Princess delivery

Penny loves to bring Daddy lunch up at the university when he's teaching. Today she thought it was fitting to wear her princess dress, seeing that Old Main is the tangled castle. I love how simple it is to bring joy to children; a walk around campus, a few elevator rides, and her day was made! To be honest it's not much harder to make Mom's day-I love reminiscing at my alma mater! My kids are going to be so sick of hearing how much mom loved college! 

Meathead friends are the best

Sometimes my sister-in-law and I get carried away in our meatheadedness...

It's such a blessing to have such a supportive group of friends when it comes to the competition lifestyle. A lot of people don't understand, and misinterpret what this sport is. It can be discouraging when people judge what you're doing as vain or selfish, when that's the farthest from the truth. I love my meathead friends and am so grateful to have people that understand what this is all about!!

Setting small goals

Not gonna lie, it's been tough staying on track this past week. I have a hard time staying intensely motivated if I don't have impending deadlines. Jan 31st seemed like forever away until I broke it down with my coach last night...

Competing is not for the faint of heart! You've got to want it like nobody's business to get results. I came in at 135lbs for my last show and it was very clear that I needed to be about 5-10 lbs leaner to be at my best. I am 5'9", it is not easy to hit these numbers!! My body comfortably sits at 140, and I'm good with that for off-season. It's maintainable. 127 will take hustle that I've never exhibited before, but it's goingn to get me to where I am competitive. Whew baby, here's to some holiday shredding!! 

Bobby Flay's #1 recipe

This is by far Bobby Flay's best recipe! By far. It's so yummy, it's pretty much unbelievable. You're seeing 2 different meatloafs up there bc we(Gabe took over when he saw that I was botching the veggie cutting) made mine prep friendly. The other is the full fat version for him. If you make this yourselves(which you MUST) then I'll include the substitutions I made: 

-lean ground turkey for ground beef

-reduced sugar ketchup

-egg whites instead of whole egg

-1/2 the bread crumbs 

-1/2 the parm cheese

...my substitutions didn't sacrifice the flavor at all. God bless you Bobby Flay.

Is it Christmas yet?

To distract myself from the headache of doing November's schedule(we have 17 college students as employees!) I put together our family's Elf on the Shelf calendar. Yes, I am crazy, and yes, I'm obsessed with Elf on the Shelf. My hubby was completely unimpressed with how I spent my afternoon. I on the other hand, am very impressed with myself. This year Phoebe the Elf is going to have some epic adventures!

Mancake consumer for life

I need to be paid spokesperson for Mancakes bc I am always spreading the word about how amazing they are!!! These are seriously worth every penny. You can buy them on amazon(which makes my life easy bc I buy the majority of household goods there). It is products like this that make eating clean fun! They are genuinely better than any traditional pancake batter I've ever had. I added some sugar free chocolate chips this morning. Yummmmm. Buy some, and if you're feeling generous contact the company and tell them they should give me a kick-back.

Fit recipes galore!

I have a give a major shout out to Dayna Deters!! Her fitness website is ahh-mazing!!! The recipe section is sort of die for. I don't know where to even begin, but it's making my meal planning for the week a whole lot easier and more exciting! Check it out for yourselves👅