yeah still here

it has been too long. i apologize to the 10 of you who read me :) school has started and between school andd work and working out I have been a wreck. pretty tired all the time....when there is time to be sleepy...

working out has been good. did a mile run on Sunday with my sister and improved my time by 32 seconds. i credit her for that....i tried sticking with her pace and she had the watch. i don't know why i am pretty obsessed with the time but I am...guess I am a goal person. i plan on running a 5K....the first one i know of is in May....so let's do it!

all for now...sorry for the disappointment....anyone feel free to give me a topic or question to talk about for my nest one...if not all you'll hear about is work out and school and my crazy life :)

A Big YEAH!

Hello my blogger friends whether you are just blogging friends or real life friend I welcome you to learn about week number 3 workout AND weigh in and measurements!!!

So last Friday I killed my calves somehow...I don't know and maybe I need new shoes. I have heard the shoes I am using kills the calves and shins and so on. So yeah put that aside and working out is going great! besides the fact I missed two days this week...one was on purpose and one I like to call alarm clock error...I love lifting weights...even bumped it up to 8 pound weights :) and I really do enjoy running. It is hard don't get me wrong...sometimes on the last set we get to 10...11....12...and my arms are gonna fall off I can't even get them up....13...14...ouchie I can't do one more....15 and we are done. SO yeah it is hard work but after and the next day I feel so accomplished...I love the soreness! With the running I really enjoy it....again hard work but so fabulous. When I get my breathing stuff all worked out it'll be even better. You ask...how can you enjoy running so much when your calves are killing well they actually hurt a very little tinny baby bit tad while running but it is after I run then they feel like they are gonna fall off....tight....throbing....can barely walk hurting so bad it is not good! Again when it is done and over with I am super excited that I did it. Thanks to God on that one! He for sure is the one keeping me going.

So the good stuff...well I thought it was good. You know I am new to the really focused working out diet stuff and so I really don't know how numbers and measurements are supposed to work buuuut I was good with the numbers because my clothes fit a little better and I feel a ton better! SO in the 3 weeks of working out I lost 4 pounds....that to me was the most discouraging but I guess a little at a time shall have to work. But in my waist I lost 2.1 inches!!!! And my hips I lost .5 :))) So great! Feels Amazing!!!!! Now my thigh measurements....well those bad boys stayed the same :) But really I am fine with it because I have been working those suckers hard. So yeah I am pretty excited!!! Three weeks to go until the big final weigh in but I really plan on keeping it up even after the boot camp is finished. Looking to join a gym and continue the early morning work outs to keep on losing weight and inches and just feeling better about myself in general.

thanks for reading and sharing in this!

so far...

So we are starting week numero tres of boot camp. That means at the end of this week we get weighed in again....I am super nervous about it. What if I didn't lose any? does that make me fail at this? I feel better....but I watch shows like biggest loser where they lose a ton...now i know i know this is NOT biggest loser this is not as intense buuut I just wanna lose some! I actually honestly do love the working out part....again I just need to get the food part down...making an effort...hope it is working.

Had a weekend at "home". Got to see family and friends that I usually don't see a lot of. It was nice...it is always good to go "home" but I am so thankful where we are today.

Back to school tomorrow....hopefully it is a full week...not too intense but just trying to get into the swing of things!!!!

All the stress to begin again?

*Sigh* It is Thursday and the last day of my school week! I love not having school on Fridays...well since this is my first week of it I am not totally sure but only can imagine :) Last time we chit chatted I had past my PRAXIS whoopee! Since then my life has been moving crazy fast....a little too fast for my comfort because that is when I stress...usually! So Monday started school which had flipped completely from what I thought I was gonna do to what I am doing in terms of class schedules and such. Monday began my life as a a really life education major in blocks (or the program of education). We had orientation and it was great and no classes that day and yay! Tuesday was a snow day...all my classes were canceled and even though that is wonderful and great and super it just put me even more in a sense of AHHHH! I do not know what is going on...which again causes me to stress out. Then the next day of the week is Wednesday of course and classes are on...great...so that helped me calm down a little I got to experience some class time and learn about the course and make sense of blocks a little more! Felt much better that day. Today just had a big meeting again with everyone and I am feeling better but let me get back to you next Thursday and see how I am doing after having a real live week. *keep fingers crossed no more snow days (well not next week anyway I'm not that crazy I really do love classes being canceled but only after I feel comfy and situated)* OK well and Monday is a holiday which means no school so there my week is interrupted again! Boo! It will be OK i promise but if anyone out there is super organized and great with time management please come run my life until December of 2012! Which by the way is my graduation date....good to see that in sigh in the near future...not as good as May of 2011 buuut considering...it'll do. So as you can tell by all the ramblings and maybe everything is not making sense you can see that my brain is a little scattered....I need to calm down....get organized...figure it all out and get started! Sounds easy enough....right??

Fabulous Friday

I LOVE FABULOUS FRIDAYS!

This has been such a good day! I love it! I worked out this morning and felt great, I went to take a test I have been stressing about because it sorta kinda affects my future and I PASSED!!!! I then got to get my hair done and its dark again and it seriously looks fabulous! And I can say that because it wasn't my handy work :) For dinner we are going to one of my favorite restruants Stir Crazy!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Seriously it has just been a great day!

This post is short...only because I had to share my great day! Hopefully you all are having a great Friday as well and if not maybe this cheered you up a little bit??? :)

Getting my booty kicked in boot camp!

So we got back from vacation yesterday! We had so much fun. Today starts getting back into a routine...kinda for me. School doesn't start back up until Monday for me, but got a big day planned today and tomorrow. So we get back yesterday and I must have been more tired than I thought I was I slept from about 1:30pm til 4 ish but I felt better when I woke up!

Boot camp today we learned to run in intervals not something I am very good at. I guess I must not know either my strength or a good starting point...it kicked my booty to run for 20 minutes that is for sure. I know it'll get better just gotta keep up with it. Then we worked on some legs and abs....good thing my sister kicked my butt yesterday in the gym I was ready for today :) Tomorrow is the day we work out with the army guy....prayers are accepted :) The thing that I find to be difficult is choosing what to eat and how much. They talk about protein and carbs but not so much carbs and blah it exhausts me. I just need someone to come and plan my meals and tell me when and what to eat...thats not so hard right?? oh well that too will get better hopefully.

One more day of bootcamp this week!!!!

Psalm 5:3

Vacay and Boot Camp

Yesterday started boot camp at our church...just some beginning stuff like weigh in and measurements :/ and sit up and push ups a timed mile. I am pretty excited to say I ran the whole mile!!! It was 11:41 time and I was super excited about it. I am so looking forward to what all I can accomplish with God by my side. We have a memory verse for every day of the week for camp. I love the idea of knowing scripture and keeping it close to y heart however I am the worst memorizer. Today's is from Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." Even though we are on vacation and I am missing boot camp today and tomorrow we still got a family work out in this am. So hopefully I won't die Thursday when we get back!!

I love vacation. I love the water, the water slides, the food, the games, but especially the time with my family. We have been playing and having a good time. I love it. Today should be another full day of family fun :) 

We are also praying for my cousin's family with the loss of their uncle. I am sad for the loss of their uncle and friend but really happy he is in a better spot. 

Have a great day!!!

Time Moves On and On

Januray 1....always a day of looking ahead to new and exciting things and also a day of reflecting on the past year....the good and the bad. 2010 was a good year to me.

As I look back I do not remember much bad in 2010 but things that changed for the good. One of the best things and hardest things was that I transfered home for school. It was hard leaving friends and people that I had really become close to for three years to just move back home and start over brand new a fresh at a new school. It was not easy but I believe still it was for the best.

I always start with big plans for the new year. Right now in 2011 I am looking forward to getting into shape, doing well in school, and taking responsibility for things that I should be. I am starting a boot camp type workout on Monday at my church. Looking forward to it but also very nervous because I know it will be hard and I really need to do it. I am definately uncomfortable in these situations bcause I know that it is not my strength...yet :) I just need motivation to stick with it! I cannot wait to share results with you blog world!

Also Monday me and the fam go on vacay! I loooove vacation! Time away from work and school and life with a water park?? Whats not to love??

Also 1.1.11 started us ad a whole church reading through the Bible ( a special one that tells you what to read for that day) We are reading it as a church and it is really exciting to know that others are reading with me. I am really excited about and thankful for God's Word.

Also in 2011 I hope to make new friendships, strengthen ones I have already AND find old ones that have dwindled a little bit.

2011 will be full of good and promising things...in the good times and the bad I praise God.