One Week!

In one week I will be doing the color run! My friend bought us all tutus to wear so a group photo is a must! I did not do any running this past week so I am a little nervous about next Saturday. A full week of training is not a good thing in case anybody needs to know that. I did do some Blogilates in the hotel room and  I walked a certain mall ahem Opry Mills twice one day which is 5 miles total. It was a good "break" but I am so ready to really work and learn this job plus getting back on track.

This morning, since I finally got my first paycheck, I set up a make shift budget for September. My goal is to have my lovely credit card paid off and school loan buy spring. Any tips on how to get out of debt any quicker??

L.

Budgeting, again

I got my first semi paycheck for my new job! It wasn't for a full amount so I have set up a spreadsheet for my budget but I haven't officially started to use it. Lately I have been looking at my closet and trying to see what I need to complete some outfits. I have the hardest time with recreating outfits. I can do it but it is difficult. As I created my budget I really started looking at my, ahem, debt and I want to have at least 1/3 of it paid off by Dec. Another thing is I do really want to lose weight and get toned so that I feel better about myself. I am going shopping next week but I will be very careful with what I buy. I am tired of looking in my closet and seeing items I have barely worn but that I don't want to get rid of. Also, my whole life I have been a messy person, especially with my clothes. I feel like I need to respect what I have spent my hard earned money on a little bit more. That said, here are a few items I did buy for my new job-


I love this! It's thin enough for the summer but I think can be worn all year.



I actually got this shirt in a different color that I don't see online now but it is so comfortable just go get one!

Okay, everybody hope I don't go crazy shopping next week but look for good quality, nice court looking outfits.

L.

I did it!

You guys, I did it. I just registered for my first 5k! It's not Relay for Life it's one sooner then that, cue horror music now cause I have less time to train, but it is for a local community agency that provides assistance for families in need. I am excited, it's also a color run!!! Two of my buddies from the gym are going to do it with me. Who knows maybe I will even posts pics of me attempting to run it!!


Here is the link for the agency, Area Relief Ministries.


L. (the girl who may have just lost her mind by signing up for this event)

The dress

This dress is what I was wearing when on a work trip in D.C. about three years ago. If you have never been to D.C. you may not know this but you walk, A LOT. By the last day my feet were swollen, I had blisters, but yet for some reason after training I still went out with my co-worker to walk around and sight see. On the way back I was having trouble walking. I was worn out, unfit, and just in pain. As we were walking a guy, just some random person, rides by on his bike and says, "Just keep walking that baby will come right out!" To me, he said that to me. My co-worker went off about it saying she wish he was walking so that she could have told him off. Of course I was hurt and felt like a whale but the worst part was that I couldn't have argued with him. I wasn't pregnant but I saw why he said that. A person should never say that to someone but in his mind he thought, "this poor pregnant woman is in pain from being pregnant I'll say something encouraging to her to help her walk." In fact I was a poor fat woman in pain from her thighs rubbing together and blisters on my feet. His comment hurt way way deeper then he will ever know but it also made me start to take control of me.

That was in the early spring. Later that spring I went to a doctor and we discussed why I was gaining weight only in my middle. I thought maybe I had cortisol hormone issues, it was slightly high but after another check it was fine. He advised me to eat 1200-1400 calories a day. I was so so so grateful for both of my doctors who helped me, my primary care physician and my endocrinologist who advised the calorie counting. (So if you need an endocrinologist in TN Vandy all the way!) I took that and downloaded myfitnesspal app. Then I went and joined a gym. I made myself workout as much as I could and then when that gym closed I went and joined another one. I told myself over and over this is what you need and want. I made myself go to the fitness classes when I could and also use the machines. My first time at the second gym I was nervous like it was my first day of school. These guys were working out and all fit but I just told myself,"They don't know you they aren't looking at you, and we are all here for the same reasons."

 Now two years later I have made friends with my gym members, go to classes often, eat right, and try to really take care of myself. I haven't reached my goal weight or inches yet but it doesn't matter. I have been so blessed for all my new friends and support I have received since starting this journey.

I feel like maybe this is my last step, minus continuing to work out and eat right. This step is getting rid of the dress that every time I see it in my closet or wear I think of that guy on the bike. Since he said that I have worn it once. I wore it after I lost weight and people complimented it and me and how nice I looked but I kept thinking of what he said. I can't hold on to that anymore. So this is my final goodbye to that dress and that unhealthy version of me.




L.

Style revisit

So I said in an earlier post, back in the spring, that I was going to do the Dean St Society Cleaning Out Your Closet Challenge. I did do it but now that I have a new job that requires different work wardrobe and the fact that I am nearing 30, that one stings a bit, I think I need to either redo the challenge or just do an inventory of my closet in general. Thoughts?? I may reorganize my closet to color code it and categorize it back into types of clothes. Then go from there.

Some things I am already reconsidering-
1. High low dresses: I have a lot of them but I can't decide if I think they are wardrobe stables for me anymore. I may keep a few just to have for going out days

2. T-shirts with logos: By logos I mean AE, Abercomie, etc. I feel like a teenager in them and truthfully how often will I really be wearing them? I already look very young for my age and adding teen clothes is not going to help.

3. Shoes: This is a sad area but I have to be truly realistic, I have a lot of shoes some that I have never worn or rarely worn and some that I just don't even know why I bought in the first place.

Over the week I will probably be working on this area plus learning how to put together work appropriate outfits with some sort of style!

L.

Lately

I am back down half an inch! This week has been crazy stressful since I finally started a new job. I have been packing my lunch and staying with healthy options. I have been slacking some on my workouts but now that I am getting my job semi organized mentally I think I will get back on track soon. My gym has morning classes three times a week, even though that means waking up earlier I also know that I can do it and then I don't have to think about it any more for the day. So I plan to continue focusing on packing my lunches and snacks and morning workouts. Another thing, at my new job a lot of the workers are also trying to work out and eat healthy so it's great to know that I will have that extra support from them.

Here is one of my favorite workout videos I did last week with the Blogilates monthly schedule!

Blogilates Ultimate Hot Body Wo


L.