Perfectly Imperfect

extremes

2009-07-14T11:33:00.001-07:00

I have decided that my problem is that I work in extremes. I am either on track or competely off track!

When i get on track I tend to eat only " healthy" foods but not enough of them and I work out an 1-2 hours a day.

Which is not sustainable for me. I need to eat healthy but not eat only healthy foods. I need pasta and ice cream and pizza some too. I am all about a healthy life but a healthy life for me. I would love to eat as healthy as some of the bloggers out there now but this is definately something to work toward!

I am going to work on this healthy life with one step at a time! Today I worked out!!!!

This week I am going to work on
*working out
*drinking less pop at work
*watching portions

I started off me morning with a 5 minute devotional and headed off to make me some breakfast!!

I checked some bloggies and Furby the amazing wondercat joined me!

I had some yummlicious oatmeal. Totally hit the spot!!

*1/2 c. oatmeal

*1/2 c. milk

*brown sugar, raisins and coconut!

All mixed in!

Lunch consisted of some annie's mac and cheese and a piece of garlic

bread with a glass of water

And I may or may not of taken a spoon of frosting from the cupboard!

I am off to the bank and then work!!

I didn't just fall of the wagon it ran over me!

2009-07-13T17:24:00.003-07:00

I just can't seem to get motivated about anything lately. Cleaning the house, cooking,all of it! Forget about eating helathy and exercising !

I want to get out of my little slump! starting tomorrow!

Tomorrow morning I will:
* read my bible ( I find that this grounds me the best)
* exercise
* make myself a green monster
* pack my lunch for work
*clean up my house( not a lot just a little)

small steps right. I did clean up my house a little over the weekend and it helped alot.

I'm not sure what my problem is but I am going to get out of it
and start blogging too to help me stay accountable!

I CAN DO THIS!!

On a happy note one of my favorite blogs is having a amazing meal giveaway! Go over to Angela's blog to check it ou!!

See you tomorrow!! ;)

oh my!!

2009-07-13T17:24:00.001-07:00

Toooo hot to handle..... or maybe to burnt!

2009-06-28T16:11:00.000-07:00

I finally got my camera back!! WOOOT so back to regular blogging for me. This weekend I had a the bacholorette party for the wedding that I am maid of honor in august! It was so much fun! We hit the bars on friday night and then saturday we hung out at the pool for the majority of the day. This morning we hung out at the pool for about 2 hours and I got FRIED!!!! Not good. I used SPF 55 too! It's totally unfair! Yesterday we stayed out for about 3-4 hours and I was fine absolutely fine! 2 hours today and I am fried! URG! I just took a super hot bath to let some of the toxins out and have used a ton of aloe! Hopefully it goes away fast because I am working 60 hours this week! YUCK!

Here is the damage: The pics do not do it justice at all!

In the next one you can see the line across my chest where all of sudden I am not burnt anymore! It's so weird!

Off to clean up the house and fold clothes, make lunches for the week and hit the sack!

M.I.A

2009-06-15T18:18:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I know I have been MIA!

What have I been up to. ummm.........

* school
*1st job
*2nd job
*School
* looking, making offer, inspection , and losing a house
* making invites and plannin bacholorette
* helping out my parents strawberry farm!
* SCHOOL!!

I have been insane this last week! and I know that's no excuse to stop blogging but that's all there is !

I am going out for a run right now to clear my brain after working on my final papers for the last 4 hours.

and I promise tomorrow is back to normal blogging!!

busy! busy! busy!

2009-06-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

I can't even explain how busy I am! Do you ever feel like screaming or feel like you are being ripped in every possible direction?!?

Ya... that's me.

on my plate right now I have:

*1st job (40 hours)
*2nd job (15-20hours)
* 3 credit class in 8 weeks
* planning bacholorette party
*put offer in on house !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* interpreting freelance job friday evening.
*prep for freelance job!
* sister called and wants to go dress shopping on sat!

I am so stressed out! There is so much to do and so little time!

These are the invites i am working on for the bacholorette!

a couple pieces
Embellishment
more pieces

dresses put together

These are so cute! I hope the bride loves them. I will show you a final product when I am done.

Right now I am off to eat, do the dishes and hit the sack since I work 16 hours tomorrow ! EEEEK!

Oh.... busy bee weekend

2009-06-01T17:42:00.000-07:00

So saturday started out at 5:30 as I had to be at work at 6:00

I did very well eating healthy at work on saturday. I left work at 4:00 and headed to the scrapbooking store.

I am maid of honor is a wedding in August and am making the shower invites. It's alot of work but it will be well worth it in the end. I will show you pics of the process soon! It was quite the process.

I then went to wisconsin dells to check out some attractions that we might hit during the bacholorette!

I hit some stores and picked up some new shoes! I am excited about the new shoes.

We had someone quit at my second job so I picked up a shift on sunday as well. I know it was sooooo nice of me but let me tell you 3:30 a.m. came supa quick. After work at 12:00 I worked on invites again for about 6 hours. I know crazy right.

Today after work I went back to the scrap book store to pick up some more supplies I am hoping to finish them up today and tomorrow!

Some mango-black tea I got at Totally Tea when i was shopping on saturday!

Water my weekend saivior!

I love grapes on the road!!

You should all go check out Angela's blog she is having a giveaway and you should definately go check it out!!

See you soon with better photos tomorrow!

from the views of a 4th grader....

2009-05-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

Today we went on a field trip to the.....

Wisconsin dells The waterpark capitol of the world!!! Except we didn't do the waterparks instead we did . The

H.H Bennet photography museum. This man was absolutely amazing and some of the photography equipment he developed is in the smithsonian institute.

It was so amazing that this man started everything with his camera and now it's this huge tourist attraction and it's so close to home!!

All of the following pictures are taken by one of my 4th grade students.

The first picture was an example of what many pics were :) but the rest are good!

Some of H.H. Bennet's office

Some of his photography

I loved this pictures. I love the women with the umbrellas in the row boats.

Ahhhhh! how times have changed.

This is one of the boats we took! looks a little different then the other picture I showed doesn't it!

Some scenery!

This is unfortunately where my battery died so you don't get to see the rest of the trip but it was absolutely delightful! The kiddos were well behaved and it was a wonderful sunny day in WI!

I dont' have any pics of food day ( remember my camera died)

But I am eating soem meatball subs that the hubby made with a huge side of watermellon YUMMMMMY!!!

I am trying to write a paper and head off to bed as I work my second job from 6-4 tomorrow. Then I am off to the dells againto find some stuff for an upcoming bacholorette party I am planning!! WOOT WOOT!!!

See you tomorrow!!

working my butt off...

2009-05-28T14:07:00.001-07:00

No pictures today sorry: I will try harder tomorrow!

Todays schedule:

6:45 get up
shower and get dressed
check and print off assignment for online class

7:30-3:30 work

3:30-4:30 eat quick, and do some homework ( and post)

5:00- 11:30 my 2nd job

12:00 home to bed so I can be back up at 6:45 tomorrow morning!

YIKES!!!

I also have to work this weekend but am planning on getting alot accomplished so Yeah for that!

Tomorrow I have a fieldtrip with the kiddos so it should be an exciting day!!

and i'm back!!

2009-05-27T16:15:00.000-07:00

It was a wonderful weekend. Super busy and FUN!!

here is the recap:

Saturday: Go to in laws to pick up camping equipment at 10:30 went to pick up ATV's at 2 different locations and got to campsite around 1:00 a.m. Setup tent at 1:30 a.m. and sat around the campfire trying to warm up.

Sunday: Woke up around 8:30 . Had a yummy breakfast of eggs and bacon.

headed off to go four wheeling with hubby, sis-in-law, and a friend. We were fourwheeling for roughly 6ish hours. I had never been on a trail with a fourwheeler before and was very skeptical but it was a TON of FUN!! I wish I had taken a camera because we had alot of fun in some mud pits. I don't usually like that kind of thing so I was extremely suprised with how much fun I had.

We went back to the campsite and a few drinks and sat around the campfire!!

Monday we packed up and washed downt he atv's and headed home.

We got back home around 8 ish.

On Tuesday, I headed to work like normal. Got off work around 3:30 and headed to a freelance job. I then was a crazy awesome sister and drove 1.5 hours to see my brother graduate from 8th grade!! I know crazy awesome right!!

I got home around 11 p.m. and crashed immediately!

I woke up this morning and I had a review from my job. It went wonderful so YEAH for that!

I don't have many food pics but I did have some yummy eats over the weekend although not all that healthy!

Here is what I have. I was not a good blogger so sorry!

Yummy panini!
I ate it on the way to the brothers graduation!
Yummy snack this afternoon!

Have a great day!!!

Off we go...

2009-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning at 6:00! Are you kidding me!! I can't even sleep in on the weekend!!
Since I was up so early I decided to make pancakes. Here they are with some fruit salad and some syrup!

For snack/lunch. I have been snacking all day. I had an apple and strawberries with some Almond butter.

So delicious. I totally stole this idea from Polly. Love her site, She lifts me up and you get to see good eats and yoga too. It doesn't get better than that!

I also worked out for the 1st time in what seems like forever it felt sooooo good!

I did level 2 of 30 day shred . It kicked my butt.

duration: 25 minutes.

In zone: 21 minutes.

max:166

Kcal:209

I downloaded some 20 minute yoga from yogadownload.

I also downloaded some of Jillian Michael's podcasts. They are an awesome thing to listen to on long car rides. Since we have 4 hours to my in-laws and 4 hours back!

I'm off for some packing and have a great looooong weekend! I will see you on tuesday!!

TGIF!!!!

2009-05-22T15:32:00.001-07:00

I got up early this morning. Insted of working out, I sat down and started on my midterm. I am absolutely determined to get this done before leaving tomorrow for camping!!

We had a rather interesting assembly at school today and afterwards a few of us staff members decided we would go hang out at one of our coworkers houses to start off the weekend right. I had a blast !

I had a snack attack after work. I opened up a new jar of almond butter!!

Ezekiel bread with almond butter and a bannana and the other with plain butter! YUMMO!!

Do you reconize this canister. Two days ago it was filled with watermellon. It is already gone!! Can you believe it the hubs and I ate through an entire watermellon in 2 days!! EEK! It sure was yummy!

I am going to snack on this while continuing to work on my motivation class midterm!!

I am off but will be back tomorrow before I head up to the in-laws for camping this weekend. Hope you all have a wonderful friday!

I was also looking at another website that is giving away blog makeovers!!! Wouldn't that be awesome!! you should check it out!! they have some awesome recipes and tips as well!!

See you tomorrow! I'm off to my midterm!!

exhausted..

2009-05-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning to see a 10 page midterm sitting in my in box!! yeah, for lots of work! URG!!

However, I jumped out of bed and got my cold lunch ready because I knew it would be a fun day. Today, the entire class I work with went on a field trip to the capitol. We had roughly 80 people. It was a blast. The kids were well behaved, the tour guides were interesting and we got to enjoy the BEAUTIFUL day outside. Here are some fun pics to show you my day. One of my students captured my camera so these are from the view of a student :)

I do think Wisconisin has one of the most beautiful capitols. It is just breathtaking at night from over one of the lakes!
A flower bed dedicated to those that have served!

This is lady wisconsin who sits on top of the capitol she is pointing " forward" to Washington D.C.

Another view of the monument and the capitol. you can see lady wisconsin on top of the capitol!

No pics for the eats today.

I had some yummy stuff though:

Brekkie

*my usual oats with a little bigger portion since we were on the trip and no snack!

Lunch

* almond butter and jelly on ezekiel cinnimon raisin bread

*pear

*watermellon

*yogurt covered pretzels

snack

*2 HUGE bowls of watermellon ( the watermellon I bought yesterday is 3/4 gone already! HOLY COW!!)

Dinner

*ravioli with alfredo sauce

*cheese, salami, and crackers!!

Yeah for a wonderful day out in the sun!! The kiddos wore me out today so I will be hitting the sack early tonight!!

One last thing: Angela is having a giveaway! Go over and check it out! She also had some great discussion yesterday that you may want to check out as well!

Have a great night all!!

Is it summer yet??

2009-05-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

I think we skipped spring and went directly into summer this year. It was 88 degrees in good old Wisconsin today. 88 degrees, that is hot, even for cold blooded me. I love this weather. However, my hubby does not. He wants to turn on the AC which I HATE!! I HATE it with a passion actually. I DO understand the need for AC during some of the really hot days but we just got over winter can't we enjoy the warm weather a little before you turn my apartment into a freezer again. Why oh why did I marry a warm blooded man?!?

o.k. I digress.

This morning I tried something new with my oats. I added some chocolate pb. My local grocery store grinds their own peanut butter straight from the peanuts ( ha, you didn't know that was where peanut butter came from did you? I'm a smart one I tell ya :) Well, they added some chocolate to a batch and it is delicious. So I have seen some of my other blogger peeps add some to their oatmeal.

The verdict: It was disgusting!!! I guess it's just not for me. I choked down some of it since I was eating it on the way to work and that's all I had to eat for breakfast. Needless to say, I found it rather nasty and did not finish it all. Thefore I had a larger snack! Pic of the choc. peanut butter below. However, this is really good on right off the spoon. SO I will have to try to eat it on some ezekial bread at a later date :)

After work, I went to the grocery ( I should really only do this once a week because I spend WAAAAAY to much money!!) This is the loot. It all looked so yummy!!

* watermellon
*celery
*bananas
*3 pears
*3 apples
*muskmellon
* strawberries

The dry goods included( well kinda):
* sunflower seeds
*clif bars
*rasberry vinigrette
* some choc. pudding
* yougurt covered pretzels
*dried fruit
* sour cream
* cheez it's ( for a recipe)

I tend to let things go to waste if I don't prepare it right away. I know it's really bad. So i chopped everything up right away. I realized that in my fruit salad I forgot to add the strawberries. I didn't remember until I was typing this post and saw the picture. I will have to add them later. I am so excited about the watermellon that I didn't want to add it all into the fruit salad. hence, the large container and small container of watermellon ( the small container has some muskmellon as well)

This was Dinner. I steamed some broccoli and cauliflower. The cheez-its and sourcream were for the chicken on the plate. I covered the chicken with sourcream and then dipped them in crushed cheez-it's. They were very yummy!!

I also had a side of fruit salad. I ate so much and am Stuffed!!!!

I will be set for a while.

Today I was reading Caitlin's blog today and she was talking about fat talk. I do struggle with this and am really trying to fight this. Her post truly talked to me today!! So for the challenge. Things I love about my body

* I love that it get's me through my crazy schedule everyday
* I love my curves
* I think I have great shoulders

Terrific Tuesday ?!?

2009-05-19T15:07:00.000-07:00

Well, Kinda....

After my long weekend with the in-laws, I am excited to be back home. I think we are actually going up there again this weekend to go camping for memorial day weekend and I love hanging out with them but it was sure nice to be home!! I have a few pics of my weekend and today food!

My lunch today included

* Spinach

*Lettuce

* Feta cheese

*cranberries

*apples

*walnuts

* rasberry vinigrette

My dinner last night was simple. I had two pieces of ezekiel cinnimon raisin bread with almond butter and bananas on top. SO YUMMY!!!

and 1 piece with butter!!

When I got home from work today... I opened the mail to find a Vickies magazine. Although I love their stuff but I was thinking how this is why us women always feel so inadequate. I am looking at these pictures of these gorgeous women with impeccable bodies! It's so infurating to me. I find that I am automatically comparing my body to theirs and saying I want a flat stomach like that. It's so wrong because it's just not realistic! My hubby loves me just the way I am! Why can't I accept the same thing??

Do you ever feel this way??

How do you help combat those feelings??

nummers

2009-05-16T08:23:00.000-07:00

oh, it's going to be a busy weekend!

My Hubby found my camera so I will have a pic today !!!

I woke up around 8 this morning ( I love my bed :)

I caught up on some blogs and finished some homework for my class.

Now I am off to run some errands and hubby will be making the 4 hour drive to see his family this afternoon. I will be busy busy busy and have not internet access so you will not see me til monday!

I need to run to the library to pick up a good book before I head off to the long ride. I also need to download some jillian podcasts and some good music on my MP3 player. The hubby always falls asleep on me because he has to get up SUPA early on saturday mornings like 12:30 am but I think he was late this morning. OOPS!

I had my first bowl of oats since the sickness and it was sooooooo good. Not as filling as I would have liked but oh well. It hit the spot!!

In the bowl:

a tad bit more than 1/2 cup of oats

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

a few raisins and 1tsp of brown sugar!

Have a great weekend lovlies!

so this is how it feels..

2009-05-14T16:38:00.000-07:00

to not work two jobs!!!

I was supposed to work my second job tonight but my boss man graciously gave me off because of my strep throat!

Which I am toatally thankful for because when I got home from my "real" job I was wiped out and needed a nap!! Working so many hours and going taking a class was driving me a tad bit batty so I took off 2 weeks at my 2nd job which will hopefully help my attitude at my 2nd job over the summer. I really pick up the hours during the summer and I would preferably like to be sane during that period!

no pics again today! Sorry! I will try to get back to that tomorrow!!
I have to see if I can find my camera after the weekend and the big sickness so we will see if I can find it!

For breakfast I had

1 cup quaker oat squares
1/2 cup skim milk

for a snack around 10:00 Ihad a 1/2 of a kid's clif bar!

I was feeling full so I didn't have the other half but by 12:15 at lunch I felt really shaky so I will try to better tomorrow

lunch was part of a sub, a muffin, some puppy chow and a choc chip bar. Yeah it's teacher appreciation week!

For supper Iwill having some Annie's mac and cheese YUM!!

My throat is feeling mucho mucho better!! Although you should all pray for me at night. When I lay down I begin to cough and wake myself up. I start to suck ona cough drop and I always fall asleep with it in my mouth. It's a miracle I don't choke on it! I am really going to try not to do that tonight! we will see!!

I'm off to eat and head to bed early. Imay even be brave enough to attempt a workout tomorrow. we will see what Ifeel like tomorrow morning ( It may not be a brilliant idea as Iget tired walking up the stairs at this poing :)

Crawling....

2009-05-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

I'm making my way back, not walking yet, but crawling.

I'm not back up on my food game yet.

I did have a tiny bit of cereal this morning and a kids clif bar for a snack

My work provided us with subs for lunch so I ate a a small sub for lunch.

That may not seem like alot but after the weekend with strep that's ALOT of food!!!

I am finally starting to get my appetite back so this a good sign!

o.k. so enough about that!

I just wanted to point you guys over to Erin's blog ! She is doing an awesome giveaway so you should check it out!!

I'm kinda boring today! Sorry! After my first day back at work! I'm off to take a nap!

H1N1?!?

2009-05-12T15:03:00.000-07:00

Dont' worry, It's only Strep!

I had an extremely busy weekend. My sister graduated from college! WOOOT!!

On my way home, I started to feel really awful ( went to sleep with 2 pairs of socks, sweatpants, teeshirt, sweatshirt and 3 blankets) and by monday morning there was no way I was going to work. Yesterday about noon I was feeling as if I may have strep so I called in to get an appointment. They could not get me in until 6:30 at night at urgent care!

Since Ihad flulike symptoms I had to wear a mask and be seperated from the rest of the patients. After I had the 10minute strep culture it came back positive and was able to get antibiotics ( can everyone say HALLELUIA!!!)

After sleeping for a few hours and finally showering I feel like some sorta human being again today! YAHOO! I am hoping to go to work tomorrow but that may be stretching it!

The funny part of it all was the Doctor was so excited that I didn't have H1N1. She really thought I had the flu even though I kept saying I feel exactly like I did when I had Strep last time. She actually came into the room and said " WOOHOO, I am so excited for you , you only have strep"

I had to laugh even though I felt so awful that I was not feeling even remotely excited! Funny doctors!!

I have had some funny symptoms. I have been sweating profusly. I look like I have been swimming, I am so soaked. this coming from a girl that does not sweat easily ( sure when I workout) . I also have no appetite. I am going to try to eat something tonight because Ihave basically ate nothing for the last 48 hours. (slaps self on wrist) This does not help the no energy situation!

I promise...

2009-05-08T14:16:00.000-07:00

I've done this before but I will this time.

be back in the blog world next week.

I have had a crazy time getting back into the swing of school and it sucking all of my oh so precious time. I am now off to my sister's graduation all weekend and hopefully getting some of my homework done onthe way!!

I gotta run but I will see y'all next week!!!

back at it again!

2009-05-03T17:56:00.000-07:00

So I started my online class at UIU! My computer would not let me into the class, Which is quite frustrating!!! I finally did get in on friday afternoon but I had a dinner date with some of my ladies from highschool! We had a blast and enjoyed a few cocktails and some pizza!

I got home about 10:45 and had to be up at 3:30 to go to work! ACK!!!!!

After work I was exhausted. I messed some with my class went to call my grandma to with her a happy birthday and I fell asleep before I even called her! AHHHHH!

I woke up around 9 and called grandma! I'm glad she was still up!

I crashed again and didn't get up until 9:55 and church starts at 10:00 I must have been super tired!! I did make it to church about 10 minutes late but I made it!!

The pastor gave an awesome sermon about making sure your head is in the game. How during basketball or baseball season we can give 3 hours to watch a game but we can't get to church on time ( oops, maybe he was talking to me :( or volunteer our time to help others. SO TRUE!! I really want to work on this on a personal level!

After church. I stopped at a local restraunt and got a salad w/ mixed greens apples, craisins, blue cheese, and I can't remember right now but it was YUMMO!!! My kitty was enjoying the smells as well :)

After that, I settled into my computer. After 9 weeks off at school, I'm a little ok. alot rusty at writing papers. I just couldn't get into the groove. I did finish my assignment for monday and also looked up one of two articles I want to review for wednesday. It's going to be a long week with writing papers but it will get done. I am going to get my stuff situated for work tomorrow and head off to bed early to read some of the good stuff Aka my devotional!

See you tomorrow!!

It's a bird, It's a plane

2009-04-27T19:23:00.000-07:00

It's a really bad eating day!

I was so excited for oatmeal this morning. I was just craving it.

The oatmeal contained.
1/2 C rolled oats
1/2 C. Milk
1/2 C. Water
dab of coconut
1 tsp of brown sugar

This gives you a little bit of an idea of what I ate today. no pics of lunch it was a pb and j sandwich and some peas.

There were more desserts were these came from and I ate more.
I also had a Pepsi!

and then I felt like CRUD!! my body did not like it at all. Serves me right for eating awful!

Dinner was Kashi go lean and some quacker squares

I did some lifting. Back and chest and some abs

The stats:

1 hour 11 min

avg hrm: 102

max hrm: 194 (EEK)

cal burned: 271

I'm off to bed!

Come out, come out, wherever you are..

2009-04-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, I know where you are.... in my bed.

I went into my bedroom to grab somthing around 2:00 and what do I find a kitty still in bed. however, he has moved because he is now turned around:)

Low and behold around 4:00 he decided to come out and sleep on the couch instead :) Sorry it's blurry :(

For dinner, I had some peas, baked beans and sweet potatoe with a little brown sugar.

NEW SHOES!!! I love getting new workout stuff. I used these to do the workout dvd Kenpo X and stretching!

My stats were:

time: 1 hours 32 minutes

Avg hrm:107

max hrm:166

cal's burned:497

This is for Erin, She asked what the recipe was for my pancakes the other morning. Ha, not so much of a recipe. They did come out of a box but were very yummy. This is what I used :)

That's it for tonight!!

Oh... where did the time go!

2009-04-26T13:58:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning and was watching some TV and going to get up for church in 10 minutes. Then realized Holy Cow church starts in 10 minutes. I don't know what I was thinking. So I hurried around the house and made it to church.

After church I came home and was STARVING!

I had 2 eggs and 2 pieces or raisin Ezekial bread!

and a glass of milk which I didn't drink all of.

Later I finished my milk with some choc. chip cookies and a pear and OJ

This was the pic of my kitty when I got home from church. he was in this exact position when I left for church. Talk about a "cat nap" :)

He looks a little peeved that I woke him with my camera flash. URG!!

Lazy afternoons...

2009-04-25T19:58:00.000-07:00

well not too lazy...
The rest of my afternoon contained me working out, talking on the phone( Grandma ended up having surgery and is out and doing well) I have been cleaning the spare bedroom which is wonderful!

Ihad breakfast for dinner which included1 egg and 2 pieces of ezekial raisin bread and 1/2 glass of milk(which I didn't touch)

This was my pre-work out snack pb and a banana with water

I did P90X Legs and back and did the AB Ripper. I have a feeling I am going to be a hurting woman tomorrow.

Here are the stats:

Time:1 hour 18 minutes

Zone: 20 min

Avg HRM: 116

Max HRM:151

KCal:406

My desert for the night was pears!! YUM!

Look, It's still raining! Imagine that! I hope the thunderstorms continue tonight because I love sleeping in thunderstorms. How about you??

I'm out for tonight. I got the book " Intuitive Eating" from the library and want to climb into my Super comfy bed and read :)

It's raining, it's pouring

2009-04-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, I'm not snoring!

Today has been a lazy day. I have had a few productive happenings today.

First thing this morning I made some flax and whole grain pancakes with syrup and milk on the side!

I had a pear for a snack ( no pic from today so I used one from earlier this week)

For lunch I had a bowl of quaker squares!! YUM!!!

This is one of the productive things I did today. I formatted my new blog!! Yeah!! I'm excited about my new changes and am finally satisfied with my blog.

My Kitty Cat ( Furby) did not like all the attention I was giving the computer so he made himself comfy in front of the screen so I could not ignore him. (((( Kitties))))

I was woke up with a bad phone call this morning. My Hubby's grandma was being rushed to the hospital because she had chest pain. DH was at work and they could not get ahold of him. I finally did but he could not leave work. Fortunately they found the problem and did surgery ( using the balloon) Not sure exactly thename it's not open heart but anyway. She is doing well and we are headed up there to see her soon. She will be released tomorrow if all is well! SCARY!!!!

Lastly, My heart goes out to Jenna and her family during this tough time. I have been thinking and praying for you all day.

Doubles!! ICK!!!!

2009-04-23T05:14:00.000-07:00

I have to work a double shift todayYUCK!!

So no pics but but here are the eats

brekkie
1/2 C. oatmeal
1/2 C. Milk
1/2 C water
1/2 banana
sprinkle of raisin and brown sugar

lunch
Huge salad
steamed broccoli, cauliflower , and carrots

Dinner

Baked sweet potatoe
steamed broccolie, cauliflower, and carrots
2 hard boiled eggs

snacks
raw broccoli, cauliflower and carrots ( lots of those today)
cantalope
and some pb

maybe soemthing else who knows!

The workout this morning was an easy one

the stats:
Time: 50min and 45 sec
avg HRM 94
highest 133
cal burned 155

So that's it for me!

I need to go or I will be late for work!!!

Dinner!!

2009-04-22T17:04:00.000-07:00

I ate a some alfredo spaghetti ( not the most healthy thing but yummy)

And a piece of ezekial raisin bread ( YUMMERS)

So I am super proud of myself. Tomorrow I work a double so 7:30am-10:00 Pm YUCK

So today I packed lunch for thursday and friday and Dinner for thursday!! WOOOT! I also ironed my clothes for thursday and friday!

I did the dishes too! Yeah for being productive!!

Happy Earth Day!!

2009-04-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hello All!! I worked out this morning. I am SO SORE!!!! I can't even stand it!!! Everytime I move I think about my butt shrinking a little more. At least I'm hoping!!

Todays summary :
Calories burned:314
Highest HR:183
lowest HR:72( When I started)
Time: 46 minutes

Today's Eats!!

Brekkie was delish this morning!!

Ingrediants were:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 C. fat free milk
1/2 C. Water
a sprinkle of coconut
a little bit of raisins and coconut

My snacks this morning included this plus a cookie ( No pics)
I only ate half of the veggie bag I at the rest at lunch!

Lunch was a pb and jelly sandwich and the other half of the veggie bag. Iwas full so I didn't eat the Chobani and granola!

I have drank SO MUCH WATER today I think I'm at 140 oz. or so!!

munchies..

2009-04-21T17:38:00.001-07:00

I have the munchies!! It's so crazy. I hate when I know I shouldn't eat something but I do anyway! URG!!!

Tonight I had a piece of pizza and 2 pieces of cinnamon raisin ezekial bread

Strawberries with a little sugar

For lunch I had a salad ( minus the croutons, this was my husbands's salad) and some muskmelon!

Baby, It's cold outside

2009-04-21T15:09:00.001-07:00

Well, I wish Wisconsin would just make up it's mind. One day it's 70 the next 40 and rainy w/ some sleet and SNOW!!! YUCK!!!!

I worked out first thing this morning and did a P90X workout. I didn't think I was going to have enough time to make oatmeal but I did but I was late so I had to eat it in the car :( So the pics are not very pretty!

I had this snack at about 10:00

I was working one on one with a student so I shared some with her as well! Can't eat in front of the kids without sharing :)

I have more pics so I will be back later!

AHHH! WORK!!!

2009-04-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

It feels so good to be back at my normal job today. I had spring break last week and even though I needed a break from the kiddos it felt great that we were back into the normal groove. This morning I didn't wake up for a workout but I did get up with enough time to sit down and have a meal and read out of my devotional. My life has been so hectic lately that I need to start to do some things for myself and this is one of the things I want to do is to do a little relaxation in the morning to get my mind in the right place for the rest of the day!!

here is my food recap!
O.k. This one is backwards. OOPS!

This is my lunch. I actually didn't hae any of the celery but had a p.b. sandwich and applesauce.

I was a bottomless pit during snack I had a pear

A nuts and granola snack pack

Some celery and PB

and not pictured a dove chocolate

For Brekkie

I had a package and a half of instant oatmeal with raisins and oatmeal!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

2009-04-16T17:05:00.000-07:00

So today I am 24!!!!

I did work at my second job and am finding it very rough lately. I don't know what is happening as I have always enjoyed it ( not LOVED it but enjoyed it) So as I was frustrated I was making plans for the future in my head. So my goal is to finish my bachelors degree and then I can save up a little( or a little more than a little) money and then I can be done with my second job. I have worked here for 4 years and hopefully by the end of 2010 I will be done. I only have 11 more classes to take and then I am finished with my bachelors degree. We all need goals right! Personal and professional so this is my goal and my light at the end of the tunnel!

ENOUGH OF THAT!!!

So My birthday is wonderful! My hubby left me a super cute card. I had to work at 5 am but my mom called me at 4:58 to wish me a happy birthday and have been getting calls ever since!

(((( I feel so loved)))

No food recap today (I was not good at all)

The Hubbster and I went to a local mexican restraunt and I enjoyed a margarita and we are now off to watch a movie!!

Spring Break Week!!

2009-04-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

So It's Spring Break Week!!! Who knew it would be so crazy!! As the true workaholic I am. I am working a full 40 hour week at my parttime job since I am not working with the kiddows this week. It has been really difficult trying to stay on track while working at my other job. My 2nd job has pop that is available all the time and we don't have much time for breaks. I am trying but it is difficult!!

On the good news front I am still working out. This weekend I celebrated Eater and My birthday with the fam. I got thes from the fam!! Love it. I worked out using it yesterday and was sore today!!!

For breakfast I had Oatmeal!! I was really suprised that I liked it. I don't normally enjoy instant oatmeal but today I tried Kashi Go Lean Cluster Oatmeal and really enjoyed it!! I topped it with raisins and coconut!!

Lastly, I had some natural applesauce!!

I Can do it.. I can do it.. I can do it..

2009-04-08T16:57:00.000-07:00

I have worked out 3 out of 3 days so far this week! Pretty good huh!!

I have been a very very bad girl. I have not been working out at all lately and am trying to get back on track! Sometimes this is very hard. I sometimes feel like if I don't try then it's not my fault if it doesn't happen. However, I am Maid of Honor in two upcoming weddings. One of which is coming up in 4 count them 4 months!! YIKES!! I didn't have to have my dress altered all on the top and am hoping the if I get my butt in gear that I will beable to get it altered in 3 months. Only 3 months! That's not very much time at all!! But I can do it ! I know I can!

I CAN DO IT!!!!!

A new month

2009-04-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

A new day. Even though it is April Fools day :)

It is always interesting working at a school district when it is April Fools Day but actually the kids were really good today. We did have some fun as a local TV channel came and taped our kids. They will be on air in the morning! So that was fun and exciting!

Today I'm posting yesterday and today's dinner! the first is stuffed green peppers with hamburger and rice.DH's fav! The second is brats with steamed broccoli and carrrots!

Ignore the utterly nasty stove in the background. Our drains in our sink were plugged and instead of waiting for a plumber DH played handyman and fixed it so I was able to clean up tonight!!! YEAH!!

Starting over....

2009-03-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

It has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few months. We tried to buy a house and it ended up falling through . We are now back to square 1 and are looking at houses to buy, duplexs to buy, land to buy and possibly building! It's extremely frustrating but hey, what are you going to do!!

So my new goal is to focus on me. I have not been doing this AT ALL!!!! Throughout this home buying experience I completely put myself on the back burner and have let myself go! I know I deserve better and am going to focus on doing so!

As of right now I am headed off to church to get my spiritual life on track ( I actually have not missed a week of church. This is one place a girl can't afford to lose!!)

I will back to tell you about my day later!!

My first picture post :)

2009-01-20T17:04:00.000-08:00

Hello,

I started off my day by having to head to a different school district than I normally am at so instead of a 20 minute drive Ihad a 55 minute drive. But the day went well and I enjoyed myself at the different school district and it's always good to see how others in you job run things!

So here is my food summary!

Breakfast:

I started my day off with Ezekial cinnamon raisin bread 2 pieces with 1tbsp of I can't believe it's not butter!

Snack:

2 pieces of string cheese
1 pear

Lunch:

Sandwich w/ turkey breast, lettuce!
Carrots and celery
60 calorie light pudding cup

Dinner:

I was craving some breakfast!!!

So I decided to have 1 light english muffinwith 2 fried eggs and sprinkled shredded melty cheese on top!!!

I also had a side of sliced apples and a 8 oz of skim milk!

My husband also brought home a scoop of my favorite ice cream from my favorite little ice cream shop in town soo I had to eat it !!

MMMMM! Peanut Butter Ice cream!!

Well, That's it for today! I 'm off to watch The Biggest Loser and the Inauguration Ball!!

A little about me!

2009-01-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

Hello All!!

This is me.. I'm starting a blog to track my life's ups and downs. I am hoping this will be a fitness and food blog but you never know what path it may lead once I get started! A little about me, I am 23 years old.I will be 24 in a few months. I got married roughly 6 months ago and am enjoying this new adventure of my life! I work a little too hard well a little more than a little. I am a full time sign language interpreter for a local school district. I also work part time job to pay for college. I am working on getting my bachelors and have roughly 12 classes left! YEAH! I look forward to sharing my journey with you!