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Good Lord!  Has it really been since September that I have posted here? Whew!  That's crazy....

So, um....yeah.  Hi.  Where do I begin?  Well, maybe bullet points are best so here goes:

• Changed careers from being a massage small business owner to working in New Home Sales.
• Quit Weight Watchers, put on 10 lbs, tried to loose it myself with different techniques
• Joined Weight Watchers again, this time online. 
• The wedding I was MOH in happened, without a hitch.
• Made some new friends, moved on from others.
• Working on moving back to the thriving metropolis that is Fredericksburg, VA
• Went to Germany....had a blast!
• Going to Vegas for the first time in April for work training...so excited!

Besides those things, life has been pretty mundane.  Busy but good.  Some ups, some downs and a lot of changes, some small some big.

I have been thinking about the blogosphere and what I want to put out into it.  Yes, I will keep reporting on my healthy lifestyle journey but I would like to focus on other things as well.  Things that inspire me, make me happy, make me think....etc.

Enough about me, how are all of you??

Little Ms. Cranky Pants

Hey guys.  *hides sheepish and apologetic grin*

So yeah, my last post was rather cranky wasn't it?  Sorry about that.....sometimes my temper gets the better of me.  Well, let me start by thanking everyone for their most helpful and might I add, AWESOME suggestions for my tracking allergy.  It's still a challenge for me but I am getting better at it.

I purchased a three month journal which I sometimes write in and sometimes I use my phone app to record but mostly I just went back to eating power foods.  I needed to reset my clock so to speak.  Well mission accomplished.  I feel inspired again.....I so needed that.  I happy to report that I am .6 (point six) of a pound away from 40lbs lost!!!  Super Squee!  Mother Nature is visiting so I have no doubt that next Tuesday's weigh in will be a good one as well.

I'm still working out.... a lot.  And I am really enjoying it.  It really does affect my mood in a very positive way.  However, I had to stop the C25K program due to a hip flexor injury.  I think that I am still too heavy to put that much pounding pressure on my joints.  I will rest for a month and then try again and see where I stand.

So how is the summer treating all of you?  :D

The Invitation

	Oriah Mountain Dreamer  Canadian Teacher and Author It doesn't interest me what you do for a living I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dreams for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful be realistic to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes." It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

I Want To Go To There

The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge


Anyone else up for it? ;0)

MUST...HAVE...BOOTS!

*salivating*

What's New Magoo?

This week has been very difficult for me. I have had a sinus infection since Sunday which has completely sucked all of my energy and stamina right out of the room. My nutrition has been sub par with a few really healthy days thrown in. I have done no exercise this week due to the pressure in my head and my inability to breath properly. Work has been difficult needless to say. Who wants a massage by a flemmy, snotty, hacky massage therapist? Stand in line kids, no pushing. :)

So I have had a lot of time to think this week. Yes, even while I was busy shoving my mouth full of potato chips and french onion dip, gobbling my way through and entire tub of Breyers mint chip ice cream and ultimately hating myself for it the entire time. But did it stop me? NO. And that's what makes it so sickening. I am a 33 year old woman, I should know better. I should live better. So in my downtrodden state I stumbled upon this young woman's journey: Kassandra and this post.

Kassandra gets it. She lives it. And her faith is extraordinary. I look up to this young woman the same way I look up to many of you, yes you out there in bloggerland. :) So I guess what I am trying to say is, thank you. Thank you for being there when I need encouragement, a shoulder to cry on or a partner in crime. Because of all of your journeys, stumbles and start agains, I have the courage to get back on track and forgive myself, learn what I need to from this lesson and focus on the now.

Have a great weekend!

My Biggest Inspiration

Abby from this season of The Biggest Loser.

This woman inspires me in a way that no other contestant has. She inspires me to be a better person. If she can wake up everyday, after what she has been through, with love in her heart and dreams of her own then I can certainly try to model my own will after hers.

YOU GO, ABBY!

Is It Just Me.....

or is Jesse from Dietribe redaunkulously hot?!

Holy Moly!

Hello Bloggers!

How is the summer (or winter for those down under) treating you? I've got a busy little life going on here. Friends moving, friends visiting... more friends moving, oy! However the thing that is taking up most of my time ( I would love to type "exercise and awesome weight loss") is my business. I am currently reading this amazing small business book written especially for massage therapists and I have started implementing the changes I need to make and the work I need to do immediately.

I'm talking 24/7...365. If I am not physically working on someone I am promoting, emailing, calling, networking, decorating and redecorating my totally sweet bigger and better office. I haven't been to the gym or worked out in 2 weeks and it has to stop. I know it would help with the anxious and restless nights I have been having. I am border line obsessed with making my business successful but I must remember to put myself first because without me there would be no business.

Even though I am working my tail off, I don't have the money to show for it just yet. I know that will come in time but for now this chica is beyond broke. And you know what happens to your grocery list when you have $20 to stretch into several days worth of food? Cheap, filling and poor choices for your pantry and fridge. I try to make the best decisions but sometimes my hunger gets in the way. Hopefully that situation will change by next week. :)

I was super excited because I thought my ridiculously expensive gym membership was up in October ( I got a three year) but when I called to check I was informed that is was up in October... of 2010. Boo! When I first got the membership it was easy peasy to get there but now with development in the area the traffic has become horrible and takes a standard 30 minutes to get there. It's only less than 10 miles away!!! I was so looking forward to having that extra money to pay bills and play catch up. I had visions of utilizing the netflix exercise dvd's in my own home. That will have to wait I guess.

Needless to say, I have to get back into the swing of things. Morning workouts need to start happening since I am on call for appointments from 10am on. I am going to start with a reasonable number like working out 3 times a week. It doesn't have to be the gym but it needs to be a good workout of some kind. Walking around the track, a dance class.. the gym I am still paying for! ;)

I am loving the book The Core Balance Diet. It takes you through the very babiest of steps to changing your life for the better and as soon as this girly has more than $20 to buy groceries I will be heading to Wegman's for my first weeks worth of body balancing ingredients.

On a super positively awesome note, I am going to Colorado in October to visit my amazingly generous and lovely friends, the Youngs! I can't wait!

Inspiration

My current girl crush, Christina Hendricks!

My new favorite show!

One of the first plus size super models, Emme.

The Queen.

Ruby Rocks! Her strength and determination are amazing.