No Pain No Gain

We did an hour of chariots, squats, lunges and step-ups. I went for the full bench seats today rather than just the first step of the risers for the step-ups. Wowzers. Jason said his goal was to make us wake up in pain on Saturday. Guess that means tomorrow probably won't be any easier! Fridays are usually games of some sort so it can't be too bad, right? :)

Had a great day in Rochester yesterday. Was a very welcome break from the grind at work - although I have to say that I'm enjoying work more these days. It's all about attitude and lately it seems to be pretty positive and a lot of fun. Anyway, I spent the day with my niece, Adria, and she is definitely a ham. She'll be 6 months old on Saturday and time is just flying! She is getting to be such a little person so full of personality and she just loves to laugh and smile. I love it!!

Happy Birthday To Me

We bought a house! Happened crazy fast but it was THE house and everything just fell right into place! It's bigger than our first house and it's very open - even has a sun room! The only negative is that it didn't already have a fenced in yard so we will be doing that ASAP for the doggies! It's in Avon - since most of you that read this are from Hanover, it's actually only a few miles from Brent's house but closer to 10th St!! He doesn't know it yet but someday when he returns my phone call I'll tell him! :) We close on April 30th (assuming everything goes fine with the inspections.) Our apartment complex is being a bit crappy but I think we'll be able to work it out...
So my birthday present is a new home!! Yay!!

1st round done!

I finished the first month of the transformation challenge this past Friday and am really starting to feel a change. When we had our first weigh in last week I had only lost a few lbs but 6 inches which is apparently pretty good since 2 were in my waist and 2 were in my hips. So I guess I'll take it! :) They changed my meal plan for the next 3 weeks so hopefully I'll see some bigger weight loss when we weigh in again. I had lost 6 lbs in the first week but I was also pretty sick so apparently that didn't really work in my favor. I didn't do a very good job of keeping this updated through the month so hopefully when we start again on the 22nd (MY BIRTHDAY) I'll remember to update more. Anyway, the biggest change hasn't been with my body but more mentally. Eating "clean" and starting out every day of the week with an hour long crazy hard workout has really changed everything. I have more energy! I can focus better at work and I'm proud of myself for how far I've come from the 1st day! It's amazing what having a little more pride in yourself can do!

Home Sweet Home

We got approved today for a home loan!! We have been dying to get out of the apartment life and the last few months it was just getting to be too much. So when we got back from Florida Kyle made an appointment with Ben Daulton at our bank in Rochester, filled out the application and here we are today with an approval. Took less than a week to do all that and now we can start looking for a home! A place to call home again; I've just never been able to make myself say that either of our apartments is really "home." I'm crazy excited though to actually get to be part of picking out a house this time!! When Kyle and I got together he had already bought the house in Rochester so I didn't have a say. Which is fine, it was great (sorta) :) But now I can decide what I like and what I want and don't want. Top priority though is a fenced in back yard. I'm so excited to be able to give that back to our puppies. They have handled being in an apartment just fine these last few years but it's not fair to them after they had a fenced in yard for the first several years of their lives! Anyway, we are so excited to start looking and find a place to call home! Next up is to find a realtor!

Day 1

Definitely wanted to die this morning. Definitely. It wasn't all that bad getting up at 5:00am, in large part because Kyle got up with me, but the workout was hellacious. I can't say that I wasn't expecting it to suck but I forgot how much the 1st day really really sucks. It was just a nightmare, I was almost laughing at myself the entire team thinking of all the shit I've been eating and the lack of motivation to do any type of physical activity since my last camp in November. This is what you get for eating shit and doing nothing Kira,. Pain. Jason says that it is great I'm in such bad shape because the results will be even more amazing, I'm not really feeling his enthusiasm just yet. They weighed, measured, poked, pinched and photographed me today for my starting point. Talk about being self conscious... Regardless of my whining today I know that the results will be well worth it in May when I am healthier and a lean mean fighting machine. Or something like that anyway. But for now my muscles are starting to tighten and I can feel the soreness creeping up so I'm headed to bed!

Slam Bam Transformation

starts tomorrow (2/15) and as much as I am mentally ready I am terrified of the ass kicking I will be getting. Especially this first week. Since I've not gone in 2 months it's going to be like starting over and by Wednesday I will be waddling and groaning with every step that I take. haha. Oh well it will be worth it in the end. I plan on trying to update as much as possible over the next 3.5 months while going through this boot camp challenge. There are 28 women and the 1st place prize is an all expenses paid cruise or trip for two. Sign me up. Anyway, stay tuned - get trim in 2010 starts now (well right after a few more of those sugar cookies). haha :)

It's a new day and a new year!

2009 was very much a year of ups and downs for us. Well I'm sure we're not the only ones who have had a roller coaster kind of year, but this is about me so I'll stick with my year! :o)
2009 was especially hard for me because of everything that happened to my mom. She dated and married a monster (sorry but there is no other way to put it) quickly divorced him and then tried to pick up the pieces and move on. It has not been easy no thanks to life in a small town where it seems people cannot find better things to do than gossip. Sometimes life is just cruel, I don't know any other way to say it. As if it wasn't enough when my step-dad died unexpectedly and she had to pick up the pieces and move on. No one should ever ever have to go through what she did and no family should ever have to go through what we have. Regardless, she is doing terrific these days and is beginning to find peace and happiness again! That is in no small thanks to my niece, Adria, who was born in September. She has brought a whole new meaning to the word joy! She is now 3 months old and is just getting bigger by the day! I so look forward to all of the fun times ahead with her! Here's a picture of her helping decorate the gingerbread house!

Kyle and I have some big plans for 2010 and hopefully by the end of the year we will be back to being homeowners again! Living in an apartment for 2 years since we moved to Indy has not been so horrible but we definitely miss the space we were used to for both us and the dogs. I feel awful about keeping them in an apartment for these last 2 years, I know they're fine with it, but it just doesn't seem fair. They deserve more space to run about and a fenced in backyard to play in! Hopefully we can give that back to them this year! We've toyed around with the idea of starting a family but we'll see, a big part of that will depend on the homeowner part! :)
We are taking a family vacation in early February this year down to sunny Bradenton, FL. Our Christmas gift from my parents was a week long vacation for all of us! So we'll be packing up and heading down to a condo with Kyle, Melissa, Adria and my mom! We'll get to spend time with my dad and step-mom as well as our grandparents that live down there! Dad hasn't seen Adria since she was born and our grandparents haven't got to meet her yet! Should be fun.

February is a big month for me! I signed up for the "Slam Bam Transformation Challenge" with the Indy Adventure Boot Camp team. They only took 28 people and I am so thankful that I will be part of it! It is a 14 week intense boot camp inspired transformation challenge! I have been doing boot camp with them on and off since August and it has been crazy painful and yet addictive! Anyway it's 14 weeks with them and in addition to the daily butt kickings they will also be doing a daily meal plan for all of us. We get all kinds of protein goodies and vitamins to make use of for the 14 weeks too. The grand prize is an all expenses paid for cruise for two!! I know that I can do this. The average weight loss is anywhere from 20-50 lbs and lots of inches and that should put me either at or so very close to my goal weight! It would mean the world to me if I could finally get there. It's taken me 2 years to get the first 50 off and I have somewhere between 40 and 50 to go but I know that this is my year to do it. I go to the camp in Fishers and our coach, Jason , is the hubby of Jessica and they run the whole boot camp thing. When they first posted that people could start signing up Jason was nearly begging our Fishers group to have people sign up and explained that in the past it has been mostly Carmel women (where Jessica coaches). There are 2 or 3 of us that signed up from Fishers and I think we are going to be his special projects - i.e. we'll be getting our butts kicked more so than usual. But that's ok, it's what I need and if it helps me get to my goal then bring it on!! I plan to blog about it daily when it starts so you can all keep up with me and encourage me (please!)
Anyway, I hope that 2010 brings all of you good health, happiness and lots of love!