Say Goodbye to Junk Food

So this might have been one of my best ideas yet (NOT!)  I decided to ask my brother in law, (who by the way runs 10 miles a day as a warm up to his regular work out) to design a fitness plan for me to shed a few pounds before my trip to Mexico in November. Now I am not super work-out woman by ANY means, but I stay fit, so I figured whats the big deal? I can handle it! Man was I wrong! I have been doing this program for 5 days so far, I can't drink pop, eat sugar, carbs, dairy ect...(in excess of course) That was my main diet! I have been living off of salad with no dressing and chicken breast. Is anybody aware that this is not a satisfying way of living life. I mean seriously, I work at a Mexican Restaurant surrounded by THE most unhealthy food choices and here I am drinking a protein shake trying not to have a complete break down everytime a burritto passes by me. The diet isn't even the most difficult part though, the workout might ACTUALLY kill me. Lunges, squats, push ups, burpees and mt climbers OOOOHHH MY! Does any one know what "set to fail means"? It means that you do these exercise until you physically can't. What happened to sets and reps? Apparently that is not nearly hard core enough to count your reps, but instead, do so many that your bones break and you can't move for a week. But on the plus side, I am no longer in denial of my physical abilities, I am completely and totally convinved that I am not hard core, and people who thoroughly enjoy this type of torture are just plain crazy! Let's just hope that the constant limping and crazy diet pays off and I feel like wonder woman in the next few weeks! Get Fit, Stay Fit!

Locked and Loaded

 Have you ever shot a gun? I grew up around guns, my dad has a pretty extensive collection, and living in Pennsylvania (which is farm country) you can pretty much shoot a gun where-ever you want (except at you neighbor..unless you don't like them). Now I know that alot of people feel very differently about gun possession and what not, but honestly there is no harm in knowing how to use a gun JUST IN CASE. Now for me, I have not bought my first gun yet (Bucket List!) but I thoroughly enjoying going to the gun range and blasting round after round in to a zombie target just for fun! If you are ever looking for stress release, guns are the way to go! My friend Rachel just recently got in to guns and bought her first one a few weeks ago. Now her reasoning was for safety, and she was going to force herself to learn to use the gun and then never do it again. Ya....she goes at least once a week to the shooting range and her eyes light up like a child on Christmas morning when you ask her about her gun. You'd be surprised how satisfying the gun range is, and whoever is reading this..if you go out to the gun range and accidentally shoot yourself in the foot, not my fault! You want to know what the best thing about my gun experiences is though..spending time with my dad, there are several things that he and I have done together since I was young, and I hope to have a daughter one day that I can teach to shoot also. Father - Daughter Bonding = Priceless!