Challenge 3 Here We Come

So here is the start of challenge 3 .. and we are ready!! We made all 25 cheat cards (actually Erin did) for this challenge and they all have words of encouragement/wisdom/funny sayings on them! We both set a goal for 10 lbs this challenge and we are determined to meet our goal! 3rd times a charm .. right?! Hehe

Here we are with a combined total of 50 cheats! Man .. what to do or eat with 50 cheats!!

Here is our before picture 8/23/09 in our challenge shirts. These shirts sure do draw a lot of attention. Me and Jennifer (another beauty) both wore it not knowing the other was going to wear it and got asked so many questions. Many people wanted to know about it, but then when we said limited sweets and fried food they said no thank you! haha! It is just so amazing to see how many people recognize you with the shirt on or want to know exactly what "the challenge" is.

"What would the Beast do?" That is one of the cheat cards that Erin made! Maybe it will help me think if the cheat is actually worth it.

This is the "What would the Beast do?" card again! We just thought it would be cute to take pictures with it.

Why I have enjoyed Summer ..

Erin-Kristi Time

Rollerskating

Girls Weekend

Pie Eating Contest!

4 Days

I miss my car and I can't wait to go apple picking!! I will be reunited with my car in 4 days and back in NY. Quite honestly I am not dreading it quite as much as I thought I would be. It is going to be a great semester! I can already tell!!

80th post

Wow! I can't believe I have blogged 80 times already! In honor of today being Friday and my obsessions with lists I am going to use today to list 10 things I am thankful for

1. I am thankful for life! For the air I breathe, for waking up this morning and for all the beauty around us.

2. I am thankful that God sent his only son to come and die on the cross for my sins.

3. I am thankful for my family. Yes, sometimes they drive me craaazy! but I am put with them for a purpose!

4. I am thankful for my friends! Friends are like the family you get to choose! They help you make sense of the world and keep you level headed!

5. I am thankful for the wonderful internship I had this summer. It was great and I had great experiences. Today is my last day and I have two weeks left to enjoy Texas!

6. I am thankful for food to eat. There are many people who don't have food to eat and I see it everyday when I walk to work.

7. I am thankful for a home to sleep in and a roof over my head that keeps me safe. I could be homeless but I am not.

8. I am thankful for the bills I have to pay. If I have bills to pay this means that God has provided a job for me.

9. I am thankful for all of my challenge friends. They have helped make 5 months of exercising and counting cheats worth all of the hard work.

10. I am thankful for you! Whoever you are reading this, you are loved!

My pictures show question marks

I don't know why I have tried like 3 times to fix it.

Bucket List

Deliver a baby

Swim with the Dolphins

Read the whole Bible

Adopt a child

Go to see where the Nazi Concentration camps were

Go to Paris

Go to Australia and snorkel maybe scuba in the Great Barrier Reef

I still have a lot left that I would like to do and that is on my list .. but I thought I just might share some of them!

This and That

Too many of these ..

And not enough of this ..

Led to this ..

A very very bad weigh in this morning. On top of that I have been out of town at a conference and I had every intention of working out! I took my gym clothes and shoes with me, but the hotel did not have a gym. The hotel was actually very much so an experience! So I have set out a new goal for myself. Since the whole challenge started in the Spring I have lost about 20 lbs!! Yippee! i gained a couple of that back this past two weeks of not working out, but I am on a workout diet! I am gonna try and workout everyday until I go back to school on the 27th. I know excuses excuses! They are not good. I messed up and I am ready to get back on track!

Soon I will be leaving here ..

To go here ..

Kind of bittersweet. i have enjoyed my summer, but I am ready to use my brain towards school work. Plus only 2 semesters left until I have a Masters! OOOH!!