Thank God its a 4 Day Week

Hi All!

I hope you all had a fabulous memorial day weekend. I had a real relaxing one up at Cam’s lake house

but I was also very excited to come home to this munchkin

All and all I needed the rest. I even got a few runs in while I was up there, which was nice, but I didn’t put to much pressure on myself. Although maybe I should have… since it’s not looking like I’ll be able to run tonight…. because I have homework.

…yes homework. What? It was only my second day of my internship So far as  to report its tough, really tough. It’s a lot to learn really fast, everyone says I’ll catch on and get the hang of it and I sure hope they are right. I hate feeling like a moron. Although I will say, everyone is super duper nice. I think they all judge me because I’m constantly eating. And since I get frustrated I over hydrate so I can take bathroom breaks, whoops

Anyways I went back to Crossfit last night after a whole week of being sick/ having a hurt back. It felt great. It was pretty much a new group of people too and I loved them all. We did “Diane” which is 21-15-9 reps of deadliest & handstand pushups  per round. My time was 3:13 which isn’t amazing compared to the best but it isn’t too shabby I probably could have cut down my time because I remember taking a breather.

Hope your week at work is better than mine!

xox

PS. at least the clothes are working out great

The Last Hurrah

Hi Hi Hi!
Hope you all are doing well. I’m a stress case packing, I’m going to the lake tomorrow for the weekend Sun? Jet Skis? Beach? Relaxation? YES PLEASE!

Once I get up there it’ll be care free zone. But, for now I’m freaking out.. actually I’m just like this…

But fo’real. Only I’m packing all my own food. The perks of having a food allergy. Which is why I’m writing this post.  Many of us sacrifice our diets when we go away. I unfortunately cannot just forget about my food allergies and go all out, unless I want to spend my time getting sick (buzz kill alert). It was really hard to get things together. My boyfriends mom asked what I can and can’t eat, which was so sweet. But its also the preparation that is a stress case. So I went to two grocery stores and bought enough food for an entire week, naturally. I’m bringing my bananas for breakfast, turkey sandwich supplies for lunch, along with veggies salad, and stir fry for dinner and countless snacks That way I can relax that I know my food is safe. I felt really rude when I first started this process. Then I realized its not me turning down their food, its me relieving them of my food burden. So we can all relax all weekend.

….hopefully my big batch of sangria will help too

Have a fabulous weekend all!

xox

Jenn

Goal Setting

Hi All!

As summer gears in full force I think its time to reset those goals, let see if I meet them by the end of the summer?

1. Write on Here more: I really love sharing things with you all, and I want to get better about that!
2. Have a cute work wardrobe : I am starting to compile this now, and I want to love it, since come next year I’ll hopefully have a full time job, ps. if anyone has any suggestions where to get said cute work clothes, let me know, I’m in struggle city with that

3. Pull Ups. Yes pull ups, I’m back at Crossfit, and I want my freaking pull-up, without a band.

4. To have a happy fun filled summer, and a tan, and pictures to prove it must take more pictures

5. To learn as much as I can from my internship

6. Organized! Fake it until I make it, you have got to see my new planner, I’ll do a big post on it I promise!

7. Cut down on sugar, yikes this has totally gotten out of control!

Seven good solid goals, lets get to it!

Also my summer anthem:

Overcoming Yourself.

I’m just going to cut to the chase. You must get out of your own way.

So many times I myself get in my own way and I prevent myself from reaching my own goals. My fear, my time constraints, my sheer desire to be lazy. However, every time I over come it and am Ms. Productive, I have never felt better and accomplished.

We Can Do This.

Start visualizing your goals.

Figure out your limits and where you are going to need to ask for help.

And get up and get go get them. I’m serious, this is the most important step, just get up and go.

Dream Big, Move big.

Home, but not settled

Hi All,

Its been a while huh? I’m home, finals are done, and I have a few weeks to work part time and lay low. Recover, rest, and of course get my toosh to the beach with my kindle.

So what have I been doing since I’ve been home? Well a lot of it involves, moving a bunch of useless junk and sorting through what I actually need, what is trash, and what I’m donating. So far I have about two huge black trash bags to donate, so proud! As I’m getting settled, I’m getting back into the swing of my normal level of workouts and healthy eats. The workouts have been much easier to adjust than the eats. However I’m cooking up a bunch of stuff tomorrow! Pictures to come!

As I prepare for the big girl work world so many things are crossing my mind. Am I going to be able to fit everything in? I need a lunch box. What exactly is business casual? How early do I need to leave for work? What to do for a gym membership? Ah all the thoughts. So as I’m sorting this through I’ll be posting daily with my cramming in my summer body. I am luck enough I work hard all year that finals week I feel kills me but I bounce back so quick I’m not too too too worried! I’m all about feeling my best!

Off to Bed!

xoxo

Quick Tidbit

Hi All!

I just wanted to share something with you all! Especially during this time of the year for me, yay finals! As we all interview for jobs, set summer fitness goals, embark on a new journey these words I saw will help.

 

Stuff is hard, but hard work pays off. Its much less satisfying as an accomplishment if no hard work went into it.

We can will do it. We’ll get through it. And Most of all We’ll rock whatever it is ‘s face off.

 

Thats all. Night!

 

Its Offical

It’s getting real over here…

In many ways…. The first being its “hell week” at school, the week every professor crams everything in and assigns everything before finals. I have a nice homework list…

Yes Super fun, look at this take home exam, I think a small tree was murdered :

yikes, super fun!

Anyways theres another reason why its getting real. I have been talking about it for a while but I officially made the move…

All signed up and paid for! No backing out now.

I hope you all will excuse me if I run away from the blog world while I tackle the to do list. I will be updating with my goals for this week and workouts I have todays and tomorrows planned already and the weeks goals!

so off we go!

Atleast we had a little fun this weekend to get us through the week, friday at least!

xox!

College Eats

Hi All!

I have been meaning to write a post like this for a while. How to eat to stay in shape and healthy in college.

Usually the cafe is a war zone with food usually. Before I knew I had to eat gluten free, it was interesting. I luckily grew up in a home where my parents were fantastic cooks and I ate pretty healthy growing up. Some people I recognize don’t have that luxury. My best tip is to drink water at meals, and have at least one salad a day.

For me, eating is a little more difficult. Breakfast and snack food are easy, typically dorm friendly. Lunch and dinner are a little more difficult. Between my class schedule and work schedule its real tough for me to get to the dinning hall. And when I do make it there, I rarely want/can eat anything. It wasn’t until a week ago that I found a solution. I embarked in the produce section of the grocery store. Got lots of veggies; broccoli, peppers, cucumber, carrots and of course goat cheese. I chopped it all up and threw it in a tupperware and tossed some dressing in there as well. This way I had a nice salad whenever I wanted it ready to go. Lettuce tends to get so soggy that I can’t stand it, but this way no sogg issues This week I also added some quninoa for some protein.

There are ways to eat clean while at school, so don’t use it as your excuse!

xox

Jenn

Success

Hi All!
 How are you all, it has been so long! In my last post I talked about how I was refocusing a little bit. Although Insanity is a killer workout, it wasn’t helping me towards my goals.

I am happy to say this has been going great! I have healed my ankle for the most part, although I am still running on the flat track rather than tackling the road lately, to give it a little more time to heal. But I have been loving it and actually felt better since changing my decision.

During my run yesterday I was dying. I was so tired and I just wanted to stop and walk, and something popped into my head. Apparently I get epiphany moments when I run. I realized, success is what lies there waiting when you break through your fears….. Powerful, I know. I think of that little voice inside my head routinely that is scared to do something. I’d like to think of myself as fearless, but if you know me in person, that is certainly not the case. So along with my refocusing in my fitness life is my mental life. Taking challenges and finding the success I want in my life. Everyday I want to find something good and positive and share it, and make myself happy and positive.

Any ways, I have been buried in wishful hoping for internship stuff, and loads of homework that comes with the end of the semester always.

Tone It Up Bikini Series just started this week. Its amazing. I did it last year, however I was not as dedicated as I would have like to see the results. This year is a different story, completely on board!

Let’s think positive thoughts and see our hard work unfold into our success! 

xoxo

Do BIG things!

Refocus

Hi All!

How are you all doing?
I think its time for a little thought. I have had goals since I started this blog, nutrition, workouts, and accountability.

About a month ago I started Insanity, and insane it was. I enjoyed the challenge. However about two ish weeks ago I noticed not my muscle aching but my joints, particularly my ankle. I did what I normally do, ignored it and hope it would go away smart  . It needless-to-say has gotten worse. At the beginning of this week I made the decision to shelf Insanity. I realized it simply wasn’t putting me on track to meet my goals. I want to run this half marathon in September. Since starting Insanity, I had kept up with my running, but it started to lack, and I was taking off running for Insanity. I definitely won’t be shying away from turning on an insanity workout on cross training days. I just can’t have it ruling my life.

That being said, my ankle is killing me. Yesterday I fit in my run, and I’m starting to think it wasn’t a good idea. So today I got us nice and early and did a bootycall Tone It up style and walked on the treadmill for a half hour with in incline. It felt great while going, but less great after the fact. So although I planned on doing a toning workout form the new BeachBabeDVD. I’m starting to think I’ll do a long foam roller session and yoga session this evening, and resting. Its healthy to take rest days, and since I did get light cardio in this morning I don’t feel too guilty.

I haven’t decided whether or not tomorrow will be my next running day or I’ll do the toning that I was going to do today and run Saturday. We’ll see how my foot feels

This is me standing here committing to my goals. I will nourish my body and keep it active. I will run that half marathon. I’ll be putting together a goal post in the near future, I pinky promise. Also I’m starting to take pictures of all my meals, and I’ll be sharing a promise. I am refocusing myself to my true goals, and not being swayed! I will achieve.

xox

Do Big Things

Thought: do you lose track of your goals, how do you get back on track?

P.S. most of my interviews are over, just waiting for the word on if i go the job or not keep your fingers crossed for me!