Who Ate My Tiara?

Monday, March 11, 2013

Catching Up & a Weekend Recap!

Hi. My name is Traci. And I'm a blog-slacker.

Last week was cray. Seriously. I hardly had time to come up for air all week last week at work. Today started out that way too, but I'm breathing now. Eating, though, has been going great believe it or not. That's a success all on it's own because normally, stress=eating crap. I haven't exercised as much as I'd like, but I haven't done too badly.

A goal I've set for myself this week is cutting some of my "crap calories" - who needs the junk, really? So "clean" is the trendy term, and I can't say that's my real goal here. But I do want to clean up the act a little. Partially because I found myself in the car after a quick Kroger stop on Friday with a little pint of Starbucks Java Chip ice cream. How did that get in my bag? <blush> I didn't eat any until Saturday night, and I only had a SERVING. Not the pint. :)

So get this. I know last week I was whining about how unorganized I am. So I made this great custom planner. I took some time to search some blogs and the amazing time-suck world of Pinterest (seriously, where does time go once you start pinning?), and found some great printables, and wandered around Hobby Lobby for paper and creativeness. About $10 later, I have something really comparable to those expensive Erin Condren life planners! Printables were courtesy of iheartorganizing and the nest effect. It was fun :)

My weekend was amazeballs.We missed Hubs all weekend because he was working, but Sweet P and I had a blast doing some super fun stuff. Her t-ball season started Saturday, and I'm assistant coaching. All I can say is those kids have energy for days. After that, we did some things around the house then went 4-wheeling with some friends. Yes, we are country. Don't hate. Look at this cutie!

She had a friend spend the night with her Saturday night, then we got up in the morning for a SURPRISE. I had planned with another mom to surprise our girls by meeting at the movies to go see Oz the Great and Powerful. Now, I know I haven't said this before, but my girl is a HUGE Wizard of Oz fan. It started when she was 2, and continues to this day (she'll be 6 in August *tear*). She flipped her lid! The movie was amazing though, and I highly recommend it. The special effects alone are worth the trip!

After she found out what the surprise was - so happy!

Anyway, enough rambling. That's my weekend recap y'all! Happy Monday...

Oh and BTW, if you didn't catch Justin Timberlake on SNL this weekend, find a way to see it. PERFECTION.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Quityerbitchin' ... For reals.

Wow. Can I just say it has been SO hectic the past 2 weeks. I really believe I'm creating the hectic-ness (is that a word?) myself, but geez. I'm slacking on the blog front - but more importantly, on the healthy lifestyle front. Time to snap back into it.

I'm searching now for organization tips. I feel like I'm running around crazy every morning trying to get everything done and get Sweet P out the door, and I look around my house before I leave for work and it looks like a tornado hit it. How is that possible when I've only been up for an hour and a half?

Hubby started a new job last week, and it's hard getting used to him not being there in the mornings (he leaves before 6am). It will be nice though, once we get settled into this routine, because he gets home between 3:30 and 4:00, and I can start enlisting his help with dinner prep! Therein lies my issue...I can't get MYSELF organized enough to even try to get that going. I swear, a few weeks ago I was on a roll with being organized, meal planning, etc. etc. Now I'm struggling to even roll out of bed on time.

Anyway - enough whining. I know things could be worse. I've been hearing a lot of friends on Facebook talking about losses of friends and relatives. It's getting too close to home - and I really need to be more thankful for what we do have, instead of griping about these so-called problems.

SO - This is my moment I'm going to proclaim I'm CHANGING my attitude!

I'm going to take some time today and tonight, and get my head wrapped around what it is I need to do to change my path. I've lost 13 pounds, people! No need to backslide now... I don't want to end up back where I was or worse. And I do realize that if I don't change now, I'll do just that.

Thanks for listening to me bitch and moan today - look for a new focus tomorrow :)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Oh How Pinteresting!

I bigfluffyheart Pinterest. And love this linkup for that reason!

Let's get pinning, shall we??

Source: someecards.com via Kristi on Pinterest

Source: dumpaday.com via Traci on Pinterest

Source: outfitposts.blogspot.com via Traci on Pinterest

Source: brooksandkendra.blogspot.com via Traci on Pinterest

We are in the process of selling our home in order to build our "forever home" and stone is my OBSESSION.

And finally...because I need this reminder a lot...

Source: blog.justinablakeney.com via Traci on Pinterest

Happy Pinning, y'all!

Where's My Mojo?

I've apparently come off my runner's high from last week. I actually fell off of it with a thud, and haven't run since that fateful Thursday. Eek! It's been hard the past few days though. Life got in the way.

I haven't really done that badly in the food department. However, since Saturday afternoon, I've had a sick little Sweet P, and we're finally all recovered from what we found out to be her first sinus infection. JOY! I just didn't think sinus infections could take it out of a child the way it did.

Doesn't she look pitiful? :(

But anyway. I'm trying to get back on a positive note with my quest for health here. Scheduling has been rather difficult because hubby started his new job on Monday, and we're trying to figure out what his schedule is going to be going forward. No matter what though, I'm just thankful he got the job and doesn't hate it :)

Anyway, all that said... I have a confession. I cancelled my Weight Watchers subscription. Not because I don't believe in the program, but for financial reasons. I still have a membership through the end of March, and can choose to restart it if I can afford it. However, I have friends who have told me to really commit to the (FREE) My Fitness Pal app, and you can have the same benefits - just no meetings. I'm frustrated, mainly with myself, because I give up on myself before really giving myself to chance to succeed. However, this isn't me quitting by any means. I'm just in need of doing something without having to pay the monthly membership fee right now while we're trying to balance this whole new budget we're dealing with.

Does anyone else use MFP? What are your experiences? Does anyone have any comparisons between that and Weight Watchers? Thanks all! Happy Hump Day!

Friday, February 22, 2013

Runner's High? Maybe...

Yesterday's funk must have fueled me. I'm not kidding. I got home yesterday and decided I was going to go run because I had plenty of daylight left for a change. I had been slacking off and hadn't even attempted a run since last Wednesday. Seriously. I got so nervous seeing that my next day of C25K was 20 minutes straight and it wigged me out.

Anyway, yesterday afternoon I set out for a little run. I decided I was going to pace myself, and not use the app to tell me when to run and when to walk. I was just going to go, and see what I could do. Not going to lie...those first 10ish minutes were brutal. I was mad at myself for being such a slack. But I pushed through. Slow. I don't really know what my pace was because my RunKeeper app was messing up. But I didn't care about the pace - I just wanted to push through. 10 minutes came and went. Kept going. 15? Well I'm this far, lets keep going. 20. 25. See ya.

30 minutes! I ran 30 minutes straight!! And I think I could have kept going but my neighbor called and left a voicemail and it freaked me out. She NEVER calls. So I got worried and stopped to return the call (it was totally unimportant). BUT - 30 mins?! Come on! And in the last 5, I had to push through a hill I've never run on before. Since my GPS on RunKeeper was sucking it up, I'm not sure the exact distance, but it was at least 2 and a quarter miles that I ran (my total said 2.77, and I had a 5 min warm up walk and 3 min cool down - but my phone rang twice during and it got it out of whack). Maybe a hair more. Who was that machine yesterday?!

Not going to lie, my legs were a little jello-ish when I got home. I stretched it out - and felt pretty good for the rest of the night. I took some aspirin before bed in case of soreness this morning. Woke up with NONE! I was shocked. The most I had run in a row before this was 8 minutes. I'm just so inspired by myself for a change. It feels good. Hopefully this is the start of something good...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

NSV Linkup...Reality Check Time.

Time for another link up! Do I know how to even write a blog on my own anymore? Maybe. But I'm uninspired today. My NSV linkup story will explain. Hooking up with the awesome Lex & KTJ for the weekly NSV link up!

I'm bummed. But I'm not quitting. Nope. Not even after I ~~busted my tail~~ probably didn't do everything I could all week and didn't get the results I wanted. I lie to myself from time to time, saying that I do better than I actually do. It makes me feel better. I had my weekly weigh in at Weight Watchers last night, and lost a measley .2. Yes I know, I know. A loss is a loss. But after a 1 pound gain the week before, and actually working out several times and not going over my points except for one day last week...I expected more. But the truth is, while I probably didn't go over my points...I also probably wasn't taking into account some of the "extra tastes" that went on throughout the week. You know, those little "BLT's" (bites, licks & tastes) we are all guilty of? And my choices weren't the best either. So my goal this week is to focus on better food choices...and CONSCIOUSLY use my activity points (not all of them either). And monitor the BLT factor.

SO...all that to say...My NSV for this week is NOT GIVING UP. So many times in the past, I'd have back to back rotten weeks, and throw in the towel. Not this time. I'm determined to lose this weight this time. It might be slow, but it's going to happen. So anyway, that's my story about feeling less-than-inspired lately. But it's time to hop back up, brush the dirt off and keep going.

Happy Thursday people! One more day til the weekend :)