You guyyyyyys!  I’m still on a total high from the weigh in.  Man, integrity feels great!  Anwhoozle…my vacation was famzing times infinity.  I can’t remember if I’ve told y’all but I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH…jk I know I say this obsessively like errrrreyday!  But I’m hoping the following picture montage will help you better understand the awesomeness that happens when the Apples and Beards collide at the greatest place on earth…the BEACCCCCH! My Aunt Carole and Uncle Kelly from Colorado flew out and my Aunt Deb and Uncle Steve joined me, mom, dad, Kelly and my little angel babies Wyatt and Chase for  a week of snuggles, hugs, swimming, being active, baking in the sun, trying new restaurants, living in the water and so much more. Before the picture show I just want to thank each and every member of this group for so joyfully agreeing to my one hundred thousand cheesy photo requests…your enthusiasm, willingness and support mean the world to me and I love y’all sooooooo much!!!!!  Ok enough gushing… First off the company was amazeballs!

The view was #gorg…

The dinners were delish and nutrish…

The weather was unbelievable…

Except for this scary day..

 

And the adventures never ended…

Look at these Crabby Patties…this is a family tradition for sure!!!

Obvi we went to the Aquarium bc where else would one go at the beach!?! Buuuuut this year they had a dinosaur exhibit as well!!!  Minds were blown!

We even took time to recreate a classic! Chase was a newborn in the first part of this collage!

Then Wyatt and I  did a Hurricane Simulator…you like getting beaten in the face with your own hair?!  Then you will love this!

Then we went looking for haunted houses in Historic Beaufort…the kids are OBSESSED with ghost stories right now…I sooo remember that!

This is a montage of scary things we found in historic homes…the first one is a photo of the professional mourners!  ick!  The second are two dress forms in an attic we weren’t allowed in and they looked like headless ghosts, the third there is a ghostly image of a little boy forever burned into the wall…eeek!  The last image is from an attic where 10 children lived and paranormal investigators said there was LOTS of activity up here!!!!

 

Then it was off to the super old graveyard down the street…this is another family tradition.  Our Grandma Apple would always take us to the ancient cemeteries in eastern NC and we would try to find the oldest one then go to the library to see if we could get some backstory!  #welovehistory #northcarolinaisthebestforhsitory  #we’recreepywe’respookywe’realltogetherkooky #iaintafraidahnoghost #thegirlintherumbarrell

Then we got to do a little exploring around an old town square type area…

There was an apothecary, court house and even a jail!!!

#myfamilyissuperonbaord #thanksagain

As you can imagine this got very buggy in fuggin hot in late June and the kids were quickly over it!  Kelly and I were obsessed though (shocker) so we went back to take the house tour!!!  Everyone should do this!  We met this amazing lady named Molly.  She was dressed in old world garb and had grown up with her grandmother being a docent in Historic Beaufort and she followed her footsteps.  Talk about an inside scoop!!!  We loved Molly…she indulged all of our one million questions and gave us the dirt on the creepy jail!  Thanks Molllllyyyyy! Xoxo

This is Ye Old Jail…the jailors and their family LIVED in the jail with the prisoners!!!  #wooof

Then we went to the big fancy yellow plantation house!!!  It had a kids bedroom I would kill for!

And a not sooo fancy place…what a difference money makes, especially back then…

We also spent countless hours playing on the beach and in the pool…

And hanging out with my super best buddies!!!

To my family…I love you to the moon and as much as all the water in the ocean and clouds in the sky!!!!  Can’t wait for next year!!! #bestvacayever #lesbianlifepartners #aqueerium #angelinajolie #thatsnotathing #youbitme #jeezumpete #whydidyoubiteme #ouchouchouch #loveyouguyssooooooomuch

Annnnnd as always here are the outtakes!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The company was

WEEEEEEEEEE DIDDDDDDDDD ITTTTTTTTT!  We survived vacation and both lost weight!  This is a huge milestone for us!!!!  And it feels amazing.  We couldn’t do it without you.

Who doesn’t love a side by side and a before and after…so we made a montage #picstichobsesh

This was by far our funnest shoot…it’s reallllly hard to think of new things to do and believe me some of them fail….hard!!! #volleyballscene #morejumping!? #overit

But here is a little visual progress report from our first weigh in until now!

APRIL                                     MAY                                       JUNE                                     JULY

It’s crazy right!?!?!?!?

But these seem the craziest to me!!!!  Such a transformation!

And finally our favorite fat picture vs our last date at a wedding…

Sooooo, what do two proud little meatballs do to celebrate all this exciting news….EEEEAAAAATTTTT!!!!!

We realized that we haven’t been out to dinner since we started this adventure!  We’ve met at Whole Foods for breakfasts and Starbucks for coffee…we’ve shopped for smaller clothes and we’ve even gone to the movies…but never to dinner!  Through this process we have really wanted to keep living life and not be as militant as we had been in the past.  Being overly restrictive only makes us want to CCCHHHHEEEEAATTTT!  Eating out is such a social thing but can be a very slippery slope. We didn’t want this to be a reward/cheat thing…just a night off of cooking and a little datey poo!

So we decided we wanted WIIIINGS!

 

And of course yummy veggies!!!

We had soooo much fun as per usual but we did indulge in too much bleu cheese…#notpaleo #bubbleguts4real #wyatt

Thanks again for all the support y’all!  Can’t wait until next month!!!!  We love you.

And again…here are the outtakes….

 

 

So the pickins are gettin slim. Haha funny.  I’m running out of fat back friday pics!!!! I am sure I can find some  pretty awkward fat childhood pics.  But I aim to please and I found a couple of goodies.

We are looking kind of rough. And I was so happy, but I can’t go back to that place. 

Brandon, me and Jordan( Brandon s bff!)
So I met with The Legend the Myth……. Sandra today, alone, without my meatball!   And I got through it. She is the kindest, most genuine hard ass ever. Literally and figuratively! Go see her! I am sure you will love her too!
Pre game pics!

She had me warm up on the treadmill for a couple of mins. The last time I was on a treadmill I fell and it flung me back and tore the shit out of my leg. It was awful and so hilarious!!! Falling is so funny to me. Yes I am laughing at you not with you! Any way this workout was hard, but I felt so amazing the rest of the day. We started with 30 crunches.

Then high knees, timed.

Lower abdominal thing, theses sucked!

Then a min blank

Timed weighted jumping jacks

Side blank with15 pulses

Then 10 push ups.

Then we did some ropes. 20 seconds pushing it, and 10 second breaks.
  Squat with little fast waves

Then medium waves, with pulsing squats

Then high wave and slam the rope down.

Then low squat snake with the right arm, then with the left then together.

Then ten over then head.

After that was done it was back to the cardio/core. Then back to the ropes. And the core again. And ropes again. 
Fantastic work out! Thanks Sandra!!!

Next time we talk  Sara and I will be weighing in, see you there. Love you guys. Thank you for all the support!!!!!

Ok so yesterday was a complete bust. Sorry guys I fudged up! So here we go!
London came home from grandmas! She was there for a couple of days and missed her so much. I just wanted to play when she got home.

Before I knew it, it was time for dinner. So I whipped up some zucchini pasta and turkey meatballs. Then bath and bed time. And I still needed to go grocery shopping. So I ran to the store( love Harris tetter) and got some stuff.

Bacon has become my fav!!! never a huge fan before, weird!

Love tomatoes and avocados. A total staple in my diet!

I WANT THIS! SURELY THIS IS PURE DIARRHEA. NO THANK YOU

My mom always said have an onion and ginger ale in your house, they make everything better. So I do, I have alot of strange rituals.

And theses are great for work!

I told Brandon probably six time I was going to skip the gym. The day was just too slammed to add anything else and he kept saying just go you will feel better when you are done. Guess what?? He was right. He was definitely my better half that moment! Support is so important to have. So I pre gamed before they gym.

Oh yeah and my gym braid…check!

Here are just a couple off songs I heard during my workout on spotify.

Brandon gave me some fantastic ear buds. They are very comfy and the quality of sound is outstanding.

I always look so disgusting after the gym and I love it!!

Weigh in weigh in is almost here!!!! Thank you for all the support! Working oit with sandra tommorow on the blog

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Hellllo! It’s Jenny and we are only days away from our weigh in Ahhhhhh! So I’m going as hard as I can at the gym this week. So let me take a workout selfie!

I’m feeling pumped about maximizing this week! June has been full of vacation and I haven’t been as discipline about my food. So I’m a little scared to see what the scale says on Sunday.  While I was at the gym I ran into a meatball fan!! This was so exciting! Her name is Katie and she was full of excitement and positive reinforcement, which was just what I needed. Thanks Katie!!! Yup we took an Usie (haha got that from sandra).

So after my workout I got my favorite green smoothie form Tropical smoothie. The island green!!!! Yummmmmmmmm!

Five minutes after I bought it. This happened!

My car has been thrown up on to many times! I  am such a clutz! Ekkkkk I almost lost my shit, but deciding to total blow it off was amazing. Then my family got together to celebrate my brothers birthday. Omg I love him!

He has also become really passionate about fitness and nutrition. In our former life my brother and I could go to town on some junk food. It was bad. So I am so glad we are on this journey together. So what did we get him for his birthday you ask??

An amazing blender that practical is a juicer. And a Harris Tetter gift hard so he can load up on all the fruits and veggies he wants. Genius!  So my mom prepared the best birthday meal. My mom is amazing at pleasing everyone. We have some non seafood eaters, some paleo eaters(wink wink) and a two year old, enough said. So we had pulled pork, veggies and potatoes,  tomato salad, and shrimp boats.

I need to take a moment and brag on my sister(kitty) a moment. She is so efffing supportive. She has been paleo since april and has lost 19 pounds!  Having support around me is  huge party of my success. I am so grateful. Thanks guys! Love you so much.  See you soon as we near the weigh in!!!!!! Xoxo

Sara is gone!!! 😦 She is at the beach with  her family. I know they will be having the best time. Love that crazy meatball!!!  Soooo Its the Jenny show this week!!!  And we are nearing the end of the month and it is weigh in time again wtf ?!?!?! Ahhhhhhh Before Sara left,  she, her sister (kelly) and I went to a wedding of our buddy/client/family friend Megan Simmons!  The ceremony was absolutely beautiful. Sara and I saw there was a magician at the cocktail hour, so of course we flagged him down and couldn’t have been a better audience. We were amazed!!!!  So Fuunnnn!!!!

My client and friend Kali was also there!

I adore you and all of your support!! I am such a lucky girl with best clients in the world!
So immediately following the wedding ( another cake less wedding!!!) I headed to High Point NC to be with my mother in law (Alisa), her new husband Bennett!!!! Brandon and London. Bennett’s home is on alot of land with lots of wild life. London’s dream!!! I showed up right at dinner time. They were having the most amazing southern comfy food. After the long day I had had I was tempted.  But was completely satisfied with my huge steak #firstworldproblems!  Bennett is an awesome guy who fits right in with this group. He even sent me home with fresh zucchini, squash and peppers from his garden!!

Thanks buddy!!! We had the most fun hanging out, running all over his property! Haha activity points!  Baby kitten were even born a couple of weeks before!

Love hanging out with the fam!

London is staying with grandma for a couple of days. So I am going to try and get a couple of good workouts  in this week. Gotta lose lbs!!!!!!  See ya tomorrow!!!!!