"IDEAL" protien weight-loss

About 6 months ago I was feeling a little "puffy" & overweight :( In highschool I was 5'7 and 120 pounds. Needless to say I was a stick. After high school I gained about 30 pounds... which is NOT awful, however I was not happy with myself at all. I have tried so many diets and they always are useless & do not work. So I decided to try this diet call ideal protien weight-loss. OMGSH this diet was soo AMAZING! I lost twenty pounds in two months! AWESOME! At first I had an extremly hard time because I was used to snacking ALL of the time & I was ADDICTED to Diet Mountain Dew!! I had to cut all of these things from my diet.. which was difficult ( understatement ). The first week I met with my nutritionist & weighed in... I lose SEVEN pounds just in my first week!!! INCREDIBLE! I was so happy & I it made me realize what I was doing was worth it. There are four phases in this diet & I reached phase four quickly which meant I was done with the diet sooner! I am now still maintaining my diet which has actually not been bad and I get a "fun" day every week which allows me to eat whatever I want that day.. SOUNDS AMAZING RIGHT???? It is & I would reccomend it for anyone who wants to loose weight and is determined! SOO here is my before & after pic!!......

Noooooowww. The After Photos.....

After Photos :)

I am now on track and of course it is the holidays so I have put on about 4 pounds but that is okay because I know exactly how to maintain my weight & I know that after the holidays I will be able to lose the weight quickly because my nutritionist taught me well :)

Mini-Vaca!!!!

   Last Friday, I can honestly say I had a HORRIBLE day & when I saw horrible I mean AWFUL!!
                    However, my fiance, dad, stepmom, brother, sister and I all were
                          going to michigan that night.. so I was leaving after work
                  .... Knowing that I was going on a mini vaca was the only thing keeping me
                         going! I was very excited because I get to see my family from Michigan
                   ( I only get to see them once a year!!) ANNNYWAYYYSSS.. once we got on the road
                              ALL my troubles went away & I returned to my normal "ashley" self!

 

when we go to Michigan we stay friday night & then go to a rec center on saturday

to have the family part!

We eat, play games, socialize, eat some more, play more games, do a craft, && socialize some more!

Here are some pics at the rec center!

These were just a few of the pictures from the rec center!

After the rec center we then go to aunt Joanies house, where the kids play in the

basement while the adults sit upstairs talking!

....Brian and I ended up with the kids.. hahaha :) that is just how we are! Here are some pics from that!

As you can see Brian and I dressed up & of course I danced because I love being silly!

The kids are my brother and sister and my cousins. The chinese one is claudia ( also my flower girl) and she was adopted when she was a baby by my aunt & uncle! I love her to pieces!

After this great weekend we ended up even having a great ride home with lots of laughter and smiles!

I had a wonderful weekend with my dad & stepmom and of course my fiance .. ANND brother and sister!

                   

Christmas Spirit

       I was not feeling the best this weekend and in order to make me feel better I decided to get into the Christmas Spirit!  My fiance and I are on a tight budget in order to buy a house sometime next year.. soo we decided to go to michaels and see what Holiday Christmas stuff we could find...


                                    This is what happened......

He is such a GREAT sport!

My Santa House

Brian's gingerbread house ( He really did not enjoy this as much as me, but he tried!!)

Our FINISHED product!

The total of this little christmas project was $6.99... which in my opinion is AMAZING! PLUS this made me feel much better ( anything about christmas just gets my mood .. well happy!!)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra !!!

So this past Thursday My handsome Fiance and I went to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra! Brian's dad got the tickets free from work, and offered them to us!! I have been DYING to see them! Not only was I completly astonished at the show they put on, but I was also amazed at the God given talent these people have.. especially the keyboard players! AMAZING!

Brian and I are trying to help pay for our wedding, therefore this free experiance was a blessing and something we really enjoyed and.... we got a date night out of it ;)