When I was in my teens and early twenties I would get a little excited when I would get sick with flu like symptoms. Symptoms like fever, chills, muscle aches, headaches, and fatigue. I never wanted to have food poisoning type symptoms (because they are gross and super uncomfortable)! I never wanted a head cold…

{My NPC Card} Today I bought my competition shoes so I can start practicing my posing. I also bought my NPC card. You have to be a NPC member before before you can register for an event.  I was going to register for my competitions as well but I got confused about which divisions I…

{today’s breakfast} I was going to tell you that breakfast is my favorite meal. It’s not true. Everything I eat is my favorite meal! I actually learned a long time ago that changing the way you eat doesn’t have to be miserable. The food itself isn’t my biggest hang up. It’s the amount. I really…

I weighed in at 133 lbs. today. We’ll probably test my body fat again next Thursday.  I talked to my trainer about carb cycling.  Since I’m still trying to build and lose body fat at the same time I’m not going to go to the typical 3:1 (low carb day:high carb day) ratio. I’m going…

{my water bottle} Ben and Will write on my water bottles. Ben does it to distinguish mine from his. Will simply labels everything in the house.  He’ll write the word wall on the wall so we remember it’s a wall! I taught indoor cycling tonight. My trainer took my class. It made me a little…

{Halo Top Every Night!} I was listening to Dear Sugar Radio (one of my favorite podcasts) yesterday and a listener said he/she was going on a backpacking trip and asked Cheryl Strayed if she had any advice.  Sheryl told the listener that backpacking was “Retrospectively Fun.” She said something to the effect of, “While your…