Skechers Booty

Um, holy crap! My new skechers tone-ups that I blogged about are crazy! CRAZY! You guys they freaking work, because for the last 4 days I have been in hella pain. But the good kind. Ok first off, I have a confession. I have not been a regular patron at the gym. Mostly miss of the hit and miss equation. But BFFE is coming over in June to do a 5k with me....more on that later. So I needed to get ready for what I am sure will be pretty humiliating. But hey, you gotta start somewhere. Anyway I have been walking on the treadmill at the gym and trying to work up to a light run (you know how I hate the word jog) . On Monday after my workout the next day my tush and legs were on fire. I haven't felt that kind of burn since I had to do stairs for basketball, and that was a long LONG time ago.
The crazy thing is that I have worked out before and I thought harder, but have never felt like that. So I am attributing the new burn to the new shoes, as this was the first time I have really worn them to work out. 4 days later, I am still feeling it. I think eventually my body will adjust, but in the mean time, pain is my new high.

Aloe My Love

He he he, sorry I couldn't resist that silly joke. So, well let me just say that I have been going to the gym, and working out and have a lot to report, so look for new post every day for the rest of this week. I have been lazy about posting, even though I really have been working on this huge goal. Anyway back to talking about Aloe. I love it! I seriously think its the miracle cure-all. So let me give you a little back story. I have some tummy troubles, going veg helped a lot. However a few months ago I was in serious pain, like cant go to work pain. I moved and my Dr. on the other side of the state was trying to help, but not a lot he can do from 4 hours away. My mom who by the way is so removed from natural healing (she thinks its loony-oh mom) suggested that I try drinking aloe. I know right. Well her BFF has some tummy problems too and read about aloe and how it does wonders for your body. Which makes sense right? If its so good on the outside of your body, surely it would be good for the inside. So I went to the health store and got this liquid aloe and I gotta tell you, I think its the bees knees. Its my Windex. If you don't get that reference, then seriously watch more movies.
I have been drinking it for about 2 months now and I already feel so much better. About 3 weeks in I was feeling pretty good.
My skin is looking good, and feeling hydrated, my insides are feeling good, and I gotta say, it tastes pretty good..... well ok because I eat so much of the veg diet, the taste didn't bug me at all, but maybe if you are not used to all those veggies, then you might want to do what I do most mornings I make a smoothie and put in about 2-3 table spoons. I dont really measure, just poor and just sit back and reap the benefits. I was doing it two times a day, but most times I just get it in the A.M.
I know most of you wont take the time to click on this link, but if you have a minute I strongly suggest it. Its like wearing moisturizer and sun screen every day, its a given. Right girls? Its a given.

Dear Vegetarian Katie

Where are you? I miss you so much. For a year and a half you were so good, you felt so good, you lost weight, you didn't hurt baby chickens... and now? Well now I have no excuse. I am lame, I give into my baser instincts just for a taste of what? Saturated fat and heart clogging red meat? Yuck. So now is the time to commit fully to that lifestyle. My soul felt better and so did my belly. As a last goodbye to my meat eating days, I went out with my cousin and had son coconut shrimp. As I was eating the greasy fat laden morsels, I couldn't help but think..... what the hell are you doing? Does this taste that good. No, and not only that but my waist line does not need anymore crap added to it. So once again, I am jumping on that bandwagon and living a healthier more compassionate life.
I really believe in this lifestyle, I just lost site of that. So I guess the prodigal daughter returns.

April fools Randomness

Does anybody hate April 1st more than me? I seriously think that practical jokes are lame. They make me angry. But I really don't have to be on my toes as far as work goes anymore, because before I was working with a bunch of 13 year old men and now I am working with 80 year old men. I can't believe that there is no middle ground in manhood. Thank the good lord I am a woman.
Anyway Spring (I think) has officially sprung in Meridian! I got a light dose of vitamin D yesterday, and today it is suppose to be even warmer. Woohoo! I am having some guest this weekend and I am glad the weather will be a little nice so we can get outside maybe. Also there are a bunch of little baby goats by my house and it makes me happy. I really hate winter, and seeing baby animals just makes me think SPRING IS HERE!
But also that means summer is right around the corner, and that means YIKES swimsuit season. So I really need to step up my game because in Meridian they have this awesome water park called Roaring Springs, and I plan to partake at every chance I get.
One of my friends who has lived here her whole life has never been. She is a chub like me, but unlike me, I never let my chub hold me back. I want to start the summer with less chub, but still life is for the living....unless you are a zombie, and even then I think zombies have a lot of fun.