Holiday Week!!

Well this week has been the first week after the WLB competition and I let loose this week! I got my exercise in but I ate soooooo much food!! and Pie!! and sweets!!! I didn't really hold back much! but I drank my water and I felt good with my workouts! :) So i decided I was going to keep with the weighing in once a week to hold me accoutable and focus on my goals still! well I gained one pound this week which I thought was gonna be worse so I will take my 1 pound this week since I did eat a lot of thanksgiving food and sweets and next week is a new week! I'll get back on track and have a loss next week!! hopefully! but i'm not gonna beat mself up about it I figured i would gain 5 pounds with all the food i was eating so it was less than i expected! :) I start another part-time job tomorrow so my work outs have to start now at 6am! :) yikes! but it is what it is and i don't want to go back to where i was so its worth waking up early!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Black Bean Brownies

So Today was the last weigh in for the Win Lose or Blog Competition and so I thought I would splurg a little and I made brownies...but with a twist! I found online brownies with black beans...they taste really good very rich for me so one is plenty! I 'll have to post some pictures I took of the brownies they turn out a little darker than normal. But they were good and hit the spot! :) Tomorrow I am excited to run 5 miles! The cold weather is coming in tonight and I am loving that! I need new running shoes bad too!! I Need to get our Hot Chocolate 5K reg. so that I don't lose momentum or motivation. I don't think I will but its very easy to get out of shape with out trying lol so I want to keep moving forward. I am Very Happy with my expierence with WLB and Sure glad I submitted my application into them! :) So now its time for Marathon training and getting into size small and size 6 -8 again! I am super excited for that! A contestant from WLB Catherine did these Fashion Motivations during the WLB Competition and I loved them! They totally helped with my Motivation!  So here are some clothers I Heart!

these and more cute tops and skirts and dresses can be found here.

update pictures

September on the left, november on the right

Aug on the left October on the right

                                   October 9                Nov. 11

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marathon bound

I ran a 5K last Saturday! in  36:12! I am running a 5k in January with My hubby Lance and in April I'm running a Marathon with my Dad!  I am down over 22 pounds and Feeling amazing! I use to be size 18 now 14's are loose on me! I think i might be inbetween 12-14 size! my shirts are Loose! my Medium shirts fit Perfectly!!! I have lost a lot of inches! wish I took measurements from the beggining! but hey it is what it is! my wedding rings are fitting way better now too! :) I am very happy with how far i have come but still have a long ways to go! :) so excited to continue my journey of being 17 again! :) 140 Here I come!!