do anything else in my day until I clean up. Anyway I am complaining instead of acting!

I will dust myself off and start again, because that's what we do. We try, try again! That is what is important, that we try again.

I miss my husband!!!

Off Track

Well, my best friends awesomely amazing baby shower took over every spare second of my life until now. It was last Saturday and I spent all this week getting my house back together and my son in school. Now I feel like I can refocus on losing some more weight and see how far I can get before Jeff gets home. Yes we are on like the 70 day count down to his return. Somewhere close to that anyway!! I am excited to see him and have him back, but at the same time I am feeling majorly disappointed in myself for all the things I have not done yet. Like I am seriously behind in my weight loss, I haven't saved as much money as I was hoping to, and I guess these are the two issues that always bug me! Why can't I be happy with what I have done, and why do I make these goals that I always seem to not meet. I make progress, but I don't meet the goal. Then I get frustrated by that. Then I hear others that have lost like 60 lbs in the time the guys have been gone and I think, what the hell is wrong with me, why can't I stay focused and get it together?!? Ultimately I just want to make myself and my husband proud of me.


I never started Insanity like I was planning to do. I am scared of it to tell you the truth! I am going to muster up the courage and do it though. I really really need to do it!

Ok, pitty party over. Let's get back to it!!!