out with the old

ok so I am making a change. I have let myself get off track on my weight loss journey in the past year. Granted I did have a baby but I let that be an excuse to eat whatever and stop even the simplest exercising. As a result I have not only gained back all of the weight I lost before pregnancy I added another 5 pounds on top of it. So in full disclosure and to help be accountable I am putting it all out on the interwebs. That's right I will be posting my weight and progress every Friday in a post I will be calling Friday Figures.
Welp. Here goes...


The scale says: 229.0 (+/-0)
Exercise: I'll be going from Saturday-Friday so this past week I exercised once. Last Saturday I walked a 5K with my sister. All in all we walked about 5 miles that day. That's it. No other days of exercising, I am hoping to get to the gym 4-5 times a week.   *fingers crossed*  :-/
Highs: Completing my first 5K in probably 5 or so years.
Lows: 3 pieces of birthday cake, the birthday pie (both accompanied with ice cream) but luckily this won't be a normal week.
Moral Victory of the Week: I didn't really feel winded whist walking the 5K. This is especially victorious because there was a pretty steep climb for some part of it but I didn't feel as though I couldn't do it PLUS I was pushing Jocelyn in a stroller. Sure my feet hurt for a day and a half afterward but that's to be expected since I not only added poundage I haven't been doing a lot of exercising. I'm hoping to do Barber to Boise, another 5K, October 15th so we'll see if the recovery period is shortened this next time. :)


Time to get this weight loss show on the road and get to a healthy life style. Bring it on! :)

My Bucket List

I've been seeing these around a lot lately, especially since the movie came out. So here is my list of things I hope to accomplish in my life time. I am adding a page to my blog where you can see them at any point and as I do them, I will update and cross off the item on the list.


-Learn Italian
-Run a marathon
-Buy/Pay off a house
-Get a tattoo
-Go on hot air balloon ride
-Witness a birth, not my own
=Swim in the Mediterian
-Visit Australia
-See the pyramids
-Find something super rare at a thrift store/garage sale
-Sky dive
-Read War and Peace
-Learn to quilt and/or knit
-Organize and pull off a surprise party
-Cook an entire Thanksgiving meal
-Learn to ski/snowboard
-Go on a cruise
-Eat Chinese food in China
-Take my family to Disneyland (preferably while they still believe in magic)
-Buy and re-purpose furniture
-Paint a landscape worthy of hanging on the wall
-Live in a foreign country (preferably for at least 6 months)
-Have someone pay me for my photographs
-Learn how to fondant/decorate multi-layered cakes
-Travel across the country
-Learn to ride a motorcycle
-Teach my children compassion 
-Make/bottle my own alcohol (beer, wine or liquor - doesn't really matter which)
-Learn how to make bread from scratch
-Successfully grow a garden for a whole season
-Attend a taping of a TV show
-Learn to scuba dive then visit a shipwreck
-Visit Ireland
-Get Lasik





That's about all I can think of now.... will add more as they come to me, but in the mean time what's on your bucket list?!?