Hey Y'all!! So sorry I have been MIA lately. After having surgery (uterine ablation) I couldn't do anything for a few weeks so I really haven't had a lot of blog worthy things happen. But I am here now! So a couple weeks ago my husband, my kids and myself ran a color run!! It was so much fun! We are doing a black light run in July and I am pumped! Also. as I have stated before it is hard for me to run an entire mile without stopping, but by-golly I am getting so much better. I can now do a mile any where from 12:37 to 15:00 minutes LOL It all depends on if we are on hills or flat land and whether I am pushing the double stroller or not! HA! Our 5k time was about 40 minutes. I know to a ton of people those times absolutely suck but you know what? I don't care. At least I am running, right? A 15 minute mile is the same distance as a 6 minute mile.
I have also started lifting weights! My husband bought weights, a dip station and a squat rack over a year ago. If you would've asked me then if I would ever use any of it I would have laughed in your face. Seriously. Now, it is on our deck and it's all mine! Haha! That way while the kids are playing on the other end of the deck in their sandbox, I can workout. I LOVE it! I would update on my weight loss, but I have no clue how much I weigh. My scale is broken. I am sad and I am going nuts. I do believe that is about the gist of what has been happening lately. Not incredibly exciting, sorry! LOL Maybe exciting things will happen soon.
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Well, it's transformation Tuesday again. I came across the first photo from October 2014 when we went to the local Pumpkin Patch for my daughters 4th Birthday. I weighed 211 pounds when that photo was taken. The second photo is from Saturday (3/28/15) weighing 177. I did not realize how much weight I've lost since October. I am pleasantly surprised.
I posted this photo on my Instagram and while I had awesome comments from my beautiful fit sisters, I also got multiple messages in my DM asking me what programs I am using or what pills I am taking, or if I want to buy their wraps or shakes and what not. So, I am going to answer these questions for everyone. 1. I am not using any type of program. I eat clean. I exercise. And basically that's it. 2. I DO NOT take any type of pills! Refer back to #1. 3. NO! I REPEAT NO! I DO NOT WANT TO BUY ANYTHING YOU ARE SELLING! I am seriously not trying to be rude y'all, but seriously. When you get 4-5 DM's every single day asking you to buy something, it gets a bit irritating. I don't believe in the wraps and I can easily go to my local grocery and purchase protein powder for 10x cheaper than you're trying to sell it. Again, not trying to be rude, just realistic. I am on an ALL NATURAL weight loss journey. I am doing my own thing. Thank you all for offering, but please, stop. Seriously though. This whole no exercising mess is getting to me. It has been a part of my everyday life since September 2014 and to just not be able to do it is awful. I'm thinking since I feel amazing and I can read my body really well, that I am going to try and start walking again on Monday. Maybe start out a mile and see how that goes and slowly move up every few days until I am given the clear to begin running again. If I don't do something soon I will end up losing it LOL
Anyway, I thought I'd also give ya'll some Friday motivation! Have a blessed weekend!! Hello Fit Fam! Well, as most of you know I had to have surgery last Friday. I have endometriosis and have problems associated with that that I will not get into too much detail about here. But anyway, I had one of three choices. 1.Do nothing. 2.Have a partial hysterectomy and be out of commission for 6 weeks including not holding my kids(not going to happen). 3.Have a D&C, hysteroscopy and uterine ablation and be back on your feet in roughly a week.
I chose number 3, obviously. I was afraid to be put to sleep but fought the fear and did it anyway. Surgery went well. I had pain afterwards and slept allllllll day (totally thought I had narcolepsy) but by Saturday I was back on my feet and felt amazing. I called my doctor today to make a post-op appointment and was informed that I am not allowed to exercise or RUN for FOUR WEEKS!! What? Seriously? Instant sad face. I was not informed of this before my surgery. I am going to try to low pact exercises and walk as much as possible and definitely focus more on what I put in my mouth for the next four weeks. This is going to test me and I have to be honest, I am a little nervous about it. Hello all! I am here today to do a review of a free product I received from Influenster in my VoxBox! This time I received the J'adore Dessange Oleo Miracle Replenishing Set which included Shampoo, Conditioner and Replenishing Oil. In short this set is amazing. It took me a minute to get used to the smell because it reminds me of spicy potpourri. After a minute though I loved it! And the smell stays! After shampooing and conditioning my hair I was already surprised at how wonderful my hair felt. Then I added the replenishing oil. WOW! It not only made my hair silky smooth, which I have not felt since before I started coloring my hair, but it also did not leave an oily residue which I was a little nervous about. So, I totally give this set two thumbs up and it will be something I will be purchasing in the future.
I received these product free for review from Influenster, but all opinions are my own. I am so excited to announce that I am a #girlsrunfast ambassador! How exciting! I LOVE their mission which is this:
To inspire women's inner strength and celebrate their achievements. I LOVE THAT! Why? Because as a woman I think we should lift each other up and celebrate one another. So many of us want to compete with one another. Life is hard enough. Confidence is hard enough to get and keep. Why are tearing each other down? I don't want to be a part of that. I want to be a part of families in the fitness world where we celebrate each other and happy dance for our fellow fitness siblings when they reach a goal or hit a new PR. That is why I am so happy to be a #girlsrunfast ambassador. Click the button on the right of your screen to join the family too! God Bless. After two "off" weeks taking care of personal health issues and taking care of my kiddos, I was more than ready to go for a run. I've always believed that running fast and long distances isn't the only way to be a runner. If you run a quarter of a mile in 15 minutes or a 5k in 10 minutes, you are a runner. You do not have to run far. You don't have to run fast. If you run, again, you are a runner. That being said, I ran my very first mile without stopping today. It was ugly and it took me 14 minutes BUT! I DID IT! There is no better feeling than crushing a goal!
When I first started running, I literally had a hard time running from one mailbox to the next in our neighborhood. Running 30 seconds, I truly felt like I was going to pass out. I ran more and more and more and entered my first 5k in August of 2012. I finished in 56 minutes.(due to pregnancy, birth and life this 5k was my last run until September 2014 when I started running regularly again) Today, I ran/walked a 5k (3.1 miles) in my neighborhood of massive hills in 47 minutes!!! I knocked 9 minutes off my 5k personal record! What a feeling!! I ran up hills I used to have to take rests on when I reached certain points. The saying is true, It Doesn't Get Easier, You Just Get Stronger. Hello everyone. I have been asked a bit about who I am, behind the blog and Instagram and why am I on the amazing journey that I am on. Well, that is both easy and hard to explain all rolled into one. So I will do the very best that I can.
Who am I? I am a 5 foot nothing, 29 year old, Christian mommy of two. I have been married since the day after I turned 20 to my very best friend and soul mate. My kids are 4(daughter) and 18 months(son). Both were born via c-section due to complications. My dream growing up was to be a stay at home mommy, and I am living my dream. I am very blessed to be able to do so. I also have two fur babies. A Shih-Tzu named Fuzz Cakes and a "toy" Eskimo named Yahna. I live in Alabama. I am homeschooling my kids, my 4 year old is already doing kindergarten work and LOVES doing school work. Why am I on my journey? This is the tough one. I am one this journey mainly because I want to be healthy and a role model for my kids. I was tired of being overweight and unhappy. I hated what I saw every time I looked into the mirror and even more so in photos. I wanted to know what it felt like to truly "love the skin you're in". As embarrassing as this is to admit, do y'all want to know what really pushed me over the edge? Why I felt I had to start this journey? I was watching an Alabama football game and reading the stats of the players. As the stats went by I realized that I weighed as much and MORE than some of those players! I weighed more than a 6+ foot tall FOOTBALL PLAYER! Like I said before, I am barely 5 foot tall. I couldn't imagine how I was still healthy and alive. My body should never have been carrying that much weight! So, I guess those are my reasons for wanting to start this journey. And I am truly loving this journey. I find it absolutely amazing how I don't even recognize myself in some of my photos I take to post on Instagram for #transformationtuesday. I love the feeling. I also love how happy I look now in my photos. I look back at some of the photos from the past few years and I look sad. So sad. I thought I could hide that pretty well. Obviously, I couldn't. It's so clear in the photos. If there is anything at all that you want to know about me, please ask. I am an open book. Thank you all for visiting. Much love and God Bless. Have you joined the BurnThis #FitFam yet? No?! What are you waiting for? Seriously! BurnThis is a fitness and health app that is a lot like Instagram but focused solely on the fit life. They even have challenges you can join in on and win prizes like BurnThis swag! Who doesn't love winning stuff, especially swag. Meet like minded people who are working for what you are working for; a fit healthy life.
Check it out in The App Store!! Hello beautiful people. It has been incredibly nuts around here lately. So last Sunday my 4 year old daughter was helping daddy clean his new truck and was being a typical 4 year old and not fully paying attention to what she was doing. She took off to run and ran right into my husbands tailgate! Oh my goodness! She had the biggest laceration on her poor little face right under her nose. We had to rush to the hospital and praying the whole way that she wouldn't need stitches. In the end they used glue and she was a trooper the entire time. I was and still am so proud of the way she handled the entire situation. We got the last bit of glue off her last night and it looks so good and is healing fast.
Last Friday, the 13th ohhahhahh, I celebrated my 29th birthday and the 14th we celebrated Valentines Day along with my 9th wedding anniversary! I really enjoyed being able to celebrate it all with my husband and my babies. MILESTONE REACHED So, on my birthday I woke up to a weight of 179! Yahoo! It's been 5 years since I have seen a number in the 170's and it was one amazing birthday present. So, my mother-in-law and I went shopping and I purchased a pair of size 15 jeans!! I got 2 outfits in the JUNIORS department and couldn't be more excited. I spent two and a half years after I had my first baby still sporting maternity clothes because I couldn't fit into my pre-maternity clothes and because I was too depressed to shop for new clothes and because I was truly afraid of what size I was in. After I had my second baby I threw away all of my maternity clothes after I healed from my c-section and I got to work and got into a size 20 jean I was given. I started my fitness journey on and off in May of last year. I basically gave up during the summer because it was "too hot". What kind of excuse is that?! I finally started again in September and have been going strong since. I have lost 24 pounds and have gone from a 20/22 pants and shirt (xl/xxl) to a 14/15 jean (depending on brand) and a 15 (large) shirt! I am not giving up this time. I have given up too many times before and this time I will reach my goal and I will make myself proud. I will for once in my life love and appreciate me. Thank you for visiting my blog. If you are not following my fitness journey via Twitter or Instagram, click the buttons at the top and follow! Love and appreciation to you all. |
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