Pre-eating clean

So in my efforts to get ready for my first week of eating clean, I did a bunch of grocery shopping and am in the process or reorganizing my kitchen cabinets and fridge/freezer.  I have loved this process and it wasn't as expensive as I thought it would be.  I was able to find a bunch of all natural spices at Dollar Tree, which definately saved some money, cus spices at the grocery store at about $3 each.  I also got a blender, food processeor and brita water filter, some new pans and tupperware.  I am on of those people who love to clean and organize, so the prep process has been fun. :)

I also ate my first totally clean meal today....After church, I  came home and made lunch for my bf and I.  I made chicken and mashed 'potatoes' pot pie style.  Basically it was chicken breast, chicken broth, various veggies, and mashed cauliflower in place of patatoes.  My bf and I both loved it....Yay, for a successful start.  Hope the week goes as well. 

I'm ready for work with my new jumbo sized cooler and lots of fruit for snacks throughout the day.  Wish me luck, tommorow's day one.  ~Kendra~

Clean Eating

Has anyone tried clean eating?  If so, I welcome any tips and ideas on how to make it work for me.  I already eat pretty healthy, I just still eat alot of processed foods so I want to eleminate that as much as I can.  If you have any tips, recipies, good websites or any info on the subject, please let me know....I'd love to learn more and think I may be giving "clean eating" a try next week. :)  Thanks!!!  ~Kendra~

The Goal Dress

A while back (Over 10 lbs ago) my mom got me this awesome red dress, which was waaaay too tight at the time, but she said I should keep it as my "goal dress" and when I loose a little more weight I can wear it. So, that's what I did. I decided to try it on this evening and.......

It fits PERFECTLY!!!!  Yay!  I am so excited to almost be at the 40lbs lost mark.  Lest than 1lb to go till I hit that milestone.  It's now also less than 20lbs till I reach my overall goal weight.  Alot of exciting things coming up.  Hope everyone else is doing good as well. :)  ~Kendra~

Friend Makin Monday

Do you use coupons? Nope, but I'd love to start.  If yall have any tips on getting started...let me know :)

Do you like football? Texas Tech Football is the best....other than that, not so much...hehe

Are you in a relationship?  Yup, we've been together almost 6yrs


Is your phone always within arm’s reach? Yeah, I'm addicted...especially since I got an android!

Do you like thunderstorms? When it's night time and I'm cuddled up, but not when I have to go outside or drive in it.

Can you cook? Yeah

Are you – or have you – lost weight? Almost 40lbs so far....about 20 more to go :)

Do you know how to read a map? Nope, that's what GPS is for hehehe

Do you wear makeup? Everyday!!! I've become addicted to that too, thanks to the Youtube beauty community.

Do you read regularly? Sometimes.....so I guess not regularly haha

Are you publicly affectionate? Yes, I'm a touchy-feely person.

Do you like picnics? No, I hate eating outside....bugs, flys, wind, heat....ugh!!  Not romantic or fun.

Do you have a/c? Yeah, I live in Texas...You'd literally die without it!

Have you ever been out of the country?  Yes several times...to Mexico, England and Jamaica. Hoping to go to South Korea and France sometime too. :)

Do you know how to ride a bicycle? Yes...I'm acctually thinking of getting a bike to ride for exercise, but not sure if I'd use it enough....we'll see.

Still moving....

Everything's still moving along....the scale, my career, my life....it's all going and it seems to be headed in a  good direction. :)  My first 2 days (Thursday and Friday) at my new job went great.  I learned a ton by simply job shadowing and watching someone do what I will be doing.  This coming week  I will be going to offsite classroom training for the whole week...not sure what to expect for that, but I am excited.  I have already preplanned all my outfits for the week.  Now that  I've seen how others dress and what the other people are like that work there....I think I'm going to fit in to the culture just fine.  Everyone seems to be relatively young in my dept.....mid 20's to early 30's.  Also, everyone dresses super cute...a mix of JCrew and Cosmo style....gotta love that!!

As for the scale...it is still heading downward, which is awesome!!!  I'm almost at the 40lbs lost mark....yay!  Can't wait to reach that exciting milestone. :)  A little over 20lbs till I'm at my goal, which at the rate I'm going my doctor said should be in the next 2mths. Yesterday I did my first 5 miler...now I did walk the majority of it....but I'm pretty sure 5miles is the most I've ever done.  I'm on my way to that 13.1miler...wow, that's gonna be interesting.  I'm sore from just 5!! lol  Also, have been loving doing random workout routines and Zumba stuff I find on Youtube...so fun and easy, because you don't even have to leave the house, but still leaves me feeling worked and sweaty. hehe

On to life in general....it's going good as well!  My brother went to Prom, graduated HS, and is now moving on to a program for adults with disabilities...he had his first day last week and my parents said it went much better than expected.  Change is really hard for him, but he's adapting really well.  Also, said goodbye to all my old work friends...on my last day as a Career Advisor they all signed a card for me and got me a cake that said "Miss You" on it.  So sweet!! My dogs are doing good as well...they're do for a haircut, but will probably get that done in a week or so.  Also, need to get my apartment carpet cleaned and hope to be getting a leather couch for my living room soon.  Right now I have a fabric couch and I feel like leather (or faux leather) would be so much easier to keep clean...especially with puppies who shed!  Wow....that was a big update hehe  That's all I've got for now. :)  ~Kendra~

Transitions

Well, today is my last day at my current job....I've been here over a yr and a half.  It's my 1st "big girl" post college job.  It's been super challenging, fun, made friends and learned a lot about myself.  I'm definately going to miss my Work Bestie!!! 

I'm excited to do something new....I acctually start my new job tommorow.  :)  I know....I really should've put a day off work in between, but I wasn't able to give my old job as much notice as I wanted too, so ahh well.  At least the weekend isn't too far away.  So while I'm training for the next week and a half my work schedule will be 8-5pm, but after that it will be 11am-8pm, which I'm really excited about...that means I have more flexibility on my orthodonist and other doctor appointments, I can workout and have breakfast with my boyfriend whenever, and he works till 10pm, so it doesn't collide w/ his schedule and acctually gives us more time together. 

Wish me luck on my last day today and first day tommorow.   ~Kendra~

Today I hit the.....

Woohoo.....so exciting!!!!

It's just one of those really good days.  It started with the scale, then I found out the conference call that I was dreading at work today was cancelled.  Then a family member went to a follow up appointment for a lump in her breast and may have had to have a biopsy today.  When they did another scan today, they saw absolutely nothing there. So no bipsy and no worries.  :)  Gotta love those days where all you have to do is be present to see God's goodness all around you. So nice!   Hope all of you are having a good day as well.   ~Kendra~