MIA

Okay, okay, I know, I have been gone from the land of blogging for way to long! The good news is I am still doing great with my weight loss journey. The past few months I have realized it has gotten harder, getting married, moving into a new home, and now the effing holidays! All just little bumps along the way, as of this morning I weighed in at 173lbs. 62lbs gone FOREVER! Only a month and a half until my first healthiversay!

This month I am doing the Skinny Snowman Challenge with my WWSisterhood sister Brooke! She has lost over 140lbs, and is truly amazing!! Alsoooo starting January 1 I will be joining this Sexy Bitch over at Operation Skinny Jeans for the P90x3 challenge! I am so excited for this since I will ALSO be a beach body coach! A lot of family have questioned my choice to try and work out from home, but I think it will work out perfectly! I ordered these babies from amazon,(have to wait until Christmas to get them -_-) I have been using them at my local gym and fell in love.

I hope Santa also brings me a kettle bell and a set of dumbbells ;) (hint hint) I am so optimistic for the future and what I can achieve, Yesterday I tried on a pair of size 10 Lucky Brand jeans, can we just stop for a minute. Holy crap. A size 10. From a 20. Holy mother. My current goal is to get into a pair of jeans my mother (who has been effing tiny her whole life) a pair of size 8 Levis (that I also have in a 12 that I am wearing now) My goal is to wear those jeans on my birthday May 1. Seems doable right? ;) 

Now time to make breakfast for the husband, (egg whites for me) I will be trying to make these! Be on the look out for more blog posts, I promise it won't take me 6 months to write the next one ;) 

Enjoy your Saturday <3

T minus 15 days and Counting!

So where have I been hiding? Underneath a pile of wedding plans! That's right people, 15 whole days until I get hitched. AND it still hasn't hit me yet. Crazy huh?

Well, back to weight loss and healthy things. Looking back, the last entry I did on here I was a whopping 204 lbs. Still it amazes me how FAST time flies by. Here is what I am at today.

Can you believe it? Some days I can and some days I can't. Some days I am like, Holy shit, i've lost almost 60lbs, and other days it like dude, look at that stomach pooch, you still have another 50lbs to go. Some days are better than others yes, But each day is a new day, a new beginning. Speaking of new beginnings, Let me share with you what my daily intake consists of these days. First off, I have had people track me down on facebook and pester me for my daily intake and what I eat. All of that is available on Myfitnesspal, and my name on there is Trackingtraci, just add me and snoop away :). I just started my version of macros (remember everyone is different) My goals, based on some internet research I did was 40% protein, 35% carbs and 25% fat. So far I am loving it. I am eating 5 meals a day, meals 2 and 4 of which are protein shakes.I have only tried BSN Protein Powder from amazon so far, and I love it! If you have any other suggestions on protein powder please let me know! :) On my very first post on here I wanted to be at 170lbs by my wedding, Its two weeks away and I am at 178.4. I KNOW I am not gonna hit that 170 number or the 175 number that I really want to see. But I am THRILLED WITH THIS

Um yea, Those are SIZE TWELVE pants. I have never been in a 12 my whole adult life. This was my MAIN goal for the wedding. To be in a size 12 and I did it! From a 20w to a 12. I am happy with how my progress is now, slow but steady. Lets see if I can be at 160 by Christmas? Time to kick some ass! What are some of your goals for the future?

Happy Mothers Day!

First Off, Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!

I have  been teetering on this post for a couple days, What to say, How to say it. First let me begin by saying  people need to STOP judging people by their looks. Its wrong, and As a woman I am guilty, Society has trained us this way and it is pathetic. Every person is amazing and beautiful in there own way. EVERYONE. Yes you, You are fucking gorgeous, Don't worry what ANYONE else thinks or says. Recently I have come to face someone who doesn't know me, that has judged me. Why does it bother me so much? I still have yet to figure that out. I guess I am too much of a "girly girl" for their liking, which is okay, but it still drove me crazy to think someone wouldn't like me because I take pride in the way I present myself, I mean shit it's obvious I am fat, the least I can do is make my fat ass look nice. Hiding behind make up and nice clothes gives me a bit more confidence. Is that so bad? And once again, society has made us think if we are not 5'10 and a size 0 then we are not good enough, when in reality is society that is not good enough.

 Some of my weight watchers sisters have lost a lot of weight and still feel bad about themselves from time to time, which happens to all of us but, Really ladies? ONCE AGAIN, you are fucking amazing. Inside and out. Every woman needs to hear this AND believe it. Tying this post into weight loss is easy, many times the over weight is easy, when a person looses weight, they will still see themselves as bigger, this would be called a mind fuck. I am the same way, Every day is still seems that I have not lost any weight and that I've seen no progress, but the scales and measuring tapes show different. And some days, I feel smaller. Our brains are a crazy thing. 

On an end note I want to say, next time you go to judge someone, stop, take a breath, and a step back, think about what you're doing, and how it can impact others, treat everyone the way you want to be treated. Hurt people, Hurt people. -Mama Laughlin. Don't compare yourself to others, you are not them. You are you, the amazing badass that you are, love it, embrace it and appreciate it. If everyone did this, the world would be a much much better place.

Inspiration, Motivation

I am baccckkkkk! and wanted to share a couple pics from our vaca away to FL

I am obsessed with how amazing they turned out and can't wait to see the rest! 

Now to the important stuff!

This morning, after a birthday, vacation trip to FL, craw fish boil, bud light,  fast food, and cake,I carried my fat ass back to the gym! Its been almost 2 weeks since my last visit. Pathetic I know!

 I was surprised, that I did not officially gain while gone, my last official WI was 205, Skipped a WI and looked when I got home Tuesday? 204.2. Great! But I must admit, it was harder to get back on track after vacation, than it was even starting this life style change. Today is day 3 back on track and I am doing great so far. Tried a Walden Farms Dressing with lunch, Def recommend trying it!

Now back to why I even started this post today, after a few days of eating shit, I felt like, well shit. It's so true, you ARE what you eat. I dreaded dragging myself to the gym this morning, at the ass crack of dawn, even dreaming that I had overslept and was talking myself out of it, and then I woke up, 6am on the dot, no alarm nothing, just mother nature telling me to get my ass outta bed and go work out! So I did! Got there about 6:45am, and first thing got on the elliptical, it is like as SOON as my feet hit the machine I had this HORRIBLE urge to pee, 15 mins, and a mile and a half later cleaned my machine, peed, and actually felt great, hot, sweaty, but great. Got on the bike, did 7 miles, in 30 mins, with my rpm getting up to 114! These short little legs kicked that bikes ass! After that did some leg workouts, and actually felt stronger, I felt like, shit, I got this, I CAN do this. Sometimes, you have to be your OWN motivation and inspiration! There are days I feel like I haven't made any progress since I started, and then today, it was nothing big or extravagant  just moving that leg lift up 10lbs and doing it with ease, and it gave me that extra UMPH I needed. That satisfaction! No matter what happens in your road to healthy, DON'T GIVE UP, ever. With time and hard work, you can reach your dreams!

Staying On Track With Birthdays and Vacations!

Good Monday Morning!

(Anyone else hate Mondays as much as I do? Yea thought so.)

I hope everyone had a great weekend, I spent all weekend gearing up for my big trip this coming Thursday! We are driving 9-10 hours (yes driving -__-) to Florida  Do not get me wrong, I LOVE going to Florida I just HATE the driving part! Let me take you back a couple days to Friday, Which is my weigh in day! 

I was down to 205! Which puts me at 30lbs lost! See Above ^^

This is no small task, I see these pictures and still 9 times out of 10 I still feel like I am 235lbs and in a size 18-20 pants when I look in the mirror. Anyone else have this problem? I felt like I kinda fell off the wagon this weekend with eating, granted I didn't eat like shit, I just ate portions that were 2-3 times what I really should have eaten. I guess I am getting myself worked up for this trip, because I know there will be SO much temptation. The Fiance is already hollering about Whataburger and eating there a lot since we do not have them down here in Virginia. Last time when we went to Florida in Sept of 2012, we went to whataburger at least 4-5 times when we were down there, Did I mention we were only down there Thurs-Mon? No wonder I gained so much weight! Haha. 

I have turned to my WW Sisters for a lot of support and advice since this will be my first time away from home since starting this journey. Let me just take a minute to say, My WW sisters are amazing! Talk about the best group of girls! Supportive, Helpful, Funny, and just plain amazing! Thank you girls, Love y'all!

Now back to my Vaca! Here is my plan:

Thursday:Driving allll day- pack food for lunch and snacks! NO FAST FOOD!

Friday: I have a feeling the FI will want Whataburger for lunch, Maybe ill make myself a Boca Burger and tell him to just go get lunch and bring it back to the house! Then lay by the pool until our engagement pictures with this amazing person, seriously, go check her out! Jenn Gunthrie Photography!

No that is not me, I just wanted to show you how fucking AMAZING her work is, Girl has got skill! :)

Saturdays plans: The FI fathers Navy retirement party and seafood boil. I hate seafood. Have I ever mentioned that? Shrimp is alright, but I have my fingers crossed that someone will have chicken! :)

Sunday: I think we are going to some kind of festival  I am thinking I will eat before we go, and take pop chips as a snack. No temptation there!

Monday:Back to Va again, another packed lunch and snacks for the ride home! 

So there you have it. If anyone has ANY advice on eating healthier while on vaca PLEASE leave me your tips! <3 <3 <3 

Make Up Review- Ulta

Hello, My name is Traci and I am a Make-up-aholic. 

The first step in recovery is admitting your addiction right? Well I have no desire to cure this addiction! I love make-up. Its a woman thing! And today I will be reviewing a few Ulta products I got over the weekend! (you can find all of this at your local Ulta store, or ulta.com) 

One of them was this free bag with lots of free stuff inside! 

Let me start by saying, the closest ulta store to my house, is 45-50mins away, in a busy ass city, with traffic, lots of it. I hate traffic, and people and busy-ness! So you know this sale had to be big for my ass to travel for some make up!

The sale they were having was, you spend 19.50 in Ulta brand products you got that ^^ bag free and also a free eyeliner and eyeshadow (of your choice, ulta brand only of course)! 

So here is what I got! 

1.Glittering Sand Eye Shadow- Wanted for a brow definer, Hoping it would show up light like Verve from the Naked2 Pallete, but it didn't.

2. Infatuation Cheek- Haven't used yet

3. Social Climber Eye Shadow-I like this color, A lot! 

4.Molten Eye Shadow- Wanted this to use as a corner shadow for the brown smokey eye effect, it is a little more glittery than shimmerish if that makes sense. Works but does not blend well with others

5. Truffle Eye Shadow-Very Pretty color, darker in person than in this picture. 

6.Sandstone Eye Shadow-My favorite of the group, very versatile!

7. Precious Pink Lip Stick- LOVE I am not a lip stick person, I have big lips and lipstick seems to draw too much attentnion to them, but this color is a perfect natural color for my skin tone. Apply a nice chapstick first though so you do not get that cakey look!

8.Black Amped Up Lashes Mascara- I was suprised at how good this mascara was, I try every single drug store mascara that comes out and 95% of them, are shit. I have shorter thin lashes and this mascara seperates and lengthens them! 

9. Black Automatic Eye Liner- Works okay, I am a thick bottom eye liner girl, and it took me a few strokes to get this to where I wanted it. Once again it works, and works good, just not like my favorite eyeliner

10.Brushes- Shit brushes 

11. Nail Polish-Did not try, seems to be a thicker color rather than transparent

12. Starlet Lip Gloss-Still in wrapper, Not a fan of sticky lips

So there ya go, I only paid for 3-6, @ $7 each it was $28 so I was well over my limit for my free goodies! Over all I am pleased, The only disappointment I had with them is they do not blend well together, and I use 3-4 colors on my eyes every day. and you need to apply them with your finger or with one of the sponge wands. When you use a brush with these eye shadows, they go on, but it is patchy and causes you to have to apply over and over and then the eye shadow powder goes all over your face and the container causing you to loose and waste some of the product. So when using ulta eye shadow be SURE to use your dinger ;) or a sponge wand! 

Comparing these to the Naked2 Palette colors? Some are similar, they just do not blend as well. But then again I think I am just biased when it comes to my Naked2 :) 

Then and Now

Good morning loves! 

I hope everyone had an amazing weekend! As for me? It was short of course, shopping Saturday ;) and yesterday we traveled 2 hours to surprise my grandmother for her 70th birthday! The first thing she said? My how slim you look! So this led me to my blog post today, It's 6:37am on a Monday and in order for me to function today, (and NOT hurt anyone), I will need breakfast. A good one!

Everyone says breakfast is the most important meal of the day! & By far I do believe it is! I wanted to share with you what my breakfast was before I decided to get healthier and change my way of eating. Here is what a typical morning meal consisted of,

1. Left over pizza, my absolute FAV!

2. 2 Grill cheese sandwiches, with extra cheese

3. 2 Hash browns, 1 Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagel AND Biscuit from McDonald 

(yes I put down 2 sandwiches and 2 hash browns every morning easily)

That Mcdonalds meal, comes out to 1290 calories. 1290. That is more than I eat in a DAY now. Amazing.

Here is what I eat now!

1/2-3/4 cups of Egg beaters, 

Spinach, 

1 Piece of Fat Free Skim Milk American Cheese &

 2 Pieces of 40 Calorie Bread.

Total Calorie Count?

191 Calories, or 4 Weight Watchers Points.

Mind blowing huh?

When you trade shit food for healthy food you get to fit into cute outfits like this

Love this outfit! and the shirt? I would NEVER wear anything like this, and now, I bought 2, In a size large! From and Old Navy XXL to a L and its not even a Tee shirt! :) *Does happy dance*

HAVE A GREAT MONDAY Y'ALL 

It Starts

Hey Y'all! 

Welcome to my tiny little spot on the internet! This blog was created after having so many people on Instagram & In life tell me how much they loved the way I did my make-up, and since I am a make-up whore and go through it like toilet paper, I figured a blog needed to be started! 

This blog will also follow me on my weight loss journey, Jan 25th of 2013 I joined Weight Watchers, and today April 21st of 2013 I have lost 30lbs! I do NOT consider this a diet, no, this is a complete lifestyle change, and changing something you are so used to is hard, it was SO much easier to grab a quick burger or pizza, and sit down smother it in ranch and down 3-4 pieces, now cutting out the bad foods, I feel 100x better and healthier! Along with WW I am also counting calories on Myfitnesspal.com (my username is tnmorelock, follow me!) And I do believe that MFP has put in perspective more than anything what I put into my body. 

I am also training for my first Color Run, Yea I know a 5k isnt much, but for someone who started off EXHAUSTED after just walking 1.56 miles in 30mins, this 5k is gonna be awesome! My current mile time is 13.52. not bad, def not great! I still have a LONG way to go but progress is the BEST form of motivation!

The first picture is me, Jan 2013, at a whopping 235 POUNDS (frightening huh?) I got on the scale this morning, one said 203.7 and the other 205.4 (I have a total of 4 scales, insane I know) so I am right around 30lbs lost, I want nothing more than to get to ONEderland, and continue my journey towards my goal of 135, for a total of 100lbs lost! My BMI had gone down also, I started at 43 and now am at 37.6! Progress is progress people! 

Weight has always been an issue in my life, growing up with a beautiful size 3 mother in a world full of kids who gave you hell if you were bigger than a size 7. I have tried almost every diet fad out there, but always failed due to the lack of will power and REALLY wanting it. But this time is different, now it's time for change and happiness! As you can see from the picture above I will be getting married, in exactly 159 days to be exact! Trying on a size TWENTY wedding dress really put everything in to perspective to me, I did NOT want to be a fat bride, a fat wife and eventually a fat mother. Being obese would mean trimming years off my life and cutting the time I got to spend with my family. I will be fit. I will. There is no question to it. by my wedding day, I would like to be at 170lbs. ATLEAST 170lbs, hopefully less!

So welcome, and join me in Tracking Traci through life, weightloss, make-up and cats of course ;)