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Pfft. Goals Schmoals. Who needs that crap. Lol, Just kidding. Kinda... At this point I don't even remember what my original goals were. What I do know is that I am running 15-20 miles every week for the past four weeks and I love it!!! I have been throwing in some strength stuff once or twice a week, my body has been sore though and I should be doing more of that. I know I totally need to get back into my yoga routine because my legs are so inflexible right now it is not even cool. But I am super proud of my running!!!! I lost a few pounds, I am eating great, I feel awesome and I am ready to kick some zombie ass. I think my girlfriend who is running with us bought me a zombie hunter shirt to wear (since I am too broke right now to buy anything new!). I am so excited about the race and I am looking into training for a tough mudder one next! But that one isn't for another year and I am sure there is fun stuff in the meantime! Oh yeah, back to my goals. I totally lost it this challenge. I did not fail at all, except that I have not made time to get on here and keep everyone up on my progress or meet new people or support my friends or anything. In that regard, I sucked at this challenge. But I feel really good about where I am at in regards to my health goals. I am hoping to drop another 2 lbs before the race, not much but that would put me at my first goal weight. My second goal weight is another 15lbs down from that, which I hope to reach before March of next year because guess what....????!!!! WE"RE GETTING MARRIED!!!! (yes, I have been referring to him as my husband for quite a while, we have been talking about it for a while, but we are finally planning it!!!!!) IN VEGAS!!!! I am so super excited. My kids are excited, he is excited His parents are on vacation in Ireland right now, so they don;t know yet, but its gonna be awesome!!! So forgive me if I am distracted recently! Oh and school starts on the 23rd!!! Life is so exciting right now! Except I can't remember my goals. But I don;t think I did bad. But I am not going to give myself points because I didn't even check in every week and I don't deserve points for only doing half of the assignment! And Goodnight.

Checking in... I seem to be sucking at this recently. I wanted to become more involved in the community with this challenge, but I have failed miserable. I am kicking butt at running though! This is my fourth week in a row running 5 days a week, and at least 3 miles each run (usually 3.5). Plus I went surfing Sunday for the first time in ten years or so, and I didn't catch any waves, but I paddled out and sat on my board and I didn't die and my arms are still sore =) Last week and the week before were tough, my body was not used to running that much and my calves were so super sore i was beginning to think that I had actually injured myself. But this week I feel great! My body has adapted and I can run the whole thing usually (some of the hills I still need to walk up, lol). I am ready to race in a few more weeks! And then I start my grad program and I am so super excited I can;t stand it!!! And I am down another 2.5 lbs =) All of my clothes are loose on me =) and I bought a bikini for the first time in many, many years... and then I wore it! At the beach!!! Hope everyone is doing well. Love to you all!

P.S. please ignore all my typos above. It is late, I am tired and I have to be up in 6 hours so I am rushing it a bit. P. P. S. I think I love running. I think I want to go for a half marathon next year sometime... tough mudder anyone??? P. P. P. S. I am sooooooooooooooo stinkin excited about starting my MFA program!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no! No crying! Where did I go??? Well, here I am... I must have amnesia because I really don't know where I have been for two weeks or however long it has been! Lol. Just busy I guess. My brother's wedding was last week, I had an aunt pop back into my life after 16 years or so... I had another friend whom I have not seen in person in ten years or so (keep in touch on the book though) visiting from out of town. One of my puppies had a seizure and we spent a night in the pet ER ($750 later they still didn't have any idea what caused it so we brought him home and he is fine so far...) The kids went back to school, the teenagers went back to high school and started classes at community college to get a jump start on it, I am about to start on my MFA program in another few weeks... Oh and my certificate of clearance was FINALLY approved, it is the background clearance that is required in order to teach in a k-12 school, which is my second dream job (high school english!!!) This was a really big deal for me because I have some things in my background that could have disqualified my, however I have worked my butt off to fix and change those things... anyways it took them so long to get back to me that I had given up, this is how I ended up in my MFA program. So I am taking it as a God thing, even though I am not really religious, I am spiritual and even though my belief's on God are not traditional... what I'm trying to say is that I think this was some sort of intervention on some higher level because if I had gotten that clearance immediately I woudl have gone directly into a credential program and never have pursued my real deep down dream of writing. I only decided to go for my writing because I figured if I am going to go to grad school it has to be to follow my dreams not just to get a "good job" and the only things I ever really wanted to do with all my heart are write and teach and I thought teaching was out of the question, otherwise I would have gone that route first and put off my writing until I was old and regretted it! Lol. So that was a big deal for me. And my other big deal, I ran 16 miles week before last and 17 last week (well actually I ran 13.5 and then did a really intense 3.5 mile hike in the heat, a 900 foot climb... it was quite the workout!). This week I have only run 3.5. I took 2 rest days because I am having an issue with my calves (like when I run, or even walk fast the entire muscle feels like when you have a bruise and you poke it... and then there are these little sharp stabbing pains on top of it...) I think it is just from increasing my mileage too fast, and adding in too many hills... I am going snorkeling tomorrow and I am hoping that with another "rest" day I will feel all better. If anyone has any suggestions though, i am open to them. Ice, massage and ibuprofen aren't doing a lot. Lostone, I have three people joining us in this race... Hubby, my friend Melissa and my friend Sean. I babysit for Melissa, she is a single mom and has recently started running with me... Sean is a snowboarding instructor in Big Bear and he is working on getting into med school (23 and a ton of fun). Hubby has dropped 20 lbs or so, but has still not done much to get in shape. As for my goals, my eating has been great. I had a couple little slips (wedding food) but I got right back on track. My workouts have been great, I am adding in strength as well as all the running and other than my calves killing me I feel great. However, I have not lost anymore weight. =( I don't get it. But I am going to keep on doing what I am doing. I am trusting that eventally it will even out and I will drop the last 19 lbs to my goal weight and then decide to go for 10 more, lol. So that's that. hope all is well with everyone. I suck at keeping up with this right now, but I am doing it in real life and that's what counts! Oh, lostone, one more thing... I am not going to have money to order a shirt in time for the race =( =( =( Of course this should have no bearing on your own decision as to wear a NF shirt or not, i just wanted you to know... Ok, goodnight!

urg. I seem to be doing terrible with being consistent here. I ran 16 miles this past week. A lot of up and down hills. I have a friend who is running with me, which is awesome!!! I ran 5 days, and most days were over 3 miles ( I think one day was 2.75). Today is my rest day, and I needed it! I have neglected my strength workouts though. So starting tomorrow, I will be doing strength at least 2 days a week. My diet has been great. However, in spite of all the running and eating great, I am only down 2 lbs since the start of this challenge. I guess I need to do my measurements again, but I don;t think there is a lot of change there, my clothing is still fitting about the same, however all of my bras are suddenly too big, so I guess that's something, lol. That's about it though. I feel like I am working really hard and not getting much in return, but I have felt this way for months now and I just keep doing it. I think it is that time of the month when I start really feeling disappointed with my progress so hopefully it will pass by next week (along with a little extra fluid weight that my body is clinging to right now???) I need new running shoes again too! I am thinking I am going to invest in a really good pair, but I am not going to have the money to do it for another month. Hopefully these will hold out til then! =/ I have gotten a decent routine going in the mornings though. I skipped it today since I decided I earned a real rest day of doing nothing much at all. I slept in and have spent my day messing around on the computer, lol. It has been lovely except now I am getting a headache from staring at this screen! I have also decided to cut back on my hours working for my freelancing service and start putting more time into my own writing and start querying magazines! Yikes! Scary! =) And I am down below 170 for the first time in seven years (except for one stint where I lost a lot of weight a very bad way and gained it all right back). And looking back over my life, I have had a lot of weight ups and downs, but this is the first time I have ever consciously lost weight through diet and exercise. And I am down 28 lbs from my heaviest. But man it is taking a long time for it to come off! That's it for today. Hope everyone is well. I am totally slacking on my goal to reach out to other members here. =/

I ran 3.3 miles with a friend this morning... up and down hills... I think she was trying to kill me... but we did it in 40 minutes and I feel awesome now =) Had a green smoothie this morning with kale, apple, banana, grapes, a little almond milk, a touch of orange juice, some coconut oil and protein powder. I think I am glowing now =) Back on track and feeling great!!!

I am doing the one in San Bernardino next month along with a fellow NF member, my hubby and another friend. I am a little worried about it now. it looks like a lot of fun and I am working hard to get ready, but now I am a bit scared that it is going to be a wash... =/ It's my first 5k... I am kinda scared that some 300lb zombie is going to snap my ankle now! Lol

You are awesome!!! A Medium???!!! Woah! That is wonderful!!!Must feel great! Running and running and running! Lets do it!

Hey there, Just catching up... I am totally doing nanowrimo this year! Do it with me! (He he he, I said "do it with me!") I figured it out to be about 1650 words per day (oh wiat I forgot, I am in the nerd group, it is 1666.6666 and so forth) , which sounds like a lot, but it is actually like 6 or seven pages a day (double spaced) which I know I can do in an hour and a half at the most. I know I can do it, I just have to devote the time to it. I will have started my graduate program by then as well, so that can actually be helpful in this case! As for workouts, I am a total morning workout person. But it took me suffering through many, many, MANY after work and after dinner workouts to figure it out. I absolutely hate working out after dinner. I didn't know that until I started doing my workouts in the mid morning after one of my classes though. I am not an early morning workout type either. I don't mind getting up at 6, but I am not going to do anything strenuous until I have adjusted to being awake and that takes me a couple of hours, lol. I prefer to do my workouts sometime between 10am and 1pm. Sometimes if I have a big lunch I will put it off until 2 or 3, but past that I am useless. But everyone is different and your workouts need to fit with your lifestyle and your personality. It is awesome that you are figuring out what you like! Good to see you doing well here. =)

I don't know why they all went up sideways... =/ But there it is. It looks even better in person though =) And I am stoked because I love that cream color but usually it doesn't look so great on me... I need to find some brown vegan cowboy (cowgirl?) boots to go with it! And an update.... I ate potato chips today. I am very disappointed with myself. I ate probably three servings. This was after my cheat meal last night. So I have decided that is too much cheating! I am going to get hardcore on myself from here out. No potato chips. No french fries, no grilled cheese from In and out or bean burritos from taco bell or starbucks or any of that crap. Done. This is part of why my weight loss is not going faster. Not the whole reason, but part. I have a real problem with food. I am doing 10000x better at it, but I let my cheat meals slip into cheat days or even cheat weekends! Not that I will eat crap all weekend, but I will have "just a couple bites" of junk multiple times throughout the day! SO. No more cheating. I don't need to cheat. I need to lose weight and get myself in shape for this race! And for the rest of my life! Eek! I have lagged on my workouts too. I swam today, for half an hour or 45 minutes, in the ocean. It was great. And other than the potato chips and the extra bread with my spaghetti for dinner, I ate great. It was whole grain seed bread, if that makes it any better (but I don;t think it does). Tomorrow is a cleanse day. I am going to start out with a green smoothie, then I am going running with a friend, then I am going to do a smoothie for lunch and maybe even one for dinner. I need to go to the grocery store too. Kids go back to school tomorrow, and get this, my son, whom I thought I was going to have to homeschool because he just does not do well in that environment, for the first time in his life he is super excited to go back to school after summer. He met his teacher at the salon over the break, he didn't know that she was going to be his teacher and he had heard all these horror stories about how mean she is. Well, he got to hang out with her for a bit while he and his sisters and cousins were getting their hair cut and he discovered that she is really cool, she is funny and has a great vibe to her. She is just very firm as well, which is what he needs. He does best with people who leave him no room to push boundaries. Anyways, he decided that she was the teacher he really wanted and he go her and he is so happy. My girls are just as excited, my youngest is in a bilingual program where she is learning spanish and it is a really special program and there is only one teacher per grade for it, so we already knew who her teacher would be (her teacher happens to be the mother of one of my son's friends) and my oldest daughter got the teachers she wanted and all of her friends from last year will be in her class =) I love this as much as they do. Despite all of the flaws with the system, it makes me feel good to have kids who like to learn. Ok anyways, enough on that tangent. Tomorrow run, smoothie and plan my training out for the rest of the six weeks until race day! Oh, and plus, I am doing the vegan month of food next month on my blog! Excited! and then November is Nanowrimo!!!

Ok, here is my dress for the wedding!

Oh, oh oh! I have pics of my dress that I found yesterday, hold on and I will get them up here! I was stoked to be able to buy a juniors large instead of an extra large anything!!! And yeah, I am just hanging around on it, lol.

Well. I don't have much to say for myself. I broke my cord that charges my laptop (again, second time in four months) and just got my new one in the mail today. Its a lousy excuse since I have other computers. Really, what happened is that I underestimated a project (work) and sold myself short and something that I thought would take me 10 hours to do ended up taking me around 50 hours. On top of finishing up the last two projects. If I hadn't needed the money so bad right now (with the kids going back to school on monday) then I would have given up on the one I screwed myself on. Oh well. I learned a valuable lesson. Time to move on. I am cutting back work in preparation for school though! Plus I think I earned myself some time off. So. For the next week, I am playing it cool. I might do something light and fun, but no big time consuming projects. I am going to finish reading my book and maybe even get the next one in the series. I am going to work out at least three days, hopefully 6 though (will depend on how my body is feeling, I am still getting pretty sore so I am having to take every other day off). I am going to clean my house and help my kids adjust to school and find a dress for my brothers wedding and train for this race!!! In other news, I got my pull up bar =) and the kids helped me put it together and they are making me crazy swinging on it all day long, and I can't even do one freakin pull up... but its there. I couldn't do a man push up when I started either, but now I can do 5 at a time and 25 girl push ups. So I have something to shoot for! And I am going to eat clean and vegan. And I am going to start on a story that is tumbling around in my brain. I have been reconnecting spiritually again, and that is a major plus. Now I need to put all of the pieces together! More tomorrow!

Hey, i don;t know if you have already seen this or not, but I think it is a really cool idea and thought you might be interested: http://nanowrimo.org/

Today people noticed that I am losing weight. Like, more than just one person too! Finally. I ate great other than a very small handfull of flaming hot cheetos... but hey, no one's perfect. I had tofu scramble for breakfast, a black bean and hummus wrap for lunch and a quinoa, black bean, avocado bowl for dinner (one of my favorites! soooo good!). I did my workout. I need to plan out my health care routine, I just haven't had time to do it. I hate that excuse, but it is really the truth. I took time away from working on a big project hat is due tomorrow in order to do my workout and that was all the extra I had. Life. So after I finish this project tomorrow I will have a few minutes to devote to planning. For now, I will focus on my goals tomorrow. I have to finish this project, take my teenagers out to the community college to see about enrolling, and I have a running date with the man. I am having muesli with blueberries for breakfast, salad from the college for lunch and peanut lime noodles for dinner. I will write 4,000 words by this time tomorrow (the rest of my project) and then I will go to bed at a reasonable time (which is not happening tonight with this deadline (I have to admit, I do like my deadlines, lol). I will also take a few minutes in the morning to at least do a sun salutation and spend a few minutes meditating. Feeling awesome today. =)

How fun! I am going to do it!

Well hello my friend! Glad to see you back and at it again. I absolutely adore your goals! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to stop in and check on me regularly with the last challenge. I didn't really return the favor and I apologize. I got stuck in isolation mode and it was what I needed because I needed it to be a very internal thing, however at the same time, I have neglected the people who have nurtured me and I am going to try to do better with it this time around. So thank you for being there as a sort of lifeline for me, and this time around I promise it is going to be a two way street =) 300 words a day is so perfect. I should do that! I have been working hard at my paying work (writing for other people) and neglecting my personal work! With grad school approaching I am making plans to only focus on my school program though (can't get rid of the kids for 2 1/2 years, but I am not going to work or take any other classes outside of my program). I figure with the cost of a Master's degree these days I better get every penny's worth out of it! Anyways, good to see you and I can't wait to see how this challenge plays out for you!

Oh there you are! I was looking for you! A scout huh? I guess we are growing up together! I love your goals! The computer thing is such a problem for me recently. Especially a certain social networking site... eeekkk. I think I might borrow your idea and work on not going on there until I am done with everything else. I trick myself into thinking that I can take a break and just check it out for a minute... And, oh dude! I was going to email you the other day and I forgot, but, my time!!! OMG, this was huge for me.... My last run, this past Sat. 1 mile, 10:37 1.5, 15: something I forget now 2 miles, 22:04 or so and 3 miles was 30:43!!! Can you believe that shiznit?! I was at what, 45 minutes when I started? Some days even more than that! And I got the Rebel Strength Guide... its some good knowledge.... I need to get myself a pull up bar! And I promise to be a better rebellion friend here. I got into isolation mode on the last one and didn't really stay very involved other than just checking in, boo for me. I am going to do better this time. We have an apocalypse to survive soon!

Hello everyone. Welcome to my super long first post as a ranger! I am still pretty new around here, this is my third challenge. I did my first two as an adventurer, however I feel like as I have grown into my fitness and found out what I like, I am ready to take it to the next level and really start pushing myself. I like to run. I started out with the idea that I would like to run a marathon. That's still a cool idea to me, but it is a ways off. For now, I have signed up for "run for your lives" in September. In preparation I am working on my 5k time and doing strength training to help me when it comes time for the obstacles. Also, my brother is getting married on the 22nd, and even though I am not in the wedding, I want to be able to wear a pretty dress and look great in pictures. And then there is grad school.... I am starting on my M.F.A in Creative Writing in the fall. Part of my program includes a ten day stay in Palm Springs every six months, at this fancy resort... Needless to say, I am super excited. At the same time, the thought of ten days by the pool (in a bathing suit) is a little bit frightening. Fortunately my first trip will be in December, and I doubt it will be nearly as pool based as my trip next June will be. So I have a little time before I need to be bathing suit ready... However, in spite of working my butt off on a regular basis and eating healthier than anyone I know, my body has not gotten the hint and my weight loss seems to be taking FOR.EVERRRR. I'm down 14 lbs from my first challenge. Which is great. It averages out to be about a pound a week. I just feel like I work awfully hard for that one pound a week! Lol. I have a few friends who have decided to lose weight and they make some slight changes to their crappy diets and go to the gym a couple times a week and drop 20 lbs like it is nothing. Seriously. And here I am, three and a half months of eating 1400 calories (or less) a day, and working out 3-5 times a week and still I need to not compare. I have learned,though, through the last few months, that I really like nurturing my body. I like to cook for myself. I like to take care of my body. These are things I was never taught to do. Don't get me wrong, I am 33 years old and well past blaming my parents for my shitty habits. However, I see my mom's version of feeding herself, when she doesn't have to cook for anyone else, she goes out to McDonalds. And it is not just her, it is our whole society. But not me anymore. Other than an occasional burrito (once a month or so) I have quit eating fast food all together. I have quit drinking soda, eating cookies, cakes chips and other forms of refined sugar, empty carbs, etc. Anyways, other than that, what everyone should know about me is that I have four kids, four dogs a pretty great dude and I am vegan (I won't argue it if you don't ). I work from home as a freelance writer and someday I am going to write my own novels and get paid a decent amount of money to do so. I am also going to travel the world before I retire to Oregon. I am also a bit of a feminist and I love to read more than anything in the world except my kids (reading to my kids is my favorite thing ever and we just finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and now my six year old is trying to cast spells ). And I tend to have a bit of ADD, so I veer off topic a lot. But I love this place and I am excited to be leveling up my fitness here. Oh, and when I first started here, it took me over 45 minutes to do my 5k. Saturday I ran 5k in just over 30 minutes (30:37 I believe). I also could not do a push up, and today I can do six in a row, man style and 20 girl style. I was using dinky little 3lb barbie dumbells and now I am using 12 lb ones. I need to get a pull up bar. Lol. And I have shed 18 inches of my body size. So there has been some very definite progress. And now it is time to take that to the next level. My goals for this challenge are: 1. Create my daily health care routine... and do it... every day. This will include waking up at the same time every day (6am, but I have to adjust back to that since we have been on summer time) having my morning meal and any supplements I am taking, morning exercise, shower, yoga and meditation. Then there will be the evening routine which will include going to bed at the same time every night (lights out by 11) and my daily personal writing, spiritual practice, any vitamins/supplements, etc. I will check in every day, starting tomorrow, and include how I am doing with this. I think this is my major one right now and I did something similar with my last challenge and I think I tried to do too much. This is a simpler version and a lot of it I am already doing, what I am really trying to accomplish is becoming more disciplined, more consistent and actually making time for these things that are so important for me throughout the day (adequate sleep schedule, meditating, yoga, eating, etc.) My score will be based on how many days I actually follow my routine, so for the next 6 weeks we have 43 days. My score will be as follows: 38-42 days A 33-38 days B 28-33 days C anything less is not going to earn me anything My points are as follows: WIS +1 CHA +1 DEX +1 2. Complete 3 strength workouts each week Pretty self explanatory Scoring: 18 workouts A 12 workouts B less than 12 gets me nada Points: STR +3 3. Run 5k 2x a week I want to get my time to under 30 minutes. Our zombie apocalypse race is September 28 so I want to be ready. Scoring: 12 runs A 8 runs B Less than 8 and I am not going to survive the apocalypse! Points: STA +3 4. Eat Clean I have already been doing this, but I need to take it to the max with no processed foods at all, no sugar, no fried foods, no junk, no cheating. I also plan to cut back on wheat products and no dairy. Sounds kinda restrictive, however I have been slowly building up to it for a while and I have been eating totally clean for about three weeks now, so it is just keeping it up. Scoring: 36-42 days A 30-35 days B Nothing less than that is acceptable. Points: CON +2 WIS +1 But wait there's more! Bonus round!!! There are two things that I really want to accomplish in this 6 weeks, one I already mentioned was running my 5k in less than 30 minutes. I want to award myself an +2 for STA if I can accomplish that. The other thing I want to do is clean out my garage and begin building my home gym in there. I don't have a lot of money to invest in it, so I think i am going to cancel my gym membership once it cools off and put the money I am spending there into getting home equipment, but I don;t really need much to start... just a pull up bar, some dumbells, a radio some mats for the floor and to get rid of the gianormous spider that is living in there (he is bigger than our tarantula! I can't kill him, he is big enough that he comes with some karma, so I need to find him a nice new home... and someone willing to relocate him...) so if i feel I have made adequate progress there I will add another +1 to my CON I hope that's allowed... Lol. it still keeps me within the 15 allotted points... I think I have some pretty good goals though and I don't want to try to do too much, but if I can do these things too, in addition to my other stuff, then I will be a happy girl I am also going to make a better attempt to reach out to the community here and get to know some of you. I tend to be an isolater, and even on boards and communities I tend to just kinda do my own thing. Over the past three months I think I have made a total of three or four friends here and that's not a rebellion! So here I am. i am really looking forward to this challenge!

Ok, I forgot to do my final scores, so here it is. Goal 1: Plan my meals and workouts each week - C I did create my planer and I did a lot better with planning things out, but not as good as I wanted to do. No points for this one. Goal 2: Eat Clean- B+ I had some rough moments, but overall I did really good and I finished strong. I have been eating completely vegan, with no processed foods, no added sugar, no oils, etc. I feel great! CHA +2 CON +2 STA +1 Goal 3: Run 3 Miles in 36 minutes (or less)- A I did it in less than 34!!! DEX +2 STA +2 Goal 4: Complete 6 workouts each week- B Ok, I did not complete six workouts each week every week, I realized that this was really too much for my body. However, I have worked as hard as my body will let me. I am up to 3 strength workouts and 1 HIIT cardio, plus two lesser cardio (walking, swimming). I want to aim to do better, but I am very proud of myself. Plus, I can do push ups now! Not a lot, like 5 at a time, but real push ups! STR +2 So looking back, there are areas where I want to improve, and things I could have done better, but overall I did good and i am happy with my progress. I only lost 3 lbs or so, but I lost 13 inches!!! I am really looking forward to the next challenge where I plan to become more involved in the community and really level up my life, I have some fun stuff planned!

Ok, I forgot to do my final scores, so here it is. Goal 1: Plan my meals and workouts each week - C I did create my planer and I did a lot better with planning things out, but not as good as I wanted to do. No points for this one. Goal 2: Eat Clean- B+ I had some rough moments, but overall I did really good and I finished strong. I have been eating completely vegan, with no processed foods, no added sugar, no oils, etc. I feel great! CHA +2 CON +2 STA +1 Goal 3: Run 3 Miles in 36 minutes (or less)- A I did it in less than 34!!! DEX +2 STA +2 Goal 4: Complete 6 workouts each week- B Ok, I did not complete six workouts each week every week, I realized that this was really too much for my body. However, I have worked as hard as my body will let me. I am up to 3 strength workouts and 1 HIIT cardio, plus two lesser cardio (walking, swimming). I want to aim to do better, but I am very proud of myself. Plus, I can do push ups now! Not a lot, like 5 at a time, but real push ups! STR +2 So looking back, there are areas where I want to improve, and things I could have done better, but overall I did good and i am happy with my progress. I only lost 3 lbs or so, but I lost 13 inches!!! I am really looking forward to the next challenge where I plan to become more involved in the community and really level up my life, I have some fun stuff planned!

Thank you CakeBanisher. I am flabbergasted as well. She said something like "i don;t know why you are taking this as a personal attack" but she jumped onto something I posted on my facebook page and proceeded to criticize and be all judgmental and self righteous and tell me that what I was doing was wrong. How is that not a personal attack? if I were to walk into a room full of her friends and start criticizing her and telling her that she was wrong to do whatever she was doing, she would see it as a personal attack. But whatever. i know that I was not doing anything wrong. I know that really, it is not even me she is upset with, it is the situation. I know she is stressed out and has a lot going on. I just feel that she was really harsh and really drastic. But I don't need to have friends that I am not allowed to disagree with. I don't need friends who expect me to have all the same views and the same beliefs. To me, that isn't a friendship. What is bothering me is that their wedding is in a month and my kids are all supposed to be in the wedding and its my brother and I love him, i even love her, she is just a flippin psycho nazi, but I don't want there to be all this weird tension between us. I don't know what to do to relieve that. Maybe I will email her in a few days after its cooled off a bit and try to call a truce? Like really I am more hurt than anything. And I am not one to hold a grudge, I would much rather put it behind us and move on. So.. Workout time. Then work.

And I finally broke through my plateau weight! Only by 1/2 a pound, but I was stuck at the same weight for the longest time!

Hahaha!!! Right??? Omg, I love that ^^ Aww! I love animals, and what I didn't understand is that so does she! And we even agree on everything, except the fact that she jumped all over me on facebook about presenting the puppies in a positive light. It is sad that people are irresponsible with their pets, but it sounds like your animals are well loved and cared for. I have gone off caffeine and I have a terrible headache. I am still sore from my workout two days ago, like it still hurts to sit down sore, so I took another day off of fitness. Tomorrow I will walk. Today I rested and gave myself permission to have hurt feelings and to cry a little because I am really a big baby and I cry when someone looks at me wrong, lol. I did the three day reboot part of my refocusing my diet. I finished up today with no cheating at all (hence the lack of caffeine). I feel awesome, I have had nothing processed or fried, no sugar, no dairy, no added fat. It has been all plant based, whole foods, simple ingredients, and such good stuff!!! I plugged it into my calorie tracker and I am getting right about 1200 calories a day and the serving sizes are so big I am not hungry at all. I have two chapters of this book to write by Sunday evening. I procrastinated and then I got caught up in the drama today and couldn't focus, so I have to do about 15 pages a day for the next two days... Oh well, at least I can make it all up, lol!!! And the kids are going with grandpa tomorrow night and Sunday we have a BBQ we might have to go to... Life is alright. Have a good weekend everyone!

Thank you CakeBanisher. She started up again on it this morning and ended up unfriending me. Whatever. Snooty Biatch. Lol.