Trouble with the Curvy

Today is Miracle Treat Day! One day every summer Dairy Queen donates $1 of every Blizzard sale to the Children's Miracle Network. I've been waiting all summer to have a S'more blizzard and today was the day! I think this is so awesome that every year I take a big group order from work and it is always such a big hit. This year the kindness got spread a little further because Day's Jewelers is raising $100,000 for Jewelers for Children and we are doing a "100 Acts of Kindness" campaign. So this year, I told everyone who ordered that I would donate a dollar to the JFC campaign and if they wanted to beef up the donation they could donate the change from their Blizzard. I ended up raising $29 for the CMN and $50  for JFC! It is such a good day and I had Ice cream for lunch. I probably shouldn't admit that in a "fitness" blog but dear readers, you know me and you know this is barely a fitness blog. ALSO yesterday was a big day for me! Yesterday

The last time that Discovery Channel's Shark Week hit the airwaves, I weighed 200lbs. In the past year the world has seen the addition of Sharknado 2- The Second One, a puppy, and the return of Snuffy. What is maybe more important, it also saw the loss of almost 30lbs from the chub bucket. Back then I talked about making great meals and giving up french fries and also about the bloody process that is ladyhood once per month. Whatever changes I made back then have really made a difference. I could still cut back on some fries because I average having them about once per week. Once per month would be way better. That is a good goal to have going forward. I also am just as crazy when ladyhood shark week rolls around. What's funny this year is that they are overlapping... that's got to mean something right? I am down to 173lbs and I have Brutus to thank for my progress as of late. Unfortunately he is also an additional stressor when on top of riding the crimson wave, taking

I spoke yesterday of "my new life." I can't stress enough how much I really mean that my whole changed overnight. It has changed for the better for sure but it really amazes me how much my habits have changed so fast. Ever since I got back from vacation I have been little miss lazy bones... and if I'm being honest even before then I had a way of talking myself into laying in bed longer, skipping a workout, justifying food that's bad for me, and other things that made me 212lbs to begin with. My days staying in bed longer and skipping workouts out of laziness are officially over thanks to Brutus.  I also had this habit of over-thinking every little thing and working myself up to the point of frenzy. It is no secret that I'm a little neurotic but I think Brutus is even making a difference there. I am generally the kind of person that has to have my house clean before I can relax... to the point that I can be really annoying and get irritated if little things

Last night, just as Brutus and I were about to head out for our evening walk, it started to pour. So instead of our traditional route we headed to Coburn Park for some play time in the rain. The park has more grass and less mud than our walk route and it turned out that we had the whole place to ourselves. This turned out to be a really good thing because I found myself in a pretty embarrassing situation... Like a dummy I thought "I'll just go in jeans and a sweatshirt and I should be just fine." There are a few things I failed to identify: 1. When you lose weight it is good to wear a belt if you'll be running around because jeans that were once snug, don't stay that way. 2. Jeans in the rain get heavy... really heavy... 3. Jeans in the rain with poop bags, dog treats, cell phone, and keys in the back pockets are extremely heavy 4. Trying to play with a dog and running around while wearing extremely heavy jeans without a belt means they aren't going to s

Something had to change. When your workouts feel lonely that can't be good. A huge shout out to Holly Rae for keeping me company through texts and support and to Lindsey for reaching out to me and to everyone else that so kindly offered ways to help me out of my lonely workouts. The truth is, no substitute beats a walk buddy that doesn't care if I also listen to my book when we walk. Those are special walk buddies and I am so proud to announce that I have found one. Ladies and gentlemen may I proudly introduce Brutus. He's a Pulldog (Pug/Bulldog), only 3 months old and already the love of my life... Sorry Ben, you're a very close second (you don't walk with me remember.. that's how he edged you out....). You know that you've made a sound decision when you're not even a little bit irritated when you have to get up at 3:30am for an outside pee break, pick up poop, and continually clean the carpet when accidents happen. Housebreaking a pup truly is the