tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46515520446590220812024-02-07T20:16:50.713-08:00Just Jenn :)Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-67739964888098199142013-12-04T15:07:00.004-08:002013-12-04T15:07:54.565-08:00Moving Day!Hey Lovies!!<br />
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I'm sure a few of you wondered where I went for a few weeks, and then were completely devastated when I feel off the edge of the blogging world. No? Your lives went on completely as usual and you found even better weight loss to read? Nay I say!!<br />
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Anyways, I'm back with a new blog and the next chapter in my journey. So if you miss your daily dose of random thoughts and horrible writing skills follow me over to <a href="http://www.findingjenfro.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: purple;">Keeping Up With Jenfo</span></b></a>. It's wayyyyy cooler than those crazy ass Kardashians, and much easier to follow! I hope you guys will continue to join me on my crazy way through my 20s and into smaller jeans!<br />
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-62851742465863866952013-03-27T11:58:00.000-07:002013-03-27T11:58:18.071-07:00WIW & Cleanse Results + Updated Goals<br />
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It's Wednesday!!! Which for many of you means you are halfway through your work week.... today is my Monday.... BOO, but since I only have a 2 day work week this week, it is also my Thursday.. WOOP!<br />
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There is a lot to touch on today, so let's get in it!<br />
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Yesterday I finished the Advocare 10 day cleanse. I have never done a cleanse before, but I liked this one a lot. I never felt bad during it, and acheived everything I expected with it. I had started craving junk food again, which I hadn't in a while, and was majorly slacking in the cooking at home department.... we would eat out several nights a week. I was feeling like I did in the beginning of the journey. I wanted to eat right, but I just couldn't kick the bad habits. NO MORE. After following the cleanse, I don't crave garbage, BIG WIN! I also don't feel like I'm starving all the time. I don't know that I have way more energy than I did before, but I feel great so what is there to complain about. The evil fiber drink?? I was nervous about it after reading what people had to say about it, but I used the peaches and cream flavor, and it wasn't bad at all. I did not have to stay in a 10 foot radius of my toilet. It really is a gentle cleanser, and I only went once each day.... maybe twice a couple of days, so nothing to be scared of. Like I said yesterday, if you want to try this cleanse, I know a great girl that sells the stuff and I can put you in touch!<br />
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Now for what you all care about...... I lost 9lbs in 10 days! Majorly excited there! I had been moving up and down with the same 3 lbs for a while now so I feel like I have broken through a plateau and it has given me so much motivation!! I will say that the clean eating was a big factor, as well as, cutting the carbs (I didn't eat any rice or bread) and dairy (the only dairy I had was 1/2 cup of 1% milk when I made my protein shakes). I plan on keeping my eating almost as clean as on the cleanse, I will incorporate some rice back in and the occasional bread. I am also going to say, that some of the weight I lost was probably muscle, which I am NOT happy about. I haven't worked out in 2 weeks or more, mostly due to whatever disease has decided to colonize in my lungs, but that is about to end and I am kicking the gym into high gear again!<br />
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As far as updating my goals, my next mini goal is withing reach... ONE-DERLAND!! I have 10 more pounds to go and I will get there by my birthday, April 26th. I also bought a dress to wear in a wedding in May that is a size too small, so that dress will fit!!! And engagement pictures are May 11th, so I have those outfits to rock in the next couple of months!<br />
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Hope everyone has a great rest of the week! I may not be back til Monday, due to work and getting ready for our trip home this weekend to attend Ryan's best friends wedding. I am totally excited/nervous to see our friends... I haven't seen a lot of them since starting this journey 63lbs ago! I will say, I am super excited to eat me some wedding cake though!!! What? It's rude not to!<br />
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-34990851405336698112013-03-26T12:41:00.004-07:002013-03-26T12:41:51.353-07:00What the ISH BISHOnce again... I am the laziest Blogger of the Universe. I just can't seem to get my shit together to write a post. I honestly blame Blair Waldorf. I can't stop watching Gossip Girl to save my life, and have had to quit cold turkey. I haven't watched in over a week, and I'm dying on the inside. Plus, I have been a little on the busy side... no real excuse, but I'm going with it.<br />
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So here's what you've missed over in my little corner of the world.<br />
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I have officially applied to grad school!! After a very painful personal essay that required evidence based literature to support my discussion on why it is important for nurses to have a master's degree, I am crossing my fingers that I did not waste $45. I mean come on... we all know that they answer to why I want a Master's Degree is because the hospital will pay for it, it will nearly double my current salary, and most importantly, I will never have to wipe someone's ass again. So accept me because I'm a bad ass, Sincerely Jenn.<br />
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Today completes my 10 day Advocare cleanse. All in all, it did exactly what I hoped it would do. I got a boost in my weight loss (more to come tommorrow with WIW.... yes, I will actually post again) and kicked my cravings for the junk food that I was starting to battle again since I've been eating so shitty lately. Do I feel better and back on track? Yep. Do I feel like a brand new human being with a new lease on life? No. Will I do it again? Definitely. If there is anyone left under the sun who has not tried this, and is interested, hit me up. I know an AMAZING gal who sells this stuff and I would be happy to get you in touch and answer any questions you may have. And have no fear about shitting your pants in public.... it only happens the first day. I kid, I kid. <br />
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I have made a little progress in the wedding planning front. Our invites arrived in the mail and I got our music list together with our violinist yesterday. I was really nervous about selecting music, because I had no clue where to start, but it went fantastical! We were able to come up with some great song choices that are way outside the box and perfect! She even said that I am her favorite bride she's worked with in a while.... BAM!<br />
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I have also been sickly these past couple of weeks which has not worked out well for the gym life, but now that I can breathe out of both nostrils and my chest doesn't rattle with each inhale I will be back to murdering fat tonight. And I am happy to say that the fiance will be joining me after stepping on our new pink scale and listening to me make his belly button talk in a red neck voice.... maybe you had to be there for that one.<br />
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So, thanks for hanging with my through my multiple absences. I am hoping to be back for good, I love reading your blogs and love all of my followers. I don't really have any great pictures to share with you today, so I'll just leave you with this.<br />
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Your Welcome! Come back tomorrow for WIW to talk about my cleanse results and re-vamped plans<br />
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-82989616440075367052013-03-06T08:13:00.001-08:002013-03-06T08:13:36.225-08:00I'm Too Sleepy for a Witty TitleGood morning ladies! {well technically it's still Tuesday night, but whatever, you won't see this til the morning since you lucky biotches get to sleep at night}<br />
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It looks like everyone had a great weekend! Mine wasn't too shabby, well what I got of it at least. I got off work Saturday morning and proceeded to sleep for 13 hours... oops. Ryan came home from work surprised to find me still crashed at 9:30 at night #nightshiftproblems. Obviously I woke up beyond haaangry after not eating anything all day and was easily convinced that BWW would be a good idea, so I fed Jumbo Jenn chicken wings and potato wedges with reckless abandonment. Sunday, we had to get Ryan fitted for his tux for a friend's wedding. I had planned on also going ahead and picking out the stuff for our wedding also, since we drove up there together. Apparently Ryan jumped ship on that plan and now we will be returning in a couple of months... oh well. We then dropped my ring of for its 6 month inspection and to get it sized so that I can actually wear it without flinging it off my hand causing panic attacks. I will get my ring back in about 10 days and it will be a size 6 {down 2 full sizes}... no more plus sized fingers for this girl, that's the standard size! We had lunch at Texas Roadhouse, where I once again ate like a ravenous piglet on steroids {maybe it's about PMS time?}. Also, I ordered our wedding invitations.... way early, but I had a coupon code that was going to expire, and this cheapo can't miss out on 25% off!<br />
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I don't even want to get on the scale after the piglet fest, so I may step on tomorrow or I may just get on it whenever I feel like damage may be reversed... we shall see. To make matters worse, my phone's auxiliary port managed to get dust or something in it that is blocking my headphones from making a connection.... NO BUENO! That means this girl couldn't hit the gym this morning{after already changing, getting on the treadmill, and starting my episode of Gossip Girl I tucked my tail and scooted out hoping to be unseen..... except I left my water bottle behind as evidence.... fail} for what was going to be my 1 workout for the next few days due to my stupid job... I'll get to that in a few. Hopefully Ryan can get it fixed soon, this girl can not run without distraction!<br />
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So, I was basically over this week before it even started. Thanks to my sometimes fantastic some times shitty work schedule I only had 1.5 days between my work weeks, which means I was still exhausted when I came back to work Monday night. To add to the fun, we are having a party for a co-worker Wednesday night {never ask a man what theme he wants for a party, he will pick pasta... and your inner skinny girl will cry and your fat your will dance} so I have to stay up late and skip the gym when I get home this morning to make my pasta dish then fight the urge to dive hooves first into the vairety of gooey cheesey carbohydrates tonight. Pasta is one of my weaknesses so to say I will have none is probably jsut a straight up lie, so I'm just going to try and load up on salad and keep my pasta intake to a minimum. Adding more fun to my week is a certification class for 12 hours on Thursday from 3pm-3am Friday morning... this was a great idea in my head, but now that it's about to play out, not so much. After adding up the math of travel time and getting ready time, I'm looking at about 4.5 hours of sleep between my 3 night stretch and this class. I'm going to be a hot tranny mess... I just hope I get my certification!<br />
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Okay, so this turned into a novel, my bad yo. I'll leave you here. I will hopefully be back tomorrow with my big weekend dillemma...... dum dum dum!! Don't you just love the random shit i post from work when I am EXHAUSTED?!? sorry again for no pics to keep it fun... i will overload you with my face soon!<br />
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I've mentioned before that we are going with a more rustic barn theme for our wedding, and we have chosen a fiddle player for the ceremony, thinking that it would be a little sassy and different than just a violin. We got a great deal and now it's time to pick the music.... enter crickets. I have NO clue what I want played at the ceremony!<br />
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I sent an email asking for a song list so that I knew what to choose from and all I got back was "think of some songs that are special to you as a couple, and we will go from there" NEWS FLASH: we are not that couple with special songs, in fact, we basically have complete opposite tastes in music. So now I am faced with telling this poor lady that is so excited to work with me for some unknown reason, that I got nothin. I know that I don't want a bunch of cliche classical crap played, but that's the extent of it.<br />
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Here's where you guys come in. Any ideas for ceremony music? I need songs for while people are being seated, the bridal party, me, and the recession.<br />
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Happy Friday, I hope you guys have a great weekend!! I am axiously awaiting 7am so that I can get to the gym and get my elliptical on and watch another episode of Gossip Girl {then promptly crash because I have to work again tonight}<br />
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Sorry no pics today, but I'm posting from work.... womp womp<br />
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PS- I just ordered my 10 day cleanse, so I will be good to start it in a couple of weeks!!!<br />
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So I have basically been MIA for the month of February from social media... no real reason I don't guess. I just haven't felt particularly interesting as of late, and to be perfectly honest, I haven't made my blog a priority, and I should.... especially after reading Holly's recent post about what blogging means to her. I realized that this lil ole' blog has done a lot for me, and the relationships I have made through it are important to me, so it's time to make it a priority and not worry how full my DVR is even though I am months behind on TV {don't worry, Nashville, I'm not talking about you. I will ALWAYS make time for you and your overly sexy and talented cast}. Funny how priorities change as your lifestyle changes, huh?<br />
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So, what have I been up to this past month? Nothing really, more of the same.... work, sleep, try to catch up on laundry mountain but never succeeding, hitting the gym often but not enough, doing fairly well with my eating.... you know, life in general.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me after gettin all sweaty... I should NEVER be without makeup or a tan</td></tr>
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I did decide that with my wedding being almost 8 months away now and that whole " I want a long engagement so I have plenty of time to plan and won't have to stress about anything as the wedding gets closer" plan that I had has now turned into the "I had a long engagement so that I could dick around for over half of it and not really get much done" plan. So I have started actually planning some shit! We picked out invitations, finally decided on a photographer, read: found a photographer that takes great pictures and doesn't want more than we make in a month, booked the fiddle player {now I just have to pick out ceremony music.... NOT EASY}, planned out most of the menu, decided on a theme for decor, and finalized bridesmaid dress choice. Next week we will probably pick out the guys stuff since Ryan has to be fitted for a tux for a friend's wedding anyways. So I'm feeling pretty productive on the wedding front. <br />
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Weight loss wise it's been okay this month. I'm not sure exactly how many lbs I lost this month, but I'm feeling okay since clothes are getting looser. I am loving the gym membership and hate that it took me so long to feel like it was worth the investment, it's basically the most important bill I pay each month.... well except for the house payment. I love going and getting my burn on and being able to change up my workout. I don't miss Jillian one bit... sorrynotsorry! I was hating the treadmill... there was some knee and ankle pain happening, but I got me some new kicks last week and now I am on track... I ran my first treadmill 5K this morning and PR'd that bitch.... while watching Gossip Girl on my phone, Netflix App best thing ever! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MFP told me this last week, I CAN"T wait for this day!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry Nike, this girl belongs to Asics now.... best shoes I've ever had!</td></tr>
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Operation Red Bikini update. Honestly, I'm not sure that I will get into those 10s by the end of May. It may have been an overly ambitious goal to begin with, but I would be lying if I didn't say I could be busting ass harder. I've had cheat days weekends and missed 6 straight days of workouts this month. I did have one big NSV though. I ordered a Jessica Simpson dress from my new favorite website <a href="http://6pm.com/">6pm.com</a> { if you haven't heard of it, check it out, it is amazing.... designer labels up to 70% off and all the shipping I've seen is free! Plus I got my order in 4 days} I ordered a 14, thinking that it would probably run small being designer and I am currently still a solid 16, thinking that this would be a goal dress for engagements to wear with my cute $15 cowgirl boots in May {holla Target}. However, I figured I would try it on for motivation to bust ass and IT FITS!!! Not just kinda, if I suck in and don't breath, like I can zip it myself and sit down and even eat in it! So I have decided that I will be wearing it to a friend's wedding at the end of March and will be ordering myself a smaller dress for engagements come May!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Jessica Simpson dress!! Retail $90, I paid $29.99!! LOVE 6pm.com!</td></tr>
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Okay, I feel like I have rambled enough. I promise not to fall off the face of the earth again. I plan to post regularly, get back into my link ups, and comment on blogs again... I've been silently stalking, so I still care about you, I'm just a lazy friend lately.... opps. I also plan to start blowing up Instagram again so check out the life @jenlynn426!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a lot of this here lately. Yes, that is my dog with his head stuck in the cat door... He is OBSESSED! Me... not so much</td></tr>
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And that is what you are missing by not following me on IG... booyah!<br />
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Here's what's on deck if you plan on waiting on the edge of your seat:<br />
~I'm planning on an Advocare 10 day cleanse over my next 8 days off.... I don't want to try to do it while I'm working... I kind of forsee being bitchy during it and ain't nobody got time to deal with that. I'm such a sheep so I'm finally breaking down, plus everyone seems to be getting great results<br />
~ If all goes as planned I will be hitting 60lbs lost in the next couple of weeks so I will celebrate with progress pics and a recap of my journey in case you are a newer reader<br />
~ I finally decided on painting a couple rooms in my house over the next few months so I'm sure there will be tons of anxiety for my to share with the world.<br />
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-75588799169553909882013-02-04T10:03:00.000-08:002013-02-04T10:03:33.378-08:00Foodaholics Not AnonymousHappy Monday Hooks!<br />
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So, today is going to be a little more serious than usual, because I think I may have figured something out.... even though I already basically knew it.<br />
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Hello. My name is Jennifer, and I'm a Foodaholic. (Hi, Jennifer)<br />
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Food has always been a thing for me. I never seemed to grasp that food is fuel concept. Food is fun, a reward, entertainment, and my friend when I need it to be.<br />
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I'm not always a huge sharer of my feelings, but I'll pour my heart out to a medium pizza in an instant.<br />
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So, here are some feelings for you guys.<br />
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My family dog died at 2am Friday morning, and I got the text from my dad while I was at work. I understand why my dad did it this way, he probably was really upset, but didn't have anyone to be sad with because of how extremely devastated my mom was.... that dog was my brother.<br />
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I know some of you are thinking, a dog, really? Yep. My family is one of those families where our pets are more than pets, they are our children and best friends. Brewster meant so much to my mom, and all of us and losing him is going to be tough. He was older and had some joint issues, but we were not really expecting him to just die like that.<br />
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This is where MY issues come in. For the past 3 years now, I have lived at least 2 hours from home. I feel like I miss out on a lot, good and bad. And it killed me that I wasn't there for my dog and my mom when they needed me. My mom told me not to come home, because she didn't want me driving upset and because there wasn't anything I could do. So I stayed home.<br />
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So, what did I do this weekend? I binged... I ate myself sick on whatever junk I wanted, and I honestly had tried to fight it. It started as I was going to have wings on Friday as a cheat meal, because I was sad... that turned into a weekend full of pizza, cheesey bread, chocolate, cookies, and taco bell. I also couldn't bring myself to go to the gym, probably because of all the shit I loaded myself down with. And I never once, thought of the consequences .. it was a mindless weekend of shoving anything down my face hole that I could fit, and my last night I felt disgusting... busted can of biscuits doesn't even begin to describe it.<br />
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Things started to come together for me last night, but I came full circle this morning. I can't do this to myself anymore. I have to find a way to stop letting food control me when the going gets tough. I do amazing when all is right in my life and I have a routine, but as soon as there is trouble in the road, I lose it. Food was not my friend this weekend... I still am heartbroken over losing my Brewster pig, and still feel guilty for not being there with my mom when they came to take him away and today when they will bring his urn home. And now, I am adding the guilt of what I have done to myself. Who knows what kind of damage I did on the scale, but mostly, I let myself down... I was weak when I should have been strong. I didn't reach out for anyone... I just ate. And now I feel 10x worse.... food was my enemy this weekend.<br />
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So today, I've started the detox process in my body and I'm ready to get back in the saddle, and I'm going to take a long look at my relationship with food. I don't really know how to see food as fuel alone, but I have to find a way. I deserve that feeling that I have for myself when I have a great week and I don't deserve to feel like this. I worked too hard to get to where I am to go back now... and those size 10 jeans want to be worn again. <br />
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Since I hate having things be completely negative, here's a bit of happy for my Monday.<br />
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He doesn't really like his picture taken, but this is EXACTLY what he looks like! I even wanted to name him Toothless</div>
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This is Obi. We noticed a bunch of cats running around the past couple of weeks and put some food out for them, since it has decided to be cold in Alabama again. Friday night we saw that there was a TINY very scrawny little kitten in the bunch and that they would push him away from the food. He finally gave up and crawled into the box we had put out since it has been raining. When the others left, we noticed that he was still in the box. We picked it up and there he was. Seconds after picking him up he was curled up in my arms purring and I was a goner. <br />
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For the record, I hate cats. I have never had one, and they are mean, and weird, and I am just a dog person every step of the way. But this little guy wasn't going to survive without me, and honestly, he caught me on a good day. I couldn't stand the thought of another animal dying that day, so we brought him home. I have no clue what to do with him, and he spends most of his time hiding in the laundry room, and Brick is killing me with the endless curiosity over him, and crying when he can't be all up in his grill. I guess I'll figure it out. It does make me feel good to know that I saved him.<br />
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Well, I'm back to work tonight, and I'm going to frantically try to catch up on some things around here before I have to get my nap in. I am ready to the fresh start this week, however, I most likely will not be participating in the weigh in link up this week.... I don't really see they point in adding more sadness to the plate, but I will be back next week fo sho!<br />
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Thanks for reading, today<br />
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Brewster aka Sir Jiucy Jiggles McBiggins</div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-6120667349787290152013-01-30T08:04:00.000-08:002013-01-30T08:04:58.221-08:00Wednesday Weigh InHappy Wednesday..... or Monday if you're me, womp womp.<br />
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It's a nasty day where I live, and it's going to be perfect for being lazy and napping until time to go to work. I'd rather it be nasty when I'm working anyways, I hate missing out on pretty days, especially since it will be 90+ degrees out before I know it.<br />
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So, in Wednesday tradition, it's time to like up with my gals Erin and Alex for Weigh in Wednesday!!<br />
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I was a good girl and managed not to step on the scale since last Wednesday, even though I wanted to soooo bad I thought I was going to die.<br />
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So after last week's sad little loss, I buckled down and did what I knew to do..... AFTER I pigged out on Buffalo Wild Wings, which I have wanted everyday since. I logged everything into MFP and stayed in my calories, drank water like it was going out of style, and hit the gym for at least an hour 6 out of the 7 days. I tried several different classes and did an arm and leg routine that I found on Pinterest. I felt amazing all week. I am loving the new gym and actually look forward to going, unlike the 30DS which was a chore and I hate EVERY second of it. Sorry I'm not sorry, Jillian. The only thing I regret is that I didn't get a run in this week, but I will start working them in again soon.<br />
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I know, <i>hurry up and get to the results already, I have 952 other weigh ins to read</i>!!<br />
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So I came it with a 3.2lb loss this week and I am PUMPED!! I am right at 55lbs down total and made my way into a new weight decade! Definitely a good week, and worth all that it took to get there! This week will be more of the same, with today being my off day. <br />
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I know I am being totally lazy with the pictures as of late, therefore making my posts boring, but I am sooo lazy right now... I can't miss out on storm sleeps! I will get a photo post up this week and you can see them all on Instagram @jenlynn426. I'll do a photo dump later this week or weekend!<br />
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Enjoy your day lovies!!<br />
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So, I truly don't have anything insightful to say in this post, but do I ever?<br />
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I really just needs some helps.<br />
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I have decided that since we own this house, and have been here for almost a year, maybe we could make it look like we plan to stay a while. Here's my dilemma... I have no freakin clue where to start! I have always been one of those girls who is like "oooo that's cute, gimme!" nothing really matches in my house and I don't have a general theme to any room, and that's how I like it. However, I am having a hard time trying to find my style. I am starting with the living room since it's right when you walk in the door..... duh. I have an old coffee table that I am going to re-paint a minty color for the room and kind of just take it from there. The problem lies in this.... if I go with the lighter/brighter colors where do my darker pieces go? I know I said that I don't like things to match, really, but can dark blues, greens, reds, golds go in the same room as mint, yellow, pink, etc without looking stupid?!?! I lover these pieces and can't bear to get rid of them, but I just don't know where to go. Plus, I'm still paying for the funky green floral chair so BLAHHH. <br />
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I thought about moving the stuff to the bedroom, but then it doesn't flow with my ideas for the bedroom so, meh.<br />
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Second.... painting? It's a very scandalous subject I'm learning. All of our walls are the neutral beige-esque that all builders use so that the buyers can "see themselves in the blank space" complete with the shitty quality budget saving paint. A big part of me really wants to paint or hang funky wall papers to liven up the space, but when I consulted my mother (as all normal nearly 26 year old women do before making ANY decision..... yea, I have a few issues to work out) she told me that was not a good idea and that we should just repaint with the same color, but with better quality paint and rely on decor to liven up the spaces. This was not what I wanted to hear. I want my house to be bright and fun and reflect me, and I thought painting would be an easy way to do that, and if we don't like the color, all we have to do is repaint. Am I missing something in all this? HELP ME!! I am so design challenged, it is killing me!<br />
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Perhaps it would have been more helpful if I posted pictures of said items, but I can't bring myself to get off the couch and go through the effort of actually taking/uploading/posting pictures right now. Just keeping it truth, ladies.<br />
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Please give me guidance/advice/ideas/your experiences with decorating! I just don't even know where to start. I love our house so much and I want to make it ours.... and on a super tight budget, I am also very cheap!<br />
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See y'all tomorrow for weigh in!! It has been killing me not stepping on the scale everyday and trusting my ass kickings at the gym and strict MFP entries to get me somewhere good! I may die if there is a gain or no loss.... just putting that out there!<br />
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While most of you sexy things are about to roll out of bed to start ALMOST the end of the work week, I am waking up from a nap to prepare for the start of mine... ahhh the glory of working night shift. I basically sleep when I'm tired and do crazy things to get myself tired when I need to be OR suffer the consequences. Totes worth it! {Do we still say totes? I apparently get left behind on cool lingo... I humiliated Ryan by saying "winning" in public recently} So, here I am up at 4:30 cleaning my kitchen, jamming to my "southern pop" since it's not "real country", doing a little meal prepping for the week, and getting ready to stalk the Bible aka Pinterest for some workouts to take to the gym with me, and hopefully planning out a gym schedule for the week and doing a shit-ton of laundry..... I should be able to get all this done and be tired by noon right? We shall see<br />
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So, this is just going to be some random thoughts that I know you all care to here, but since I am trying to earn an over share award this year I'll go with it.<br />
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Firstly, I am in the thought process of changing up the blog... I had no clue what I was doing when I started, and let's be honest, still don't. It's just time for a change. I'm thinking up a new name, and my cheap self is debating sucking it up and paying for a design... WOOT WOOT! Just Jenn was just a random thought when I couldn't think of anything better, fitting, but boring. How are you ladies so creative??? I have a couple new ideas, no thanks to my charming fiance, who has contributied "Boats and Hoes" with a nautical themed page and "Bitches Ain't Shit, but Hoes and Tricks"...... speechless? me too. <br />
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Last night was our first workout at our new gym and I LOVED it!!! The only bad thing was that we went at the busy time so it was packed, and we had to compete for the classroom. Angie and I overheard a girl on the phone talking about a class being about over and she would get spin set up for them. So we dumped our stuff and tried to beat her to the room.... She came up behind us right as we were picking a class and said that they were gonna do spin, and my polite gene took over. We ended up doing Ab Attack with them and then they did spin.... BOO. The video was great! It definitely attacked my abs and the instructor was the Jamaican Arnold Schwarzenegger, "one, two, tree" I loved it!! I'm definitely feeling it in my fatty gut now. Then I hit the stair climber for a fat burner session and my legs were jelly after.... YAY!! I did a few arm exercises, and I really need to find an arm routine for me. I'm not much of a machines girl, so I need to rock those free weights and bars! I can't wait to go back today, and I'm going to pack a gym bag for after work! Gym Rat in Training right here!<br />
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After my great workout, I did the exact opposite of what you should do.... went to Buffalo Wild Wings! I had been craving wings all day, and made the mistakes {yes 2} of telling the mens about it and then mentioning that I had never had Buffalo Wild Wings before. I will say that it was DELICIOUS and in the fat kid glory, we decided that once a month we should have Wingsday Wednesday..... and then I put that shit into MFP and died a little inside..... 1060 calories!!!! Thanks to my great workout I didn't go over, but still!!! UGH!! I'm not going to sweat it too bad, it's over and done, and there's nothing left to do, but pick back up.<br />
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I am not really much of a lipstick girl, but I decided to give it a go after seeing how smokin hot some of my blogging idols look with some color on their lips. This was the result.... not sure how I feel about it, I used a coral color. More than anything I decided that I must invest in some tanning towels or a spray tan ASAP.<br />
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Never take R shopping with you! Idk about you're men, but he is like the cock block of shopping. He talks me out of buying everything! I did manage to purchase a couple new sports bras and work out tanks... HOLLA Old Navy with your $5 tanks! But everything else was shot down. He even said "I hate being that guy who shuts down all the spending". So my fun day of shopping was killed before it even began.... I will be going alone next week, thank you.<br />
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And finally..... fake eyelashes. I have recently been on a mission for amazing eyelashes, I was not blessed with long, flirty lashes, and I hate anyone that was. I do love my double extend mascara, but I got greedy and wanted more. So, when I saw fake lashes for $1 at Target, I was all over it. I tried them one day last week, they weren't awful... I figured that it would get easier to apply them the more I used them, so no where to go but up. Then the edge of one started slipping while we were in line at the car tag place, and I made the mistake of telling R that I had tried the fake lashes. Never missing the opportunity to make fun of me, I have been catching Hell ever since. Everything I do would be made better if only I had fake eyelashes on. I thought I had finally lived it down, until the other night. {<b><span style="color: red;">TMI alert</span></b>} We had some pretty awesome adult frisky time... after we were done, he asked if I was wearing fake eyelashes. When I said no, he said "too bad, I would have *^% harder if you had been". I am so grateful that I will never have to go without incessant teasing in my life.<br />
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Happy Thursday ladies!! I hope you all have a great weekend! xoxoxo!<br />
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So, I have been fairly absent from social media this week. I have been on my 8 days off from work so I have just been bumming around really. I worked an overtime shift on Saturday.... HOLLA for a DOLLA! I finally got my Christmas decorations down, hopefully they make it to the attic today, and spent way too much time with Netfilx. I am loving me some Netflix..... we may have to cancel it. We got it a few weeks ago and I have plopped down in front of it every chance I could get! This week it has been Parenthood, and I LOVE it!! I'm assuming it is somewhat based off of the Steve Martin movie also called Parenthood, which is an all time favorite of mine. Please tell me I'm not the only person who has seen it...... in my real life I am, so I feel slightly uncool.<br />
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So, in Wednesday tradition I weighed in this morning.... womp womp! It's not all bad, really. I am down .6 lbs from my last loss. I was super bummed at first, because I was kind of expecting better. But then I thought about the good stuff that happened this week fitness wise. I ran 3 times this week, which hasn't happened in a while! Not only did I run, but I PR'd my 5k in back to back runs! I still run super slow {11.30-12 minute milles}, but keep in mind how much extra I am lugging around, so I don't expect myself to be cranking out the 10 minute miles YET.<br />
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I also got MUCH better with my eating. I made out a dinner plan for the week, and wrote down options for breakfast, lunch, and snacks then took my list to the grocery store and bought only those items.... our house is officially 90% clean... there really isn't any junk here to shove in my face... BIG WIN! And I haven't been having huge junk cravings... not that I wouldn't love to plow into some kind of junky fatty deliciousness, but it hasn't been constantly on my mind.<br />
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And yesterday, I JOINED A GYM!!!! My neighbor, aka my husband, and I have been talking about getting a membership together for a while now. We checked one out a couple weeks ago that was no bueno for me... classes were $30 a week on top of the membership itself! So last night we checked out one that is a little farther away (5 miles maybe) and it was great! So great that his fiance wanted to join and I threw Ryan's name on my membership!! Not as cheap as the original plan, but what can you do! They have all the equipment you could need ( I won't use the machines, thanks to my time with Crossfit, I don't know how to or like to use them) a free weight area, a women's only circuit room, and virtual classes!!! I wasn't too keen on the virtual classes when he mentioned them, since 85% of my problem with the Shred is that I get bored with the DVD, but once he showed me how it worked I was in love! They have a classroom with a huge projection screen and the computer lets you pick from tons of classes... any class that you would be able to get with a live instructor.... EVEN SPIN!!! We stayed and did some cardio, and I surprisingly didn't want to stab my eyes out on the stair climber, so I think once I have my music with me, I will have no issues! I am so excited to go tonight!! WOW.... who would ever thought I would say that! I won't be giving up my outdoor runs, those are my love, but it'll be nice to have some other options and hopefully a more fun way to get in strength training without seeing Jillian's face!!!<br />
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So, there was good this week, and that's why I'm not beating myself up over a small loss. It's a loss, and that's what matters. Plus I feel amazing this week and I think I am starting to look better also, and that is always more important that what a little red digital number has to say! <br />
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While, overall it was a good week, there was the bad too, and I have to be accountable for that. First, I didn't log calories into MFP. I took it at face value that I was eating clean, therefore not going over my calories.... Big mistake. Looking back over my meals, I'm slightly concerned I wasn't getting ENOUGH calories, which as we all know, slows weight loss also. Next, I know I didn't drink enough water which is a major player in this game. And finally, while I did do a few runs, that's about all I did... I slacked majorly on the 30DS I HATE IT!!!! Not so much the actual workouts... they are great workouts, I hate doing the same thing over and over again and bumping into crap in my living room and having 2 dogs under my feet while I do it.... therefore, a huge lack of motivation to do it!<br />
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My plan this week? Fix the mistakes, duh!!!!<br />
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As much as I hate logging recipes and ingredients into MFP, I have too!! It drives me nuts guessing how many servings are in something like the chili I am making tonight, but it's just part of the puzzle, so suck it up, buttercup!<br />
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I'm going to keep up the meal plans, it seemed to work out pretty great. I always knew what was going to be for dinner and always had meal options for the rest of the day. Hopefully throwing work into the equation won't mess things up too bad, because unfortunately, Alabama doesn't have a lottery for me to win, and Ryan neglected to tell me he WASN'T RICH before things got too serious.<br />
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In the spirit of the meal plans, I am also going to write up a gym schedule. If it's on a list I have to do it, right? I freaking love me some lists, so I'm sure this will work out great.<br />
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I also am going to hide the scale. I am a big cheater, and step on that bitch everyday. It has to stop. I end up getting discouraged when it doesn't move or it moves way down and then goes back up (like this week). So I'm going to put that Ho in the back of my closet, and not get it out til Wednesday.<br />
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I'm off to try to shove as much happiness and fun as possible into my last day off! Happy Hump Day, lovies! <br />
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I do enjoy snow. I think it is pretty to look at and I enjoyed playing in it the few times we actually got a reasonable amount in my life. Today, it ruined another run for me. I thought it would be nice to get out and run in the pretty snow... nope! It's wet, cold, and windy, so I kept my butt inside today and managed to knock out a full on Natalie version of 30DS level 2 for the first time. It felt great! I was just about to do the Carrie Underwood legs workout I found on Pinterest when Ryan called that he had left his lunch at home and if I could bring it to him. By the time I got home, I had cooled down and decided to get my Carrie on later and took an amazingly hot shower and have now settled into the depths of the couch to drink coffee and read blogs in front of the fire, at least until reality sets back in and I have to get to work cleaning... boo!<br />
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So, this season I decided I would give the Biggest Loser a try. I have never watched it in the past. I don't know why really, maybe I was secretly avoiding my own issues by not watching it... I mean how can you watch that show while you sit there and eat a bag of sour cream and cheddar chips and a box of little debbies, and feel good about it. YOU CAN'T! But considering my own journey these past 7 months, and Jillian being back, I thought why not. OMG!!! I think I may have never watched it, because I can't handle it emotionally! I literally break down several times an episode! I see myself in each one of the contestants, and it takes me through so many places that I just break down. I love it.... and hate it. I watch the show and hear all the information and I can't help but be proud that I have made the choice that I made to change my life... these statistics are scary! I love watching these people succeed in any way and cry with them when they break down new walls, or don't see the numbers they deserve on the scale, or for any reason really. I AM THESE PEOPLE! I weighed the same if not more than a lot of the contestants when I started this journey, and it is so emotional to watch them go through it each week. They are each so strong and brave for doing what they are doing and I wish they could all stay on the ranch until they reached goal. I really wish I could be on the ranch until I reach goal!!! <br />
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Plus, look at Dolvett!! I don't know about you ladies, but I would do burpees until I dropped dead if he flashed that smile at me, and I would definitely have no problem being in the gym all day with that yumminess! I love all the trainers! Bob is amazing and his team is pretty bad ass, and Jillian..... do I really need to say anything about her? Needless to say, I am hooked and inspired by this show and I hate that I have not watched it before.... I may be taking this snow day to my advantage and watching some past seasons on Netflix! I have officially kicked the Bachelor to the curb this season, and the Biggest Loser cast is my new must watch! Watching people become total bad asses and changing their life is way better than a bunch of drunk bitches whine about their rotting ovaries and competing for someone else's sloppy seconds any day of the week!<br />
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For now, I think I am going to paint my nails and watch The Carrie Dairies. I am experimenting with dinner tonight, so check that out on Instagram later!<br />
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Happy Wednesday ladies! I am feeling especially chipper today, I am officially on my 8 day stretch of off days!! This is what keeps me going every month when I think about how great it would be to have a regular job with a desk and cute clothes, instead of 12 hour night shifts cleaning up poop and fighting with Interns and Residents (think Grey's Ananatomy the early years) to stop them from accidentally killing my patients.<br />
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Maybe it won't be raining at some point today and I can go get my run on, I want to soooo bad! I am really wanting to push myself to get back to where I was before I slacked off for 6 weeks. I also have to get in my date with Jillian. I've missed the past 2 days with her, because work has been REDICULOUS busy this week and it is KILLING me! We have been cranking out the kidney/liver/pancreas transplants like no one's business this week. We have had several each night as opposed to the usual few each week. I am blaming this on the rain combined with bad driving. I am so thrilled that these people are getting a second chance at life, but it sure makes for a crazy week!<br />
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Anyways, it's Wednesday!! Which means that I get to link up with a couple of my favorite gals, Erin and Alex! Join in and link up, it's fun! Well as fun and stepping on the scale and then publicly announcing the number can possibly be. After my epic fail weekend 2 weeks ago that came with a 10lb gain, I have been busting ass to get back to where I was. My eating has been mostly on point and I have worked out all but these past 2 days, so I am going to call that a good week. Yes, I had an ice cream cone and some chips, and the period monster finally made her appearance Saturday night, along with a complete meltdown and ugly cry, but that's just life. I don't expect to never eat those foods again. <br />
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So, after all that, I am weighing in at 223.... WOMP WOMP. Technically, that is a .4 gain from my previous official weigh in, but I have been battling that damn 10 lb "water weight" gain for almost 2 whole weeks now, so I'm just reminding myself that I have lost 10 lbs this past 2 weeks and busting my ass does work! What has all this taught me? A fat day each week is one thing, but a whole weekend of Jumbo Jenn debauchery is NOT! I'm not really sure what happened to my body that weekend, but whatever i did, it was not impressed. Splurges are okay in moderation, not when I shove a whole weeks worth of calories into 3 days. It's been a rough couple of weeks and there have been times where I just wanted to say fuck it, but I didn't. I may not be Jillian's most loyal follower...... I just HATE her so much and not because of the burn... I love the burn, I'm not sure what it is, but 30 days in a row with her is just not for me. I am NOT quitting the Shred, I just can't do it every day. Rain rain go away so this girl can run, PLEASE!!<br />
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Next week I WILL be posting a real deal loss. I'm pretty excited to see the 220s go, I've been looking at that damn decade for months now, and I am OVER it!! <br />
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There has been much hooplah about Operation Red Bikini going around our little blogging community and Instagram thanks to the BEAUTIFUL, FUNNY, and ALWAYS MOTIVATING <a href="http://southerngrlgetsfit.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Kassie</span></b></a> and <a href="http://ellenoel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Leigh Ann</b></span></a>. Being the sheep that I am, I instantly jumped on this bandwagon and went to work setting a goal for myself... this was harder than I thought. I originally wanted to go with something wedding dress related since that is going to be my major outfit of the year, but with ORB ending at the end of May and my wedding being in November, that was a no go. Plus, I wouldn't be able to post pics of my dress here so that was also a no go. I think I have finally come up with a goal that is <strike>hopefully</strike> obtainable. <br />
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DRAMATIC PAUSE.....<br />
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By May 31st I will be able to get into my size 10 jeans. I am currently sitting in a 16, so this is probably qutie a lofty goal, but with a lot of ass kicking and dedication and the support of some of my AMAZING friends <b><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://skinnyanddelicious.blogspot.com/">Keyona</a>, <a href="http://www.shesabigstar.com/">Erin</a>, <a href="http://www.therealnancyclue.com/">Lindsey</a></span></b>..... ALL OF YOU, I <strike>think</strike> can do this! <br />
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In order to reach my goal I have to do some serious planning, which is also going to help with another goal of mine... getting more organized. Here's what I'm thinking<br />
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DIET: I'm going to work harder to eat as clean as possible. This means sticking with meal prepping for work weeks, and doing meal planning at home. I also will be adding in some low/no carb days into my weeks on my off days from work. Of course, I will be drinking water non stop and limiting my splurges since I have zero self control. I have gotten back in the habit of logging everything into MFP, you can find me at jenla426.<br />
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EXERCISE: I recently started the 30DS for the 3rd time and this time I WILL complete it. I had a major setback last weekend and missed 3 days, but there are no more excuses. I am itching to get back into my runs if it EVER STOPS RAINING here!! I love my runs and honestly, it's what has worked best for me on my journey so far. Tomorrow, we are going to look at a gym or two and I will be getting a membership in the near future. I'm really excited about this. I can't wait to get into some classes and have someone yelling at my fat ass to keep me going!<br />
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Now, a moment of realness. I have had a terrible week. Work has been awful, and I have seriously been considering what I got myself into. I stepped on the scale Monday to find a 10lb gain over the weekend. I assumed it was water weight from my splurges on food and alcohol mixed with PMS, and it would be gone within a few days back on track, and while I wouldn't have a loss this week, I'd at least break even. NOT the case. I weighed myself today, and while I have lost 4 of those lbs... I am still up 6lbs from last Friday. This was a big hit, I had a small pity party for myself, debated whether or not I could even do this, and did some ugly crying. After a few minutes it hit me... I needed to get my shit together! There is no I can't do it, because I <strike>have done it</strike> am doing it! I have lost 50lbs and that is no small feat. Is it enough? NO! Have I had setbacks these past few months? ABSOLUTELY! Can I keep going? I HAVE TO! Am I content with where I am? HELL NO! I'm a greedy bitch, I want more!!!! I dragged myself to the living room and did the first day of Level 2 with Jillian. It was awful, but I felt amazing after and I still feel amazing! <br />
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So this is my official entry into the Operation Red Bikini game and I'm in it to win it!! This is a picture of me in my goal jeans today.... yea, those things stuck around my thighs. On May 31st.. those WILL BE buttoned!!!<br />
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I had some tears in my eyes after taking this picture. This definitely NOT how I want to see myself EVER again! I reconsidered posting it at all, but the truth is, I need to put this out there. Not to humiliate myself, but because this keeps me going. Every time I want to eat crap or skip a workout, I can think of how I felt when I took this picture. I will post updated progress pictures and I go, so join me in my ORB journey here and on Instagram @jenlynn426, it's going to be a ride to say the least!<br />
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I hope everyone has an amazing weekend!!!<br />
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I know a few of you have been anxiously awaiting my recap of my slumber party with The Golden Girls. Sorry, I'm a day late... hopefully not a dollar short. PMS kicked in on Sunday, so short of leaving my house to get Burger King (fail) I only left my couch to pee.... therefore, I ate cheeseburgers for dinner since that's all Ryan knows how to make, and God forbid I pause Pretty Little Liars long enough to mix a dang salad kit.<br />
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Anyways..... Friday night was date night. We ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse- read: I filled up on fried pickles and rolls and Ryan took 80% of my sensible meal for lunch the next day. We then went saw Djanjo Unchained. My opinion you ask?? Loved it! I wasn't really sure from the previews, but Samuel L., Jamie Fox, and Leo??? How could that possibly be bad. FYI, the previews aren't very telling, because of all the violence and colorful language and that crap was 3 hours long!!! My favorite part of the night? I had been running errands all day and when I got back we decided that if we went early we could get cheap meal specials and miss the crowds.... so I wore no makeup, jeans, old tshirt, and chucks... how romantic right? Oh, and of course, the candy that I got at Dollar Tree and snuck into the movie. $4 Junior Mints, my ass!<br />
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So, Saturday was the big day.. you can read the back story HERE. Basically, I was forced to attend a slumber party with several women in their 50s that work for my fiance. I'll save the photos til the end for dramatics... most of them are of me, and they are all Instagram repeats.<br />
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I apparently, was the hit of the night, since it took me the most alcohol to get into the event. I think my low point was when I just grabbed a spoon and started shoving spoonfuls of drunk gummies in my mouth. The night started off kind of slow, I don't think they really knew what to tallk to me about, for a variety of reasons, I'm sure. They got a little fiesty when the men didn't leave quick enough for their liking (they were waiting on their food to be ready), but then the shots got flowing and things picked up. We ate homemade pizza, took a few shots, watched them oooo and awwww over the pasta arm (they had never seen one in person before) and played on the ab glider... pretty tame stuff. <br />
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One lady disclosed that she had skipped her multitude of medications that night, not knowing the effects of mixing them with alcohol. What medications you ask? I was thinking maybe blood pressure pills or her large amounts of pain medications needed just to function every day... no, no, no.... she skipped her BIPOLAR meds! Luckily, the other ladies said that was the most even kiltered they had ever seen her.... hmmmm<br />
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After about an hour, we started playing some penny poker and I became the DJ since I know all the good tunes.. aka, I have a phone made this century and have Pandora. A little while later, one of the gals... Blanche, we'll call her, decided that she should call and invite the manager over too... without checking with the host that it was okay to invite a man over to the all girls slumber party. I just give her a heads up and we laugh it off, because surely he won't show up, that is inappropriate on several levels. About 10 minutes later he does.... and my neighbor let's her fiance know and he comes over from my house pretty pissed off. We give the guy MULTIPLE outlets to leave and go over to my house with the other penises... no go, he wants to stay with us, I guess. So we go back inside to play more penny poker.<br />
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I think this is where I have my 7th Crown, Peach Schnapps, and Cranberry juice shot ( I forgot the cutesy name for it, but YUM) and dive into the gummy bears like a bowl of ice cream.... heaping spoonfuls. I hear the guy call himself B-rian and quickly call him out that if he's calling himself that he better have a big dick, because that's the only way you get to give yourself a nickname of that douche-level..... yes, I said this to my fiance's BOSS and yes, the guy is a douche. Needless to say, he didn't call himself B-rian anymore that night.<br />
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Apparently, I am the only person in the world... or at least the state of Alabama to never try cheese whiz. Something about the idea and smell of "cheese" in a can is not appealing to me. It becomes hilarious to try and get me to try the shit... so much so that Blanche decides to squirt a line on my arm..... I guess I'm supposed to pull a Scarface and snort that shit like a pile of coke?? Instead I jump up, grab the side of her face and proceed to wipe it all across her face while saying "take it, bitch! take it all" Probably not my finest moment, but what would have been a better response? NOTHING! Plus, she seemed to like it, grossly enough.... probably the most action she's seen in a while. Sadly, for me, my arm smelled like cheese wiz the rest of the night. <br />
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Things got vaugely boring after a while... I went hardcore on the penny poker betting, because they weren't my pennies and they are PENNIES! I do remember asking who had brought the slut red nail polish (Blanche did) and then proceeded to sloppily paint my own nails. This was about 1:30 am and people were falling asleep.. so, I gathered what of my belongings I could carry and stumbled across my yard WITHOUT falling down. After chugging a ton of water, and eating a bowl of apple jacks I crawled into bed. <br />
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I will say it was fun, in it's own way, and I would love to do it again.... with people my own age and of similar interests. Now that I have figured out how to get wasted face without puking and being hungover for 2 days, I would like to do it more than once a year. The committee has decided to meet once a month... I'm hoping my behavior has me off the guest list... only time will tell. <br />
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The major win of the night? I didn't get sick and I didn't end up with a hangover... I just ate like I did. I weighed myself Monday morning to see a 10lb gain... I am mostly blaming this on PMS and water weight. Still, I am officially low carbing it, until furter notice. And, I am ashamed to admit it, but I missed 3 days of Jillian.... which means that sometime in the next 3 weeks I have to do 3 two a days.... not worth it. I'm just hoping to break even with where I was last Wednesday... lucky for me, my work schedule won't allow me to weigh in until Thursday :)<br />
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Now, the moment you've all been waiting for.... PICTURES!!!!! (In no particular order... well the order Blogger wanted, I guess)<br />
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The gummies soaking up the booze.... easiest buzz ever!</div>
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I PROMISE I will be getting my ORB post to you guys this week. :) <br />
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Oh, and, ROLL TIDE :)<br />
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Anyways, I feel like I am always reading about fun things that will be going on this weekend and I never have anything to add, but this weekend I actually have some activities lined up!!<br />
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Tonight is Winga-Date Night!! We have not been out on a date since Halloween when we went to a Mexican restaurant... which is a stretch to even call a date, but the place did not have a drive thru so we were big ballin. It's not that he refuses to take me out or anything, we just both work odd schedules. I work at night and he is a retail manager so his hours vary day to day... it works for us, but it's nice to finally get some time together, and get away from all the stress in our lives right now. He hasn't told me what we are doing so I'm pretty excited. This chic LOVES surprises.... well at least good ones. <br />
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Tomorrow night is going to be interesting to say the least. I have to preface this event a little bit for you to grasp the whole situation, so bear with me.. I'll try to make it quick and painless.<br />
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So our neighbor, Angie, works with Ryan. It's an auto parts store that ironically is staffed by mostly older women. Apparently older women enjoy girls nights as much as us frisky young things, because they decide that they need a girls night out with all the girls in the store. Sweet Angie, thinking that she'd get out of it, says that she's not really the bar scene girl anymore, but dinner and drinks sounds great. This gets interpreted as "Let's have a sleepover at Angie's where we make home made pizza, get wasted face, and watch Magic Mike until we pass out" And once again, the sweet girl that she is, Angie agrees. Where do I fit in, you ask? Well as the assistant manager's fiance ( I was unaware of my high social status) and Angie's best friend and neighbor (and my karma apparently) I was immediately added to the guest list. Being the great friend that I am, I agree to attend. It doesn't sound bad? It might not be, but the hype it is getting from Angie and Ryan makes me nervous. I don't know these women all that well. I know that 1 lady looks about late 50s and has a pink streak in her hair. Another lady loves prescription pills so much that I'm a little worried that her contribution to the food spread will be bacon wrapped Valium and Vicoten. <br />
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I know that on average, everyone there will be 20 years older than me, and talking horny time. Not that I have a problem with sex talk... I just always hoped my adult social life would be more Sex and the City and less Golden Girls. Anyways, at least there will be jello shots, drunk gummy bears, and pizza. And who knows, maybe it will be the party of my life.... plus, this may the only event I ever attend where I have the best boobs in the house!! <br />
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I have decided that it's going to be fabulous no matter what, because at the very least, we can make fun of them all night. I will try to sneak pics for Instagram and possibly some Keeks.<br />
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Happy Friday!! What are y'all doing this weekend?<br />
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EFF YOU SIRUIS XM RADIO!!!!<br />
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Why do I hate something so fantastical, you ask? Because they aren't giving me my way and they are in the wrong, I think at least..<br />
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Christmas of 2011 I got my dad a XM radio adapter and a subscription to Sirius because he had a long commute to work and had been looking into getting one himself. I went ahead and set up the subscription so that he wouldn't do the dad thing and just end up putting his own credit card info in, behind my back plus then all he had to do was plug in the adapter and he was ready to rock!<br />
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Turns out, the easy use adapter that the sales guy pushed on me was not so easy and actually required an installation that was going to cost $100 and require leaving the car there all day... so my dad just returned the adapter and said to just cancel the membership or transfer it to my car. I called Sirius to do this, and was told that it was IMPOSSIBLE for me to do either since I had signed up for a year with that device .. that was NEVER activated and we don't even own it! So, being the passive girl that I used to be, I accepted what I was told by the company and cursed them every time I saw it AUTOMATICALLY draft from my accoubt..... it was only $15 a month....that equaled $180 that's like 1 month of student loan payments, or 2 weeks worth of groceries, or a dent in paying off our furntiture! WTH is wrong with me?!?!? Now that I am a year sassier, more confident, and cheaper, I realized that was $200 I just gave a way.. no bueno!<br />
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So, today, I call to make sure the membership does not get renewed automatically and inquire about how to get a refund or maybe to get that year free to my own car. Now, I'm being told there is no record of me even calling in the first place!!! REALLY?!?! Because I just wanted to give them the money when I knew there would never be service? Now I am getting the run around about this and that, and while being transferred to a supervisor I was disconnected rather than placed on hold after 33 minutes on the phone.. Now I'm on again with another <strike>delightful</strike> <strike>non clear english speaking</strike> representative telling me that I should have continued to call each month if I was that concerned... REALLY? It's my fault?!?!? I have now been told by a supervisor that they are going to "investigate" my issue and will search for the record of my call A YEAR AGO to try and prove that I actually called.... Yea, I'm never seeing that money again. Lesson learned.... nice girls don't win. From now on, I will be a customer service BITCH! <br />
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That was an hour I will never get back that could have been spent <strike>finding out who is A</strike> running.<br />
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Side note: I am not a tech person, but wouldn't you think a SATELLITE radio company would be able to tell if one of there radios were receiving service or not since they all have radio ID numbers? What purpose does that number even serve then? FYI- THEY DON'T KNOW!<br />
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I loved XM, when I had it, but GAHHHHH. Maybe I am in the wrong, if I am set me straight, because I am seeing RED right now!!!<br />
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But, in their defense they are refunding me $11 for the rest of this month.... in 5-10 business days. Yes, that was dripping with the biggest amount of sarcasm I can muster.<br />
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So that is my Random Thursday post.... tomorrow will be dedicated to my Operation Red Bikini journey, pics included... bring your barf bags!<br />
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I decided to be an <strike>attention seeker</strike> cool kid and do my first real link up! I will be joining the amazing <b><span style="color: lime;"><a href="http://www.shesabigstar.com/"><span style="color: lime;">Erin</span></a> </span></b>and <a href="http://skinnyjeanpilgrimage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Alex</b></span></a> for their Weigh In Wednesday! Each week I will be linking up to share my weekly progress and a little summary of what I've been doing to meet my goals each week. I can't wait to see how everyone else is doing... I know we are going to be kicking ass and taking names this year!!<br />
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Because of my awesome work schedule, I had to weigh in on Tuesday since I'll be sleeping while you all are blogging :) Last Wednesday, I tipped the Sea World worthy scales at a whopping 225.6 {ouch} putting me up 6 lbs. Today, I am happy to say I am down exactly 3 lbs coming in at 222.6 and I am THRILLED! It feels so good to see the scale moving again, and makes the withdrawals from Jumbo Jenn status worth it.<br />
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Whad did I do? Well, I cleaned up my eating the best I could with what scraps of groceries we had to get us til the next pay day and big clean grocery trip. I logged everything into My Fitness Pal {you can find me @ jenla426... HOLLA}and started pounding the water like keg stands... like 100 oz per day. I couldn't quite get myself hyped up to workout between trying to de-nasty my house... which was a workout in itself, but yesterday I re-commited myself to that bitch we all hate to love, Jillian. I am a two time 30 Day Shred drop out.. something about level 2 just makes me hate life, I guess. Not this time... I WILL complete all 30 days... even if it means doing 2 a days when work gets a little 2 crazy {I work out before going to bed after working 12 hour night shifts so it's not always easy to get pumped when I could get that half hour to sleep}. I started with level 1 again and it KICKED MY ASS! I was hoping to just get by with 3-5 days on level 1 since I'm a pro at it and have all the dialouge memorized, but I guess we will just see... my thighs are sore!!<br />
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I'll update y'all over the next few days with what kind of meal planning and prep I am doing over the next couple of days... once I go to the grocery store. I plan on getting in a few runs this week also, I can't wait! I miss it more that I ever imagined I would.... even though I'm sure it's going to be a train wreck. You can also see what I'm up to on Instagram @jenlynn426.. I post pictures of what I'm eating, exercise, and just a bunch of randomnes... but it's so FUN!!!<br />
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I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday :) I'm off to spend my 20 minutes with Jillian even though work was a killer.... I actually used the sentence "fine, pull out your catheter and bleed to death through your dick, I don't care anymore" Yea....... don't worry he was too busy screaming obscenities at me to hear me anyways.<br />
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As I bring in 2013 at work caring for those who can't care for themselves, and honestly may never leave this ICU, I realize that I kind of just brushed off 2012 with my A-Z post because I was feeling too lazy to actually put effort into writing. 2012 was a wonderful year for me and definitely deserves some goodbye love. <br />
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In February, we went on a cruise with my parents. It was their first real vacation since their honeymoon 26 years ago! It was a great time! We went to Jamaica, the Caymans, and Mexico. We swam with stingrays and went to the Sea Turtle farm, were waited on hand and foot for a week, and ate our fat ass hearts out! I loved getting that experience with my parents. My mom and I are planning another one, just to two of us.... frankly, my dad and Ryan held us back from being the hit of the ship.<br />
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In March, I started a new job that has put me on a path to my ultimate career goals. I have learned so much here, and am constantly learning new things. While the ER will always have a piece of my nursing heart, I am so glad that I made the decision to come here. We also, bought our first house which we absolutely LOVE and are so blessed to have, and have made lots of amazing new friends.<br />
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In May, Ryan <strike>finally</strike> proposed in the most perfect way possible and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend! May also brought the beginning of this weight loss journey. I lost 50lbs in 2012 which is amazing! I honestly have about 70 more to lose before I reach what I think is my final goal, but I feel better about myself that I have in years and for the first time I KNOW that I CAN and WILL do it, and I'm going to look AMAZING as shit in my wedding dress! Read about our story <a href="http://justjenn426.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-one-year.html"><b><span style="color: purple;">HERE</span></b></a>.<br />
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In October, I ran my first 5K and LOVED it. I hope to do more this year... or at least some virtual ones, we are going on a major saving spree!! I never imagined I would ever run a race because "I am NOT a runner".... guess what folks, I AM!!<br />
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In November, we celebrated my dad's 1 year post transplant status and he and my aunt are both doing AMAZING. You can read that story <a href="http://justjenn426.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-gift-of-life-one-year-later.html"><b><span style="color: purple;">HERE</span></b></a>.<br />
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Of course the year had it's lows, but who wants to relive the bad stuff?!? I was a very blessed girl this year. In addition to all that I listed above, I can't forget you guys! I started this blog over the summer, mostly because it seemed all the cool kids in ML Fit Camp were doing it and my girl crush on Mama Laughlin was hot and heavy so I wanted to be cool like her. I never expected any readers, and I LOVE my new blog friends.... probably as much as, if not more than, my real life friends. Y'all have kept me going and motivated more than anything and I thank you so much for that. I hope to bring you more rediculous self love in 2013 :)<br />
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I have never really been one for resolutions.. I hate breaking promises, especially ones I made to myself and hate setting myself up for disappointment even more. So this year, I have decided to set some goals for myself, so heres they is<br />
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1. Stay motivated on my weight loss/fitness journey. I've been on and off the wagon for a couple of months now, but thanks to stepping on the scale after Christmas and seeing a 6lb gain and getting the reality check of what all this truly means to me, I am back in full force SERIOUSLY this time. Looking back at some of my recent posts, I sound like a broken record of remotivating myself, not this time! It's about more than looking good naked for my honeymoon (who am I kiddng, that's like 98% of the reason) it's about being healthy so that I can kick life's ass for many years to come!<br />
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2. Get more organized! I am great at organization when it comes to planning an event. You want a vaction planned? Hit me up! You need to throw a party together in 1 week? I'm your bish! I love the pressure, I guess. But if you look at my house, you would never guess I'm the girl that lives in it...... this chick is a HOT MESSY MESS! I have always hated housework until it gets unbearable and then I go on a psychotic OCD cleaning spree and don't sleep for days until the house is clean.... and it lasts for about 2 days. I'm too old for that. I want to be proud of my house and not be embarrassed for random walk ins... instead of my neighbor asking Ryan why my pajama pants are in the living room floor and his response being "idk that's not where I took them off of her". I spent the last 2 days cleaning the main living areas of the house and am currently working on a cleaning schedule to maintain said cleanliness. We also plan to take one room a week and make it our "project" organizing it and getting it just how we want it. <br />
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3. Save some money!! Since becoming an independent woman and all, I have realized that money does not, in fact, grow on trees. I quickly decided that TJMaxx, Old Navy, and Target were more than good enough for me and that Great Value brand is perfectly acceptable.... most of the time. Also, weddings are EXPENSIVE! So this year, we are cutting back where ever we can and I'm even going to give couponing a try... for household items at least, I don't think having 140 boxes of Mac and Cheese will do me much good for weight loss... even if I did get it all for 43 cents. So, I may be calling on you ladies for some tips on getting started... I know some of you are amazing couponers {cough cough <a href="http://www.themrsd.com/"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>MrsD</b></span></a>}. So far, I have basically clipped coupons for stuff I don't even buy, but looks cool... so I think I'm doing it wrong.<br />
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What am I looking forward to this year? MY MOTHA F-IN WEDDING for starters. Also, our honeymoon to DC! Neither one of us have ever been before and I am getting the vacation itch pretty bad. I am also starting my masters degree this fall, so in just 3 short years I'll be a NP and officially NOT wiping ass ever again... HOLLA!! Plus, the hospital is paying for it.... DOUBLE HOLLA!!<br />
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I know 2013 is going to be a great year.... I refuse to accept any less! I hope all the unicorns shit glitter on your year too :)<br />
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Okay, I've rambled on long enough, I just can't help it, us southern girls like to talk :) Have a GREAT DAY!! <br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/336/001D9001BAEEBC37771F196A0D7913D4.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-39307667712964842132012-12-30T20:18:00.000-08:002012-12-30T20:18:00.949-08:00A-Z All About Me!!!<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy New Year's Eve Hookahs!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have had a truly uneventful past few days so I have nothing to really blog about.... I managed to score a night off work so that I had 2 days to clean my house and set up all my new toys, I have done mostly well with my eating and will be renewing my relationship with Jillian at 8am New Year's day... that's about it. But I didn't want to leave 2012 without one last post, and I have seen this gem floating around a few of my favorite reads, so I thought I'd give it a steal. Enjoy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A. Age:</b> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;">25</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>B: Bed size:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Queen. I'd love a king, but we just got a GREAT hand me down bedroom suite</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>C. Chore you hate: <span style="color: purple;"> </span></b><span style="color: purple;">LAUNDRY! I actually need to be folding some right now... I have the Mt. Kilamanjaro of laundry in my closet</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>D. Dogs:</b> <span style="color: blue;">2. </span><span style="color: purple;">Ali and Brick. Ali is a golden retriever mix, Brick is a german shepherd.... Both are spoiled rotten</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>E. Essential start to your day:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Immediately peeing, then coffee and brushing of the teeths</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>F. Favorite color: </b><span style="color: purple;">Purple and Yellow</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>G. Gold or Silver:</b> <span style="color: purple;">White gold</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>H. Height:</b> <span style="color: purple;">5'7</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>I. Instruments you play:</b> <span style="color: purple;">BAHAHAHA!!! i wanted a guitar once, but my dad didn't want to waste his money, I failed the test to even audition for band</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>J. Job Title:</b> <span style="color: purple;">RN, BSN if you want to get fancy with it</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>K. Kids</b>: <span style="color: purple;">Just the dogs.... and my fiance, depending on the day</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>L. Live:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Sweet Home Alabama..... just south of Birmingham</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>M.</b> <b>Married:</b><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: purple;">I will be on November 2, 2013!!!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>N. Nicknames:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Jenn, Wing-a-ling (Ryan), and Bones.... I used to be really skinny so it wasn't always ironic</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>O. Overnight hospital stays:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Only if you count working night shift</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>P. Pet peeve: </b><span style="color: purple;">wow.... so many. I HATE repeating myself</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>Q. Quote</b>: <span style="color: purple;">I don't really have one.... I'm lame</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>R. Righty or Lefty</b>: <span style="color: purple;">Righty.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>S. Siblings:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Sister... 15 months younger</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>T. Time you wake up:</b> <span style="color: purple;">depends on the day. If I have to work 4:30PM, if I'm off around 7:30ish</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>U. University attended:</b> <span style="color: purple;">University of Alabama Huntsville</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>V. Vegetables you dislike:</b> <span style="color: purple;">Brussel Sprouts</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>W. What makes you run late:</b> <span style="color: purple;">My love of being in the bed</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>X. X-rays you've had:</b> <span style="color: purple;">foot and dental ones.... and I'm sure multiple accidental onces at work </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>Y. Yummy food:</b> <span style="color: purple;">MEXICAN!!!! I could probably eat it every single day and never get sick of it</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>Z. Zoo animal favorite:</b> <span style="color: purple;">ELEPHANTS!!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So there you have it. I know... fascinating. Coming up this week I've got my first weigh in since getting back on the wagon, and depending on how balls-y I get a post and photos dedicated to my Operation Red Bikini journey... so exciting I know :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Have an awesome and safe New Year, my loves!! I will be bringing it in at work with a glass of sparkling grape juice.... I'm just too out of control for my own good these days!</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/336/001D9001BAEEBC37771F196A0D7913D4.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-15456188885274326132012-12-28T06:33:00.001-08:002012-12-28T06:33:58.181-08:00Ugly Truths & Operation Red BikiniFirstly, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! Overall, mine was amazing, aside from coming home to the 4 biggest piles of dog diarrhea that ever existed and my carpet still stinks. I got to spend a whole week with my family. We ran ourselves to the point of exhaustion, and then a little farther... it was a blast! Sadly, Ryan and I did not merge our holidays this year like I had planned. There was just so much to do in so little time, and we were both pretty selfish about giving up time.... so we just decided that instead of arguing or being grumpy we'd just go with our own families. Ahh, the joys of living out of town and having funky work schedules. <br />
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I got so many wonderful gifts, and I can't wait til I have more than a day off so that I can scrub my house and put them all in their place and play! I'll spare you the less exciting stuff, but my favorites are my Chromebook, from my AMAZING husband to be, my yo-nanas machine from my parents, and my fancy smancy Kitchen Aid mixer from my grandparents. I also got a Magic Bullet, all the seasons of Big Bang Theory and Gilmore Girls, and just lots of really great stuff!! I am a VERY blessed girl.<br />
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Now, on to the ugly truth of this post. Short and not so sweet..... I've gained 6lbs since October. I've made countless excuses and justifications for my laziness and poor eating, but the truth is just that. I have been lazy and eating like shit. NO MORE!! I have worked too hard and have so much further to go to just give it all up. As of yesterday, I am back!<br />
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THE PLAN: I'm going back to where it all began, MFP and being more active in the social outlets that kept me going strong in the first 5 months of my journey. I also will be jumping back into my running and reuniting with my best frenemy Jillian, and am hoping to score a gym membership in the next couple months after I do some shopping around. As far as eating goes, I plan to clean it up, once I go grocery shopping again and maybe even throw in some of those low carb challenges I am seeing so much of. I'll be keeping accountable by posting food pics on Instagram and hopefully trying some new recipes to keep it fun. And of course, I will be drinking water like like it is my JOB!<br />
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My biggest motivator is probably going to be the <b><span style="color: red;">Operation Red Bikini</span></b> challenge being hosted by <a href="http://southerngrlgetsfit.blogspot.com/">Kassie</a> and <a href="http://ellenoel.blogspot.com/">Leigh Ann</a>, go <a href="http://southerngrlgetsfit.blogspot.com/2012/12/operation-red-bikini-details.html"><span style="color: red;"><b>HERE</b></span> </a>for details! It is an amazing contest and there are going to be PRIZES!! What is more fun than winning right?!?<br />
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My "red bikini" is to be a size 10 by May 31st. I am currently wearing a 16, so it's going to be tough, but I know if I bust ass, I can make it happen! I'll be keeping you posted on my progress here and on Instagram and maybe even on Keek. I'll have some starting photos up next week and maybe even my before picture in case some of you have missed it.<br />
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Finally, a big HEY Y'ALL to all my new readers!! I saw that I finally reached 50, which is about 50 more than I ever expected to have, so thank you, I am beyond flattered. I promise to try and keep it fun for you guys.<br />
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I'm off to bed so I can partake in another night of my fun filled job! Happy Friday, Hookers! Since I have no pictures to entertain you, I will leave you with a video I saw over the holidays, and as a girl from the same town as Antione Dodson's Hide yo kids, Hide yo wife, I can show you this without feeling bad. Enjoy<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I survived all 3 nights of work, even though last night cut it pretty effin close... between not sleeping well all week, heightened security thanks to a recent shooting at another local hospital, an EXTREMELY anxiety riddled patient with an even more anxiety riddled family, doctors who don't want to give medications for said extreme anxiety, and shit river I had used up what tiny bit of patience I have and taken several years off my life. I was ready to get the EFF out that place and home to my mommy so I can be a princess all week. After waiting for the barista to finish flirting with the guy ahead of me and make my damn skinny peppermint mocha., spending $50 on a tank of gas and keeking with all my 12 hour smeared eye makeup glory (check it out, you'll feel great about yourself afterwards) I was on my way! Just an hour and a half drive including a 40 minute conversation with my future mother in law..... she talked, I mostly listened and got cut off anytime I tried to speak, I finally made it home!! I love coming home! For the most part, living away from my family isn't too hard.... it isn't a bad drive and my schedule allows me to visit fairly often, but Christmas is special! I haven't been able to part with any traditions with my family which basically means a balls all out week, but I'm going to love every second of it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">So, if you don't already read </span><a href="http://southerngrlgetsfit.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Kassie's</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> blog, it's a MUST! She, along with </span><a href="http://ellenoel.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Elle Noel</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (another must) has put together </span><a href="http://southerngrlgetsfit.blogspot.com/2012/12/operation-red-bikini-details.html"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Operation Red Binki</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>.</strong></span> Go here and check it out, these fellow southern girls totally have there ish in order! It's a great challenge and I am totally doing it, even though it will be December 26th before I go hardcore.... and I mean HARDCORE, there are prizes on the line here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This week I am just focusing on maintaining and ramping up my motivation, that seems to be slipping over the month, I have no will power at the moment. Not that I plan on reverting back to complete fat girl status over the holiday week, I just know that by expecting a loss this week, I would just be setting myself up for a disappointment. To be perfectly honest, this makes me feel terrible about myself, but I'm going to try my best not to let it get me down and take this time to re-evaluate my plan and rediscover what I've been missing since I hit the 50 lb mark. Not to worry, it's hard to keep this <strike>control freak over acheiver</strike> girl down for long, especially after seeing my newly thin sister- who still lives at home and has my mom to buy her all healthy groceries and cook for her every night and doesn't have anything to do besides exercise- prance around in her new size 12s and plethora of new Victoria's Secret panties.... no, I'm not jealous/bitter at all. All, kidding aside, I am so happy for my sister, she has worked hard and after seeing her be big all her life it's nice to see her actually enjoy trying on clothes and getting all prettied up.... I'm sure I'll do a post on her sometime soon, she is one special chica! I'm going to be back on the trail getting my run on before the new year.... more on my new fitness plans to come :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm going to do my best to check in over the week, but I will for sure be blowing up instagram and (hopefully) Keek so you can find me there if you miss me too much! You can find me @jennlynn426 on both sites, I'd love more attention.... <strike>only</strike> oldest child syndrome anyone??? Hope everyone is having an AMAZING week!!!</span><br />
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So I have been mostly MIA from the social media world for the past 2 weeks, and it's been kind of a downer. I didn't realize what an attention whore I really am.... so thanks for feeding my need, folks! So here's a run down of my life recently, because I'm sure you've all been dying to know where I've been ( just humor the attention whore here). I'll try to keep this pity party update brief so I can get back to my usual ass kicking.<br />
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A couple weeks ago I started to feel awful... fever, aches, cough, chest pains any time I took a breath, being exhausted just from getting up to pee... all the delights. I pounded OJ like it was my JOB thinking I could stop what was coming... I was oh so wrong. So I was down for over a week with that junk.... even though I never missed a day of work because I didn't want to miss my overtime shift....... which got cancelled anyways, thanks hospital! After that I was so behind on everything that I have been playing catch up ever since in between my crappy work pattern for the past 2 weeks and trying to get everything ready for my trip home for Christmas week so that I can I can go balls to the wall some more. <br />
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I love me some Christmas time, but it is ALWAYS hectic in the prep work phase. I have had several craft gift projects... pictures to come eventually, shopping for both families, wrapping, cleaning, laundry, and packing... So in order to cram this all in after being sick for a week some things got tossed to the side... ie exercising and eating right. Luckily, after days of taco bell, pizza, little debbies, soda, ICEEs (my new favorite treat), Christmas cookies, sandwiches, and zero exercise I have managed to only pack on 3 lbs. I would like to think that I am going to get back on track today and eat well throughout the holiday week, I know that is probably a lie. I'll probably indulge in more than my fair share of fat kid goodness while I'm at home, but I'm going to try my best and make sure I find the time to exercise and starting December 27th, it's back on in full force! I honestly miss my routines and can't wait to get back into them.<br />
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I have attained official broke girl status after taking both dogs to the vet for shots and various issues. Over the last week, Brick started crying anytime he jumped up on the bed and he hasn't been running full out... we knew something was wrong when Ali beat him to the ball so we got his leg checked out and he has a partial tear of a tendon in his knee :( Luckily we caught it pretty early on and as long as we can keep him fairly calm for a few weeks, he may heal and we can dodge what I"m sure would be a multi-trillion dollar surgery. So wish me luck on keeping my 2 year old German Shepherd still, he's already going nuts. Ali is being treated for a dimidex outbreak... which is some sort of genetic skin issue, and an ear infection. She has always been our sickly little critter, so no shock there. An hour and a half, a small pharmacy, and $215 later I am hopefully on my way to healthy babies again. I may have had a minor melt down..... I mean why does everything choose to happen right at Christmas time AFTER I have already spent all my money on gifts?!<br />
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In other news, I am a sheep so I followed the crowd and got me a Keek account, and after about an hour I figured out how to post a video! I'm obsessed, I love getting to see and hear people talk about random stuff! So now you guys can catch my social awkwardness in all it's glory. I plan to become just as addicted to that as I am to reading blogs, and posting pictures of my every activity on Instagram. You can find me there at jennlynn426. Let me know your user names too so that I can get into full on stalker lady mode!<br />
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Okay, that is enough moping!! I hope y'all have a happy week before Christmas!! I promise to be back in cool kid action ASAP! I have missed it too much!!!<br />
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I hope y'all had a great weekend to kick off the official best month of the year!! I spent it at work <strike>YAY </strike>contracting some sort of death virus which seems to have planted itself in my lungs and closed up my throat so I am bundled up in the bed, germing up my fresh sheets watching Hallmark's countdown to Christmas while pouring hot liquids down my throat AND doing laundry. Why not just run to the doc in the box down the road and get one of those magic shots in your ass so that you are better by dinner, you ask? Because I am a nurse and we don't roll like that for some reason... I will go to the doctor just in time to not have to be put on the "breathin machine" as many like to call it. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow, because I have a holiday party to attend... which is a fancy way of saying that a few girlfriends are getting together to watch Elf, order pizza, and decorate cookies. Yep, I live the wild life.<br />
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My motivation this week is that I am getting back into it! The scale is starting to move again, I am eating better, exercising more, and feeling better! I really wanted to jump in on the squatting thing and plankmas, but now that I am infested with the plague I will be playing some major catch up! I have my second 5k coming up in a couple weeks and I am sooooo excited. I don't really have any hard goals for it, other than to run it. It is at 7am so I know it is going to be balls cold outside so maybe that will make me go faster... who knows. Jillian has been kicking my ass most of the week, and I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I am feeling the effects so I guess I'll take the torture.<br />
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Don't forget to sign up for Secret Santa Swap!! Today is the last day to email me with your info!! Name, address, what makes Christmas special to you, and a little blurb about yourself to give your Santa a start!! Names will be drawn tomorrow and you will have their info by the end of the week!!!<br />
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Now, here's a little bit of Sassy Pants for ya..... It really grills my bun that people feel the need to be overly PC during this time of year. I am a big fan expressing my holiday joy to all I see, it's the south, that's what we do, but I hate being told that I shouldn't say Merry Christmas for worry of offending someone. I mean if someone walked up to me and said Happy Hanukkah I would smile and not be the least bit offended by that. So why is it that the word Christmas OFFENDS people, yet all the other garbage that is out in the world is okay? I'm not saying that Christmas should be forced upon everyone, but why can't we all just express our own holiday greetings without fear of if someone will take it the wrong way.... aren't they all positive celebrations in their respective cultures or am I underhandedly kicking somebody's dog by telling them Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays?? <br />
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So, I've been seeing people's "Elf on the Shelf" schemes all on Facebook and Instagram and having mixed feelings. One the one hand it is kinda creepy looking and I think the concept of a living doll running around the house at night would have been a little Chucky-esque for my tastes as a child on top of me having to clean up after the little hell raiser PLUS why does Santa need to send an elf to your house to keep tabs on you when he's already got that covered on his own? On the other hand I'm in LOVE!!! So much so that I asked Ryan if I went and bought one if he would do it for me every night and he said YES!!!!!!! So I need to figure out if he was for reals or not, because I just may be driving my sick ass up to Target to get me my Chloe or Phil!! Yes, I've already named it.<br />
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454946097224578809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4651552044659022081.post-6431768801695103512012-11-30T06:51:00.001-08:002012-11-30T06:51:26.892-08:00Fun Friday RandomsSo I titled this post last night at work before shit hit the fan.... LITERALLY and put me in an awful mood, so awful in fact that I don't even remember the fun random things that I was going to tell y'all. Instead, I'm going to stick with the irony and tell you about the not so fun facts. Sorry for being a downer today, but I feel it's warranted.<br />
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Firstly, when I got to work last night I got TERRIBLE report on my patients... the nurse was just like la dee dahh 3 is a little confused. okay, have a great night!!! Needless to say, she was not back for me to KILL this morning. As soon as I walk in my patient's room I can tell he is batshit crazy... 20 minutes later I find a bed pan filled with liquid shit flung across the room. Not the best start to our relationship.... I can handle most anything the nursing world throws at me... bleeding from the head... awesome! 7 gunshot wounds... I wanna play! Impaled with a 2x4?? All over it! Need someone to hold pressure in the carotid artery or you are going to die.... I'm your gal! If you poop or have a nasty lougie cough.... I'm gonna vomit. Mix that with screaming and cussing at me calling me every dirty name in the book and refusing to stay in bed despite being tied to it AND being given enough meds to kill a horse and I'm pretty much over you. And then my poor other patient decides he's had enough at 5 am and we get to do all kinds of crazy stuff to you up until shift change... BLAH!!! So if anyone has any new career suggestions for me, I'm all ears!! Not really, I like my job, it is the perfect mix of challenging and getting to be lazy.... last night was just one of those nights.<br />
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Secondly, I get a text from my future mother in law saying she wants to discuss their upcoming overnight visit next week so if I could please call her.... I guess she couldn't wait til this evening. She then proceeds to send me another text asking if she can clean my house for me while she is here. For some reason this strikes a nerve with me. I honestly don't think she meant for it to come out as "your house is a damn pig pen and I can't stand to be there in it's current condition. Why can't you keep house as good as me, even though you work a full time job.... YOU SUCK at life and don't know how to be a good wife to my son " But that is how I take it. I didn't even know how to respond to the text. She worded it nicely, saying that she enjoys cleaning and that Ryan and I work so hard that we deserve a maid sometimes, but I just don't know. So what am I going to do?? Ignore it and bust my ass on my next days off to have the house effing glistening when she arrives!! Maybe I'm over-reacting, but it really just irked me.... plus any time she has cleaned she hasn't done things "my way" and that bothers me too because I have to hunt for my things or redo what she did... Ugh, maybe I'm just being a mean bitch... thoughts? And I'm not a mother in law basher, I really do love Ryan's mom. She is so sweet and I know that she truly does love me as a daughter and that goes a long way, even if she does write her birthday into my calendar so big that nothing else fits, including the 2 other birthdays that fell on that day, did not use the right color, and her handwriting does not match mine perfectly, EVEN THOUGH there are post-its next to the calendar so that dates can be written down for authorized people aka ME to add in!!<br />
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Oh look, her son does it too.... with his serial killer handwriting! and FYI, sir, I don't need "conquer the galaxy" written on my list because I get that shit done on the daily!!! yea, I'm that tired</div>
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On a positive note, since I'm even getting tired of the grumpiness of this post.... I got back into my meal prepping and clean eating last night after a few off days that made me feel like garbage on top of getting all bloated and gaining 4 lbs. I prepped up all my lunches for work, smoothies for before bed, and chopped up veggies for omelets since I can't find my muffin tins to make those little baked egg muffin thingys and guzzled my water like there were unicorns in the bottom of the bottle. I even decided that yesterday was a good day to start 30DS Level 2 again! I won't be doing it today due to being physically and mentally exhausted from the thought of having to go back to work tonight (unless I somehow manage to wake up early) but it feels good to be REALLY sore! I love how working out makes me feel, and I wish I would remember that every time I chose to watch TV or binge eat instead.<br />
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Cajun baked tilapia, roasted zucchini, grapes, a cutie, triscuits with a laughing cow spreadable = YUM!</div>
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And don't forget to sign up for the Secret Santa Swap!! It's going to be oodles of noodles of fun!! You have until Monday, December 2 to sign up!! Just email me (jenadams426@gmail [dot] com) your name, address, link to your blog, and a lil something something about what makes Christmas amazeballs to you!!!<br />
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Okay, well I'm off to crash. I hope y'all have an awesome Friday and weekend! Don't forget to watch Alabama stomp all over Georgia so that we can win back to back national championships!!!<br />
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