Gym Results - Week 1

Well my first week of going to the gym every week day has ended! I even went on Saturday! It's so weird... once you start going, it feels so good you can't help but just keep on going!

Some results/observations from this week of working out include:

1. Charlie likes playing with the other kids at the gym while I work out, which is great! 
2. By day 3, I was so sore I could barely move, but it was all gone by day 4! 
3. I like zumba classes. They are crazy, and I've never felt more uncoordinated in my life, but I think I'll keep going back! It's like dancing yourself skinny! :D
4. I'm not so sure about cycling class. There was no happiness there, and I'm not looking to burn 600-900 calories in 45 minutes, cross-train, or lose a lot of weight, soooo I may not be doing that again. Yikes. I don't have the self-motivation for that. The teacher even said I looked pale and wanted to make sure I wasn't going to pass out. Double yikes.
5. I may or may not have lost ~1 pound. Haha!
6. My bum already looks better (a little more "lift" back there) and I've remembered that I have muscles in my tummy! Things are looking up! :)
7. My happiness and energy levels have skyrocketed upward, and I think this is the greatest benefit I've been getting from the gym so far! I'm more productive and it's all really, really good for my life right now.

Anyway, for all you people who didn't believe that I'd actually go to the gym every day (*cough*EVERYONE*cough*)... well... take THAT! I did it for a week, and I plan on continuing to do it because, believe it or not, I am enjoying it! And that's despite the fact that the weather only got COLDER as the week went on. I traveled to the gym in single-digit and sub-zero temperatures! Boo-yah! :P

March Photo a Day

Last month, I participated in the "March Photo a Day" challenge. Each month, a popular blogger named Fat Mum Slim produces a new list of topics, one for each day of the month, that you are supposed to base your picture around for that day. Pictures are taken with my iPhone, and then published to the internet via the Instagram app.

Just to start us off, so you can get an idea of what I referenced each day for these photos, here was the list I went off of:

 

And now, let the magic begin!! :D (Oh, also, I realize a couple of these photos have already been posted in one place or another on my blog, but I have re-posted them here in order to show all 31 photos in order!)

1 - Up : Learning how to hold up his own bottle :)

 

2 - Fruit : Costco trip today

3 - Your Neighborhood : At night, no less ;)

4 - Bedside : Lamp, BYU graduation tassel, books, hair ties, Kindle, and iPod <3

5 - A Smile : From the sweetest boy on the planet :D

6 - 5pm : Just woke up from a good nap after a long day of getting shots at the doctor.

7 - Something You Wore : My very favorite yellow coat!

8 - Window : "The eyes are the window to the soul" (Our souls must be happy!)

9 - Red : Fun shopping trip to Target (red logo!) today in our red Honda CR-V!

10 - Loud : My dishwasher is awfully loud (but thank goodness I have one!!)

11 - Someone You Talked To Today : My beautiful friend Jessica ... we got to chat during Relief Society! :)

12 - Fork : Salad, Dinner, Serving

13 - A Sign : Right outside my door. Well then, tell me, what CAN I do?? :)

14 - Clouds : I live in a seriously beautiful place...

15 - Car : My CR-V again. If you look really hard you can spot a little Charlie...

16 - Sunglasses : Little one stylin' with the sunglasses and overalls :D

17 - Green : Happy St. Patrick's day!

18 - A Corner of Your Home : My decorative Mexican pottery spicing up the corner of my living room

19 - Funny : I never ever thought I'd share this photo, but this was too funny to pass up for today's picture! I guess this is what I look like when Charlie gets a hold of my nose!! Ouch! :)

20 - Before and After : He wasn't exactly happy about having to put a shirt on today... hehehe

21 - Delicious : Hawaiian BBQ Chicken for dinner (before cooking, and after!)

22 - Kitchen Sink : Had a bit of ice cream today after going to the park. Can you spot me?!

23 - Moon : Since the moon wasn't out in the sky (it was a new moon), I had to get creative for this one! Love this little wrinkly "moon"

24 - An Animal : My little 'monkey' playing with his hippo toy!

25 - Breakfast : Granola cereal with frozen blueberries... MMM!

26 - Key : Charlie's little keys and my keys

27 - Your Name : Engraved in my scriptures

28 - Trash : Not even cute vintage filters can make my trash can look pretty :/

29 - Feet : Both mine and Charlie's cute little feet

30 - Toy : Charlie playing with a fun rattle toy (this is the only picture of the 31 that was not taken on the day that it was posted... this picture was taken one week before... I'll explain why in some later post)

31 - Where You Relax - My nice, clean living room on a Saturday night!

And that's all, folks! I truly hope you enjoy some of these photos as much as I do! I've never felt like much of a photographer, but Instagram has helped me feel like I can see the world creatively, and then make art out of my photos!

Please feel free to comment and let me know which ones are your favorites!! (Or, as the Aussie Fat Mum Slim would say, "favourites") ;)

Instagram Overload!

It's true. It's not just a rumor. Yes, I AM addicted to Instagram (this incredible app for the iPhone that lets you put awesome vintage filters on your photos you take with your phone). It's easy and fun. Since I discovered it at the beginning of the year, I've been going a little overboard with my picture taking. But hey - looking back - I'm sure I'll be glad I took so many! Here are the 35 pictures I have taken so far. The first picture was taken just after Christmas (Charlie was barely 2 months) and the last was taken today! Going forward I'm going to try to do this more often so it's not such an overload! :) Enjoy!

This last one was taken today, 3/4/12. So cute playing with Mom and Dad on a Sunday! :)