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Aside from my chub arm, I like this photo. It was taken at my friend Tara’s wedding. Any time I do wedding hair I feel like I need to hover and make sure it’s perfect the entire night. The contents of my purse always includes bobby pins, a mini can of hairspray haha.

This week: 221

Last week and the week before that: about the same

Start: 237

Total loss: 16 lbs

Well despite being frustrating this is pretty good for not being able to exercise. Earlier this week I stepped on the scale (bad Liz!) and was at 225 but I attribute that to monthly girl bloat, ugh.

Anyhoo, I had a serious NSV last night. On my way home from a friends place I stopped at Mac’s fully intending to get something from subway and a bag of chips but left only with a crystal light slurpee. It’s the furthest thing from clean eating, but it is calorie free, so I made an exception and felt proud of myself that I didn’t indulge in some midnight munching.

1/2 cup grape nuts

2 spoonfuls of plain greek yogurt

1/2 cup blueberries

1 chopped peach

Mix!

The grape nuts give that crunchy satisfaction that I just don’t get from oats and it’s super filling.

Yum!

After much deliberation, Ryan and I FINALLY bought a BBQ, and it is seriously the best decision we have made all year. I am in love with grilling, it makes everything taste good, even normally bitter green peppers that I really dislike. It’s been so hot and humid here for the last few days that cooking inside is just not an option, especially since we don’t have air conditioning.

Tonight we had:

T-bone steak (one shared between the two of us)

Green and red pepper kabobs with basil, olive oil and onion.

ANDDDDD…

Grilled Peaches!!

I have been wanted to make these for ages and they did not disappoint. We did em nice and simple, without any added sugar and topped with plain greek yogurt and a drizzle of pure maple syrup, it was heavenly. They are my healthy answer to roasted marshmallows, since the charred bits give you that lovely sweet campfire taste.

Our garden tomatoes, peppers and cucumber are almost ready and I can’t wait to grill, pickle and cook up a storm.

I love summer!

(Note: the photo is one I pulled from google images since my camera is on the fritz!)

bendoeslife:

The cool thing about having a blog is that you can go back and see exactly what you were doing a year ago.

365 days ago I made this song about what getting healthy isn’t about.

And in the “oh the difference a year makes” department:
- Tumblarity… Rest in peace :(
- Change “marathon” to “Ironman.”
- Definitely faster than John and Wig now.
- The elusive Miss. High never came to fruition, and that’s a good thing.
- I still suck at winking.

This is the most adorable thing I’ve seen all day.

Well, I need surgery on my knee. The doctor says I have torn cartilage and is referring me to an orthopedic surgeon. This also means no more unsupervised gym visits, weekly physiotherapy and a very frustrated Liz.

How the heck do I get cardio in if I have trouble walking short distances? I am terrified that this is going to begin my vicious cycle of trying to get healthy, getting injured then gaining back all the weight and falling into bad habits.

There are some serious changes that need to be made in my life, but I feel like there are so many obstacles in my way.

I REFUSE to fail again. I will do whatever it takes to make this work, I just don’t know what that is yet.

A kid who looks about 12 or 13 walks up to the counter at the arcade I work at.

Me: What can I get for you?

Kid: A bag of chips and an iced tea

I grab both items and place them on the counter.

Me: That will be 3.50

the kid puts a two dollar coin on the counter and looks at me.

Me: That’s 2 dollars, I need another 1.50.

Kid: Uh, you’re not allowed to get 2 things for that much?

Me: it’s just how much they cost, the chips are 1.50 and the drink is 2 dollars

Kid: Oh well how much can I get for that much?

Me: Just the drink.

The kid reaches into his wallet and takes out a dollar.

Kid: Can I get two things for that coin and this one?

Me: No, it’s still not enough, it’s 3.50

Then he reaches into his wallet pulls out a 20

Kid: will this be enough?

Me: Yeah, that’s plenty…

Wow. just, wow.

Somehow I managed to go from having no job and taking only one class to having THREE jobs and taking 2 classes. This is going to be interesting.

I haven’t been eating so well lately, but it’s only been a few days so I’m not sweating it. Tomorrow is a brand new day and the extra energy I will get from eating clean again is going to help me get through this busy patch. My biggest challenge will be to make it to the gym more than just the one day I have my training scheduled for. Maybe I should stop going to sleep at 1 am…

Via My Milk Toof

New gel nails make me feel oh so pretty!