And some from a photoshoot that Raleigh did. :) Yay for having friends who take pictures!

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Here's a couple pics from a photoshoot my friend Leslie did.

June 4th

Oh man, last night was HORRIBLE! And yet, amusing at the same time. Bridger and Hunter fell asleep in my bed, with me squished in about a foot of space inbetween. Good thing I'm smaller! haha! At about 4 in the morning, I woke to a loud crash. Bridger had rolled right off the bed. I wait a minute, hoping in my half asleep state that maybe he'd crawl back into bed himself. Not so much! I leaned over and he was just sitting there, looking around like "what happened?!" It took over an hour to get him back to sleep. I can wake up at 5 just fine. But to wake up at 4 is just TOO MUCH! So I decided the gym could wait until after work today and went back to sleep hoping to stay that way until 7.

Not so much.

Alayna comes walking into the room at 6, wanting to go downstairs and see who else was awake. For the love! So I resigned myself to getting up anyway. Still didn't go to the gym until after work.

I realized today though I probably need to add calories to my diet. lol! Being generous in my counting of the calories, I only got to about 1100-1200. I'm thinking I should probably be at about 1400-1600 with the amount I exercise. But I'm not hungry in between meals, so maybe I'm fine. It's a fine line, I think.

Tomorrow will be fun!

Oh man i hurt!

So, to continue on writing updates.... 10 minutes later! lol!

On Monday, I worked with my trainer Raleigh. Coolest guy ever! He'll kick your butt for sure! I tell him he kicks my glutes. hahaha! Gym humor. :) He had me do 50 reps of each main muscle group. Biceps, triceps, abs, shoulders, thighs, and calves. Holy cow and for the love! It's Wednesday, and I'm just barely starting to feel not sore from that! Probably didn't help that I ran Sunday night and Monday before we jumped into the 50 reps. It hurt good!

I missed yesterday. I couldn't drag myself into the gym. Forget drag, I could barely stand! It paid off today though, for measurements! It's totally addicting, once you really start seeing the weight and inches come off, and feeling the muscle tone building! Today I swam 16 laps this morning and another 12 this afternoon. I couldn't face the weights today. I just couldn't do it! My arms would hate me for life if I had! lol!

People keep asking me how I keep from cheating. It's simple, really. I simply made up my mind that I wasn't going to eat things that are unhealthy. Maybe when I reach my goal and I'm just working to maintain I'll eat more things like that on cheat days. But I made up my mind that getting in shape was what I wanted, and NEEDED to do. Once that clicked, it's easy saying no to treats and all things junk food. I don't drink soda or even juice, and haven't since the first of the year. There's just too much sugar in most juices.

Anyway. That's been what I've worked on this week.

Training

Ok. I'm gonna start posting more of my training stuff on this blog. Track my progress online! lol :)

Today I got measured. Haven't done that since May. I can't remember my exact numbers, I'll try and get them tomorrow. But I believe, if my quick, at a glance math is correct, I've gone done 6-7" and 15 pounds since May 1!

I changed up my diet since then. For a while I couldn't get past a certain point with my weight. I kept yo-yoing between a few pounds there. So I doubled my exercise, taking it from 1/2 hour 6 days a week to 1 hour 6 days a week in the mornings and 1.5 hours 3 times a week after work. (The kids LOVE going to the gym playroom, so I use that as a good excuse to get my butt back in the gym. :) My exercise routine consists of a half hour running on the treadmil. Doing intervals of 2 minutes slow, 3 minutes fast. Then I do 10 minutes each working on legs, core and arms. 3 sets of 10-12 reps on each area. Then I finish off with a half hour swim. I try to get between 14 & 18 laps.

I completely changed my meal plan. A friend at work started this "Kristi Approved" diet. I did the first 2 weeks on it and dropped 9 lbs! In 2 weeks! It was awesome! I couldn't afford to get the groceries for the 3rd week, which is this current week. So I'm improvising with what I have on hand, but following the same basic principle. 5 small meals spaced 2-2.5 hours apart. So this week I've done a protein shake in the morning when I wake up at 5. Then when I'm done at the gym I'll have either a bowl of oatmeal or 2 egg whites and 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of salsa on a wheat low carb tortilla. For lunch I have brown rice, steamed veggies and a gardenburger. Plain, no bun or condiments. It tastes good with the brown rice! :) I know, I'm weird. For a snack I have either a string cheese and a fruit or a South Beach Diet meal replacement bar thingy. (Like my technical terms? haha!)

So that's what I've been doing to kick my butt into shape! (Other than round!) Hopefully I can remember to post updates here for anyone that cares to follow. :)

Have a great day!!!!!! Make it good!

Oi Vey!

It's been a crazy week for sure! We finally got everything unpacked at home. Well, okay. My dad got everything unpacked. hahaha! I attempted to help, but kids kept stealing my attention. Work has been wild and vastly unpredictable, but it's still fun, so woo hoo!

Bridger's 2nd birthday party is on Saturday, and I'm way excited for it. I didn't do anything for hi birthday when he turned 1, so I feel really bad about that. It'll be fun to see the friends coming down for it!

I'm getting my trip to Texas all planned out, and I'm so excited to go! The kids can't wait to ride an airplane!!! I can't wait to see my Grandpa, Grandma, uncles and cousins!!! It's gonna be a blast!

And I've got nothing else for today. It's been so chaotic, and yet nothing is really happening. What a strange combination....

Whoa

Ok, so it's been a while. :) Between Christmas and moving and all things crazy, computer has been the last thing on my brain.

We're in our new house now. It's awesome and huge and incredible far away from work now! We're in Highland. Woo Hoo! Closer to Salt Lake and all things fun. haha. The kids LOVE having their own playroom and beds and bedroom. And I LOVE having my own room again and feeling like a grown up. :) : ) : ) I'm really looking forward to decorating!!!