January 04, 2015

Sunday Meal Prep: Menu for 1/5-1/10!


Egg White Muffins- 2 per bag: 18g protein-- 0g carbs---6g fat 

Oven Roasted Parm Broccoli- 425 deg. for 15min. low fat cheese- salt-pepper- olive oil spray

This Weeks Menu for Breakfast, Snacks, and Lunch!

7:15am-Pre workout snack- Cookie dough Quest Bar
  1. protein: 21g
  2. carbs: 21 g 
  3. Fat: 8g
9:30am- Breakfast: Egg White Sausage Muffins + oat meal w/ blackberries + Grande Starbucks iced coffee 
  1. Protein: 23g
  2. carbs: 62g (including the coffee & oats) 
  3. Fat: 8.5g 
Noon: Lunch- Baked Chicken, Roasted Broccoli & Parm Chese with onions & Peppers 
  1. protein: 32g
  2. carbs: 0g
  3. fat: 10g 
3pm: Snack- Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwhich on Whole Grain Bread
  1. Protein: 10g
  2. Carbs: 43g
  3. Fat: 13g


I hope you enjoy my menu for the week for the first half of my day! I only post until 3 pm because I am at work during the evenings, so dinner is always up in the air! Eating this way, tracking my macors has helped me maintain muscle while losing fat-- along side workouts 5 times a week and cardio 4 times a week! I alternate between HIIT cardio and steady state for 20-30 min. and weight training for 45min. I am 5'7" and weight 207 lb.  145lb muscle/ 62lb fat/ 30% body fat! 






{A Year of Memories}


A 2014 DEDICATION: Some of my favorites memories of 2014

Brunch w/ Great Friends 



Best Friends Wedding Rehearsal 

Reese 1st Birthday 

BFF Wedding Day 

BFF Bridal Shower 

BFF Bridal Shower 




Dad: After moms Breast Cancer Surgery

Mom & Reese Post OP

4th of July w/ Reese 




My Beautiful Niece Reese Brailee Kineey being born 12/18/14




New Year. New Goals.

I absolutely looove how refreshing a new year feels. 2014 was great lots of emotions, ups and downs. Nonetheless we made it to another year people. A friend of mine had posted a list of things they would like to improve or do in 2015, Here's mine. 

The best project you'll ever work on. | Fitness quotes


A bad habit I’m going to break: I would like to break the habit of eating so many freakin sweets! Sweets are my weakness. I’ve forever had a sweet tooth and could definetly cut back. Not cutting them out completely but not thinking I need one after most meals will def. be something I can cut out!
A new skill I’d like to learn: I would love to learn how to cook! I’m a baker by nature, but when it comes to actually cooking meals… such as a fancy dinner, or whatever I’m not very patient when it comes to preparing it. So if yall have any cooking tips/pointers, send ‘em my way!
A person I hope to be more like: I hope to be more like my mother. This woman is truly an inspiration to me.  Battling breast cancer for all of 2014, she has been to every single treatment, surgery, and continues to work, and stay so hopeful and positive. She’s had every reason in the world to just give up and call it quits but she refuses to stay down. My mother is wonder woman.
A good deed I’m going to do: Donate more things to those in need, and help others out more when needed. I spend a lot of money on useless things, and sometimes those useless things could be usefu to someone who actually needs it.
A place I’d like to visit: Ultimately, at the top of my list is Europe. Paris specifically. I have never been out of the country but what better place to start than with Europe? I NEEEED to see the Eiffel tower in person.  And explore what this whole world has to offer.
A book I’d like to read: This is hard for me because I usually don’t read during school semesters, because I get annoyed if I can’t finish the book asap.  So whenever a good book comes a long that catches my eye, I’ll let yall know.
A letter I’m going to write: I’d like to write to my Uncle Neil.  I never see him, he’s a head Nurse down in Texas, and has been moving around for a while with his job.  I’d like him to know that I miss him, and how much we care about him.
A new food I’d like to try: Well, I’ve wanted to make myself a sushi person for YEARS now, so I may break down and try and experiment with one that I like.  So here’s to Sushi!

I’m going to do better at: Studying, and getting my homework done, when it’s assigned. I focus too much on work sometimes, and my personal life. I want to actually sit down, study and understand more of what I’m paying for to learn.  I study, but not as in depth as I should. 


January 01, 2015

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year Y'all! 
Here's a short NYE post- I will make a longer one later! Reviews & Reflections on 2014



Where to begin?! I can't express how good it feels to have a new feeling of motivation and self love for a new year! No matter what has happened in 2014, it's so nice to know that 2015 offers us with welcome arms at a new start, a new attitude, and a new change of pace!

2014 was a rough year for me, but everything that has happened in the past year brought me to exactly where i need to be.  Life isn't about being perfect, it's about handling what is thrown at you and how you turn it into something that you can grow and learn from. I have to say that 2014 made me wiser and more conscious of my decisions.  I am thankful for all the new friendships I've made and the ones that didn't make it to 2015.  You have to check in with yourself....

Are you happy?
Are you doing this because you want to or because you have to?  
Will this make a difference in -,5, or 10 years?
Will this benefit your future?
Will this harm or help you?

Asking yourself these questions will help you be the best you, and start of 2015 the right way. Too many times we give in to others who are not all in 110% of our well-being.  It sounds selfish, but make 2015 all about you. If you want the shirt, BUY IT.  If you want love, LOVE YOURSELF FIRST, If you want to be happy, then BE. Let go of all of the negatives and life will be much easier when you focus on you and what you have to do.  

That being said, my new years rant is over! I had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, now it's time to gear up for my upcoming senior spring semester! Not to mention I got a new laptop, so many more posts to follow! Let's grind out these cold winter months, and in spring we will thank ourselves for all of the hard work we have put in! Don't put your health on the back burner.