I was determined to get up this morning and do some exercise for Monday since I haven’t done any intense exercise on a Monday in a loooooong while! And that’s just what I did!!! Ate breakfast then got on the treadmill and was gonna push for 3 miles atleast. I want so badly to get back to the running level I was at this time last year AND I WILL DO IT… I WILL DO IT! I wound up doing 3.1 miles and burning 500 calories! My legs didn’t hurt AT ALL but the worst part were my lungs since I’m so not used to all that yet but with time It will let up. Brad and I got a shower while Katie was in her highchair watchin Blue’s Clues. I ate a snack then we hung out until I fixed my hair then we were out the door for groceries!

Of course went straight to the blood pressure machine… ugh. It was around 95/67. I had slight head/eye pressure so yeah. I picked up some Zone Dark Chocolate Almond bars to go with my salad at lunch… OH YES! I needed some new shampoo/conditioner so I went with Dove since I used to use that and It seemed to keep my hair soft. I’ve been buying cheaper Herbal Essences that was a 2-in-1 shampoo + conditioner but It wasn’t doing much for my hair anymore. I’ve been thinking about dying my hair again since my natural color is seeping through and I’ve naturally got auburn-ish hair and I DO NOT LIKE REDS! No offense to anyone that does like them or is a redhead but I just don’t personally like it. I went searching for a hair dye color and wanted something darker… looked at all the dark brown colors and just decided to go with good ole DARK BROWN! I also went on the hunt for some new exercise shorts and found some grey COMFY medium shorts for only $7! WOOOOTS. We got our fooooooods and both got an energy drink on the way to check out.

Once we got home I had to get Katie’s snack ready because It was way past her nap time and then I had to hurry to put away groceries, chop up some fruits and veggies PLUS make any extremely late lunch for myself since I’m used to eating lunch at 1PM and it was nearly 4PM! I tried on my new exercise shorts and they fit but are a bit snug but of course that’ll get better SOON! SQUEEEEE. Brad took out the trash then put Katie down for her nap while I continued to fix and put away this and that. I finally sat down to eat my veggied and pumpkin seed salad plus a side of mixed fruit. IT WAS SO GOOD. I was STUFFED. I had planned on eating my protein bar but was so full that I decided to hold off on the bar for a bit. Brad helped me dye my hair… hehehee! Then while my dye was setting for a long while we went out on the backporch and I trimmed/clipped his hair! We came back in and then I nibbled on my chocolate protein bar and put away our chicken in the freezer for the week. I washed my hair out in the sink then washed it with shampoo and the dye conditioner then let that set for a few while I washed dishes then washed that out. By that time Katie was awake so I got her dinner ready, got her up and let her play. We all hung around then Brad decided he’d go pick up a few things we forgot at the store. My head/eye pressure was really sucky earlier so I researched low blood pressure and headache and people recommended excedrin with caffine so I put that on the list. I had also forgot cinnamon, paper towels and wanted to try out the diuretic to see if that will help with my water weight or not. He went off to get those and I fixed a sweet potato PLUS a mix of choco protein powder AND peanut butter to put on top. It was really sweet… literally! Hah. I fixed my hair and styled it (again) and It’s pretty soft!!!

Brad put Katie to bed, I started dinner and we studied our scriptures until it was ready. We just finished eating and we might watch a movie soon. Not sure which one though… It’s been a good day! My head/eye pressure has finally let up. I took some asprin earlier since I didn’t want to take the excedrin tonight since It has caffine in it and I don’t want to be up all night but I DO want the energy for in the morning with exercise and hopefully that’ll help my blood pressure too. I did great with calories today and in fact this is the least amount I’ve eaten in a long while and I feel good too! Not hungry or deprived. My total calories for today was somewhere around ~1500 or so, WOOT. Between BMR + exercise and minus my calories I’ve probably got an almost 1,000 deficit for today which is AWESOMESAUCEEEEE.

Feeling pretty good right now except I’m a bit tired and my eyes are a little heavy. Hopefully I’ll wake up feeling even better. We might be going to visit Brad’s Grandma tomorrow and we’ve gotta hunt for BOXES too! Gotta start packing up this place!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN’T WAIT TO MOVE and see what is in store for us after we move, EEEEEEE! Thankful for my life. Thankful for everything HE has given me — yes my Heavenly Father. I want everyone to know that The Gospel is our guidance in this life and we will receive great blessings If we just attempt to follow the commandments and live them day by day. We are not perfect and never will be completely perfect but we CAN FOR SURE attempt to be better people and we can always make good changes.

Stay positive!!!!!!!! Anything is possible and nothing is impossible. I truly and honestly believe that!!!