Pure Exhaustion

Good morning/afternoon all! I thought I would drop in to update since it has been a while. I've been completely exhausted with school work, kids, house work, and trying to keep up with some kind of fitness routine! I'm a horrible blogger, and I know this. Haha!
This week ends two of my classes, so things should slow down for a bit. I will only have two until December, with a week or two break at the end of October. I took 19 credits this last semester! It's looking like next semester is also 19. Spring classes will be about 27 credits. 6 classes, but the majority are worth 4 credits a piece. After that, I will have my A.A.S. in Health Sciences and can start looking at nursing schools! I'm pretty excited over this, but I am also pretty tired. I spend a lot of my free time studying. My exercise routine has suffered quite a bit.
Yesterday, I woke up and decided that I would start a round of Insanity. Unlike my rigorous 2 hour sessions in the gym that work around their kids room schedule, I can fit Insanity in early in the morning before school work. I DO NOT SELL BEACH BODY! Nor do I use their shakes. I just really like the intenseness of the Insanity program. IT gives me a really good burn and works many areas of the body. I took new "start" photos yesterday, so I will share the before and after photos, as well as measurements, when I have finished this time around.
Another thing I have started doing is forcing myself to drink more water. I downloaded an app called Water Habit that alerts me every hour. It reminds me to stop and get a drink. I was really good about drinking about a gallon a day for a while, but for some reason I stopped. Not sure where my mind has gone, but it just hasn't been on health here lately. So, I'm making it harder to forget about health goals!
One of my classes right now is actually a nutrition class. I thought it would help me to stay on track if one of my classes focuses on nutrition. I'm signed up for Sports Nutrition for next semester, so I will have another one constantly reminding me as well.
As far as weight loss goes, I haven't lost any in a while. I've sadly been a bit lazy and traded in about 4% of muscle. My body fat percentage was at 26%. Right now it is at 30%. I'm hoping I can quickly correct this issue, as I am very irritated that I lost sight of my goals for a bit.

Well, that is what I have been up to lately for anyone interested!

~Cheree

School and Fit life

I haven't been keeping up with my blog (as you can probably see). I am a horrible blogger. Haha! I went on vacation, broke my foot and then started up full time in college on top of being a mommy, so at least I kind of have an excuse! lol 
This morning I woke up to a transformation feature on a website from one of my favorite protein companies (Quest Nutrition). I've lost even more weight since they asked for my story, and I am proud to say that I did it without any of the quick loss pills, shakes and wraps that people are always trying to sell me. I just eat healthier and exercise. 
Since starting college in July, I have found it a bit more difficult to work in my daily exercise. Actually, writing this right now, I am checking the time every two seconds as I have a ton of work that needs done. However, I felt I should update my blog since I haven't in a while. Haha!
Anyways, since starting school, it has been a bit more difficult to get in exercise and I have had a rough time wanting to eat healthy. It's so easy to just grab something packaged and heat it up than it is to prep ingredients and cook healthier. I need to get back into meal prep, something I haven't done in a little while now. If it's already prepared, it'll get eaten. Haha!
Most days I am in the 150/160 range now, but I bounce into the 140's and 170's from time to time. I guess it depends on what time of the month it is, how much water and how much sodium I take in. I did gain about 30lbs for a bit without a clue as to why. I have been at the doctor a lot lately trying to figure out what is going on. My blood work looks great, minus my fasting glucose, so I am not sure what is going on. I'm not sure that my doctor is either. I was having some major pains for a bit that still hit off and on that we will be checking out next week with an ultrasound. I'm hoping they locate the problem so we can just fix it and get it over with. 
That's what I have been up to lately! If you want to keep up with me daily, I post on Instagram and on my Fitness page on Facebook often! Links to them both should be on the left hand side of my blog! 
Hope everybody has a fantastic week! 

Break Away

     Sometimes life gets in the way of goals. My kids kept getting sick over the last couple of months, I kept getting sick and then I just got lazy. I didn't take a 100% break, but it was pretty close. I think in the last two months I made it to the gym a total of maybe 8 times. It seemed like I would just get back into the gym when another virus would strike my house down. I got bored with my Zumba, Insanity and yoga routines here at home, bored with walking in place and bored with food. I didn't gain weight, luckily, but I did lose a lot of my hard earned muscle mass. What does that mean? I gained fat while losing muscle and maintained my weight. Not what I want to do. I don't mind a maintained weight, or even a weight gain, so long as my muscle mass goes up. Unfortunately, it's the price paid when excuses are made and illness strikes!
     All that aside, I started back at it last week! I hurt myself right away by injuring my quads. Luckily, they are better this week and I hit leg day like there was no tomorrow yesterday! Haha!! So glad to be back and heading straight towards a goal! Mentally, I think the last few months off have actually been good for me. While it sucked not being in the gym and all I could think about was how much I was going to really hate the scale and tape measure, it helped me to gather myself and set my focus on new goals. I haven't weighed since the beginning of last week and I have no intentions of weighing again any time soon. I don't want my goals to be number focused anymore. I want to look in the mirror and say "that is one hell of a hot mama right there!" My mind set is in a better place.
 
     

   During my break was my 28th birthday. For my birthday, my husband got me a new running buddy! I wont be able to run with her for another year or so, but I can't wait to do so! Since I can't find a human running buddy, I now have a puppy! Haha! Her name is Chipsy and she is a 4 1/2 month old Australian Shepherd puppy! The kids adore her and I love to just snuggle with her! She has added an extra spark to our lives!
   
     I guess that is about it for my update! Keep watch for more updates in the future! I post often on my Instagram and my facebook page! There is a link to both on this blog if you want to look me up! Hope you all have a great day!