Third Time is a Charm

I am going to do it! Start blogging and losing weight......again! At my heaviest now 180....something, I have decided to keep track of my weight loss progress. It seemed to really help me last time when I was losing the weight with WW. I just slowly went back to my old habits and life style and booooom! 25 pounds were back in a heartbeat. I will admit though, that part of the reason I have gained some weight is that I am finally happy! I have finally met someone whom I love and adore and he loves and adores me right back. So, with that being said, I got comfortable. I look at some of the pictures from when we first met and I looked good. Not hot, but good at around 160. Now, I look fat, and tired, and one big hot mess! With that being said, I am hopping back on the weight loss train to kick it good bye and to look HOT for myself and my man.

Manic Monday

Hey all,

I hope you had a great weekend because I sure did! On Friday night I went to our district football game to cheer on our Longhorns. Although the game didn't turn out as planned, I had a great time with some of my coworkers. Saturday I took Tulsa to the boarder and headed up to Des Moines for my college roommate's wedding. She look absolutely gorgeous and I am very happy for her and her new hubby and her new daughter! Saturday night I met up with one of my friend who took me this hole in the wall bar. It was awesome. They juiced their oranges and grapefruits for their drinks! I must go back!! We then went to another establishment. We were home and on the couch watching V for Vendetta by midnight. I was asleep within the first 5 minutes of the movie. I. AM. OLD. PERIOD! (My friend would often reference how "Back in the day this gal could do....." point was that I was awesome. Now I am terribly boring.) Sunday morning I was up and off fairly early. I so miss Des Moines and all the shopping it offers....but it is probably a good thing because that is an expensive habit that I have. I need to work on it. Sunday I went to my hometown and helped take care of my mom. The night of my Sparkle's homecoming, my mom tripped and fell and broke her foot in two places. She has since been in a boot. My dad, has a torn rotator cuff and is hardly able to function but he is painfully waiting until harvest is over in order to get his surgery. Did I mention my mom also has 10, YES, 10, kidney stones that have to be blasted and/or surgically removed?  So, if you can imagine I will be spending Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks taking care of them. I don't mind doing it, I just didn't plan on it happening for another 15 years or so. Today, I got up and walked a mile this morning with Tulsa, I had a later start time for work today since it was an in-service. It was nice and my goal is to walk the mile on Mondays, Wednesdasys, and Fridays. I am going back to Crossfit this evening and am looking forward to being sore the rest of the week. We shall see how this goes! Wish me luck!

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I DO!!! I DO!!! I love my new blog design that Kristin over at Designer Blogs did for me! I am ecstatic! I hope that you are too! Please let me know what you think of my new look!

Weekend Recap

I am so glad to be back to blogging....and now just waiting on my new design to take effect! I can't wait because I really like it.

Friday: My sister was in town for a college visit and let's just say....I really enjoyed spending time with her. We went to POSH a cute, cute, cute consignment store in the town where I live. We then went to dinner at Applebee's. Sparkle, then  went to her friend's for the night. I on the other hand got into my sweats and didn't move from my lazy boy chair. I was a complete waste of life but I loved every minute of it.

Saturday: I slept in for a bit and then went and got my hair done by my good friend Hair Master.  She is the bomb.com! She puts up with my crazy wishes and does the best job in NWMO! LOVE HER AND HER SKILLS!

Before.....

After

You can kind of see the really dark color underneath. I absolutely love it. (Gotta love bed hair the day after.)

Saturday night: I have the privelege of working at an awesome school and because we are so awesome our school board decided to host a dinner for all of us because of our amazing test scores from last year. Our scores were 8th in the state!! WOOT WOOT! So, we had a dinner that was awesome and I got to hang out with my friends. What more could a girl ask for?

This lady puts up with me every day at school and is one of my very best friends. She is my assistant softball coach and I can't tell you how much she means to me! She rocks!!

After the dinner and magic show, I had the pleasure of having a few of my co-workers over to my house. All I will say is, I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN! I had a blast with some people I never get  to hang out with outside of school. The following picture shows just how much myself and my dog accomplished the next day because we had so much fun!

Update on the Weight

On my birthday October 6th, I weighed in at a whopping 153.6 pounds! I know I couldn't believe it either...and like all good things, it came to an end. We started my birthday celebration at Olive Garden, and that was the start of my current derailment. I am not happy with myself, I have eaten out, eaten terrible, and enjoyed every minute of it. WHY oh WHY do I do this to myself. So on Monday I got back on track with my eating. I have been planning my meals again and laying it out and organizing it the night before. It has seemed to help curb my hunger issues because I am prepared. Don't get my wrong, those treats in the lounge or office are still calling my name and it has been hard, but I need to get those 4 pounds, YES I SAID 4, off that I have gained to make me weigh 157.8. I also started doing Crossfit again since softball is over and I am once again wanting to die but am enjoying it thoroughly. I enjoy my class at 6:30 and my instructor is great. He really takes his time with me!(I KNOW I COMPLAIN A LOT.)

I am really good at

procrastinating and starting something and not finishing.

So not blogging has been driving me nuts. I read and catch up on all these awesome blogs and I think, "How do they have the time?" They are working out, they have kids, jobs and what is my excuse? I AM TOO DARN LAZY! UGH! Well, if any of you follow my blog, please challenge me to write at least one blog post a week from here on out! I really need to find a hobby/release and I was hoping this would be it when I started it. That turned out well didn't it? So, my pledge to you is that I can do this. If I can get my butt up to go to Crossfit and get it kicked, why can't I spend 20 minutes blogging? So, here we go.....again!

Ok.... I have to get serious!

I started this blog with the intent of writing my daily activities and weight loss progress on here.....well it's not going as I had planned. I really wanted to become one of those bloggers who wrote almost every day with something inspirational and to gain a million (ok maybe not that many) followers. I am lucky if I remember to pack my lunch and clothes for the next, so blogging every day has been the least of my worries. I feel like once I get back in the swing of school and coaching and the grand plans I had go straight out the stinking window! I am kicking myself when I hop on Bloglovin (follow me!) and see the hundreds of posts I have missed! UGH! So, I have decided to kick blogging in the but like I had (I had a cheat weekend and fell off the WW wagon...again) losing weight and get to it. So. Here. It. Goes!

Ok, first off, I have been going outside my box and trying some outfits I would have never typically worn before. Although I may have gone off the WW for a few days, I have maintained at least keeping off 5 pounds. I had lost 10, but gained a couple. So, I have thought, "Why not try those red skinny jeans? Cropped ankle pants?" So here are two of my latest outfits that I am proud of myself for not only picking out but actually wearing!

Disregard the messy desk (it was game day...lot's to do).

Shirt: Nike

Pants: JCP

Shoes: JCP

Apparently I like the same pose for every picture!

Shirt: The Loft ( I used to work here in college....God I miss it!) brand though is a.n.a from JCP

Pants: Target... (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE)

Shoes: JCP

I also got to spend Labor Day with one of my really good friends Miss Volleyball. I absolutely love her and we have been friends since my freshman and her 8th grade year. She moved away when she was a sophomore but we have remained best friends ever since. This is what I got to do on Labor Day....

and I wish I was still there.

Enjoy and see you all starting next week!