Travel Tuesday and an Update

Yesterday I was hope sick with a bug of some sort.... and I am the only person in the world, who when sick doesnt drop a SINGLE pound.. my body loves me...

I will have to update on deer camp later, because I dont have pictures with me... in short, no deer but I did get my first turkey! I am litterally going to be putting Christmas dinner on the table- healthy turkey breasts- I am just hoping it doesnt taste too gamey...

I didnt eat yesterday til about 3- and had some cheese and crackers and then ate some dinner once I kept that down too... I am feeling much better, but still not 100%. We had pork chops from my pig I got- they were SOOOO tiny, as in 1 ounce each! So we had a few of those each, steamed broccoli, and sweet potato fries. I am going to go low carb this week, I was going to do no carb, but low is bette than where I have been, and I need to start somewhere.

I am feeling much better today!

Now to my weekly topic... TRAVEL TUESDAY!

I was reading my T&L yesterday and they talked about the 101 places you should see- I have been to 13 of them... next on the list is Galway Ireland... and I talked about that one last week.. another place I REALLY want to go, but worry about the unrest there lately is EGYPT!!!!

I want to ride a camel....

 

 

enjoy the beauty of the pyramids...

 

 

and cruise down the Nile River looking for crocs!!!!

 

 

 

The culture and beauty really intrigues me... I have wanted to go to Egypt and the Holy Land for years, but I keep waiting due to what I see in the news and it just keeps getting worse and worse... I hope one day there is peace so I can see these places and do these things... or that I get up the courage to just go anyway!!!

 

Goals For the Weekend at Deer Camp!

 

We are headed to deer camp today.... and its going to be really hard to eat right... my food will be limited to what they have there... but I am going to try to make the best choices I can, unlike last deer camp trip.... I wont go into details, but a lot of these were slain:

 

 

 

They are soooo good and while shopping for snacks it was MY idea, because I was crazy and thinking "what can 3 days of trashy eating really do???" - of course they can undo the past months weight loss- why not??? BLAH!

 

Well I DONT want that to happen this time, especially since I havent been as regular about my workouts this week, got in two great weights sessions, and no running.... shame on me... I am going to try to this weekend! I am still sore from the weights, and I pushed it too hard BOTH times, but thats my fault!

 

Goals for this weekend:

1. limit sugar intake- no doughnuts!

2. make healthy choices

3. get in some form of exercise each day!

4. eat healthy on the way there and home- its a 5 hour trip- I am notorious for car snacking- so going to watch that!!!

5. not healthy food related- but land a big buck! :)

 

 

 

Alot of people have daily themes for posts each day... and I may not post every day, but I like that idea and thought of some yesterday...

 

Monday- Weekend Recap

Just an update on the happenings of the weekend.

 

Tuesday- Travel Bug Tuesday

I can talk about places I have been and enjoyed or places I am planning to go! I have a LONG list of places I want to visit- so this shouldnt be hard!

 

Wednesday- Workouts and Weigh In

Post my goal for the next week of workouts I want to get in and a report on how I did the following week along with weigh in comments.

 

Thursday- Recipes

I need to try more healthy recipes- I pin them, rip out magazine pages, and all sorts of cookbooks all the time, this way I can try at least one a week and give my thoughts on the results!

 

Friday- Goals for the Weekend

I will set goals for what I want to accomplish over the weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas and planking..

Monday night we went for the third time as a couple to cut down our Christmas tree, this is a tradition I had growing up that I wanted to start with my new family :)

 

 

 

 

The hubs enjoys being a lumberjack for the afternoon!

 

 

 

 

headed home with our tree

 

 

the finished product!!! LSU tree, of course!

 

 

 

 

Jake has one Clemson ornament... he said we didnt have to put it up this year because LSU and Clemson are playing in the Chickfila bowl- but I am a good sport and let him put it up... and so the rivalry begins!!!!

 

 

Mama and some others started the plank challenge this month... so I figured I would too, although late!

 

 

 

Monday's plank... missed yesterday, so will do two today, I am not starting at 30 seconds, I did it as long as I could- I want to push myself... this was after a grueling weights workout Monday... I am still SUPER sore!!! Sports conditioning class at the gym today will be another good kick in the pants... I need it!

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Recap

My hubs made me home-made apple pie while I was at work... he used splenda because he loves me!! I love being spoiled!!! :)

Friday the hubs and I went for a run together... just a quick 2 miler, and I havent worked out since... planning to get in some weights today and run again tomorrow!


This Saturday was my company Christmas party and I curled my own hair... and it stayed for a good while- not all night, but long enough to get in a couple pics... cant wait to see the ones by the photogs there... this was the best we could do on our own... should have had someone take one for us with our camera...

 

We didnt make the graffiti run Sunday morning... after the fun Christmas party Sat night, running a 5k sounded horrible... so instead we ate greasy food...

The Breakfast Klub... I have been trying to take Jake there for 3 years now!!! So we had to get the two signature dishes....

I got the katfish and grits... and could only eat about half of it..

 

 

 

and the hubs got the waffles and wings... and is a proud member of the clean plate club!

This weekend I also got in some good snuggle time with my Maddie:

...and Hank...

 

 

Belle didnt pose for a snuggle pic, so to include her also...

 

my girls

 

 

 

We saw Skyfall yesterday... great movie... go see it!! We then tried to eat at Ghengis Grill, but the experience was HORRIBLE... the bar where you pick your food to have them cook STUNK like crap... they were running out of some ingredients and it was not clean, food was mixed from other areas- mushrooms in the broccoli etc... and then when we got our food it wasnt hot, Jake bit into his broccoli first and it was cool- I had shrimp in mine, so we asked to send them back to heat them up more and the waitress told us we couldnt... so we decided to leave and she proceeded to charge us $5 for our tea's... the receipt had a code for a survey, I WILL be doing that survey today and complaining, I have waited table before, if people dont like the food, even AFTER they finish you dont charge them, much less if they eat one bite and decide to leave you definately dont charge them, hope they dont mind losing our business forever over $5 for drinks..... cause they just did. Dont go to Ghengis Grill in the Woodlands!!!! 

 

 

 

My sister posted some pics from Thanksgiving and I wanted to share two of them:

 

my siblings after our celebratory dinner over Thanksgiving week for John's college graduation- he obviously dosent want to leave LSU... cant say I blame him!

 

 

girl cousins pic

 

 

 

 

Ireland!!

 

The hubs came home yesterday and I missed him dearly... it was nice to catch up... but I was bad and ate poorly... after losing 2 pounds over Thanksgiving week, you would think I would want to keep the ball rolling, and I DO!!! So back to it today, had a great cheat day yesterday... salad for lunch today!!!

 

 

 

 

We have been married 7 months today... and I started thinking we should be planning our one year anniversary... we have been talking about the things we want to do/places we want to go before we have kids... and one is Ireland. His family is actually from Gallway, so he really wants to go and I love how beautiful it looks and honestly ever since PS I love you I have wanted to go too... so I started looking into that, how gorgeous is this place???? LOVES IT!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I keep trying to think of other options, but I mean... why??? This place will work fine for me! :)

Its also a good place to go and see before kids... not a lot of kid friendly activities... hey kids, you sit at the booth at this pub while mommy and daddy have a few beers?!?! No thanks...

I am excited!!! Need to update my passport with my new last name and start looking at timing and flights, but I am hopeful we can make this work! :)

Turkey Day Race Pics

 

Pre race pic....

 

 

 

 

after the grueling 5 miles!!!

Does anyone know how to rotate pics on here? I had to pull these off facebook because they wouldnt load correctly earlier...

5 miles and 2 pounds this Thanksgiving!!

 

 

Last week was a great week for me.... as of this morning I am down 2 pounds... over Thanksgiving, WHILE traveling!!!!! I didnt log my calories because to eat healthy I ate small portions of the bad stuff and ALOT of random things, BUT I tried to make healthy choices and keep moving and it WORKED!!!

Thanksgiving morning my brother cousin and I all set out for the Turkey Trot 5 miler in New Orleans... my brother- who is crazy athletic wanted a PR of 37 minutes... my cousin wanted to do it in at or below 50 mins and I wanted to finish in under an hour... I was being realistic.

 

The first mile I kept up with my cousin, then he sped up a bit and I slowed down... everyone got the goal they wanted though, so we were all happy... I forgot to stop this bad boy when I crossed the finish, so my time is actually 54 minutes!!! Sub 11 min mile for 5 miles, I will take it!!! :)

 

 

A picture of me and my babies on Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

Just the girls!

 

 

Lunch with the fam... bro and sis

 

 

me and sis

 

 

 

sitting in line at Walmart for sis to get her Ipad at 10pm- I HATE Walmart... the people that were working there were really frustrating because they didnt know where ANYTHING was and they were unorganized... I didnt want to black Friday shop at all because the first time in years, there wasnt anything that I really needed... but my baby sister wanted an Ipad and I didnt want her going to Walmart in Nola alone on black Friday... so being the great sister that I am I went with her... and ended up with two new scentsys and a few DVDs too... can you tell I am tired and dont want to be there? I did run 5 miles that morning.... just sayin...

 

 

 

I want this watch, I am pretty sure this is going to be my Christmas present from the hubs- I am NOT a designer person, BUT I looked at a bunch of watches and I love this one... I wish it wasnt a Michael Kors because then it would be cheapaer, but I love it!!!!!! LOVE it!

 

 

Yesterday I went for a run and wanted to push myself on the first mile... so I did... and got a new PR on time for one mile... then I sprinted/walked the second mile and ended up doing 2.14 miles got some good intervals in!