Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Welcome to This Little Blog of Mine...

I'm sure most of you are here because you saw me featured today on Holly's blog, Where We Can Live Like Jack and Sally If not, you gotsta check her out!!

I wanted to say hello to everyone, I'm excited you've come and taken the time to check out this little blog of mine. Please Subscribe to my blog, I will do a give away once I reach 50 followers. It's going to be a basket of all my favorite things from the beautiful Adirondack Park in Upstate New York, where I call home!! So follow me so you can get a chance to win the yummy goodies!!

A little about me:

I am a newly single mother to a beautiful two year old little girl, My Addy Bear.
I started this blog as a fitness blog to keep me accountable.
But that was before my spineless lovely husband decided he didn't want his family anymore.
Now lately it has turned into more of a mish mash of everything.
I'm still on my fitness journey, 85 down, 40 to go...
BUT lately I get on to blog about fitness and it turns into me blabbing about my insane life.
Recently, since moving back to New York & falling "off the wagon"
I'm back on!
Follow me as I find my new self, and shed these last 40 pounds this winter!
I hope to make you laugh, and apologize if I make you cry.
My life is crazy, but I am trying to find some normalcy...
My place in this world after 4 years of being a military spouse & stay at home mom.

Check out my The Ugly Truth Post to see where it all began && get a little back ground on my weight loss journey!

Also in the new year My bestie Mandy Pants & I are enbarking on a journey we like to call 52 in 52. We are going to do something new and crazy every week, yah know another type of pilgrimage in a way...except not the skinny jean kind, the find yourself kind. I promise it will be hilarious, we are two crazyyyyy divas.

One Of the thigs on our list, actually the biggest and most important to me is to run the half marathon next fall in Lake Placid, New York




I started my Body Pump 90 day challenge last week, I feel pretty successful. I've done it 4 times in the last 6 days, and the day I skipped I walked 5 miles with Addy and Mandy Pants. It felt good to get out in the fresh air and sweat a little...well if it weren't jack frost flipping cold maybe we would have actually sweat. I haven't weighed yet, thats tomorow...WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY. Stay tuned, let's see if my work paid off at all this week, I ate like a freak so I'm not expecting anything amazing...but I have made a real effort!

15 comments:

  1. Hey girl, I did find you from Holly and wanted to say welcome! I love reading about other's weight loss journeys - it makes me feel inspired when I want to give up. I am now a follower and looking forward to reading more of your story!
    I am also a new blogger...I run a little "health & fitness" blog with my sister. Check us out if you get the chance!

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    1. I will definitely look you up and follow you! Thank you for taking the time to read my posts, I too was inspired to blog seeing the way it helped so many when mamma laughlin & holly blogged about thier journeys. We are all so different, but have the same goal, all support eachother when we have bad days && it's a very inspiring thing!

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  2. Hey girl... new follower here, found you from Holly's blog (love her, by the way!). I am a single mom too but my kids are older (11 and 8), and I'm also on a fitness journey but am not as far along as you! I can't wait to read back and learn more of your story!

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    1. Thanks Girl, It has been a long journey...I should have never let myself gain 100 pounds when I was pregnant...did I think I was going to have the biggest baby ever...well yes apparently I did! hehe! No matter how far along we are, we always think we have more to go, I'm sure you're doing great.

      PS--I cannot decide if this single mother thing is something for the birds...or if sometimes I kind of like it! It's kind of nice not to have SOMEONE else to take care of, and now have more time to find who Alex is!

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  3. Hi! Like the rest, I found your page through Holly. Our stories are pretty similar. I'm a newly single momma of two (The big D was final 2 weeks ago)and since the day he walked out the door I've been on a little weight loss journey of my own. It started as stress and a nervous stomach that kept me from eating for a month but I knew that if I wanted to keep that weight off and continue I would have to start working at it so here I am 4 months, and 40lbs later still doing my best to balance both my new single journey and weight loss journey.
    Cute blog! I look forward to following your journey too!!

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    1. Good For You Girl! The big UGLY D...isn't the end of the world. It's a new beginning in so many ways, though it's really been a struggle and I have to keep reminding myself that. We have only been legally seperated for 3 months, so we still have 9 till our divorce is finalized! I just hope he survives the next few months! lol ;) luckily he lives 1400 miles away, so if I wanna kill him some days...I have 1400 miles to talk myself out of it!!!

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  4. I just found your blog today and I am definitely going to be a follower! I am from the Adirondacks too! Well, close to the border near Lake George. I am a new mom and restarting my weight loss journey. I lost 35 lbs before getting pregnant and I am on a mission to lose 50 now. Feel free to check out my blog :) http://uphillquest.blogspot.com/

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    1. I will totally check it out! We're near lake george too, rite between there and saratoga springs!!

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  5. Newest followerer here :) Love your snarky sass! Do the half marathon!!! I think all of blogger land is! hahaha Happy Turkey Day Eve!!

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    1. HA HA seriously laughing out loud "snarky sass" perfect way to describe it! I love your blog too! :) You've done so well with your weight loss, hopefully in the next 4-6 months I too will be putting on the jeans I thought I would never wear again but was holding onto "just in case" :)

      && deff doing the half marathon!

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  6. I am currently on a 10 pound weight loss challenge that I gave to myself, which is sounding pretty rediculous right now since thanksgiving feasting is tomorrow. I lost one pound last week though. I do weight loss wednesday's on my blog. Esther Norine Designs

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    1. I am determined for Thanks giving not to be the death of me!

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  7. Go you! I'm hooked already. Love that you're blogging about your weight loss challenge. I wish I had enough courage to blog about mine!

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