Excellence is Excellent

For Spring Break we headed to Cancun, Mexico! I was hesitant about going to Cancun especially for Spring Break. I didn't want to run into any girls gone wild mess! But let me just tell you, Playa Mujeres exceeded our expectations. We were on the Northern most tip of Cancun and not anywhere near the tourist attracted area. Only our resort and its sister resort were in Playa Mujures. Our days were spent laying by the pool, phones off, reading books and relaxing!

This was our room. Nice King size bed, couch to chill and watch TV, large jacuzzi in the room, balcony overlooking the pool with a large bed thingy (where many naps were taken!) and a mini refridgerator stocked daily!

The room -



The balcony -



View from the balcony -



Now to the food...Oh man...We ate till our little hearts desired(I am going to pay for it now, but it sure was nice at the time)
Mexican Food Yummy!



Japanese! Soo stinkin good - we ate there twice! :)







What a view for breakfast!




Dress up nights were so fun! Each night we would head to dinner and then there was live music and a show to follow!









I think that is enough for now! Maybe in the next few days I will get some pictures up of the resort, pool, beach and the much anticipated bike tour :)!

Playa Mujeres Preview!!

Today has been a movie kind of day here in Cancun. It has been raining all morning, but it isn't stopping us from having fun! We have been watching movies, ate a yummy breakfast, (it gave me some time to work on my paper!) and has given us time to relax and give our skin a break from the sun. Later we are going to hit the gym, possibly take a bike tour if the rain lets up and check out the game room!

This place has been fabulous. Not one thing to complain about. Not a care in the world! It has been so great to catch up on R&R and enjoy some quality time together. We would recommend this to anyone!!

Here are a few pictures from the trip!

Exhausted

Needless to say I have not gotten a lot of sleep the past 2 nights. For those of you that really know me, you know that I need sleep. (That means at least 8 hours preferably 9 hours!) But between Monday and Tuesday I have had 3 tests. I am happy to say that I did survived them...only to look like I got hit by a mack truck! I couldn't even get my body off the couch today to go outside for a run. And we haven't had weather as nice as this in a LONG time! Taking a nap was much more needed, I guess. Anyways, that is enough of yall hearing about my "tough" few days, but I wanted to share a "first" that I experienced on Sunday night.

A little background: So, it is interesting what you learn about yourself when you get married. Bryan learned that he GRINDS his teeth. I am the hardest sleeper in the world, but lately I haven't slept all that great. When I lay down to sleep I think of the million things that I have to do with the race or stuff that I have to do with school. With that being said, Sunday night, I was going to bed late, from studying, and since I can't fall asleep in 2 seconds flat, which normally would not be any problem. Since I couldn't fall asleep fast, and Bryan had been asleep for several hours already....all I hear was Bryan GRINDING his teeth. Oh man...to make a long story short, after a lot of kicking, hitting, yelling, ear plugs I ended up here....



Here's to better sleeping the rest of the week!

Weekend Fun!

This Friday we had a fun night with our friends Ross & Emily. Ross and Emily go to our same church and we are in the same marriage bible study together. We have thourouly enjoyed getting to know them as a couple and individually! They are so much fun to hang out with! So, this Friday was Emily's birthday!! Woohoo! We met them for dinner in Dallas and wow, let me just say they open our eyes to food, new things and places! :) I love it and I am amazed at how brave Bryan has been! (Debbie you would not believe the things your son is eating :) So anyways, we went to Emily's pick and ate some awesome food! We ate at Teppo Yakitori & Sushi Bar By far, this was some of the best Asian food I have ever had. We had sea bass, grilled rice, california rolls, spicy tuna & salmon rolls and we even tried salmon shashimi! This was raw and as fresh as salmon could be. It was so good & fresh it tasted like it was cooked. Bryan even tried it and liked it! :)



Needless to say it was great and we enjoy having Emily and Ross who stretch us to eat more than just Mexican food!

The whole gang..





Happy Birthday Emily!

Completed Day 2 of The Shred!

I am so loving the shred. From the responses I got, it seems like yall like it as well. At first I was all about doing it straight for 30 days, but doing that on top of my other work outs was too much. So I tweaked it and on the days I just run I will do the shred! We shall see.

I have definitely come to the conclusion my biggest downfall with eating right now is from 2:30-5:30pm. I feel like I am sooo hungry. (1/2 the time, not the case!) Or I am bored. So I will just venture to the kitchen and eat and eat. Thank goodness we don't just buy junk or I would do some damage in there. But it is still excess calories that I totally don't need. And half the time I AM NOT HUNGRY! oh my! But, I don't have this problem when I am working or while I am at class I will take my lunch and I am totally satisfied. What in the world? I hate that. Breaking habits aren't easy..Man...Any suggestions!? Do you guys struggle with this?

Day 2 complete!
*4.5 mile run
*THE SHRED! - there is no way that you cannot see a difference after doing this!!

On a side note...how about those Olympics!! Man, last night was awesome! USA represent!

New Chapter Begins

I have had a few rough weeks with my workout routine and eating right. So today is marking a start of a new day. I definitely have hit a plateau and I am ready to break that wall and get to my major goal weight. I have 8 more pounds!!! Only 8 more. (they seem to get harder and harder to come off...but I am not giving up and I am staying positive) So I am putting all of this out there for accountability and encouragement! :) I figured since the 30 Day Shred is hardcore I am going to really back off of sweets - totally if possible for these next 30 days. I want to really focus on my body and it is not worth kicking my butt and working so hard if I am just canceling out workouts with junk!!!

All of this to say....I am pleased to announce that I have officially started the 30 Day Shred!!!!!



Along side of training for the 1/2 marathon I really have wanted to get a good strength and weight routine going. After watching the Biggest Loser I secretly have wanted Jillian as a trainer. So when I saw this video, I have had high expectations. I will keep you updated along the course of this 30 days of how it goes, weight lost, work outs completed, how I am handling without sweets, how sore the shred makes me and more!

Day 1:
* 30 minutes elliptical
* 1 mile run
* The Shred Video! (Jillian yelled at me...and I loved it!)

Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

Well I would say that we had a serious snow day in Dallas Texas! Wow it has been crazy. Bryan woke me up at 6am this morning and told me to go look out the window. It has not stopped. It is still going strong outside. We haven't been in a snow "storm" like this in who knows when.