Does This Dress Make Me Look Fat?

It's not the DRESS...

Let me share with you an experience from last week. I wore a great dress and planned a joke with a co-worker. The joke was that when Someone was walking through my office I would turn and ask him the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" His response was to be, "I don't think it's the dress." So the joke was timed perfectly, I cried on Que, it was a beautiful thing. Then we walked up to K's desk and were going to act if out for her but when I asked him the question she started laughing and said you don't ask boys that. Then she said... "What like you can HIDE it...?" I laughed so hard and I didn't quite know how to respond. I'm pretty sure that she is the only person that wouldn't get CUT for saying something like that to me. That being said...

All the chocolate in the world could not make us feel as good as stepping on that scale this morning! We are down a total of 18lbs total. OK... so it was really last week but we didn't update at all and so I'm trying to catch you up. K and I are sorry that we haven't been very funny lately... life happened and got in the way of our real life comedy sketch. But we are re-committed and Yoga is defiantly happening tomorrow.

Last Wednesday we did the exercise that K throws my feet at the ground... then I got sick and coughed a lot... needless to actually put into print it was very painful. Then K did 60 lunges with 10lb weights... and then I got a text that night about 8:30 that just said OWE. Again, needless to put into print... our bodies are revolting and we sleep more now than ever before.

So moral of the story, our iPods are updated, our shoes are laced... our pinkie toe nails have grown back and we are ready to laugh at people doing headstands and happy baby. Our resolve has been strengthened, our whit has been sharpened and our skinny bitty companions aren't going to know what hit them.

Back on the Horse

So this has been a hard week... BUT, we have found some new inspiration. We think that is the key to success, finding things that keep you inspired. One of the best is the book 'YOU: On a Diet'. K's cousin Rachel told us about it and we are so excited. They have a web page and everything for FREE! We know, right. Well you can go here and get meal plans, workout plans, nunchuck skills, and they help you track everything!! It is amazing. He also has you track your belly size not your weight. Which to be honest is still hard but much better then the scale. This also talks about being healthy and living a better lifestyle not going on a diet. We will keep you informed as to weather or not this aides our success.

Road Block...

Ok why is it that I do really great at working out and eating well and then BAM I kick myself in the butt. It is almost like I don't really want to lose the weight. BUT I DO! I know I do!Have you ever run into this or is it just me? Why do we sabotage our selves and our goals? HELP!!!!

Love,

K

Bag Hickeys and other Awkward Moments

So we thought we would share our top ten most awkward moments so far. So here they are in no specific order.

1- Naked Lady who thinks a hand towel is sufficient to cover her whole body. Now she also thinks walking around the locker room naked is OK. As we have said before this is not appropriate.

2- Personal conversations going on in the sauna. Sharing personal information in a room full of strangers is only OK at AA meetings.

3- Getting caught staring at the really hot guy lifting weights not once, not twice but three times. I know that's what we get for looking to many times.

4- Receiving applause as we enter the gym. You may think we are kidding but today we were welcomed with very loud applause from our biggest fan Zach. OK maybe he doesn't know he is our biggest fan yet.

5- Trying to pike. Need we say more.

6- A falling on the ice.

7- The hot tub becoming a bubble bath. GROSS!!

8- The big ugly bag hickey on K's shoulder. Yes my bag gave me a hickey.

9- Doing dead lifts and realizing we just stuck our big butts in someones face.

10- Having to get on 6 different treadmills because they were not working. Only to find out it was user error.

So now you know you have no reason to ever be embarrassed at the gym. WE have done it all already!!

Love,

K and A

Dirty Hands Spread Diseases

5:00 AM

K texts A: Are you awake?

A: No

K: Me neither

A: Boo! I don't know why I feel so depressed right now.

K: Ha ha ha I do. We are exhausted!!

A: Well there is a new instructor in power pump so it could be a funny post

K: It's true. I wish it was at seven though. I kinda want to cry.

A: ha ha ha Me too!! My eyes feel like sand paper.

K: Ha ha ha I am texting with one eye half closed.

A: Ha ha. Shoot. I think we should stop texting and get out of bed.

K: I agree. Stupid blog.

A: Ha ha ha! For Real!

A: Seriously... Should we meet at 7 and lift? We will do turbo tomorrow.

K: YES!

A: Great Ha ha ha

6:08 AM:

K: You up and going?

A: Almost ready to go... I didn't actually ever go back to bed.

K: Me either. Crap!

A: Freak! We should have just gone and lifted this morning. Just because we go at 6 doesn't mean we have to do a class.

K: Lesson Learned

A: ha ha ha. Today will be a better day than yesterday.

K: Correct.

6:40 AM

K: are you close

A: Yes. I thought for sure I would beat you today.

K: ha ha ha. I really don't know how you don't. Oh and a cop almost killed me today.

Day 22... Humility

K:
5:00 AM: Blind text A letting her know 6 won't work and that 7 will have to. I am so sleepy I cannot open my eyes

6:00 AM: Alarm goes off again. Text A to see if she is up. Takes her a while to respond so I am hoping she is not and that I can go back to bed.

6:10 AM: A texts me and lets me know she has been up since 4:45am. In what world does she get up before me.

6:20 AM: Leave for the gym.

6:45 AM: Text A to see if she is there. She texts back and wonders how I always seem to beat her to the gym.

7:00 AM: Cardio Cardio Cardio. With some very painful stretching. ( was not doing it wrong I am just so sore from Yoga)

Just as a side note. I thought the yoga instructor was kidding when she said I would be sore. It didn't feel like I got a hard work out. Today I am so sore. I now am a firm believer in Yoga. I slept so hard last night. I have trouble sleeping through the night but last night I had no problem at all. I slept long and hard. It was so wonderful!!!

A:

4:45AM: I open my eyes all bright and shiny before all 4 of my alarms go off.

4:50AM: Get out of bed and pack my gym bag.

5:00AM: Receive text from K...

5:01AM: Think... "Now what? I have an extra hour and a half before I have to leave for the gym...?"

5:05AM: Do some sun salutations... They are marvelous!

5:25AM: Turn on my warm up music and do some stretching.

6:30AM: Leave for the gym... Hmm... Maybe that's why K always beats me to the gym...

7:00AM: Cardio!

7:25AM: Realize that I am special ed on a treadmill and wonder why I can't stick to the cross trainer.

8:05AM: Take the coldest freaking shower I have ever experienced

11:45AM: Read K's blog and laugh because this morning I had the same thought... In what world do I get up before her... 2 days in a row??

Also, K didn't mention this but she has lost 8inches in the last 10 days!!

Everything You Do Today Makes For a Better Tomorrow

A:

5:05AM... Text K and ask why she didn't text me...
5:06AM... She was not awake yet... (twilight zone music plays)

5:20AM... Leave for the Gym.

5:50AM... Walk into Power Yoga and brace myself for some intense child pose.

6:05AM... I HATE SUN SALUTATIONS.

6:15AM... The instructor walks around class and compliments my variations... as you all know fat girls do NOT plank... So I took S's advice and did plank on my knees today.

6:21AM... Officially fall in love with Yoga!

6:22AM... I must have blacked out because everyone around me is doing some sort of jumping, I am still in child's pose.

6:35AM... "I'm sorry you want me to do a 1 legged what?"

6:50AM... Love it when she turns the lights off and we get to brace ourselves for the day ahead.

7:20AM... Sit in the sauna and wish that I was sleeping.

K:
5:05 AM: Wake up to a text from A

5:06 AM: Wonder what the heck happened to my alarm.

5:07 AM: Jump out of bed like a bat out of you know where.

5:17 AM: Run out the door

5:22 AM: Realize I forgot my shoes. Head back to the house.

5:27 AM: Leave again for the gym

5:45 AM: Still beat A to the gym

5:50 AM: Walk into power yoga and wonder what the heck I just got myself into

6:00 AM: Feel like a fool as I fall to the ground

6:15 AM: Realize that I really do love this work out

6:20 AM: Think I was just rushing into love when she tells us to pike

6:55 AM: Realize it is almost over and I am kinda sad about that

7:00 AM: Talk to the instructor about how much I loved her class

7:20 AM: Sit in the sauna and think about how great I feel.

P.S. We lost another 3lbs this week! That is a total of 6lbs in 2 weeks!

Although it may seem like we are joking, yoga was awesome! If anyone is looking for a new class we definitely recommend this one.

To You and You and You!

We would like to thank a few people for what they have helped us with recently.

K: for always telling me to get out of bed and be at the gym.

S: for being a good example... and still letting me eat my Twix PB.

E: for making me feel beautiful all the time, no matter what my size is.

H and A: for giving me good snack ideas.

T: for having a baby and reminding me that I want to be healthy so I can be a good mom some day.

M: for listening to me complain about being sore even though I'm doing it to myself.

Little C: for being so encouraging and trying to convince me not to eat at the "W" so I can be a Skinny B.

A: for telling me that starving myself is not good for me but never making it feel like I'm being judged.

The 8 cars in front of me at McD's today... you are the reason I had an orange for breakfast instead.

K;

Thanks to:

M and D: For always encouraging me to be better and never letting me be less then I am.

To C: For telling everyone Aunt Tiss is beautiful

To A: for not letting me stop working out when I wanted to

To G: For loving me no matter what

To R: For always asking me to do push ups and crunches with him at night

To blog commenter's: for laughing with us and not at us.

Tomorrow... Power Yoga... this is gonna be good!

Day 16... Field of Dreams

A:

1:05AM: Finally I make it to bed.

5:44AM: 1st Alarm goes off... not happening.

5:50AM: 2nd Alarm... "I don't care if sing Jai Ho to me all morning... NO"

6:03AM: K text's me and I chat with her for a minute hoping I'm dream texting...

6:14AM: Realize that I will be late for the gym and get up.

6:52AM: Miraculously beat K to the gym

7:03AM: Lock my belongings as usual in the locker.

7:58AM: Head in to the locker room and realize that I have locked my keys in the locker with all of my belongings.

8:01AM: Watch K turn white as she realizes that her belongings are locked in my locker too.

8:05AM: Ask the guy at the counter if Gold's keeps a professional lock picker on staff... He thinks I'm joking.

8:10AM: I finally convince them to just cut off the damn lock so I can get my stuff... I don't think I could get away with what I wear to the gym even on casual Friday.
8:40AM: Hair up (check) Makeup not done properly (check)

8:50AM: Work work work.

K:

10:00 PM: Text Amanda and let her know we are going to meet at 7AM

6:00 AM Alarm goes off

6:01 AM Really hoping that it was just part of my dream and that I can go back to bed.

6:02 AM Realize that it is not a dream and text A to get up.

6:15 AM Go downstairs and finish getting ready

6:30 AM leave for the gym

6:35 AM stopped at a light that cant see that I am here. ( I was in a turn lane) Finally go straight and get stopped at the light again.

6:40 AM Make it to the freeway FINALLY!!!

7:00 AM Enter the gym

8:00 AM A tells me that she locked her keys in the locker. This is a key lock.

8:02 AM A goes to get help

8:10 AM They cut the lock off and make sure we were not lying about it.

8:20 AM Finally getting ready

8:40 AM Decide that I don't care to do my hair and go to work with it in a pony tail again.

Day 15...Locker Room Etiquette

First and foremost I would like to thank K because if she had not started texting me at 6AM I wouldn't have been at the gym to witness what we are going to be talking about today.

We wanted to share with you some simple courtesies that will go a long way in keeping you from getting your skinny butt kicked by fat girls.

1st: If someone is using the mirror to get ready don't push them to the side and squeeze your skinny but in. This is rude.

2nd: If someone is swimming don't stop them in the middle of their lap to see if they can move to the other lane that is already being used by several people so that you can share this lane with your friend. This is also rude and a very selfish request.

3rd: Do not run and jump on to a piece of equipment when someone is about to get on it. This is just stupid.

4th: We get that you want to feel at home when you are getting ready at the gym... however, we don't want to see you naked. Quickly putting on clothing and standing naked lotioning whilst basking in the glory of your fatigued muscles are a little different. They have changing rooms for a reason.

That is all for today.

Love,

K and A

Popcorn Makes Your Eyes Bloat

What We Learned from Power Pump

1. 4:45am is really really really really early.

2. 5,000 wall squats to some people are considered a warm up... (we are not those people)

3. When the instructor sees us walk into the room she decides to make the work out harder... (this is 2 for 2 new routines that she did while we were in her class)

4. During class when the instructor tells you to stand on one leg and then walk it out into a one legged push up... and then do 8 more... K will just stand on one leg and pretend to be superman. A will stay in a one legged half squat weird lunge position and try not to fall or laugh out loud. This looks alot like a 3 legged downward dog.

5. Power Pump is hard. Even the cool down parts.

Things We Learned From the Jerk in the Sauna

6. Popcorn makes your eyes all bloated and puffy.

7. Muhammad Ali has Cerebral Palsy... ( This is incorrect... he actually was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1984.) Further more, I would like to hear a valid excuse for someone who is older than me not to know who Muhammad Ali is... because the old man who tans to much's compadre doesn't know who he is.

8. All drugs are opiums (I believe they are actually called opiots...Please correct me if I'm wrong) But that is basically the same thing as smoking marijuana so he's sure the First Presidency will let us use our judgement.

P.S. Today we weighed in have lost 3lbs between us!