New Year New You Planning

Took the plunge Saturday and made a big decision -- We joined a gym!

My parents told us over Christmas that we're going to Flordia in July and I immediately thought, "OH NO!"

I can not look like I do now at a beach in 7 months and be happy. I will not have pictures of my daughters first time at the beach with me being the beached whale. So it's going down! We're getting serious at this household and losing weight!!

I've been meal planning, grocery shopping, and food prepping like it's my job. I REFUSE to give up and REFUESE to fail again...

I've been finishing healthy recipes and finding some running plans because this momma is getting fit! 

 2014 will be the best year of my life! 

- I will not eat my feelings. I will not drink my calories. I will not eat junk that makes me feel like junk. I can do this and I will do this!

Phillippians 4:13

What's your plan for the new year? Any goals?

Motivation

Toy been wastingMotivation is what I'm lacking. I have had no desire to move my lazy behind. I have had no desire to eat what I should. I have had no desire to track like I should. However as I looked in the mirror tonight I realized how tired I am of making excuses. I'm tired of going to Ned feeling like crap because of all the food I have shoveled into my mouth. I'm tired of wondering if I'm embarrassing my family by them being seen with me - an overweight obese person. I need to find what motivates me and while I'm still working on that I decided to make myself a reward chart to get me through April. My short term goal is to have lost 40 pounds by my 26th birthday. 

10 pound goal - A Ruffles with Love shirt from Etsy

20 pound goal - Join the Y here in our town

30 pound goal - complete the 24 day advocare challenge to amp up my weightloss

40 pound goal - This beautiful dress from The Zig Zag Stripe. 

I've currently been wasting $40 a month on weight watchers since I haven't been tracking or going to the meetings so I've decided to give that up and just track through My Fitness Pal. I know the key is to plan plan plan so I PLAN on doing that this week! Check back for my plan this week! 

So What Wednesday!?

Getting back in my blogging groove with a link up for So What Wednesday!?

* So what if I purposefully skipped my WW meeting last week because I knew I had gained weight. I tracked every day except for Saturday and Sunday this week so I'm hoping I am in for a loss!

* So what if I haven't excersised since August. Things are about to change around here. The husband and I started the 30 Day Shred on Monday so here's to being sore and barely able to walk for the next 30 days. It is all worth it!!

* So what if I can't stop thinking about Black Friday, even though I need nothing. 

* So what if on Wednesdays all I can think about is Fridays. I get to wear jeans on Fridays so it's the one day of the week I don't have to think about what I'm going to wear.

* So what if all we have eaten for dinner this week is different types of soup. It's an easy meal and goes in the crockpot! 

Hope y'all have a great Hump Day! 

Weekend Recap.. I'm back Baby!!

SAnWow so it's a been a LONG while since I have blogged! I have been so sleepy at night I haven't even been able to keep up with reading my favorite bloggers. So my goal is to start back up with the blogging and keep up with it!!

As I stated previously I've been exhausted. So Friday night we ordered a Papa Murphy's pizza (chicken Mediterranean delight is only 5 ww points per slice!!) and watched one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time. Elf!!

Saturday we went to a craft bazaar where I picked up this little number for my dining room table. 

I am a little late in planning the Princess's Thanksgiving outfit so we went out to a tiny mall around here to look for one. Thank goodness we found something that will work because I had pretty much given up on the idea of a cute outfit. Of course you can leave the place without riding the tractor! 

We also had to get groceries and meal plan. That is honestly the only way I'm able to keep up with tracking is my planning out all my meals for the week ahead of time. The Princess was awesome at the grocery store and thought she needed a toy. She's an only child, and will be forever unless someone wants to give me their baby for free, so she got a toy.

Sunday we got up and headed to church. I'm pretty much OBSESSED with Mexican food and haven't had it in at least two weeks. So we splurged and ate some and it was delicious!! After we got home I put up our second Christmas tree. I know that it isn't even Thanksgiving, but there are only 3 weeks between Christmas and Thanksgiving this year and I spend too much money on decorations to only enjoy them for three weeks. So my house is fully decorated! #dontjudgeme 

I spent my evening rocking the Princess to sleep (who NEVER lets that happen) and watching the Chiefs game! 

It was such a relaxing weekend and exactly what I needed! Next weekend we start all the Holiday madness so I needed one to relax before the craziness! Hope y'all had a great week! 

Please check back for more posts and follow me on Bloglovin!! I'm back in action!!

So What Wednesday!?

It's Hump Day Y'all!! Which means!?


Linking up for So What Wednesday!

SOOO What!!!

* If the Princess has worn these pajamas 3 nights in a row. However she will get to bed I'm down for!

* If I decided not to buy any clothes for the Princess and I until Black Friday, and then went shopping last weekend. I have decided to start over! So as of October 13th I will not buy clothes for the Princess and I. 

* If I'm already buying Christmas presents. It's expensive to buy gifts for everyone and the only way I can manage is to spread it out. I hope to be done with all my gift buying by Black Friday. 

* If I'm refusing to buy a Halloween costume this year. Halloween is stressful for us if it's on a school night because we have to drive 30 minutes to see family and more family and then don't get home till late. This year we have decided to stay home and people can come to us. I bought the Princess a super cute dress from Zuilly and that will be what she wears. 

* If I went WAY over my weight watchers points limit this weekend. It was our 5 year anniversary and I ate like I hadn't eaten in 5 years. I will kick it in gear next week. My goal is to lose 15 pounds by Thanksgiving. 

Hope you all have a great Hump Day!! Go STL Cardinals!!

Phone Dump Monday!

Hey y'all it's Monday and I am dragging! The Mr. and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary this weekend!!

Saturday morning we got up and headed out! The night before the Princess stayed at my mom and dads so I got an entire nights rest! I slept from 11 p.m. - 9 a.m. without getting up once! It was amazing!!!

I dropped my iPhone the day before and the back glass shattered so first thing we went and got the 5c. Love it! It's hot pink and is much faster than my iPhone 4. We did a little shopping, had Starbucks, 

ate the most delicious steak I have ever eaten in my entire life, 

and went to Piano bar.

In the Mr.s defense, the flash was really bright. He wasn't intoxicated! :)

Sunday morning I laid in bed until 9:00!! 

If you're not a mom then you can't fully appreciate that, but someday you will! We got to relax and lounge around and then finally headed home. I'm blessed to have parents that can take care of the Princess while we were gone. We hardly ever get to get away just the two of us so it was very needed!

My weekend ended with some snuggle time with the Princess. 

I hope you all had a great weekend! Here's to getting back on track with my eating this week since I ate CRAPPY this weekend!!

My Normal Day

I love when bloggers post about a day in their life. It lets me know that they are real! So I thought I would give it a try!

This is what time I set my alarm for. I don't like being rushed and I try to get to school early so I can leave right after I'm done. Like the cracked screen? Anyone feeling sorry for me can totally hook me up with a new apple! :)

I wake up and immediately get a cup of coffee. It's the only way I can survive! 

Forgot to take a before pic, but I'm almost ready! Love that messy bathroom!? Keepin it real folks!

The Princess normally eats breakfast on the bed while watching Doc McStuffins while I get ready. I'm blessed in that her daddy takes her to daycare so I don't have to worry about getting her ready every morning. 

Typical bumper to bumper traffic. I work on a military base so we have to go through a checkpoint every morning. 

I hang out with kids all day! Best job ever!

I get out of school at 3:45, pick up the Princess by 4:30 and then on to making dinner. On tonight's menu Lasagna (new recipe) 

Disclaimer - the above dinner was gross! It called for taco seasoning in the ground beef. It tasted like Mexican lasagna. Not my cup of tea. 

We then normally do some snuggling and relaxing before bath and bed time at 7:30. This may seem early but this child has slept through the night since she was 4 weeks old and her schedule has never changed. Read Baby Wise!

I try to go to bed by 10:00 so I can lay in bed and watch the news before falling asleep. Sometimes I stay up super late reading blogs and pinteresting, but most nights I'm beat! 

So what do y'all's normal days looks like? I just realized I forgot lunch and breakfast. Lol my days are crazy if ya can't tell!

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