Happy New Year's Eve!

So I'm writing right now - wide awake but exhausted at 1:20 in the morning, baby kickin' and flipping around like an Olympic gymnast in my belly, and heartburn raging up my throat as if I'm about to breath fire at any given moment. Cute, right? e_e;


Anyhow... I'm making a promise to myself for 2013 that, once my son, and final child is born into this crazy world that I am going to take control of my weight loss like never before in the past and drop 40-50 lbs by December of next year. I'm going to try to reach this goal in 8-9 months. Hell, if it takes to Jan of 2014 then I'd be happy with that too lol.

I'm currently wavering between 195-198 lbs right now. Eh. I've gained roughly 10-12 lbs so far this pregnancy. Not too bad for 6 months... but we still have 14-16 weeks to go and with my old track records... I'll be tipping past 200 here before we know it and hopefully not past 210. I reached 235 with Emma... with a starting weight of 160?? *cringe*...Kaelyn I got to 200-210? I'm holding my breath now lol.

Moving on -- I'm feeling pretty good mobility wise but I can tell my energy levels are depleting some. I'm still on 88mg of synthroid and I do believe this has helped with swelling and weight gain, along with me hardly being able to eat a ton. This last week I've gone into a dairy binge... and milk has been on my hard-core cravings list. Dr. says its a calcium deficiency... but to pace myself because too much will lead to another large baby. Girls both popped out at 9+ lbs a piece. So... I'm guessing he'll be around 8-9 lbs if I keep on where I'm at.

This site here has been a blessing to read as well... http://beforeandafterweightloss.tumblr.com/
LOTS of success stories. Lots of gals who were worse off than I am pregnant now and are a totally different person today. Others smaller and with easier results. All of which are inspiring. If they can do it... I have NO excuse now.

I'm currently researching, studying, and mentally preparing myself for this life style change on diet slowly but surely already... and hoping to hit it full time for when he arrives in April. I'm scared. I'm a picky eater. I don't want to wear spanx forever. Have the sagging skin. Wear pants 2x larger than I should because of the skin flap that sits there and stares up at me because I've stuffed my face while crying on the couch over what pregnancy and poor diet choices have led my body to look like (while not pregnant.)  I'm not going to cave to this any longer and 2013 I WILL hit my weight loss goals and new lifestyle. I'm doing this for ME. My husband. My children. I'm making my husband get up and workout and change his picky eating habits as well. My kids aren't as bad... Emma a bit harder than Kaelyn at the moment but we are going to cut out alot of junk-shit foods that aren't good for us. We have actually in the last 3 months... but will make even more improvements into this new year.

I cringe seeing old photos of myself after I had the girls... a year after I had them. I let myself go. WTF? And seeing kids who are 7-8-9 years old... not with medical issues, but diet issues because of their parents.... sporting waist sizes that are WAY too big for their ages... I refuse to allow my kids to fall into that pit because I"M being lazy on what we choose to feed ourselves.

/end rant

Anyhow -- I'm making this promise to myself and my family that we will have a FANTASTIC new year and I'll have photos and updates to share on here as we approach Jensen's due date in April and post-delivery and so on. Wish me luck because I'm going to need it. XOXO

This weekend marked 6 months down and 4 more to go! Happy New Years everyone! <3

Woah belly!!

So it's been awhile since I last posted. Oopsie! We've had quite a bit going on around here. Alot.
If you remember back in July/August I was just merging into month 2 of the insanity workout after a small knee injury to a bursa sac getting all swollen. My waist came down to a 32... and my 1 mile run went to 8:14. Best numbers I've had since having kids. (I have photos I need to post later but for now...)

I shot a wedding on Aug 18th.. and my mothers b-day was the 19th. Things were... off.

I had found out the night of the 18th that I was around 2 months pregnant! Yes. Pregnant. :O

It gets good. Told mom on her birthday the next day.. that was was due on dad's birthday in April. April 21st 2013!

My last weight was in around 185-188 at the time. ( I can't remember) but minus the scale.. I was the smallest I had been in nearly 5 years. ( refer to old photos back in Feb that I posted.)

Anyhow. I'm clockin' in at 193 at 5.5 months and this last week we found out after 2 gorgeous girls... we are finally getting our little boy! :D Jensen Archer Chan will join his sisters Emma Nykole and Kaelyn Alexis soon... 16-18 weeks to be exact... and we couldn't be happier.

Now on to a few other side notes. My weight has been pretty good so far. I know 193 is NOT where I wanted to be at 24 but... considering the length of time we are sitting at in the pregnancy, I'm being very careful on my diet. I'm hoping to not stride past 200 this time. I went from 155/160 with Emma to 230. Bad bad bad! then 185-200 with Kaelyn.... So right now I'm still smaller size wise... I just hope baby boy stays small for now so I'm not enormous and grossly unhealthy after he's born. Trying for a VBAC and no matter what these tubes are being tied off shortly after he is here. I'm done after 3. :)

I'm already researching diet as well, and planning on doing my first 5k in November next year (maybe sooner) depending on how my weight and recovery goes starting in May when I'm cleared at the end of that month to begin training again. My ultimate goal is to stand between 150-160 next holiday season and I will post as much as I can to keep on it.

So anyhow. I'll gussy up this blog some more soon but I wanted to touch base while I could before we got even further in with the pregnancy. I got cleared off of partial bed rest too to workout again so I'm starting that next week after this weeks appt! :)

I'll also follow up with pics too. XOXO

Merry Christmas everyone! <3

The new week one of eight. Day three so far.

 So let me start off by saying I had originally began this back in May of this year (2012) with a friend and we managed to go through 3 weeks solid.. I lost 14.5 inches off my body (3 being on my waist!) and I dropped about 4-5 lbs. Sadly though I had to return the Insanity program to it's owner because she wanted it back to do once again.. and for 5 weeks I was without beachbody -- only running helped sustain me.. and I only gained about 4 inches in total back. Not to bad right?

So fast forward to now! I've finished day 3 of insanity and I'm loving it. I feel 'at home' again. I've done taekwondo for the last 10 years of my life and right now I want to get back into shape again to get back into the sport. I also did swimming and gymnastics and weightlifting and since having kids.. weighing in the 190's when I used to be in the 160's.. ugh it sucks badly. C-sections didn't help either with poor diet.

So anyways. I'm feeling good right now. Clean eating and running after every workout is helping alot. Timing it all is a little challenging with the photography biz and my girls but I'm making this work no matter what. My new peak of interest right now too is the Shakeology program. I have to check $$$ but maybe we can some how squeeze it in there, too. 

This fall I'm in a wedding for my best friend Jamie and I don't want to be the biggest (not to mention the tallest; can't help that).. I don't want to be the BIGGEST girl in the bridal party. YUCK. So I was 1 inch away from being in a size 14 dress but my boobs and back fat kept me from being in a 14. I want to be in a single digit dress by Dec 1 which is when she's getting married. 9 months to loose 25-30 pounds or more. It's hard for me to imagine weighing less than 188-190 but I know it can happen. Reading all the profiles on here and seeing the photos is proof it can.

I'm trying to not be a picky eater either. Something I'm honestly working on. 

Is it silly I get emotionally overwhelmed and do the whole 'chest swelling, eyes tearing up, don't cry sniffles' when I read all of these success programs? I'm doing it right now while I type this out. I want this. Bad. I want to be the girl I can be, the mom I can be, the wife I can be, and so much more with being healthy again. I want to take some fun -pin-up photos of myself for my husband for christmas and look good doing it!

In January I was going to get a tummy tuck at 180-185 lbs but after I found out I couldn't do it.. I gained another 10 from depression eating. UGH. Maybe with this I won't need it at all.

One more note is: I have hypothyroidism.. on a small scale. Nothing that is crazy but toally manageable with some meds and I just got this refilled recently now that my husband is nolonger part of the laid off group and unemployed. 2012 has changed our lives in good ways so far, and right now I want to continue doing this along side with my husband and be another crazy and amazing success story on here! I want my Insanity shirt to earn! I will succeed! :) 


May, June, and Current measurements along with goals. (PICTURES TOMORROW.) 

(MEGAN 5'9")    

MAY 22, 2012      -                                  JUNE 5, 2012   -                           JULY 16,2012                                    GOALS

(my first start to insanity)                                                                            (my second start to insanity)

NECK -                 14.5                                              14                                       14                                                            12

BUST (PITS)-        40                                                37                                       37                                                             34

BUST (NIPS)-        42.5                                            40.5                                     41                                                             36/38

BUST (RIBS)-        37                                                34.5                                    35                                                             30/32

WAIST-                  36                                                34                                      35                                                               28

BELLY-                   40                                              37.5                                    38.5                                                            33/34

BUTTON                                                                                

POOCH OVER-              ?                                             ?                                       41                                                             33/34

C-SECTION

HIPS -                         43                                            42.5                                     43                                                                37/38

THIGHS-                     25.5/25.5                                   25/25                                25/25                                                          21

L/R   

ARMS-                       13/13                                        12/12                                  13/13                                                          10

L/R

CALFS-                        14/14                                      15/15                                    15/15                                                       16

L/R

WEIGHT-                       188                                         184                                       192                                                           145-155

(ERIC 5'4")

                          July 16, 2012                        GOAL

neck -                      16.75                                 14

bust pit-                      42                                   38 

bust nip-                      41                                   36

bust rib-                        39                                   34

waist-                            39                                   34

belly

button-                          42                                   32/34

Hips-                              42.75                             36/38

Thighs-                          26/26                               24/24

calfs-                        16.5/16.5                                 16/16 (?) <~~~~~~ Naturally big calfs lol

Arms-                          15/15                                     13/13

Weight-                       210.6                                      150-155

So there you have it. Day 3. Lots of cool stuff, Again the big bad ugly photos coming tomorrow. I'm considering the shakeology on week 4-8 to see what it does. Starting my thyroid meds and osteo-bio-fex for my joints (glucosomine?) tomorrow as well for my knee clicking. 

Over and out. XOXO

~M 

OMG ;LAKJDF;LAKSJDF

SO. Before I loose my mind I need to share some info first. It's bitter sweet to say the least. I'll begin with the bitter. About 5-6 weeks ago I had to return the Insanity program we had been borrowing. I was beginning week 4. I had lost 14.5 inches and lost about 5-6 lbs total in 3 solid weeks. Crazy huh? Sadly I have gained 10 lbs since stopping it.. so in total I think I've gained 6 back plus 4. I'm not sure about inches... but I'll have to measure tomorrow. Bleck.

So on to the sweet.

MY HUSBAND IS THE BEST EVER AND BOUGHT ME 

MY OWN INSANITY PROGRAM

 (with the nutrition guide and bonus compressed workout disc) 

aldskfja;slkjdg;alkshg X)

SO.

I will be embarking on my weight loss journey once again, uninterrupted, eating clean, and running all together. I can say that I was about 182 after 3 weeks of it the first time.. I started out at 188. I'm currently up at my highest since having the girls at 192 due to stress, falling back into a bad eating habit since stopping the program ( I was really upset, okay?) and a ton of other things piling onto it. Bad snow ball, but hey, I'm human and it happens.

I've been reading alot of blogs lately though with success stories and I have every intention of succeeding. This girl here is one of my muses. It's amazing what she did. I mean.. she was far larger than I am now and has the same intense stretch marks that I do, the pooch.. and in one year with hard core dedication she did this. I'm amazed. 

Anyhow. Thank you Eric Chan for solidifying my journey. We begin it according to the calendar that it came with on Monday to keep things in line. I hope that August 16th will have some exciting 1 month photos to mark my journey as I'm going all out in this. 

I'm ready to play >:)

I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING AT THIS GIF

EVERY TIME I SEE IT

I MEAN

LOOK AT HIS LEG
THE WAY HE FLIES

LOOK AT IT
I’M LAUGHING TO TEARS
THE LEG IS LIKE “SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEEEEEE”

I BASICALLY CANNOT
AND LOKI IS LIKE

 DAMN RIGHT BITCH

AND HIS ARM
THE GUYS ARM AND LEG
I’M CRYING!!!!

LOOK AT THE MFer AHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!

/END GIGGLESHITFIT

Hello Summer!

*Phew*

So alot has been going on that I have been very occupied with that has prevented me from posting much the last few days. I'll start with the bad-ish first.

Last week we got good news that Emma's ear drum (the one that ruptured the week before that) was in the clear to go for swimming once again. :) A few days following this... This Monday in fact, is when we went through another round of crazy doctor visits and hospital trips.

Monday afternoon we spent a good portion of the afternoon outside, cleaning the porch, pulling the water table out, chasing lizards, and just relaxing in the shade for the first time since last summer. Annnnddddd..... the girls both got ant bites. Didn't think anything of it. No swelling, only a little itching. We had put bactro-ban cream, neosporion, and let them do their thing.

Fast forward to yesterday around 1pm. Kaelyn's neck apparent was bitten twice, once on the web of skin between her thumb and pointer finger, and twice on her middle toe on her right foot. An angry red began to swell around the bite sites and so I grew a little concerned. Called her pedi. Out to lunch. *finger tap*

I got ahold of our endocrinologist (neighbor) and she mentioned children's benydril (sp?)..2ml and let her rest for a few hours and check it again. Check.

 Her hand size had TRIPLED from it's normal state. Well.. lets say I packed up the Chan mobile and sped 80mph to the ER down a 45. Hand is swelling now up to her elbow. Wheezing is beginning. She's acting drowsy.

After 5-6 different meds, one including a steroid, antibiotics, and having to administer this ever 2 hours (rotating doses of all kinds through out the night.. and even now) we have it back to normal for the most part. We go in again around 630ish to get it looked at one more time so we are cleared for our FL trip (round 2) in the dark-o-thirty hours tomorrow morning.

Crazy right? It's about a 2 week vicious cycle with the girls; something ALWAYS happens. I still managed to workout in all that mess last night. It was midnight.. but Ashlei and I still did it. :)

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Speaking of workouts: here's the stats on what's up lately. My weight is still acting funny, but I'm only 16 days into the workout. I have seen a pretty good shrinkage in inches though! So I'm excited to know what day 60 will look like. Here is day 1, and day 15 measurements. :)

     (inches)          5.22.12          6.5.12          
neck -                  14.5                14    -0.5 inches
bust (pits)            40                   37    -3.0 inches
bust (nips)           42.5                40.5  -2.0 inches
bust (ribs)            37                  34.5  -2.5 inches
waist                   36                   34   - 2.0 inches
b.button              40                   37.5  -2.5 inches
hips                     43                   42.5  -0.5 inches
thighs                  25.5                25     -0.5 inches 
arms                    13                   12     -1.0 inches
calfs                    14                    15     + 1.0 inches


I have lost a total of 14.5 inches in 2 weeks since starting the insanity program. LOVE IT! We are now on week 3, day 2 and cranking it out before we leave for FL. Some how we will be figuring out how to work out over the few days I'm gone.. so more than likely it'll be somewhere like 75 days for us since I'll be running the entire time while there. Monday is our 'off' days. (I also run/power walk alot 3-4 times a week vs. 7x a week like I was since starting this. I bumped my calories up to 1400-1600 since I seem to be storing alot at 1200-1400.  I really excited my waist is shrinking and same with the baby pooch that I inherited after the girls. If I can get it where I fit into a size 9 pant by the end of the year... I'll be jumping for joy! NO MORE DOUBLE DIGITS!


I'll post pictures later tonight.
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On a side note; I really want a siberian husky for Christmas this year, too -- he or she would make a beautiful jogging partner at night and a fantastic companion for my bitties. I want a pup to train up. Unfortunately I will have some convincing to do with Eric first. A male would be named Lucian... a female Isis. I still want a pug named pancake.. but I want a dog to run with at the moment.

Anyhow... out for now. I need to pack! :)

XOXO
~M

This is a short post for now until the weekend when I can post again but I am now in week 2 of the Insanity program with my friend Ashlei and I've lost a total of 4 lbs so far and 1 inch off of all the areas you typically measure! This workout is kickin' my ass but let me say it's worth it so far! We've geared up with the workout clothes, the water jugs that hold 8 glasses of water at a time, and even swanked up with some new neon colored running shoes for extra support! The goal weight in mind right now is 155-160 by August and I think it'll be manageable. No room for failure right now. December 1st is my friend Jamie's wedding and I'm wearing a mermaid skirted gown that is figure hugging so I gotta get ready for that! Also I think we might be doing a wedding renewal for our 5 year next year so I gotta look good for that too :)

SO excited and so happy that I've been receiving ALOT of support on this. Here we go! Today was day 9. If you wanna see some recent photos of progress and workout in action.. follow me on instagram (Mchan88) for daily photo posts. Otherwise.. Mondays will be my big post updates on here. Wish me luck!

XOXO
M

Change in events!

So I just partnered up with my friend Ashlei and we are doing the insanity workout program. Today is day 2.

Let me just say it left my legs feeling like jello yesterday. I feel it today. It feels goooood.

I need tennis shoes tho. Hoping to drop down 15-20 lbs with this and all diet efforts we are doing together.

Also! We are training for the warrior dash on march 16th 2013! I'm so excited!!! Hoping to get a girls team and a boys team made. My hubby is excited about it too. Early registration is $55 before September and $75 after the new year. Eeek!

So .. Halting any baby talk and going full throttle with this event! Progress photos soon!!

@&@@&?!^#%?!

I am having a very vulnerable moment right now. I hate my body. Hormones are out of whack. Going though our
closet tonight to see what we are keeping and what we are tossing. Well I'm tossing more than keeping because of this ugly, grotesque piece of fat effing "fupa" hanging off my lower torso and I can't stand it any more!

I'm going to loose this nasty body and rebuild it from the ground up. I'm so disgusted with how it looks after 2 c- sections. I don't feel feminine. I feel like a fat guy giggling everywhere. Over it!

/ end rant.

Hannah's Reductions: Accomplishments

http://hannahsreductions.blogspot.com/

INCREDIBLE blog for us c-section recovering mamas with that lovely skin flap after that is SO HARD to rid yourself of.. carefully tagged and called a fupa. Hanna you are a blessing. I will be following your blog to the dot's in all my i's. :)

Beast mode.

So the last 4 days I've been hitting my workouts really hard. Saturday and Sunday I rode 8 miles a go burning close to 700 cals each time. Monday and yesterday I ran my 3 mile course; and actually I did an extra mile of power walking which was just as fast as my jog.

Also.. I've sat at around 1300-1400 calories in net total a day too. My weak point is drinking more than 5 cups of water a day. I did a water test- survey in an app I downloaded to my new iPhone and it said for my weight and activity level.. And climate ( it being hot and humid in Houston ) I must consume around 14 cups of water too help with my workouts/ appetite/ weight loss / and prevention of heavy water retention.

Saturday I weighed in at a surprising 183... My lowest to date with diet and exercise on my own. ( thanks my fitness pal app! )

Yesterday I weighed in at 190 and wanted to jump off a cliff. Pissed!!! How could I gain 7 lbs in a few short days of watching my diet and working out?!

Lack. Of. Water.

I had only consumed maybe 4 cups a day?

Bad Megan! :/

So.. Since realizing that yesterday and having an mini heart attack I increased it to 8. I have since released 4 lbs but my fingers are still swollen a bit with my wedding ring on so I know the water survey wasn't exaggerating things. I'm dehydrated and NEED to consume more.

Right now a salad and a tall glass of water sit before me. I want to hit the 170's by the end of this month. And get my own pair of running shoes.

This mama will get fit for this summer!!!

Keep on moving... keep on moving...

Week one of husband starting new job; so far -- going very well. 

I dislike not having a safe, functioning car though. 

My girls have been sick sick sick and I can't leave the house to take them anywhere at the moment. 

Only a few more months till I can get the mom-wagon aka: my mini van (we think). 

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I've been doing very good on diet this week. Down 2 pounds from vacation. Yay me! Slowly getting grains and sugars out of my diet. I read somewhere today that in the next 10 years, America will be 50% morbidly obese. I do NOT want to be on that half of the pie chart. Nope. 

I'm wanting to join a gym soon... something were I can lift weights, do intense training, run on a treadmill, ect.. just rebuild. I really need to rebuild.

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On another note, I think I'm taking my photography business to the next level; and by level I mean to a whole new area. Fantasy/Composite/Creative photography has always been a 'hobby' of mine on the side.. but over the last 18 months I've really been hitting  my ideas hard on paper here and there to the point where my brain is basically constipated and I have to get it out ASAP, otherwise I'll pop. Yep, you read that right. I loose sleep if I get too many things bouncing around and don't get it out fast enough. Anyhow -- I want to make this my focus. My passion. Although I don't mind interpreting... I really have found that I prefer to create. My life revolves around art. I see everything in an artsy way. Even writing/stories/poetry... along with drawing/painting/sculpting/photography. Tis' probably why I've always sucked at math, haha. 

ANYWAYS.

My eyes are aimed to create some new things and offer them to the public and hopefully find some of my work in a magazine, DVD cover, movie poster, book cover, ect... 

Do want. Now. :)

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And back to reality: I want this bug out of my house and my girls to feel better. And my cough and sinus swelling to go away. That is all. Work calls <3 

And now a few funnies. 

Because I have to.

I can't breath right now dang nabbit!!!... 

UGHALLERGIES! >:(

And totally irrelevant to my weight loss journey -- I am OBSESSED with Legend of Korra. For serious.

If you haven't watched it yet, you have to. Obsessseeedddd. 

I think I'm also going to start including some of my book stuff to this journal too. It's about time to get this ship a sailin'.

/end outburst

Ah... last day in paradise.

So as you know, I've been in my home town Ft. Walton Beach/ Destin, FL these last 18 days and I can't say that I've been as behaved as I had originally intended. I gained 2 pounds in all while here so I'm now back at 187... but considering the amount of running, and lack of water... no real excuse. I've just been living it up on vacation. I haven't eaten a whole ton of junk, just haven't had enough to drink. Tonight I wasn't behaved at all at Outback. Eek. Good thing I went Geo caching earlier to hike around for 20-30 mins. Did I mention I'm obsessed with Geo Caching now? Look it up, you'll fall in love with this game, too. X)

Anyways. I make my 10-11 hour trip back to Houston on Saturday. I miss my husband. Longest I've been away from him since moving to TX. I don't like it at all. A few days, eh.. s'ok. This long is too long.

Anyhow. More good news!! My husband got the job he was going after!!! Starts in a week!

He's been 'unemployed' for nearly 2 years now.. and working a very small part time job. You have no idea how rejuvenating it feels to know we are safe WITH insurance again. Structure and stability is finally with us again. I'm seeking a new vehicle, phone, and membership to some sort of gym that will watch my brood as I work out. YMCA seems the most logical at the moment. Running 3 miles will be hard work when I get home too. I love it though. I lost some inches doing it.. gotta loose the pounds now.



Let's see... my newest goals now for when we return home will be to pre-portion and pre-cook meals the night or so before we intend on eating them. For all of us. Happily my kids don't eat too much junk -- we don't carry it really -- but in general I want to keep our eating habits clean.. and make them polished as possible within the next month or so. I want to weigh in the 160's by August... and drop more if possible before the holidays come around.

Tomorrow is my last beach day, and I pick up my Mazda.. my thermostat blew yesterday and hopefully the car dealer can get my extended warranty up to par so I don't have to spend 400 bucks to come home. Yuck. Sorry for the rant on a million things... but honestly I'm pretty happy with the hubby getting his job and I have a week to figure out my school stuff before I no longer have a car for a little bit. I'm really going to focus on rebuilding myself physically this summer since I've had a rocky start to the year so far. I'll post photos in a week after I've had time to flush my system some. Wish me luck as I'm seriously needing it. :P

Hello FL!

So we have arrived in Ft. Walton Beach, FL safely. Thank goodness -- 11 hours in a car, and two toddlers... not a walk in the park so to speak, but it wasn't all that bad. A relatively uneventful drive actually. I did alot of light nibbling here and there on the road. Not the BEST stuff... but I did watch the amount I had. Adjusting to diet has proven to be a challenge for me. Rawr.

Anyhow. About 30 mins after arriving at my parents house we quickly dashed out the door and hit the beach to walk the shore line for a good 45 minutes until sunset. By myself. Carrying my 25 lbs 2 year old. Chasing my 4 year old. I got something in tonight, right? LOL

Anyways. Now that vacation is here... well, after I'm done shooting this wedding on Sunday... I can really relax and just float through the next two weeks and clear my mind. Working my way to the 170's before I return to TX on the 28th. Also praying that my husband gets his job we are very anxiously waiting on -- if he is chosen or not... he is one of two. 50/50 is terribly close to not get it. A gym membership is one of the first things we will be getting if he does.

Anyhow -- out for now. Skype with the hubby since he is back in TX. I miss you Eric. Going to stay focused while we are here <3 Oh and my birthday is Saturday ;)

Oh gosh.

Totally stuffed from hibachi tonight.. (my in-laws and family here in TX surprised me with an early b-day dinner before I leave for FL since I won't be here to celebrate with them) I will be running in a bit for a full hour and coming home to jump rope/jump in place for a while to help burn some of this off. I'm going to explode... but I don't know if it'll be while running or after. 

So many caloriessssss.... but sooo gooooddddd! X_x

I am over by 600-700 right now. I feel bad I went over today but I did mainly chow down on the chicken and veggies tonight. I did have some fried rice and I know that's going to be a black mark on my diet... which means now I gotta double time it tonight to burn as much off as possible. If it helps I didn't finish it all off, and I was pretty good through the entire day to save up for dinner tonight. 

Anyhow -- I leave for FL with the girls in 29 hours and I have so much editing work to do, and errands to run tomorrow; I couldn't be more stressed at the moment than I am currently. Signing out until I get back from running.. possibly tomorrow. 

XOXO 

M

Happy Belated Easter!

Ah.. I did well yesterday. We had all kinds of sweet treats and buttery baked, salt laced delights for dinner yesterday. I can very well say I behaved for the most part. I nibbled for a small taste but only enough to enjoy and compliment my family's efforts for this great get together.

It was also bitter sweet because I didn't go jogging. I paid for it tonight. I went over 3 miles, mixing between running and VERY brisk walking. This kids calfs are d.e.a.d right now. And I sweat like an animal. Yum.

(  I probably smell like one too xD )

So anyhow. I did my weigh in today.. 186. Still nowhere. Inches are still lost. I'm suspecting possible water retention though. I haven't drank enough water. Gotta work on that for sure.

On a side note I am leaving for FWB/Destin on Thursday; 4am sharp with 2 toddlers all by myself as my husband is anxiously awaiting the news if he got his job or not. Praying he does. It'd help us out, and cut our stresses tremendously. Other than the beginning of us being there.. this is pretty much how I feel right now about getting ready to return to the white sand beaches and teal colored waters that I still call my home. 

(This little mermaid is ready to dip her fins in hah!)

One more thing I'm also doing, and bringing with me to aid in my diet is an app a friend, actually 2 friends recommended to me a few days ago. One lost 11 lbs (female) on it so far.. the other 17(male). 

It's called My Fitness Pal. It records your age, weight, height, activity level daily, exercise you've done, water consumption, ect.. and has a data base basically of all kinds of foods you can think of; from home cooked, restaurant dishes, brand name foods, ect.. you name it... the data base also has an extensive exercise data base for both cardio workouts and strength training AND will calculate off of your profile you provide in the beginning with how long and how strong you do your workouts.  Pretty bad ass and fool proof if you think about it. I've been calculated in at 1250 calories a day..(I have my goal weight at 150, and I'm 5'9" at 185 right now) if I wish to loose 2 lbs a week naturally. If I stick to this it's telling me by May 10th I believe I should have lost 10 lbs. So we shall see! I'll post again when I get to FL either Thursday night or Friday afternoon once we get settled in. I'll weigh in on Monday too... I just hope and pray I stay focused while on vacation. 

So wrapping things up.. I feel like alot of good news and things are coming for me and my family -- I just need to keep this positive cap on my head :)

Happy Tuesday everyone! 

(p.s. My 24th birthday is THIS Saturday ;) )

XOXO

~M

Hello April!

So it's been awhile since I posted. I'm bad.. I know. :( I have been keeping up with my workouts though! I have a 30-35 minute clock in average for running 3 miles almost daily. And kick boxing is slowly finding its way into my workout routines, too. Diet wise I've been half and half. I'm not eating as much junk.. just over eating some of the stuff that I am allowing myself to eat. Working on that one too. And drinking more water. Disciplining myself is way harder than I made it out to be a few months ago.

Anyhow. I'm fluctuating between 184-187 at the moment.

Other things that have been happening in my life is that I'm going to school this fall. Yes sssiiirrr. I'm in December (the 1st) I'm in a wedding so I HAVE to drop this weight. Actually I'd like to be in the 160's at the most by August. This is going to be a major challenge with a few vacations coming up. :X

Anyways.. with all this working out I've managed to drop 2-3 inches off my waist, belly, thighs, and hips. Most pleased about this! However the numbers are off on the scale even with these inches moving around. I'm going to try to run 2x's a day with a little more effort on my diet. I need to update my photos too. :P

So this was in Feb:

And here I am now.

I've fluctated from 184-187. I don't seem to have gone anywhere =\

Hopefully I don't gain much if any at all while in Florida here starting in less than a week. I'm gone from the 12th -28th so wish this kid some luck! <3

/face smack

So here we are.. a month later from starting. Yup. I stumbled some..2 weeks into starting due to life.. and I knew it'd happen just shortly after our mini vacation to Austin. So now that the girls birthdays are past and it's dawned on me that I'm having some 'girly' issues due to my weight.. I have no choice BUT to get back into gear. Dang this rain but I'm starting this back up again, page one, paragraph one.

I'll check in again starting on Monday --- I have a goal to meet by October.

New news: I'm in a wedding Dec 1st in FL an I gotta get into gear for that too. Can't be the biggest girl there!!!! D:

oops.

So.. I've been out for two weeks. I know. Bad Megan! I had OK excuses though. The main one being my 3 year old had surgery and I've just been staying in watching her.

I {was} delighted to see that I made my 184 goal -- but after two weeks of no activity -- I'm sitting at my old 186-187 weight. :\ So back to the drawing board!

I'm fighting a bad chest cough from drainage.. I'm going to restart my regime on Monday and hopefully we can get back on track! New goal date -- March 10th to be 184.  April `1st to be 180.

<3

Day 4.

Day 4.

Kickboxing! Gosh am I tired. MST RB whopped my booty tonight but I feel great. 

Another lean cuisine tonight and my protein shake from Jillian Michael's and I feel like I did great again!

 My real test will be this weekend as we are going to Austin for a mini vacation.

 Must must muuuuussstttt keep focused and stay motivated. 

I really wanna see 184 on the scales Monday morning when I wake up.

140 -- here I come!

Happy Friday, yall! 

Yes ma'am!

OH! 

Homework given to me tonight. Drink 4 full bottles of water a day. I'm HORRIBLE at keeping up with how much I drink -- and I don't drink soda, and definitely not any alcohol, either. 

I need to carry something with that amount around with me all day. Hmm!

xoxo