{{my 30-day blog challenge!}}

I found this one off a random blog that I'm following and thought, "Hey, what the heck? Why NOT?"....so here it goes!! lol..


DAY 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
DAY 2- the meaning behind your blog name
DAY 3- a picture of you and your friends
DAY 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
DAY 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to
DAY 6- favorite super hero and why
DAY 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
DAY 8- short term goals for this month and why
DAY 9- something you're proud of in the past few days
DAY 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad
DAY 11- another picture of you and your friends
DAY 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
DAY 13- a letter to someone who has hurt you recently
DAY 14- a picture of you and your family
DAY 15- put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
DAY 16- another picture of yourself
DAY 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
DAY 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
DAY 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
DAY 20- someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
DAY 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
DAY 22- what makes you different from everyone else
DAY 23- something you crave for a lot
DAY 24- a letter to your parents
DAY 25- what I would find in your bag
DAY 26- what do you think about your friends
DAY 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
DAY 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
DAY 29- in this past month, what have you learned
DAY 30- you favorite song
 
 
 
Day#1:
 

LOL.....DEFINITELY "NOT" A RECENT PICTURE OF ME...but, if I put up a recent one, i'd be scarred FOR LIFE!!! hahahahahaha! Soooooo, instead, I just put up a picture of myself that I WISH I looked like NOW...hahaha!!

1. I love having babies...just DISLIKE the whole morning sickness thing, but WHO DOESN'T??? lol
2. I hate when my kids are sick!
3. I love taking LOOOOOONG HOT showers.
4. I have the BEST HUSBAND EVER!!! hahahahahaha!!
5. Wish we still lived in......UTAH!! ;)
6. I love my new phone
7. I log onto Facebook just to play the games!! (pathetic, I know)
8. CANNOT WAIT to have our own home...hint, hint :)
9. I was born & raised in KAHUKU, HI, and never in my entire life have I ever jumped LAIE POINT!! lol
10. I miss all the GOOD FOOD in HAWAII!
11. Can't believe that it's pretty NORMAL nowdays for teens to have babies :(
12. NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT....BAAAAAAD!!
13. I MISS MY FAMILY!
14. I can cook a mean meal!! haha..
15. I'm having baby #5 in MAY 2011...ahhhhhhhh!!!

Sooooooo, there you have it!! I know it's been a while since I've blogged, but thanks to a dear friend who helped MAKEOVER my page, I will be doing it more often now!! ;) THANK YOU AGAIN!!!! Until tomorrow...TTFN!!

THAT'S IT?? WTH!?!

This week hasn't been a good one for me, as far as working out!! My "trainer" goes to school on Monday & Tuesday nights, so I tend to kinda "slack-off"...shhhhh, don't tell! hahahahahahaha...i mean, I DO work out, but I work out even more when he is home telling me what to do, & how long to do it for...PATHETIC, i know! But this morning, I had to go weigh-in for the week, and BOY DID IT SHOW!! LOL...i only lost .6 lbs, which is pretty much NOTHING to me! So, I was kinda angry & frustrated with myself for being so dang lazy!! What made it worse was the fact that everyone else in the group just walks, and cuts down on what they eat, and here I am, WORKING MY BUTT OFF(sometimes), and when we go to weigh in, they lose more than I did...ahhhhhhhh!!!

This morning, after the weigh-in, I came home and asked my husband, "Why is it that I WORK OUT HARD, and all they do is WALK, but yet they still lose more than I do?? I think I should just GO WALK with them too!!" HA....can you imagine the response?????? LOL....he told me, "So, are you telling me that you wanna just go walking with everyone else?? The one thing they do that helps them lose more than you is they CUT-BACK on their eating..." (and for those of you who REALLY do know me, I AM A JUNK-FOOD "JUNKIE"...like seriously!!) So my husband/eternal companion/BFF/"trainer" told me that I need to, for the next 2 weeks, stop eating the things I LOVE THE MOST......SWEETS!! He says 2 weeks, just so we can see if it will work for me, and if it doesn't, that means that I'm just NOT WORKING OUT HARD ENOUGH!!

With all that HONESTY from the LOVE OF MY LIFE, hahahahaha, we decided to go and buy our own scale(the kind that measures your BMI, water weight, & tracks weight history) cause I'm the type that LOVES to see the results RIGHT AWAY...he also got me a heartrate monitor/pedometer, which measures your pulse, the number of steps you take, how far you've ran or walked, and how many calories you burn. I was so excited that as soon as we got home, I opened up the scale and programmed everything, and jumped on it...DID NOT LIKE WHAT I SAW, because it was MORE than what I weighed in at this morning. So I went straight to the basement to start my work-out! I put on my "new" toy, and started running in place...more like SPRINTING to me, hahahaha! I ran for 3 miles, 1 hour & 11 minutes, burned 233 calories, took over 9,000 steps, and heart rate got up to 174...so I was going pretty good! After I was done, I was soaked in my own sweat, probably the hardest I've sweat in a LOOOOOOOOOONG TIME, hahaha. Anyways, I went and took a shower, and right after, jumped back onto the scale again, and to MY SURPRISE....in that short amount of time, I LOST 6lbs & 3 percent of body fat!! I was soooooooooo happy just to see that!! So from now on, because I know IT'S POSSIBLE, and because it really does PAY OFF, I am going to work HARD everytime!!! I PROMISE!! Anyhow, sorry for the long update, but it's almost been a week and thought you all would LOVE AN UPDATE!!! thanks for reading!! till next time.....tata for now!!

sLaCkEr!

I have been such a "SLACKER" lately!! I haven't been keeping up with my blog...i don't even remember the last thing I posted without scrolling down to see it :( But there have definitely been some things that have changed, I know that for sure...haha! Here are the changes:

--I recently joined a small group of SAMOAN people out here in Missouri in a BIGGEST LOSER challenge, so I am no longer doing this on my own!
--I have a new calling in church, in addition to my current calling as the librarian...i am now the Mia Maid advisor in the Young Women's program!! :)

--Last, but not least....probably one of my BIGGEST GOALS this year that I've accomplished, I am finally able to put wear my wedding ring again....whew!

So with all that out, this post is pretty much an "update" post, if you will! In an earlier post, I noted that I was doing "my own" BIGGEST LOSER challenge with my husband, and also stated what the end PRIZE would be. Well, that is actually still on....but I have now joined another BIGGEST LOSER challenge with 8 other SAMOAN people in our local community that are striving to better their lives by exercising, eating healthy, and losing weight. To join, all 9 of us paid $20 to the "pot". Every Saturday morning we weigh in....if you GAIN weight(regardless of how much), you pay $3 to the "pot"....if you LOSE weight, you don't owe anything!! However, if you are at a stand still, where you haven't GAINED or LOSS anything, you pay $2 to the "pot"! This competetion is going on for 3 months, so that "pot" could actually grow, and at the end of the 3 months, whoever has lost the most weight, wins the "pot"! As much as I would LOOOOOOOOOOVE to win the "pot", I will be happy just to lose the weight! But my husband's mentality is....YOU ARE GOING TO WIN, especially since I paid $20 to do this when I could do it for free!! hahahaha...but for me, I guess I like it better when there is competetion!!! So, I'll do my best to keep you all updated with my progress!! Oh yeah, I joined 2 weeks ago, and had my first official weigh-in this past Saturday and lost 3.8lbs, so hopefully the number on the scale keeps going DOWN, and the weight loss number keeps going UP! ;)

**As for my new calling in church, I'm enjoying it so far! I used to be the Valiant 9 teacher in Primary, was released, then called to be the ward librarian!! I LOVE IT...then a few weeks ago the bishop asked to talk to me, so I thought I was getting released....huh, come to find out, I was actually getting ANOTHER CALL!! (i'm not complaining or anything, hahaha) But anyways, it has been fun so far, and I hope it stays that way!! I love my Mia Maids already, and I've only taught them 2 Sundays. :)

***And lastly...........my wedding ring!! When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2006, I did have to remove my wedding ring, but was able to put it back on soon after I gave birth to my daughter. But with my son, I had to take it off when I was about 6 months pregnant because my finger was just TOOOOOO SWOLLEN!! (mind you, this pregnancy is when I got the BIGGEST I've ever been) After I had him, I tried to put my ring back on, but it wouldn't go pass my knuckle. I would keep trying every now & then, but no luck!! Since I've been working out these last 2 months or so, I guess it's starting to pay off, but I am able to wear my wedding ring again, after more than a year...ahhhhhhhh!!! So you can imagine how happy I was when it went on, LOL!!
**Other than all that, everything else has been the same!! In exactly a week from today, on Monday, May 17th, my one & only son will be turning 1...where has the time gone??? On his actualy birthday we are planning to just have a lil' something at home, but we are having a party for him on May 29th, so we've been kinda busy planning it! So, I will do my best to keep up on my posts...if not, you'll see one eventually!! lol...

WOW, i can't believe I DID IT!!!

I've decided that from now on, i'll do a weekly update instead of a daily one! Anyhow, this morning we got up at 6am to go running at an elementary school nearby. Yesterday we didn't get to workout due to a death in the extended family....and so because of that, my "personal trainer"/husband, told me that I had to run 3 miles today! I was like, WHAAAAAAAAAT?????? Are you kidding me? I "HATE" RUNNING...and you want me to run 3 WHOLE MILES??? The whole morning I was thinking, I am gonna die...I can't do this...I was seriously trying to think up a really good excuse for me to stop at either 1 1/2-2 miles in! And sad to say........I couldn't work up the courage to ask my "trainer" if I could just STOP and finish it later on in the day, cause 1) he woulda said "NO" anyway, & 2) like I said in a previous post, when it's time to work-out, he doesn't "give a rats!!" lol! Sooooooo, you know what I did???



I RAN ALL 3 MILES, without stopping!!! Wait, I did stop to take a tiny sip of water, and was right back at it to finish off the race...haha! But I really did finish those 3 miles without dropping to the ground, or making up some LAME excuse to stop! I mean, I have to admit, my feet were killing me, but that's what happens when I wear shoes that are too narrow for my WIDE feet, LOL. I was so proud of myself for FINISHING IT!! I haven't done that since I was a senior in highschool playing volleyball for my mother, who used to make us run from Malaekahana back to the highschool gym.(but I think that was only like a mile though) In the end, I was able to walk away with my head kinda held high, haha!

remember...

Remember my post back in January about the NO MORE FAST FOOD and what not?? hehehe...yah well, I have come to confess, that I GAVE IN to it already in March!! hahaha...the funny thing is, it was NOT hard to do, nor was it hard to continue, BUUUUUT, when you live in a house of more than 1 family in it, and those other families LOVE to buy fastfood for dinner, than ofcourse it WOULD BE HARD!! If you want to eat dinner, and don't have the money to go and buy something to make for your own lil' family, then you have to just eat what's there, or STARVE!! Sooooooooo, sad to say, that didn't last very long. But we don't eat it as much as we used too, so I guess it did help out.

Also, I don't think I put this in my post about THE BIGGEST LOSER, but I am not doing this ALONE....I am going up against my best friend/husband/eternal companion on our "BIGGEST LOSER" competetion. It's emabarassing for me to tell you all that my husband weighs less than I do, lol!! But, I'm pretty sure that if MEN were the ones having kids, they too would have the same problem...but I know my husband would do something about it alot sooner than I do, haha! I tend to make tons of excuses to NOT work-out...but nowdays, when it's time to work-out, my husband becomes my personal trainer and just doesn't "give a rats" about my pain, and how tired I get...haha!! (which is fine by me) If I really do want this(the weight loss & the family trip) than I WILL DO WHATEVER I HAVE TOO to get it!! Anyways, I just thought I'd come & give a little update on my goals that I've posted from earlier in the year!! Enjoy!!

~DaY 2~

OUCH...ugh...**yawn**!! And that was only from DAY #2...i still got about 4 months left to reach my goal weight, OH BOY! So this morning I worked out at 5am, this time doing some "mountain climbers", some lunges, & the thing I "hate" to do the most..RUNNING, lol. Buuuuuuuut, if it's going to help me get to where I will be happy with myself, then I guess it's ok with me! Anyways, had a good workout this morning, got showered and ready to take the hubby to work and waited for the little girl that I just started watching last week to come over.

The rest of the day turned out to be a pretty good one I'd say...that is until I go to pick up my husband from work, and he tells me, "If I get done with my test early tonite, then we are going to work-out AGAIN"..................Soooooooooo NOT the words I was wanting to hear from him, lol. I worked out already in the morning, why do I have to do it again? Yes, I am only on day 2, but already complaining....STORY OF MY LIFE!! lol...but ANYWAYS, for those of you who DO NOT know my husband, I'd feel sorry for ME TOO, LMBO!!! j/k! He, unlike MYSELF, loves to workout...and when he is working someone else out, he will make you go till you are about ready to fall FLAT ON YOUR FACE. Ok, so maybe I didn't fall on my face, but if he made me punch that punching bag one more time, I woulda made HIM fall on HIS face!! bahahahahahaha...j/k babe!! You know I would NEVER do something like that.

.....all in all, I made it through day #2, and I am in such {{PAIN}} right now! But NO PAIN, NO GAIN right?? GO HARD or GO HOME.....right now, all I feel like doing is just GOING TO BED!! That is my blog for today...more to come possibly tomorrow!! lol...

--the BIGGEST LOSER--

Ever since there have been POLYNESIAN people on the show, I have been a dedicated fan of THE BIGGEST LOSER!! I love watching the show every Tuesday night from 7pm-9pm, lol. What makes it even better, is the fact that the polys' do such a good job on the "ranch". For some odd reason, it seems harder to lose the weight at HOME with family around, than it is to do it on the "ranch" with a bunch of strangers, and Jillian & Bob!! My guess is, with all the temptations...the good polynesian food, the junk food, the peer pressure, LOL, etc...that's what makes it hard!! But if we were disciplined enough, it wouldn't be all that bad now, wouldn't it? Well, for me, my biggest WEAKNESS is JUNKFOOD....but who doesn't love to eat it right? I have such a BAD HABIT of ALWAYS splurging on sweets, and use my kids as an excuse for buying em' too :( BUT NOT ANYMORE!!! I vow to CONTROL my eating habits, especially when it comes to that!!

Soooooo, with all that said, I have taken upon myself, the challenge of being A "BIG LOSER"!!! hahaha, funny how when you NORMALLY use those terms, it doesn't mean anything good. But in MY CASE, it will probably help me to be a much happier wife, mother, friend, daughter, teacher, & person....cause when I am HAPPY with MYSELF, it makes life much easier to live!! Because I have started this blog, I thought "what a perfect place" for me to record my progress from beginning to end!! So, as of today, April 12th 2010, I weighed in at 2--#(that is for me to know, and you to NEVER find out, LOL)...my goal is get back down to around 195# by August 8th, before I leave to Utah! If...oh wait, hold up, "WHEN" I accomplish that goal, my husband has agreed to take our lil' family on a well-deserved trip to HAWAII since my 2 youngest have not been yet...YAY!! My husband told me that in the only way he thinks I will actually DO THIS & STICK TO IT, is if there is a BIG REWARD or PRIZE in the end, which he's mostly right...LOL! And if I don't accomplish my goal by August 8th, then our family will only be going to Vegas for our family trip, which is still fine with me, but come on....I'd rather be in Hawaii!! lol

This morning was my first day, and I woke up at 5am....at least the alarm went off at 5am, lol! I got out of bed at about 5:20ish...and my husband had me do some leg workouts!! It's been a while, so I was being kinda sluggish, but I did everything he told me too!! I'm proud of myself!! So from here on out, I will be keeping track of my weight loss/gain, hahaha, here on my blog!! GO TEAM ARI!!! lol