To keep or not to keep

I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted on my blog. I am trying to decide whether or not to just delete it since very few read it anymore. My life has just been crazy and even though I am out of school for the summer I am still in graduate courses and taking care of my dad so not sure if I can keep it up anyway. I will have to think about it.
On the fitness front things are great. I love my new trainer and I am only doing cardio 2 x a week and getting lots of good wholesome foods. I do miss competing but there is no way that can happen right now. I am just 8 weeks post surgery. Implants suck but once you get them it is hard to go back to being the way you were. Although mine were saline it was making me sick because I had a very slow leak in one and no mri, mammogram or any other test showed it. I figured it out on my own. That is our health care systemf or you. I had them replaced and instead of under the muscle, which a bodybuilder should never do  I found out, they are now above the muscle and I am much happier. So I will be keeping close watch on any ailments that might flair back up because if it happens again they are gone for good!

SOS

SOS is actually Share Our Strength and I wanted to do this ever since I saw it on tv. I love to bake but won't eat the crap, well maybe a little of it but very little. I feel I must taste it before selling it. I had my sale on Monday and it went great. We raised over $200! I know every little bit helps so I was really excited.

The baking part was fun, the selling, not so much. It was super cold and pretty miserable but I feel it was worth it. I think I can be miserable for a little while to help someone out that is probably miserable a lot more than that.

I am back to clean eating and all my holiday bloat is gone. I enjoyed it and now I am ready to get back to my regular eating plan and hitting the weights hard. I have a nice vacation to look hot for in March.

Here are some pics from the sale.

Sangria for Santa!

Sangria for Santa
Santa really appreciates the cookies and milk. But after hundreds of years, he's over it. Want to be on the "nice" list next year? Then get a little naughty. Leave some sangria for Santa by the fireplace.

• 10 green grapes, halved
• 4 fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1 peach, pitted and sliced
• 1 bottle of white or red wine
• 1-1/2 cups white grape juice
• 1/2 cup brandy
• 2 sprigs fresh mint

Fill a large glass pitcher halfway with ice; add fruit and wine. Add juice and brandy; stir gently. Stir in mint. Let sit in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving. Serves 6.
Nutritional Information (per serving):

Nutritional Information (per serving)
Calories	Protein	Fiber	Carbs	Fat Total	Saturated Fat
183	1 gram	1 gram	14 grams	<1 gram	<1 gram

So if this holiday season finds you having a "cup of cheer," at least you can enjoy it and not have to wear your Santa outfit for the month of January. Happy Holidays!

Is it vacation time yet?

I just feel so exhausted! I am in need of a vacation so bad but for some reason will not even get a full 2 weeks off like previous school years before. If you have never taught elementary aged kids you are probably thinking, suck it up! Most people have to work year round and you are complaining about working 173 days out of the year? Trust me, it is exhausting and I hope we go to year round school years and the summers will be shorter but we will get longer breaks in the middle of the year. I am so in! I get bored and run out of things to do in the summer so this would be fantastic. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

I am hitting the gym hard, cardio not so much. I have put on weight, not a lot but some. I have a plan though. When January rolls around I will have 12 weeks before we leave on vacation to Costa Rica so I am going to hit it hard and do a 12 week challenge. I am really wanting to hire my trainer back but with the cost of graduate school I am thinking that might not be an option. I am going to drop 15 lbs for my vacation so I will feel great in my swimsuit and not feel the need to cover up.

I don't like winter at all but if it is going to be cold at least make it SNOW!

Oh my neck!

Well finals are finally over. I ended up with an A in my class and by gosh, I better have gotten an A! I worked really hard on this class. My neck is all jacked up from working so long on my last research paper. I spent endless hours night after night typing and doing research so it really messed me up.

I am in desperate need of a massage! I don't know anyone that I really like though. I need to ask around. The last few that I have had were not all that great.

I have started doing some circuit training to change things up a bit and my body is really responding well. I feel as though I am really getting much leaner. I don't really want to be super lean right now, I just want my clothes to be comfortable. I am pretty darn close to being where I want to be and stay for a while.

When spring gets here that will be a different story. I am planning on really tightening up the diet and getting my bikini body back so I won't be grabbing that towel to cover myself up, Oh no, I am not about to spend my summer doing that.

I would post more but I don't think anyone really reads this blog anymore anyway, LOL!

I'm in the mood

For some odd reason I have had the sudden urge to do kickboxing. I am not sure why but I think probably because I have a lot of anger built up inside and feel the need to kick the shit out of something. All I will say is that it is work related and until my blog is private I probably better leave it at that. I guess I am just sick of stupid people. Ha! and people wonder why our kids are in such bad physical shape. OOps! see I almost went off. I will hush now and start looking for something to kick the shit out of.

I am thinking of buying a kickboxing dvd to change things up a bit. I should dig out my punching bag and start using that sucker except I think it is tucked away in storage.

If it was not for my workouts I would go insane! I look forward to kicking butt in the gym and it gets me going in the mornings. I am back to 4am workouts. I tried 4:30 and I tried 4:15 and I could not fit everything in that I wanted to accomplish.

I should be feeling much better by my next post and will having something a little more exciting to blog about.

5 months to get all my pics?

I have been fighting to get my pics from my show in June and just now got all of them. This was one of my favorites that she took so I felt like it was worth the fight. I like the way my abs look in this photo. I wish they still looked like that but they do have a little fluff on them now. The company that took the pics of the competitors was very unprofessional. I would email and call and she would promise me this and that and she even sent me the wrong photos once. She sent me duplicates of the ones that I had already received. I think my mistake was having two separate orders. That was more than they could handle. I will never order from them again.