Joel and I have been getting all kinds of offers for our exisiting and new credit cards lately. I’m not sure what the new offers for new cards is about since we have not gotten a new card in many years and we just throw those away. But the offers that go with our exisiting cards are starting to drive me nuts. We have never had the extra protection plans that they offer put on the cards and honestly if we choose you to be our Credit Card company isn’t just as important for you to give us identity theft protection as part of our using your company? Come on the rates for any balances these days are high enough that it should be your job to keep us happy customers not try to charge us more for something we should already get. Do you know what I mean… it seems like our society like to nickle and dime us any way they can at our safety as they call it.
Tanning
So with our trip just a little over 4 weeks away now I have decided I am going to start tanning to get a nice base tan. That way when in the sun I’m less likely to burn and I look better in our pictures 
I hate looking pale white. I also think that in some ways that tanning can be a natural fat burner. Getting the fat gone is much easier to do when you feel good about yourself. I know when I feel good I want to work out more and take better care of myself and those around me. I can not wait to enjoy the warmth in this lovely weather either!!!
Doctor Visit
I had to go to the doctors yesterday because I was experiencing a weird pulsating issue in my stomach when I did a strech at the gym on Thursday. In my appointment I showed her some weird bumps I was getting in my the spots where my sports bra sat on my sholders… I would never have guess it would be classified on my chart as adult acne caused by working out. I thought getting healthier was suppose to help keep your body more refreshed and honestly looking better because you are taking better care of it. I hate the term acne because it makes me think of my terrible outbreaks when I was 16 and in high school. No thank you to reliving that!!!
Friday 5: Misses
What’s something you frequently misplace? My keys are the main thing that I use to lose all of the time…then Joel started putting them on the key rack everytime he found them that he pretty much trained me without even knowing it because now I find myself always putting them there.
For whom are you often mistaken? My sister or mom on the phone!
When were you last misinformed about something important? I’m not sure that it really comes down to misinformed but me not hearing it correctly. Due to this I called Monday afternoon to cancell an appointment I thought Maddie had on Tuesday but found out that it was really on Monday morning and she had missed it already
Where in your home do you have a seemingly random collection of miscellanea? Our drawer of Junk of very random junk!
Upon meeting someone for the first time, what qualities in the other person are likely to cause you to misjudge him or her? Shyness tends to be something that throws me off because I am a very social person and if it’s hard to interact I almost feel like they might not like me or something!
E-mails
I have been getting so much Junk mail recently that I am so over it. I know that once you start blogging about products companies might start to contact you to do reviews of things. Granted most of the time the e-mails are pretty out landish and crazy and only one time have I ever accepted the free product to try from an Organic company that sells their product at our Meijers. The rest of the time I tend to just delete the weird ones or ones that don’t fit. For example I got one for thise kid safe outlet covers…well first off they were bright yellow and they looked just like the clears ones. Why would I want to draw Logan’s attention to the outlet cover as he already thinks they are interesting. I also got one that was a diet supplement review. The problem with those things is that you never know what kind of side effects you might get so I tend to wait to try things till there is more data from other reviewers. So all in all I just love to ignore Junk mail!!!
Blood tests
I hate those two words every time I hear them come from the Doctors mouth. Granted most of the time the results come back great and there are no worries but I always fear the results of my Cholesterol. My Dad has always had problem with his being too high even though he is not a big guy. So it’s more of a genetic thing and not a weight thing really. But one of the times when the doctor mentioned a possible cholesterol treatment if mine did not drop by the next check I knew it was time to take my own steps. Literally all it took for me was to get more active. Now I don’t have to worry about it at this point. Does anyone else struggle with this?
Why not try
Whether it was how I was eating of just a change in hormones in the last few months I have found myself once again fighting the lovely acne fight again. I picked up a new kit recently that has cleanser, overnight acne gel, and acne fighting moisturizer. Since I started using it about the same time I went back to better eating I can not say what is actually doing the trick but the fight is not as tough anymore and I am so happy about that. Having to deal with the acne again made me feel like a teenager in high school again. Man does that suck!!!!
Yes Again
I have been back at getting back into a Healthy lifestlye not only to lose weight but also to have more energy, better body image of myself, and even to more than keep up with the kids. I have been going to the gym since the begining of Dec on a fairly regular basis but I was still not lossing the weight. So I had to admit to myself that I needed to go back to the tried and true way of tracking my food intake. In the past I used Slimfast but it just didn’t have all of the tools and accountability I was looking for. I recently set up a MyFitnessPal account where I can track all my meals and exercise to help me lose weight and get my body back again. It also allows me to add friends and has some great tools to let people know how I am doing. I am going to add a small ticker box on one of my side rows of the blog so that it’s really out there for all to see. I totally love this site and it has made me so accountable for the food going into my mouth, the exercises I am doing, and the weight I’m losing!
I have a goal of being back into my size 10′s and even working towards the 8′s again by the time we leave for our Hawaii trip in about 5 weeks and one day! I have already made some progress but I really hope to make even more in the next few weeks.
So cold
I really wish it was not as cold as it is out there right now. Yes it’s not as cold as it could be but man it still sucks. I miss being able to ride my bike with the trailer behind it to get Allie to school. I also wish that I could avoid the ads on Facebook I’ve been seeing about panama city beach hotels, Cruises through the Disney Corp., and other vacation destinations. It’s like a huge tease to think about warmer weather when I am trying so hard to accept the cold as the way of life for now. However that is just it…this is my life and I need to enjoy it warm or cold. Gotta think positive right?
Life…
Things have been really busy around here lately so I have not been able to blog as much. I have been going to the gym 3 days a week and this week I am adding in the Tuesday and Thursday mix into that as well. I am hoping to get this weight gone so I look my best when we hit Hawaii in a little over 5 weeks. That is another thing keeping me busy… there is so much prep to be done. I hope I have found my pace and get back to more of a consistent blogging of thoughts on my mind.