I canNOT believe that I have 10 days left. A week and a half. Two more weekends….
wait, that last one doesn’t make me feel better.
{the weekends can SUCK it right now.}
But a week and a half?!?
I can so TOTALLY do that.
What’s crazy is that I thought for sure this whole deal would be in the bag for me by now.
Ya. Nnnnnot really.
Can I tell you how many times I’ve wanted to quit?
Actually too many to count.
Do you have any idea how many times I’ve thought, “eh, it’s good enough….who needs to be ALL the way to their goals anyway?”
Waaaaaaaaay too many, that’s how many.
But, thankfully I have Jimmy & Bethany on my team, because they are always there to keep me from throwing in the towel.
{my 30 day partner in crime}
{my hottie husband, who keeps me from running after the pizza guy}
Once I saw this show on Dateline or something, that was about a young morbidly obese girl who had a syndrome that caused her to NEVER feel full….and they showed this scene of an ice cream truck going by, and then panned to her front door which had BOLT after BOLT after BOLT on it….and then they quickly zoomed in to her going absolutely BANANAS because she couldn’t get to the ice cream she so desperately needed.
It was amazing and sad and years later I still can’t get that scene out of my head.
Know why?
Oh, I don’t know….maybe because I AM THAT GIRL?!?
And actually I WAS THAT GIRL last weekend when I was in the throws of PMS, and if there had been a pizza delivery truck driving by, Lord help me.
Jimmy told me today that I was out of control.
I was.
I wanted to go BANANAS just like my sister in food on Dateline.
I overcame the insane urge to eat like a mad woman, and while I wasn’t happy about it AT ALL in the moment….the next morning I was feeling all kinds of powerful, you have NO idea.
Instead of that icky feeling of “oh why did i just eat that, i’m so weak, what’s wrong with me?” stuff we put ourselves through, I was all, “oh i am SO glad i didn’t go eat that, i’m so human, and well….obviously there’s something wrong with me…”
{duh}
My point is.
When you have a goal, diet or otherwise, BOLT YOUR DOORS to keep you from failing.
Or get a husband (just run and grab one really quick, it’s only for 30 days) or a friend that will be willing to SIT ON YOU to keep you from failing.
OR get BOLTS, A HUSBAND, and a FRIEND….then you’ll be sure to have success.
And success, you guys, is where you find your inner fierce.
{we’re always searching for the inner fierce in our fam….}
Don’t you worry, I’m saving up all my pretty little tips for the end where you can find them all in one place. I like to keep my wisdom organized.
So let’s ~update~ shall we?
Meals:
Today went great.
Loved the spinach omelet, especially because of all the love my sweet Bethany put into it.
It was ‘specially yummy this morning.
Just another thing I am loving about these 30 days?
My morning healthy breakfasts sitting at Bethany’s table chatting.
With her crazy life with 3 boys, and my INSANE last year with 2 kids + foster child…..we’ve not had the bonding time I’ve been missing.
So this DEFINITELY makes up for it.
And I love her.
And her omelets.
Snack was an apple with peanut butter, which was almost like chocolate. Ah-mah-zing.
My kale tofu chicken soup was good but bland, but that was my fault for forgetting to spice it up with cracked pepper.
What’s really weird is that I get a little giddy about Kale.
That’s weird, right?
I’m even excited to start making Kale Chips.
And the Kale juice for tomorrow….makes. my. mouth. water.
I’ve lost it, I know.
It used to be about shoes (is still is!) and fashion (later tomorrow!) and home decor (right before this post!)…and as I recall a lot about why did I want to parent again…..and now I’m talking about kale.
yawn, right?
And then yawn some more cause I have to finish the update.
Veggie Burgers
was what it was SUPPOSED to look like.
And in fact, did look like, until you tried to pick them up.
And then all you had was a bunch of ingredients.
But, sticking to the rules and all, I was going to get those blasted things down.
Enter the Romaine Hearts.
Opened up those babies, scooped some “burger” inside, and WA LA!
You have a lettuce wrap that reminded me of something I’d eat at PF Changs.
It was kind of amazing actually.
{this is what kind of amazing actually looks like}
Workouts:
Finished the second sequence with a bang.
A bang that did NOT involve ankle weights.
Seriously, that was the one workout that kept on giving!
The better I became at it, the more unique places I’d find that would end up sore.
But 40 reps I did, and then followed with 40 min of trampoline dancing OUTSIDE in 80 degree weather!
SoCal rocks.
{back to real dancing tomorrow…just needed a change}
Tomorrow, I begin the final sequence that will BOLT all my muscles together…
Fabulous, Tracy, looking forward to the bolting….
Let day 21 begin!
{to follow along the whole fun journey from day 1: click here}
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This has been so fun to read about. I’m so impressed that you’ve stuck with it! I’m afraid I’d have to make lots of substitutions if I did it, cause I’m a vegetarian (and honestly, I really don’t like eggs, though occasionally I make myself choke them down for protein). Most exciting about this whole thing is how awesome you clearly feel!
Kale is actually really good. My boyfriends parents are vegans so we eat a good deal of it at their house…
Congrats on 10 more days!!!!!
Woohoo!!! Way to Go!!!! You are awesome Summer =)
Punk! It was 0 degrees this morning when I drove to work. I wanted to keep my coat on in the office because the heat couldn’t keep up.
But seriously keep rocking it, we’re so close!