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Angela April 30, 2015

I’m all about the NFL Draft

Excuse me for my lack of posting today. There’s only been one thing on my mind…

It’s NFL Draft Day and I’m so excited! I’ve been waiting for this day for a couple of months now. I’ve been following all the news and the players I’m interested in. I’m a little bummed about Shane Ray because he was the one person I was really pulling for this year. I’m a huge Texans fan but I’m also a Bears fan too. My heart can’t choose until forced so instead I cheer for both!

It’s the end of the month so I thought I should go over my goals, because I’ll have new goals starting tomorrow. My biggest goal for this month was to get back on schedule.

How did I rate? I think I did pretty good. My workouts haven’t been exactly back on a schedule but I’ve been better this month. It’s still a work in progress. I did get back into my strength training and I’m working on doing different types of workouts.

The biggest thing I’ve really been focused on is getting back in the right head space. I think I’ve chased down every dark cloud in my life over the past few months and I can say that I will go into May 2015 with a clear head.

How did you do with your goals this month?

Angela April 24, 2015

Spring cleaning up my diet

It’s spring time and if you’ve been following me on social media, you may have noticed that I’ve been spring cleaning my house. It’s all kinds of a mess but when I was done it was all kinds of great! I packed up my winter clothes, throw away things I didn’t need anymore and just cleared the clutter. My house is in order so now I need to spring clean my diet. It’s spring time so a lot of great things are back in season. I’ve really been enjoying the fact that I can have all the watermelon in the…

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Angela April 21, 2015

Always dream big.

It’s harder to have dreams when you’re older, right? It sometimes seems like dreams are for the young. Why does that have to be the case? Why can’t the world be my oyster just like it was when I was a 5 year old. Things were easier back then. All my needs were met, I didn’t have to pay any bills and I didn’t have to go to work. Dreaming big was probably the biggest job I had. I thought I could do anything and be anyone I wanted. Do I really need to be thinking in the past tense?…

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Angela April 17, 2015

Plane travel eats

Happy Friday everyone! I’m headed to Kansas to run the Garmin Land of Oz Marathon. The weather doesn’t look like it’s going to cooperate but I’m still excited to check another state off my list. Anyway, I’m getting back into the traveling and food toting spirit so I thought I would share with you the food I’m bringing along on this trip. I’m only going for two days but I still feel like I’m bringing a lot of food. I’m also trying not to spend too much money on food while I’m there. Eating in the airport is expensive and…

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Angela April 15, 2015

Why my weight loss journey was successful

There’s an article going around the internet about things women aren’t told when they start their weight loss journey. I totally agree with this article and these are things I PREACH over and over again. Reading this made me think about my own journey. I’m at the place right where I want to lose 10 pounds so I will be embarking on my own mini journey for the next few months. The plan is to try to lose 2 pounds a week so it should take me 5 weeks if things go as planned. The one thing to remember is…

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Angela April 9, 2015

Getting back to the goals

I use to be really big on posting my monthly goals on the blog but somehow that got away from me. I need to have my long term and short term goals in writing as a reminder. I preached that writing your goals down was essential to success and I did the opposite. A lot of things have gotten away from me in the past few months and I want to get back to ground zero which leads me to my goals list. 1. I’d like to get back to where I started. This blog has been a labor of love…

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Angela April 7, 2015

Always be better than the day before

I’ve been trying to post for the past two days but I did something funky with the site. It took me all this time to figure out what I did wrong. Easy fix but many hours to figure it out. BUT I figured it out and I’m back to blogging. I wanted to talk about motivation for my life lately. Being better than who I was yesterday IS a HUGE thing for me. I tell everyone in my cycle classes in the morning to just be better than they were yesterday. It’s something I always say but maybe I don’t…

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Angela April 1, 2015

Food doesn’t control me

Back in the day, eating was a main event. I use to get excited about it. There was so many possibilities and so many meals to be had. In college, this girl’s favorite thing to do was slam 20 chicken nuggets, large fries and two cheeseburgers. I use to really enjoy a big drink and an extra large portion of chili cheese tater tots for a snack. I would REALLY get excited about those things. Eating was my sport of choice and I loved every minute of it. Fast forward to now, I’m really not that excited about food. I…

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Angela March 30, 2015

Weight loss and changing your routine

Weight loss has been a big subject in our house again. Willie is trying to drop some pounds and is going back to the methods. That means we’ve been talking about it much more but I guess more about what happens after weight loss. It’s been on my mind about the struggles, the fears, the pay off…everything that has come along with it. The biggest thing we’ve been talking about is changing up the workouts. It’s easy to get wrapped up in doing something that you like to do but it’s important to change up your workouts. The body responds…

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Angela March 26, 2015

Things aren’t always as they seem.

Things aren’t always as they seem, especially when it comes to weight loss. Sometimes things are better and sometimes things are worse…or sometimes things are just normal but a new normal. Willie had a break through a few weeks ago and he’s handling it well. He identified his problem areas and he’s really going after it. I’m very proud of him. He’s committing to really finding his new normal and living with it. He’s good like that. He is a pretty even in his emotions so he doesn’t let things get away from him. I’m having problems adjusting to the…

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Angela March 23, 2015

There’s always room for improvement

I haven’t been the best blogger lately and I’m going to make some changes. There’s always room for improvement, right? That’s why it important to write down your goals as that constant reminder of what you’re trying to accomplish. I use to be so big on goal setting and meeting those goals. The one thing I was always told people was to set goals, write them down and check them off the list. I use to live by this and then I just stopped. I’ve slacked off. I’ve kind of stopped working toward something and just have been working…I’ve been…

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