So... Where does your inspiration come from?

Inspiration

Inspiration can come from strange places. In this case it comes from a little place. A Little boy named Brayden. 

Brayden was was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease at birth. I met him through his parents being friends with my fiancé. “B”, as my fiancé calls him, is such a joy to be around. This kid is freaking awesome… there are no words to describe. This little boy despite being sick has the best personality I have ever met!

It has been a long few years for him of being sick and in and out of the hospital. There have been many tests and attempts at finding a match from family and friends, but a match was not found.

Last night they received a call that there may be a donor.  He will get a kidney transplant today! It is a 6-10 hour surgery. Please pray for B today, his parents, the doctors, and the family grieving, and the healing for Brayden. 

Brayden’s strength is so inspiring. Despite being sick he is the strongest and sweetest kid. So giving and kind hearted. If Brayden can stay positive and endure all of this, what can you handle today?

Look for inspiration everyday! You are lucky to have today!

Interested in helping Brayden? Help Brayden

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So… Tonight was tough!

So… Tonight was tough!

I had a crazy schedule at work and didn’t eat lunch. I know horrible for my metabolism. I know bad bad!

I met my fiance at SAMs club to get some things for the float trip. Oh was that a bad idea. Talk about torture! Mozzarella sticks, chips, candy, ice cream, pizzas… and CHEESE! CHEESE!

Oh Cheese I miss you and love you! I was looking at the cheese and thinking it’s not that bad. Trying to rationalize it. Then is cheese a carb popped in my head with a Regina George voice. Lol Yes it is!

We weren’t too bad. Mostly protein bars, fruit, meat and trying something new veggie sticks. He even had these amazing heaven in your mouth brownies on the list and we didn’t get them. YAY

But word of caution SAMs club wrong place for someone on a diet who hasn’t eaten in the last few hours.

So…not any huge changes...

So…not any huge changes.

So, not any huge changes on the scale.  But I do have a positive update anyway. I have noticed I have gotten stronger. Don’t get me wrong the workouts still kick my butt. Seriously I thought I was going to throw up and pass out last night. But when I went to the lake I am able to walk up all the stairs easily. These stairs are something else! When we unloaded the car I carried 3,  12 packs of soda (not mine) and a 1.5 gallon jug of Bleach all at the same time up all those stairs and went back for more loads.

Going to the grocery store has gotten a lot easier being able to carry all the bags up in one trip.

On the way home from the lake we stopped at the grocery store to get my fiancé beer (again not mine) for our float trip this weekend. He discovered Kraftig at the Lake, thanks to my sister, and he hasn’t found it in Kansas City yet. www.kraftig.com/‎  So he wanted me to bring him some back.

I walked in with my wallet and phone and went back to the cooler. Grabbed one 30 pack with one hand and my phone and wallet on the other and grabbed it. I took them up to the counter. The guy looked around confused. He asked me if I carried those up by myself. I said yes. He said without a buggy. WOW you can tell when you are closer to St Louis than Kansas City. Yea I didn’t need a cart. He chitchatted and then said please let me get you a buggy. I said I’m good and easily picked the 2, 30 packs up and carried them to the car. He said whoa I am going to remember you and not mess with you. At work this week I picked up a 60 pound shipment. I really don’t think I was able to carry more than 40 before.

So even though I don’t see a huge loss on the scale I am seeing a big difference in my strength and endurance.

So... Disastrous Zip Codes

I have watched every Sex and The City episode… a few times…I know sad.  One episode Miranda goes to Weight Watchers and they talk about the Weight Watchers meeting right next to a Krispy Kreme. Well I have that beat. Not only do I pass a Lamar’s donuts, I pass tons of other places with deliciously evil food on the way to and home from my workout. I googled the zip code of the gym with the key word food. I knew there was tons of places to eat by my gym but I had no idea how many. 73! Yes 73! Buffets, fast food, restaurants…   Are you serious!? How does one town need so many food places! You could eat out at a different restaurant every day for two and a half months. On the way to work on the way home from work on my way to my workout and home from my workout I am bombarded with temptation. Hmm… That makes me wonder how many are by my work. OMG 62. I knew we had a lot of options to eat lunch but my god! That is 135. 135 places that could potentially be more appealing than my Tupperware meals.  I guess I better step my Tupperware meals up to compete with all this temptation.

So not fair!

I work in an office building that is above an open air shopping district, so being officially summer break there are many teens and college students walking around shopping. Yesterday I saw one guy walking with his girlfriend. He had cut off sleeves and walked as if he thought he was a body builder. But when I looked his arms were big, but no muscle definition. I’m not going to say he had fat arms but I am also not going to say they were anywhere close to muscular.  Only moments later I saw a group of three guys. Another cut off sleeve guy thinking he was all bad. But again no real muscles. Yes sirs your arms are not scrawny but no you are not showing off muscle. I have girls in my bootcamp with more muscular definition than you. Made me think how with size guys are viewed as muscular even if they aren’t. Um that doesn’t apply for girls. If I were to wear shorts people would think ah her thighs are big meaning muscular. Not they would say her thighs are big and she shouldn’t be wearing those shorts. Girls who have big arms who wear sleeveless are not viewed positively. But guys cut off their sleeves and celebrate their big arms. Today I actually wore short sleeves to work. A big step for me. Yes I am very self-conscious of my arms and normally wear sweaters over anything with short sleeves or sleeveless to cover my arms. Not fair boys not fair.

Here guys the video below will help you cut your sleeves off.

Another thing not fair. I have been busting my butt working out at fit by burn four times a week, counting calories, eating more often, drinking tons of water and gave up soda and I haven’t lost weight. My fiancé on the other hand hasn’t started working out(yet*, still drinks 42 oz of soda a day, but eats a healthier dinner with me, has lost 19 lbs. Are you serious!!! Again I cry not fair, not fair!

*yet because of some reasons out of his control. He is hoping to start next week.

 

So.. My red solo cup is a little different these days.

My red solo cup would likely be filled with frozen margaritas from my cordless Margaritaville Margarita machine. Sometimes filled with beer, playing flip cup or beer pong. Now my red solo cup has my protein shake in the morning. I found if I took my protein shake to work in my shaker bottle I wouldn’t go to the other side of the building to wash the bottle until the afternoon. I would forget it in the car. Or I would get busy at work and forget to drink my shake and by the time I remembered it would be gross. Now I put my shake in a red solo cup and drink it on the way to work. My goal is to be done by the time I get to work. Then I can start drinking water right away at work. So far it has worked! Too bad my old solo up concoctions use to way more interesting. Cheers biotches!

 

 

So Sorry

Sorry I haven’t posted for awhile. But my absence should tell you my part time job is going well. By part time job I mean working out and food prep. I have 6 workouts a week. And am trying to eat every 3 hours. Sounds easy right…  not so much.  Tonight it is 9:20 and I just got done working out and fixing dinner and cleaning up. I still need to shower and get to bed early (hopefully before 11 but doesn’t happen often) to wake up at 4:40am to go to my workout. Sundays have become food shopping and food prepping. Food prep Sundays have helped some of the time in the morning so I can just grab all my Tupperware containers for the day out of the fridge to bring them to work. Oh and I try to get some wedding planning and house work in here and there.

 

There have been set back like getting to work and there being no room in the fridge. Yes this is my fridge at work that I have to try and fit all my Tupperware in.

 

It hasn’t always been easy. Like getting out of bed in the morning brushing teeth putting hair up and getting back in bed to then get back up and change clothes to then get back in bed and then ugh finally rush to bootcamp to only wish I hadn’t because Mindy kicked my butt.

 

But I have had a few wins! Like going to the Royals game and not drinking those amazing blue frozen margaritas. Not drinking at all. Go me!