My Awards + 7 Things About Me

Good morning!

It’s so flipping nice to be OFF WORK! I don’t know if you guys know or not, but I work one heavy week in which I work 70 hours + 2 classes at school, and a light week of 10 hours + school. So if you are new to my blog, you will notice that I blog a bit more every other week, and that’s the reason! I have been really good at trying not to miss a single 7 day weigh in so as to keep track of  myself, but boy oh boy do I have a head full of post ideas for this week floating around.

First things first for the week! I have recently received two blogger awards, and now I finally get to address them. I was truly flattered and am thankful that anyone reads my blog to begin with, but when I saw that award floating around, I never thought someone would give me one, so to Kelty and Kim: thank you so much. It was so very sweet.

Kelty’s Blog: Biggie to Smalls!

Kim’s Blog: Finding Sunshine

1. Post and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
   
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
   
3. Award 5 Bloggers who have "stylish blogs"
   
4. Contact the bloggers and tell them they won!

I decided to make this sharing of things about myself fun and show you instead!


1. I’m very organized….to a fault maybe. Pretty sure this comes from working in retail for over 11 years and constantly having to straighten items on shelves. 



2. I am obsessed with cookbooks!


3. I have turned my weight loss journey into a game of sorts complete with a journal for calories and exercise and stickers to boot.


4. I try to drink equal to or over my body weight in ounces of water everyday. Yes, I pee a lot.


5. My sweet husband agreed to let me start a collection of things for a child someday, mainly Disney movies and children’s books. Some people think this is weird, and I don’t care. It helps me to stay hopeful.



6. I really love VHS movies. My husband and I have something like almost 500 DVS, but I refuse to give up my VHS tapes even though he thinks they’re junk. They have all my chick flicks and I have maybe over a hundred. Don’t judge!


7. My favorite show is Grey’s Anatomy and I have every season on DVD. Literally it is like a drug to me, and I have to restrain myself during the school semester. My husband and I have favorite shows together and they are The Office and The Biggest Loser.







Now onto the next order of business! I am not so sure I understand fully about the "stylish" part (I guess they are stylish?), but I am awarding these next bloggers because they are my favorite, and they are awesome! They have really and truly helped me so much on my weight loss journey with motivation and information! Bobbi is just absolutely beautiful, funny, so upbeat all the time, open about her faith, and is really, REALLY an exercise motivation! Jen has lost something like 90+lbs and has gone through some heartache when her mother passed away suddenly. Her life lately has been such an uplifting journey to follow. She recently ran 10 miles, bought a house, got a new job AND got engaged. She is just so awesome to me! My motivation for having an awesome maintenance success comes from her keeping her weight off. Tina, she is my strength training motivation! This girl is awesome, and is amazingly open about her faith. She just recently had a new baby boy, and is working to get the baby weight off already! She once was a fitness competitor, and she just rocks. Brandi has helped me stay motivated about being a mom someday!!! Renea’s posts always remind me that I have absolutely nothing to limit me, so I have no excuse! She is so motivating to me! She has MS and is still battling through activity and calorie counting. They are just so open and honest, and I really appreciate it so much. So here’s to them! Go over and check ‘em out!

Bobbi @ NHerShoes

Jen @ PriorFatGirl

Tina @ FaithFitnessFun

Brandi @ pcosmom29

Renea @ reneasskinnylove

Ok, that’s that! Be back later folks! Right now I need to fix my movement page….there’s something funky going on with the formatting!

Thanks for Reading,
  Monique