Fun Times!

Dana Called yesterday and we went out to dinner with a fellow tracker!!!Dee-dee (aka Kana)was in town with her fiance for the big NASCAR weekend. We had a great time (and we ate clean,too! tilapia w/mango salsa and grilled veggies-YUM)Dana didn't tell her I was coming-I surprised her, that was was fun. We talked for a couple hours and dished on the tracker and BFL in general. I'm so so glad I got to meet Dee dee and her fiance. Dana talked about Tennesee and some of the cool stuff that went there, lets just say I really want to go next time!!Sounds like a REAL eye opener to the REAL BFL. And a lot of motivating people. And can I just say, I had to about pick my jaw off the FLOOR whan I saw Dana at my door. (sorry girl, I have to tell) HOLY FREAKING COW the girl has SHRUNK!!!! I'm not talking, yeah, she looks like she lost weight, I mean like she's seriously HALF the size from when I first met her back in august!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! I am so proud of Dana!!! She looks great!

Anyway I wish I had pictures but I'm such a chucklehead I forgot my camera. DOH! But Dee dee took some with hers so she'll post them when she gets back home from the trip.

So anyway, today I am totally ispired, I can't wait to hit the gym and get a kickin UBWO and eat some chicken!! So this is what I will need from you blends. I need someone to come and visit me every like 2 weeks to keep me inpired, and I can use Maricar and Dana to fill in when someone can't make it. OK? LOL Yes, I will send out your travel schedule, bring your families I'd like to meet them too. Its nice here in PHX the weather is perfect. You won't mind!! LOL Don't I wish!!! I'm so lucky to have met the great people that I have. It helps me feel like can still try to reach my goals.

Tender Mercies

We had a lesson in church a couple weeks ago about this subject. This could probably go on my church blog, but today I was given one concerning BFL so I will post it here, because it is so important to me. Here is what I am talking about as an example. A tender mercy is a little pat on the back from God telling us we are on the right track, a tiny little blessing that you'd really have to be looking for to see it, but it can impact you in such a profound way. Some would just call it a coinicidence. Well, people, ther is NO SUCH THING!! For instance, I had been working at my brothers house getting it cleaned up and ready to sell. As you all know I m pretty much broke and I am forced to cut out the buying of all the little extras, and there was some little stuff I needed, one of them being hot pads, big cooking utensils, another garbacge can, stupid little stuff. So what do I find in his cupboards?? Yup, I bunch of the stuff I had been needing, all brand new (nobody over there ever cooked) and I felt so blessed. AND it all matched my kitchen. My brother was just going to throw it all away. OK so here is my BFL tender mercy today:



I have not been doing well on the BFL for a little while. I've been working, and feeling more like flabby and crabby instead of lean and mean. But I finished at my brothers yesterday and today I had back to my normal life, so I had no excuse NOT to go workout. Well, no good ones anyway. I ate soup and homemade rolls for breakfast...Grrrrr, no, its not too late. I really did not want to go. I got the boys all ready, As I pulled out of the garage I realized this was one of the first times EVER that I was going to the gym and having NO IDEA what kind of exercise I was going to do. It felt wierd. On my way there I got a call from Dana my tracker buddy. I started to feel just a tiny bit of motivation coming on. By the time I got thru the doors, I thought, well, mabye I'll just tan, but then I didn't feel like totally untying my shoes and getting undressed (can we all say L A Z Y). Sooooooo, I decided, well mabye I'll just get on the ellptical and watch Regis. So I do and then while I was doing that I just started feeling it. I was like, OK I'm here, lets try a nice little HIIT. I got off and went to the treadmill and started. By the end I had run farther in the 20 minute HIIT than I ever had. 2.10 miles. I realized I hadn't done a HIIT in almost a month. My endurance training had really helped my distance and speed. It felt so good. Now for the tender mercy......I got in the car to get Cooper to school and what comes on the radio? Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, which was my theme song for C1, back when I had IT. When I was Ms. consistency. Back when I was BUTTER. (I was ON a roll, instead of making rolls!) I thought about my tracker buddies, my hubby, my kids, and I HAVE to find a way to get this done. The song, the call from Dana, reaching a goal unexpectedly, these are all God telling me that I can do it!! I just have to keep trying. My kids are worth it. My husband deserves a hot wife. I DESERVE IT! I had one more I almost forgot....Chicken breast on sale at Albertsons 1.88 a pound.

Help help help I can't do it!!!

WHy can't I get my stupid eating under control??? I did so good yesterday, felt great then about 4 (my toughest time!!) My damn neighbor brings over a box of Hawaiian Carmacs and a big plate of coookies. Now, normally, I can resist cookies, but these had to be the double chocolate/choc chip ones from costco. The Carmacs, Fugettaboutit!!! They are chocolate covered caramel and macadamia nuts.

THe only thing that kept me from inhaling the whole box at once was 1: My embarrasment later when the neigbor asks mark "how'd ya like the hawaiian treat I brought ya? " and he says "what?" and 2: The caramel was VERY chewy and it's hard to eat them fast. She showed up at my door and I just go "What are you doing to me, woman???!!!" Shes like "I brought this for the kids" AHHHHHHHHHH! CRAP!!! So not only did I blow it yesterday, now I have had some more for my M2. Its OK, Whew, deep breath. I can't erase what I've done, I still have 4 good meals ahead of me and now all the good stuff is gone and I'm on a sugar sick-thing now, I'm done with them. Man, I used to be a ROCK!! Its not TOM so I have nothing to blame but myself and my laziness. GRRRRRR! Now I can't go running till later becasue I have to get some of this crappy sugar out of my system and get some NUTRITION in me before I go so I don't puke all over the treadmill at the gym. Damn cookies are making me crave Diet Coke, too. I hate this feeling of despair like I will never be able to get back on track for more than a day or 2. I just want to dive headfirst into some Chinese food! Please, somebody help me get back in gear!

This is my motivation!

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