January Goals

Welp we are on the last day of January 2012!! Time to see how I did for my 1st month of the new me :)

Here were the goals I committed to in January


1. I will log my daily food/exercise into myfitnesspal.com - everyday for 30 days no matter if i eat donuts and ice cream all day - I am committing to log it.

2. My weight loss goal for Jan is 5lbs

3. I will commit to do Turbo Fire 5-6 days a week and 1 hot yoga class a week

4. I will set up my monthly budget and track spending

5. I will use the tips and organizing calenedars on my fave blogs to get/stay organized in Jan

6. I will go to church every sunday in Jan


1. I did log into myfitnesspal.com everyday for 30 days staright.But there were days where I didn't log 100% of my food - mainly bc I knew I was waaay over, but there were also days when I did log even though I was waaaay and it was an eyeopener. MFP has been a tremendous motivator for me - I joined a Biggest Loser Competition on there and it was helped me stay on track I Love it!!!

2.I DID IT !!!!!! I actually lost 5.2lbs!!! Im soooo ecstatic about this!! because since I weigh my self every morning I was getting discouraged that the weight wasnt coming off. But I kept at it and I reached my goal

3. This I did ok on - I prob got in on average more like 3-4 days a week. Last week I added in Chalean Extreme and Im doing a combo of both. The constant cardio was killing my knees plus - I love lifting weights makes me feel powerful

4. I didnt do to well on this one - But Its a work in progress- I have download the YNAB software and Im still implementing Dave Ramsey's method. This goal definitly was not reached this month {whomp whomp}

5. I have been slowly getting my organizing butt in shape- My new addiction is Pinterest.com !! Lets just say I never got the how to run a clean and organized household memo so learning all these tips are life changing. I converted my husband closet into an office for me, his clothes were moved into my massive walk-in that I had plenty of room in. I organized all my family's medications, Organized our file cabinet, Converted our basement into a playroom/workout space. Ive been doing much much better with keeping the house clean as well.

6. this was a fail completely. I went once :( but I really wanted to go every Sunday. I suck.
I really loved Jacksonville Chapel and I am definitely going to go more in February.

So I think I did ok for my 1st month at this ... what do you think?

Ok onto Febuarary's goals:

1. Lose 4-5lbs this month
2. 2-3 date nights with hubby (not including V-day)
3. Church - at least twice!!!!!
4. STICK TO OUR BUDGET
5. Use Coupons for every grocery trip
6. Complete a 2011 Perry Family Yearbook

#6 is a pinterest.com find that I want to start doing every year !!

I orginally saw the idea here

I am pumped for February !!!

Im 32! Plus Week 1 is complete

So this last week was a good start to my 2012 goals.

On Sunday 1/1/12 I took Kyla to a church Ive been interested in for a while but never ventured away to try it out.
It's a Christian church and I am baptized Catholic - but i am looking to strengthen my faith and set an example for Kyla and Zack to have a strong love for Jesus.
Nothing against the Catholic church but i feel when I went to mass - alot of the time I was just going through the motions - the message wasnt getting through to me - It was more of a routine stand,sit,kneel - I felt like for our family I want them to know why we go to Church I want them to recieve the message.
When we walked in there were a ton of people there - it was bustling!! CEveryone was smiling and saying hi- I walked into the area where the service was happening and went to the spot designated for babies/toddlers.
There was a family next to me- and they had a little girl Kyla's age -
All in all it was a great experiance and I felt very much at home there. We will definitly be back - I hope Mikey will join us too.

I started TurboFire! As many of you know I am a Chalene Johnson Freak - Ive had TurboFire for a while but it always scared me- I bit the bullet and did and yes its very intense - but when it was too much I followed the girl doing the modified moves and it wasnt bad.

On Wednesday I took a hot yoga class with Aunt Erin. I LOVE LOVE LOVE hot yoga!! It sound horrible and trust me I still cant believe I enjoy it. The room is set to 104 degrees and you do Vinsaya (sp) yoga. Its awesome the heat really loosens your muscles and you become so much more flexible!!!
This perticular class had almost 50 people in it - so it was a packed room - making it even hotter- normally this would give me an anxiety attack but it doesnt!!

On Friday I turned 32!!! OY VEY!!! I cant believe Im this old!!!!!!!!! But anywho - I feel great. Aunt Erin had dinner and cake for me - She also got me a yoga towel for Hot yoga !! I cant wait to use it!!! I got other awsome gifts too - My godson got me flowers and a Pink Stocking (LOLS) COle got me a lighted mirror for my purse - The Byrne of LP got me cute tops!! and Cheri got me a surprise that should be here tommorow!! (cant Wait!!!)

Saturday during the day we went to Grampy's to clean up thier Xmas decorations and we were allowed to take anything that we wanted. I didnt think I wanted to go to this becasue - I didnt believe I would want anything - But my grandma had so many cute holiday decorations and chotckes; that I came home with 2 bins full!! As well as my dance costumes from when I was a baby and other memory lane stuff

Saturday night me and the ladies went to culture club in the city - its an 80's club and we had soooooo much fun!!!!! we danced like crazy !!! It was awesome

Sunday I was out of commision ! I guess my old age is catching up with me - Mikey l;et me sleep in and I didnt want to move off the couch all day. Somehow we managed to take Xmas down - And reaarange the living room.
I wanted to go to church again but i was just too tired hungover to go.

OH!! I almost forgot ! I joined a biggest loser competition on myfitnesspal.com

My weight loss results for this week were
-2.4 lbs

woo hoo!!! I hope to keep up the momentum for next week

also I will come back in and add pics from the weekend and etc - but I am Zacks computer now so I cant

Anti-Jillian

Well I tried - for the 800th time... But I simply cannot stand Jillian Michaels. I cant get past this- I don't know what my problem is!!

I have seen people get great results from her DVDs and my own aunt is a Jillian lover but for some reason I want nothing more than to punch her in her ovaries when she is on my tv screen.

I bought Ripped in 30 which is her sequel to the ever popular 30 Day Shred

And while I can feel it working and I know the moves are effective - I cant get past my animosity for this women!!!

And the fact that you must do the same workout for week straight - my annoyance grew with every passing day.

I was literally eye-rolling and cursing at the TV!

So after a week long hiatus from working out(due to illness) - I put on my gear and headed to the living room to get back on the wagon and as I went to my DVDs I realized I was dreading seeing Jillian's face and her comments and her dry jokes and her sticking her boobs in her assistants face and asking her to talk into them.

I quickly re shelved Ripped in 30 and opened up my tried and true Turbo Jam and enjoyed every minute of it!!

So I guess what they say is true - If you don't enjoy the workout you wont do it - So pick something YOU love that's the only way it will be effective. I look forward to seeing Chalene's face and her energy is contagious - She has a personality similar to mine and I feel like I know her!!

So my plan is doing turbo jam for 4 weeks- Then moving on to Turbo Fire - which scares me.

After Turbo Fire - I intend to go back to Insanity and finish it this time - and then I dont know