self-motivation

This post is really more for myself then for anyone else but please, read on.

I've been in a bit of a gym rut lately. I'll go (grumpily) once, maybe twice a week, not put much into it, not trying or looking for results or improvements.

One of my coaches and friends posted this on facebook the other day (and I shared it so you may have already seen it).

On Tuesday, I went and I was feeling it. I was ready to get back. Luckily, it was an easy day. Wednesday was another story, if you don't know what a snatch is, you can look here. Of course, I can't lift NEARLY as much as this guy, in fact, I couldn't even get 65 pounds over my head, I literally  fell on my butt twice. I was so mad. Fuming. 

Now today, I got off of 9 hours of work and decided I was going to sit myself down on the couch and watch some Gossip Girl. But you know what popped into my head? Yup, quote above. So I dragged my booty over to the gym. We worked on squats. I love squats. I have strong legs so I'm good at leg lifts. Upper body, as I told before, not my forte. I lifted way more than my previous max and I couldn't be happier.

The moral of the story (for myself) is that you will never regret a workout you do. I always regret not going to the gym. 

Plus, I've lost about 15 pounds doing a nutritional challenge along with my fellow gym-mates. If that's not self-motivation to keep working, I don't know what is. 

Okay, now for some fun:

I've never actually puked during a workout... but almost ;)

OKAY I'M DONE BEING AN ANNOYING CROSSFITTER.

i only post on the weekends

 so i talked about my b-day so now i'll share the rest of the details of my wonderful weekend:

^^we went to an amazingly fun YSA halloween dance. like, AMAZINGLY fun^^

^^afterwards we went to mel's, of course^^

^^saturday morning me and anna went to do lights at the Oakland Temple^^

^^it was my first time going since i've been out here. how sad is that?^^

^^bryan sent me this case, i love it^^

^^my nanny family took me to benihana for my birthday (my little man photobombed me)^^

^^this drink was delicious^^

^^and so was my onion heart^^

^^and so was this cake my nanny family got me^^

i am making a goal to start posting more meaningful things and thoughts during the week again rather than just my weekend happenings. actually probably both.

have a wonderful week everyone.

writing prompt

"start with the day of the week it is... then let your stream of consciousness take it from there."

(sidenote: i was reading meggy's blog and she's doing writing

prompts and i realized it's been forever since i did one. so here you are)

today is (*checks calander*) tuesday. which means tomorrow is wednesday which means the next day is thursday. and i hate thursdays more than any other day of the week. know why? it's like, the weekend is tempting you but it's not quite there (also waiting for a letter, it comes any day from thursday to saturday, the suspense is wretched). hopefully this weekend, i can actually do something. i've felt a little trapped the last few weeks but hey, i guess that's part of growing up. 

i don't like growing up. it has it's perks sometimes, but i miss being a kid. you know what i miss the most? saturday morning cartoons. i also miss waking up early while my dad was getting ready for work and eating breakfast with him. just me and him. then i'd go snuggle up in bed with my mom. those were the days. 

today me and my (former) roommates were reminiscing about freshmen year. what a great year. there was something magical about it. me and megan confirmed together that there was in fact magic during that time. somehow. the place. the people. the adventures. all of it. i miss it. 

i also miss bryan. my best friend in the world. only 304 days till he comes home. that's 10 months from today. i love missionaries. it sort of freaks me out that i have friends coming home from missions this year. like, people my age that i graduated with. it makes me feel so old. i remember when people younger than me started leaving on missions. THAT made me feel old. 

another thing that makes me feel old is that i officially didn't go to school with anyone at layton high now. everyone i've gone to school with, is graduated. people my age and younger are getting married and having kids. it sort of makes me panic sometimes like, i'm behind everyone else but then it's like "wait. i'm only 20. i've got PLENTY of time for that."

it's so weird cause outside of utah, people don't get married  that young. even 20. even like, 26! my singles ward, they're all older. they're all graduated from college and are set in their careers. it's crazy, at one point, i was the youngest person there. and they are all happily unmarried. so, even though i get a little intimidated when someone tells me "oh, i'm just finishing up law school" or "oh, i'm just a scientist using stem cells to find a cure for cancer" and i'm just like "i'm a nanny. i did one year of college" i think it's awesome that they are living their lives and have a great career and aren't part of the 'utah norm' even though a lot of them are, in fact, from utah. and it reminds me that there is no rush. it's not a race to be the first one of your friends married with 10 kids. 

i plan to travel at least a little before i have kids. i know, i know. EVERYONE says that but, it's my dream to go to greece. when i was home, my dad was saying that when i'm married to just do it. him and my mom wish they would have gone to france when they were first married. just swiped the cards and gone cause it would have been easier to pay it off before they had kids. so, that's my plan. swipe the card and head to greece. if that's the only country i visit in my life (besides U.S. and mexico) i will die happy. i also want to do a cross-country roadtrip. hit every state (aside from hawaii and alaska) in like, 2-3 weeks. live out of the car and hit a few states a day. you dream going to a fancy hotel in some tropical paradise and i want to live out of my car for a month. (hahahahaha) but really. it would be an adventure of a lifetime. i've also decided i want to live in alaska for a few years. i've thought about it a lot the past few months. and it would just be cool. it's out of utah and it's not california. and who lives in alaska? no one! it would be so cool.

back to reality. i work a full day tomorrow. and i just went from wednesday to living in alaska. it's sort of like the telephone game or gossiping where things get warped and changed only, it's all in my own mind. now if you'll excuse me, i've got a room to clean and pretty little liars to watch. 

goodnight. i love you all!

bucket list +some

as you all know (or now you do) i love lists, i have several notebooks just filled with lists. i have a bucket list written down in one of these notebooks so i thought i'd post it on here (in tab above) so i can share the progress i've made. these are existing ones that i will cross out as they happen and i will add more as i think of them.

now for more bulk to this post, here are a few things i've fallen in love with in the last little while:

^guilty pleasure^

^this swan family^

^this app^

chocoholics anonymous

hi, my name is mia ("hi mia") and the last time i had chocolate was 5 days ago

yes. that is really up on my mirror.

yes. 5 days really is a long time for me. really, really long.

i'm not a writer

okay. call me crazy. but i have a sudden desire to write a children's story. i've been inspired by watching once upon a time and also by little girl who is constantly begging me to tell her stories about mermaids and fairies and princesses. and ya know, not to toot my own horn or anything but some of my stories aren't bad, even i feel the suspense when i'm the one creating it. i'm not the most eloquent writer but, i'm gonna give it a try.

bragging rights

up at school, i gained a little weight as a freshmen.

i came home and i've been working super hard.

i have now lost 22 pounds since i moved back.

i deserve bragging rights for that.. right? RIGHT!

i fee so great! i haven't felt this good about myself in a long time.

i would like to thank Wasatch Crossfit for teaching me how to really  work out

and also my mother for putting up with my constant whining and complaining:)

letters

ya know, i really am a horrible letter writer. i have a friend who i was raised with, we were best friends! and he left last june and i just wrote him my first letter. actually, i haven't even sent it yet. i hope you get it mitch! i wish i were better :/ but don't worry bryan, i promise i'll be better for you :)

resolutions

so i was talking to my bff megan and we both realized usually, we'll sit down and really think about some new years resolutions and that it was not true for either of us this year. so, i've been sitting in bed and some just came to mind:

1- lose the weight i've gained this school year (so cliche, i know)

2- try harder in school

3- try to be more optomistic

it's only 3 small things. but if you overwhelm yourself with too many things, nothing will happen.

bring on 2012