More about exercise

I recently took a road trip to western Colorado and discovered that 10 pounds weighs more in Colorado than it does in Oklahoma! Now logic tells me that facts are facts and 10 pounds is 10 pounds. But reality tells me that it was much harder to work out in Colorado than it was in Oklahoma. The ONLY explanation for this is that 10 pounds is heavier in Colorado. I know it has nothing to do with the higher elevation because that would mean I'm out of shape and that could certainly not be the case! lol!!

All this to say my cousin took me to her gym and I got to work out while I was gone. I was happy about that!! I expected to only get to walk some and it turned out I was able to do my full workout two of the three days I was there.

Life is good!!

2 days in a row. And things are looking great for today. It's going much better this time!!! And I'm close to reaching the 2nd of my original goals. Under 300. Can't wait for Friday's weigh in! It will be close!!!!

Back on track???

Well, I'm not sure if I'm back on track, but I do know I was at the gym today and burned over 1400 calories. I haven't forgotten I set a goal to do this for two weeks and hopefully today was day 1!!!

I have struggled terribly to get back in the gym. It is a constant battle everyday. I have more and more people pushing me which I need badly. Sometimes even with them pushing me I have still chosen not to workout. It has been a very dark time in my journey toward better health.

But even with all the negative, I'm happy to say today was an easy comeback. If tomorrow goes as well, getting back on track might come easy this time! :-)

Joico Hair Show

Camry had the opportunity to audition for a hair show this weekend and she was chosen to be one of 3 models for Joico products. It has been a really long weekend requiring us to get up around 5:00 am both Saturday and Sunday. I know how it is when you work all weekend, this week is going to feel weird. We are, of course, accustomed to attending church on Sunday, but this was an exception, and not being in church on Sunday is going to make everything feel weird. But enough about me, let's talk about Camry!!

She had the time of her life!! This was her first paid job as a model. It wasn't tons of money, but it was tons of fun. :) She'll be able to use her paycheck to invest back into her modeling career by having some head shots since she now has a portfolio!! (I'm excited about that!!)

Joico's Artist is from Long Island, NY. Her first name is Stella and we LOVED Stella. She is awesome. We also got to meet Robert who is from Dallas, he worked with 3 other models using ISO products. (Robert is also an awesome Artist.) Here's Camry's start picture...

This started several hours of getting beautiful and bonding with the other models, Joico advisers, and of course the awesome Artists, Robert and Stella. They did something called prelightening. When this was finished, Camry's hair was a beautiful golden yellow blonde. ( I thought Camry was going to flip out at this point, of course, it was simply phase one and only a step in the process, but Camry couldn't figure all that out and was really, really nervous!! I just smiled and told her not to worry...) I will have to admit that Camry should never choose this as a final color, she does look hideous in those lovely warm colors!!

Do you see the "Oh my goodness what have I got myself into?" look in her eyes??? I can. She was thinking she would be a hot, gorgeous, blonde and at this point she's thinking I'm a not so hot gold-i-locks. YIKES!!!

She hates this particular picture. She'll be completely annoyed with me posting it, but it just shows what an incredible job Stella did. Now don't you dare jump to the end to see the finale`....

btw...this is Jessie, she is a Joico adviser. Also a very awesome person. She did lots to help Stella out with all three models and she also helped Camry out with her make-up for the stage.

After the golden blonde was dry, there was a waiting time while Stella worked with the other two models. Then they moved on to more foiling and applying the toner. It was really quite amazing. I get my hair and nails done a lot and although I'm certainly no expert, I learned some really good information I can't wait to pass on to my hairdresser (Joico has some really neat products! Yeah! I can't wait to try them!!)

Here's Stella and Jessie both working on Camry. They were applying the toner at this point. Getting rid of all that beautiful gold. Ahhh, that's too bad! :-( j/k

After processing it was a matter of shampooing, (and I learned a new term), "blowout", flat iron, more flat iron, flat iron again and then just a bit of cutting. Then we were sent off home to get some black clothes, get some sleep, and then head back to Tulsa the next morning. It's about an hour and half, so it made for a very early Sunday morning since we had to be back at the hotel where the show was being held at 7:00am. It was nice for Camry, she had strict instructions not to wash her hair. Don't do anything to it. She was also to come with only foundation and in casual clothes. She rolled out of bed at 5:20 and was ready to go in about 10 mins. If only I could have slipped on a hat and a pair of sweats. 10 mins would have worked for me too!!

Sunday, 7:00 am arrived and we were at the hotel. It was off to the prep room to get ready for the big presentation. More cutting and flat ironing, and flat ironing, and flat ironing. A little more cutting, one more flat iron and OKAY, you can do make-up now!! On with the stage make-up, smokey eyes and lipstick with a pop. It was great fun and Camry loved every minute of it. The following are the end results. Enjoy!! I'm sooo proud of Camry--she's doing a great job.

One final thought...a huge thanks to all the people with ISO/Joico. They treated my daughter very well...she can definitely work for them again!! It was truly our pleasure. :-)

My oldest daughter's first prom

Sierra's not much of a girly girl. So dressing up for prom was quite the event!! Of course everyone was so shocked to see her with her nails done and make-up on. But there were no high heels. Sierra is tall any way so matching kicks were her choice for prom shoes!! They better suited her need for comfort anyway!!

I think Sierra rates boys right up there with make-up, it okay, but it's just not necessary right now!! So she and her friend Tayler made a night of it. They had a good time and made it home safely. I was very much okay with that!!

Twitter

I joined the twitter freaks last night. Not sure I'm going to like it. I'm not really in to telling people every little thing about me. We'll see what happens. Maybe I'll find something new and exciting on this little endeavor. lol Right now, I'm not liking it so much can't figure out how to get everything to work. The website appears to be user friendly, but doesn't seem to be working correctly. Maybe I just have a glitch this morning...

Update on better health

After meeting my goal of 21 days of consistency, I haven't been so consistent!! That stinks doesn't it??

I have recently come to the conclusion I need another goal. My 2nd short term goal hasn't worked out so well either considering I'm losing weight very, very slowly. Turns out my short term goal of getting under 300 pds is going to take a lot longer than I thought it was. But the good news is...I'm actually losing weight and not gaining!! Yea for me!! :-)

I have gained in other areas though, and I am very pleased about that. I am definitely getting stronger. Today during my workout I even upped (is that a word?) the weight on several different exercises AND I burned 1400 calories today. I have been burning around 1200-1300 so that was a change as well. Of course the reason I'm burning more calories during my workout is because I'm keeping my heart rate closer to the target rate of 85%. One time a few days ago, I even hit 88%! That was a first and caused me to do a double take!! LOL

Even though it's not showing up on those stupid scales or in my clothes, I know I'm making progress and I choose to continue on my journey toward better health. I am very happy with this new direction and see no reason to go back to my old ways.

So, Here's to me! Keep on keeping on!! My new goal is to burn 1400 calories during my workouts for at least 2 weeks. I'll let you know what happens!!