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Two Meatballs: hi I’m Jenny and I am addicted to sugar.

April 7, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,twomeatballsgetfit View all 2 comments

I don’t know if I ever thought I really had an addiction problem. But I’m starting to think I really have a problem. Since February I have slowly drifted away from my tight healthy lifestyle. I have started allowing more and more sugar into my life. The more I have it the more I want it! There was a time in this journey having the occasional dark chocolate treat was so decadent and special and appreciated. I have let special occasions and daily stresses getthe best of me!!! Bahhhhhhh, it doesn’t feel good! I can see the sugar on more body!!! This suuuucks!!!! How has a food addiction creeped back into my life!!!!!!??? This mind frame I am in reminds me of the way I felt exactly a year ago!! I’m feeling weak to the food, and it is a reminder that getting started is the hardest part. I have not beaten this thing, not by a long shot!! I need to remind myself, how much I deserve my health!! Well with all this said, look at what I ate this Easter weekend. And yes I say weekend. I ate my way through Saturday, Sunday,and. Monday. #dontjudge #feltsogood #didntfeelgoodatall #intervention?

So most days start really strong. I always eat paleo meals and workout best in the am. Well I did just that Easter morning!

Umm thank god I went because the rest of the day was food crazy. This candy is all over my house, candy that I bought!!! I did t even try to prepare fun treats!!! I could have. But I ate stuff like this all weekend. It was a high and total regret all at the same time.

Then we we ment to my moms house for the rest of the day with this excited girl!

And when we walked in, this crazy pizza thing was an appetizer?!?!!

And here was dinner, lamp chops, scalloped potatoes, pea salad, carrot salad and deviled eggs.

And washed it all down with bunny cake!

It it was all delicious, and yet I have a hard time allowing myself to enjoy it in the moment. So then it was time to go home.

At this moment, it was about 4:30pm and I thought, there is no way I could be hungry for the rest of the night. Ahhhhh. Wrong!!!!!!!!! I was anticipating the final season of Mad Men and got super ungry with all this build up AMC does!! In my mind it just made sense to pair peeps and mad men together.

Sooooo I layed around and watched mad men from 7pm to 11pm. Ahhhh love that show!!

Monday we spent the whole day outside running around. We had to, I was having major food regret. We were at the park all day!!!

Between all the shitty food I ate, and trying to run around at the same time, Im. Exhausted!!!! Hopefully I can get to a good place soooooonnn!!! You guys will be the first to know!!! Xoxo see ya!!!

Two Meatballs: And our powerful thighs!!

April 3, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,twomeatballsgetfit Leave a comment

Thank you guys for all of your support!!! Another weigh in is done!!! Now let’s see how our third meatball BRANDON did?!?!!!

A few words from Brandon……..

Ok so this month I could blame a lot of things for not going to the gym. Some legit……most not. My truck broke down. London brought home some crazy stomach bug that derailed three relatives and half the guys I work with. This month was a pain in the ass. But from the ashes rises glory. London turned three!!!! Say whaaaaat?!?!?!

We saw an awesome Disney magic show. Hung out with family and had a great time. I turned 31. Feels no different but inside I’m still like 14. I got the bike up and running great. Only after it broke down on my way to work at 645 am.

Anyway. I gained back 5lbs but i know it’s just temporary. The best part about all of this. Is that my daughter is starting to ask to eat healthy and says “are you going to the gym daddy?” I know these little seeds with grow and she won’t have to go through the same things I did. Anywho. I’m out till next month. Brandon.
PS: She asked to sit on it so I obliged.

So now that now that we have weighed iN, on to April!!!! So let’s start on a good note…with a workout with Sandra!!!!! So I picked Sara up, and we were on the way!!!

And it was all about the legs today……and hours later, I’m really starting to feel it!!!

if you need a trainer, Sandra Axeman is your woman!!! She is fantastic!! We love you sandy!!!! Xoxo thanks guys for a successful week!! You make us want to be better!!! Have a great weekend, no chocolate bunnies for peeps for these girls !!

Two Meatballs: #Fatkinis For Everyone!!!!

April 2, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,#fatkini, Ashley Graham, bad bitches, body acceptance, Everything Curvy and Chic, Fashion, fashion obsessed, Fluvia Lacerda, Gabi Fresh, Garner Style, Love your belly, Love your boobs, Love your butt, love your thighs, Models, Nadia Aboulhosn, plus size bloggers, Plus Size Models, progress not perfection, Tess Munster, Torrid, Vogue Italiatwomeatballsgetfit View all 4 comments

*All photos used in the post are for entertainment purposes only and were all obtained from google image searches.

My name is Sara and I am hopelessly addicted to fashion and I always have been.

I mean…this girl means business! #babysara

When I was little I would make collages of models. I grew up in the heyday of The Super Model #heyoribe and I was hooked from image one.

I’ve had subscriptions to Teen Vogue, Vogue, Harper’s Bazar, In Style, V, W, Nylon and anything else I could get my hands on since the dawn of time. House of Style on MTV was my jam. #amberandshalom My best friend Lyndsay and I would play a game where we were designers and we made sketch books of our collections and would sell them to celebrities! #nerds I watched the George Michael’s Freedom video 1 million-ty times. I knew every single model and I fantasized about being in that video. I love love love clothes and styling. My secret dream job is to be a personal shopper/stylist…you know if my arms ever rip off and I can’t do hair winky face. #moveoverstaceyandclinton My ultimate dreams came to fruition a few years ago when thanks to my bosses and Oribe and Kien, I got the chance to work Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NYC. I had the opportunity to work Skaist-Taylor’s premier show! #dreamsreallydocometrue

I even had the privilege of helping with the WWD Look Book #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

But back to childhood…Since I was always bigger, I lived (and still do to this day) to dress my normally sized friends and family!!! #letmelivevicariously This was what models looked like when I was a kid.

It was hard to find a role model…or positive imagery for plus sized women…or even a place to shop! It was ok for big women to be funny (Roseanne) or successful (Oprah) but they couldn’t dare have the audacity to be thought of as sexy and they had the constant pressure to talk about dieting and the struggle. This shaped my childhood and a few of my teen years.

But it was even worse before my time!

Yeesh! Ouch!!!! I was so envious of my friends who could shop at The Limited Too, 5-7-9 and later The Express #hikelly #itsthisskirt,igotitfromexpress. I couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t make the same clothes, just in bigger sizes.

I found Lane Bryant when I was 16. For the very first time in my life there was a store that had somewhat fashionable (but possibly not age appropriate) clothing that actually fit my body. Before 16 I just put on whatever fit…literally. So, it certainly wasn’t fashion freedom by any stretch of the imagination, but I definitely felt better about my self, my choices, my body and my ability to be sexy. As I got older, other options started popping up…Torrid became a huge go to for me. Department stores started having better plus size options that weren’t matronly hell; Nordstrom, Belk, Macy’s to name a few. Then in my very late 20’s, early 30’s something happened. The population as a whole averaged around a size 14. And people were getting tired of not having options. It wasn’t so chic anymore that clothing companies only offered size 00-8. The majority consumer base was sized out of most clothing stores. To quote Pretty Women…”I have money to spend”. And you know what it became for companies who wouldn’t adapt from their antiquated sizing limitations…”A big mistake…HUGE!” H&M, Forever21, Charlotte Russe all started carrying plus. Online empires like Eloquii, Igigi, Evans, ASOS Curve, Mod Cloth, Monif C, Simply Be, Evans, BooHoo Official, and so many more offer amazing styles that I could have only dreamed up as a child. Now I really feel like I can craft my own style that represents who I am and what I love instead of being pigeon holed into something bc it’s all I was offered. (i.e.: boxy ill fitting button ups and capris) Ever since the dawn of social media and bloggers and brave magazines who embraced what the average American woman really looked like…the world started changing…my world in particular. This segment is called…Holy Role Models.

First off..swooooon! Sexy images of curvy women. Scantily clad images of plus sized beauties started cropping up…

High fashion images of women who looked a hell of a lot more like I looked (minus the height of course…and the model status …and cheekbones haha)…And even gasp…naked lovelies who weren’t waif-ish and who weren’t ashamed in the least.

Look how sexy these women are! There is beauty in everything…everywhere you look. I believe in building people up, not tearing them down….certainly not for their size or looks. It finally felt like the world was evolving and coming around to the idea that beauty, confidence and sex appeal comes in every shape, color and size. And if you’ve been living under a rock, you may not know this but a pretty powerful thing just happened in the world of fashion…MILK Modeling Agency has signed sized the stunning beauty that is Tess Munster.

#victory

Thank goodness the world is evolving!!!! This community is so powerful and so able to be heard immediately thanks to the ever present and growing social media, that clothing giants are listening and bringing in theses bloggers and giving the people what we have wanted all along. Fashionable, attractive, sexy, on trend clothing. When I found clothes that made me feel good, I started feeling very empowered and feeling empowered is addictive and …empowering. You want to pay it forward. You want for every woman, man and appropriately aged child to feel amazing in their own skin and for me the start of that is liking your clothes, seeing people who look like you and embracing the beautiful gifts you’ve been given. Your sexiness comes from you…others just have the pleasure of taking it all in. So now we come to today. The world is full of positive body imagery, powerful body acceptance blogs and tons of clothing options. It’s also full of women who want to be referred to as simply women, instead of plus size. I am so guilty of this bc it is a label that has defined me forever. I find no shame in it, but I can for sure get behind a campaign to unite everyone. We are women, hear us roar no matter our differences.

But my favorite trend of late is #fatkini. This trend started last summer in an attempt to have nothing off limits, a ton of very differently shaped and sized ladies decided that ANYONE can wear bikinis…I mean why not…they’re so adorable. I love this movement and everything that it means. It means that women are embracing their bodies and loving them and wanting to put them on display. Yes we can!!! So today, for the first time in my life I joined the rest of the world and bought my first…several bikins and you guyyyyyyys….I’m in love!

With three bottoms and three tops I have so many options!!!! And I’ve never felt cuter!!!! This is my all time favorite trend and it’s more flattering than almost every single one of my one pieces. #fatkinisforall Here are some other real life people embracing this fashion takeover…

And these are my favorite models reppin’ like champs…

This is Fluvia Lacerda.

Ashley Graham…

Tess Munster and friends… And these are my favorite bloggers…

Nadia Aboulhosn www.nadiaaboulhosn.com This girl changed my whole world…her fashion game is on point and now she has a line with Boo Hoo Official!!! #dreamsreallydocometrue #styleicon #myhero

Danielle Vanier http://www.daniellevanier.co.uk

Gabi Fresh-she has a hell of a sexy swim wear line http://www.swimsuitsforall.com http://www.gabifresh.com

Chante http://www.everythingcurvyandchic.com

Garner Syle is my current obsession (on the right) Chastity Garner-Valentine http://www.garnerstyle.blogspot.com you should check her out today!!!! So when I posted my pic from Torrid today with #fatkini on it, I tagged basically everyone I mentioned above and these three awesome things happened…

Swoooooooooooon!!!! My life is complete. My blogging/fashion idols are the shit. Garner Style, Gabi Fresh and Fluvia made my whole life! Thanks y’all. So in closing, I hope you find the inspiration or trend you need to make you feel as great as you already are. Stop waiting for perfection to happen, no one cares about your stretch marks or bat wings and if they do, it’s really just a reflection of how poorly they see themselves. Hug your judgmental friend…she needs it and go out and get that bikini/romper/jumpsuit/overalls!!! Check out those blogs. And if you aren’t plus sized it’s ok…this post is about everyone feeling great about who they are…not just girls that look like me! Jenny and I are still fighting the fight for health and we choose to be proud and confident during the entire process.

And in closing this is a little segment called…trends that don’t work for me!!! Hahahahaha!!! I believe that you should never limit yourself, but I also believe that some things look better on my body than others! These made the don’t list and had me cracking up in the dressing room. #yourwelcome #camelwoahhhhhh #iveneverlookedshorter #babydenimvest #sorrykelly

I love ugly almost as much as I love things that work! #anythingforalaugh Lovey’all!

Two Meatballs: Bubbles and Bubbly!!! (aka: The 13th Weigh In!)

March 31, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,Alice in Wonderland, bubble bath, change of scenery, Mad Hadder Tea Party, Meatballs in trees, meatballs turn 1!, naked outside, picnic party, Thanks kitty, weigh intwomeatballsgetfit View all 2 comments

You guys!!!! Last April we posted our very first weigh in!

We were nervous and naked…everything was brand new! #alliteration An entire year has flown by and we are so proud of the progress we have made…why not throw a Mad Hatter tea party to celebrate!?

It’s our Meatball Birthday!!! Make a wish!

Time to cut the cake!

I mean, it’s Gluten Free #healthyashale

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year! Happy Meatball Birthday to us!

Lets get out of these pretty dresses and into this lovely weather!!! Hello spring!

It’s soon nice, it was literally pouring an hour ago!

We have so many more clothing options now that we are both halfway to our goals!

Picnic party time!

It’s not a Meatball party until someone takes their top off…welcome to a little segment called stripping’ in suburbia!

Cheers to that…am I right ladies!?

Time to get squeaky clean for our weigh in!!! Bathing suits on!

Time for bubbles and bubbly!!! (Thanks for the name Dempsey!)

All clean…time to show you our progress!!! Jenny, you’re up bunny!

It has been a whole year!!! Wow. This feels really good. When we started this a year ago I was sure I was going to be at my goal by this point. Ha. This is a journey of strength, patience, and perseverance. i will always be happiest with myself when I have worked hard. I want to spend the next year working hard. I am positive success will follow!! I am so proud to be a meatball!! And amazed by my other meatball, Sara, everyday. I have absolutely loved sharing this with my friend! We are in this together, every single pound !!!!!! I am so excited for year number two. Love you guys, thank you for always supporting us. Here we goo!!

Ok Sara, you’re up kitten!

So I have been talking a lot lately about how real the struggle is. I blew back up to 273 with my need to comfort myself. But I feel so much better now being back. I know how to eat cake pops, I know how to eat fries. I also know how to lose weight and it’s not like this!

#guiltyascharged #itsglutenfreedammit

I really love cooking and I really love feeling strong at the gym. Even though I had to write another plus sign on my board, I managed to lose 7 pounds of hedonism this month. I don’t want to lose the same weight I’ve already lost. I’m still headed to the Grand Canyon, I just took the scenic route. Reflecting on how far we’ve come in a year is unreal. We honestly look like different people. Everyday that we are doing well, I just think…we’ve never looked better and we’ve never been closer. Jenny!!!! You look amazing and I couldn’t love you more….is it possible that we have become even closer!?! Thank you to everyone who has supported this erratic journey. We will reach our goals…slowly but surely. Xoxo times a mil!

We are having the best time on this journey…even though it’s really challenging! Thank goodness we have each other…and you!

So much love and so much laughter! Just how we like it!

Well, that’s a wrap!!!

Jenny’s sister Catherine shot our weigh in!!! Thank you sooooo much…we really love the pictures and it was so much fun! Thank you for letting us sprinkle your house up and flood your bathroom!!! WE love you!!!!

Ok y’all, it’s officially outtake time!!! #yourwelcome #birdcagepanties #buttcage #whosteppedinpoop #thedogslovephotoshoots #weoverflowedthetub #nothingmakesyoufeelfatter #twogirlsinabathtub #towmeatballssittininatree #canddddyyyy #sprinklescake #aliceinwonderland #whatagreatyear #blowingbubbleswasdisasterous #jennychoked #hikittysorryweweresonaked #schoolbusesandchildreneverywhere #middaybackyardnudity #newvenue #daytimeshoot #layoffmeimstarving #thetreeisgoingtobreak #pussywillows #twobigpussies #yourmomishilarious #thankskitty #hikelly #everyposelookslikeweareacouple #wearebothfacetouchers #intimacyfordayshahahahahahahahahahaha

Xoxo

Two Meatballs: Learning To Say No To Ourselves….and Yes to 1,000 Squats!

March 27, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,#getfitwithsandra, B.Good, healthy raleigh restaurants, hi kelly, innovative fitness training, integrity, no reward for you, www.innovativefitnesstraining.comtwomeatballsgetfit View all 8 comments

Jenny and I are both very reward based people. We respond well to a prize, a treat, a date and as you know, lately…a cupcake. We don’t respond well to punishment. #knowthyself #donttellmewhattodo So when we needed to get back on track it was important to identify what we could strive for…as if our health wasn’t enough #itsnot. And after lots of deep talks, what we found is that integrity is our big prize. We reward ourselves allll the time so sometimes the big win is saying no to ourselves when we want what we want when the fuck we want it . We really got deep on our drive and we even batted around the idea of a Meatball sabbatical…until we realized we had already been on it for two months. That was a real gut check for me on how rock bottom I had hit. I neeeed this blog. I need to tell my secrets so they don’t take over. I need to share my struggles and my successes. I’m not sure I could have survived Gig’s passing if I hadn’t been able to share her life. Writing is a part of me now and I can’t not get these things out and share with the world. What we have identified and now know for sure is that we need each other, we need you reading this and cheering us on, we need Sandra kicking our ass and we need Joelle to give us perspective and inspiration. I mentioned my fierce conversation with Joelle earlier this week. First let me say how truly grateful I am to have a mentor who cares so much in my life. Once we identified that I was back on track (this was day one of the Humdinger Juice Cleanse), we started talking about how un-motivating it is to get back on track. How bad it sucks to lose weight that you’ve already lost. How do you make that exciting again?! How do you reengage? And then she suggested something that I think is genius. This next weigh in marks our 1 year anniversary or Meatball birthday if you will #yesiwillllll so why not start with our highest weight for THIS year. I feel so far away from 340. But now my highest weight from this year is 273 and that feels soooo far away from 250 which is my lowest. I find that gap extremely un-motivating. These are our rules, we get to make them and change them and why not reframe this picture to be something that feels good!?! Also, when I gain so much weight in between, I don’t get any credit for digging myself out of the hole. I want the credit dammit. It’s going to take me a long time to shed 23 pounds and I need to see some minuses on that chalkboard not just 4 months of pluses. Some people may think this is a copout and that’s fine. Minuses will always be more motivating for me than pluses and I don’t feel the need to punish myself any further or really at all. Moving forward is key…Joelle you sweet genius. Thank you so much for helping me out of this hole and for the perspective shift. I’m feeling pumped. What now!?! Time to sweat. Enter Sandra!!! As per usual, Jenny picked me up and we were still sleeping.

I kept accusing Jenny of getting up in the morning and blowing out her hair and putting on makeup before the gym bc she always looks soooooo much better than I do. Although to be fair, I barely put clothes on much less comb my hair! Hahaha #iwokeuplikethis Today was a fucking doozy and she said it would be which is always terrifying. This was the first time in a long time where it just seemed non-stop…the breaks that we did get were like 5 seconds (or that’s what it felt like!). But I will say that it flew by…..thank gah! Welcome to the montage.

Are you exhausted yet?! To be sure I’m thin now! Did you catch my over it face and then me cracking up…I can never hold a serious face! Jenny looks amazing and powerful! I don’t even remember anything I just know everything came with a squat. Jenny and I never spoke once and only had one pathetic little dance break bc we were so pooped. Sandra….WE LOVE YOU! You guys really need to come and see her. She is the most inspiring human and she will push you so much further than you would ever push yourself. We even got a shout out on her Innovative Fitness Training page! #arewefamousyet!?

Now get those gym rat outfits off and lets see something nice ladies!

So basically what I’m saying is call her, (919) 601-3140 and start seeing results like ours today, the those bikini beach days are right around the corner. OK, What else keeps you on track!?! Finding a new healthy food place.!?!?! This segment is called welcome to my new obsession….Our Meatball Sub, Nikki introduced us to a great new place in North Hills called B. Good and dammit it is ooooh sooooooo good. #didyouseewhatididthere!? I ate there three days in a row.

Sunday was my first day of solids after the amazingly epic Juice Cleanse of ’15! And I didn’t want to fuck it up by eating something I shouldn’t. But I was also too weak to cook (best excuse of my life) So Jenny and I had a lovely little solo date Sunday night and we managed not to eat cupcakes. Victory number 1! This place has so many healthy and delicious options! I had a Southwestern chicken Salad and she had a Toasted Almond Ginger Kale Bowl and we split Sweet Potato fries!!!!!!

We did not dress up for each other #oldcouple and they sent us out a mistake!

And then our real dinners!

Great!!!!!! Then I met my childhood pal Elizabeth for dinner Monday night! I got a yummy spicy burger in a lettuce wrap and real fries with a Kale Krush smoothie!

Elizabeth is on her own healthy journey and it was so nice to catch up!!!! Love you! Then me and Kelly went back Tuesday night and I Kale Krushed it up!

If you haven’t tried this place you should. Get ready…weigh in is happening next week!!!!!! See you Tuesday night at 7!!!!!! We love y’all so much. Thanks for your patience and support during a rough little journey!!!! We love y’all so much!

Two Meatballs: From Our home to Youueeerrrs!!

March 26, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,twomeatballsgetfit View all 2 comments

We are cooking!!!!! These meatballs are really trying hard to stay focused!! It so hard with our crazy, busy lives……So we try to take advantage of any down time and spend it together meal planning! So Sara called me on the fly , Tuesday afternoon, and before I knew it she was at my house and cooking was in full swing!!

On the Menu tonight ( keeping it super basic) …………Zucchini Noodles and peppers, Chicken Sausage and sweet potato fries!!!!

here we goooooo…….. prep time.

Cutting, chopping and slicing

throw the peppers in to the skillet with Zucchini noodles!! Which I have decided are my favorite of all the veggie noodles.

Some shallots!

now just wait and stir!!!

don’t forget to add your chicken sausage!! Love this brand. They are pre cooked so all you really have to do is warm them up and get them golden brown on the outside… I love idiot proof cooking!

Sara just got off of work….and needed a lazy moment!!! right in Londons Laundry!!!

Gotta put the fries in the oven……25 minutes at 425!!

and done!!!! Healthy dinner for this fam!!!!

While all that was sautéing, Sara and I really wanted a paleo sweet treat…. And It just so happened I had some frozen bananas in my freezer……um ICE CREAM!!!

So all you need is

4 frozen bananas

1 tbs cocoa powder

1/2 cup of water

and blend the shit out of it……..I have a little bit more of a sweet tooth so I added a tbs of honey to mine….yummmmmmmm!!!!!!!!

my blender was struggling to make it!!! #ismellyourengine

finally it happened, we had icream and it was great!

our favorite look!!!

More adventures in cooking next week!!! love you guys!! muuuah!

Two Meatballs: Call it magic!

March 25, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,twomeatballsgetfit View all 2 comments

London turned 3 on March 20th!!!!! So I we started the day with paleo sprinkled pancakes!!! Uhhhh my favorite?!?!? Haha, London loves these just as much as me!!!!

When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, all she would ever say was PINK!!!! If it is pink and adorable and girlie, she wants it. Ok!!!! I can get into that!! So what better way to celebrate a 3 year olds birthday then with pink non-paleo cupcakes! And she wanted to be a part of the whole thing. P.s. Aunt kitty is the best!! She loves a party and is such a big help for this working mom!!!!

months ago we decided we were going to take the whole family out for Londons’s birthday to the DPAC to see. Mickeys Magic Show! Already, at such a young age, London loves going to a movie/theater show. She gets so excited when the lights go down and the music begins. I love that we have this in common!!! I love our movie date. And I hope these are things London will always remember!!!

love this girl!!

So the 21st was the day of the show, and London was so ready!!

Brandon wrote a Funny song “I’m not gonna poop my pants today!!!” about being a big girl and using the potty before we left to meet with our family!! He is the sweetest daddy. He is silly and London can’t get enough of him!!!

We met up with everyone. London loves when all of her people are all together!!!

So so we celebrated with some paleo bloody Mary’s?!?!?!? Haha noope

We we had the best time at the show. Totally adorable!!! And loved having everyone there!!! Ahhhh I look like an awkward middle schooler in this pic!!!!

And of of course with all these grandparents here, we didn’t leave without a souvenir!!!!

We Came home and had a pink party!!!

Yes. I had a cupcake. I tried not beat myself up about it and just enjoy these moments. Londons’s birthdAy was worth it!!!!!! We had a great day. I love her and our family so much . Thanks for celebrating with us!!! Tomorrow is a new day, full of paleo meals and treats!!!!! Weigh in is just about here!!!

Two Meatballs: Ah…Juice It…Juice it Real Good!!!

March 24, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,framily, Humdinger Juice Cleanse, Major tests, mine valley, no cupcakes please, Restart, wolfpacktwomeatballsgetfit View all 2 comments

Get it!?!?!? Hahahahaha Salt and Pepa for life! Gah I’m funny…or is it just me!? Anywho, I so desperately needed a restart button and it came in the form of a 3 day Humdinger Juice Cleanse. Have you heard of this amazing company?! I am a person who needs a very literal recommitment. I had seen some of my clients drinking their juice and then found out the the company was local…then I found out that the founder of the company was on One Tree Hill. Ummm, where do I sign up!? So on a day filled with empowering moves of saying no to ourselves and our rallying cry speech from Michael Knight, I went online and ordered a three day juice cleanse….what better way to start fessh?! It was a bit of an investment, which I also need to get serious…I need a literal buy in! The next day a cooler with 18 juices appeared on my front door. Yippee!

I did this so on the fly that I didn’t read or do any of the pre work…ie: cutting out meat and sugar, upping my water intake, cutting caffeine, and adding hot water with lemon to my daily routine! Whoopsie Daisy! These juices are very perishable so pre work be damned. I said so long to chewing, woke up Thursday morning and had my first juice…Glow, before our workout with Sandra!

Y’all, it was so good! There was pineapple, apple, filtered water, mint and lime! So refreshing! The workout went great!

Then I got home and had my second juice…Balance. It reminded me of Green Machine from Whole Foods!

I got ready for work and packed my bag with three more juices.

I drank tons of water and lemon water that day!

In between clients at three hour intervals I would slam another juice!

Because by the third hour I was starving!

And getting a little tired and weak!

That afternoon, my spirit animal and mentor Joelle brought me into her office for a Fierce Conversation. I am always game to dig deep. She wanted to talk about my spiral out of control and confronted me with the most devastating thought…what if nothing changed in 6 months. How much weight could I gain back…ugh!!!! All of it! I was already in a good place with getting back on track but she helped me see that I needed to find another tag line…a rallying cry to keep myself on track. So my new line is what does 33 look like? I really want to be very close to my goal weight of 160 by my next birthday. She also made me realize a couple of other things which we will get into on a later post. Joelle…I love you! Work came to a close and so did my eyes. The fatigue was a lot! So I went home and had my 6th and final juice of the day, aptly named Calm. Now I must say, and you all know that I judge books by covers, this juice was milky white and just looking at it gave me gas. But, it ended up being my absolute favorite! It had vanilla, maple syrup and cinnamon! Yuuuuuuuum!

I literally passed out a few moments later bc I’ve literally never gone an entire day in my life without chewing something!

I slept like a champ…10 hours! I woke up very tired and they named this a cleanse for a reason. Me and my bathroom have a new relationship…and I blew through an entire book. It’s just juice so it runs rigggght through you…like every ten minutes! Thank gahhhh I was off this day. I started out my day with and this may shock you…a juice!

And no joke, my skin looked amaze and I already felt less dense…a little lighter. This was quite possibly from the never ending diarrhea!

I headed off to get a mani/pedi with my buddy Lee…this was about all the energy I could muster!

Then it was back home for more low key non movement, juice and pooping.

I was starting to really food porn fantasize about eating…anything! I did the meanest thing to myself. I started watching Diners, Drive Ins and Dives while pinning a hundred thousand paleo recipes on Pinterest! One thing is for sure…I’m going to appreciate Paleo so much more on Sunday. I had to get out of the house. My bestie Katie is home from DC and my sister got two baby chicks for the boys…the perfect get together! So I went and picked Katie up!

And it was off to my sisters! Somebody look at these chicks and my chicken nuggets!

I asked the boys to show me a chick face and this is what I got…ha!

Due to my fear of death by salmonella, this was my reaction and proximity to the fowl birds! Get it!? There I go again…being hilarious 😉

There is always time for snuggles…after these dirty birds washed their hands #aintnobodygottimeforsalmonella

Then we asked Wyatt to take a picture of the girls…#faileo

Then Auntie Katie and the boys played and she told my favorite story of all time!

They named the chicks Jelly and Duck duck I think…at one point there was an Oy Fishy…#oyvey Katie and I were pooped..one of us literally…so it was time to go! Another day of juicing down!

But I had a dinner to go to the following evening and I was responsible for dessert, so what a fun test this was! Thanks Whole Foods for looking so tempting!!!

I’m starving…so bedtime for sure. The next morning brought…more juice!!! I felt a little more energy this day and again I slept like a damn champine! Today was the land of a million birthdays! First off…my other meatballs little Londy! But first…a juice!

Jenny will post more on this but it was a sea of delicious smelling cupcakes! Gah you assholes, don’t you know I’m on a juice cleanse. Jk…what kid doesn’t want a birthday full of cupcakes! And honestly nothing is better than the cutest little girl yelling your name when you arrive!

#preshtodeath

But I stuck to the rules. I really needed this to prove to myself that I could commit and keep my word! #success Love my Jenny and her amazing family. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this special day!

Back to my house for a rest before party number two…and another juice #officiallyoverjuice!

Then it was off to my bestie’s house for an old school Mine Valley Reunion/Celebration of Gigi/Sunny Jim (Katie’s Dad)’s birthday! What a fun night reuniting with everyone! We were a rag tag group. Mom has been battling with crippling tooth pain so she wasn’t able to go and Wyatt had a cold and Chase had a fever! Geez!!! But we rode together #duh and instantly had a blast! Welcome to Tedrow-land.

The Tedrow’s have an awesome pool table/ping pong table…so it was on!

Then we had a group moment for Gigi and all of our loved ones who have moved on!

And then it was dinner time!

None for me thanks! #worsttimingever! I’ll just cuddle with sweet Chase and juice it up!

Time to celebrate Sunny Jim’s birthday! #areyaone?!

Then it was game time!!! Go Pack!!!!!

What a great game….we won!!!!! Best night ever!!!! Love you Tedrows and Reedys!!!! So great to see my Katie Nana….

And thankfully the juice cleanse is finally done! #hallelujer Time to masticate…get your head out of the gutter, and read a book! hahahahahahahahaha

I made it and I feel wonderful! If you are in need of a health project, inspiration and just a dose of integrity you should google Humdinger Juice stat!!! Look at the difference!

I feel less bloated and off of my sugar obsesh days. I feel fresh and springy and literally empty 😉 I’m baccccccccccccccckkkkkkkk!!!! Love y’all!

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Two Meatballs: I’m losing IT!!!

March 20, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,twomeatballsgetfit Leave a comment

You guys!!!!!!! I almost lost my shit this morning!!!!! It is Jenny By the way!! haha. So you know my sweet nugget has been under the weather!!! And all she has wanted to do is snuggle…which I loooooove!!!! Well we are going on day number five and life is becoming a mother EEFFing struggle!!!!!! The internal struggle of being nurturing and practical is taking a toll on my mental state!

my go to stress reliever is to comfort eat!! We were so rushed this morning, because everything was so drawn out. From putting clothes on, brushing teeth, brushing hair, Cooking breakfast..(and we had to cook it together, which again I love but takes double time) and if you guys didn’t know it, London is A BIG girl and so she wants to turn the lights offs herself, well I made the mistake and turned a light off, and she lost it for the third time this morning!!! I always pick Sara up on Thursdays because we meet with Sandra. So I texted her an let her know I was running late, Which she knows is my pet peeve! I got London all the Way to daycare and she realized we forgot her favorite stuffed animal “Brownie” the cutest little puppy! And again she lost it! It’s just one of those dayssss (singing that).
So I finally picked Sara up and tried to explain to her all the emotions I was already feeling this morning!!

Yes I reenacted my mood at work!!!

So Sara had some good advice……..”Take it out on the gym”

So I did. Sandra was ready to work this morning, and so were we!!!!

We got to work and I felt GREATTT!!!! Patience and Hard work feels good!

Two Meatballs: Resolutions Check In!

March 19, 2015health, fitness, beauty, motivation, plus size, make up, hair, hairstylist, oribe, bumble and bumble, MAC Cosmetics, comedy, Paleo, besties, best friends, meatballs, exercise, life change, lifestyles,focus, hiatus over, just getting back on track', motivation, moving on, not starting over, resolution check in, struggles, the struggle is realtwomeatballsgetfit View all 4 comments

I love a new year and more than anything this year I love Spring! As long as we can avoid the Easter candy!!!

Spring always feels like a rebirth or an awakening!

It’s time for shorts!!!!

I chopped my hair off for the occasion!

I spent this winter pretending to be a bear who desperately needed to get fat to survive the cold! #check

So now that it is warm outside I thought it would be a good idea to check and see how these bold New Years Resolutions were going! Here is what I chose to do this year:

Sara…

1. Be kind and grateful every single day

2. Fight less

3. Use your smarts for good not evil

4. Stay strong and focused

5. Reach my weight goal of 160

6. Keep cooking and stay active

7. Be open to sharing my life with someone

8. Find better coping mechanisms for when I’m overwhelmed

9. Throw yourself into juicing

10. Read at least one book a month…this is my first book recommended by my fab sis Kelly from a fellow blogger…Momastery’s Glennon Melton! #pumped #inspirationfordays

Check in:

1. Ok so I think I am killing it on the kindness front. I didn’t like the way I was being perceived and as we all know perception is reality so being kind and loving feels a million percent better. My misplaced passion comes across as aggressive anger and that is not my intention! Yay…starting off on a good foot! All of this makes me feel super grateful! Check #2!

2. I am def fighting less! I am really trying not to bicker or engage in fights for fun! #2 check!

3. This one cracks me up!!! When I reread it I thought good lord…what were you doing up until now?! But I think I’ve succeeded on that front as well. Changing my perspective to wanting to help and being open, loving and empathetic makes it almost impossible to tap into my middle school mean girl! Well, this feels great!

4. Ooooph, well I have been working very diligently on focusing and organizing! That is a plus!

5. Ugh! I have officially gained 20 pounds. I need to get my mind back in the game…not driving back from the Grand Canyon!

6. Jenny and I have started cooking again and the gym is no longer a dusty stranger in my life! Thank God!

7. I’m exploring possibilities 😉

8. Well, this one has been a struggle. Food has been my coping mechanism and most recently Edible Art strawberry lemonade cupcakes, so this one still needs some major work! #evenbeyahasbaddays

9. I officially own a real juicer thanks to my client Ruth!!! It’s go time with this one! Also, I just ordered a juice cleanse to get myself started from Humdinger!!! #excited

10. I finished reading Carry On, Warrior and it was so inspirational and amazing. Now I’m reading a gift from my bestie…Amy Poehler’s Yes Please and it is wonderful, funny and empowering. Next in line is Lena Dunham’s book! Can’t wait!!!

Ok so the check in was about 70/100. I love a grade, I love to know where I stand but honestly folks its a big fat D and not the kind I like #ayohhhhh. There are some things that def need to change. I don’t commit to anything unless my mind is right. As Joelle coined it, it’s the Kinda Sorta mentality. When I check back in I’m in until I’m not and unfortunately there have been more off days than on days this month. Whenever I talk about this in real life everyone always tells me to give myself a break. But I think I might be better off clocking back in from break and getting back into the swing of life. See that’s the thing with a lifestyle change. You aren’t getting back on your diet, you are actually getting back to your life….which seems way less overwhelming and more motivating. And right now normal sounds delightful. Jenny and I had a great pow wow yesterday. We were headed to Edible Art to eat cupcakes and talking about why we were so fat and unmotivated…do you see the irony here!? Well we got so pumped up to move on that we turned around, she went to the gym and I went to the grocery store!!! We said no to ourselves. We are tired of being fat…

We’re tired of being sad about it!

We are happy girls and we know how to do this!

No more bullshit start stops!

Our great pal and fitness guru gave us a hell of a pep talk yesterday! He said just remember how good it felt to be committed! Get yourself back there! Thanks Michael!