13.1 Miles- Half Marathon

My half marathon is coming up and for each mile I plan to run it for someone else. Someone who has pushed me and encouraged me!

Mile 1: God, He has been my strength and kept me going! "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength"- Phillipians 4:13 I spend a great amount of time while I am running talking to God and getting things all worked out! If I need to connect with God I tend to go run!

Mile 2: Jody: You are one of the best cousins I have! You have pushed me and motivated me every step of the way! Thanks :) I can talk to you about all the crazy workouts I do and you don't think I'm crazy! I can talk to you about my struggles and cry and complain and you always have something amazing to say! Thanks for being awesome and marrying my cousin!

Mile 3: My mom: She has listened to me talk and talk and talk about running for hours on end. I'm sure she is tired of it! She keeps me going and makes sure I go on my runs if I'm feeling extra lazy. She motivates me every step of the way :)

Mile 4: Angie and Allison: You two always have amazing things to say! Okay, I use you for your advice and awesome compliments! Angie scares the shit out of me when she's teaching a class I am taking which makes me work harder! She doesn't take my "I'm tired" crap and reminds me to work until I'm exhausted! Allison always has a compliment on how far I have come and keeps pushing me! This one is for my favorite trainers at the Y even if one moved to far away Chicago and left us! After this run count me in for a bodypump class!

Mile 5: My Uncle Shaun: He talked me into this. I told him I didn't think I could do it. He told me he thought I could so I did it. I signed up. He has run a few miles with me along the way too :) He motivates me and helps me plan my runs! I really coun't have done any of this without him!

Mile 6: Chad! Oh my goodness! Chad has pushed me and helped me become a better runner! He has also run a few miles with me too! He has helped me develop better stretching which I am SO thankful for! I sucked at stretching before I met you!

Mile 7: My sister! She is well, crazy! I love her so much and want to do this so she knows she can do ANYTHING! Olivia needs to know that if I can run 13.1 miles she can do whatever she wants in the world nothing can hold her back! She is going to be what get's me through mile 7.

Mile 8: Josh and Kenny: My big brothers! I love my big brother :) I don't know what I would do without them! They are always there for me and I think I could talk to him about anything! We don't get to see each other often but they are the best brother a girl could ask for!

Mile 9: Nick: You are an amazing cousin! I am running this mile because you push yourself so far to protect me and this Country! You work your butt off everyday missing those amazing boys of yours and I can never thank you enough! I am so proud of you! I tend to tell people about my awesome cousin Nick a lot! Thanks for being amazing and sticking by me! This mile is going to be hard one for me I'm sure so it's for you!

Mile 10: Aimee: My second Mom! I love you! Thanks for pushing me to prove everyone wrong! You provide motivation and help keep me strong in my faith!

Mile 11: Nini- Aunt Nini! This one is for you! I am SO proud of how far YOU have come! You motivate me and encourage me daily! Thanks :) I wouldn't be the woman I am today without you! I can't wait until you come back to Ohio to visit so we can workout together! I know I will always have my Nini to talk to! I know I can come to you with anything! There is something different about talking to your aunt about something than talking to your mom! Thanks for listening to me talk all the time and always giving the best advice!

Mile 12: Molly: You provide me with the best coffee dates and talks! I love talking with you because it just brightens my day! You are the person I hope to talk to when I am down because you always seem to know how to brighten the day! I am running Mile 12 for you because I know it will be a hard one for me. You have been through so much lately and I know that if you can make it through then I can finish mile 12!

Mile 13: Sue, Ian and Charlie: Sue provides me with comedy about my runs. I know she will be here in Lima to greet me when I finish! You guys are a package deal! You have been there for me through so much and I can't thank you enough! Cousin, you are my favorite cousin :) Don't stop being you! I know if I need anything these three will always be there for me. Mile 13 is for you!

.1- I am going to rock the heck out of this .1! It is for me and me only! This whole run is about me and how far I have come! I will run this thinking back to when I could barely run for 30 seconds! I am going to finish this proving all that doubt I can finish WRONG

Goodybag Giveaway!

Over at Eggface she is doing another giveaway! This time she's giving away: 2 - (3 lb tubs) SEI Nutrition Max Protein. One Chocolate and one Vanilla. 

1 (1 lb tub) - CLICK Espresso Protein Powder in Mocha flavor.

2 (6.5 oz jars) - PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter in Regular and Chocolate flavor

5 boxes of Sugar Free Jello Pudding Mix - in SF Pistachio, SF Lemon, SF Butterscotch, SF Cheesecake, SF Banana Cream 

3 single serving packets of Celebrate Vitamins ENS (each shake contains a high potency multivitamin, 500 mg of calcium citrate, 4 g of fiber, and 25 g of whey isolate protein in each serving, one of each flavor Vanilla Cake Batter, Chocolate Milk, Strawberry) 

4 - 150 ml bottles of Sugar Free Torani Syrup in SF Raspberry, SF Hazelnut, SF Caramel, and SF Vanilla.

1 Yellow 20 oz. Blender Bottle Shaker

and a $25 Amazon Gift Card - Use it toward a blender or a protein ice cream maker or whatever your heart desires.

All for her Birthday and Surgery Anniversary! Shoot over there and enter and tell her happy birthday! 

Happy Birthday Shelly! 

When I'm dripping with sweat...

I feel like a Badass!

I have been struggling recently with my diet and exercise. Especially running. Okay, all of it.

Exercise: Running wise I have been trying to do the dreaded 20 minute run on c25k but I keep starting too fast. Yesterday, I hopped on treadmill next to a cute guy. He was running at a level 7 so I thought "hell, I can run at a 6" I did my warm up and started in.  BAD IDEA! Hello girl! You are running for 20 minutes straight start out slow. He then bumps it up to level 10!! Holy hell. This guy is intense. I started walking. Feeling defeated by this super monster of a man. I found myself mad. Completely pissed off because on top of it all my ankles got tight. I had to stop and stretch. Ugh. I'm going out of town until Friday tomorrow but I'm hoping to get a run or two in. We will see though.

Food: Let's not go there. It's terrible. I have failed us all miserably! I have ate crap!!

I don't plan to weigh until then 2nd of July so we will see how that goes.

I went to go get paid by a family I babysat for last week (The mom was out of town) and she kept raving about how good I looked. She was saying how when she first met me I just didn't look healthy but now I am looking like I am making progress. It's pretty awesome when someone says how good you look! She just kept going and going and told me when I was ready to learn more about nutrition she was there for me. It's awesome to have her support.

Time to turn this girl into a complete badass!

A Letter

I've seen a lot of people post letters to their younger selves. Here is one to the 15 year old me.

Dear 15 year old me,

Don't date that guy. He isn't worth it and will cause you pain and suffering. He doesn't deserve you at all! Don't go back. Stop eating. It gets you no where and doesn't make you feel any better! Actually, I take that back it does get you somewhere. It gets you unhealthy! Start running. Seriously. You'll love it! Start getting serious about your grades because when it comes time for college they are what matters. Just go ahead and deal with the fact that you are going to be a teacher. You try to tell yourself God doesn't want that and you really want to be a nurse but it isn't right. You will be an amazing teacher! You will find out next year that you really want to go to Cedarville. It's another reason to get good grades. You'll end up at OSU lima because your grades weren't good enough for Cedarville. Start making better choices for yourself because you are so worth it. No one can tell you different!

Love,
Your 19 year old self.

Long week

So I've been sick for over a week now. That means no running. It started as just a sore throat and turned into bronchitis. I'm feeling mostly better now though other than being tired and having a cough. I think I may start running again tomorrow at least lightly. I really miss it.

I had an upsetting day. I had a job interview that just didn't go well at all. It wasn't all my fault though the hours she needs someone isn't really going to work with me going to school. She was up front about it but told me we would continue the interview. It was just crappy. I don't feel like it went well at all. I really really like this guy at church okay? So he was flirting with me last week and I finally got the nerve to ask him if he wanted to hang out. He said yes and would check is schedule. I haven't heard from him again. I've been bumming about that today too. I'm not waiting around for a guy but I really like him so it's kind of disappointing. I was told by someone else that he is really spontaneous and she is sure he will just randomly text me. I was holding onto that all week. I just don't know what to think. Part of me thinks he likes me and part of me thinks he doesn't. Now, onto the real reason I'm pouring my heart out. I resisted the urge to make brownies for about an hour and gave in. I kept thinking "this will make you feel better" Yeah right! It didn't. It wasn't even worth it to eat those brownies. Now i'm going to go over my calories and I'm still not happy. It's been awhile since I've had a bad day of just sulking and wanting to cry so I had my afternoon of watching glee and sulking. Now I'm picking myself up and getting back on track. There is no "start over tomorrow" it's start over RIGHT NOW! I'm not waiting around for some guy. I'm living my life and being happy! I'm making myself better :)

Runners World Quote of the Day from today seems like a good one to keep me going today and a good one to end this post with!

"Running along our journey doesn't only teach us how to keep moving forward through what life throws at us, it also makes us into the best version of ourselves" -Ashley Erickson, freelance fitness writer/editor

Ready for summer

I'm so ready for summer. I'm tired of school. I find myself skipping class more and more often. 2 more Child development classes and a 4 pages paper to do for that class 1 1/2 pages done for that. 5 more sociology and stats classes. Skipping Soc is a norm for me. We can't stand the guy. He sucks. I'm going to the first hour and most likely leaving during the second hour. Sadly it's to get donuts with a friend. I refuse to stay fat forever though so I'm budgeting it in!

Here is me complaining for the night: I'm sick. I feel like crap. I'm tired of feeling like crap. I want to work out so bad. I miss it! I want to run!!!!! It's currently a chore to walk around the store. I feel so out of shape but I know that's just because I'm so congested.

It's been awhile!

I have been running for a month now! Woohoo! A whole month! I can run for 6 minutes straight now! YAY! I have a long way to go though! I made the decision tonight to start eating cleaner. If you have any advice please share! More fruits and veggies! I need to fuel my body for all the running I'm doing.
I found this on Pintrest today and I'm sticking to this!

I also added this to my bucket list today:

Weekly Goals:
Eat more Vegetables 3-4 servings a day
Eat more fruit 2-4 servings a day
No Pop
No Fast food
Run a total of 10 miles

OUCH!

Today, I did c25k week 3 day 1. That was this morning. By afternoon I had made plans with a man at church to run later that night. He's done multiple halfs and a full marathon. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up between being slow, already had run that morning and my shins hurting like no other. We got about a quarter of the mile and I had to walk. My shins were killing me. He stopped right in the middle of the road made me sit down and stretch. It was hilarious! It helped though! I was sitting on the wet road stretching. I'm sure he knew how stupid I felt because he starts to tell me that when he ran his marathon he would see people stopping to stretch. If it's what you need DO IT! I get it now. We ended up at 3 miles of mostly walking because of my shins and not being able to see in the dark. There was another lady with us who struggled just about as much as me! I felt better about that...sad huh?

Currently, I feel like that half marathon is so far away. I don't see it in my reach yet. I'm working closer towards it though. I want it so bad!

I think I'm going to keep these running buddies. They keep me on track and it's nice to have someone to talk to. He knows so much about what I should be doing for certain pains that I have like my shins which I have struggled with forever. Plus, his Navy stories are pretty cool. You would never guess she is 12 years older than me because she looks younger and we just get along so well! I'm glad to be finding people I can run with! I'm the youngest but I blend right in with them because well I think I'm more mature for my age.

Who is that?

Today was a fairly normal day. I got up sort of early for a Monday. I don't have class till 1:30 so I usually get caught up on some sleep but today I got up early and went to the church to get work done. Class and then home. I read the first book in the Hunger Games series in less than 24 hours which kinda made me lazy today. That's okay though because I deserved a day to myself with my head in a book! I did get a workout in though. It was hard though because as I was running I kept thinking of if I could outrun/kill the people I pass if I had to in order to survive. LOL I decided most of them I could and scouted out some places to hide out. I'm addicted. (This totally reminds me of what I do when thinking of Zombies)

My workout today was the normal Monday run. C25k W2D3! Week 2 is done! Yay!! It was rough for some reason. I think maybe the wind? I averaged at a 15:15 pace. 2.27 miles :) I felt pretty good about that because 1. It's my best time and 2. It was REALLY windy! Wednesday is the 3 minute run which I'm nervous about for some reason. It's just my mind though. I know I can do it! I keep reminding myself 3 minutes is nothing compared to the 13.1 miles I'm going to do!

While I was running I looked down and saw a shadow. I quickly turned around and realized it was my own. The weird thing is I stared at the shadow for awhile while I ran. I looked at the girl and saw she looked much different than the girl I'm used to seeing. I struggle daily with seeing a change in myself and today I saw a little one- in my shadow of all things. I hope to continue to see these changes and embrace them! They are amazing changes that I myself don't see unless someone points them out to me or I randomly notice so if you see something changing in me that's from all my hard work and sweating my ass off please, don't be afraid to say it!

I need YOUR help!

I forgot to post yesterday....oops!

Okay, so this is a different post. I need your help! I'm all signed up for my first half (No, I'm not going to stop talking about it!) I signed up to be a children's champion. (This race supports nationwide children's hospital) My goal is to race 300 bucks before race day! You can help out here! (Just click the link and gimme your money!) Okay, now that you did that...THANKS!

Tomorrow, I run! I'm excited that my rest day is over. Is that sad? I can't wait to run again! Weird. I never thought I would say that...

I did it!

I registered for the Columbus half marathon today! I put my estimated finish time as 3 hours that puts me at just under a 14 minute mile. I'm so excited!! I realized though that I ordered my race shirt as a large. Uh, Melissa. You wear that now and it's getting too big. Oh well! I will still proudly wear my race shirt!!

Today I did c25k w2d2. It was rough because the wind was really bad. I was a minute slower than Wednesday but I think that's just because of the wind!

Happiness

Today while I was working out I got this giant smile on my face. It wasn't one of those just happy ones it was a full fledged dorky smile. Why you ask? I was thinking of how I will feel after I cross the finish line at the half in October. I'm sure I will be much happier than what I was thinking but that's okay. It's something I've said I wanted to do for awhile now. I passed it off and something I COULDN'T do! Stupid me. I am going to do it. So here I am, barely running at all to training for a half marathon.

I set goals for myself and I never accomplish them. This is one that I NEED to do. I WANT to do. Not only for myself but for my uncle who has helped me and pushed me to do this. He knows as well as I do how much I want this and he has kept pushing me. Telling me I can do it, which is an amazing help because if he said I couldn't I probably would have gave up. I mean, why should I do it? It's just another "stupid" goal. Whatever. Not this time! This time it means something to me and I'm going to do it!

I struggle with if I should register now or wait. I'm not sure what's holding me back.

Columbus Half Marathon here I come!

Chasing some dreams

After a talk with my uncle last night I realized that I am FULLY capable of running that half in October. I decided to start training. I want to finish C25k first though. I've never actually finished this program.

Today, I was out on my run and totally forgot to turn around at the half way mark. That left me about a mile from home. CRAP! I was debating having someone pick me up but decided to I could do it. Riding in a car isn't going to get me to run a half is it? NO! I ended up doing a little over 3 miles. It's the farthest since I started running again. I shaved 1 minute off my time putting me at 15 minute mile instead of a 16. It's not where I want to be but it's a work in progress.

C25k w2d1- COMPLETE! 

I'm running a 5k in May so I need to get my butt in gear!

I'm pretty sore from the weights yesterday - mostly upper body though. Tomorrow I lift again :)

 I'm loving being back at the gym and running. While I'm running I don't have to think about anything but what I'm doing and work out my problems. It's my me time. While I'm lifting weights I have to focus on that. I can't focus on other things, it's awesome! I can get lost in my music, thoughts, or absolutely nothing while I'm working out. I don't have to think about the stress of school, work or life in general!

Another Day

Today was fairly simple. I got up went to class, came home ate lunch and then....went to the gym! I finally made it there! I did weights which felt amazing to get back to! I also did 30 minutes on the elliptical. I was doing level 14-16! Woot!

I actually tried to make a to-do list and get it done. Guess what? I actually did it!

Tonight I'm taking my dad out to supper :) He gets to pick where we go so hopefully I don't go all off plan!

Debating

I did a lot of debating with myself today. Run or not? What to eat? Should I go to class? Should I take a nap? No,lets not run! ...No, you should run.... No, let's not....

You get the picture. I ended up running and I'm so glad I did! C25k Week 1 COMPLETE! I was feeling really bad ass as I ran on a trail that wasn't paved through the woods. There were freaking butterflies everywhere! It was really cool. It was a bit wet from the rain this morning but that made it feel even more bad ass. Actually, the badassness wore off when I realized the whole picture reminded me of twilight. I was then looking for vampires. None of which I found, luckily. 31 minutes, 1.90 miles, and a few butterflies later; I'm glad I went today! ( I actually ran through part of the cool down!)

While I know the program I'm using is working on getting me to run longer- I've made a mental goal of getting my mileage up!

I've been eating a lot lately. I don't know why for sure but it's resulted in me gaining a pound. I'm back at it though! I actually debating with myself today if I was going to "stay fat forever" I quickly decided I didn't want that.  Here is to another day of working towards a better me! Tomorrow, I start lifting weights again!

Week of April 16th 2012- Goals

I decided to start making weekly goals. Here we go!


Workout: Weights  2x/week
Running 3x/week (C25k OUTSIDE!)

Food: Stay within Calories/daily
No Fast food/week
1 sweet treat/week
Try 1 new food/Week
Drink 9 cups of water/daily

Daily life: Study 2 hours everyday
Don't stress so much!! (I stress out a lot)
Call my dad everyday

I want to get a tape measure and start measuring myself but we will see. I'm feeling cheap! haha

Goals :)

I'm one of those people that works through rewards. Here are some of my goals :) I want all of these things but will need to save and not buy them just because. I'm at 25 lost but want to maintain it for 2 weeks before I buy!

25 lbs- New Speakers for my car! (I need these so bad!)

40 lbs- New Dress

50 lbs- New Stereo for my car ( I really really want this!)

75 lbs- Punching Bag (I may get this before and change this)

100 lbs- Coach Shoes ( I've wanted these forever!!)

108 lbs (GOAL!)- Coach Purse & all new clothes!

Progress- 25 lbs down!

Technically, I'm 2 ounces away from 25 lost. I haven't really been seeing the loss lately so I decided to make a blog post about it. Let's see if I can see and if YOU can see it! Sorry about the mirror pictures I didn't have anyone to take one. I have an actual before but I can't find it...
Short post today :) Enjoy!

Seriously?

Do people of the world have no filter? Do you let things just flow out of your mouths? You don't? Think again, you do. I am constantly having to build up anger because of stupid things you do. Then one day when someone asks me a simple question, I burst! Anyone else like this? Yeah, I knew I wasn't alone! 

Sorry for the vent! I really would like to get a punching bag so I can just punch away my anger! My awesome uncle and his friend are kind enough when they are around and I get upset to let me use them. Typically, I end up getting hurt not them. Why must you be like a rock?!?!?! 

I really need to start working out again. Weights 2 times a week and Cardio 3-4 times a week.

I've lost another lb! Woohoo! I'm 2 oz away from 25 pounds lost! Woohoo! I want to set some goals/ rewards. I think my next post will be about that. 

Easter

As I pondered Easter over the weekend I was teary but happy. I've found over the last few weeks I have been very emotional. I have wanted to cry almost everyday and more often than not I have cried. It may be the change in schedule or the change in the weather. Today as we watched our movie clip for Sunday school we taught the kids that God is stronger than anything. He is there for you no matter what. I've known this for some time but it seems that it never sunk in. As we watched the movie I got a bit teary thinking how amazing it is that one man, who has never met me, loves ME and YOU so much He would die for us. How cool is that?

I think one of my favorite stories in the bible is the story of the resurrection but not the whole story. I really like the part where Mary FINDS Jesus. She finds her Lord. I can't imagine how lost she much have felt when she knew her Savior was missing. Her Rabboni (Teacher) was gone. Where was He? She was sobbing because He was gone..I can only think to compare it to the thought of losing my best friend. When she found Him she was overwhelmed with Joy. He was Alive and not in the zombie kind of way. He was really truly alive! Here is the story: "Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the end and the other at the foot. They asked her, "woman, why are you crying?"

  "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, "Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"

      Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."

   Jesus said to her, "Mary."

    She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (Which means "Teacher").

  Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

    Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her."

John 20:11-18

Yum Yum!

Today for dinner I made curried chicken & rice soup. It was delicious!
I went to the gym for a bit but my blisters came open on my hand. :( I had to leave early.

I've been feeling a bit blah. I think it's migraines coming on. The weather is so crummy! I hope they stop soon!

Classes are crazy right now! I have a few chapters to read for 2 classes and then stats homework on top of it! I did get a 9/10 on my first quiz and 17/20 on my first homework! Woot! I like stats so far :)

Progress

Hello Bloggy World!

My progress so far:

Weight: Down 23.6 pounds! Woot!! I'm fitting into a new size pants double woot!

Workout: I'm not doing enough of it! I started last night doing 20 minutes of rowing. I now have blisters but I'm okay with that. I plan to go back again today. Eventually I would like to be one of those people who is there 5 days a week.

Food: I'm eating right around 1,500 calories. I seem to be losing at this without exercise so I think once I step the exercise up I will need to eat more.

My breakfast/lunch today is French Toast, Bacon, and Strawberries with of course a cup of Blonde from Starbucks :)

College,Teaching & Planning

College: I'm on spring break right now....it's simply amazing! I got grades back and did horrible my first quarter! I NEED like A's and B's next quarter! Study...Study...Study!!! Overall, I love college! It's fun and exciting..I'm learning so much!

Teaching: I'm currently an Early Childhood Education major. That pretty much means I want to teach elementary. I will be able to teach Preschool through 3rd grade! I really want to teach some where between K-2. I sat in on my little sisters Kindergarten teacher today. She is amazing! I was able to help the kids and asses them in some of their work. It was super fun! My sister is in first grade now so I would love to sit in on that grade too. I was with a Second grade class a few weeks ago and loved that!

Planning: I'm not planning my food well. I'm over already and it's not even dinner time yet. It will be a light dinner tonight. Here is my plan from now on:
1530- Total Calories


Breakfast:
200
Snack:
85
Lunch:
450
Snack:
100
Dinner: 
600
Snack: 
100

What have you tried?

How many different diets have you tried? Me? I have tried 2! I started calorie counting and after falling off the wagon so many times I tried and failed. I then started paying for weight watchers online. I did that for a few months without success. I have no went back to calorie counting.

I find the most success without a lot of sugar that isn't natural and drinking LOTS of water. I drink between 80-100 oz. a day.

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Tomorrow, we head off to WV again. Great Grandma passed away Wednesday. :( It will be a hard weekend but I know God is good. She is in an amazing place now and is going to celebrate Easter in Heaven! It will be amazing, I bet!

Diets, Death, and Finals

Diets, Death and Finals...they all seem to have the same thing in common in most people's minds. Sadness, hard, and no fun! I can agree they are all no fun. I'm dealing with them all right now.

Diet- Slowly, I'm trying to say I'm not on a "diet" but rather a "lifestyle" change. What does that mean? It means that I'm eating healthy and sensibly but not restricting myself. Hell, I bought 6 boxes of girl scout cookies. I got them 2 weeks ago and have only ate 4 cookies. Why? I put them up and when I really want one I have the serving size or just one. I get over it. I'm not craving these things daily anymore because I'm not eating it daily.

Death- For the past 2 weeks we have been dealing with the grim fact that my great grandma is dying. We went down to West Virginia to where she is and was in the hospital. The outlook was grim then but she was given the option to have her legs removed and keep fighting or to keep them and face the end of her life. She chose the latter of the two.  We were there over this past weekend, she is now home in hospice. It's hard to deal with but I've had these last few weeks to prepare myself. I'm ready for her to go home and be with our sweet Savior. She has slipped into a coma and isn't eating or drinking anymore so now it's just a waiting game.

Finals- WAAA!!!! Finals are next week. I'm stressing. This can make or break my grade in math. I'm not too worried about the others. I'm not doing well in math now so this 33% of my grade could bring me to passing. I'm so stressed. Study, study study is my mojo right now.

Maybe, I will start blogging more often? I'm making this my homepage so maybe I will! haha

See ya!

Giveaway!!

Hey guys! I'm pretty much obsessed with protein shakes. (If I can get the right combo) I've had some luck with the recipes over at The World According to Eggface! (<---Opens in a new window!) She is doing an awesome giveaway for some protein powder! Yumm! Head on over and subscribe to her page, facebook, twitter, and whatever else you can find haha! You never want to miss a post :) The blog post title is Things I Heart Giveaway. 

Here is part of the post : This week's I Heart Giveaway Prize: 10 lbs. of SEI Max Protein. Yes, you read that right 10 pounds! I figured the last "I ♥" Sunday needed to be a biggie. The winner will receive 2 - 5lb bags. 1 Strawberry and 1 Chocolate.

I use SEI Max Protein in oodles of my weight loss surgery friendly dishes... Protein Ice Cream, Protein Donuts,Protein Muffins, 5 Minute Protein Cakes, Protein Shakes and Smoothies and more. It really is one of the best tasting protein powders out there.

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How to Enter: Become a fan of The World According to Eggface on Facebook and then come back here andLEAVE A COMMENT (include a name and an email addy) on this blog posting. Click on # of commentsbelow to leave yours.

Contest periods ends: Sunday, March 4th, midnight (Pacific time)

Monday, March 5th I'll draw a name using a random number generator and announce the winner here on the blog! I will also email the winner at the address posted. You'll have one week (7 days) to respond to my email or another winner will be chosen. One ENTRY per person. Winner must be a facebook fan of The World According to Eggface. Blog comments are moderated so there may be a slight delay (up to a few hours) in seeing your comment/entry post. Giveaway is open to anyone in the United States (48 contiguous, Alaska & Hawaii.)

(I am not sponsoring this giveaway just letting my readers (if any) know about it!)