So… in two hours it will be two WEEKS since I posted last. Ugh! I am the worst, I know I knowwww. Life has been extremely busy lately. Between work and buying our house, things have been nonstop it seems. We closed on the house Friday, so I’ve been back and forth between our old house and the new one! It’s seriously been so surreal and TIRING; but so worth it. Owning a home has always been a dream of mine, since I was a little kid. I moved a lot growing up and went to 6 or 7 schools; 3 of those being high school alone! I’m looking forward to staying in the same place for the foreseeable future and making more memories with Brandon. (Who, by the way, the ENTIRE world has pointed out throughout the home buying process is my BOYFRIEND NOT HUSBAND OR FIANCE. Thanks, world. We got it.) Anyways, the point is, I’ve been busy! Here’s what has been going on as far as my fitness/health goals and as usual, I am being honest and straightforward!
Working out: I have definitely still been working out consistently, with the main focus being on my build a booty workouts and arm routines. I really need to commit more time to working out, though, and to creating more of a “schedule”. I’m hoping that once we move and get settled in, I can really crack down on this. “I don’t have time” is a shitty excuse (I mean, I have the same amount of hours in the day as Beyonce, remember? HA!) so I’ll just say that I haven’t had the stability necessary.
Food: Ha ha ha. Okay soooo, I kinda came up with this logic that since I’m moving, I shouldn’t grocery shop because that’s more food that I might waste. In retrospect, after spending lots of extra money on eating out, that was a FAIL. Oops. Now that I move in 5 days, I’m just rollin with it. I absolutely hate grocery shopping, but I have to say that I’m pretty excited to fill up all the cabinets at my new house. 🙂 Also super excited to start fresh with a completely bare fridge because I’m not gonna lie, mine is gross and cluttered. I just went through all of the tupperware in there and man, it wasn’t pretty. -_-
Yoga: After 3 whole yoga classes, I got word that the studio I was going to closes next month due to financial issues. Figures! The studio was like a whole 5 minutes from my new house, too. I’m not sure if I’m going to look for another one or not. I really enjoyed going, but I’m moving about twenty minutes away from town so I’ll have to see what I can find that’s close!
Smoking: Ok, I’m pretty pissed about this. I DID NOT announce, other than on this blog, that I was quitting smoking because when someone says they are, they usually don’t. It’s just how it works. Welllll I really hadn’t smoked in about a month I believe and then I went and smoked two with a margarita and a shot of tequila on the side. Le sigh. 5 years ago in June marks a tragedy in my family, and we were celebrating a birthday in memory of that person; sooo, I used that whole “you deserve to!” excuse. Dumb. It literally tasted like licking an ashtray. So I did it twice? I will never understand the logic of a smoker, honestly. Whatever, moving on, right?
All in all, life is good. I am damn proud of myself for all of the things I have accomplished and my failures as well. Acknowledging when I screw up is all a part of accountability and keepin’ it real. 😉 Speaking of keeping it real, I have PROGRESS PICTURES!!! I am a little late on posting them because today started Week 4, but, here are my 3 week progress pictures. Not to toot my own horn but uh…
Toot! Posting pictures of your own butt selfies on the internet is really awkward but pictures are really the only way to track progress accurately! I honestly couldn’t tell if the build a booty program was really working or not and then I looked at this! I’m excited to see my final results at week 12. This is a great reminder for those who are working on their fitness; whatever their goals may be: TAKE PROGRESS PICTURES! You might not be thrilled with what you see in the mirror right now, but these pictures will do a hell of a lot more for you than a scale ever could.
I hope you have a lovely Monday tomorrow; wake up with a goal and kick its ass. 🙂
xo,
Amanda
(P.S: THANK GOD FOR AUTO-SAVE! I was re-reading this and hit the backspace button to fix an error and it went to the previous webpage and erased everything. My heart may have stopped for a minute.)
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