Wednesday weigh in

Hey new and old followers, it is fun having so many followers!!
Thanks for following everybody!
(do you think I said the word follower enough yet?)

So I know I am late with this post today but the day just got away from me, better late then never right?

I decided that since I already weigh in on Wednesdays I might as well jump in with everyone else and link up with Erin and Alex. 
 



 

I am not going to lie, I really wanted to see a bigger loss this week. 

I actually put in the effort, I mean a friend brought ice cream over on Sunday and left it in MY freezer and guess what?!  It is still there!!

Yep, you read that right, I did not devour that carton the second my friend left.

This is a ginormous step for me, ice cream is my weakness.

And I didn't eat it!!!

Well, even with all my healthy food choices this week I am only down one pound.

I know that I should be happy that I lost at all and normally I am but man.

I just feel discouraged, like if I am only going to lose a pound whether I eat whatever I want or make healthy choices then why wouldn't I eat all the ice cream I can find!

 

So this week I am weighing in at 172.8 lbs. 

Down exactly one pound from last week. 

I am going to keep at it though, that ice cream is just going to sit in my freezer, it won't win.


I just noticed this was my 100th post, cool!!

Big giveaway day!

Hey hey, it's Lora's big giveaway day!! 
 

 

If you don't read Lora's blog Raising Steppe Sisters then do it now!

Man, she sure has put together one awesome giveaway. 

I am very excited and nervous to have all of you new followers. 

I love new friends, now I might actually have to be accountable to what I put out there, not that I wasn't before but more followers for some reason seems like more accountability. 

But that is good, so yeah! 

 

Anyway, if your new here, welcome!

I am Becca, actually some of my old followers might not even know my name, I really need to get one of those cool signatures for the bottom of my posts, I think I might do a blog overhaul this weekend. 

Sorry, back to it, I am Becca, I have four adorable yet crazy kids, one ruggedly handsome husband, and I am going to be turning the big 3 0 next Friday. 

 

I woke up this morning really wanting to do a vlog but every time that I started the baby decided to cry.  I don't know, maybe you will get one tomorrow or next week. 

 

I blog mostly about my weight loss progress but sometimes throw some other random things in there. 

 I have some home tour post I am working on for next week. 

 We bought our house two years ago and were planning on fixing things kind of slowly then one day we just gutted the entire thing down to just load bearing walls. 

So we ended up living with my mom for 9 months while it was put back together enough to be lived in. 

Now we are very, very slowly making everything just how we want it. 

It seems like it is taking forever but hopefully I will some day look back on it and be grateful for the experience but really I wont cause living in a construction zone with four children sucks butt. 

 

Anyway, so glad that you are all here. 

 

Have a great weekend!!

Running gear link up

Today I am linking up with Laura and Mel (I love them!) for a running gear link up. 
 

I don't really have any amazing running gear, I wish I did.
 I check prices over and over again hoping to one day have a fancy pancy garmin watch but alas, I have none. 
My one favorite running item that I have decided that I could not live without are my compression capris from old navy. 
They are amazing!
 They are so comfortable.  They stay in place at all times.  They are just all around wonderful.
 I feel like I could fly in them. 
Since having run in them now when I wear other pants/capris to run I feel sluggish, I know it sounds silly but that is the only difference between the runs. 
I am so in love with my capris that I am planning on going and buying another pair just in case old navy decides to stop carrying them. 
I love them that much.

 Can't wait to see what other gear I need be on the lookout for.

MFP linkup, weigh in, totally random post

I haven't posted in a while, I just haven't been feeling it, not sure why. 

 

But I wanted to keep up with my weigh ins that was supposed to happen on Wednesday so that I have it somewhere. 

 I weighed in on Wednesday at 176.4 lbs. 

 Down from last week but still up from where I was, I am still fighting to lose the weight I gained back over the holidays. 

The scale is moving down and that is all that really matters.

 

2 week MFP Challenge

 

I attempted Lora's MFP challenge but FAILED. 

 I kept meaning to but never started logging until yesterday so I have made it two days. 

 I usually get in a habit of doing it everyday then something happens and I miss one day then weeks go by before I get back at it. 

 

 I am recommitting now. 
 

 

An update with my 10k training, it is going good. 

I can't remember if I posted that I was starting the training schedule over. 

I had started before Christmas but then I struggled a lot with the cold weather and running, I HATE the treadmill. 

I think that I have it figured out now, I run two times a week on the horrid treadmill and then my long runs are outside. 

There are only three running days in this program, so if I get the chance I ditch the treadmill and hit the pavement. 

 It all depends on whether or not my husband is available to watch the kids so that I can run in daylight, I hate it that the sun doesn't rise till after 7am, I was in such a good routine of running at 6 before everyone was awake. 

 

 

Today I swam some laps for the first time in a long time. 

 I need to fit more swimming in so that I am prepared for the Triathlon that I signed up for, it is on March 24. 

 I am petrified and super excited all at the same time. 

 

 

I think this post was random enough, I hope to post more regularly starting next week. 

Even if I have only 23 followers I love how I feel accountable to all 23 of you. 

  But I am also a little afraid to have any more followers, I don't know, I'm just weird.  I put all my fat pictures and my weight on here so more followers means more people seeing.

 AHHHH....SCARY!

 

 

Have a great weekend!!

 



ASICS GEL-Neo33

I am linking up today with Mel and Laura to talk about my favorite running shoes. 

Well, if you have read any of my recent posts then you know that I just bought my first pair of real running shoes. 

Before these I have only had cross trainers.  Which I always thought I needed because my cute little feet are a little fat so I always thought that running shoes would be to narrow for me. 
Well, I did some research and went into Performance Footwear and was professionally sized.  It is an interesting process that I think anyone could do, they didn't tell me anything that I hadn't learned from researching on the internet.  I figured out that I should buy a stability shoe in a size 7, I usually wear a 6 or 6 1/2.  I guess I just thought there was so much more to it.  But it seems it is just a game of trial and error.  Buy a pair, wear 'em, if you like them and they feel good, great, if you don't, well, then hopefully you bought them somewhere with a good return policy.  Mel seems to have had a better experience with her fitting, maybe I should have gone to Fleet Feet and been fitted instead of Performance Footwear but I had heard they were pretty equivalent, I don't know.  But I did buy my shoes from a website that gives me 3 months to wear them and see if I like them, if not I can exchange for another pair.
So far I am loving my new pair of Asics gel-neo33.  Granted, I have only worn these shoes for one run but they were aMAZING!!!

So comfortable, they are snug but it felt like I was being held perfectly.  Super supportive and just all around felt great.
Sorry I don't have more to share about them, give me a week and then ask again. 

But they are SUPER cute, see.

 

 

 

Our weekend

This weekend flew by, I hate it when that happens. 

 

And while almost everyone else I know has a 3 day weekend, my children's school sent out a nice email saying that since Veterans day was on a Sunday there would still be school on Monday but to please enjoy having the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off.  I feel a little cheated, the kids always had a half day the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and have Veterans day off, so they didn't give us an extra day, the kids are actually having to go to school for an extra half day.  Is the school trying to pull a fast one? Cause I caught them, who are they kidding.  If my kids usually have a day and a half off and now are only getting a day off, I notice, where is our extra half day off huh?!  Ok, I am over it now.  Anyway, my kids have school so we don't have a three day weekend. 

 

We did not get to sleep in at all on Saturday because the kids had soccer games bright and early, I don't think that I ever mentioned that I somehow got signed up to coach Jordan's soccer team.  Yep, I get to coach nine kids ranging in age from 4-6, it is exhausting.  Saturday was cold and rainy so the kids were freezing at the early game and I have had a nasty head cold all week so I wasn't feelin' it.  Thankfully, one of the kids dad helped try to get all the kids going in the right direction and not push each other over coach the game.  It went as smoothly as could be expected, the kids had fun and that is all that really matters, plus they are adorable in their giant uniforms.  William's game is much more entertaining to watch, 7, 8, & 9 year olds have pretty much figured out how to actually play soccer, plus I don't have to coach that team so of course it is better to watch.  After soccer we headed up to my mom's house to hang out with my sister and her kiddos.  They came down from Phoenix to visit, cause they do have a three day weekend.  My adorable nieces wanted to have a pajama party so my sister made cupcakes and let the kids decorate them.  Notice in the picture below that the girls are all actually in pajamas for the pajama party while the boys are still in their filthy clothes. 

 

On Friday night, when I told the kids that they were going to have a pajama party at Nana's house with their cousins they were really excited.  Rexy asked if she would be allowed to dance at the pajama party, I replied of course she could dance, then she asked if she could dance as much as she wanted.  I told her that she could dance as much as her little heart wanted.  But how did she know that she should dance at a pajama party?  What a little weirdo. 

 

Sunday was a little calmer.  I got up early and got in a grocery store run before church.  Usually Sunday mornings are a great day to go grocery shopping but for whatever reason the store was packed.  I went by myself and it still took an hour, when I go alone I can usually get out of there in about 20 minutes. 

After church we had a nice lunch at home.  Jordan and my niece, Alee, went with my dad (their grandpa) on a long overdue birthday shopping trip.  My dad said that when they got in the car he told them they were going to go get a couple pair of jeans, two shirts, and a dress for each of them and they both started whining about wanting toys not clothes.  So while arguing with them Jordan said they should vote, I am sure because she has been voting at school about all kinds of things, needless to say, the girls outvoted my dad.  Poor guy, I don't think he remembers exactly what it was like when my sister and I were little.  They ended up with a toy and a beautiful Christmas dress, score for me, one less thing to buy.  After a nice dinner at my moms house we headed home to finish up homework, pack lunches, and get ready for our non three day weekend.  (I'm not bitter)

 

How was your weekend?  I am linking up today, go check everyone else out. 

Friday Favorites Vlog link up

 

Today I am linking up with Holly and Emily, two pretty amazing women, who have put together a vlog link up of Fridays favorites.  I was so stinkin' nervous making this video.  You see, I hate talking in front of people, my mind gets all jumbled up and I usually just start to cry.  I know, pretty sad huh.  I can handle up to about four people, anymore then that and I turn into mush.  My Tuesday morning Bible study has actually been pushing this for me cause I have to share my feelings in front of people every week, so maybe I will get over this soon but I doubt it. 

 

Anyway, back to the vlog. 

 

I made it so I might as well post it and link up.  I think it is a pretty sad little video, I mean, at one point I say that I don't have any favorite things, really.  Also, sorry I am talking so fast.  Good luck deciphering my gibberish. 

 

Thanks for checking out my blog. 

 

Can't wait to watch everyones, I do love seeing your mannerism and hearing what you sound like in real life.   

 

 

 

 

And here is a cute picture of my baby just because