30 Day Shredding - Half Way Done!!!

Well, today is the 16th of the month and because I totally spaced my workout day with E on Sunday, we are now half way through the 30 Day Shred.

Every day except for this past Sunday, E and I have shredded ourselves to exhaustion. I like to think it's working since we're working so hard.

On day 10, I measured myself again and found I had lost 6.75" overall. I think that's pretty good! As of today at the half way point, it's 8.75". Not a ton, but definitely a good start!

All of my shredding friends are working their inches off too and I am so proud of them for keeping on. I know first hand how much I'd really like to turn Jillian off sometimes! I'm especially proud of my Mom for jumping in a few days late and rocking out her shredding EVERY DAY since she started. Mom you are awesome!

For Allie's winner announcement for this week. Go to her blog here.

Also, I ran across this super random fb page because a friend had liked a picture. It's a running page or something. I mostly just looked through all the pics and loved them. It made me want to get out and run again! It made me want to kill those miles. I especially loved all the pics that looked like people running in crisp fall air. I thought about it and then I went outside and almost got heatstroke from the humidity. I probably won't run outside for another couple weeks, but this page is making me anticipate the moment of being able to pound the pavement again. Hopefully we'll be in NM soon and I can run in air that does not maintain a heat index of 110 all day long. Check out the fb page here.

All you runners and shredders, we can keep going!

I think most of us feel this way sometimes...

Love List Wednesday

I realized after rereading one of my blogs that I use the world love a lot. I think this is because I seem to feel strongly about things and normally don't just "like" things. Things I just "like" don't get mentioned because I don't feel strongly enough about them to talk about them. An example of this would be I like furniture. I don't really talk about furniture because even though I enjoy comfortable and stylish furniture, it's not something I get excited about.

So, I guess my blog is things I feel passionately about. Things I love and things I don't love (like exercise).

On that note, here are some things I love:

• Ice Cream

A Bouquet of Ice Cream - Delicious and Beautiful

• Results - I've lost 6.75 inches off my body so far in the 30 Day Shred (Score!)
• Discovering fun new websites, like pinterest!

• Cute and meaningful jewelry 

Hubs got me this for UPT graduation

• Texas radio stations - even on the pop station they play popular country songs a lot!
• Finishing a good book
• Sewing projects

• Soft fabric - like flannel and fleece
• Star Trek - The Next Generation

• Friends that are there for you
• Singing along to the radio

A few current favorites:

W-I-N-N-E-R-S!!!!!!

So today was the first day announcing the winners of the first week of the Shredtastic challenge.

I was the winner!!!


I think that is pretty exciting. I would like to give some props to my shredding partner in crime, E. She also shredded all 7 days and worked really hard. She just hadn't decided how to evaluate herself in the effort category and didn't send in her spreadsheet. So, I'm going to say that E and I are both winners!

SO.....

E and I are TIED WINNERS!!!!!!


I don't have any pics of the two of us together, so here's one of each of us!

Now Shred with us so you can be the winner next week!!!!

Check out Allie's result page here.
Check out the details on my Shredtastic Challenge tab at the top!

Kicking My Booty In Gear - The Shred-tastic Challenge

I have loved the Run for the Bling of It Challenge. It has been such a motivation to get myself out there and really run. Unfortunately for me, I live in Coastal TX and the past couple months have been so hot that I've put my running on hold till the hubs and I move to NM. I'm not a fan of treadmills and our current base gym does not have an indoor track. Unfortunately for me lack of running, stress eating, stress in general, and some rando personal issues have lead to my pants being tighter than I like to admit to. It's nothing horrific, but certainly enough to bother me.

Since we won't be headed out there till September I knew I needed to get myself under control and find some kind of consistent work out activity. Then I realized I keep seeing friends talk about this Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred video. I did a little research, read a ton of reviews, and decided to try out this video. I wanted to make it easy to keep track of the days, so I figured I'd start on Aug. 1st. I was so excited I told my friend E during our Starbucks date. She and I decided we'd shred together. Then I was even more excited and I told my friend Allie over at a tsp of life. She came up with the idea of doing a group fitness challenge! I thought that sounded awesome. Who doesn't want great accountability. So lots of texts and google chats later, Allie came up with guidelines and a sweet graph to keep track of your results.

Since we're so excited about this, we decided to open up this challenge to anyone who would like to join. There are no prizes except for us talking about all the people who keep it up every day on our blogs. There will be a winner if you choose to send us your results, but the winner only gets lots of online kudos and of course BRAGGING RIGHTS.

If you're interested in shredding with us starting Aug. 1st, check out my tab titled "Shred-tastic Challenge" or go here. The tab has all the details and guidelines. The more the merrier, so commit to shredding and get ready to get  your booties in gear with us!