2013: Picking up where I left off

Holy smokes, hard to believe it has been almost 2 months since I last updated this.It's been quite the whirlwind of activity going on and I've been more stressed than I have in a long time! So here we go, I'm going to Dear Diary all of you:

From Christmas until the end of the first week of January, I had the flu. Chills, fever, feelings of death...you know the whole 9 yards.

This was followed by the purchase of a new home. I'm still in the process with a commitment now from the bank with a few conditions to be met. Which means waiting on my friends from the IRS to follow through.

Going through that process I'm sure brought on what happened next which was some STRANGE tonsil thing that put me through straight agony for 10 days, taking me out of work for 5. 3 doctors visits and 1000 dollars later, I can swallow again. No clue what it was.

Meanwhile all of this has been taking me out of the gym and awake from my shake. But  NO MORE. I started drinking the shake again on the regular last week, supplementing with oatmeal when I get bored (I know what a trade off).

So here we go again.

Goal: 10 lbs by March 31st.

Day 171: Twas the night before Christmas...

It's only a few more hours until Christmas and I have to play Santa without the kid catching on. Meanwhile, while everyone in the house is sick on Christmas Eve (lovely, right?), I am sitting here thinking about this past year.

This year has been relatively a successful one. Did I get my body I wanted? No, but, I certainly got myself to the point where I feel more deserving of having that great physique.

This past year I got the job I needed to advance myself in my career. I bought a car and now in the New Year, a new house (hopefully).

I'm 27 years old, I have a relatively successful career, a healthy and happy six year old, which in the wake of the Newtown shooting I am more grateful for than ever in my life. I have a boyfriend, who while drives me crazy, cares more about me and our family than anything, and a dog that loves me more than she loves herself and dog treats.

I can't help but feel that I am, through hard work and perseverance, meeting my goals and beyond. I feel I can achieve things. I feel that now that I am moving forward in work, home, and life, that the only thing left to achieve full force is my body.

I am not making a new years resolution---I hate those. Instead, a toast. "Thank you for my blessings this year, thank you for the support and success, and here is to my next goal of health and happiness."

Day 170: Happy Holidays!

I haven't been with my shake for about a week and a half. Just went and bought a new batch of the swiss and another jar of almond butter. With Christmas coming and all that brings I need to focus on good habits. That, and I'm in the middle of buying a new house. Talk about stress! I've been anxious as hell about so much stuff. Trying to just chillax and go with the flow but it's not easy. I know myself and I know that my eating habits are definitely directly effected by the stress my body goes through. The more stress I get the less I want to workout, eat right, etc. I need to get myself in check and remember that things work out how they workout and you can do all that you can do and move forward. If it's meant to be it falls into place...if not, try something different. I'm going to give it my all but I need to put myself first.

Day 146: 1,2,3,4 this is how we start our war

BOOTCAMP TOMORROW!

Fitness bootcamp that is! I was a skeptic at first but I got to tell you I am really diggin' it.

I'm enjoying taking it around everyone, breaking into groups, meeting new people. This is exactly what I needed and man, I am happy that I decided to give it a go.

Although it's only been about 2 weeks, I can really feel a difference. Pearing up with the shake has been great!

DO yourself a favor and try to find a group class to get your fitness self motivated. I love not having to tell myself what to do in the gym and have someone else make my workout for me. This class is 50 bucks for 5 weeks (3-4 days a week-1 hr sesssions) It's a mini bootcamp.

The NEXT boot camp is 100 dollars and that goes for 9 weeks. I'm ready!

Day 141: Fitness Bootcamp

To up my fitness routine, I've decided to take a "fitness" bootcamp. I went to my first class on Tuesday and was suppose to go again yesterday...but I couldn't walk! SO I will be going tomorrow since my legs have pretty much healed.

I've been diligent about drinking the shake and mixing it up by adding banana and a little bit of nutella. Got to spice it up you know? Survive these holidays!

Well, I'm going to make this a short one. :) good night folks and happy belated thanksgiving.