Thursday = GLEE (Day 588)

Hi all!

Happy Thursday! How are you all doing today? Can you believe it's Thursday already?!? This week is just flying by, not sure if that's good or bad. But for me it's a very good thing because Thursday = GLEE! Eek! I'm just a little excited for it... if you couldn't tell. :) But the only bad part is that I have to miss some of the baseball game... oh well, Glee is that important. And by watching Glee, I get to watch my favorite person in the whole world, Darren Criss. Who wouldn't want to see this gorgeous man?!? :)

  

Oh and I want to ask you all to keep my mother in your thoughts and prayers... this morning before she left for work, we were talking. And she told me she has just been feeling so down lately (and I could tell that already... I am a psych major for crying out loud :) ). So please be thinking about her. It's been crazy around here lately... she is stressed out about work (there's tons of drama in our school district right now) and selling our house.

Yesterday I did the 30DS and good Lord I can tell that it's been way too long since I had a great workout. Let me tell you, my butt was kicked yesterday. Now this morning I am really feeling it, my legs and back are sore... but that's a good thing. So today (after my dad leaves at 12:30) I am going to get another workout in, but I think I'm going to switch it up today. I'm thinking maybe some kickboxing or a different fitness DVD (or YouTube). One of my main goals is to get back into a fitness routine and the only way to accomplish that is to workout. This makes me think of two Darren Criss quotes (surprising, I know) :)

All I can say is, well said Darren. He is right... we are the only one's who are stopping us from doing what we've always dreamed. Don't get me wrong, we will have other people who try to bring us down. But the only time that we fail is when we give up on ourselves. So all of you out there (me included) who may need this, here it is. And the second is this:

I thought this one went really well with me trying to get back into a routine. It is very true, we are what we repeatedly do. These are the things that we all know deep in our hearts... but for me it's even better because my favorite person is saying them. :) So I am going to start making routines again, they helped me before, they will help me again. 

Well my dad just left for Minnesota for the weekend, which means it's time for me to quickly finish eating, jam out to the lovely Darren Criss and get my workout on. Have a wonderful day everyone! So until next time.

~Sara~

I won a giveaway! (527)

Hi all!

How was every one's day? Sorry this post is coming so late, I've been crazy busy all day. Honestly, I haven't done the best with my nutrition today, but tomorrow is a new day. Plus I have a weigh-in tomorrow, we'll see how it goes.

Tomorrow I am starting carb cycling, it will be an adventure for sure. But today when I went shopping, I stocked up on lots of veggies and protein. We bought tons of leafy greens, cabbage, cucumbers, green beans, etc... And then ham, turkey, chicken, and other proteins. I'm planning on eating salads for my lunches mostly with a much of protein (except for my high carb days of course). Still need to plan out my breakfasts, maybe eggs (since those are lower carb) and other things like that. My mom was pretty smart too, she mentioned Atkins meals because they are low in carbs. I'm so thankful that my mom is being supportive in this venture that I'm taking, even planning our menu out in a way that our meals will be lower carb on my low carb days and higher on high carb days.

But speaking of my mother, sometimes I wish that she would think a little more before she speaks or acts. This morning was pretty tough for me, I cried a few times. There are just moments when I feel that I'm not what my mom expects me to be. Or that I'm not that important to her anymore (especially since she's gotten grandchildren, it seems as if she has forgotten about me). We use to spend a lot more time together just the two of us, but now it's all about spending time with my SIL and her kids. Believe me, I love those kids to death, but sometimes I just want to spend time with my mom. I'm hoping to tell her how I feel sometime soon but she's just so busy all the time. I'll get around to talking to her sometime though.

Oh but awesome news, I won a giveaway from one of the blogs I follow! Back on February 22nd I entered a giveaway on Good Girl Gone Wife's blog (check her out, she's awesome!) for a free copy of MyMemories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software. I'm not really much of a scrapbooker but you can use this software to make photo books  invitations, labels, personalized stationary, plus a bunch of other things. (http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software) This is what I won, check it out, it seems pretty awesome. I can't wait to get my free copy of it. I've entered plenty of giveaways before but I never thought I would win one, so I'm pretty psyched about it! It'll be awesome to use since I'm planning on making my own wedding invitations (it'll be a lot more cost effective).

It's getting late, and I've had a very long day. My back/hip is hurting a ton, so I think it's time to go lay down, and watch Despicable Me on TV (I know, I'm such an adult :) but I love this movie). Then head to bed. So until next time.

~Sara~