Weekend Recap (a lil late)

I slept funny and my neck feels like I got hit by a car.  I didn't though, the weekend wasn't that much of a blur, but it was a blast.  And it was exactly what we needed.  Most All of these pictures are instagram repeats, but here's a little recap of what we got into!

You ever have those friends you see planned functions for a handful of hours and then you leave and don't see each other again until the next function?  Yeah, us too!  This time we grew a pair and decided to get together on our own, and to make our weekend together the planned function.  In this case, Ben's BFF growing up's (stick with me) little sister and her adorable boyfriend are our planned function friends.  Well, at the last wedding we decided we'd had enough and agreed to plan a weekend to get together.  We booked that shit TWO MONTHS out (having a calendar that busy makes me feel like a grown up) and this past weekend is when it all went down.

On Friday we had some HHH-ish shenanigans complete with chips and bean dip and cheese and crackers and Bran filling mason jars with tasty concoctions.  Oh and we ate a real dinner too, that's when you know it's a special occasion.  Lotsa laughs were had and a shitload of twang came outta some Virginian men's mouths.  Apparently when they drink they get more twangy, I'll have to remember that.

Saturday morning we had a nice slow wake up and showed them all around town.  Yeah town.  We don't do cities, call us rednecks if y'want.  We ate breakfast at the local diner and then took them over to the local gun shop, you know, the necessities.  After recovering from our breakfast comas we headed to the shooting range for a little bow action and truck sittin'.  I call it the country club, makes me feel rrreal fancy.  We got a little sunburnt and decided to remedy that with a BYOB dinner at the local Italian place, followed by dessert at the greatest little ice cream place on earth.  Shortly after, the food coma ensued and we all got swallowed by the fluffy couch.  Pretty much a perfect end to a super relaxing and much needed weekend.  Needless to say, we can't wait to hang out with our friends again, on purpose, not by accident at a wedding!

Moral of the story?  Life's too short not to spend time with people who make you happy.  So the next time you think, "Hey honey, they seem fun!" act on it and ask them to come over for drinks.  You never know when you might end up with some unlikely friends.  Friendships, like any relationships, take effort.  You get out what you put in, blah blah blah.  Insert any cliché you want, but they're all true.  If somoene's important to you, make them a priority.

Be happy.  And laugh, a lottle.

Ps. I went to spin class again on Monday morning and my lady parts say, "Ouch."  Hurts so good.

I Survived + Q&A

I don't usually post on Fridays but I figured I would since I lived to tell about this morning's spin class.  It was hard, and I loved it.  Yeah yeah, that's what she said, I handed that one out on a silver platter.  But seriously, that shit was challenging!  My legs felt like spaghetti when I left and it's a widely known fact that my vag will be unhappy and in pain soon.  I'll spare everyone those details.  Will I go again?  You bet your sore ass I will!  It might be a bit challenging to finish and get to work on time, but I think I can make it work!  Monday and Friday mornings…bring it.

So I had posted on instagram the other day asking for some questions…here goes nothin.

Did you gain from not being on track?
Yep.  I was down to 141 and I'm hovering around 150 right now.  The 130's were so close I could taste them…unfortunately the taste of cheeseburgers and beers seems to have won.  I WILL get back down to where I wanna be, but who knows when.

Most the people I ask tell me their kids motivated them to loose. What was your big push to get healthy?
A lot of things.  First of all, I realized how unhappy I was.  I was NOT a pleasant person to be around.  I was angry and self conscious which makes for a terrible combination.  I wanted to be someone that other people enjoyed being around.  I wanted to be the best version of myself that I could be.  The idea of getting pregnant helped motivate me a lot too and made me want to be healthier.  I wrote a post about motivation a while back where I talk a little more about this!

If you fall off the healthy train what do you do to get back on?
I try not to be suuuper hard on myself.  Little food slip ups here and there are ok and I usually tell myself that I'll go to the gym an extra day or I'll eat an extra healthy dinner to make up for it.  As far as exercise goes, it's so easy to rationalize an, "I don't need to go today" excuse.  I give myself free passes every once in a while, but I've grown to like my routine and most of my mistakes are in my eating.

Eye makeup. Your puppies. Letting yourself have "cheat days" and getting back on track. How often you work out a week. Typical week. Dinners?
Haha, it's not nosey when I ask for questions!  Let's see…Eye makeup!  Pretty simple eye stuff.  I have the Naked2 palette and I use "Bootycall" and "Tease" which are in no way shape or form indicative of my personality.  Right?  Right.  Mascara, I use the same one as Brandi (aka Mama) which is L'Oreal Beauty Tubes.  I like it because it makes my lashes a teensy bit longer and it's really easy (and kinda fun) to remove.  Oh and I fill my eyebrows with a dark brown shadow that I'd never use for anything else.  Nothing too crazy though.  Cheat days, see above.  Can't live without em.  I work out Monday through Friday with an occasional weekend day sprinkled in.  If I miss a day it's not the end of the world.  Dinners are all over the place.  I'm pretty awful at planning them.  We eat a lot of chicken, a lot of venison, brown rice, veggies, salads, Mexican-ish things.  We don't eat a lot of pasta.  I'll keep trying to share my dinners on instagram and am happy to give recipes/methods when I can!


WHAT is the recipe for that shrimpy, salsa-y treat you make? How long have you been with Army McArmster? Tasty, EASY (like how I like my women) recipes.
That shrimpy, salsa-y treat I make is shrimp ceviche and I love it for so many reasons.  The recipe and some proof of my OCD chopping can be found in this post.  Army McArmster, I assume, is my dear husband.  Ben and I have been together for almost 10 years and married for almost 3.  Pretty crazy that one man can put up with my array of shit for that long.  He's a saint.  A saint with big arms and a heart of gold.  Tasty recipes…I'll make an effort to collect some favorites and do a post on them.

Gym playlists?
The two below are kind of my go-to's.

"Run. Run. Run. Run." (for when I, you guessed it, run)
David Guetta – Little Bad Girl - feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris
Lo Fidelity Allstars – Battle Flag - Feat. Pigeonhed
Olly Murs – Troublemaker
Rihanna – Where Have You Been
will.i.am – #thatPOWER
David Guetta – Sexy Bitch (feat. Akon)
Big Sean – Dance (A$$) Remix - Explicit Version
Pitbull – Rain Over Me
Reggaeton Latino – Gasolina
Lupe Fiasco – The Show Goes On
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Irish Celebration (P Smoov Remix)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can't Hold Us - feat. Ray Dalton
Wale – Chillin
Jay-Z – Young Forever [Jay-Z + Mr Hudson] - Explicit Album Version
Bad Meets Evil – Lighters

Boom! (for when I want to smash things)
P.O.D. – Boom
Metallica – Fuel
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine – Bombtrack
The Offspring – You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - Explicit Album Version
The Offspring – The Kids Aren't Alright
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
Limp Bizkit – Faith
Disturbed – Down With The Sickness
The Offspring – Why Don't You Get A Job?
The Offspring – Self Esteem
The Offspring – Come Out and Play

Workout motivation? What goes through your head when you just don't feel like!
To be honest, a lot of the time I think about all this blog/instagram stuff and know that other people are watching and I don't wanna let them down.  I've been talking about this morning's spin class on here for a little while and this morning when I got up and sure as fuck didn't wanna go…guessss what I thought of?  "Oh shit, I don't want them to think I'm a pussy and that I wussed out on a spin class because it was out of my comfort zone. I better go!"  You just have to find something that makes you tick.  We've all got it.

Happy Friday!  How much longer til I can have a beer?

Workout Wednesday

So I've been talking about stepping up my workouts lately.  Part of that includes aaactually following my intended workouts.  I've done pretty well so far this week, so much so that my entire top half is perfectly sore!  And tomorrow I will wreck my legs.  Is that bad to do before spin class on Friday morning?  Guess I'll find out.

So, I'll try to be as detailed as possible.  Keep in mind, a lot of the time I don't know what the fuck an exercise is called so I'll refer to it as "the one where you pull your legs down on that pad thing" or something like that, deal with it (sorry hubs, teach me?).  Apparently my $44/mo membership doesn't include knowing more than I need to about picking things up and putting them down.  My workouts are about an hour long, sometimes a little longer if I get to the gym before the official open time (5:30) and can squeeze in some extra time.

There's always time for douchey selfies.

I start every morning with 30 minutes of cardio.  I try to switch it up and not do the same thing every single day.  The elliptical works for when I'm sleepy and think I might actually eat it if I attempt to run on the treadmill.  Otherwise I usually run for 10-15 minutes then finish up on the elliptical.  There are some few and far between days where I run the whole time, but let's be honest, I hate running…a lottle.

The rest of my workouts are broken down as follows (based on a 5 day schedule)…

Day 1: Back + Biceps
I generally focus on biceps here, but do some deadlifts and rows (neither with extreme scrutiny) as to not turn into a hunchback by 30.  So, biceps…
• Curls w/ a 30 lb barbell – 3 sets of 12 (or until I get jelly arms)
• Curls w/ a 20 lb barbell – 3 sets of 12 "    "
• Hammer Curls w/ 10 lb dumbells, one in each hand – 3 sets of 10
-- your arms should feel like spaghetti right now --
• Finish with bicep curls on the cable machine thing with the straight bar (pretty much any weight should feel heavy, do 3 sets if you can)

Day 2: Chest + Triceps
Again, my focus is more on triceps, but I do some mini chest presses with the same tricep weight as my skull crushers.  I also have a torn rotator cuff so chest exercises are a little tricky sometimes.  Triceps…I happen to think they're incredibly sexy on my husband and wouldn't mind having some definition there myself for my gratuitous tank top wearing.
• Skull crushers w/ a 20 lb barbell – 3 sets of 12 (or until I get jelly arms)
• Tricep presses w/ the same 20 lb barbell – "   "
• Skull crushers w/ a 10 lb dumbell, just one – 3 sets of 10
• Finish with tricep pull downs on the cable machine thing (pretty much any weight should feel heavy, do 3 sets if you can)

Day 3: Shoulders (the anti-sharm)
It's no secret that I enjoy working on my shoulders.  They're definitely less sharmy than they used to be, but obviously I still have a long way to go!  I did these today and if all goes well I'll have a hard time picking up my coffee mug tomorrow morning.  Nothing fancy on these, just basic exercises that I don't know the names of.
• Side raises w/ 10 lb dumbells – 3 sets of 12
• Um 45° angle raises? (between side and front) w/ 10 lb dumbells – 3 sets of 12
• Front raises w/ 10 lb dumbells – 3 sets of 12
*Repeat exercises above with 7.5 lb dumbells, then again with 5 lb dumbells 
• Upright cable rows at the lowest weight of the stack – 3 sets of 12

Day 4: Leggies 
My fave.  Maybe because I played soccer and always had muscley legs?  Either way, I love the shit out of leg day.
• Leg press, 210 lbs – 3 sets of 12 
• Leg extensions, 90 lbs – 3 sets of 12
• Leg pull down things (see?) 60 lbs – 3 sets of 12
• Calves, 60 lbs – 3 sets of 12?  Yeah right, I'm a wuss on calves and make it through like 1 set before I drop the weight to 45 and try again.

Day 5: My Choice
This is the day that I get to choose what I'd like to work on.  But now, since I'm going to spin class (I need to keep typing this so I don't bail) I'll be doing that.  I scatter abs in on the days where I have extra time and usually focus on some ab exercises on Fridays.  On top of my regularly scheduled cardio.

Bonus days?  Sometimes my dear sweet husband wants to go work out on the weekends and sometimes I join him.  I do whatever I want those days since they're extra.  Do we workout together?  Nope, we're better separate when it comes to exercising.

So there you have it, my workout.  Could it use some work?  Sure!  But I'm doing what I know for now and can't afford to pay a professional to wreck my body for me. 

In other news…

I hope you're happier than a camel on hump day!

Hey plateau, wanna be my bitch?

Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years. Well, not years, but I felt super gangster for knowing those lyrics. So yeah, you can call it a comeback if you want. Let's be honest, I fell off the weight loss give-a-shit wagon a little while back.  Good news is I'm back on the wagon and I'm ready to make this plateau my bitch!

I was bitching to a friend recently and she reminded me that what's worked in the past isn't necessarily going to work now.  So I'm making some changes!  Not long ago I posted a picture of my lunch and was challenged by an old friend to show her a lunch without wrappers.  So yesterday I shopped, I cooked, I chopped and I packed.  It's not exactly clean eating, but it's much cleaner than it has been.  My dinners are generally healthy, but they vary so I won't list them, but below is my meal plan for the week:

Also, I'm told my vagina is gonna hate me for this, and I most likely won't be walking right for a few days, but I'm gonna try a spin class.  Up until now, I've relied on the treadmill and elliptical for my cardio fix, but it doesn't seem to be murdering fat the way I'd like it to.  Maybe my body's getting used to it, maybe I don't try hard enough, either way it's time to step it up.  So the front desk lady confirmed the time for me and this Friday at 6am I will be spinning my ass off.  She also told me where the room was.  She also told me the class never fills up.  Basically I'm fucked and there's no way I can make an excuse for it.  I'll report back…although I have been told that spin class is the closest a healthy individual can get to having a heart attack.  So I'll report back IF I survive.

Had a nice little weekend!  Did some cooking, drinking, weddinging, dancing (my mom is disappointed that the bro and I aren't better dancers), recovering and some meal planning.  Can't complain!  Starting the week off feeling prepared is a pretty damn good feeling!

Confession: Pink makes me happy as shit.

Are you in a workout/weight loss slump?  How do you plan on getting out?

Happy Monday!

Don't Worry [Be Happy]

When I was little, I remember worrying whether or not my mom would be ok at home without me when I walked to wait for the bus. The school bus. I was like 8. What kid worries about that?!

When I was in the shower this morning I worried to myself…
What jewelry should I wear to this weekend's wedding (Chelsea, can I borrow some?), shit, where is this weekend's wedding? What time is it at? I wonder if my dress will look ok with Ben's suit. Ew you'll probably be able to see my belly in that dress. I need to lose more weight. I need to buy a card. But I need gas too, which one should I do at lunch? Both? But my coworkers wanna go get froyo. Maybe after work, but I might meet up with Bran. Shit, what's for dinner? We need to get that leak fixed ASAP.

Ho...ly shit welcome to my brain.  Hi, my name is Tara and I worry my fucking ass off.  If I could target that worrying to my stomach and worry that off, I'd have one less thing to worry about.

When I went to that conference in San Francisco I attended a session that focused on worrying.  In this instance it was worrying about whether or not your work is good enough.  Having self esteem in what you design is harder than it seems!  Based on the outcome of the session I wasn't the only worrier there that day.  So what did I learn in that session? 

 

I need to be more confident.
Hey, that's one of my 2013 goals! Self esteem, or lack thereof, has always been my arch enemy.

I need to stop making assumptions.

"She didn't text me back, she must have finally realized I'm crazy."

Yup, you're fucking crazy Tara. Get a grip and give yourself a little more credit. People are busy, don't take things so damn personal all the time. 

 

I need to focus on what I can control.

I can plan my life away, but what good is that gonna do? There's no point in stressing over what I can't do anything about.  Instead I could probably focus that energy on something more positive.

 

I also need to remind myself that people in this world, people in my life, have much more important things to worry about.  Their families, their health, the things that really matter.  I often find myself telling friends that, "It could be worse!" when they're upset or concerned about something.  It's about time I take my own advice and realize that I have it pretty damn good.  When I stop worrying I start appreciating and I start living a little.

 

 

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”

What can you stop worrying about today?

Happy for No Reason?

Half my weekend was eaten up by a team building activity for work.  It wasn't bad, but it was still work.  On a Friday.  And a Saturday.  In the summer.  Needless to say I don't have much to report for the remainder of the weekend since it only really consisted of ONE day.  The hubs and I spent some quality time together though, so I was grateful for that!

Monnnnths ago, when I wasn't going through the easiest time in my life, a friend signed me up for an email called The Daily Love.  I'm not gonna lie, at first I was a little skeptical, sorry friend.  But since then I look forward to these emails and the messages they convey and the way they really make me think.  Every morning when I'm getting ready, the email rolls in and I read the quotes at the top right away.  There's always at least one great one.  I copy and paste it and send it to a friend in a text, usually accompanied with a heart (I'm a softie, don't tell anyone).

Well, the other day a quote came through that I haven't been able to stop thinking about...

“When you’re Happy for No Reason, you bring happiness to your outer experiences rather than trying to extract happiness from them. You don’t need to manipulate the world around you to try to make yourself happy. You live from happiness, rather than for happiness.”

- Marci Shimoff, author of Happy for No Reason

I've mentioned before that in the past I've been pretty fucking unhappy.  I had this misconception that I needed to find something that would make me happy.  I thought for sure that new friends would make me happy!  A puppy would make me happy!  Buying stuff would make me happy!  Well, I was wrong.  None of that made me happy.  I needed to be happy enough to enjoy all of those "things" and to be present in those relationships.

Having been there before I feel myself slipping back into that mentality.  I'm not unhappy, by any means, but I do feel like I could be happiER.  And once again, I find myself realizing that I can't use other events, other people or other things to make me happy.  Daniel Tosh, philosophical mastermind, jokes that:  “Money doesn’t buy happiness.” Uh, do you live in America? ‘Cause it buys a WaveRunner. Have you ever seen a sad person on a WaveRunner? Have you? Seriously, have you? Try to frown on a WaveRunner. You can’t!”

So, since I won't be testing the wave runner theory anytime soon, I'm gonna need to figure this out.  How'd I stop worrying and start living a little the last time around?  How'd I stop stressing about every little thing and go days where I couldn't stop smiling?

Have you figured out the reason that you're happy for no reason?

Recap + Checking on Goals

First of all, I'm gonna do my best to get a little more regular, umm on my postings, but I am also eating fiber one bars, so there's that.

A little (long) weekend recap.  Saw some fireworks in our little town on Wednesday night.  They were pretty official, but not that official.  We were close enough to feel the ever familiar boom in our chests, buuuut also close enough to get covered by little grains of unburned gunpowder.  Gotta love our little country town.  Oh did I mention it was BYOB?  That's why it was such a massive turnout, I'm pretty sure.  We had a quiet 4th and the most 'merican thing we did was make pulled pork.  It was a nice little family day and we ended it with a walk for the pups where I accidentally drank the whole lemonade + vodka drink we were sharing.  Oops.  Sorry I'm not sorry, it was delicious.

 

Friday consisted of a little early morning gym and cooking breakfast for the hubs before a day with Chelsea to celebrate her birthday.  We went and got massages (hurt so good), shopped a bit and got some lunch.  Can't complain, it was a pretty relaxing time!  It was followed up by a bday cookout the next day to celebrate with her family and friends.  It was my first time meeting the majority of them and I was totally referred to as her "internet friend" which made me feel like a giant creeper.  But then I realized she must be saying some decently nice things about me if all these people know who I am. So I held onto the internet friend title and went with it.  Ended up meeting some hilarious and kind people and I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of them again.  Oh and the internet friend title, that shit'll fade eventually, right?

So I'm gonna be honest with you.  I'm in a funk.  Yeah, I said it, a funk.  At least I believe that's the technical term for it.  I'm feeling unmotivated, self deprecating and just plain blah.  I'm told I'll be fixed in no time, and I do think that's the case.  You can't be a badass if you're a sadass.  I thought revisiting my 2013 goals from my first post ever might be a good way to feel like I've gotten something accomplished.  Let's hope…


1. Reach my goal weight (range) of 130-140.
Well, I got close.  The closest I've been is 141.  Since then, I've gained a few back and am in the upper 140's.  So, obviously I have to work hard(er) to get there, but I will.

2. Get pregnant.
I still have the rest of the year to work on this. So for now, go over to Megan's blog and congratulate her for me!

3. Wear heels and look sexy.
Ok so I've got the first part down.  If only I could've made my goal, "Wear heels and not die."  The second part, pretty sure the jury's still out on that one.

4. Be fucking confident.
Ehhhh, I'm getting there.  I certainly have my moments and for now, I'll take that.  I portray my confidence a bit more in certain areas and I'm still trying to up my game.  I have noticed that I rarely say no to things, so that's good, right?

5. Make new friends.
I kind of love this one.  If you've been reading you know I've been on a couple blind dates (and survived both).  I've also been lucky enough to make a few far away friends that I can't wait to meet in person one of these days.  Either way, putting myself out there has helped me find some people that I'm beyond happy to have in my life!  One of those crazies swears she's gonna slap a bridesmaid dress on me, good luck buttercup.  During all of this I've been amazed by the sweetness and kindness I've been surrounded by.

6. TBD – I'm trying to think of something a little more fitness related/less weight related to add.
Ideas?  While a flat stomach and abs would be awesome, I'm not entirely sure I want to attempt that.


Ok so I do feel a little better.  Still funky, but better. Did you make any goals for 2013?  Think revisiting them and seeing what you accomplished will make you feel good?

Niceness + Milk n cookies!

So when the hubs and I were looking for a place to live a few years ago we did a lot of research.  He's pretty into research.  So we looked around at the obvious things most homebuyers look at: prices, property, commute times, proximity to Target (mine), ability to pee outside (his).  But our favorite research was when we would go for a drive into an area we were interested in and we'd wave at every oncoming car.  We ended up realizing that the areas we liked best were the ones where people waved back.  The areas we weren't too fond of were the ones where people looked at you like you must be signaling that their car was on fire or something else urgent because you couldn't possibly be waving out of the goodness of your heart!  Assholes.  I'm proud to say we still use that method when judging a new place.  When it's time to move to our next house we'll be doing a lot of driving and waving, and I can't wait to see where we end up.

In my recent travels I was a little curious to see how friendly people were in the city of San Francisco.  So, I researched.  What I found was that if you didn't go out of your way to be friendly to someone, they would be cordial but would never go out of their way to be friendly.  When I went out of my way to be extra friendly or extra polite, people lit up and became some of the friendliest people on earth.  I'm not much of a city girl – I married a country boy and his country became contagious.  I think at one point I said (out loud), "I can't wait to see a squirrel and some grass!"  But finding nice people in a big ass city helped a little bit.  My favorite nice person was a cashier person at a little breakfast place.  She had a cup of something pink and I said, "What is that? It looks delicious!" to which she replied, "It's watermelon lemonade, do you wanna try some? Hold on I'll sneak you a glass! We only make it in the summer and we just started! Tell me what you think!"  How fuckin awesome would it be if everyone was like that?!

Oh and on my flight home I had a pretty hilarious experience.  6 hour flight, packed FULL of kids and babies.  I was boarding and realized this flight would either elevate or break my already high baby fever.  We got going and I was able to ignore the crying for the most part, thank goodness for headphones.  About a third of the way through the flight something sprayed on me, my bare arm, my shirt, my hair, my seat.  I looked over and it was milk.  Luckily I love milk, unlike some people, so I wasn't totally repulsed.  Immediately, the young dad across the aisle yelled, "Don't worry! It's cow's milk! I'm sorry!"  Apparently his baby's bottle had pressurized like a motherfucker once we got up there and the nipple blew a load over like 6 surrounding passengers.  No one was particularly mad, but a few people were bothered.  I kind of just laughed it off and told them it happens, whatever, I feel like flying with babies for 6 hours is punishment enough for them as parents.  Well a few minutes later a box of chocolate chip cookies was delivered to my seat from the flight attendant.  I hadn't ordered them, but the mom and dad across the aisle had.  When I said, "What's this?" he said, "Some cookies to go with your milk, we're really sorry!"  I just laughed and I'm pretty sure I had a permagrin for the rest of the flight.

 

 

Moral of the story?  Do some nice stuff for people, you never know who's day you'll make!  And if you wanna share it, go here and tell me about it!

I'm Baaaaaack

So I've been MIA for a couple weeks, work/life took over for a minute.  I was in San Francisco for a week (for work) and apparently part of my job there was to eat everything in sight.  While I did get up and exercise 4 out of the 6 mornings I was there, somehow that wasn't enough to offset the constant intake of tasty food and Starbucks.  Yeah, that's right, I'm back on the coffee wagon.  My mama didn't raise no quitter.

It was no surprise that I had gained a few pounds when I got back.  And being out of my routine has me pretty unmotivated.  People aren't kidding that the last 10-15 lbs are the hardest to lose.  Where does all that motivation go?  This time last year I was 40 lbs heavier and quite unhappy with myself for a multitude of reasons.  But back then I was able to find the motivation to push myself.  Not sure sure where that motivation is now.  I certainly can't stumble upon Mama Laughlin's blog again and make it have the same effect it did on me the first time around.  And I'm too far from all those fuckin badass crossfit chicks to think their bodies are attainable for me.  I may or may not have recently watched that scene from The Break Up where my biggest girl crush of all time Jennifer Aniston does the naked soda walk and thought to myself, I wanna do a naked soda walk!  I also may have sent it to a friend so someone could confirm the hotness.  Maybe if I watch that a solid 25 times I'll be motivated to look like her when she walks away?  Ok I'll take one for the team and test my theory.

Looks like I need to take some time to find some inspiration and motivation to keep going and reach my goals.  I have a lot of amazingly motivated people surrounding me, now I just need to steal a little motivation from each of them and keep it for myself, muahahaha.  But seriously, I need to find it again because I'm feeling shitty.  Due to my shitty feeling, I have absolutely no motivating pictures to post so I'm thinking this quote and some pictures from my trip will have to suffice.

"Instead of making up excuses for why something is impossible, it's far better to come up with reasons why it could be possible. One reason why is more powerful than all the reasons why not."

 Happy Monday!