Bye Bye January, It's Been Real!

Happy February peeps! Another month gone by, just like that!

<~~~ WTF? Terrible, I know. That's probably my worst looking calendar EVER! Shame on me. Granted, I usually do drink on the weekends, but most of the time I at least try to work out on Friday or Saturday, before I go out. But these past few weekends, I just ran out of time. Honestly! Not trying to make excuses...

Ok, let me give you the news first. Although most people already know because I put it on Facebook, but I'll say it again...

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!


Woohoo! I got my official letter on Friday!! I was soooo excited to open it up!:-) In April it will be a whole YEAR that I've been in the hiring process. So much work from beginning to end! But it was all so worth it. I can't believe that I really got it! I always used to say "I'll never get hired by a paid fire department cuz I'm too fat to pass a CPAT, let alone be in an academy!" and look at me now! I am ready to take this thing head on! I'm so ready to become even stronger than I already am. I'm excited for the changes I'm HOPEFULLY going to see in my body! It's going to be like boot camp Monday through Friday, so hopefully I get jacked!!;-P

So the celebrations started on Friday night with dinner at Los Chorros with my family! Mmm, it was delicious. I hadn't been there in forever... forgot how good it was! I got a sangria and a pina colada, too!:-)

Saturday night we went to Looney's! My favorite place<3 But first we pregamed at my parents house.  I double fisted some wine and cranberry and vodka lol. Pretty sure I was already tipsy by the time we got to the bar! It was definitely a fun night! I somehow managed to dance on the stage! Hah... oh, and then I lost my phone...!!! *Sigh* Not cool!:-(

Sunday night we celebrated with Charlie's family at Stanford Grill! It's a really nice steakhouse. Mmm! Of course I got filet mignon. Told you I can be good with my eating most of the time, but I will splurge when the opportunity presents itself!;-)

Charlie's mom got me two Coach rings! Love them! And they fit perfect, too:-) I have awesome in-laws!!

Look who's back! Yes, that is the infamous Amaryllis! My dedicated readers know what I'm talking about, as I mentioned this flower in a previous blog and compared it to my weight loss journey:-)

I thought it wasn't going to come back this year! It was seriously so dry and looked dead. I watered it a whole bunch and put it in the window. It didn't do anything for weeks! Then miraculously it just started growing! Yay:-) Can't wait for it to bloom!

By the way, not sure if I mentioned this, but I got an appointment for a tattoo:-) February 21! Finally getting my 80 pounds lost gift to myself!:-) Which happens to be an Amaryllis tattoo:-) I'm excited to see what Dee draws up for me!

So as I was in the middle of writing this blog tonight, I realized that my blogs barely talk about anything weight loss/fitness related anymore lol. Is that bad? Maybe I should concentrate more on that instead of talking about my random life events... Hmmm.

I really need to sign up for the Iron Girl Half Marathon!! It's coming up in April! Yikes.. gotta start training. I'm just waiting for my next paycheck since it's $85!! :-( I'm nervous. I really need to start upping my miles. I was looking at some running forum the other night and it went into a lot of detail about how you should train. I just didn't feel like following those rules though lol. I kind of feel like just increasing my distance by a mile or so each time I run. The farthest I've ran is 10 miles, so I'm pretty sure I could do another 3.1!:-)

Lately I've been pretty good with rotating between running and strength training. So in between my running days, I usually do a Jillian Michael's video. Mostly it's been "No More Trouble Zones" "Killer Buns & Thighs" and "Ripped in 30." I really need to work on my push ups!! I want to be prepared, at least somewhat, for when I start the academy! Push ups are so hard for me... I just want to be great at them!

I've actually been doing really well with cutting out meat, dairy and processed foods! Besides the filet mignon, chicken quesadilla, pupusas, and crab pretzel I had last weekend... lol oh yeah, can't forget the McDonald's! BUT, besides that, I don't ever have that stuff during the week! It's not too bad, really. I just want to start seeing benefits from it! Like some weight loss or something??? Anything??:-( I guess some of the benefits of this diet are more internal than anything. I do need to get a physical soon, so I guess we'll see how my numbers are looking at my next visit!:-) I wonder if I could ever get off my Thyroid medication?

All I have to say is... Hi hater!! :-) I love knowing that people want to copy me! Hahahaha:-)

Thanks for reading, my dedicated fans!!!<3<3<3

Anna