OPERATION: MAKE YOURSELF

So, this is going to be a bit of a hard entry for me. I am about to challenge myself to embark on a journey that will (hopefully) change my life.

I have ALWAYS struggled with my weight. Always. I've been tormented by it my entire life. For the longest time I just blamed genetics, because it was "so hard" to lose weight. Well, that's not entirely the truth. I love food. I love it a lot, and it shows. I also love my body, and I want to be healthy. When I grocery shop, and cook meals for my family we def try to make it healthy. We don't eat lots of fatty foods, but our portions are what's doing us in.

I was so proud of the amount of weight I had lost when I got to Guam in July 2010. It wasn't long before the stress of Brad's deployments, and missing my family caught up to me and I started eating through it. I gained a total of 28 lbs in Guam. I have severe issues with my body, and always have. I've tried for years to just tell myself to "be comfortable in my own skin" and "love my body the way it is". That's true to a point, but if I'm unhappy with the number  I see on the scale, and the way I look everyday, I am going to change it. I want to feel beautiful, and be healthy at the same time. I want to wake up every morning and love myself the way I should! My husband gets frustrated with me sometimes, because he tries to make me see that he thinks I am beautiful, and that I don't need to change and I can't see it, but he also supports me in my decision to be fit & healthy. I am so blessed to have him in my life.

I have a goal to lose 31lbs to be where I want to be to feel HEALTHY and BEAUTIFUL.

So, this is OPERATION: MAKE YOURSELF. My goal is to make myself : feel beautiful, healthy, active, confident, and STRONG.
I will get over my fear of working out in public, and go to the gym.
I will hire a personal trainer.
I will eat smaller portions.
I will work for this EVERY DAY, because it means that much to me.


I will start this on January 5th, and continue indefinitely. On that day, I will post my current weight, and goal weight and continue to document my progress.
I need everyone's help to keep me accountable, so all the encouragement and help I can get it appreciated.

Thanks everyone!!

xo
Jordan

Under Pressure!

"Under Pressure" just came on my iTunes, and this was def. a good title for this blog entry!

We are leaving Guam in less than a week! It's so crazy. There seems like there is SO much to do, and so little time to do it. I am so excited to get home, but feel like there are so many loose ends to tie up here. So, Under Pressure fits me just right these days. All of our stuff is gone, and we're just waiting for our move out. There's some awesome people here who are totally going above and beyond to help us out, and we couldn't be more grateful.

We got our house in VA, which is exciting... but I feel it's going to be forever until I get to make it "my home". I'm so excited though! It's really cute, and it will be so homey when I am done with it. <3

So, that's it for now. I'm just ready to be done with everything going on!




Please keep us in your thoughts as we travel!

xoxo

Nut up, or shut up

Hey hey hey!

Yep, it's been forever.. but not as long as it usually takes me to update.

SO!

Here's what has happened:
We got our orders... and we're LEAVING GUAM!

We are moving (fingers crossed) November 1st, to head out to Yorktown, VA.

It's been a stressful couple weeks trying to get everything set up & ready to go. The worst of it is done, but we're still waiting for them to come get our stuff. It's supposed to be delivered by the 21st of December and held until we get ready, but I have a feeling it's going to take longer than that to get there. :\ Oh well.
We're going to get to spend a whopping 2 months at home with our families! It's going to be a great time. :) I cannot wait. A year and a half is too long to be away from my family.

I'm just ready for the emotional roller coaster to be over with. Things change, people change, and it's just hard to accept, but there's really nothing you can do about it right? 

So, we'll be home super soon & I cannot wait. I am nervous about having to ship Apollo earlier than we leave... he's going to spend the night in Hawaii and it kills me to know I won't be with him. But, he'll be in good hands and I trust he'll be safe. :) My mother in law will be picking him up & giving him too much love until we get there to him!

Sigh. So even though the hard part is over I am ready to be done. I'm going to try to not complain too much.

So, in the words of my favorite zombie killer, " Time to nut up, or shut up." :)

Sunny Sunday & The Jerk Whisperer!

Today was a Sunny Sunday! It was oh so pretty outside, so Bradley and I went with some of our friends to the beach for snorkeling & sun! We had a fantastic time! I love good friends. :) Although we are super sunburned, (some rash guard I have) it was a good day.

Following the beach time we went to another friend's home... and they have a newborn. Oh me oh my if I thought I had baby fever before, I sure do have it now. It's baaad! He's so cute. :) I love babies! Dinner was de-lish, and our boys had a nice time playing video games while the us ladies chit chatted about babies and whatnot. Sigh, all in all we had a fantastic day!

Now, for "The Jerk Whisperer"...

I saw this on pinterest, and it made me think about some stuff lately.

It makes me just remember how important it ISN'T to try to please everyone. I am finally happy with the circle of people that surround me. I have the people who are in my life now there for a reason. I love the positive energy surrounding us! Life is GOOD! Haters gonna hate, but I recycle drama. :)

I hope everyone has had an AMAZING weekend!

here's to a not so mopey monday!

xoxo

Craft Corner!

So our Friday, bad weather and all, turned out to be awesome!
When hubs got home, we got ready and went out into town in search of mischief. We found it!

There's this cute little furniture store here called Gotham City Furnishings, and it has old furniture from hotels and other random places. Well, it just so happens that I've been looking for floor lamps and ta-da! They had some! So, we decided to get two. They were green (I wish I had taken before pictures!!) and gold. Not ugly, but not what we were looking for. So, we decided that we would paint them to match the new rug that I let my husband pick out. He's been dying to contribute an "old" rug to our home for quite some time... so I let him. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. 

ANYWHO! We're painting the lamps burgundy with a creamy color around the accent areas. They aren't finished yet, but they are looking c-u-t-e! I am very pleased with the way they are turning out, and I can't wait to get to Virginia so that we can get into more messes with frugal finds! Pictures to come!

I hope all you statesiders have a good Friday, as we prepare to face Saturday! Dundundun!

xoxo

Fantastic Friday!?

Well, I'm back! Again! Hopefully I'll be better about this.

Let me start off by introducing you to my little family!

 

This is me! Mrs. Johnston

My husband, Mr. Perfect, Bradley

& last but not least, our beautiful furbaby, Apollo.

 

 

I love my little family! We are currently living in GUAM, USA.

We FINALLY got orders, and up next is Yorktown, VA. Woo! We PCS in November.

I'll be sharing tidbits of our life & things we learn along the way!

As for Fantastic Friday, the weather isn't too fantastic. There's a tropical storm off the coast of Guam, and now the weather is like a monsoon. :( SO, when hubby comes home from work we have to find something productive to do indoors. I say shopping! ;) We have a ton of neat outlet stores here in Guam, I'm sure we can find something to do/buy!

I hope everyone has a great Thursday in the states, and Friday in Guam!

xoxo