Ah hah!! I'm a Whovian! I have always been a nerd but afraid to show it and recently I have been introduced to a wonderful show called Doctor Who, it is bringing out the nerd in me and it's awesome! A dear friend of mine would talk about Doctor Who all the time and since she and I have a lot in common I thought I would give it a try, I knew that once I started to watch it I wouldn't be able to stop and I was right. It is the entire reason I quit Hulu and went with Netflix, it has changed how I look at stone angels, I now read odd as ood, I love fez's and bowties, and I want to be a ginger, everything about that show makes me smile like a little fangirl and I am not apologizing for it!
On the weight loss side I am now using the Doctor as motivation. I have two months until Halloween, that is two months to lose at least 20 lbs just so I can come up with a great Doctor Who costume, keep an eye on the blog to keep up on the progress!

Back and ready for more!

Alright, alright I know, I'm a slacker, I'm on the computer at least once a day and I haven't posted anything since March, maybe it's because I don't know what to say, who knows, don't judge me :) But I'm baaack! These past couple of weeks have been crazy, we went to California for a week, attended Vidcon, and then the Fourth of July was last week. Attending Vidcon just gave me  a new found outlook on Vlogging and Blogging. I want to be a success at both, but I can't do that if I don't even try. I have had many ideas for this blog and want to try them all out, some of these being stories of Austin, stories of weight loss, food blogs, recipes, I never thought that I would have anything to talk about and thought that my life was boring, but what I realized is that so is everyone else's!! Surprise, surprise. The one thing that I can do with my 'boring' life is share it. 
So here it goes....
Last night Gabe, Austin, and I went jogging. That is almost a joke in itself, Gabe and I are not exactly the running type, to say the least, but surprisingly Gabe easily outran Austin and not so surprisingly me. I was so proud! It was our first night of exercising together (let's just say that I was not the only one who wanted to better their lives after Vidcon). We went to our local park and jogged/walked (mostly walked) around it once and our goal is to be able to run around it twice without stopping. It will be hard but it will be worth it. We plan on going 5+ times a week, it will be awesome for us and a great example for Austin.
Not the most exciting story of my life but it's what I did yesterday, so there you go, enjoy it, love it, be inspired by it, especially be inspired by it, because what's life without inspiration, and how do you expect me to keep telling you anything without anything in it for you :)

    It's been almost a month!!! Are you kidding me, wow I'm a slacker. I have lost another 3 pounds :) but I'm still not even close to where I want to be. I found all my old Weight Watchers things and I have lost 23 pounds since I started there (in 2010) :( I lost 20 pounds doing that in only a month, so I am started that again!
    I am so sick of school and all the stress!! Today I have to fill out my graduation application, sign up for the Praxis, and lots of homework, all while working. I need to figure out what I'm going to do for next year, what school will work best for me, price wise, time wise, stress wise, etc. It seems like so much to do to become a teacher, do I really want it that bad???? YES I do :)

Alright, I promised myself that I'd be honest with you guys. I have GAINED weight! I am 240 lbs. I can't believe it, I am working out way more than usual, and I thought I was eating less, apparently not. I need to start a food journal to keep track of when I eat, I'm also going to write down why I'm eating so I can cut back on emotional eating. Vegas coming up does not help. Does anyone else have any suggestions that will help. Or heck, even any stories to share so I don't feel like the only one :(

Last night my little boy's hamster passed away, and I wasn't there to comfort him. I had to be at work and Gabe took care of the funeral and tears. I am not envious of that, but at the same time I am. It's a huge phase in my little boy's life and I missed it. Gabe then took Austin out to get a new, hairier hamster :) his name is Gizmo. I feel like between work and school I am missing so much at home, I know I get to see them on the weekend, but it seems like a huge piece of me is at home all the time, and I can't be there. Oh well, one day it will be worth it, right?

I have lost another pound!! Not the five I wanted this week, but anything is better than nothing (or gaining) :) Back in my class, this class is lengthy and boring. He gave us an assignment, I did it because it was due today at 10 A.M. and now he's telling us we have until 10:20, I've already turned it in! What am I supposed to do for 20 minutes?? I guess look online for shoes and tweet and blog. Argh, at least I'm having lunch with Gabe.

 It's my sister's birthday, she's 40! I can't believe it! She really doesn't look it though. However it means that I'm another day closer to 30, I don't know why but I'm not thrilled. I am thrilled that I have lost 4 pounds this week! I weigh myself every Monday and this one was definitely better than the last. I have also recruited Austin as my little trainer (his words, not mine) and he is taking it very seriously! He likes to exercise and eat well so he's a great 7 year old influence. Lipozene is seeming to be pretty helpful too. :)

 On a different note I am in a weird rut when it comes to school and work, you know how you can get into something and it's cool and new, then the newness wears off and you just want a break (kind of like the last couple of months of your senior year)? I am there with school and work, I just don't have a lot of time, and I'm having a hard time caring. It's only taken me 4 years, but college is getting old. I just see the fact that I have at least 2 years left, hopefully Vegas will help. 

Sorry I haven't posted in a while (seems like a long time). I did not lose the 5 lbs by last Monday, I can say that it is partly because I'm a female and that's as far as I will go. I have had a pretty good week though, I started taking Lipozene and it seems to be working alright, it makes me so I'm not hungry. It's good, but I just started this week so nothing has happened yet. I did go to the gym 3 times this week and walk/jog 3 miles each time and I made it a couple of nights without eating anything after 8. That's what gets me, I need to work on my emotional eating and eating because of habit. I can do this! Vegas is coming up baby :) I was looking at pictures last night trying to find a cute baby one to take to my work for a contest and I got lost in memory lane. I consider myself a pretty cute girl, but I used to be a skinny, cute girl and it made me realize that I never fully appreciated my body back then, I was self-conscious and hid behind baggy clothes and long hair. How is it that we never appreciate our youth?? I'm still young I can change it and enjoy my 30's still, I won't take it for granted it anymore. Who's with me?

 I don't know how many of you can relate to this, but my willpower sucks! I am able to do well on my diet all day and then as soon as I get home from work at about 8 I give in and eat unhealthy!! I am an emotional eater, a bored eater, and definitely have set up my schedule of eating for failure. I do not want to spend my 30's in the 200's! Last night I had Wendy's late at night, I will not do that again! I had 1300 calories before that and I should have been done.
 Today I have worked out for an hour and burned over 300 calories so today is a good day so far. I am breaking my goals down even more than just 20 pounds by March 1. I want to lose 5 pounds by next Monday. I'm changing my strategy just a little by doing this but it will work, it has too :).
 On a different note, who's excited for the Super Bowl?? Or who, like me, didn't even know who was playing until yesterday? I have never been a huge sports fan, I grew up in a house with a brother and dad who were (and still are) huge fans, so when I was little I promised myself that when I was an adult and could pick what I wanted to watch, it would not be sports! I will be watching the game for the commercials and the family time though, I will admit that it is good for tradition building.
 HAPPY TUESDAY!

      

                                   

Can't breath, sneezing, and have a presentation first thing this morning. Woohoo for Mondays!! I have set a pretty huge weight loss goal though and I NEED to do well with my diet or it will not work :( I have 5 weeks until Vegas and I want to lose 20 lbs! I can do it, I just need willpower, and lots of time at the gym.

I got glasses today!! I know lots of people have glasses, but in my family you don't get them until you are 'older' (like in your 30's, to me that used to be old) now I, myself am old. Thankfully, they are super cute frames :)

On another note, can anyone inform me how to please my husband AND my family at the same time! I somehow managed to get in a fight with both and you'd think it was because it was trying to please both, but alas, no, I was trying to please one so I would only get one mad at me and somehow that backfired. No idea how that happened, but oh well, maybe I'll just forget them both and go shopping :)

I am already a couple of weeks into the semester and I have YET to attend a full week of classes, I'm horrible I know. I have been a busy bee (what am I 80, who says that). I have kept up completely on all my homework for all 5 classes though and I am quite proud of that. Another positive, I completed a goal paper for my cardio class and my goal is to lose atleast 15 pounds by May, I am going to try to do this by my trip to Vegas in March. After that I want to lose more for the trip to Vidcon in June! I am so excited for this year, I am going to take it one day at a time and I will succeed. I will post a before picture on here soon and then at the end of this semester I will post a 'where I am at now' pic. I also want to take 3 minutes off my mile and a half. Stay with me and I know that I can do it.

Here's where I am at so you guys can hold me to it. Starting weight 233. Starting mile and a half 20 minutes.
Starting dress size 20.
Goals by May: Weight 210. Mile and a half 17 minutes. Dress size 16. :)

Two little boys have gone back home and we are back to normal (whatever that is) here. Up at 6:30 do homework, wake Austin up, take him to school, work out, take me to school :) and then work 10 hours. Isn't being normal fun.

Lesson I learned yesterday......NEVER, EVER, EVER wake up a 80 lb 9 year old in a deep sleep while standing over him! I tried to wake up my cute little nephew so he wouldn't sleep in his clothes, I was trying to get him to get his pj's on :) and he startled awake and sat up so fast that he got me in the face with his head. Lovely fat lip and pain in my nose for today.

Today is home school day here for the boys, they are excited to have Aunt Stephanie be their teacher for a couple of days and I am excited to teach them.

Is it just me or does it seem crazy that I already have my first two tests this week? Biology and Algebra, my two hardest classes to boot. This semester is either going extremely fast or my teachers are taking great joy in giving us our tests really early in the semester. This might mean that I have an extreme amount of tests this semester too, dang, never thought of that.

Having three little boys in the house this weekend seems to fill the house with a lot of fun awesome life and activity, but also a lot of conspiring little whispers that result in answering the question 'What's going on?' with three little voices saying 'nothing' in unision. I don't quite believe it :) I better go see what's happening.

Ready, set, go!!!! Crazy weekend started! Our little nephews are here until Tuesday which is awesome for Austin. He loves  having other kids to play with. It is really crazy having a 2 hour math class on Saturday, hopefully I will have my new glasses by next week though so that I can see the whiteboard though. That's right, you heard me, glasses, I know a lot of people wear them (everyone in my family) but for some reason needing glasses combined with turning 30 in March is really making me feel old and it sucks. Logically I know it's silly and I'm not old, but no one ever accused me of being logical :)

Good morning! So, I promised that I would post on here how long it took me to run a mile and a half in my cardio class yesterday, so here goes......20 minutes!! AAAGGHH, that sucks! However, it's a starting point and I will improve by the end of the semester, I'm sure of it. Today is going to be busy and is it just me, or does everyone get stressed and anxious when a schedule gets messed up? I am missing school today, Monday, and Tuesday and it's making part of me just crazy. The other part of me realizes that it will be fine, I have all my homework done and I am missing it for a good cause (watching my nephews all weekend). I am totally having a nap today!

Off to start mine and Austin's day! Wish us luck :)

I have to tell you how much is sucks to have a little boy who breaks his arm in HALF and doesn't cry until a month later when he gets his cast off. My poor little boy is hurting today! On the bright side I am eating freeze dried mangoes that my cardio class teacher handed out for a healthy snack, and they taste awesome!

Good morning all. What a fun morning, :P A little boy with no backpack and on my way to run a mile and a half for school. Uggh, craziness. Today I'm going to go read more blogs so I can get an idea about how these things work, as it stands I'm treating it like a public journal, or is that too weird?
  I have to say that there are some stupid people in the world, but at the moment none compare to the Captain of the cruise ship went down. His new excuse, he tripped while helping passengers off the boat and landed in a life raft! Are you kidding me, did you then accidentally fall on the motor and make it drive away, and then the radio to the coast guard and refuse to get back on the ship? What a scumbag who needs to go to jail.

Welcome to my blog :)

Hey everyone!!! This is my first blog! For those of you coming from our vlog, be prepared to hear more from me here than any vlog. I am way more comfortable writing things down than being on camera. For those of you just coming here, my family and I have a daily vlog titled theresgabe on Youtube. I made this blog as a homework assignment for a technology class, but I have wanted to make one of these for awhile. This will just be my daily life blog, school, weight loss, being married, house-cleaning, everything will be covered in here.

Welcome and Enjoy.