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Two Meatballs: To Medicate or Not to Medicate, That is the Question!

March 18, 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,adhd, capture and release, control, hi my name is sara and I'm a mess, organization, rain mantwomeatballsgetfit View all 12 comments

Lately, I’ve become totally overwhelmed with my adult ADHD. When I was little I got in trouble in school most often for never shutting up! #nothinghaschanged

When I was younger I could remember absolutely everything. Not only did I remember verbatim our conversation, but I used to remember the date, location and your outfit from the convo in question. I can recall dates pretty easily. I have an odd rain man like mind.

I used to memorize everything…just in case I found myself on a game show (Kristina and I were OBSESSED with games and the Game Show Network when we were kids) and I just didn’t know what I would need to know.

When I was in college I dabbled with Adderall and it really just made me the mossst intense, unlikable human on the planet! I have actually always liked my ADHD bc it allowed to to juggle many things at once. I felt like doing hair was a great choice for me…I could be super creative, surround myself with people, dabble in chemistry, art, geometry, psychology, business, customer service, cheerleading my coworkers, current events, history, basically anything you can think of and what I’m doing changes every fifteen minutes to an hour. My dream!!!

But, as I started taking on more responsibilities, and splitting my time between being a stylist, mentor, management and educator…my brain started to get overloaded. I wasn’t remembering the big things much less what you were wearing when you asked me to do it. My very full plate was now overflowing and there was no more room at the inn. I have never had to write things down. I am so ill equipped at organization bc i never had to rely on anything but me!!! Then add sickness and grief on top and things really started slipping through the cracks. Being unfocused and over loaded leads to being overwhelmed which leads me to a Treat Yo Self lifestyle which is anything but bc it’s a messy room, overeating shit, being lazy and spending too much money!

This was literally my bedroom a week ago!

All of these things make me feel like this!

I pride myself on being fast and efficient. If you ask me to do something I do it dammit. So what is happening?!?! I had my Mega 1 on1 with my mentor, Joelle and she really helped me. This woman is so understanding. She is so gracious and patient. I had a total AHA moment in NYC…

I told Joelle that I thought I needed help and was going to see my doctor about ADHD medication….I mean somebody look at my notebook…baby got distracted!

I am always leery to do this bc I hate myself on these kinds of stimulants, but what were my other options!? (I’m dramatic and full of extremes). So during our meeting she let me know that she also thought it was becoming a problem and that she had some non medication ideas…and let me tell you what…these ideas have already saved my life. She knows me so well, so she named it something intriguing…a Catch and Release Program…I had already stopped listening bc now I was thinking of butterflies or tigers or dragons…who knows! I’m back…so basically its a system of sticky notes and notebooks.

I keep them within arms reach at all times and whatever needs to happen I Capture on a sticky note and then transfer into a notebook…then once I do said thing I Release it by either crossing it off or tossing the sticky note! My brain no longer needs to be responsible for remembering every mother fucking thing! Oh Myyyyyy Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you guys…I feel so relieved, so uncluttered, soo free!!!!!!!!! I wrote earlier this year about thinking that everyone had it together and that I was the village idiot. This is what I though organization had to look like…

This is what my taxes looked like this year…

Do you see the big difference here!? This seemed an unattainable jump to me!

But to be fair to myself I just didn’t have any kind of system in place to help myself! So with Joelle and Mary’s #hiMarebear help… I feel so in control.

I have a neat desk, an organizational system and a calendar…that I actually write on!

Things are not going to slip through the cracks on my watch anymore. I feel like I am sleeping better now too bc I’m not repeating things over and over to myself and I’m becoming a little less obsessive…thank goodness. This is what I feel like when I listen to other peoples advice and get more focused!

Get ready world…I’m armed and organized. So for now I’m going to try and stay medication free. Love you guys!!! Just remember, things don’t work if they are unrealistic for your life! You have to land on things that you can actually stick to!

Two Meatballs: Sick day…….. womp womp.

March 17, 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 One comment

My sweet little London is sooooo sick, she has a fever and can barely sleep becuase she is so congested. It is so sad when they are this sick, they just want to sleep right on top of you. If they could climb back inside of you, they would!!!! Not to mention, Londons birthday is on Friday. I desperately want her to be better by then. london’s only dream for her birthday is pink cupcakes. Aaaaahhhh. Yeah me too. I haven’t changed that much, the thought of over the top girly cupcakes is also my dream! So I need to make sure I eat right this week, so I don’t feel so guilty come Saturday. So I woke up with my sick girl and made us some paleo pancakes!!!!

I love ove these these things still!!! 1 banana, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup of tapioca flour. Cook them in coconut oil. Remindsme of crepes!!

and then we watched a lot of tv!! In our pjs all day…..literally!!

And then we had a washing dishes lessons.

I wanted to make sure I had food to bring to work, so I put some pork in the slow cooker!’ This makes a lot of left overs.

Art art time!!! I love having originals around the house, and it’s just fun!!! The first was London s sweet feet!

and then we made this masterpiece!! London an I were cracking up.

london wanted spaggetti for lunch. Look at this sick kid!

So i love Tina Myles!! She is the sweetest and most terrifying cat ever! But I think she loves me most….I’m so flattered!!! We are total snuggle buddies!!

I understand Taylor swift and her obsession with Meredith a little bit more now!! Anyway it was the worst and best day ever!! We had fun in the house. And now she is passed out in bed, sleeping off her fever hopefully!! She was a happy sick girl, there were moments today I had to remind her she was sick and could not go to the playground. So sad! I ate really well today, hope the rest of the week goes smoothly!! Xoxo

Two Meatballs: Can You Say Soooore!?!?

March 13, 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,back on track, Feeling good, innovative fitness training, reunited and it feels so good, Sandra Axman, the gym should be our home, We need our team!!!twomeatballsgetfit View all 5 comments

Today we were reunited with our beloved trainer! #thankgoodness We have literally only seen Sandra once this year before today between the weather, illness and charity walks! I’m not going to lie…I was really nervous about today!!! Pneumonia really knocked the wind out of me…get it?!?! And it has been a tough go building my stamina back up. Sweet Jenny came to pick me up this morning! #lovethisgirl

I shared my fears with Jenny…I told her I was scared I was going to pass out on the treadmill. So I had to act it out, but I couldn’t stop laughing!

Time to loosen up! Get back in the game!

We had a great hug fest when we walked in. Sandra is such a part of our Meatball journey and we realllllly missed her. Then we hopped on the treadmill for a warmup! We both survived #notdeadyet Time for a circuit in the little gym! We alternated between 2 exercises on each circuit, then switched for four rounds! First circuit was chest press with two 20 pound weights, 15 reps and the other person did squat wall balls with a 15 pound ball.

Yuck…i look awful! Haha, Jenny, your butt looks great! #powersquat This was harrrrd! Circuit number two was in the big gym and we alternated between ropes for 45 seconds and a back row, 15 reps. Again we did this circuit for 4 rounds.

Round Three was back in the small gym and consisted of boos ball sit ups for a minute and kettle bell swings for 45 seconds. Spoiler alert, 4 ROUNDS!

I had to swap out the kettle bells for another arm exercise bc I ran out of air! We stayed in here for our next duo. We switched between slam balls with a 15 pound ball and squats to military presses with 2-15 pound weights!

Now, back to the big gym for our final circuit! We did exercise ball wall sits and alternated with a weird run in place/punching bag slaps. You’re never going to guess…we did it for 4 rounds! 😉

It was really hard, but it was so great to be back. Sandra is so motivational! She kept reminding us to do one rep at a time, to make each movement count, to breath through it and to dig deep. We love Sandra so much and our journey was so off track while we were apart. Sandra, we can never thank you enough! You have been such a huge contributor to our success and we cannot wait to get back in the swing of things. Thank you thank you thank you , Love you love you love you.

We are both still up from our lowest, I guess we love a challenge. But my client Sarah was so right. We do better together. We feel better when we eat healthy and when we work out! We need each other and our support group. I’m sick of hearing myself say it, but we are finally back on track and dammit it feels great. Now, if we could just remember this! Xoxo

Two Meatballs: Bang Bang Into The Kitchennnnn!!!

March 12, 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,back in the kitchen, paleo recipestwomeatballsgetfit View all 3 comments

Get it?! Hahahahahaha

You guys……We are back in the kitchen. It has been so long. We definitely need this to reconnect to our journey!!!! And obvi……we don’t do well when we aren’t planning our meals. So what’s on the paleo menu you ask……..a few things. The more good foods that are around us, the less likely we are to fuck up.

Kicking old school with some Spagetti squash….Which i (jenny) usually hate!!! I guess Im kind of a noodle snob. Well I have decided I rather be healthy, then a snob (my favorite MAC Lip) . So yeah we are making spaghetti squash and MEATBALLS! Best part, we did all of it in the crock pot!!

Ingredients:

1 spaghetti squash cut in 1/2

Turkey Meatballs

1 jar of your favorite pasta sauce

Cut the squash in half, and face down in the crock pot, put the meatballs and sauce around the squash and cook on high for 3 hours. so easy!!!!! Great, when it is done, take the squash halves out and let them cool. Then take the noodles out with a fork.

Time for Bang Bang cauliflower!!!!!

And here we are making it happen!!

let me just say this is so delicious!!

Break time!!!!! Lets have an evening coffee.

lets get back to cooking!! Egg salad…Egg salad….EGG SALAD!!!!!

Amazing!!!!! How did we forget how much fun this way!!!! Love you Sara… Glad we did this. Try these recipes… so good!!!

Two Meatballs: The Absolute Worst Way To Honor Your Grandma!

March 11, 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,always with me, apple tats, apple women, back on track, blast from the past, cedar treasure chest, Cleaning out Grandma's home, family archivers and historians, goodbye house, head of the class, hidden treasures, honoring the past, memories, orange man and lady, strong family, super best buddy, Team Apple for life, trinkets and treasurestwomeatballsgetfit View all 8 comments

I feel an amazing and odd sense of comfort since Grandma Apple’s passing. I feel her with me all the time. I heard her laugh behind me the other day. I feel warm when I think of her, which is constantly. But I find that even though I’m not uncontrollably sobbing as I had anticipated, I am still desperately wanting to comfort myself with food. I’m not sure if it’s an attempt to continue to bond with her, bc food was an integral part of our relationship or if it is in an attempt to comfort myself. Grandma Apple was a total partner in crime when it came to bad eating. She was a snacker with a sweet tooth. We went on hundreds of trips to Dairy Queen for Heath Blizzards as kids. She fed you with lard and love anytime of the day. She was famous for her cube steak with taters and unguns as she called them and every meal came with a pan of biscuits. A healthy meal never came from the Apple’s residence. She had cabinets full of Bugles, chips, popcorn, Pop Tarts, peanut butter crackers, Pringles, and Oodles of Noodles. She had a cookie jar full of Little Debbies, mini candy bars, gum. And a freezer stocked with ice cream and ice cream sandwiches and frozen school pizza. We shared many a meal together at The Bojangle as she called it. Me, her and Grandpa had a standing beer and pizza night while I lived there. Now, having said all of this, she was always super concerned with my weight and with my health. I know she worried about me a lot. She always had a plan for us to get skinny together. She always said that she would get me “one of them yella polka dot bikinis” when I got thin. She always wanted status updates and no one was more proud than Gigi of our success. So why am I honoring her life by gaining weight back!?! Between being exhausted after the gym and my comfort snacking, I’m up almost 20! UGH! This is literally the last thing on earth this woman would want!!! I was rereading Two Meatballs: An Afternoon with Grandma Apple (because I can’t get enough of the memories) and I read a passage about her asking me how much weight I had lost, me responding 40 pounds and her saying…I wish it were a 100! I am sooooooo close to losing 100 pounds, or I was until I gave myself February off of paleo and the gym. Now it’s 9 days into March and I have to get real with myself. Eating like shit isn’t going to bring her back and it is the last thing she would want. So how do I keep the connection while getting back on track!? My Aunt Deb is the executor of the Apple will. She invited her siblings to come down to Wilson this past Saturday to gather any of the things inside the house that they wanted to keep. The next day, Kelly, Kristina and myself got to do the same. This was such an amazing, lovely, healing gathering. Deb, my mom Anna, Chase, Wyatt and baby Trace joined us. Again, I thought this would be sob fest 2015 and it was a little teary but very healing. I am for sure a symbols person. Being able to have some things that so totally remind me of her and Grandpa and our amazing childhood and surround myself with them in my own home feels so warm and lovely. She saved everything. She cherished every card, letter, newspaper clipping, inspirational quote, pictures, diaries, trinkets…this woman kept it all. It was incredibly healing and cathartic to go back through all the things you poured over all of these years and to do it again all together. I know they were both with us the entire time. It was also nice to get to say goodbye to the house. So many memories…and you know the great thing about memories is that you get to keep them FOREVER!

This day was full of laughter and memories and some tears, but mostly great stories and time travel! I don’t know about you but, everytime I see something I travel back to the moment that it happened…and who better to do that with, than the people you were with when it happened the first time around. #teamapple Kids are a great distraction…and they loved finding their own trinkets to remind them of Gigi.

As the day came to a close we all said our little goodbyes. Mom asked me to go back and shut the door as everyone was packing up their treasures…

And it was a last moment alone…I got a little choked up as I said my farewell. This felt very final. But it also felt like a nice way to leave it be. Now it was time to go home and find all of my Apple things a new resting place. Our grandma always had a cedar chest for all the really important things, so I got two suitcases to fill with my little treasures.

This one has the letters and stories that I wrote my grandparents, her Harlequin Novels, her favorite Disney sweatshirt, an apple oven mitt that was well loved, an old pair of leather gloves, a stainglass apple, a string of her beads, a diary, a book on Aries, and an old bowl. In suitcase number two…

Lots of old pictures, an old license from each of them, a granny and grandpa figurine, and a You are the Apple of My Eye picture and finally a can of snuff…her guilty pleasure. I will take these out for the rest of my life and find so much joy in these little treasures! I am so lucky to have walked away with some of my very favorite things.

But the one thing that I wanted the most was her Princess ring…we held hands a lot and I loved touching and playing with this ring. I thought it was so beautiful and so different…and I am so thankful that my family trusted me to take good care of it. I think it was also important to me that me, my cousin and my sister got a ring so that we could all have her with us always. I don’t ever want to take this gem off.

She was such an important person in my life. I am so happy for her that she got to go the way that she would want and I’m so happy that she is with her husband and her sister and countless other loved ones. I will always want more time with her, but I am so happy to be able to honor her by staying super close with my entire family and thinking fondly of both Apples every single day. Grandpa called me Cotton Top

and Granma (that’s how we spelled it) would call me Sara Jane, Sara Ruth, Sara Lee, Roomie. We are so lucky to have had them as long as we did. So how else do you get back on track and honor Janet Apple!? By eating healthy, getting back in the kitchen!

This was maple dijon chicken…super easy to make. 4 chicken breasts, 1/2 cup dijon mustard, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar and rosemary, salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 425, place chicken breasts on a greased 9 x 13 pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix together wet ingredients and coat the chicken with the mixture..sprinkle with rosemary and bake for 35 minutes. I made this with roasted cauliflower and broccoli and they were delicious! Why is it so hard to remember how good it is to cook!? What else…go to the gym with Jenny and my dad! Stay on the path to continue getting healthy…nothing would make Gigi happier!

How else can we honor the Apples?! Continuing traditions…making time for children and playing time honored Old Maid.

The boys even drew pictures of Gigi as an angel…crying my eyes out!

And a quick home makeover. Seeing her bookcases really made me want to makeover my own. I want to honor all members of my family and our family history all the time! These were my cluttered catch all before shelves! Sidebar, Jenny’s husband and our third meatball, Brandon built me these shelves years ago and I love them soooo much!

And this was the end result!

And the side by side…you know I love picstich!

Ahhhhhh, I love my family and Grandma, I promise I’m going to reach my goal. She always said that she couldn’t go until she thought everyone was settled. She must have thought we were all going to be alright and that really gives me hope! Team Apple for life. Ps…I know that I don’t talk about them nearly as much as I should bc we don’t see each other that much, but I love my Beard family soooooo much! Post to follow soon! Xoxo time to honor her the right way.

Pps…My client/love of my life Sarah just came in and gave me so much insight….and some beautiful flowers! Xo I’m stuck in a disappointment cycle and Jenny and I are too disconnected. We are blogging completely separately and have been for some time…this is supposed to be our journey TOGETHER! We need each other and we need Sandra and we need to stop disappointing ourselves. Feeling pumped times a million!!!! Thanks Sarah! Love you like woah!

Two Meatballs: I was just born this way!

March 10, 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 One comment

i remember being one of the tallest kids in my 5th grade class. And then every year after that I got shorter and shorter. i never made it past 5 feet tall!!!! I always liked being short, fun size, magical, adorable, and child like. But it has proven to be a struggle my adult life while battling my weight loss. Every single pound counts. At my height 10lbs lost is incredible and at the same time gaining 5 lbs feels and looks like 10!!! Wtf. So even though my weight loss has slowed down, I am reminded to still like myself and be grateful for the body I was given. When I am loosing weight I feel so confident and sexy, but the longer I stay stagnant I start feeling unpleasant about my body. How can I change my mind set?!?! I want to be powerful more often then not. I feel best when I am at the gym, but more so when I get home and slam a huge glass of water and cool down in my sweaty clothes.

If i can’t be at the gym, I am all over town with my little nugget. So we went shopping and made wishes in a fountain.

And then we spent an hour in a toy store playing with everything.

And then hen we went to Samuel cole and London got her first official haircut!!

She did so well, so we went out for a little bit of frozen yogurt.

It it was a great day, Brandon came home from the gym, and then I went.

A totally balanced day, and it feels so good. I wasn’t focused on my body all day long. I want to live in the moment full of satisfaction knowing I will work later, play took a first seat today, and that’s ok.

Two Meatballs: The better meatball?!?!?

March 6, 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

how did Brandon do????? Let’s see!!!!

Yesss. I don’t know how I did it but I lost 3 lbs!!! Not gonna lie this month was rough. Found a lot of excuses to not go work out but I stayed strong on my diet/life style change. That being said I’m writing this as I slam my second helping of my mom’s pineapple cake that I have not had in i don’t know how long. London is asleep in the back room so excited to spend the weekend with grandma. We had an awesome ride out jamming to some Queen, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Elton John and even Aerosmith. #dadlife is awesome and I have all this new found confidence that comes with loosing weight!! If you haven’t tried it yet you shlould.

So proud of my hubby! He has worked hard and grateful everyday that we are in this together!

well with a shitty February behind us, we are feeling super inspired to make March count!!!! So what should I do first, how about some yummy Brussel sprouts. We always forget how much we love healthy foods and how good they make us feel!!

This is the first time in my life I have bounced back after a month of bad choices. In the past that month would have turned into a bad year. So that is success in itself!!! And it blows my mind that it is so easy to put the weight back on. What takes 2 months to loose I can gain in 25 days!!!

I have another great idea!!! We should probably work out!! How about together??? It has really been a while since we were at the gym together. Sandra was unavailable this week so I went and looked at our past workouts and Sara and I went for it at the gym!!

Ahhhhhh that felt gooood!!!

So happy to be working out with my bestie again!!!!! Giving March our all!!!!!

Two Meatballs: blast from the past!!!!!

March 5, 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 One comment

Hey guys….I meant to post this last week before our weigh in!!!!! But with the power out my electronics failed me. so here is a blast from last weeks past!!!! So we lost power after this snow!!!!!! It was freezing in our house this morning. Brandon woke us up around 5:15 am and wanted to make sure we were at my moms house before he headed into work. So in the dark I was throwing anything I could into a huge bag. Snow suits….Socks, underwear, leggings, shoes, anything comfy!!! I was completely overwhelmed in that moment…and I could tell London was getting hyped up from all the commotion. Not to mention I did the typical grocery shopping the night before a major snow fall. So in a mad panic I needed to take the food out of the refrigerator and bring that to my moms as well!!!! Around 7oclock I was starving……we had some eggs and fruit and we were ready to get out there and start playing.

London wanted to build a snow woman…a mommy olaf!! so weird……I love it!! So Project Mommy Olaf began!

I was getting so tired!!!!!!!!! I was soooo hungry!!!! The snow does really bad things to your diet!!! I wanted a sandwich, hot chocolate and a nap!!! I tried my best to shut those wants down and finish our snow woman!!!

Time for some sledding!!!!! AKA more cardio!!! How is it possible to sweat in 30 degrees?!?!

We were all DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and wanted to get some more sleep!!!!!!!!!!

Finally brandon came home and took part in our snow day!

I am so over this weather and February!!!! We had lasgnga for dinner and watched frozen and slept like a bunch of rocks that night. I couldn’t be happier March has come, as well as 65 degree days!!! Ready and looking for motivation to kick back in!!! The struggle is real!!!!!!! Stop by tomorrow to see how our other meatball, Brandon, did this month!!!! And thank you for all your support during this hard month, don’t give up on us!!!! We haven’t!!!!

Two Meatballs: Celebrating the President of The Meatballs Fan Club!!!

March 4, 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,#hikelly, #meatball nation tanks, did, fister, love thy sister, meatball nation, soulmmate, supportive sisters, thanking those who help you, transformationstwomeatballsgetfit View all 8 comments

Before we celebrate my sweet sister,

hows about a look back over the last year?! Most of our transformation posts are exciting and uplifting and this one just doesn’t feel that way. I thought about not doing it, but you know that just wouldn’t be us or true to our journey. WE have to embrace the ups and the downs. And lets be even more honest…sometimes it’s nice to be reminded sooooo visually that you don’t want to go back to where you started. This is what I felt like all month…

Last month I obsessively looked at our pictures. Everything was so pretty…the colors, our outfits…our smaller bodies. This time felt…heavy, chunky, and I think I found all 11 of my pounds in my back fat. Ugh. So, here is the 12 month progression. We are both very much looking forward to the next weigh in and proving to ourselves that we can get back on track and feel really good again! Thanks for the support and love. We love you that much also!

I’ll go first…

Now, its your turn Jenny!

Now the better together montage!

It really helps me to see where we started. We both had a bit of a setback this month, but when I look at where we started the pride comes back full force and the motivation we need to get our asses in gear suddenly appears…

But on to more exciting things. Jenny named Kelly the President of the Meatball Fan Club and I couldn’t agree more. From day one Kelly has cheered us on…

She has literally commented the most on the blog other than Jenny and I responding to everyone!

She shows up for all of our events and is on almost every single blog I write!

She was the first person to buy a Meatball Nation tank!

And she has even shot 3 of our weighs ins, including this last one. She was so much fun and always got beautiful shots!

I’m not sure if Kelly has any idea how much we truly appreciate her! She is so loyal and so supportive and such a champion for us. She has taken Jenny in as another sister and is just as committed to her journey as mine. She never holds back a compliment and always shares her feelings and passions about our journey. She is innovative with the shoots and she really cares about our progress. She is also one of the funnest people on earth and her laugh will change the world. So how do Two Meatballs thank someone who so tirelessly supports us!? Well, with food of course. We took Kelly out to dinner last night at Firebirds. There was actually a wait so we sat down and Jenny said…you guys haven’t changed a bit since you were kids…which spurred us to do a picstich recreation!

#nailedit

Bahahahahahah!!! I love it! Jenny and I are back on paleo #thankgoodness so we ordered some healthy salads…

And laughed the night away. The great thing about Kelly is she can do it all. She is hilarious and supportive and caring and she loves diving deep and discussing everything. She is always down for a good time and an opportunity to get closer. All of my friends and coworkers love Kelly…and lets be honest…what’s not to love?!

We talked about every single thing on earth and laughed soooooo hard!!! What a fun night! Kelly we love you so much. Thank you will never feel like enough….but thank you soon much for all that you do and for all the love and all the encouragement and all the ideas and your mad picture taking skills and literally everything you sweet baby angel.

To quote myself, if you don’t know Kelly, you are really missing out!

To get to know this gem better, you may enjoy such posts as Two Sisters, Two Very Different Bodies, 1000 Practical Ways to Avoid Cleaning Your Closet, Did You Guys Know That I Have A Sister…,Team Apple Makes Christmas Candy and the list goes on! Her favorite blog is Two Meatballs: The Voices Inside My Head. She is so fun and so deep all at the same time…and so flipping game for anything! Your first friend=your life long best friend!

KELLLLLLLLLY (yelling)….it isn’t even possible for us to love you any more!!!! Thanks times a mil!

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Two Meatballs: Oh Snow You Didn’t!!!! (aka the 12th Weigh In)

March 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,eating your feelings, life struggles, turning points, turning things around, weigh instwomeatballsgetfit View all 7 comments

Can y’all believe it’s our 12th weigh in?! We really let ourselves go this month…

So let’s just jump right in the deep end. Jenny, you’re up bunny!

I feeeeeel faaaaaat!!!! Not really, but I don’t feel proud. I have a lot of excuses for why I got here but the bottom line is I ate a lot of shit. It was so easy and I loved it for a brief moment, but looking at these pictures right now…I hate it! My body feels different. I haven’t seen Sandra in a month. It’s crazy how I felt so much better about myself 4 weeks ago…that is such a short amount of time. I’ve been so disconnected from Sara, we have the busiest schedules, we did’t cook at all this month. I literally didn’t do anything right this month. Well, actually I that’s not entirely true. I worked out at least 2 to 3 days a week and completed a 5k this month. It just goes to show you though when it’s not all working, it just doesn’t work. Diet is a huge part of my success. I’m still really happy though, I love this journey. I still feel very committed. And I’m excited to not feel like this ever again. My family has been amazing. I love Sara…I hope we can be together more this month. It’s just a minor setback! Love you guys!

Alright Sara…you’re up Kitty!

Ugggggg….I don’t like excuses…but here they are! haha I know exactly how I got into this situation. Between pneumonia and being put on steroids, extreme exhaustion, snowmagedon and my super best buddy, Gigi’s death…food became the hug I wanted. I spent an entire month without having the energy to exercise. Survival mode kicked in and instead of fueling my body with things that would have made me feel physically better I chose things that made my emotions feel better, but they were all conscious decisions that I made. The guilt, the grief and the exhaustion were crushing and for whatever reason food made me feel temporarily better and became my new/old routine. I gained 11 motherfucking pounds. Last time I was on steroids I gained 20 pounds so I’m thankful that I didn’t go that far! I don’t feel defeated, juuuuuuuuuust disappointed! I think I will always find comfort in food, but my hope is that the amount of time I stay in the comfort will continue to become less and less. I had a very human month. I do not enjoy losing weight that I have already lost. Conversely, I don’t enjoy dwelling on the past, and that is precisely what February is now…the past. I am allowed to rewrite my story at any time. This is a bump. I am not striving for perfection, I’m striving for progress. #shakeitoff #literallyyoucouldburnsomecalories This isn’t the story I expected to write but it is exactly what happened. I’m so looking forward to March and spring. This month, I’m going to the gym and cooking my own food. #backtobasics #hittherestartbutton Thank you all again for the support you give us. We really need it!!! Love you all. Jenny, this is our month! We deserve to continue on the path to health and I’m so glad I get to do it with you. Xo

Now, how did we get ourselves in this chubby boat?!

First…we both got sick and a little bed ridden!

Then we literally fed our inner children and comfort binged…

Ohhhhh, the belly aches and the regretttttt!!!!

And the cold weather called us to snuggle on the couch and be lazy and watch endless hours of tv!

All the dramatic facial expressions and laughter in the world couldn’t burn the calories that we consumed! So what are Two Meatballs going to do to fix this?!

Let’s get physical! Fancy meeting you here!

Outfit change!

We’ve made a pact and we’re going to get serious again!

We are going to hit the gym so hard!

And bye bye cake pops!

Thanks for shooting us Kelly! We love you soon much. Your support means the world and you take such pretty pictures of us!!! #fanclubpresident

Hang in there with us and don’t give up hope! Tomorrow is a new day and we have found our motivation. This is the half way mark for both of us and we have no intention of ever turning back. We will reach our goals and have so much fun while doing it!!!! I keep jokingly asking Jenny is she wants to start a blog where we get healthy! Hahahahahahah We love y’all!!!! Xoxo

And just for our own motivation here is a look at the beginning to now!

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