Bikini Day!

Hi. I've lost some weight. SOME weight. Not a lot. In my case, it's very little. 22 lbs. Yeah, I know.... great job Michele! However, when you start at 269, 22 pounds later is still 244. And honestly, I feel my clothes fitting differently, but they are still the same size clothes. No one even notices. I think I can kind of see a difference in my face.... anyway, it can get kind of frustrating. But I just keep doing what I'm doing. I feel a lot better, that's for damn sure. My roomies and I decided to have a 'family day' at the lake, and it was SO MUCH FUN! We donned our bikini's (except for Eric. Being 'the dude' of the house, he opted for shorts. Lame.), and had ourselves a bonafide lake day. Yup. It was awesome. Until Haylie decided to pull us all under water while Eric photographed it. (Bitch. Love her.) Anyway, the results are below. As you can see, I am still far from Bikini ready, but you know what? I'm thankful for my body. I love it. I am heading full speed toward victory in this weight loss battle, and it FEELS FREAKING GOOD! :D

I'M LOSING IT!!!!

So, if you've read my previous blogs, you know that my sister and I are doing a bikini body challenge. OH. EMM. GEE. I have not been trying. Well....that's not entirely true. I have been cooking many more home made meals. But that's just because fast food is not so readily accessible as it was in Phoenix or Vegas. But I have done NO excersize. Unless you count all the drunk walks home from the bar, which I DO....(because there are MANY). Anyway, we started this challenge about a month ago, and I weighed in at....DRUM ROLL PLEASE....I'M SERIOUSLY ABOUT TO SAY IT....THIS IS BARING ALL, FOLKS....261! No, seriously. Two friggin hundred and sixty friggin one pounds. Well, I SHOCKED myself today when stepping on the scale and seeing the number 246. 246! I've lost 15 pounds! I couldn't believe it. It made me actually want to TRY! I know I can lose more weight. I know I can do it better. I know I can be healthier. This blog has gone on long enough. I'm going to the lose the weight, and turn this blog into a healthy eating blog. I'm so cool. YASSSS! (I SAY my yes's with an A, so I think I should start spelling them that way. It's more accurate. And I am not a liar.) On a side note, I was totally going to write a blog for the fourth of July, but then I went to watch the fireworks and sing 'Merican songs instead. :D These are pics from the beginning of the night. My phone died before we could document the true Red White and Blue Debauchery!

Banana WHAT?!

Banana Pancakes. Not just banana flavored pancakes. And there are no banana chunks in these bad boys. I'm talking: blend a banana in a food processor with an egg, a little cinnamon and vanilla, and voila! Pancake batter. WHAT?! Ridiculous? You don't believe that it's that easy? Well, it is AND it's not. The batter really is as easy as it sounds. It's the cooking part I'm having trouble with. The consistency of these 'pancakes' is similar to a crepe, but somehow still puffy like a pancake. I can't seem to cook them on low enough heat. If I cook them low and long, they get really dark (but they don't taste burnt, so this is how I ended up cooking them all). I did experiment with high and fast, but they just spread all over the pan and they were difficult to flip. I topped them with a delicious peanut butter syrup made from 1 Tsp pb and 2 Tsp agave syrup. You can use whatever syrup you want, tho. All in all a hit, but they took a really long time. I don't think I'll make them again unless I have a griddle. Making them in a pan takes just WAY TOO LONG! Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA AND AMERICA!!!!! My bestie, Jessica Milligan (not Jessica Blow) was born on the fourth of July, just like Uncle Sam. :D Love you both!

coloRADo

Oh, hi guys. So, here's the thing. I really suck at this. The whole blogging thing. But I'd like to get better. So I'm going to try to commit to blogging at least twice a week. We'll say.....Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ok, well maybe I won't exactly commit to certain DAYS, but I will definitely do the the twice a week thing. My sister and I did this super hideous bikini contest last summer. For those of you that don't know..... Rachel and I pretty much have the same body type. That is to say, neither of us really have any business wearing anything close to or resembling a bikini.....Meh. So, the story goes that we were going on vacation to Myrtle Beach, and decided that we were going to lose some weight, and whoever lost the least amount of weight had to wear a very shameful bikini on the beach. Well, I lost. Yes, I will post pictures. Anyway, we are doing it again this summer. The deadline is August 17th. I have no idea how well my sister is doing, but I haven't done shit. (DISCLAIMER! THERE IS SWEARING IN THIS POST!) Teehee..... Okay, so I moved to Colorado (which is totally awesome), and went on a tiny miniature little hike, and then an even tinier miniature bike ride. But I took lots of pictures, so it looked like it was really long. (Totally on purpose). But that's it! I like in the middle of the friggin mountains, but I can't bring myself to actually go out there and enjoy them! (of course, I say this as I sit in my house, typing on my computer, gazing out the window at this lovely day that is quite possibly optimal for hiking.... I'm not exactly an expert tho....) OKAY! So all of this comes down to this moment right now: I'm still not going to be a hiking guru. However, I am determined to make these last 6ish weeks count. So the blogs I write will, again, be all about what I am doing to make them count. Food, exercise, Food, Food. More food than exercise. Might not be any exercise. :( I HATE EXERCISE!!!! My roommate, Eric goes on a daily 100 mile bike ride. Or hike. He's so gross. I prefer to park in the very last stall at Walmart, and walk all the way to the front, and then all the way back to my car with my groceries. That counts. So here's what I ate today: Cheerios with almond milk. And I made myself some chicken and veggies sauteed with Italian dressing for dinner at work tonight....(ugh, nigh shift!). For lunch, I will most likely drink a diet shake and eat an apple or something like that. I will FOR SURE let you know, tho. This is a COMMITMENT!

Whine, wine, unwind.

So.... the thing is, I haven't been doing anything healthy as of late. And on top of that, I've begun indulging on drinking wine whenever I need to unwind... (which is quite often lately!) I freakin LOVE the feeling of having a glass or two of wine, relaxing on my couch, listening to soft music and blogging. Yum. FAVORITE. What I don't like, is that whenever I have an emotional moment, I turn to the ever dreaded "Spicy McChicken" from Mickie Ds. I LOVE this sandwich. It's like my evil NEMESIS!!! I totally got stood up tonight. NOT a great feeling. And what did I do? Well, it was a TWO mcchicken night. Only one glass of wine, but I started the night with two screwdrivers. Actually, I'd kill for a friggin cigarette right now, but that's another dirty habit I need to chuck. Oh, for dirty habits.

SPAGHETTI

Womans best friend. Seriously. At this moment right now, I can't think of anything more delicious! I just had some spaghetti with red sauce, sauteed mushrooms and kilbasa, (however you spell that) and, of course, a glass of wine. OH. MY. GOD. I have had the ingredients for WEEKS and just finally put them together. Tonight was the NIGHT, you know? It wasn't a lot. Just about a cup of spaghetti and probably about 1/2 c of sauce, by OH MY, that was SO delicious! I had a granola bar for bfast, and a turkey sandwich with cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado (ABOCATHO!... AH, my old friend!!!) ....and grape jelly. Yes, I said GRAPE JELLY. Don't knock it til you try it, seriously. Putting jam/jelly on my sandwiches is my latest addiction. It all started with the turkey/cranberry sandwich from paradise bakery...(switch the rye bread out for a croissant and you feel like you've eaten sweet baby jesus. In a good way.) Anyway, I was craving one, but didn't have the mula, and I also didn't have any cranberry sauce. So I improvised. I've been addicted ever since.

OKAY PEOPLE!!! I've got some FRIGGIN AWESOME NEWS today. My cousin Stephanie just moved in with me! It's so funny how when you live with someone you love, it just instantly feels like home. I've lived in this apartment now for almost 6 months, and while it's been really awesome, it still felt like an apartment. After work, I came home, walked through the door and it smelled different. It smelled warm. It felt warm. It was all things good. I felt so good and welcome in my home! Like it was just waiting for me to be here....

Steph was totally passed out in her bed. Lol... but that's just fine! It's her home too, now. I hope she stays. Honestly, guys? I'm kind of a biotch sometimes. Okay, a LOT of the time. No, seriously. I'm not really EVER very considerate; I think of myself a lot. But Steph has really sacrificed a lot to come here. I'm so glad she did, I just really hope it turns out to be everything she wants it to be. :) I can only hope good things for her, cause she's SUCH a great girl.

Okay..... so maybe I've had more than one glass of wine. More like 3.... okay fine, 4. Which means I'm purty.... whateva right now. I'll be so happy if I read this tomorrow and everything is spelled right!!!! I'm watching 'Fools Rush In' right now....HAhahahaha! OOOooohhh... that Matthew Perry!

BUMMER SUMMER(S)!!!!!!

Baby......IM BACK!

Hey ya'll, I hope you're in for some SERIOUS blogging!

Don't believe me?

Well...... I don't really blame you. My blog's been dead for over a YEAR now... yilch. I SUCK! But I've got some good news! Okay, I've got some FRIGGIN GREAT news! I've been going to the gym tues-thurs for THREE WEEKS STRAIGHT! No - I'm serious. My good buddy Angie-pants has been coming with me for motivation, and we've been faithfully speed walking/jogging our flat butts off on the treadmills! Not only that, but we've done some pretty intense arm/abs/leg work outs too! I'm super excited about ALL of this, but honestly? I haven't dropped a pound. NOT ONE POUND! And I think I know why.... :( I STILL EAT LIKE SHIT. So here we go again! I'm gonna have to read back through my past entries and figure out what I was doing, cause I don't remember much other than IT WAS WORKING!

SO! Strap up, ladies and gents and prepare to watch me TRANSFORM! I'm bringing this blog beast BACK TO LIFE!!!! Not that I'm looking that bad... I've got some SMOKIN curvies goin on.... but I think more curves and less LUMPS would be SUPER hot.

...YAY!
...I'm so excited....and isn't my hair getting long?! IT'S SO PRETTY!!! :)