Just keep running....

Started the couch to 5k again. 

But this time I'm picking up the pace. 

The Nike app says my on my runs 

my pace is between 7.30 min mile and 9.30 min mile. 

which is a lot faster 

But its still hard. 

I stopped running all summer. 

Thanks AZ

and I gained weight

bleh... 

Now I feel like I'm back to square one. 

Honestly thanks to Pinterest

I found a ton of inspiration

like this beauty 

{Via Here}
and I realize that this post is so jumbled..
my head is kinda jumbled at the moment..
I'm sorry it's so random ha   

Exercise routine

So Mr.J and I have been talking
about #2! YAY
However, I dont want to get pregnant at this weight
(I have lost half of what I wanted read about that here)
Since hurting my neck, I gained a few (5lbs)
Grrr.....
Now I have 25 lbs that I want to lose til we get prego again
and we want to get pregnant in or around September.
so thats about 11 lbs a month
THATS REALLLLLY HARD!
Not only that but with it being 10,000000 degrees in Arizona
its really really hard to run :(
So gym/swimming and MAJOR dieting is whats going to have to do it.
Not only are we renting a room
Mr. J is still in training for his New PD job
(which is totally awesome!)
but his schedule isn't set, therefore I have no set schedule
it doesn't help with my OCD planning issues
So heres what I'm hoping my routine will be
Monday AM Run If I have time gym that afternoon
Tuesday TBC class at 4:30
Wednesday AM swim If I have time Gym that afternoon
Thursday AM Run
Friday Gym
Saturday 830 am Muscle class at the gym
Sunday Break

I'm also going to be eating around 1380 calories a day (according to myfitnesspal app)

This is the size I would like to get back to
::Sigh:: I will get there one day, I will... 25 down 25 to go... I can do this...
Who's with me!?!

Tip of the Week #5

Is it just me or do you always have a handful of Diapers a size smaller than what your lil is in??

I have given a few to friends but
somehow I keep finding a few here and there.
Then my wonderful aunt posted something on Facebook that confused the heck out of me.
She said "Have a horrible Migraine :( Luckily I found some newborn diapers to make Ice Packs!"(mind you her son is 9 HA)
I had NO idea what she meant,
newborn diapers = Ice pack WHAT?? (and why did she have them still!?!)
Then she explained and boy is it GENIUS!!(and she had newborns because she babysat a friends baby hehe)
Pretty simple
Take a CLEAN (cant stress that one enough!)Diaper
and about a cup of water (give or take depending on the size of diaper, I'm using a Size 4)

Fill the diaper with water
(I was going to add a picture but it just looked like a loaded diaper and it grossed me out HA)

Pop it in the freezer

and in a few hours you have a totally awesome ice pack

BUT WAIT! There's more!!!

With pretty much any injury you want to do heat and ice 20 on 20 off.
So now we need a heating pad? NOPE GRAB ANOTHER DIAPER!!!
Fill it with water (again depending on what size diaper for how much water)
and pop it in the microwave.

Now I'm a super freak when it comes to things catching on fire.
(okay Im OCD DON'T JUDGE!)
It freaks me out to put anything in the Microwave that is not supposed to go in there.So I just put it in for 30 seconds at a time until I get the temperature I want.

Let me just tell you, I hurt my neck last week SUPER bad (been going to the gym a lot lately and that's what we think did it)I was in a ton of pain and these Diapers SAVED MY LIFE! okay okay not literally, but helped sooth my pain. it was so nice because they could be shaped to what I needed and they were soft (unlike real ice packs)

Genius right!? Big thanks to our awesome Aunt Amanda! (YOU ROCK!!) Hey maybe one day she will guest post for us! She has all sorts of AMAZING ideas from organization tools to interior decoration (that's her profession) to amazing Momma Ideas. Hummmm, that's going to be something I need to talk to her about!

My worst nightmare

So this is a post that I DIDNT want to write, Why? Because
I'm humiliated
I'm mortified
I'm ashamed
I'm scared
of what...
my weight...
Before I got pregnant I had gained a few (and by a few I mean WAY TO MUCH) Since high school (almost 50 lbs) I was working out and being active but being comfortable in a relationship, (okay and maybe drinking and partying a little too much and being on the pill) Well, I'm sure you know how easy it is to
Lose control of your weight. I had lost control of my weight and BAD
THEN
I got Pregnant. I dont know my exact weight but Im guessing I broke 200 right around the time we conceived
(I want to cry just thinking about that)
(That's my awesome parents and I was wearing high heels in not that tall!Im only 5'6)
but do you see how big I was !!???!!!! UGH By the time I went in to the hospital I was 242lbs DO YOU REALIZE HOW BIG THAT IS!!??!
UUUUUUGH.... Then I had Baby girl... and granted I lost a lot of it... But I was still at 215lbs and a size 18, being over 200lbs was killing me. I was the athlete the one in shape that had a great athletic body and I felt like a flabby mess. I went to the Drs and was prescribed Phentermine. I lost 15lbs (so 200lbs) but it stopped working and then I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism which meant losing weight was difficult (felt like it was impossible)
But I didn't want to give up, I knew I could be happy with my body, I KNEW I needed to work out... BUT HOW?
Then I found my life saver
Running....
Now I know so many of you are going to say "I cant run" "I hate running" and that was SOOOOOO me but I found Couch to 5K
It has CHANGED my life...
I finished my first 4.2 Mile Race on April 16,2011 with My Dad Brother and Husband (and a friend)
I was hard, I cried many times. But I stuck with it... I lost 20 lbs in 9 weeks and I am in a size 13 again! Now I weigh less than I did when I got Pregnant!! I still have 20 lbs I want to lose (30 actually but Im setting my goal at 20 for now)
(Im in the Yellow shirt and that's my gorgeous and motivational friend Kathryn!)
So there I did it.. I shared my worst nightmare... I'm scared to death of what people will say I'm scared of Anonymous comments because I have read some really mean ones... but I want to be honest, I want to maybe help someone. And truthfully I wouldn't mind someone saying "Hey Im in the same boat! Lets be friends and we can help each other!!"

How did you lost weight or overcome your worst nightmare?