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Here we are again. Man these weeks go fast nowadys!!! everytime I turn around its saturday again! I weighed in this morning at 143. No real poundage lost this week. :( I'd honetly say I was 98% clean this week, and hit all workouts with a vengeance plus extra cardio, so hopefully the changes are just slow or I've put on a little muscle or something. I have been lifting good and been VERY sore. Today my butt and legs HURT, and my abs were sore yesterday and my triceps the day before that. MY clothes are comfy and my tummy feels pretty flat, even though inches havent' really gone down much either. Its all happening, I just have to be patient. Its freeday today, but I am really liking the "flat" feeling I have going right now, I'm not ready to give it up just yet. I'm going for a more "big picture" loss. I'm shooting for 5 pounds every 4 weeks, with another 3-5 the last 2 weeks. That will put me at 125, where I want to be. What can I do to make next week more perfect???? Drink more water and go farther on my HIIT. Thats the ONLY thing I could improve, seriously.

On the home front. Crappy week for me personally, but it was just me. I got a lot done, but I'm still so behind. Today is shaping up to be a busy Saturday. I already paid Rent, went to the bank, picked up Cade from a sleepover, then the kids have a movie/field trip to "How to Eat Fried Worms" (just Cade and Sadie) and my car is leaking oil like crazy so I need to get it in today, and Marks Gramma called and wants a perm TODAY. So the plan will be, get chores done till movie time, then while they are there get the car fixed, then go pick up gramma and do her hair in the later afternoon. OH yeah, Mark is at a softball tourney all day, so he's no help. *I need a serenity moment on that one....breathe in, stay calm, breathe out*

Yesterday I spent from 2 to 6 helping move my Aunt's house. She's divorcing her hubby (FINALLY) he's completly insane. And dying, but hes such a psycho that nobody really cares anymore. You would not even believe it. ANYWAY I find out my mom and aunt are planning on loading the trailer with her stuff to take to Thatcher (where she'll live with her mom) and I'm thinking they need help. Um yeh, the 3 of us loaded 6 tall cabinets, an entertainment center, and filled this HUGE trailer (15 foot enclosed) with books, craft stuff (the woman is Michaels on wheels)and all my uncles stuff to be "dropped off". Me, my 50 yr old mom, and my 62 yr old (very out of shape )aunt, and a dolly. It was HARD WORK!! My legs were killing me!! And my shoulders! The upside to this adventure was pretty worth it, however. I'm getting her 2 cute couches, a white/oak side table, a bunch of craft organizing stuff(which I need desparately) and 2 christmas trees, along with LOTS of other little stuff I needed. WOO HOOO! I have all the couch cushions, but I'll get the couches on wednsday. YAY now my front living room will have furniture. And its darling and like brand new!! It will be fun. Hopefully I can take pictures when Its all done.

Anyway, thats my life this week, Yup. Pretty exciting.

HI HO

Yes, we've been busy. I'm quickly finding out that when one member of the family goes to the police academy, the whole family is going to the police academy. hahaha Even though he's had basically a 4 day weekend with labor day, theres still so much to do, and I know Mark is stressed. Not crazy stressed, but just, ya know. We did go relax with the kids and some friends at the pool today, we are all kinda crashed now. The kids are gonna sleep like rocks tonight.

I did pretty great last week, ate clean and worked out really hard. I had a little "thing" on saturday and I missed my last HIIT, but I had done tons of cardio all week so I think it was OK, althoguh I was bummed to not get in 6 solid days. I was all gung ho when I woke up Saturday and I took 3 thermodynamX on an empty stomach. By the time I got to the gym I was doubled over in stomach pain. Why did I do that??? That was so stupid. I tried to start walking on the treadmill but really, I just couldn't, it was terrible. I went across the street to the healthfood market and got some raw almonds to try to settle my stomach.The first half of my freeday was ruined because of the stupid pills. DOH! We went to a family party and I did OK, I had some roast beef on a roll, then another, and some potato salad and a pudding dessert thing. Not bad. Sunday I ate OK, but I did have a handful of chips and a little Debbie thing, but otherwise clean. Sundays are SOOOOOOO hard for me. THen today being a holiday, we ordered Papa Johns but I passed. I made a big salad and had some skinless rotisserie chicken. WOO HOOO! No pizza for me!!! I also made it to the gym on this holiday and did a really good leg workout and 30 mins of HIGH incline walking....30% incline!! WOO HOO! It was tough. The gym was really crowded too,I was lucky to get a climber. I did sneak 2 plastic forkfuls of fatfree sherbert...EEEK! I gotta quit these stupid little cheats. Tonight I am spending helping Mark get ready for tests tomorrow, getting his clothes ready and getting things together for my week coming up. I had a 2 lb loss,and I know I lost inches all around, I need to do it again! I CAN! I really feel the fire getting hotter for this challenge. I'm doing it for real, with the spray tan, pro pics,the whole thing and sending it in. I need to have a bod worthy of it with some serious definition this time.

Last night I was reading the blogs of some figure comp girls, WOW was that an eye opener. They are SO dedicated!! I can feel that attitude deep down, I really can. That "wild monkeys can't keep me from what I want" attitiude. I have it, I need to fuel it more. I will surely be reading more of that stuff.

Right now, I got to get my supermom on and get some shiznit taken care of around here and get my week set up for perfection!!! (or close to it)

Weekend report

It ended up being a pretty darn nice weekend. I hung on and ate clean friday night (NOT easy) then saturday got up and did my HIIT, weighed and measured. ew! Didn't lose anything. BUT TOM is to blame for that. If I hit it good and clean this week, it wil be a whole new ball game. SPEAKING OF: I have a confession. I failed to take my stupid before pics this week. I really want to do this official BFL challenge, and pics must be taken within 3 days of starting. Unfortunatly I used that as an excuse to take an extra free day on Sunday :(


I feel back on track today, I got all the bad stuff out of the house (I hid it all in my stomach last night....) and I'm ready to rock and roll this week, TOM be damned!!! Conveniently, The peak craving days were the 2 freedays I took, I think I'm over the cravings now. The beast has been satisfied. Eating my weight in carrot cake may have contributed to that, I guess. Not to mention that 2 of my neighbors had parties Sat. nite, and brought us all the leftovers. GAAAAAHHH!!! You should see the steak and chicken I have in my fridge ready for the grill right now. Yowza!! These people party it up right!! Our neighbors are awesome!! I have a feeling I'm gonna get hit with more stuff today. I think its fresh fruit though, so thats cool.

I'm getting a late start for the gym AGAIN... Why do these guys wanna sleep in on Mondays all the time??? Grrr. I will bet hitting it hard once I get there though. Then I have to stop and make copies of my blank menu sheets, and get all my stuff chopped. I want a carbon copy of last week. We do have a party to go to tonight, but its for church, I'm sure I can pass on a stupid hot dog, and I'm pretty dessert'ed out right now.

Thank you all for all of your awesome comments!!! Michelle, that is about one of the best compliments EVER!!! You and Mari are my new best friends!!!!! Just hang around me and say that stuff all day, I'll be living on cloud 9!!! LOL You guys are all such an amazing support system, I just can't express it enough!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Challenge Uno, Week Uno

Went pretty darn great!!! Amazingly well. Have I found the fire again??? I stuck to my meal plans about 90%, with the other 10 % just being substitutions, all authorized. I made it to wednsday night 100% clean, so I had the EFL cheesecake with SF lemon pudding on top. It was heavenly. Now you KNOW I've been eating clean if the EFL cheesecake is tasting fab!! LOL I'd rate this weeks eating as in my top 5 of any challenge ever. I ate veggies with most of my meals, it was wonderful!!! I have had starchy carbs up until my last meal some nights, but on BFL that is OK, and for now I'm just trying to do it, not kill myself. NO tweaking for me right now. I just want to get the groove back, and that seems to be happening. With all the crazy stuff I have tried, this seems soooo easy!! LOL

I got in all my workouts so far (as soon as the boys finish their eggs I'll be on my way to my LBWO) and its looking good for a 6 for 6 on workouts. No personal bests or anything, but I was sore for 2 days after every weight day, and I did a solid HIIT on the other days. I also did at least 30 mins of cardio on every weight day. Not too shabby. I feel GREAT!!!!!!

OTHER STUFF:::

Mark heads to the "real" academy monday. He's been at the department he'll be working for for the last 3 weeks, and supposedly they were making it hard on them so that the "real" one wouldn't be so bad. Ha. We'll see. The PT seargent for this week has been killing them. It takes a LOT to get him some sore muscles, and he's doing the George Jefferson walk because his calves are one big cramp from running bleachers. LOTS of bleachers. Hehe. He's doing great though. I'm really proud of him. This is a complete 180 for his life, attitude, everything, and I appreciate what he is doing for our family. Hes such a stud!!!

We had a hair crisis yesterday. hehe. Cade was screwing around with my neck trimmers and whoopsie!!! Shaved off a 2 inch by 4 inch gob right in the front, from the hairline back. Serves the little sucker right. Hes 9, um, hello, he knows what those things do. He was so upset. I was trying not to laugh. But then, he tried to say he was sleeping and when he woke up Sadie and Cooper were standing over him with the clippers and they had done it. TOTAL lie!!! I was pretty pissed he lied about that, trying to get them in trouble. We saw through that in a second. PUNK. So he got his head shaved. There really wasnt any other option. He actually looks great with it. He has the same head shape as Mark, and hes such a handsome kid, he looks pretty tough. I told him he looks like he could kick some butt like a UFC fighter with his head shaved like that. Last night he was getting used to it, but this morning he did NOT want to go to school. Too bad!! I just hope nobody makes fun of him. I did see about 5 kids his age or older with shaved hair like that, so I think he'll be OK. I told him to tell everyone he did it like that for football. Anyway, quite the drama. Hehe.

No much going on this weekend, hopefully just chillin and doing yardwork.