Not Your Average Fat Kid

Well friends, we're 2/3 of the way through now. This time next week will be our last day, and I'll hopefully be plotting to go buy some ice cream. I'm mostly kidding. This week was honestly really hard for me. The 21 Day Fix is generally easy to follow, but I swear I hit a wall this past week. There's a lot of prepping of food, there's more dishes to do and more frequently (because there are 2 of us, so double the food containers/prep stuff), and you still have to work out every day and eat great food every day. I had it this past week. I was sick of the dishes and the prep and the continued effort. I spend a lot of mental energy figuring out meals and snacks, AND prepping them. My husband is super helpful, don't get me wrong, but I do the majority of the planning (though  he is fantastic with helping prep).  I swear, if he wasn't doing this with me, I definitely would've given up by now. It's just so.much.effort. It doesn't help that th...

Good. Lord. Y'all. As you all know, the Bearded Wonder and I have been doing the 21 Day Fix (henceforth known as "The Fix"). It' a program that combines portion control, healthy eating habits, and working out. The working out part is no joke. It's only 30 minutes a day, but it's still 7 days of working out. They mix it up though, so you're not just doing pushups every.single.day. I'd probably stab my eyes out if that were the case. We do ours Monday-Sunday in this order: Total Body Cardio Fix Upper Fix Lower Fix Pilates Fix (HOLY CRAP DID YOU GUYS KNOW PILATES IS FREAKING HARD?!) Cardio Fix Dirty 30 Yoga Fix (HOLY CRAP DID YOU GUYS KNOW YOGA IS ALSO FREAKING HARD?!) There's also a 10 minute Abs Fix workout we can do to add on, or in lieu of one of the 30 minute workouts. The workouts are all hard, but they're... doable. This whole program is making me re-evaluate the way I do things. So for working out, generally they do a...

We've officially completed 1 week of the 21 day fix!! For those of you just tuning in, the Bearded Wonder and I started the 21 day fix program last week . It's gone pretty well so far! We've decided to weigh ourselves each Monday to keep ourselves motivated. Drumroll please... I've lost 8.3 lbs and Beardy's lost 10 lbs!! Woooo!!! You know it's big when Ron's excited.  Suffice it to say, we're pretty freaking excited. He said he's feeling pretty good and his stomach is feeling good (TMI, but we both have intermittent tummy issues). I'm feeling faboo! I don't feel uncomfortable in my skin, my stomach feels much more settled (amazing what happens when you stop eating crap, amiright ?). Also, I've noticed that I don't feel sluggish or exhausted all the time. So good.  That's all for now! I'll update soon on the workouts- pinky promise. =)  xo A Redhead

Have you heard of 21 Day Fix? I'm kind of the last to pay attention to things these days. Like ebates. Have you guys heard of or used ebates? Because seriously, it's awesome. Go sign up with my link . MAKE ME MORE MONEY. But I digress. I've heard of 21 Day Fix before through various friends but never really paid attention to it. My 29th birthday showed up this past November though, and I decided that I wanted to change up my body for my 30th birthday. To look like I'm wearing Spanx when I'm not, to be frank. Know what I'm sayin'? Naturally, I did nothing for a couple of months. Except talk about how I have "soooo  much time!". January hit and I realized, "Crap. My 30th is THIS year. I should probably actually start doing something!" Here's the long and the short of it: 21 Day Fix takes a lot of effort, but I don't have to count calories. I. DON'T. HAVE TO. COUNT. CALORIES. There is still a lot of prep and e...

There are 2 things I've been pretty consistent about the last few years: trying to lose weight/get fit, and decorating/redecorating my house. We redid our master bathroom, but haven't touched the vanity. We're currently redecorating the guest bathroom and I have decided that DARNIT. I'M REDOING THE VANITY.  So off to Google I went. I didn't want to sand it. I wanted to prime and paint this puppy, then gloat forever. Several blogs recommended the primer below, swearing by it and promising beautiful results via their perfectly refinished furniture. So I bought it. The ladies who's blogs I read all swore that I had to have a foam roller to use it. HAD TO. As in it would fail miserably if I used anything else. I found one at Michael's (exactly $4 more than their promised $.50, not that I'm mad... ahem.) and figured I was ready to conquer the world. So behold! 25 easy steps to priming your bathroom vanity. 1. Start with way too much confidence sinc...

I don't know if I told you all or not, but I had a brief side gig as a sales associate for a plus-size retailer. I figured the 40% discount would help me economically update my wardrobe, while also bringing in a few extra bucks a month. Granted, I ended up spending more  money once I started my brief tenure because "It's on sale and I'll never  get this dress for this cheap! " Yeah, kinda shot myself in the foot with that one.  Anyway. If you've ever worked in retail for any length of time, you're probably aware that managers can be a little… What's a delicate way to put this… Hmmm… Crazy? "Would you like to open a store credit card?? You'll save $20 today but earn 28% interest every month!! LOL" The assistant manager was great- she had a normal outlook on life and recognized that a retail job is just a job and we all need to calm down. It's not like the world was going to end if the shirts weren't perfectly folded...

When I was a kid I used to take road trips to and from Wisconsin or Kentucky, depending on the family we were visiting. For me these trips were a green light to eat any and all the things. Puffy pink marshmallow "snowballs". Doritos. Favorite soda of the month. Canned vienna sausages…. Don't judge me. I was young and thought canned meat was normal. Awww yeahhhh…. Pull that tab and let the fun begin. Food has always been such an integral part of travel for me, healthy or not (though I think we can all safely ascertain it was not ). I have vivid memories of picnicking at rest areas with my grandparents and cousins, and there was probably a can of the vienna sausages, Coke*, and inevitably moon pies or some kind of chips. #preservativesforall So you can imagine then when the Bearded Wonder and I decided to drive out to Missouri from outside DC for my cousin's wedding, one of the first thoughts was "Ooohh! We have to figure out what food to bring!...