Sunday Fun Day

Here is your Sunday Song of the Week! Dig in.
Love Some Summer Music

Our last day in Chattanooga consisted of sleeping in, packing up, breakfast at The Blue Plate, playing in the water, and shopping!

After a fantastic breakfast (I went with the egg white omelet with a fruit cup), we walked down to the river and enjoyed the scenery.

Grey Heron, and yeah I dressed up

David kept creeping backward to get as close to the bird as possible. 

That water was freezing! There were some kids playing below us and obviously the temp did not phase them

Fun times family photo

Then time for some shopping! I spent way to much money, but got some great deals. my justification is that I am running enough mileage on a regular enough schedule that I need to start investing in some higher quality gear. So I bought some running clothes, and new shoes. I got a pair of lightweight Brooks. I LOVE THEM! If you are a runner, get some, you won't regret it.

Last night I had some friends to go run with and we hit 5 miles! It was a great run, and I loved having a group with me!!

It is very humbling to see pictures of yourself. Apart of this journey is monitoring my progress, so I am trying to be better about photographing everything. Sometimes it is very easy to think I have gone farther than I actually have. Some days you think you have done fantastic, and are right on track and you let your program slip or set it aside for old habits because it's not going to kill you right? But then you take some pictures with friends and you realize that while you have made progress you still have a long way to go. That's how I look at these pictures, Yeah I have lost 12.8 lbs but I still have 19.2 more to go, and I need to stay on point to get there. I also need to learn how to see myself in an accepting way and be less critical. I immediately see these photos and my mind hits all the negatives. I still point out all the bad places and completely miss the point of the photo which is to document my life with the people I love. So while we may have the tendency to be negative towards ourselves, a part of this is learning how to change that mindset as well. Don't take the journey for surface value, it's not just about weight on a body, its more than that. Once you take hold of the entire process of change, you can begin to rebuild EVERYTHING.

This is just as much mental as it is physical!!
Emma

Sunday Song of the Week

Here is your song of the week 2 days late! My bad.

Sexy Song of the Week

So, this weekend was pretty nice. I worked on homework slept on the couch Saturday afternoon and then Saturday night went to a party in town! Here are some pics from the bar before the party started. I was really monitoring my points and trying to keep the alcohol at a minimum so I went pretty ghetto and made these all night! It looks weird to do this at a bar, but who cares! At one point in the night an older black gentleman still rocking the jerry curl and saved by the bell style button up rocked some Lionel Richie on karaoke, so my weird drink making was mostly ignored.

Emma's Super Skinny, Totally Stole This Recipe, Alcoholic Beverage
Order the following at the bar:
1 shot of well vodka
1 tall glass of water

When you get back to your table drink some of the water then pour the shot in the water glass. Add in 1 crystal light lemonade (or your choice of flavor) individual packet and mix it up! The only calories come from the vodka, and clear liquor generally contains less sugar than dark colored liquor, and the crystal light makes it taste so delicious! Also by ordering a shot instead of a vodka and water you can monitor better how much vodka goes into the drink. Some bartenders will mix way more than 1.5 ounces of vodka in a glass, and the shot glass keeps you in control of the amount of liquor you consume.

Over the course of 5 hours I had 4 of these drinks which equalled out to be 14 WW points total so not so bad!

Me and my co-worker Nizzy! I ike this picture cause I look skinny (<--some hard earned vanity)

Some of the group! 

Mizzy girlfriend and my sorority sister Laura! Love this girl!

The  lovely beer ladies

So we had a good time overall. I really enjoyed going out and not wanting to crawl under a rock the next day from a massive hangover. I even got up Sunday, made breakfast and went and ran 4 miles with my friend Shelby! 

So it was a good weekend. Sunday night the boyfriend and I went to dinner at Cheddars (they have the best grilled fish tacos) and then came home and watched TV. He had been gone at that ReptiCon (reptile convention) all weekend so it was good to spend some time together. I have more stories for you about David and my week, and I'll write them up asap!

Emma

Sunday Song of the Week/ 10k Race Results!

Hello everyone! 

Ok here is your song of the week. It's a throwback... enjoy!
Jammin

This song was also the first on my "RUNNING 10K" playlist on my iPod yesterday morning for the TTU ROTC 10K.

10k= 6.2 miles
This race was DIFFICULT! I had been running 6 miles fairly easily over the past few weeks but let me tell you that was on flat ground. This race was mostly uphill and it was hard. I kept my pace though consistent at around 10:45 per mile and finished in 1 hour, 12 minutes, 27 seconds. I was so glad to be done and my legs were killing me by the end of the night. Today I feel a bit better (I can actually lift my legs without pulling them up). David also ran the race with me but he and some people I work with all did the 5k. It was so fun to have people waiting for me at the finish!!

Here are some pictures I found on the facebook page... they aren't very flattering but they are still proff I did it!

My boss Katie (left) and another lady we work with Susan!

I didn't see the camera, this was at about mile 1 right before the incline began

Mile 5! We had just gotten off the incline and were running flat finally!

Those are all the pictures I could find online! I am really proud of myself for finishing this race and can't wait till the next one!

Have a great Sunday!
Emma

Sunday Song of the Week

Check it out y'all and HAPPY EASTER!

Song of the Week

Since I am already here and you are totally rocking out to my song of the week I will share in my easter festivities. David and I slept in this morning and then got ready to go to church with his mother, brother and sister. I wore this new dress I bought a while ago that did not fit even a little and it fit so well today! Score. I have a picture on Amanda's camera and will post it eventually once she sends it to me (I am guessing in about a year).

After church we came home, took pictures, and changed clothes while Carolyn and David's aunts were cooking easter dinner. Once dinner was ready we pigged out. I am not even kidding y'all it was amazing but also disgusting how many brownies I ate. Then we had out yearly easter egg hunt. Now our easter egg hunt isn't for kids, it should be an 18 or over unless you have parental consent sort of situation. carolyn hides eggs in the most difficult places to find, I am talking burying them in some cases! This year there was $208 total in eggs on the property. We are each given a plastic bag (regulation size of course) and the boundaries of the egg hunt and then it is on. The first year I played, Amanda (David's little sister) came at me like a linebacker when she saw me reaching towards the ground. She thought I was going  for an egg, but I was only tying my shoe! This year we took off David and Amanda were pushing each other all over the yard fighting over eggs.

Now last year I won the egg hunt with the most money and least amount of eggs. This year not so much. I got 4 eggs and $4. That's right. David pocketed $46 and I got $4. I was definitely the joke of the afternoon. We were trying to make sure we found all the money and Eileen (David's aunt) asked me how much I found I said 4. She looked at me laughing and said "You're so precious I meant how much money did you get?" to which I replied "No, I meant $4". Everyone lost it. You probably had to be there, but it was pretty funny how bad I did this year. Then everyone got a $20 prize egg except Brad who opened his and it was empty because they forgot to put the last $20 in it HA! Then it was try not to fall asleep from the baked ham coma while we clean up.

On the way home, David and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some plants and pots. We had been talking for days about planting some herbs and flowers. I quickly pushed through that ham coma and this is what we did!

HERBS!

I planted 5 kitchen herbs and painted chalkboard paint on my $2 pots so I can write the name of each herb on there! I also got a lilly last week from school for free and I planted that as well in another pot. I love planting stuff it was really fun! David planted strawberries in a big pot and we planted water mellon seeds in a little germinating green house that he will plant at his house once they sprout!

Over all it was a great day. Easter is my favorite holiday of the year for many reasons, but let's not forget the reason we celebrate.

Phillippians 3:10-12
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

God Bless and Happy Easter!
Emma

Sunday Song of the Week

So I decided with my "stuff to listen to" page at the top I would switch it up and post a song of the week each week so head on over here and check out the first song of the week! Let me know what you think!

Love,
 Emma