Apr 11
2014

Randomness!


What a week…So thankful Friday has arrived. Since I’ve taken no time to blog this week, today will be a random post!
Spring Break week here so lots of little random happenings! 
Saturday we took a drive back to hubby’s hometown & the town where “we” began! We haven’t been back since his parents moved our way a year ago! We hit up the best pizza ever, Pizza Sams….ordered up: double crust, baked on a screen with spices on the side (I wish baked in but didn’t think my girlies would enjoy that)! 
Then, we drove a little further to visit hubby’s Grandma. We haven’t seen her in a while & haven’t been to her new assisted living home so we thought we would take advantage of an open day & take a ride to visit! Grandparents are such gems!
Sunday I hit up my run club! It was a gorgeous 52 degrees in Michigan…perfect afternoon for a run! I was super pumped as my pace is getting so much better….simply because my body is stronger! A couple months ago, I had doubted that I’d ever get below 12 minute pace again! I’m on my way out of that range! 
Laynee had some testing & appointments at University of Michigan C.S. Mott’s Children’s Hospital on Tuesday so the four of us headed to Ann Arbor Monday afternoon & squeezed in a little family time! The girls had a blast swimming & hanging out in the pool area! 
Tuesday….such a LONG day. No real word back yet, doc is supposed to be calling me today with the test results & the plan on moving forward with my little girl! Praying for progress!
The rest of the week has been a random lazy week. I can say I’ve done no REAL workouts & we have ate out WAY too much. But, it is Spring Break & next week begins Little League practices on top of many other activities so I guess I am enjoying this week! I am not feeling guilty about it…besides feeling guilty gets me nowhere other than reaching for another piece of pizza!
But – I do need to get back to focusing on my 90 days until summer challenge….in fact I think I’ll say that next week I’ll take an updated pic in the bikini to keep me focused!  
YIKES!

For this week, I am going to get working on my food planning today but my workouts will be SWEET:
Saturday/Sunday – 5 mile run
Monday – I have my race training studio class & then I’m staying for Box & Abs – so excited to try this class out finally!!
Tuesday – Easy Run
Wednesday – this day begins my 3 week “Spring Fling Clique Bootcamp” that I’m nervous & thrilled about the major booty kicking I’ll be getting! Maybe I’ll stay for KettleBell MILFF too!
That is all I have planned out for now! Now to get the food planned out…then I’ll really be kicking some *a*
Until Next Time~
*Krisha*
Apr 1
2014

March is Over!


A new month is here & that darn countdown to summer is still going down!
I will admit I am very happy with the changes in my body during the month of March. The scale is still being a stubborn *b* but I really do not care what she has to tell me anymore – totally not listening! I still need to take my month-end measurements but I am experiencing some serious bloating & wasn’t about to do that yesterday or today….we shall hope for tomorrow!
By the way…this Victoria’s Secret Sports Bra is the BOMB!

 

You know how once you make a serious kick-butt plan of attack it seems like you ALWAYS end up feeling sick?! Yes….so ready to attack this week & yesterday felt like heck with a super sore throat & sinus headache that I had tried all weekend to fight off. Doped myself up on vitamins and cold medicine yesterday and for me, a SUPER early bedtime, I’m back to feeling more normal-ish! 
But I ended up skipping out on my Runner studio class that I am in love with & can tell is making a huge difference in my running. Super bummed out but my body was certainly screaming “NO!!” 
On Saturday I tried two classes I have not taken yet at the studio – MFX which is a cross-fit class….hello box jumps! The next class was the Brazilian Booty class…..holy wow! I found muscles I definitely didn’t know I had! This is me after classes trying to smile through my “OUCH.”

Felt awesome…until the next morning as I stood at the top of my stairs to take the doggie down & just giggled knowing the stairs & I would not be friends for the day! But in all seriousness – I love that feeling!
Sunday was my longer run for the week. Just four miles. It was a perfect day for a run in Michigan at 45 degrees & that bright yellow thing shining so brightly in the sky! My pace was better – I had 2 miles under 11:00 minutes. My Garmin doesn’t really reflect a quicker pace because this included several minutes in which I had to stop & do a serious wardrobe change as I was WAY too overdressed! If I had realized it would have taken me that long I would have pressed pause on my timer!

This week my schedule is:
Tonight – run!
Wednesday – studio classes
Thursday – run or studio classes
Friday – probably a rest day….I really struggle wanting to do anything on Fridays!
Saturday/Sunday – Hubs & I still need to plan out the weekend yet!
Until Next Time~
*Krisha*
Mar 28
2014

Busting out of Plateau?!


Woot! I made progress this week! 
I have finally seen a # on the scale LESS than I have seen in….ummmm…..forever it feels like! 
Keeping my fingers crossed that I have, in fact, busted out of my plateau. 
Gotta work towards that swimsuit
Super pumped here because tomorrow morning I signed up for the MFX class at the studio which has been described to me as hard-core. I’ll be following that one up with the TRX Suspension Training class – think hard-core as in giving me a hard & fabulous core! 
Busting out of that comfort zone still! 
I am such a dork in the fact that I get nervous, like first day of school nervous, everytime I got to a new class. 
Seriously? Such a dork! 
My plan is to kick some serious booty at the studio throughout the month of April! Once May hits I will be coaching Little League games four nights a week so I will not be able to get down to the studio much at all! So I need to push hard this month to give me the momentum and some ideas to go hard at home during May!
Gotta work on that swimsuit body!!
Plus my brother-in-law ties the knot in October & I want to feel amazing & confident in pictures…unlike the last handful of weddings I have attended! 
I have the mind frame right now of NO MORE EXCUSES! Who am I kidding…..my stupid lame excuses get me nowhere that I want to go!
Amen right here:
Until Next Time~
*Krisha*
Mar 26
2014

A Thank You!

First, for WIW, I’m still broken up with the scale – proud to say Day #2 of me NOT jumping on it this morning! I guess you could call this a big scale victory!! But, I can tell you the belt I have on today is on a hole smaller than I’ve ever worn it! Tomorrow we will see what the scale has to say at my WW meeting! 
Pretty Strong Medicine
So last night my girls & I were on our own as hubs was stuck at school for an event. It was also “No Tech Tuesday” for March is Reading Month….so what better way to spend our evening than getting in some miles?! We spent the evening on our Middle School indoor track & logged at least six miles for our buddy, Kingsley! 

My run last night was suppose to be a 30 minutes easy run & no focus on miles. I do know I got in at least three miles. 
My older daughter, Jacee, who is currently doing the Girls on the Run program rocked it out with at least 2.5 miles with hardly any walking at all! I was SO SUPER proud of her! But the BEST part was the pride she had in herself for how well she did! 

Then, there was my younger daughter, Laynee, who is like “Little Miss Speedy” who could run circles around me All. Day. Long. finished with probably between 1-2 miles!

As we were walking out of the school to head for home, Jacee said, “Thanks mom for bringing us running. That was awesome.”
Yes, mamas, be the BEST role model you can be! 

Until Next Time~
*krisha*

Mar 25
2014

Change of Plans


First of all, can you believe I did NOT get on the scale this morning? Can we say HUGE victory for me! I am really trying to not focus on a stupid # anymore on a DAILY basis! Plays way too many mind games with me! I’ll still weigh in on Thursdays at my Weight Watchers meetings, but not every fricken day! Taking the control AWAY from the scale & putting it back into my own hands!
Did you know that it is a gorgeous 15 degrees in Michigan this morning w/ snow-covered roads & more flurries falling from the sky?! Yup….therefore I declared it a Starbucks morning! 
 (Yes, I have a slight obsession with colored markers & pens at work – brightens my day!)
 
Anyways, Change of Plans…so I was currently following a training plan for a 25k for May. I wasn’t totally sold on what distance I really wanted to do yet for the run but when I signed up for my Run Club I was so bored, experiencing severe winter blues, and really just needed to be challenged and pushed which was something I wasn’t doing very well to myself! I signed up for that at the same time I started my membership at the studio. Well, since then, I have fallen in love with those classes! When I get done with those classes I can feel my body getting stronger & I’m becoming obsessed with that feeling. Not to mention how much better of a runner I’m becoming in this short time! 

BUT the problem is that the 25k training is becoming SUPER intense & too time consuming where all I feel like I have time for is running. So, I’m scaling back to the 10k race & that training plan. The 10k will still be pushing me & will also allow me to include studio classes during the week & additional workouts of this type at home. I will be shooting for longer races this summer & fall, however! Plus, I’m quite certain this will make me a faster runner which I long to be!
I’m excited! I have actually never ran a 10k before! I jumped from a 5k to a half-marathon! 
If you’re jumping over here from SkinnyMeg’s link-up, you can see the results from my recent Advocare 10 day cleanse here

Until Next Time~
*krisha*
Mar 24
2014

Monday…Monday

Monday is here & I’m ready to do this:
This weekend was NOT a great one for working out! Saturday was jam-packed & then we had some family up for the day/night! Had an absolute blast! Sunday was “tackle ALL the housework & laundry because my house was becoming too cluttered & disorganized & then I feel overwhelmed & just want to order pizza” day!
Super fun….drank too much beer….but I should get extra points because I did stick to my Ultra & chugged water throughout the night! Food….not perfect….but it could have been MUCH worse so I count it a win! Love my hubby’s family…..always a super fun time! 

Moving on to this week! I continue to look at my pic in my bikini for the motivation to kick some *a* right now! Here is my plan for the week:
Monday – tonight is my Runners Studio class
Tuesday – long/easy Run 
Wednesday – TurboFire workout in the a.m.
Thursday – Hoping it will work out to get to the studio for the Brazilian Booty Blast & Hot Mama Tabata classes!
Friday – rest!
Saturday/Sunday will be my longer run day!
Of course, I’ll also be working in my upper body workouts from my trainer! 

My Advocare 10 day cleanse is over! Since I am really working on my relationship with the # on the scale, I wasn’t placing an importance on that #….but I do know I’m down a good couple of pounds! Inches….still need to actually take the measurements, but I think you can see here that I’m down inches! 
 
Until Next Time~
*krisha*
Mar 21
2014

Just NINETY days!

Ah, shucks! 90 days until summer as of today! We got work to do people!
 Lots of work!
This week has been one of these:
I mean, seriously, I have no idea how my girls made it through the week in one piece! So ready for the weekend to be here even if it’s a jam-packed couple of days! 
I think this weekend I should probably sit down & break back out my fab Erin Condren planner & get back to planning our days out better! 
Meals…I should also figure out how in the heck to meal plan!
Why is that so hard? 
Organization is SO not my thing!
As soon as I bust out of work today I am heading out on a long run. Hoping to get in at least SIX on this fabulous Friday! We are experiencing high 30s today & the temps are supposed to drop back down to the 20s for the weekend so I shall bust out my run today! 
Plus I’m anxious to get out there & run!
For the next ninety days I’m also gonna get my booty back to track all the things that go in my mouth…except beer & wine; I don’t track that! 
Time to get serious…summer is coming!  

The best part about a long run is my alone time…..today I’m hoping it will help out the struggle in my brain….
Ever have these types of days:
 
Yup…this is me…today!
I cannot maintain a single thought all the way through today so on that note, I’m out.

Until Next Time~
*Krisha*

Mar 20
2014

March Fun!


Today marks the first day of spring and yes, in Michigan we did in fact awake to a fresh layer of that white stuff on the ground! 
Happy First day of Spring all!

Last night began my quest for #nomorebatwings. 
Ever since I had shoulder surgery last winter I’ve neglected…struggled…with building back up my strength in my shoulder & my core. 
Well with my competitive nature busting out of the seams again in my studio classes, I don’t like to be the wimpy one using the lightest weights there. 
Nope. 
Not me. 
There is a fire burning under me now to whip myself back into tip-top-shape! 
Last night I had a personal training session with the trainer & got some fab workouts at home to start with! 
I’m flippin’ excited! 
I’m dreaming of tank tops….sleeveless dresses….with no bat wings to show off for a change! 
Obviously, I had to take a *before* picture! Transformation ready! 

March is Reading Month at school & my adorable girlies had Wacky Wednesday yesterday. 
Could I please point out how LONG it takes to get ready for school on Wacky Wednesday?  I started feeling like we may never get out of the house! 
They wanted even more wackiness….but mama had to draw the line somewhere! 

Today also marks the start of another DietBet for me….joining up on SkinnyMeg’s. I totally told myself I was never going to do another one. I’ve tried twice & lost both times. 
But, I am not giving up hope on myself quite yet, I guess.
 However, if I am defeated again, this would be STRIKE THREE, in which case I would really be OUT! 
Still time to join in on the fun!

Until Next Time~

*Krisha*
Mar 18
2014

Out of My Comfort Zone…..Summer?!


My theme so far for 2014 is stepping out of my super comfy comfort zone & posting this picture below definitely keeps me on that trend! Yikes peeps! Well I’m joining in the fun following some other bloggers in the 90 days until summer challenge.
Yes…..NINETY days from Friday. 
Last summer I sat there on the boat (with everyone being much thinner than I) feeling miserable. Afraid to take off my swimsuit cover. Ashamed that I had put back on that much weight again. Sad. Mad. Oh & let’s not forget flippin’ HOT from the temps & me ONCE AGAIN spending my summer trying to cover myself up under extra clothes in 90+ degree weather! 
So here is a great comparison picture of me:
2010 – I had hit my lifetime status at Weight Watchers & was at the lowest I had been since my wedding! I wore shorts this summer people! I felt great! I felt confident. I also felt cool….cool as in I wasn’t hidden under long pants & fat shirts in 90+ degree weather! 
Then there were some summers after this one where the scale crept back up…..which bring us to my picture from last summer. Can you tell how I’m trying to sit somehow or some way that might possibly hide my fat? Obviously, nothing worked…..just like the swimsuit I bought last summer was supposed to make me look 10 pounds thinner. Ha! Good one!! 
To be honest & real….summer of 2010 was WAY MORE FUN! For a simple reason, I didn’t sit on the sidelines & watch the fun. I was in on the fun. Summer 2014 will be just like summer 2010! So on that note….watch out, maybe close your eyes…..I threw on a swimsuit I’ve had forever & have not worn in forever (obviously as it is a 2 piece) to take this before picture. 
The best part is that I know I will be making progress. I have my 25k training happening right now & my awesome classes at Mommy Fit Club….this place has really given me a fresh outlook and new-found motivation. That competitive manner I have is back out in full force. I feel myself getting stronger & faster & fitter….(that’s probably not a word, huh?). I know where I want to work – my thighs tree trunks, my stomach & watch for a huge arm transformation. I still have no strength in it from having shoulder surgery last winter & I have a personal training session tomorrow to get some killer at-home workouts to whip those babies in strong tank-top shape! 
It is all about progress….and NINETY days from now I’ll be posting all about my progress! 
Until Next Time~
*krisha*
Mar 17
2014

Did Not Finish…

Okay so I am currently training for a 25k race…that equals a little over 15 miles….WHAT? I haven’t actually signed up yet but am leaning towards it soon. I thought about the 10k but I really wanted something to challenge me. I had been feeling stuck; unmotivated; and not challenge. I LOVE a good challenge! 

The first challenge of this is running outside in a glorious Michigan winter! When my run club started three weeks ago, I had NEVER run out in winter weather! That day I tackled four miles & felt great! Last week I took on five miles & busted it out at a pace of 1:03 faster than my four mile run & a faster pace than I’ve had in FOREVER.

So then…..there was yesterday. A six mile run on the plan. I can do six miles; I have done that many, many time….right?!

My first mile felt good, but faster than normal. I could not get my legs & head on the same page at all – my legs wanted to go much faster….strange! I think my Runners Bootcamp class is working! My breathing was all out in “left field,” it was only 19 degree with some wind depending on my direction but at least the sun was out in all its glory (last week it was 31 degrees out – perfect temp). 

Mile two I started to feel off. My legs felt like they weighed approximately a ton per leg…I mean, my legs are short & tree trunks, but don’t weigh that much! Nothing was smooth. Nothing was on. Nothing felt good. Nothing was right.

I started doing some walk/run intervals hoping I’d get out of my funk. It didn’t work. I struggled through those next 2 miles & decided today was not my day…..four miles is a good run. 

I beat myself up. I told myself I failed. I told myself I was a quitter. 

But then, I remembered, I had tried. I pushed through four miles when I could have stopped at two. I could have skipped the run all together. I could have picked an easier race & training plan & been breezing through my runs. 

It sucked. I’m not sure why yesterday wasn’t my day. I’m in the middle of the Advocare 10 day cleanse so I’m thinking this might have been part of it. My stomach had felt “off” yesterday morning/afternoon & I know my body probably didn’t have the proper fuel in it to tackle six miles. 

Regardless what the issue was, I will try again this week to hit my six miles before I have to make eight this weekend. I will be honest that I tried telling myself that maybe I should switch to the 10k plan….”I CAN’T do the 25k.” But there is that word “can’t,” I despise that word. Maybe I’ll end up running the 10k, but I’m not about to give up right now!

Until Next Time~
*krisha*