Update, Summer Classes, Life in General

Ok summer is here although in MN summer looks a lot like this:

We would REALLY like it to look like this:

I am taking summer classes so all I do is this:

When I really WISH I was doing THIS:

All in all things are good BUT busy busy busy!!!!

First Semester Grades!!!!!!!

Well it is official folks. Semester One is OVER. Thank goodness!! I survived it.

GRADES:
Intro to Communications: A-
Community Psych 101: A
Community Psych Lab: S (pass or fail)
Psych 116: C
Psych 270: C
Math 193: C- (Worked my tail off for this one. Spent 6 hours in the lab every week!!!!!)

Well folks that is all she wrote...... now onto Human Biology next semester. (math and science are going to kill me before this is over!!!! OR at least my GPA)

Tomorrow a new chapter in my life begins!!!!

That is right folks, tomorrow is day one of finishing my bachelors degree. I have decided to go back and do psychology with specific classes in Children's Psychology. To say the least I am excited, scared, nervous, freaking out and every other emotion on the scale. I was able to print my psych 270 syllabus this morning, my only online class this semester and to say the least I am nervous. It is a social psychology class so I am really excited for it, however, there will be a LOT of reading and small papers.
On a side note except for my oldest, younger brother and his wife, all the rest of us are in classes this fall. Pretty scary huh?
Saint Cloud State, here I come whether I am ready or not!!

This post is for you Ashley..... A day in my NEW LIFE

A few weeks ago Ashley asked me to post what I do in a day for working out and eating so here goes:

Below are a couple of days of my "food journal":
day 1:
WW Chocolate muffin
2 mozz string cheese sticks
chef's salad with ff ranch dressing (on the side)
fruit (strawberries, pineapple, melon)
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Weight Watchers Ice Cream Bar

2 33.8 oz Sams Club Clear American Wild Cherry Water
3 cans of Diet Coke

day 2:
WW Chocolate muffin
WW bagel with turkey and cheese
vanilla yogurt waffle cone
Five Guys Jr Hamburger
Five Guys french fries (about 1/4 of an order)

2 33.8 oz Sams Club Clear American Wild Cherry water
3 cans of Diet Coke

Working Out:
90 minutes a day using the NuStep (a stationary bike that you push the foot pedals instead of pedaling)

30 minute swim (occasionally 1-2 times a week)

50-100 ab crunches

3 lb dumb bell arm workout

There it is in a nutshell. For me the secret was getting my metabolism to kick in. I think that it is safe to say that it has. I am feeling great and am LOVING the fact that I am fitting into clothes that are in the BACK of my closet.

Month 1 Weight Loss and Inches Report!!

So today marks the 1st month of working out and watching what I eat. Below are the results:

Weight Loss: 32 pounds

Inches Lost:

Chest: -5
Stomach: -4
Waist: -9
Thighs: -3

ALL IN ALL: I am EXSTATIC. Month 1 was awesome. here is to month 2. WOO HOO!!!!

3 weeks a gazillion to go......

Well I am three weeks into my workout routine and as those of you facebookers know it is going really GOOD. A day in the life of Mandy looks like..... sleep, eat, workout, eat, work, eat, some down time and the routine starts all over again.

I am down 22 pounds and am doing 90 minutes of cardio 6 days a week. I am also taking some awesome one a day vitamins and am watching what I eat. (And YES I am eating.)

I hope all is well with all of you!!!!

MN Trip!!

Well mom and I have survived the last two weeks. To say the least we have had some good days and obviously some not so good days. Grandma's funeral was last Thursday and it was harder than I imagined it would be. For like two seconds I thought about being the strong "oldest" granddaughter but as soon as we walked into the funeral home it hit and to say the least it was a ROUGH DAY. But I know that grandma is in a happier and better place and she is healthy and enjoying a wonderful reunion with family members that have left us prior. We did have some fun times. It was nice that all of my siblings were here and all spouses sans DW. We enjoyed a nice family dinner at Pizza Barn a wonderful and marvelous little pizza joint in our home town. We got some good pics including the one that I just added to my blog. That would be my brother/Soldier Matt who is serving in the Army in Iraq. We all agreed that it was good to see each other we just wish it could have been for a happier occasion. Mom and I head back to VA tomorrow and i am excited to go "home". back to my own bed and my own routine although it was important for us to come home and be able to honor my grandmother. The other downer that we have dealt with in the past couple of weeks is that my grandpa Ronnie (my grandma who just passed husband) had a massive stroke and spent time down in Abbott and Sister Kinney in the Minneapolis area. He has been moved to a skilled nursing facility where my cousin works and hopefully is on the road to recovery. It has been a good trip all things considered and it was very enjoyable to see the many family members that we have seen and that were able to celebrate grandma's life. Although my poor sister Jessie has decided that she will NEVER sit next to me at a funeral again. I think the fact that she lost feeling in her right hand for a while (as I was "holding" okay "squeezing" her hand during the service) was the deal breaker for this. I am excited to be going back to VA and back to my workout and working routine.