The Slump!

I have been in a slump! I think I knew I was going to indulge for Thanksgiving so my mind told my body to live it up!

3 days of no working out 

Pizza 

Soda 

Cheese Cake 

Cookies 

Wine 

That was all before the big Thanksgiving feast!

AHHHH!

Well, for me the best way to kick a slump is to buy to workout clothes ( Thank You Black Friday!) and to put my nutrition back in check. Time to kick my booty back into gear! 

3 Day Refresh HERE I COME!

3 days of clean eating, body detoxing, and whole foods. I'm excited, and ready. Can't let this pizza sit on my hips for much longer. I'm starting to get pudgy. 

I jump on this December 1st...because leftovers are really good!

Thankful

I am so thankful for all of your love and your support as I strive for my goal. Happy Thanksgiving and remember to Always thank the Lord! Timeline Photos - Grace Through The Race | Facebook

Day 4 of Pageant Prep - 114 days to go

I found this gown online yesterday and decided it would be my "goal gown." The vision I will keep before me as I workout and eat clean. I want my arms to be toned and my back fat to go away. This is what I want to look like when I walk across the stage in March. 

 This morning I woke up in a panic...

HOW DO YOU WEAR A FULL BODY SPANX IN THIS THING?!

Onto Turbofire. I got some back fat to kill!

Day 3 of Pageant Prep - 115 days to go

Salads!

I love salads!
 A jumbling of gorgeous crunchy vegetables with some healthy fats (avocado and olive oil), and a few strawberries is all I need to be happy! 
 What doesn't make me happy is spending $20 for said salad. Why Salad? 
Why must you be so good and cost so much? 
It's probably the way I pile on everything at the Carrs salad bar, but really am I supposed to NOT get the carrot sticks? I mean, Really?!

6 months ago I hated salads with fruit on them. Now I dream about this. MMMMM Salad!

A little PiYo Full Body Blast with the assistance of Lillian V to push me along the way was on the agenda today!

  "Mommy I don't think you are piking like they are." "Mommy why are you sweating? You stopped twice before they did..."

I love her!

If you haven't heard of PiYo. Try it! By far my favorite workout to do and the one I've seen the most results from! PiYo is so unassuming, like a koala bear. It seems sweet and simple. No jumping, no one yelling. Why wouldn't you love it, give it a hug, and put it in your pocket (for the record Koalas do not fit in your pocket)? Then day 3 of the 60 day program begins and BAM you're stretching, strengthening, burpee'ing, and sweating like a pig. Oh the joys!

This weekend I am meeting with the Alaska Pageant director and getting the ball rolling for sponsorships and ad sales. I think I might hire a pageant prep specialist. Someone to help me not stick my tongue out when I say something silly👅 and to teach me not to  look to the sky when I don't know what to say. 😀

Honestly, I'll take all of the help I can get!

I'll try not to answer my on stage question like this!

See ya tomorrow!

Day 2 of Pageant Prep - 116 days to go

For the record, vegan cheese...

We are going to take baby steps to low fat cheese and see how that goes!

Anyways, onto my adventurous journey to be the best me I can be!

Working out this morning came together much easier than yesterday. I changed my alarm to JT's Let the Groove Get In. (Oh...JT is what his friends call him, you may know him as Justin Timberlake. Teehee!)  I bounce out of bed ready to jam. 

If you haven't heard that song, Google it. I dare you not to shimmy your shoulders!

Turbo Fire kicked my keister yet again. Even Cole woke up to ask me if I was okay. I guess he could hear the panting from him room. (In through the nose out through the mouth)!

Speaking of working out at home. How many of you workout with your shoes on? Is this normal? I don't. It just feels weird. It feels like I have my shoes on in my house! LOL! Maybe it's an Alaskan thing. 

After my workout I went about my normal morning running around the house like a crazy person. Repeating"Get Your Shoes and Get Into The Car, Get Your Shoes on Get Into The Car" to clearly no one because no one got their shoes or got into the car. We all made it out alive though, so I count today as a victory!! 

Tonight for dinner I introducing Brussels Sprouts to the fam.  I loved them! I didn't get a resounding cheer for more, but I think they'll come back  into the lineup soon!! 

Healthy Through The Holidays

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Day 1 of Pageant Prep - 117 days to go

5:00 am came out of no where. Who in there right mind wakes up this early for fun?! 

I jumped up on the first alarm, no need for a snooze, I got work to do. I only have about 2 hours to dive into my quiet time, workout, pack lunches, organize backpacks (or packpacks as my little girls calls them :) ), make breakfast, and pick out the kiddos clothes. No time to play. 

Next month I plan on working out to the new Insanity Max:30 with my Healthy Through The Holidays accountability group.  That doesn't come out until December 2nd, so I'm going back to an oldie but goodie that always kicks my rear - Turbo Fire! Chalene Johnson is a non stop punching, jumping, jammin' chick. I'm Ready! 


 
I down my E&E and boom, it's on! March 14th is right around the corner! My plan is to workout 6x a week and plan out my meals every week so that I have more opportunities to succeed than fail.

I want to be healthy not skinny, fit not slim, strong not thin. It is all a mental game and I am going to win!

Tonight for dinner is Tacos! I thought about using vegan cheese, but CJ gave me the side eye when I mentioned this and then started mubbling something about vegan and cheese being an oxymoron... sooo maybe not! 

See ya tomorrow <3

Here We Go!

I can not help but sing Nsync's Here We Go anytime I'm getting ready to do something big...Here we go, one more time, everybody's feeling fine, here we go now (yes yes yes here we go...Nsync has got the flow...)  I think it's my inner child's way of jumping with excitement!

I am about to do something that makes me scared, excited, nervous, vomitty, and pumped. I am going to compete in the Mrs. Alaska Pageant! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I know!

The pageant scene is not completely new to me. I did pageants in my teens and LOVED IT! I don't want to toot my own horn but I was kind of the best Miss Jr. Teen Anchorage ever (HaHa - just kidding! I fell on my face more times then once and usually answered most of my questions with "ummmmmmm")

My brother Carlos, Me, and My Mom

Regardless, I loved the feeling and now that I am a mommy to my own little princess, the thoughts of doing pageants again is kind of exciting! I have to be honest though, I am a few pounds bigger than I was in my teens and have a few hundred more responsibilities. This is going to truly be a test!

I'm going to blog my way through it. Every workout, every dress fitting, every community commitment... everything! I am thankful to have my family backing me 100% and  to all of the Mrs. Alaska Pageant staff who reassure me that I'm not crazy for wanting to do this. 

Let the fun begin...Here We Go!