What are you doing today?

If you are sitting there thinking that today will be the last day, the last day that you feel miserable. The last day that you will eat whatever you want and feed yourself with junk. The last day you will find every excuse you can to not get up and make a better life for not only yourself but your family. If you are thinking that tomorrow is when your journey will begin... GET UP! Start your journey TODAY! Not only is it worth it, YOU are worth it. Your FAMILY is worth it. Get up, get moving. It's not going to be easy, you are going to want to quit every single day but getting there makes every bit of this journey worth it.

I am almost at my first goal. Where are you? Are you at day one? There is no better time than today. If I can do it, you can do it. I never thought I would love to exercise or that I would love how it makes my body feel but I do. I am here writing this drenched in sweat from my workout this morning, from pushing myself until I knew I pushed as far as I could. Don't make excuses because a year from now you will look back and say "I wish I had started then."

YOU ARE WORTH IT!

Pinterest Success!

Fall is in the air which means it's time to get your craft on. I blame Pinterest for the never ending crafts that I want to do. Soooo.... of course when school was getting ready to start I started searching great Teacher Gift's for the first day of school. Bad Idea! There are countless ideas out there but I finally settled on my favorite. Survival Kits!! What Teacher doesn't need these? Was I searching for brownie points? Of course! It never helps to butter up the Teachers that will have your child all year long. Also, they deserve so much for all that they do.

So I went here and did exactly what she did. Of course mine was a little different because you can't find the same exact things.

Here are mine:

 

I got the baskets at Target which were not a bad price at all. I let my kids pick out the goodies so they could have a hand in this as well ;) After all, it is from them. Haha! The Starbucks cups were actually a steal, I couldn't believe how inexpensive they were so I added a gift card inside the cup as well. So cute, right? I love how they turned out! (Excuse the horrible pictures, I forgot to take a picture before we loaded them into the back of my car to take them to school)

My newest obsession is burlap. I LOVE burlap. So of course I have wanted a burlap wreath for quite some time but I don't want to pay that hefty price tag for one. I mean really?!?! I was scared to even try one because I figured that it would be way too complicated and it would be the death of me. I started looking, started pinning and found a blog that swears it's so simple and easy to do! So I took off to Hobby Lobby determined to find what it is that I needed. Hobby Lobby = Burlap Heaven. So much burlap!! 

I started off with this blog but for some reason I found it confusing. I wasn't really sure how she was threading the burlap. So I searched again and found this blog and once I combined the thoughts on the two blogs I got it. I would switch back and forth and just incorporate what each lady was saying and find my own way. I was very pleased at how easy and fast it was to do. I decided to add things to my wreath and with that I just kind of had to wing it because I didn't really feel like searching anymore. However, I did search on how to do a bow and found this. (Sorry it's not a direct link but I couldn't get it to open for some reason) I have never seen an easier way of someone explaining how to do a bow. I again took her words but made it my own but again it was simple and easy. 

So here is how my burlap wreath turned out:

I love it! I am going to add our last name initial to it but I have to paint it and just haven't done that. And you may be wondering why the orange and blue? Well, I figured since College Football kicks off this weekend why not start our decorating now? Yes, I am one of those girls that enjoys College Football and actually understands it ;) 

So there you have it, my Pinterest Success stories... for now! I see a lot more in my near future and I think I am officially addicted to making burlap wreaths. I'm sure I'll have one for every occasion. :)

School Days

I'm sitting here this morning eating my apple and drinking my Shakeology when I realized, I have not blogged in a while. The end of Summer was spent making memories and that's exactly what we did. The kids and I had an awesome Summer and I am so thankful for every new adventure, every sunny day and every laugh and giggle. It was just a great Summer full of endless possibilities.

I was sad to see the school year come along, I didn't feel ready for Summer to end. But, I was also excited because it meant I would be back into the routine full swing and to be honest I am much better with my workouts when I am on a routine. First day of school meant hitting my workouts hard and it felt SO good! I have been on this journey since May. A lot of sweat and tears have poured into this journey, over 45 pounds shred and many inches (I don't know the exact number as I am not keeping track of this monthly). I feel happier than I have with myself in a very long time. I feel better than I have in a very long time. It's worth it. SO worth it.

At my heaviest, I felt so embarrassed to do things. I felt ashamed of how I looked, how I felt and how I thought people viewed me. I was very insecure even when I thought that I was comfortable in my own skin. It took me losing the weight and seeing the shape my body can take to look back and see how bad I truly felt inside and out. The first day of school would mean having to go to class with my kids and I would stare at my clothes wondering what would hide me the best. But not this year, this year I feel comfortable in my skin. My body is not perfect and it will never be because none of us are. I haven't met my goal, I am not skinny, but I am healthy and I feel confident and that's where I want to be.

I see people I know now who want that change. Who are where I was when I started this journey. I see the want that they have but I still see the choices that they are making that are horrible. And don't get me wrong I still have those horrible days. But this journey, this change, is like a drug. A drug I never knew I wanted or needed but it is. I can have my bad days but I am craving the change, craving how my body feels after I push it to it's breaking point and feeling the feeling of feeding my body exactly what it needs. I see people around me who are there, right there to their breaking point and I want this journey to be theirs as well. I want everyone to know how good this life can feel. It's amazing to be here when I thought there was no hope. It's a great feeling to know that I am no longer saying "I'll start tomorrow." TOMORROW STARTS TODAY!

If you are reading this, where are you? What are you feeding your body? How are you treating your body?

I have so much more I can add to this but I feel like my thoughts are everywhere. The craving for me is there and I want this for me but I want it for YOU even more. I know how it feels and it feels good!