Geeze, I leave my blog alone for a week and come back to lots of SPAM BOT COMMENTS. EWWWW. -.-

Ummm, so did I mention we bought Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii? Yea, been playing that! Beautiful game and I’m having fun with it.

I’m working on getting a new routine for myself and I didn’t get much accomplished this morning. However, we decided to stay home tonight since Brad wanted to just chill, so we had some TIME ALONE then I took a walk outside with my neighbor, came home and got on the treadmill for 40 minutes while watching a Dawson’s Creek rerun!! then sat down to study my scriptures, eat, played some Donkey Kong, washed off, and now here I am fiddling online.

I just have to make a promise with myself that I will stick to my new routines because I DO KNOW FOR A FACT that consistency is KEEEEEEEY with anything in life. I can totally do this. I want to lose this weight, feel more alive spiritually, and keep working on becoming a better person and that takes effort, time, and NEVER GIVING IN. As my favorite saying goes … Never give in, Never give up !!!

A whole WEEK without a post!? GASP… last week wasn’t too spectacular. You didn’t miss much. I did pretty good with my eating, until this last Thursday. I went to a church meeting that evening and gave into their FOODS. I knew better, but decided to anyway. Let’s just say there was bloating and pain. That little splurge only made me want other foods and sooo since Thursday evening until now – I have done terribly. Hahahah. =/

Friday we went shopping, as usual. We had a good time though! We were contemplating buying a big screen TV, since we’ve never bought a TV since we’ve been together. We’ve always just used the one I had from when I lived at home. It’s a smaller old TV, but it’s lasted a long, long time. Well, we drove back to Mom’s to sit, talk, and then we decided to GO BACK TO the store and after an hour or so of debating and such — WE GOT A NEW 39 INCH VIZIO FLAT SCREEN TV! WOOT WOOT. It is super awesome!!!!! Deffo an early Christmas present, yipppeeeeeeeee! Saturday I got to sleep in then got up to clean, clean, clean and really enjoyed it. Late in the evening Katie went to Mom’s for a bit and we went by the pet store, craft store, then can ya guess? Wal-Mart! Let’s just say I got food I should not have, lol. We got home, gave Katie a bath, put her to bed, then sat down to watch the newest FRINGE episode (on our NEW TV!) then watched the movie TAKEN (on our NEW TV!) !!! I had seen part of the movie Taken over at my neighbor’s house and wanted to see the whole thing – really awesome movie and even Brad loved it! I wanna see Taken 2! I really like Liam Neeson. Sunday… another day to sleep in, wooooooots. I got up, fiddled online, worked on college for a few hours then that evening I went to spend time with Mom.

Here we are back to Monday! We just got back from the gym not long ago and Brad seems irritated. *shrug* I’m about to go get Katie, let her play for a bit then put her to bed. I wanted to watch the new DEXTER episode last night….. but Brad didn’t, so I watched Dawson’s Creek reruns on the new TV!! Hopefully he’ll get his college done, so that when Katie goes to bed we can sit down and watch Dexter.

It’s reallllllllly CHILLY outside! Says it’s 55 but feels like 51, brr. Gah, I do not like cold weather. =( Well, I may or may not post this week. We’ll see. Have a great night!

Happy Monday and HAPPY OCTOBER!

Rewind to Saturday… I cleaned house, relaxed a bit, got my church lesson ready for the kiddos Sunday then my church friend picked me up and we went to a women’s church meeting. It was really nice and I am SO GLAD I went. I really, really need to make a better effort to go to church events. My church friend got lost on the way there, so we were late to the dinner and there wasn’t a lot of food choices left. I nibbled on a little bit of this and that. They had a presentation then after that we went into the chapel and watched the church broadcast. We also got a treat at the end for staying and watching – a cake pop! It was awesome. Another church friend rode on the way back with us and so we chatted until I reached my destination. We stayed up and watched the movie RIO!!! Well, 2nd time for me but Brad was asleep when I watched it the first time and I wanted him to see it so he agreed to stay up and watch it, lol.

I had a good time with the kids in my class at church Sunday! I had a little activity for them and they seemed to enjoy it. I’m glad! I did the usual after church – college work, got stuff ready, and then walked under Brad’s giant umbrella over to Mom’s. It had started raining that late afternoon and rained allllll niiiiiiiiight and even most of today! I enjoyed the walk – looking at the puddles and being under the umbrella with the rain steadily coming down. As always my visit with Mom was good.

Today has been really nice!!! I went heavy on the oats around lunch time, but while Katie was asleep I went over to my neighbor’s for the first time since last…. Tuesday maybe? I helped her clean then we started chatting about Jesus. =) Oh, I got dressed FOR THE GYM before I went to my neighbor’s too. I came back home and Brad was a bit later getting home because of traffic. Katie went to my neighbor’s while we went to the gym for the first time in almost 2 weeks! I was happy to be back. We did our 10 minute warmup on the elliptical then went onto weight machines… I did 2 different machines then got on the treadmill. I was just gonna fast walk but then decided to try jogging. My tummy didn’t feel the best, but I made the effort. I JOGGED FOR ALMOST 2 MILES STRAIGHT! My feet/legs felt fine, tummy was a little uncomfortable but tolerable and I TOTALLY could of kept running, but time got in the way. Brad actually wanted to tan, so we both did. I had some of his protein shake then had a protein bar. We left the gym happy!

I’m gonna make this the month that I STICK TO MY FITNESS / FOOD and get this under control ONCE AND FOR ALL. I did well from after lunch and even tonight. I had that big protein bar when I left the gym and that was pretty calorie dense, so I didn’t eat my turkey mix tonight and I haven’t had anything else to eat. I can do this… I can do this … I can do this! I actually felt pretty good at the gym and the better my diet, the better I’ll feel. I want to feel as AWESOME AS I DID in late 2009 / early 2010. I know I say that often, but I want it sooooooo badly. Hopefully by the end of the year I’ll have made big progress.

I AM STRONG. I AM MOTIVATED. I can do all things through Christ… I believe this, I know this. Not gonna let anything stand in my way of getting that balance back mentally, physically, and spiritually. When you get those just right – YOU COME ALIVE LIKE NEVER BEFORE because I have lived it and felt it.

Fighting to feel and LIVE that way again. =)