Finally a photo

Ok So I am being brave and posting some photos, these photos were taken last week. I still have 4 more weeks to get my butt in shape.  I CAN DO IT! I just have more leaning out to do-the black shorts look awful by the way :)

I feel like I haven't changed for the last couple of weeks. My husband says I have but I think he is just trying to be nice ;) We attended the Temple open house last week-which was beautiful by the way-and they served cookies afterwards. Well, I did eat before I went but by the time we finished, I was really hungry (and those cookies were looking absolutely amazing!).

So I ate one and it tasted just as good as it looked and I didn't even feel bad I ate it.

 

So anyway, the seminar for the show is tomorrow. We are asked to bring our suits and heels and I am a little terrified to go. Something about wearing my bikini (when I still have a ways to go) in front of all the women I will be competing against is making me a little nervous. At least I will know what I am up against huh? Oh Well. 

 TTFN

  Well the closer it gets to the competition, the faster time seems to go by. I am tired of doubting myself in doing this show. I will look at myself in the mirror and think "oh, I can make it" then I will look again and think the complete opposite. I was telling a family member the other day I was worried about making it and they said "well, if you dont, you feel good right?" Right but NO! I have sacrificed and worked to hard to not do the show! Whether I look as good as those girls up on stage or not, I am hitting that stage!
  I completely cut out my sugar free jello snacks and my dairy this week. I am hoping that will help take off what I need to take off. I haven't lost anymore weight for the last week or two. So I am hoping this will help me.
  I haven't been doing two a days as often as I should. I have been out doing other things at night when I usually do my second session of workouts. I can really feel it and I need to kick it into higher gear for these last few weeks. The seminar is in a little over a week and I am anxious to see how that will go. I also need to finish my suit and order some bikini bite. If you don't know what that is, it is a bikini glue to literally glue the bikini to my body so I won't be having any issues with it slidding around when I am on the stage. I am getting excited about my suit. I didn't purchase any special expensive suit like most of them do. I bought mine at a department store :) and dolling it up. It will look great when I am done with it. I love the color too!
  One of these days I will get around to posting a photo. I am kinda waiting til its closer then I can put my progress down. Well TTFN
 

7 Weeks and Counting down!

7 More weeks til I am planning on going on stage!
   I dropped a little more weight this week and this morning the scale read 130.1...I weighed 130 1 week out from my last competition and dropped to 125 the week of. Its still 7 weeks away so I am on the right path. I shouldn't care what the scale says, it doesn't matter what it reads, its how you look and feel. I am indeed one of those people that step on the scale a couple times a week. Not healthy :)

  I had a wonderful girls weekend last week with one of my very good friends and we made a trip to the cheesecake factory. I had my (hopefully) last cheat meal for the next 32 days. I enjoyed a skinnylicious vegetable salad (yum)..lots of lima beans,tomatoes,parmesean cheese, romaine lettuce, red beets, asparagus and topped with some yummy pomegranate vinegarette (just half salad :) Then I filled my belly the rest of the way with some very plain low carb sweetened with splenda strawberry cheesecake. Yes, it was only 1/4 of the sweetness of my friends mango-lime cheesecake but it hit the spot and finishing off the entire plate was very worth it!
   We also made a trip to some shopping centers and spent a lot of money -my husband doesn't want to know how much- I invested in my first pair of skinny jeans to wear with my cowboy boots during the cooler months. I liked them a lot more than I thought I would. I was EXTREMELY happy about the size I bought. Let's just hope I can keep them and not gain too much weight back after I can start eating all my favorite things again.
Speaking of favorite things, here is a list of my top five:
1. Homemade chocolate chip cookies (very picky about them, have to be fluffy and barely done)
2.Old fashioned thick glazed donut-or white powdered raspberry filled
3. Hot chocolate of course
4. Pizza
5. Licorice  -my list is slightly different every time I think about it
I am very thankful for my family and friends for all the support they are giving me. They are all really good at keeping me on the right path and listening to all my talking about eating clean and working out (I know it could be very annoying). When its time for me to eat, that is when I really am tempted to go off. I want to eat anything I can get my hands on, but if I can learn to walk past it (also having my friend Hil push me in the opposite direction) I can grab what I should be eating :)
   I feel good about how I am progressing. I am working extra hard on my butt and my belly.. It is a lot more work to minimize the loose skin and baby pouch from having kids but I am doing it! Well TTFN until next time!