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Two Meatballs: Straight Chillin’ with My Peeps…Get It?!

April 8, 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,bleep bloop shit, Easter with my bunnies, egg dyeing, hi kelly, i love my familytwomeatballsgetfit View all 5 comments

What a fun, family filled weekend!!! Sara here. I love Easter…I love the egg hunt, the family time, the pretty pastel colors, being at my mom’s house, having so much family around, pretending to be bunnies, decorating eggs and getting the kids so much fun stuff! It’s simply the best!!! The day before we dyed eggs…and hands! But first we boil eggs…#ghostchasekilla #idontcarewhoyouarethatishilarious #ipatmyownback

And it’s go time…

This is the fun part!

#theworstwaytolayanegg #bagock!

Look at these dirty birds! #slayingthebirdrefernces

And look at these beauties!?

And there is always time for selfies…these kids picked out there own clothes at Old Navy and yeah…They are Kind of A Big Deal! wink face. #whereschase!?

Honestly I love nothing more than teaching the kids how to look ridiculous!

Now, we make Bird’s Nests with Nanny!

#chocolatewasted

Time for Easter!!! What’s more fun than a treasure hunt, but first STOP…It’s Bunny Time!

The adults got lunch ready and hid some eggs for the big hunt!

Map time!

The kids hide in the bedroom while we hide Wyatt’s eggs in the back yard and Chase’s in the front!

Go time!!!

So much fun!!!

And look at all they found!

It was such a beautiful day…Kelly, the kids and myself sat around outside and talked and got a little sun…pants off!!! I was wearing a short dress over pants and I thought, how is my pale Irish ass supposed to get some vitamin D all covered up. So the boots and pants came off. the boys thought it was hilarious and they followed my inappropriate lead….much giggling ensued. They sold me out to the adults on the back porch by yelling Mo took her pants off to which my dad replied, What’s new!? Hahahahahahah #nudist #wwjayzd And then we had a big conversation about what was Moappropriate and InnaMoproriate. So damn funny and oh how I love these kids. And ps after ten minutes of sun, I am burnt to a crisp! Nichole Lumaye called me a delicate peach! I’ve never loved something more! Uncle Steve, Aunt Deb, Uncle Marty and Aunt Retha all made an easterappreance! And with all the extra hands around, we got our first family photo in a longgggg time!

Ugh!!!! I love this little family so much! And guess what…you guys aren’t even going to believe this…we even took some silly pictures!

But this one wins…

As far as food goes…my lunch was paleo as hale!

But I for sure ate sprinkle cakes and bird nests and robins eggs! #whhhhyyyyyy

My new philosophy is be good all month and splurge al little on the holidays!

But today is a new day…time to bunny hop this weight right off. So much fun…I LOVE MY FAMILY! I just want to yell it from the roof top!!!! Hope your weekend was wonderful and full of love. Until next time bunnies. 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: The Clubs Blowin’ Up…On a Tuesday!

February 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,9th Street Espresso, Buddakan, Chelsea Basket's, chelsea market, Dos Caminos, girls trip, happy birthday kelly, hi katie, hi kelly, meatpacking district, NYC, Posman Books, reunited and it feels so good, SaraBeth's Bakery, Scarpetta, SoHo, super best buddies take over the city, The Dream Downtowntwomeatballsgetfit View all 8 comments

Who plans a girls weekend/birthday trip to NYC in late January/Early February!? These idiots!

But 12 degree weather and snow/sleet and walking pneumonia and colds can’t stop these girls from having a good time! We all left early in the morning! Kelly and me from Raleigh and Katie from DC!

Our flight was delayed because of Snowmagedon…so what are two besters to do!? Try on all of your warm clothing!?! Airport fashion show…don’t mind if we do!

Take our meds to feel better before the big trip!?

Ok time to get on that plane!

Smooth flight…cab time!

And on to our favorite hotel in the city…The Dream Downtown! And look who we bumped into in the lobby! #perfecttiming

Look at this room… who wouldn’t love this place?!

Time to get spiffed up and head to Chelsea Market, but not before some photo ops and a peek and chat with the sexy doorman Jose!

This last one is my favorite pic of the trip! It’s so nice to be together! Ok off to our happy place…first stop in Chelsea Market…9th Street Espresso!!!

I mean look at this place #heaven

Second stop, Posman Books…what a gem this is!

Then it was off to a local art and clothing pop up shop!

Then a little more drive by shopping…

#fascinatorsarefascinating Gosh, all this shopping and we’ve worked up an appetite. Guess what you can find in Chelsea Market…homemade cake pops…I did not need to know about these!

I def went into this trip with a “When in New York Mentality” which means I ate whatever I wanted…why is food so comforting when you are sick!? On the way home…we judged the dirty snow!

Then, we regrouped and took stock of our finds!

#thosewhitesockskatie #woof #bestpurchasesoflife

This day was going by so quickly! We waited too long to make dinner reservations so we had an early bird dinner at Buddakan to get ready for!

This place is beautiful!!! And super yummy…and conveniently located across the street from our hotel since it was 20 degrees and windy at this point!

Cheers…Happy birthday Kelly!

Ok onto the good stuff…we love sharing, because sharing is caring. So we ordered lobster egg rolls, carrot dumplings, spicy cauliflower stir fry, dungeonous crab stick rice and a moo shoo type pork dish!

Everything was soo good! And how cute are the carrot dumplings!? There was no room for dessert and I had already eaten 50 cake pops!!! What a fun dinner!

Then I was pooped…pneumonia is no fucking joke! So Kelly and Katie went downstairs to the bumping little clubby bar at the Dream and I had my nightly dose of narcotic cough syrup and got into bed! These were the messaged that corresponded…please notice the time…baby tired!

I was still up when they got home and we did some serious snuggling and then put in our ear plugs and went to bed!

Katie and I snuggled in one bed and the birthday girl got her own bed! The next morning we decided to hit up our favorite Mexican haunt…Dos Caminos…it was 12 degrees today!

We got some plantain empenadas, the girls got guacamole and chips and I got a hell of a spicy burger and fries!

So much yum! And even more fun!

Then it was off to shopping!!!

No photos of this exist bc it was too damn cold to think!!! WE went into this specialty bra store where they calculate your armpit fat into your cup size…hello! Then we popped into every local bag and clothing store we could find…I love SoHo!!! We all walked away with new bags, bras and outfits! If you are ever in the area…do yourself a favor and go to NU…they have the best leather bags and coolest weirdest more awesome clothes and jewelry! Time for a little break before getting ready for tonight!

Then it was time to shower…warm up from the frigid day and get ready for the best meal of life at Scarpetta! My new style inspiration is Princess Elsa…Katie nailed a fishtail!

I forgot how fun it is to get ready as a group of girls…having people tell you what looks good or what looks like shit is the living best!

This restaurant is also in our neighborhood…so we bundled up and trekked the two blocks in the coldest wind tunnel of life!

And had the living best dinner! Again we shared, bc when in Rome! We had the yellowtail, scallops, creamy polenta with truffles and the Spaghetti dish! Also instead of bread, they bring you out stromboli bites!!! Yummy…bye bye paleo!

And then we had an epic Espresso dessert that was in a word…heaven!

And the birthday girl had an espresso with her espresso dessert!

Then we went home and packed up a bit bc tomorrow morning will be check out!!! Man time flies! We all slept like champs and after packing up and stowing our bags, we went back to the homeland for the remainder of our NYC time…Chelsea Market here we come!

We sat outside of SaraBeth’s Bakery and enjoyed our coffee and our last little moments together! You guys…this was the living funnest trip and I’m so glad we got to celebrate your birthday this way Kelly!

Then my Boss Joelle, and co managers Kait and Mary arrived! We all said hello and then a quick and hard goodbye with Kelly and Katie!

Goodbye Katie and Kelly!!! Our story will end here today, but more about my work trip tomorrow! Xoxo

#itssohardtosaygoodbye #itslikeadonut #theytakeacakeicedandputitinablender #yourbuttsblowinuponatuesday #dontputthatnutinyourbutt #theladygodiva #mysocksarewet #itstheonlypairihave #TasinTedrow #Wasinwhatwhatwhatwhat #fartsthatlinger kellybrokemytoe #syzurpblackout #katiecuddles #earplugsaretheshit #missyallalready

Two Meatballs: Eat Your Heart Out!!! (aka the 11th Weigh In)

February 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,11 months of hard work, before and after, best friends getting healthy together, eff your beauty standards, hard work pays off, hi kelly, house of swank, jenny's breakthrough, plus size bloggers, positive body image, sometimes maintaining is the win, thanks kelly, Torrid, we've never felt better, we've never looked bettertwomeatballsgetfit View all 10 comments

Oh hey, we didn’t see you there. Don’t mind us…we’re just enjoying a good snuggle!

And then a little chat before we really get going…

A little behind action…

And then a quick pillow fight…

Time to wait for the bus…

Then a little lay down for the sick baby…

Ok time to play…

Switch it up…

Time for an outfit change…

The clothes keep comin’ off…

A little snuggle on the stairs…don’t mind if we do!

Eat your heart out…

Ok boards down…

Sara, you’re up Kitten…

I actually gained like 6 pounds this month and fought so hard to get back to zero….damn you delicious cake pops and poor planning!!! It’s been crazy busy and I’ve been sooo sick. But it was also the best month ever so who can complain!? I also have never looked or felt this amazing in my entire life. I am so excited about being halfway through my journey…90 pounds are gone and I will never see them again!!! I cannot wait to get to 100 pounds lost. (This feels like verbatim what I said last month haha but nothing changed so I guess it still applies!) I have really had to readjust my mathematic weight loss time tables. I really didn’t factor in that I am a human with emotions and struggles…I just went straight carry the one on it! Things are not happening at the pace that I had hoped for but such is life. I have the rest of my life to do this…hopefully it won’t take that long though. I love my support system soooo much and you guys make this so much more exciting. It’s fun to share our results instead of depressing and intimidating!!! Sometimes maintaining in a busy month is the win and it will just motivate me to bust more ass in February. I finally feel like I’m in a healthy place. Thank you to every single one of you for sharing this lifestyle change with us. I’m really starting to feel like the world is my oyster and I can do anything I put my mind to! Ps…Jenny!!!! Congrats on breaking the dreaded 164!!! You look amazing and I’m thankful to have you in my life every single day.

Ok Jenny, you’re up Bunny…

Yay!!! Another great month! I’m just so grateful to be aware of what I’m doing to my body these days. I have never cared so much before. I’m learning this is just about being Good to yourself and finding balance. Haha a libras dream!! I love my new life style and I hope I continue having integrity and success. I would love to be down a full 60lbs by March. The mark of our one year!!! No pressure !!! I have never done anything for a year. That’s exciting!!! Thank you for all the support!!! I’m down 4 from last month!!!!! Finally out of 164!!!! Yay

We love you guys soooo much!!!! Thank you for keeping us honest and giving us a platform to get healthy. You inspire us everyday.

Muaahhhh!!!

And Kelly!!!! Thank you so much for all that you do and for shooting these beautiful pictures. We love you!!!

And now, as always…here are your outtakes! #stairfail #weirdtoe #thetagsarestillonjenny #lilwaynescoughsyrup #babysick #ionlyhaveoneface #jennyhas1000cutefaces#thatsmyvagina #lookhowbigmylegslook #whydoiwanttositonthetoilet #salmonfarts #donthurtchoself #exhausted #beautyshots #grabafork #guesswhatthetaginmypantiesisalwaysout #cutthatshit #yourenotgoingtolikethatone #sarayoulookdumb #yussssssssss #doyouwantanythingfromstarbucks…yeahacakepopsoundsgood #sittingisntmyfavorite #bubbleguts #jenny’sbreath #imjustgonnadieonthestairs #whatif #isthatwhatmybellylookslikesmashedintotheground #oooooph

Love y’all so much…11th weigh in down!!! See you next month!!! Xoxoxoxoxox.

Two Meatballs: Holy Pneumonia Batman!

January 30, 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,adventures in the city, apple of my eye, baby sick, girls trip, hi kelly, katie kelly sara, life besties, meatpacking district, neighbors, NYC, snowmagedontwomeatballsgetfit View all 4 comments

I’ve mentioned before that I was a sickly child/teen/adult!

And that I had really begun to identify myself as someone who was sickly. But ever since I quit smoking and drinking and started eating healthy and exercising, I’ve barely gotten sick! And when I do get sick it doesn’t seem to debilitate me the way it used to. I was probably on antibiotics every other month for ten years. Eeeek…not good! #mypoorvagina So when I started feeling bad last week I just assumed that I could juice it away. But I was wrong!!! I called my dad to tell him that it was walking pneumonia and he said I thought we were past this! I laughed bc I was under the same assumption! But, just bc I’m getting healthy doesn’t mean that I will never succumb to illness ever again. Lesson learned. This one really took me out. I’ve been following all instructions bc I want to get better!!!! I have been silent, sleeping, housing fluids, taking my meds, eating healthy, staying calm and low key. I hate missing work but I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even get myself ready in the morning without irrationally bursting into tears and laying down. I’ve literally been waking up all week from naps that I wasn’t aware that I was taking! Ha! But now it’s Thursday night and I am finallyyyyyyyyy feeling a little bit better…my fever has broken…I don’t feel as crazy and I don’t want to cry anymore!!! Hallelujah! This weekend I’m headed to NYC with my sister Kelly and my bestie Katie to celebrate Kelly’s birthday! I mean somebody look at this cutie!

#appleofmyeye

Kelly, Katie and I have been friends our entire lives. That is a bold faced lie…Kelly wanted nothing to do with us buuuuut we are all so close now that that is how I like to remember the past! #youreonlylyingtoyourself Growing up next door to each other for 15 years was such a gift!!! You can’t manufacture that kind of closeness. I mean look at us!

Despite my ridiculously drawn out pneumonia and smowmagedon up north…we are so excited!

We will visit all of our favorites…Chelsea Market, 9th Street Espresso,

Scarpetta, Buddahkhan (sp?!), The Natural Science Museum

and all of our little haunts in the Meatpacking District…the most important of which is the sexy doormen at the Dream Downtown…swit swoooooo! We got to spend so much time together over the holidays as you’ll remember from such posts as Nobody Skips to a Cockfight!

We love each other sooo much! Last time I was in NYC with Katie we bumped into Ray from HBO’s Girls…And last time I was there with Kelly we went to a taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island guys, Stephen Colbert, and Magic Johnson!!!

Fingers crossed that it’s even more epic this time!!! So in honor of all the fun we’ll have, let’s stroll down the ghost of Katie, Kelly, Sara past and see all the fun that’s been had!

Ugh I love them!!! I love NYC too…it’s my home away from home but to be perfectly honest…I’m mostly looking forward to snuggling up and talking all night!!! #iliveforasleepover #istillhavepneumonia #babytired

So NYC, get ready!!!!

And to Katie and Kelly…I literally can’t wait!!! Xoxo Also, get ready for our 11th weigh in…we will post Monday night at 7!!!! Here’s a sneaky peeky!!!

Two Meatballs: Primpin’ Ain’t Easy!!!

January 22, 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,best bobies date goes to kelly, bobies through the years, company holiday parties, hair makeup nails tan, hi kelly, i live for the applause, love my job, love my life, marriot downtown, sammie cole, samuel cole salon, SNL fantasies, sober bobies, The Bobies, wamily, work familytwomeatballsgetfit View all 6 comments

Jenny and I talk a lottttt about The Bobies as you read yesterday on her post…so for those of you who don’t know what they are all about, here is a little run down. Being stylists, December is an extremely busy month for us, so Samuel Cole Salon has always had its holiday party in late January. But 7 glorious years ago Joelle decided we should do superlatives. So I wrote up a ballot,

had everyone in the salon vote each other a Most Likely To situation (but more like a good ribbing not like best smile!) and we wrote skits about each person and then I thought what if we gave out an actual award (cover a gatorade bottle in tin foil and glue a pic of their head on a spoon Kids in the Hall style) and thus the Bobies were born! Here are a few of my own personal ones…

Over the years I’ve gotten Most Likely to Make out with you, your best friend and your boyfriend all in one night (#imalover), Best Mentor/Worst Influence Ever and (stop reading now mom and dad) Most Likely to Show you a dick pic whether you want to see it or not! Haha…all true! Over the years things have changed and evolved and our company has grown so much. Each year, Joelle and I spend probably 40 hours compiling, writing, getting our comedic genius on and practicing our skits! And this year has been no different!

And honestly this is all of my dreams coming true. One night a year I get to live out all my Saturday Night Live fantasies of singing and making people laugh. It has turned into a full on roast! So let’s take a little stroll down memory lane…our first Bobies was at the restaurant formerly known as South in North Hills…everyone got dressed up to the nines…spray tans, makeup done, evening attire and fake hair galore!

This is our first performance!

Year two we had at Bone Fish…much to every other diners dismay…I got hammered before we started this year so it was a struggle!!!

This was also Jenny’s first Bobies and she joined the decorating commitee and also sang opera for everyone! The next year we upgraded to a hotel…bc it was the only place that would fit us anymore. Joelle and I also instituted a one glass of wine pre Bobies policy…the show went much smoother this year. Welcome to the Marriot Downtown…

Then we switched to the Renaissance at North Hills for the following year and Howard McLaren came…we all died! #whoseshe?!

Then we gave The Sheraton Downtown a go and we’ve been loyal ever since! This is three years ago…

Two years ago…

And last year…

Joelle and I decided it would be hilarious to rock the same dress…and spoiler alert…it was! My dress didn’t fit anymore but I tried on her dress that was 5 sizes smaller than mine and it almost fit!! #progress #majorADD

But it’s more than just getting dressed up and getting a Bobie…there are lots of awards of recognition for performance and commitment…they are called The Biggies…

Then there is dinner and dancing…

Photo boothing it up…

Partying…

And some serious love…

I don’t know if you’re picking up what I’m putting down but basically it’s the living greatest night of the year! We literally countdown every year…

People get hotel rooms and the party lasts all night long. It’s so great o be together outside of work and hang out with everyones significant others who have become family. Being part of this incredible company is a gift that I am thankful for everyday, but nothing brings that out more than The Bobies. The whole night is a high. My sister has been my amazing date for 6 of 7 years (My bestie Katie came year one!) if you couldn’t tell from the pics above and we have the best time! #sistersleepover

This year will be a totally different experience bc I won’t be drinking or epically hungover the next day. I know there was some trepidation from my coworkers…part of the bonding is drinking together. But I have come to learn that I am actually wayyyy more fun sober and this night will be no different!!!! I’ll also be only 16 days away from a year of sobriety from the night of the Bobies…ahhhhhh!!!! I have my spray tan booked, extensions in, dress in my closet, spanx purchased, nails with Lee, makeup booked with Krystal, hair booked with Jenny, and practice booked all week with Joelle.

This year has flown by and as crazy as it sounds, this Saturday is the big show!!!! I literally can’t wait!!!! Now, I’m off to bed to rest up for this crazy busy week…fingers crossed that I can maintain my weight this month…right now I’m up 4…eeeek!!! Xoxoxoxoxoxoxxo

Two Meatballs: Activity Points for Days!!!

January 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,5k training program, bitch you not 21, diving deep, dressing room no thank you, fat girls in little coats, fleet feet, Fleet Feet Raleigh NoBo, Forever 21, fun dates, h&m, hi kelly, I prefer to change clothes on the floor, its a thing, Marbles, nature, Not ready for jumpsuits or shorts yet, stay active when you are busy, stop eating cake pops, sweaty shopping, time with familytwomeatballsgetfit View all 6 comments

Hiiii you guys!!! I am trying sooooooo hard not to gain weight this month. I’m doing my damndest not to be overwhelmed but I am not really nailing the pre planning thing. More than a few cake pops have found their way to my mouth. So what’s a girl to do?!? Be as active as humanely possible in your extremely limited off time. And that is exactly what I did. Friday afternoon I asked if I could pick up Chase from school. It’s been ages since we had a solo date…and I feel like as a second born myself, time alone with anyone is soooooo valuable. He is the sweetest boy. I came to preschool to spring him early…this shot is blurry but he is packing up his book bag like a grown up!

Then he came out and I said what do you want to do today…to which he responded…I know we probably can’t but how about Marbles…to which I responded…we can do whatever you want which ws met with a squeal!!! My parents made a big deal when we were little about taking us out on solo “dates” and I love continuing this tradition. I feel like my role in their life is to give them time. In their normal lives things are rushed and hurried and get dressed, time for bed, brush teeth, don’t do that, do your homework and all of those things are so important. So when I get them alone I try to never so no. I let them know the time frame we have and if they want to spend the entire time smelling candy then we gon be smellin some candy(this really happened one time). We drove down to Marbles and he told me all about his day and how he has Monday and Tuesday off and how he’s gonna visit GiGi…this boy loves to talk. #mytwinny Then we looked for haunted houses and he wanted me to tell him real ghost stories. Ugh I love him. Then we arrived and it was on. This kid knows what he likes!!!

He bounced all over the place…we made and delivered pizza…

Cooked some more…

Learned about money…

Got our sports and exercise on…

But mostly we posted up in the animal center…this kid is obsessed with dogs…

He named his dog Chase and told me I could have a bunny…we named her Foo Foo….

Then we ADHD’ed out hard…

After three hours of playing and exploring we were sweaty and ready to go! He got some real marbles and a can of Pringles in the gift shop and then this little cutie decided we should hoof it up 5 flights of stairs in the parking deck!!! Ugh, thanks for getting me moving more little bunny.

And what a wonderful view of the city I love…

Then it was time to pick Wyatt up..Chase did not want to go…

So I got another opportunity for some solo time. I walked (more activity points) to go pick Wyatt up from school…

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood…

And I love to surprise this kid. It was so sweet to see him so independent and walking with his fellow 8 year old buddies…

Then he realized he was bleeding profusely from the knee…eek and he started walking like sucha weirdo!

Time for Nana to save the day!

Then it was Monopoly time!!!

And finally Wyatt wanted to show y’all how he prefers to kiss me now…#ihateit

What a fun day with my little nuggies!!!! Oh how I love my family…what could make this day better and more active?! A shopping date with my favorite meatball!!!!???? Jenny picked me up and we headed to Crabtree…talk about activity points…

nothing is sweatier than trying on clothes under florescent lights! H&M here we come!!!

#findthemeatballs #landofcrotches

Then we both tried on our dreams…for me a jumpsuit, for her shorts…

#doublefail #cameltoefortheladies!? We both really struck out tonight…on to the land of age acceptance and a reality check…Forever 21! This is when it got really sweaty!

annnnnd hilarious, I feel like you can hear us laughing!!! Get ready for an ill fitting photo montage!!! Cue clubby music and the judgmental faces of America’s youth…

Obvi we are adverse to stores dressing room policies or ever being apart!!! #excusemeladies

We both really struck out but had the best time doing it!

We were pooped…time to make everyone at Pottery Barn nervous!

Then it was off to bed to prepare for my ultimate activity point of the weekend…My Fleet Feet Raleigh NoBo 5k training program. I decided to stay in the walking group but to push myself to go faster today…plus I really loved my coach Jennifer last week!

So I got bundled up and headed out…

I know it is hard to believe but I get situationally shy sometimes and the first 5 minutes of this class every week I revert to a first grader. I get nervous and feel slightly out of place. But Carrie led us in some dynamic stretching and it wasn’t quite as cold this week so I started to unshy. Then I grabbed my name tag

and we were off and on to a different course today!

We went a mile and a quarter over the Wade Ave overpass…I had never been here and it was lovely!

Almost to the halfway point!!! There were five ladies in our walking group today!!! Everyone was so nice…I love making new friends!

One of these lovely ladies was Laura, a teacher and my new walking buddy! She set a good pace and we had an awesome chat which always makes the time fly!

Before I knew it we were past the hill of death and headed straight for the finish line!

I love how this program makes me feel…I love being in nature…i love making new friends with this amazingly supportive group of people. Fleet Feet, thanks again for this opportunity. I’m learning so much about myself!!!! Can’t wait to see my walkers again! Next Saturday we have our 7th annual Bobbies Gala for Samuel Cole Salon and the Saturday after that I’ll be in NYC but the Saturday after that I’ll be back!!! Love you guys!!! Then amazingly enough I found myself at breakfast with my mom, dad Aunt Deb and Uncle Steve…Steve needed new shoes so we took him to the NOrth Raleigh Fleet Feet…obvi I can’t get enough of this place!

Now I’m really exhausted!!! Time to snuggle with Jenny and discuss all of our problems, what we would like to improve and why I’m so immature in the relationship department…more to come on that later!

What a fun filled, busy weekend…hope yours was the same!!! Love you guys…here’s some inspiration for the week!

Two Meatballs: I Believe I Can Fly!

January 14, 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,5k training program, codependency, empowerment, Fleet Feet Raleigh, hi kelly, I believe i can fly, inspiration, limiting beliefs, lowered expectaitons, motivation, new runner in town, NO BOUNDARIES, outdoor exercise, rewrite your story, self evident truths, shackles, Ton of Fun, try before you decidetwomeatballsgetfit View all 12 comments

I had a lot of revelations this weekend. This is Sara!!! Hiiiiiii! Generally speaking I am a confident person. I don’t generally feel like I limit myself. I feel capable of so much. But, recently I have realized that I’ve gone through life thinking…wow, everyone else really has their shit together and that I was doing alright but def on the struggle bus for a lot of things. Normal life things seemed a little tougher to me. To me, it always seemed like things came very easily to others…like organization, eating healthy, exercising, school, becoming a grown up through the “normal” channels of getting married, having babies, having a pet, cooking, domestic issues, keeping a tidy car, not murdering people who won’t move up in the Starbucks line in a timely manner and finances. But in reality, everyone is fighting their own battles and struggling with their own demons. Most people aren’t as open about things that aren’t going well, bc it’s scary to put things that aren’t perfect out into the world…it’s easier and for sure more fun to talk about what is going right! I think that that is what felt so isolating to me. I always felt upfront about airing my imperfect laundry and when no one else chimed in, I assumed that their silence was further confirmation that these things were not a problem for others and that I was indeed a total mess of a child. But, that just isn’t the case. Which to me is the most freeing thing!!!!! I don’t have to do things in this unrealistic Martha Stewart perfection way I’ve convinced myself is right! I just have to find something that works for me and stick to it…or switch it up when things are no longer working. #freedommmmmmmmmmm Now that I know that everyone struggles, I can shelf that shackle that has been holding me back. I have also realized that my words to myself are very powerful. I have lots of truths that I tell myself….I’m not an outdoors-y girl, I’m not responsible enough for children, I’m a bad driver, I’m not athletic, I’m not very domestic, I’m intimidating, I’m not a runner, I’m not a pet person, Maybe I’m meant to be single…the list of my self evident truths is endless. I don’t want to have limiting beliefs. My boss Joelle always says, if I don’t know how to do something, it’s not that I can’t do it, I just need to learn how. Well….genius. So this weekend I really got outside of my box and signed up for Fleet Feets No Boundaries 5k program. You guys, this sentence includes so many things I’ve always told myself weren’t a part of my life, like leaving my house…before 8 am on a Saturday…. when it’s 25 degrees…to go be outside…for an extended period of time…to exercise with strangers…to learn how to run…3.1 miles. I can’t stress enough how much has changed in a year!!!!!!! I was beyond nervous and soooo ready to bail…especially bc Jenny works Saturdays and she couldn’t be my codependency partner in health. But I went to Target the night before with Jenny and got a new warm hat, gloves and hoodie, went to bed early and told myself, you signed up for it…you have to go. And I did. First I put on every single item of clothing I own. #couldibewearinganymoreclothes!? #iliveforlegwarmers

Then I met my sweet pal Karen…doing something with a friend is genius…you are so much less likely to bail! #meatballsub

And we stood outside learning about all the different training groups for the 5k program! I actually saw a lot of familiar faces from the Ton of Fun event and simultaneously lost all the feeling in my toes!

It was fahhhh-reezing balls…then we met with our mentor, Jennifer. Karen and I being total novices chose the walking group!

And we were off!

Today was just a mile…kind of a get to know the program and each other day! Our mentor Jennifer was so great and inspirational. We walked together and told each other our stories. She told me how she had gone from never running in her entire life to being a mentor for Fleet Feet. She got me really pumped and we did a nice, fast paced mile together and between the conversation and me trying not to become hypothermic , the mile was over in no time! It also gave me the confidence to next Saturday move into the walk to run 2 group! Jennifer…it was the living best meeting you..thanks for motivating me and to help me believe that I can do this!

Karen and I survived!!!! And we had all of our limbs when we came back!

Then it was weigh in time for Ton of Fun!!! Da na Da na Da na!!!

Karen lost 4 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahooooooooooo!

I gained 1.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More on that later in the week!!! Haha I love you Karen!!! So glad we are getting healthy together!!! So on my car ride home was actually when I had all of the above revelations. As I was pulling onto the Wade Ave exit I thought…how many other things have you held yourself back from bc you decided before you even tried it that it “wasn’t for you”?! I am notorious for telling people…not with that attitude!!! If you come to me and say I can’t meet my numbers this month I will always say not with that attitude!!!! But you guys, why wasn’t I saying it to myself?! From now on, I’m changing my story and telling myself I can do anything…and if I don’t know how to do it, I simply have to learn. Bye bye shackles…I no longer want to be the one holding myself back from all that life has to offer. Thanks to everyone at Fleet Feet who reached out to these Two Meatballs! Y’all came into our lives at the perfect moment and the opportunities that y’all have given us have motivated and empowered me to feel capable of more that I ever knew possible. So, if you find yourself with a bunch of truths…re-evaluate them!!!!! Maybe you are more than you give yourself credit for. Last lesson of the day…GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY! Love y’all.

Two Meatballs: Nobody Skips to a Cockfight!!!

January 8, 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,animals, bleep bloop shit, cocks, Coon Rock Farm, don't wear your nice shoes to this place, Family, Farm to Table, farming life, free range chickens, health yeah, healthy new years, hi kelly, Hillsborough, kale yeah, local produce and meat, mud butt, NC, piggy wiggiestwomeatballsgetfit View all 6 comments

Hey you guys!!!! How are those New Years resolutions going?!?! We are in such good places with food and exercise that we decided to kick off 2015 New Years Day with a full circle field trip! My old next door neighbor and bff Katie’s little #verytall brother Joe, invited us to tour Coon Rock Farm; the place that he works and lives. So me, Katie, Jenny, Brandon, London, Kelly, Wyatt and Chasey Poo piled in for a road trip to the beautiful town of Hillsborough for an awesome day!!!

#fail/win/whoknows!

I drove Katie, Kelly and the boys!

We had a lovely ride and literally couldn’t wait to get there!

45 fun filled minutes later we arrived at Coon Rock Farm…aptly named after a Coon Rock, which what the hell is that!? #bleepbloopshit #madewyatt’slife

We were greeted by Farmer Joe and his hugenormous elk of a dog, Snowflake…our respective tour guides for the day.

So much to do and see already!!!

First up…tractors and equiptment…

Then we took a nice, muddy walk through the fields to find the new baby piggies!!! #exercise #newyearnewyou #activitypoints

A few selfies for the soul…

And then my favorite thing on earth…little snarfly, snorty, babelicious, wilbury piggie wiggies!!!!

I want to openly weep when I see those cute little wiggly butts and curly tails and how they prance and they have hair…ugh! I heart pigs #hipearlovepeach This momma pig gave birth to these even littler even cuter angels just last night! How lucky are we!?!

Dey are sooooo wittle and precious bittle baby porkies!!!! If this place wasn’t a mud pit for days and surrounded by an electric fence and if I didn’t think that Momma Sow would murder me I would have been all up in that piggy wiggy mix!!! #dream #bucketlist #snugglewithbabypiglets

Then we slipped and slid up a murky muddy hill to find a sea of veggie greenery!!!

Looks like somebody dropped their tiny sombrero #speedytherat

Then we continued down the path to a sea of swirly twirly chickens!!!

#ohthatsfreerangechickensmeans #eek

We came to a chicken party and a cockfight broke out!!! The boys excitedly skipped in that direction to see the action take place…hence the title! Then we meandered (waded) through more mud (quicksand) to get to the super serial grown pigs #manbearpig #pigbearman

They were terrifying and aggressive as hell…how could my sweet little angles turn into these brutes?! Time to jet! This is how muddy Chase got…

This is how happy he was to be in the mud!

Conversely, this is how I felt…

Thanks everyone for holding my hand…literally! Onto the greenhouses!!!

An impromptu Smowflake photo op…

Another walk to more greenhouses…

#farmerjoeleadingtheway #sweetboys

Another impromptu family photo shoot…

Then into a haunted barn with one hundred thousand cobwebs…ie spiders…

And finally…to where the magic happens!!!

The meat, eggs and veggie storage!!! You can purchase farm, fresh local goods straight from the source!!!

We made our final purchases…I walked away with bacon, breakfast sausage, a dozen eggs and a skirt steak for $35!!! Then we learned some more!

We even learned how chickens lose their feathers #ick

Took a few more selfies…

Some classic photobombs…

And some last minute farm love before this train left the station…

What an amazing day spent with loved ones, getting exercise, learning where our food comes from, connecting with nature and walking away with healthy, local food. Farmer Joe!!!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to give us such an awesome, educational but mostly just the most funnnn tour ever!!! It has been so great seeing you Tedrows so much over this holiday season…I don’t ever want it to end!!! Best way to celebrate a New Year yet! Love y’all to the moon…to the moon I say!!!

Between the meat I bought today and the delicious veggies Joe gave me for Christmas…I made this lovely meal. Literally farm to table! Xoxo

Two Meatballs: New Years Revolutions!!!

January 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,Carry On, farm fresh paleo gifts, framily, Glennon Melton, Heathy gifts, hi kelly, kale and brussel sprout salad, Momastery, muffin the wonder dog, paleo dinner parties, paleo garlic lemon roasted pork tenderloin, paleo reese cups, paleo sleepovers, paleo smashed cauliflower, paleo ugly green beans, Resolutions, snuggles with friends, Sober New Years Eve, Warriortwomeatballsgetfit View all 8 comments

First off…I wrote the post below a week ago bc I was being super proactive with my vacation days!!! So I just wanted to butt into my own story and say…thank you guys so much for your support with this last weigh in!!! It feels so good to have another month behind us! We reached over 30,000 people!!!

Our sweet pal Roseanne being one of them!

And got some of the prettiest pictures of life thanks to Katie!!!

But most of all we’ve got our health…I mean somebody look at this before and after!

Which is the perfect segue into the original post…new years revolutions! Enjoy and thanks again! Love, Sara Back to your regularly scheduled Meatball post…

Hello friends. Did you survive the holidays!?!

Were you surrounded by friends, family and loved ones!?! Did you eat wayyyy too much!?

So much has happened since we last spoke!!! This guy turned 61 and we celebrated like champs!

I bought a “juicer”…

Tightened up big time for the weigh in…made some inspired asian meals!!!

Now all of the sudden, it’s New Years Eve…can you believe how quickly this year flew by???

We’ve come so far!!!

I don’t give a shit about going out on NYE…I think it’s super overrated!!! But with my former love of partying, it never stopped me!

In the past I would have such bold resolutions…I’m a dreamer and I loved the aspect of a fresh start! That part of me hasn’t changed a bit.

As much as I love the holidays, I also really enjoy packing Christmas away and not being tempted by a thousand desserts every day! January feels so new and shiny to me. And for once in my life I won’t be hungover annnnd I won’t be obsessing over a new diet and forcing myself to join a gym! So how does a sober gal celebrate New Years when her super best buddy is in town!?

…why a dinner party/sleepover of course! #howgrownofyou #thankyouiknow On the menu tonight…Lemon garlic oevn roasted pork tenderloin, garlic dill scallion smashed cauliflower, ugly green beans, that kale and brussel sprout salad from Christmas Eve and homemade Reese Cups for dessert! #yummmm All these recipes are pinned under New Years Eve Menu n our Sara and Jenny BeardSmith Pinterest account!

And who will be joining us this evening…some oldie but goodies; Nanners, Katie and Joe T and my other meatball Jenny plus Muffin the Never Ending Story Dog!

You may be asking yourself…why didn’t Sara shower or attempt to look nice on any level, especially when everyone else looks so cute!?! As I’m writing this I’m thinking the exact same thing you guys! Truth be told, I had my first real cold in almost a year and it hit me hard…like fire throat, no voice, fevery hard. So I decided to juice up, green tea and lemon and honey it up, and get lots of rest it up…the show must go on! Haha, so I didn’t quite make it to the showering it up, makeup ing it up or the whole putting on real clothes part of the night!!! Oh well! These cuties came bearing gifts!!! And my how things have changed!

Me and my bestie knocked it out of the park for each other!!! She got me the new Amy Poehler book and a new loose leaf tea thing!!!! #soexcited #healthyfriendstotheend

Then Joe brought gifts of local meat and veggies from the farm that he works at Coon Rock Farm!!! #sopaleo #sothoughtful #sogrown #notmyboyfriendeveryonewhosawhimonfacebook

Joe is the little brother I always wanted!!! More on the farm tomorrow!!! Then Anna brought gifts of the juicing variety!!! You guysssss, so thoughtful and supportvie!!! Thanks so much! I’m thankful every single day for the people in my life.

Ok on to dinner!!! Muffin or Moofster as I call her #iloveanickname enjoyed some rice and dog food! #woofliterally

And the humans ate a very paleo, yum scrumdidaleeyumcious din din.

Ughhhhh!!! I couldn’t look worse!!! #iliterallywokeuplikethis

Everything was delish balls but the ugly green beans won Big timmmme!!! Then it was time for Joe to skidattle…don’t worry we will visit him tomorrow!!! Bye Joe, love you!

Then Jenny finally got off work and came to play!

And we snuggled, took some important phone calls #excusemeihavetotakethis, played Christmas dress up with Muffin, died laughing only a thousand times, watched Seacrest and made so much fun of Fergie #whodoesshethinksheis!? #lalalalalaaaa and counted down to 2015!

#someonestopmefromgettingadog

So much fun with some of my absolute favorite people. Anna had to go but Katie and Jenny spent the night…you know I live for a sleepover!!!! I will leave the story there and pick up where I left off tomorrow. I’m going to close this post with me and Jenny’s own personal resolutions for 2015.

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

Here are Jenny’s resolutions:

1. Be honest with myself

2. Chill out on the Whip Cream

3. Be more decisive

4. Try new recipes

5. Lose 5lbs by The Bobies!

6. Prioritize responsibilities

7. Communicate with loved ones (Brandon)

8. Be grateful

And here is some inspiration to close it all out!

Happy 2015!!! XOXO

Two Meatballs Get Fit

We had so much fun getting fat together. Now we're going to have even more fun getting fit!