Last Day

Today was the last day of school.  I've been looking forward to this day for several weeks.  The winter was long which seemed to make the school year feel especially long as well.  But, I've also been dreading this day a little too.

I was lucky enough to get to teach the same three students for the past two years.  These kids were an awesome group.  They were so fun to teach and be around every day.  I'm going to miss the before the bell visits, hugs, Axe deodorant, their senses of humor, and spending each day with them.

It was very hard for me to say goodbye today.  As much as I hate to cry in front of people, I couldn't stop the tears as I got one last hug from "my kids".

Each one took a little piece of my heart with them as they left today.

weekend recap and so on

• Dave and I went out for Mexican & a movie Friday night. We saw 42, which was really good.
• Saturday night we watched our niece go through grand march at the prom.
• We met my mom and brother in Huron for lunch on Sunday. 
• I started the couch-to-5k training again today.  I ran through each running session, with no breaks, and even ran an extra minute at the end.  Huge improvement from the other times I've started it.
• 83 days until we run The Color Run. Saying I should have started the C25K weeks ago would be a huge understatement.  I am so excited though and can't wait to cross this off my bucket list.

• We're a full month into spring and this is what it looks like outside today:

Yeah, not cool.  We got out of school at 1:30 today.  Third week in a row that we've had time off because of the snow. 

Spring has to arrive sometime, right?!

color run photo source

March & April goal

So my March goal was to lose 10 pounds. I lost 5.6 pounds so uhhh....not even close.  I started clean eating and Jillian's 30 day shred half way through the month and my weight didn't budge after that. So, so frustrating.  It is so discouraging to bust your ass and eat great and see no results (on the scale).  I know that I need to pay attention to how I feel, and that clean eating and exercising hard will eventually lead to the weight coming off.....blah, blah, blah. That number on the scale messes with my head though and so in order to actually pay attention to those other things, I'm staying of the scale this month.

I weighed in on April 1st and won't step on again until the 30th. Hopefully I'll have a better report next month!!

weekend recap

My mom and I went shopping together in Sioux Falls on Saturday.  We hit most of my favorite stores but I didn't buy a whole lot.  Just a couple car air fresheners at Bath & Body Works and some picture frames at Michaels.  We also stopped at a cupcake shop while we were in town.  I got a smores cupcake that was sooo good!

Dave and I just hung out around home Saturday night.  I can't even remember what we did other than make a HyVee run for supper. We're super exciting sometimes. ;o)

Sunday we did some grocery shopping and ran some errands.  I spent most of the afternoon making hairties and listing them on Etsy.

lillyleetree.etsy.com if you're interested :o)

We went to Cherry Berry for a treat once I was done.

And yes, I did just post about trying to lose 10 pounds this month and then ate cupcakes and frozen yogurt over the weekend.

Hope ya all had a good weekend and have a great week!

march goal

I've been tracking my weight losses (and gains) in Excel since last summer.  That line that is suppose to be going down has been looking like a rollercoaster instead.



Uff da.  Thankfully I've started it in the right direction again but I really need to get serious about it.  So, this month's goal is to lose 10 pounds in the next 30 days. 


Totally have this song in my head now.

february goal recap

I can't decide if I accomplished this or not.  I didn't eat any fast food this month but I did eat at Jimmy John's twice....which I suppose technically would be fast food.

Ok so that's all I have to say about that.

my new favorite snack

This is probably one of my favorite food pins.  That's saying a lot because I have pinned a lot of recipes that are really good but not so healthy.  This one is super simple and healthy too!

Source: letstalkfitness.com via Nichole on Pinterest

So you take this...

Slice up the apples thinly then juice the orange and lemon over top.  Let it soak for awhile.  That's it. 

I have been using half of a lemon because the oranges I bought aren't very sweet.

Enjoy!