Hurry Up 2012

Guys, I don't mean to be so grumpy, but I'm really ready for this year to be over! Not because it's been bad, but there's just so many things to look forward to in 2012!

That, and the fact that this month has just been really bad, food wise. I'm ready to start fresh and not have so many holidays to eat crappy for!

Although, I must say I've done pretty well with my eating lately! Yesterday I kept my carbs under 50 grams and my sugar under 30!:) Yes!! That is crazy good and I'm pretty proud of myself!:)

For those of you who have been following me for awhile now, you might remember a blog I wrote awhile back about my Amaryllis flower. I used it as a metaphor for how I had let myself go, but was slowly working on making myself beautiful again. I also mentioned wanting to get it as a tattoo for my 1 year anniversary/reaching my goal. That's still the plan! I really like this picture of it, so I think I'm going to show this to Dee and see what she can come up with:)

Speaking of the Amaryllis... once again I kind of abandoned it after it finished blooming this year. I left it in the guest room and sort of forgot about it. While I was rummaging through there the other day, I noticed it and picked it up. It was so dry! I felt super guilty and took it over to the sink and drenched it in water! I'm trying to rehabilitate it again, so we'll see! Luckily I haven't done that to myself yet! lol:)

I forgot to put this picture up from Rayna's birthday last week:) She made this GIANT, gluten free, chocolate, vanilla, coconut cake! It was really good! And gigantic! lol.

I can't believe she's 16 already!! It's funny how I can remember back to conversations Roch and I would have about her. Being like "Man, I wonder how it's going to be when Rayna is our age!" and now the time is here! Sure does make me feel old!!

Time is flying and it's really depressing. But I must say, I think I am making good use of the time I have. Rarely do I just sit around on the couch and "be lazy" anymore. I don't let myself get "bored" like I used to. Whenever I have free time, it's usually spent working out, and I love it!

Ever since losing weight, I've felt like I've been growing up in reverse. I feel like a whole new person who has to experience things all over again. Especially when it comes to social activities. The old me was way too shy and embarrassed to go out and drink. I never felt cute in anything I wore, and I just felt so uncomfortable in social situations. It sucked. I was like a freakin hermit!

Now? I feel reborn!! lol! Seriously... it's like I'm getting to experience things in life all over again, but as a different person. I'm having so much fun, enjoying life to the fullest! There's no limits to where I can shop, I don't feel embarrassed to dance, I actually get compliments! It's awesome and I couldn't be happier. I never want to go back to my old ways and I hope this blog will be a constant reminder of how happy I am at this point in my life! I can always look back on this and think "Wow, I was awesome!" lol:)

So since I've been doing the whole "low carb" thing lately, I've had to change up my fruits a little bit. When I researched low carb fruits, it said berries were the best. So I went out and got some blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. I'm now addicted! I've been eating them every day, sometimes multiple times a day! They're just so good! And I got these from Target! Definitely good quality:)

A lot of people ask me what I eat, as if I'm on some type of diet where I eat the same thing every day. Not the case! But, I do tend to eat a lot of the same things. And I'm not a huge cook, so most of my meals are small things that I just put together and call it a meal! But if you want to know some of my staples, here is a list!

Light tuna fish
Chobani Greek yogurt
Light string cheese
Baby carrots
Eggs
Spinach
Trader Joe's light champagne vinaigrette
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Canned chunk chicken
Tuna or Salmon fillets (comes in pouches like tuna fish!)
Chicken tenderloins
Berries of all kinds
Cottage cheese
Almonds
Milk
Green tea

Those are just some of the things I ALWAYS get when I go shopping. I can't decide if I'm going to cut out the Greek yogurt or not. It's so good for protein, but the carbs are a little high, so for right now I might cut back on it! Even though I really love it:(

So I'm off today (after I get off work in the AM) and I have so many things I want to do! I definitely am going to see my tattoo artist. Then I'm going to visit Phebe and hopefully Connor too! He's visiting for the Holidays, so definitely gotta hang out with him:) I'm not sure what I'm going to do exercise wise. I want to get a good burn in! We'll see how the weather is. If it's nice, I might do some outdoor running! *Crossing fingers* :)

As for a weigh in, I think I will weigh in Friday or Saturday morning. We'll see... Nowadays I'll sometimes just weigh myself randomly and just record it if I have a loss. Not so much pressure anymore:)

Alright peeps, thanks for reading about my life:) <3 you guys!!

Anna