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What I would say to Jillian Michaels

Yesterday I entered to be onstage with Jillian Michaels as part of her Maximize Your Life tour. She is coming to San Jose (about 2ish hours away from me) in about a week and a half. I *really* hope I get that call.

Ever since I entered, I have been thinking about what I would say to her if I got a chance to meet her. Because I don’t know if that chance will come, I’ve decided to write her a letter.

Dear Jillian Michaels,

I would very much like to be part of your onstage Maximize Your Life tour. I admire you so much, and hope that you will hear my story and be able to help. Read more »

Weigh In – March 15, 2013

Last week, in spite of tracking every day and getting way more exercise than I had in a very long time, I lost no weight. I said at the end of my last weigh in post, that I made a commitment to myself, and I was not going to give up.

I was so upset that I went out and purchased this:


I looked at this box all day. I googled it and read some reviews. The bottom line is, I couldn’t do it. I returned it the next day. Read more »

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Endorphin Warrior Bracelet Giveaway!

3/21/13 UPDATE:  Congratulations to Suzanne from Cows and Lasers and Everything in Between!  She’s getting her own Endorphin Warrior Training Bracelet!  Thank you to everyone who entered!  I loved every one of your inspirational words and your reason for selecting them! ~ Wild Child Gone Good

I’ve been wearing my Endorphin Warrior Training Bracelet for almost a week now, and I love it! Guess what? The amazing folks at Endorphin Warrior are letting me give one away to one of YOU!

One of the things I love about this bracelet is that it comes in different sizes and their smallest size was perfect for my tiny wrist! The nickel plated metal tag is riveted to the leather wristband. It’s super easy to put on by yourself, with it’s snap closure.

There are 20 different inspirational words you can get on your bracelet. As you can see, I chose believe. Here’s why: Read more »

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Open letter regarding my weight loss journey

I try not to talk about my desire to lose weight to the people I know, unless I’m close to them. Mostly because I don’t want to deal with the comments. Also because it’s my journey. Yes, I blog about it, but I generally only discuss it IRL with those I’m close to. Recently, I’ve gotten a few comments from people I’ve come into contact with that have really irked me.

This is a letter to them.

You don’t have to understand me. You don’t even have to agree with me. However, your comments about whether or not I need to lose weight are hurtful at worst and annoying at best. Read more »

Weigh In – March 8, 2013

Exactly 1 week ago, I decided to buckle down and get these pounds off. For the last week, I’ve moved my body every day and I’ve tracked everything I ate. Everything. I wore my Body Media armband all 7 days. Here’s how my week looked, according to my Body Media stats.


So you can see I had an average deficit of 611 calories per day. I blew my steps goal of 8,000 steps per day out of the water.


See that red line? Thats my daily goal, and you can see each day I was above that.

Additionally, I ran twice, I did one arm workout and one leg workout, and I did the abs challenge each day.


I hit the goals. I felt great about what I was doing. I was even a bit excited to step on the scale this morning.

But when I did, this is what I saw:


This is *not* the same pic as last week. I took this picture this morning. I lost zero weight. Nothing. Nada. Not even .1 lbs.

I have 70 days until our wedding reception and really want to weigh at most 134 lbs. It sucks that I still have 10.2 lbs to lose to reach that goal.

To say I was pissed, frustrated, disappointed and felt defeated was putting it mildly. Yes, I even cried. I felt like I did so good this week and there is nothing to show for it. All I want to do is sit on the couch and not move and eat all the chocolate.

But I won’t. I will do the same thing I did last week. I will keep at it.

I made a commitment to myself and I intend to keep it.

The saga of the tight clothes…

True motivation comes in strange ways…

Back in mid-January, I posted about my new found motivation to look super-hot for our upcoming wedding reception. I called this Operation: Hot Bride. I wanted to look hot in the amazing dress that I will be wearing. I did great the first week. I fell off a bit the next couple weeks and then after that went completely off the tracks.

Last week I had court almost every day. I noticed that my suits and pants were tight. Oh hell no! So Friday morning (3/1), I put my Body Media armband back on and I stepped on the scale for the first time in a couple weeks.

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Operation Hot Bride: Ups & Downs

So I’ve set a goal to be at my goal weight of 130 lbs by our wedding reception in mid-May. However, I’ve already experienced struggles with maintaining motivation and really getting back into the swing of healthy eating and working out.

The first week, I tracked 5 of 7 days, drank my water daily and was down 2.2 lbs! I mainly tracked to get back into the habit of paying attention to portion sizes. I tried 2 new healthy recipes. I made, ate and LIKED, fresh baby spinach for the first time in my life!

I did 2 workouts – each approximately 15 minutes in length. These 30 minutes of exercise were more than I had done in the past (probably) month! One workout was called “Annie” – it’s a Crossfit workout that involves jumping rope a million times, and a half million sit ups. Seriously, the Annie workout is 5 rounds of jump rope and sit ups. First round is 50 of each IF you can do double unders with a jump rope. If you can’t (which I can not), then you do 250 jump ropes and 50 sit ups. Next round was 200 jump ropes and 40 sit ups. All the way down to 50 jump ropes and 10 sit ups. I was sore for about 5 days. LOL Read more »

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Operation: Hot Bride – A place to start

It’s me again! 2 blog posts in 2 days! Woah!

I told you I would be unveiling Operation: Hot Bride today, and that is exactly what I am going to do!

Over the last couple of months I have completely stepped away from paying attention to eating healthy or getting in any exercise. I’ve been busy, and it’s been cold – and I could give you a plethora of other excuses, but they would be just that: excuses. I know exactly how I ended up 10 pounds heavier than I was at the beginning of November.

But now I have a new goal and new found motivation to get back on the healthy wagon. My new husband and I are planning a big wedding reception and I want to look and feel amazing for our special day! So out of this desire, came my plan – to get to goal weight in 17 weeks. I stepped on the scale this morning, for the first time in a very long time. I weigh 142.6 pounds. My goal weight is (and has always been) between 127 and 130 pounds. So, I have 12.6-15 pounds to lose in the next 17 weeks. Completely doable if I stick to the plan.

What is the plan? Read more »

Long time, no blog…

Where, oh where do I begin?

Forgive me bloggers, for it’s been nearly 2 months since I last posted. And what a fantastic two months they’ve been! What have I been up to, you ask? Well…

I got married! My now-husband and I decided to elope the day after Thanksgiving. It was just the 2 of us and it was 100% romantic. It was perfect. Then for the Christmas holiday, while my son was with his father visiting family in another state, my hubby and I took the week and vacationed/honeymooned in Seattle. We had the best time! If you follow me on Instagram, you likely saw my picture collages at the end of each day we were there. But if you don’t follow me there (you should!), here’s one of my favorite collages from when Hubby and I went to the very first Starbucks. Read more »

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I pride myself on practicing gratitude all year long, but today, I’m going to share some of the things I am thankful for.

  • I am thankful for my beautiful, wonderful, smart and athletic son. He’s amazing and I am so blessed to be his momma. Watching him become a young man is incredible, although sometimes it feels like it’s happening too fast. I love that shares my love of baseball. He’s funny and sensitive and smart beyond his years. I love this kid more than words can express.

     


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