Is it Spring Yet?

UGH! I am SO over being cold! Having to start my car 15 minutes before I have to leave, scraping snow and ice off the windows, bundling up from head to toe, bracing myself every time I go outside for the artctic blast...the list goes on. Do you want to live in the North East yet? Didn't think so! Neither do I! This winter has DEFINITELY been colder and we have had way more snow than last year. I thought last year was bad, well this winter and cold feels never ending! I know I said the same thing last winter, but seriously it is a LOT worse this year and I am just so over it! I have been trying to "embrace" it and just deal, not complain (except with Bobby because he hates it too) but I seriously DREAD going outside every single day! There is no sun, it's cloudy and dark all of the time, I am quite literally the palest I have ever been maybe since being born lol

The last week has been the COLDEST weather I have EVER experienced in my life. 8 degrees, with -17 degree windchill/Real Feel. I could barely breathe just walking out to my car! Then the snow came. As if 8 degrees wasn't bad enough, lets toss in some frozen rain on top of it! I seriously PRAY we end up somewhere either SOUTH or somewhere WEST...somewhere WARM! I don't know if I can handle another winter anywhere close to this! I am SO looking forward to summer in Southern California, the sun, the beach, WARMTH, sandals, shorts, t shirts...I will happily toss my boots in the garbage in hopes of NEVER having to put those dang things on my feet again!

Hopefully I am not jinxing myself right now, haha Guess we will find out here in the next couple of months! Cross your fingers for me!

In other HAPPY news, I met my goal! :) I have successfully addressed well over half of our Save the Dates. Bobby had a make-up class Friday night so I took the time and just busted out a ton of our save the dates and now have less than half to complete. Some people are in the middle of moving right now and I don't have their new addresses so I kind of have to wait for them to send theirs out, but I have the majority and can't wait to get this in the mail! I still need to go to the post office and get stamps and stamp the things too, so hopefully I can get those this week, finish addressing, stamp them and get them out next week! New goal! :) Wish me luck!

Friday ALSO marks the end of my first 30 days of P90X! If you haven't checked out my new fitness blog check it out, I will be posting all of my progress on there, I can't wait to see how far I have come in JUST 30 days of eating clean and busting my butt! ;) xoxo

30 Day Challenge

Monday marked the 30 day countdown until my 25th birthday! Da-na-naaa!!! So naturally I decided to challenge myself to workout every day for the next 30 days until my birthday and see how good of results I get! I am now on day 4 of working out so 26 more to go! It sure is a lot easier when I don't have to work every single day, so I know next week will be a lot more tough with going back to work 5 days a week, but I will do it! It's not even so much of I have to lose so much weight in 30 days, it's more of just feeling good about myself come my birthday and then I can celebrate on the big day! woo hoo! The Black Jack Ball is 5 days before my birthday so hopefully that doesn't interfere with anything, we have a lot of events this month, something practically every weekend! This weekend is an 80's party tomorrow night, GBC Happy Hour Saturday night, next weekend is a wine tour with a group of friends, and the NEXT weekend is another big Simon Partners weekend then the next weekend in the Black Jack Ball! Ay yi yi! I don't think I have ever had all of my weekends full for a whole month! Last weekend we were in NYC and the weekend before that was the GBC/GBF I am so looking forward to a lazy weekend at home! haha All of these things sure are making the weeks fly by though so I am definitely happy about that! We are down to 2 months left until Bobby is finished with his first year of business school, 3.5 months until my brothers big day, and less than 4 months until the one year mark for our wedding! I honestly can't believe how fast time is flying by but I couldn't be happier! :)  A lot of amazing things have happened this year and I know there are just more blessings and exciting things around the corner!

Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail

LiveFit was all about clean eating and eating every 2-3 hours 5-6 times a day. I loved that part of it because I was almost never hungry because I was literally eating ALL day! I have been trying to do this again since it really did work very well for me...not just eating anything though haha Eating clean, healthy meals! Currently I have about 5 chicken breasts cooking in the oven, I prepared greek yogurt and raspberries, kiwi/pineapple/melon, and a big fat salad for lunch that I am going to top with the chicken that's cooking in the oven. The rest of the chicken that I didn't cook is marinating in some mediterranean marinade concoction I threw together which should be good (I hope). I pretty much live on chicken and eggs for my protein with a little bit of steak every now and then. I am not a big red meat person, but i definitely enjoy some lean steak every now and then.

So, for me the saying "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail" definitely hits home because if I don't have healthy options prepared and on hand for me and I get hungry I am going to grab the easiest which is usually not the healthiest option to eat. If I have healthy options for me to eat on hand I eat those and don't have to worry about it. It also saves a lot of time in the long run, especially cooking chicken in bulk because then I can just slice it up and throw it on the top of a salad or throw it in some whole wheat pasta and it takes almost no time and is perfectly satisfying meal. Food really is my weakness, I just love to eat practically everything bad for me so if I don't have that as a choice and have something healthy I will eat that.

LiveFit was also super, super strict which clearly works, but this time around I am going to allow myself to indulge a little bit more. I use the word indulge kind of loosely I don't even necessarily mean plan out a cheat meal once a week or anything like that, but if I feel like having something on the less healthy side I am not going to beat myself up over it. Like tomorrow, the Simon Partners group that I am a part of meets up once a month to celebrate everyone's birthdays. Tomorrow we are celebrating everyone's birthdays in March so I told my friend Theresa we should split a cupcake. Not only does it save calories, but it saves money because these are not cheap cupcakes ha. I get to have my cupcake and enjoy my half and not feel so bad, but I also don't have to NOT get one and eye everyone else's like the poor starved girl at the table! It's still life and I want to enjoy it not suffer through it! Will it take a little longer to reach my goal weight? Perhaps...but at least once I reach it it will actually stick vs crash dieting and losing weight in an unhealthy way just to gain it all back once I start eating "normally" again.

I did make it to the gym this morning and ran a little over a mile...baby steps! I cut myself way too short on time by accident because I put my name down for tanning and ran out of time. I also had to go to the grocery store afterwards and figured I would be back there tonight with Bobby to get a lift in buuuut I forgot he had basketball tonight so that didn't happen, then I was at work till 7:30 but its all OK! I got some cardio in and that my friend is definitely better than nothing at all!

Here's to another good day tomorrow! Back to see miss Julia after having last week off I am sure she has grown and learned yet another hilarious/cute saying as she always does! That girl cracks me up :) Good night!

A Bit of Motivation

As I mentioned before I have gotten my butt into gear and back into the gym last week so I am trying to keep my motivation up! I was SO sore all weekend and never made it back but did a lot of stretching so I ready to go tomorrow! I am holding myself to waking up with Bobby when he gets up for school and head out to the gym to get some cardio in when he leaves for school at 9:30. I don't work until 2:30 every Monday, Thursday, and Friday so I figure I should take advantage and go get my cardio in before work on those days so I don't have to worry about it later because that is what usually takes the longest! Bobby isn't a big cardio person because he gets his in playing basketball so this way he won't have to wait for me and I will for sure get it done!

My senior year of college was when I was in the best shape of my life, I was about 20 lbs lighter and 2-3 pant sizes smaller! I was lifting weights and running 3+ miles almost every day! I was addicted to going to the gym and I don't even know that I was even eating as healthy as I could have been but imagine if I had been! I want to get back to that lifestyle so badly, funny (and sad) to think that at that time I still thought I was fat...if only I could see the future LOL I would give anything to have that body and mind set back! So I am going to work my hardest to get back to that, one day at a time!

I weighed myself today and was down 2.5 lbs from las time I weighed myself which was maybe 5 days ago, 7 max...I have changed my eating habits and got back into the gym (albeit gradually) so that is the result! Definitely a good one, and I know that it mainly comes from eating better its 80% diet and 20% exercise, abs are made in the kitchen! :) I have been trying to eat a salad for one of my meals every day the last two days it has been spinach and romaine topped with chicken and sliced strawberries with a little bit of balsamic vinaigrette. SUPER yummy and satisfying! After the gym tomorrow I should go by the grocery store and grab some more groceries though because our cupboards and fridge is looking mighty barren!

SO for a bit of motivation these are my pictures from the Chapman Undie Run my senior year of college (that are already on Facebook). I was confident enough and happy enough with how I looked in my undies that I was willing and comfortable running with our whole school in them! This is my motivation to get back to that!!! This was SUCH a blast too by the way!!! :)

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Back to the Gym I Go!

So this week I have gradually gotten myself back into gear starting with a nice hour long walk with Theresa on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a great hike with Bobby at Letchworth Park on Wednesday. Last night Bobby and I got our butts back into the gym and did a chest and back workout and boy does it feel good to be sore again! It is pretty sad that it has been so long since I have been to the gym (that I pay monthly for) and see all of kinds of changes and that now Biggest Loser is sponsored by Planet Fitness (my gym) and not 24 Hour Fitness anymore lol That is a sure sign that you have been out of the gym TOO long!

Tonight we are going back to do a legs workout and I will hopefully get some cardio in, although sometimes its pretty difficult to get cardio in after a leg workout so we will see....I am easing myself back in so I don't want to kill myself I can always just do cardio tomorrow! This amazing warm weather has definitely lit a fire in me and made me realize summer is right around the corner and I better be bikini/wedding/beach ready! I am working on my tan too (since it's included in my gym membership) because this is the whitest I have been since before Bobby met me and that is NOT an exaggeration I am straight up PALE right now due to the amazing lack of sun here during the winter! I always had somewhat of a tan living in California because the sun was always shining and I was always outside with the kids...not here...clouds, snow, rain, and more clouds no sun in sight up until the last week and a half! It is pretty crazy actually and it has definitely made me appreciate living in Southern California SOOOO much more than I did, I definitely took it for granted while I was there but never again I can't wait to get back!

Bobby is about to start his last quarter of his first year in business school on Monday, I can't believe how fast this first year flew by!! I am so glad that it did and I am so ready for the summer!!!