Fish Frog Eggs

Last night, I snagged Makayle and she and I had a girl's night since Ed was away playing with his best friend who just came home from his mission. So we went to this cute little lounge in Provo called Spark to get drinks. (Non-alcoholic, don't worry). I decided to get the berry martini, but Mak didn't want to get the same thing as me, so she got the kiwi martini. A little bit of advice: don't get the kiwi martini!

As we all tried it and made disgusted faces after doing so, Makayle kept saying "They look like fish eggs! Or frog eggs!" None of us wanted to touch it after that. haha. It was just a little too close of a comparison for our tastes. haha.

Week....I don't even know anymore

I'm not even sure what week I'm on now, haha, but it is going well! That much I can tell you! May 21st seems so far away right now, but I can tell that it's going to come quickly. It's already almost March!!!! That's insane!!!! I swear time is moving faster....
Every day that I do my training it is an adventure of one kind of another. Yesterday, for example: I got up at 5:45, my usual time, got ready, went to the pool and did my workout. Walking outside afterward, I was pretty excited because I might be able to go home and get more sleep before my classes started at 10 when I looked up at my car. There was a big bus parked smack dab right behind it. I guess the dance team or swim team or some sports team was leaving on a trip, and they were loading the bus right behind my car. So I climbed into my car, still dripping wet I might add, and proceeded to wait for half an hour until the bus pulled away. The whole time I was just thinking, patience. Learn patience. haha. It really wasn't that big of a deal, it is just funny.
I REALLY want it to get warm again so that I can bike outside! Sitting in the weight room for 2+ hours is getting kind of boring. Not that the people watching isn't slightly entertaining, but I'm ready to be outside. :)

Tuesday Nights

Every Tuesday night I get to spend the evening with two of my favorite people: My best friend Makayle and her boyfriend Ed. We make dinner and watch The Biggest Loser. Yes, we are a little, slightly obsessed. Go grey team!!!!!!!! :) We always have such a good time, doing homework and such. haha. As much fun as you can have doing lots of math homework, anyway.

I am so blessed to have these two in my life. They are both such great friends, and some of the most amazing people I've ever met. They are hilarious to interact with, really, you'll have to hang out with them sometime and see how they just...well, exist.

But Tuesday nights, ya, they are pretty awesome. :)

Ward nights

Something I've noticed about BYU that is different than Snow, at least in my ward, is that Sunday is like completely ward day. That is that day that we all hang out, all day long. We have church and then perhaps some ward or stake event, ward prayer in the evening, followed by some really fun games. And it's like this every week.
So, my roommates and I "hosted" the games last night and it was SO funny!!!! Game nights always get us laughing anyway, but we were playing Boxers and Briefs, so you can expect hilarious things to happen. We also played "What if...". Man, I love that game! :) It's so simple, but had us all laughing really, really hard.
But ya, I really love my ward. It's pretty much awesome.

Playing catch up

Okay, so I missed writing for week 5, but nothing out of the ordinary went on that week. Week 6 however, was really tough. I don't know what it was, but there were a few days that I just about threw up from working so hard. However, I can tell that my body is SO much more in shape than it was six weeks ago. I went on almost an hour-long run and I never would have been able to do that before this. And I never wanted to. I would run 5ks, and that would be good enough for me. But now I'm seeing that my body really is capable of doing more than a standard half an hour work out a day. I really am capable of doing more. A marathon? Probably not, but I cant totally do this 10K! :)

This week was also the start of a diet change for my disease prevention class. We were supposed to change something, even if it's something small, to make our diet more healthy. I've been reading a LOT of information about how red meat (meaning anything besides poultry and fish) is horrible for you and that it causes cancer. Now, I'm not freaking out that everyone who eats red meat is going to get cancer, but here is America, we definitely eat beyond our fair share of protein, and red meat is the worst of them. So, I'm cutting it almost completely out of my diet for at least the next month. It's not a huge jump for me since I'd rather have chicken than beef any day, but the pork and processed meats (sausage, bacon, J Dawgs) are the things I'll be really giving up. It's one more step to a healthier me.

My dad is also doing this month-long change with me. I was scared to death to ask him, but with my mom's help I got it out and he agreed to do it! With my weight loss progress I have been praying that he would see the difference in my life and make some changes in his own life to become healthier. He has so many health problems and they are only getting worse, and I only want him to get better, and I know he can! It just can't be any fad diets, it has to be a permanent change for the better. I sincerely hope that this month of experimentation will yield some results and that he can see how much it can help him.

I cannot even begin to express how happy I am for each and every little change I have made in my life. I would not like to think of how my life would be if I wasn't where I am now. I would be extremely unhappy, and I most definitely wouldn't have been able to go spend two hours playing night games that involved not quite constant sprinting. I am more confident in myself and my ability to make a difference now, and I have hope for an even better future. Sixty pounds down the road, I am a completely different person than I was ending my senior year of high school. And if I can do it, anyone can do it! :)

ONE MONTH!!!!

So, I realize that this post is a tad bit late, but last week was INSANE! I'm just happy to be onto this week. :)

Last week was the 4th week of training, and because it was the 4th week, the training was a lot lighter (this will happen every 4 weeks). Although I really liked the timing of less training because of my hectic week, I came to find that the smaller workouts were harder for me. I'm not sure if it was just physiological, but it was harder for me to bike 58 minutes than it was for me to do 95 the week before. I thought it was quite interesting.

On Friday, my wonderful roommate Noel came and helped me with swimming, and she taught me some new tricks to help me swim faster! Yay!!! Maybe now I can stop floundering in the water...or maybe I still just need lots and lots of practice.

But happy days to be back in the uphill training once again! :) I am 1/5 through this thing!!!!!! Hooray!!!