TIU Bikini Series Entry (150th post!)

I'm Naomi, I'm 24 years old and from Chicagoland. Tone It Up changes lives every day, and mine is no exception. When I found #TIU in February 2013, I was just starting my healthy initiative and was struggling with self image problems. My boyfriend revealed to me that he was concerned about my weight. It felt like my worst dreams had come true and I honestly felt helpless. I cried a lot and regretfully attempted to basically starve myself for a few days right before I found TIU. I wanted to lose weight and look good but despite any efforts I ever made in the past, I never looked like I wanted to. I joined the community and was floored by the positivity and encouragement from everyone.

I initially didn't plan to try the #BikiniSeries because I was scared to fail. I thought I'd be disappointed in myself if I didn't get the results that I saw other girls get and I didn't want to put myself through that. But at the last minute I decided to just try it. The check-ins made it fun to work. The TIU meal plan (And plan updates during the bikini series) were incredibly helpful! PFP pancakes and TIU shots are part of my every day now.

I'm thrilled to say that I did get the results I wanted. I lost 13 lbs during the bikini series (I went from 167 to 155) and my body is more tone than I've ever seen it! People at work are asking me every day, even up to today, what I'm doing to transform my body and I tell them to look up TIU. Beyond the weight loss and physical side of things, the bikini series did something more for me.

I feel empowered. I was so sure, before it started, that it wasn't something for me. I kept thinking I don't do stuff like that. But now I do! I did it! Setting daily goals and then accomplishing them day after day taught me how to reach longer term goals. In January I was at 180 lbs, now I'm down to 155 with a whole lot more muscle, and I can't wait to keep going! People around me see the confidence in me and I've been able to inspire friends, family members, and co-workers (and my boyfriend!) to try healthier options. My skin looks better, I'm more awake, I'm confident, I'm empowered, I'm healthy, and I 'm happy! I learned to stop comparing myself to others and be happy with who I am and what I, personally, accomplish. I shouldn't belittle my own accomplishments by comparing them to others. The TIU community taught me that. :) <3 <3

Week 19 Review 38-32-40

I'm down 14" total since March.

Calorie Uppage Assessment - down .2 lbs

How is the 1700 calorie adjustment working out?
Well, to my surprise I'm not gaining weight. I've drank almost every day and I haven't worked out in a long time. Last night I had a huge pasta dish from Macaroni grill plus a lot of drinks. And, sadly I will admit that the past couple days, thanks to the drinks Ive had, I've probably been closer to 2300 calories (which is my BMR), meaning I'm eating to maintain, not lose. So my results are exactly as expected, sadly. lol.

• 158 lbs
• 30.3% fat
• 50.8% water
• 33.6% muscle 

HOLY YAY! New TIU addition to the nutrition plan! Gosh, K&K are so spot on with what the community asks for and they deliver so quickly! Their commitment to us is so awesome!

• W/O update: Today I did 30 minutes jogging/walking and burned 250 calories. 2 miles #100bysummer. 23/100 so far.
• Protein update: I'm at 118g protein (overate at lunch while catching up on Season 2 of Girls.) 

June Goals

Final Recap of May Goals: 

You can view my first recap, here.
And the original post, here. 

• I still struggle to manage a 2 drink maximum but a few times I've made the choice to do wine instead of beer which actually makes it a lot easier to stop at 2 or 3.
• I haven't reached 153, but I think I've figured out some of my problems but deciding to up my calories and make sure my body isn't in starvation mode. (TBC :) )
•  I don't feel like I've taken my proper half hour to reflect the last 2 weeks or so. Gotta get back into that. 
• I definitely missed a lot more than 3 bikini series workouts. I've lost a lot of motivation it seems these last 2 weeks. It's rained a lot, maybe that's why. I don't know.
• I didn't practice yoga every Sunday. :/ But I did do a bit of yoga every week. 
• I officially held plank for 2 minutes over the weekend!
• I am getting 100-110g of protein a day, thanks to my Perfect Fit Protein. But once that runs out, I'm worried it'll drop.
• I completed my first 7DSD! I had a few slip ups but I made my best efforts to finish it as best I could.      

June Goals:

•  Reach 153 this month (PLEASE)
• Get my fat % out of the 30s. 
• Do some form of workout every day and check in each night on the blog. Whether it be toning, cardio, or strength training. DO SOMETHING.
• Strive to keep protein around 100-110g a day. 
• Do 100 TIU tummy tucks once a week.  

• Have a CarbSaturday every week and try to make improvements on my Sunday Runday. ((Track time and distance, just for reference. )) 
• Finish this round of edits on a book I'm writing with my friend, Kathy, called "Displaced." 

  I think for the month of June, I might be doing a bit more post updates at the end of each day, just to add my protein intake for the day as well as my workouts. For June, and probably July, I want to lift a bit of the pressure from myself. Things have been stressful at work and at home and I can feel ulcer pains again. It's finally summer (though the weather still doesn't really feel like it) and I want to try and enjoy it. I'm still going to push myself but these are the months I worked hard for so I don't want to punish myself for not being where I expected to be... I still worked hard and plan to enjoy the summer as things come up.  I always have to remind myself that this weight loss isn't a race. I want to get healthy and look good and feel confident. I'm still really really struggling to be confident and it's going to be a long road before I can feel truly good about myself.
 

Week 18 Review 37-32-40

 

T minus 2 days

 T-minus 2 days until my monthly comes back as just as expected, the water retention has begun. I knew it was coming because my mood shot down around Wednesday. I thought it might be due to working 8 days straight, but my back also was aching and I started having really weird dreams on Tuesday. Now the water retention started, and I checked my period tracker app.. SURE ENOUGH. Ha. I hate being a lady sometimes. :) I got 5 lbs tacked on right now since yesterday. This is the worst feeling, seriously. lol.

We are headed to the Cubs game today! Hoping to get our free Cubs gnome! :) Eek! My boyfriend picked this game for us hoping I could get a cubs gnome, since I kind of collect gnomes.  Well, if weather permits. Right now it's nice out, but the weather says scattered storm that will become more severe in the afternoon.

Update:
 Wow, well my monthly actually came today. And after it came the 5 lbs came right back off. Isn't that so weird?!! I'm glad though. I hate waiting for it to come. 

7DSD Day 7 Down 3.2

Last day of 7DSD. Did it help? Can't wait to find out!

158.2 lbs (Back down from the bloating, but the same from before the bloating. lol)
30.3% fat (down .5%)
51% water
33.5% muscle (up .3%)

These are better results! So...it seems like eating more is helping me lose weight??! And pushing my fat down and muscle up! Because the last few months I was lucky to see a .1% change each week, and this week my fat went down .5%. :) I think that's my favorite result this week!

Yesterday I mostly stuck to the 7DSD, except I didn't drink enough water and I had some whole wheat tortillas. Not bad though!

7DSD Day 6

So Memorial Day got me....! I was strong all day and ate perfectly, but then I got off work and my boyfriend had off...and we just wanted to relax. We watched "Gangster Squad" with Ryan Gosling and ordered a pizza, and drank a few (or a few more than a few). I went to bed at 7:30pm and woke up and midnight from a storm and couldn't get back to sleep. :/ It's going to be a long day! Got my coffee brewing, and trying to figure out how to approach today. I'm beyond frustrated with the weather. The only thing in the 7 day forecast right now is rain and 60 degree temperatures. I can't take this any longer. I CANT TAKE IT.

I was in the best routine of running at the forest preserve every day and this bad weather totally threw me off and I can't seem to get motivated to go to the gym. I prefer running outside now! Hah, thanks #k&k.

Today I will eat my 6th day meal plan for the 7DSD. I cant complain about my results now though since I messed up day 3 and 5. Lol. But I will complete this! I will count this as my official first time, no matter how bad I messed it up. :) I have a chart to remind me how many tasks I did not fulfill that the 7DSD asks us to, so next time I can simply try to do better.

7DSD Day 5

Well I slipped up on Saturday and had 1/2 PFP pancake about an hour before bed and I also had 2 beers while watching Hemingway and Gellhorn. I've been really down for about a week and I cant seem to shake that. It could be from the bloating and the fact that my numbers aren't budging, but the thing that is strongest on my mind is that I'm not in school and I want to be. I want my PhD and I can't even get my associates! And on top of that, I feel like I'm rotting away in this stupid town. It's been raining and cold and it's nearly june! Ugh, I feel like I'm suffocating. My boyfriend was talking to his friend up in California this week and his friend wants us to move out there. Once that idea got into me head, it's like I mentally gripped on to it and the chances of it happened are probably 2.5%. Basically not possible! My boyfriend will never go for it, although he did tell his friend that I could transfer stores and that it IS possible... I'm going to push for him to really consider this. Who wants to settle down or end up in the suburbs of IL!!!!? That cannot be the dream. lol. Well I'm sure we'd be happy enough doing that, but so much happier in warm sunny California.

Day 5 of the 7DSD. I'm glad it's day 5 so I can stop eating salt and hopefully, as the plan indicates, the bloating will blast down! This should be the best part of the slim down. Then I'll have to stay strong on Thursday which shouldn't be too hard since I work 8-4 that day, then Friday we are headed to the Cubs game and Saturday we are getting my first CARBSaturday lunch at Macaroni Grill. :)

Also, my mood may be low because I haven't been doing as much cardio the last week AND I have to work 8 days straight before my 3 day weekend. I'm sure none of this helped.

I JUST WANT TO WRITE FOR A LIVING. I'm so tired of retail. It's not even the helping guests part that bothers me most, it's upper management. They just don't care at all about the team. They care about scores and impressing corporate, and that's IT! It's really hard to keep taking. And they never stop reminding us how disposable we are but then they also never stop asking for favors. It's a really unhealthy dynamic happening.

Did 50 TIU Twisted Knee Raises yesterday w/ 5 lb weights.
Today I'm going to try to do 75 TIU lower ab toners. :) Ab goal every day till summer!

 1. Complete all the workouts going forward. I have been struggling weeks 3 and 4 to complete all my routines. I started off so incredibly strong and then as the weather took a turn, so did my motivation. I wish I didn't depend on mother nature as much as I apparently do. I will feel so proud of myself for doing these workouts even despite the crappy weather.
2. Reach 155 lbs at least. It's been a struggle to get out of the 160's for months now. Some weeks I creep down to 157, but other weeks I creep back up to 163. I want to get to 155 and not creep up anymore! This will feel amazing because the lowest I remember weighing in was 158 at the end of 2009. After all my hard work, I cant wait to see the scale reflect that!
3.Lose 2 more inches, anywhere! I think it's totally possible for me to lose 2 inches in 3 weeks. I was losing inches at the beginning of the bikini series but they seem to have come back on? I want to see 2 inches come off again. I dont care if it's from my waist, tush, or bust! lol. Take a 1/2 from everything, I just want to start shrinking again. <3 

Week 17 Review | 7DSD Day 4

Week 1

7DSD Day 3 | Body Applicator!

Still struggling with workouts this week, but the eating is on track and I think I might be down some weight now that I upped my calories? Hah I swear if this works... I'll be thrilled..but REALLY?! oye.

I tried on all my dresses this week just to gage where I'm at. The black dress in the middle is the one I wore to my cousins wedding when I was losing weight the unhealthy way. I'm glad to see they all fit again.. And the black and white one.. I bought last May for a wedding and it was really tight then, now it zipped right up! So that in itself is an awesome feeling. Cant wait to shrink out of these dresses and buy a whole new batch of cuteness! :) This summer is going to be awesome!



And now for the surprise! The body applicator came in yesterday so I hurried and put it on, squeaked around in my ceran wrap packaging, and slept in it.  Check out my results the first time I did it, here. This time, the sender gave me a ton more information than the last person I bought it from on amazon did. She gave me an ingredient list, explaining what each ingredient is as well. The ingredients are: Horse Chestnut, Green Tea Extract, Eucalyptus extract, Ivy extract, Menthol, Rosemary extract, Guarana Seed Extract, Hydrocotyl, Panthenol (vitamin B%), and Methylsilanol Mannuronate (which "binds moisture in the epidermis, thus firming and strengthening skin. It is also known to act as an anti-oxidant to actively precent the acceleration of premature aging.") So overall I feel that the ingredients are all natural..... Just seems like they combined them into the greatest lotion/bandage! I love it. Hahah I'm so excited for the results. She also gave me information on hosting a body wrap party!! So, that's something I might be interested in.. Although, I can only think of maybe 3 people to invite, unless some of my girlfriends had a friend or two to invite as well. Something to think about!

My before stats were: Abs: 39" and Waist: 33.5" and my weight was 158.8 lbs. (Fri, 3pm)
My 12 hour after stats are: Abs:  38" and Waist:   33" and my weight is 158.0 lbs (Sat, 3am)
My 38 hour after stats are: Abs 38" and Waist 33" and my weight is  158 lbs (Sun, 5 am)
My 50 hour after stats are: Abs __" and Waist __" and my weight is  _____ lbs (Sun, 5pm)
My 70 hour after stats are:  Abs __" and Waist __" and my weight is  _____ lbs (Mon, 3am)

Here is my first set of pictures after sleeping in the wrap. The biggest results are supposed to happen in the hours after removing it :). So I'll check the results again tonight, and again tomorrow for my Sunday check in. After

Yoga Poses | 7DSD Day 2

I wanted to give a recap of my nutrient intakes since I started compared to my fat/muscle percents. As carbs and fat decrease, so does my fat (slowly, but surely) and as I increased my protein and workouts, the muscle is even more slowly going up. I'd really like to see these have more dramatic changes, but at least they're still mostly going in the right directions. I just know that with how little I was eating and how hard I was working out, something wasn't working right.

I'm still struggling to understand what my calorie intake should be per day. My BMR is around 2200, so I switched my daily goal from 1200 to 1700 per day, hoping that cutting 500 from my BMR will be one pound per week. If I work out, too, then that other 500 calories will be a 2nd pound per week. Since the beginning I had my calories cut to 1200, then I'd work out 500-700 calories a day and end with only 500-600 calories. I thought this was how I would lose 1 lb a week, but apparently that has put my body into a starvation mode and it is holding onto fat and burning muscle instead. I was told we need to eat more to fuel the new muscles, and assured that the new muscles will burn off those extra calories anyway. I'm trying to steer a bit away from counting calories and more just listening to my body, but I don't want to get too lax so I'm still tracking daily.

And here is where I'm at for my workouts this week (not going well but still doable!)
Sun - Get active w/ friends at zoo
Mon- none/sick
Tues- none/sick
Wed - Yoga +  Santorini Bikini X2 + Malibooty X3
Thurs - Surfers Paradise X3 + Cowabunga X3
To do:
Fri: Surfers Paradise X3 + Bikini Cardio
Sat: 60 jog (to make up two missed 30 min cardios) + Bridal Babe w/o

Healthy Thursday | 7DSD Day 1

Just wanted to add that yesterday I was finally starting to feel better, after being overly tired all week (crashed Mon-Wed!) but I still felt not myself. I had a big bowl of whole grain pasta for M3, and today I started the 7DSD, but today I feel way less bloated, and way more awake. Is the carbs connected, or did I finally pass whatever bug/virus I had? I dont know but a TIU sister suggested I add healthy carbs on Saturdays to improve my Sunday Runday and I love that idea, especially after seeing how great I feel today! Maybe I was accidentally avoiding carbs because I figured proteins and leans were always a better options? Not always true! "Carbs are the fire that fats burn in" as Katrina always says. Anyway, not this Saturday (because I'm on the 7DSD and I fully plan to complete it) but every Saturday going forward I want to try having a heavier carb M3, and see how I feel. :) Wish me luck!

 

Greece Week

100 squat challenge today!

Workouts to get still this week. YIKES.

• Cowabunga Workout X3
• Surfers Paradise X3

• Bridal Babe X1 + 30 minutes Cardio
• Santorini Bikini X3 + 20-30 minutes cardio
• Malibooty X3 + Bikini Cardio
• 45 min cardio
• 20 min cardio + Surfers Paradise X3
• Get active with a friend
• Sunday Runday!

Today I worked 10 hours. :/ I didn't want to, I still cant shake the exhaustion and the bloating is really getting to me. Abs is my focus this month, and I was seeing great progress until this bloating settled in. A bunch of my TIU sisters suggested I up my calorie intake to at least 1700, since I burn 500-600 most days, because the minimum should be 1200. I was way confused all along about how to cut... I thought I had to workout in addition to only eating the minimum in order to lose 2 lbs per week and that was working at first but sure enough, it has stopped. I've always questioned my energy level as well.... I try to avoid energy drinks and coffee doesn't seem to do it. I also tried B12, but that didn't seem to help. I didn't get what was wrong with me!! The ultimate reason I am inclined to agree with them is not that I feel hungry all the time or feel that I'm starving myself (on the contrary! I eat nutrient dense foods and get way more out of the foods I eat than I was before this healthy initiative)... No, the reason I think they're right is because my fat % has increased meaning my body is holding onto fat because it thinks it's being starved. I guess this is what people mean when they say "listen to your body." Also that I'm tired a lot!

I'll admit, I feel really weird deciding to up my calories when I feel heavy, bloated, and fatigued and the weight has been creeping up again. I just want to say I'm not giving up on the weight loss! This is not an intent to make things easier on me for awhile, I just want to see results for all the hard work I've been doing in workouts... Plus, I don't like how tired I've felt the past two days. And then last week I had that headache that wouldn't pass. Yeah, something has been up and I'm hoping that upping my calories will resolve the problems. I don't want to become lax with my food journaling though, so I decided I will try this for 4-6 weeks. I'll assess  this decision on 6/5, 6/19, and 7/3 (if so needed) to make sure I don't lose track. I don't want to get too anxious about the weight, but I do want to make sure my bodies getting what it needs.

Holy Exhaustion

I cant believe how tired I am today. I took a 3 hour nap after work and still feel totally beat. I guess the weekend took a whole lot outta me. Wow! Last week I missed the Surfers Paradise workout and the Cowabunga workout. Now today I missed 30 minutes of cardio and the Bridal Babe w/o. I hope I'm not as tired the rest of the week so I can kick it into higher gear and make up those workouts Thankfully I have Wednesday off this week, and I think I can use that to play catch up. I haven't been this tired is so SO long. The healthy eating and working out has really energized me, I think, but today I completely crashed. I dont think I had gotten a full nights rest in 3-4 days, and today I was feeling it. Plus I had weird dreams last night, and all day I felt like if I hit the pillow at any moment I would fall back asleep and continue the dream. The shocking part is that when I did take a nap at 3pm, I did continue the dream and it continued to be super weird!

The dream was that I was engaged to my boyfriend and it was the day of our wedding and I suddenly realized I didn't have a dress or any decorations and I felt too rushed and panicked. Then when I went back to sleep, in the dream I told him that it was too rushed and he said he agreed and wanted out. Then he said he wanted to go watch the game at the bar alone, this time so I said fine. But somehow this was code for the wedding was off and we were broken up. So I followed him to the bar and witnessed all these guys telling him that hes not welcome there because he's uncool. Lol. Then I drove home and a storm was coming. He came home after and our roommates told him to leave me alone in my room? LOL. We don't have roommates. I think all this tornado coverage on the news got in my head, as it does every year, and I went into a panic state or something. So funny, but so strange that just like I expected...the dream continued 12 hours after I had got up for work.

Here are some pictures from the zoo. It was a good time we just didn't cover much ground throughout the day. But we ended up seeing most of it, except penguins! 

Ot's past mid month now, so here's an update on my May Goals.

• I have not gotten my drinking under control at all. If anything, I've gone backwards in progress so far, partly due to my Bday but also just lack of effort.
• I thought I could reach 153 this month, since I was down to 157, but now my weights outta control so IDK
• Right now I'm at 3 missed, until I make up last weeks, then I'll just be at one missed.
• I'm trying to keep up with posting yoga, just missed last week because of my weight fluctuations.Posted here and here
• I can hold a plank for 1 min so far.
• Protein intake is definitely progressing. :) The goal was 700-750 a week so I can still take in some more, but it's gone up a lot! I wonder if this is why I'm gaining weight? Though when I googled it all I found is that protein DOES NOT make you gain, just aids muscle growth.
• 7DSD starts when my PFP comes in (I ordered it May 4th)

Week 16 Review

Pft I don't even want to talk about it. :/ My gut is huge. And today it actually hurts. Like a sharp pain in my abdomen. Ugh. Going to the zoo today which I'm excited about! Walk around all day, look at sweet precious animals and soak in some sun. Hopefully that will cheer me up and I don't have to think about these results all day.

Bikini Series Week 3 Recap: 
Sun: TIU Love Your Arms X2, TIU Sunseeker X2, TIU Surfers Paradise X1
Mon: 90 min jog. Sunkissed Abs X2 **5.83 miles
Tues:  40 min jog ** 3.15 miles
Wed: none
Thurs: Bikini Cardio on elliptical, Round 1: Levels 6 and 9, Round 2: levels 7 and 10 **3.5 miles
Fri: 40 min jog Sunset w/o X3 **2.5 miles
Sat: 85 min jog ** 6 miles

#100bysummer (NOT including what I walk at work, I decided)  20.98 miles

Today/Sun: Bridal Babe X1, Cowabunga X3, Surfers Paradise X3, Walking at Zoo, 30 min jog

Six mile Saturday! :)

I woke up at 630, made some coffee, and headed to the forest preserve. I added a 5lb weight to each arm because I want to blast that fat away and I figured it cant hurt, though I've never heard anywhere that adding weights will help burn more fat.. but it sounds like it should, right? Ha. I HOPE SO cause that was exhausting! I managed to jog the majority of the entire first 4 miles, with the exception of a quarter mile walking break between miles 3 and 4. Then for miles 4 I probably jogged half and walked half and I ended up walking most of the 5th mile because I had a leg cramp. :) First time that's ever happened! My glutes were freaking burning at mile 4! When I got home I wanted to snap before/after pictures for tomorrow but my gut was HUGE. I don't know what's going on but its beyond pissing me off at this point. I work hard and eat right, yet my stomach cant keep up? Maybe it's in a sort of shock mode..like adjusting to the extreme cardio? God I hope it catches up soon.

So today me and my boyfriend are headed to a local brewery to watch the Blackhawks and then we are going to see The Great Gatsby :) I burned 891 calories, and I'm sure I'll drink all of that away... I suck. Haha. A friend of mine, fellow blogger, suggested I do another round of the Ultimate Body applicator since my results last time were so impressive and I concurred! I ordered another one today so look forward to that post probably in two weeks!

Have a great weekend everyone! Challenge yourself to feeling sore on Monday! :)

Overnights & Cubs Game

Well I was going to attend a Cubs game tonight but the plans fell through. I'll try to just think of it that it was for the best... no temptation to drink! I cheated hardcore on Friday for my birthday. Plus it took me all weekend to recover from that drinking night so really that drinking night turned into a weekend derailment which unfortunately was followed by an overnight shift (thankfully reduced to only 1, instead of 2) which always derail me.

Today it's hot out (yay) but it's also humid (boo!). I tried to go jogging for 30 minutes but I ended up walking for 40 minutes. I couldn't seem to catch my breath but at least I tried to get it in!

I did 4 miles at work, too, so total today I was at 7.30 miles. I'm already at 17.06 miles for the goal of 100 by summer! Woot!

Tonight I might have a couple beers with my boyfriend. We were pretty excited to go to a Cubs game but since it didn't work out I bought him a sixer of one of our fav. summer beers. If he's in a good mood and we are getting along, I might possibly indulge in two beers with him. But, if like most days, he's cranky then I'll just skip on the booze and try to go on another jog later when it cools down. :)

Week 15 Review

 

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Recap of Bikini Series Week 2:

Mon: Itty Bitty Cardio (302 cal. 45 min) + Itty Bitty Abs X2

Tues: 1 min Plank X7 + Bikini Cardio (45 min) + 30 min cycling + 25 min jogging + Surfers Paradise X3

Wed: 40 min Running + 25 min Cycling + 20 min Elliptical + Toning + 20 TIU tummy tucks X3

Thurs: None - headache

Fri - Yoga and light walking (None - bday)

Sat - None (hungover)

Sun: Love Your Arms X3 + Sunseeker X2 + Surfers Paradise X2

End of Drinking Fast

So today was officially supposed to be the end of my drinking fast. I didn't stick to it pretty much at all. Um, I am disappointed that I didn't finish but overall I'm just trying to minimize the amount I drink and for that I think I've been successful. I have continued to have a few drinks every weekend (boo me!) but I have for the most part cut back on how much I drink every time that I do, and I've made better choices about what to drink! So instead of beer I'll choose a vodka-diet or something. Eh, I tried! I'm going to continue trying to minimize my drinking because I think that's overall a really great goal to try for.

 I didn't do any workouts yesterday. I've had this awful headache since early on Wednesday. I pushed through it for my workout on Wed, but I couldn't yesterday and I went to bed at 5pm last night! Stayed in bed for 12.5 hours. I just took some migraine relief... I don't know why I have it but I want to get rid of it because It's MY BIRTHDAY!

I know I'm going shopping with my mom to pick out an outfit for my Bday dinner tonight with my boyfriend. I also have to give her her mothers day gift ((a nonspillable mug, dark chocolate bar, a ginger ACV drink, and a sweet almond bar of soap)) Sadly it's 50 degrees and raining so I'm not even excited anymore. We had 75 and sun all week, except today. :/

Right now I'm watching  "Into the Wild" and trying to relax with a cup of coffee. Just finished some Bday morning yoga to relax as well.