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Soooooo my name is Sonya. I used to pretend to blog here, but then I went to law school. Today is April 11th, 2016 and I turn 30 October 10th! 6 months from yesterday :)

I am up about 10 pounds from my "normal" highest weight. Not OK. Law school, health issues, life, laziness... does not help you when it comes to losing weight. I know I'm not the only one dealing with those and it is up to me in how I choose to overcome these obstacles. I know I am capable of whatever I put my mind to. I just need to do it.

My plan is to do weigh in posts on Wednesdays and weekly review posts on Mondays. For my own records and to try and hold myself accountable.

My first goal I will publicly set is to do the 21 day fix workouts. 21 days of doing the videos consistently. Frankly I've never completed more than like 4 workouts in a row from a plan. But I have done most of the videos, I like them and I know its doable.  I do not plan on following the containers. That is not a system that works for me. I will be logging my food on myfitnesspal (healthysew)

I know I've written probably 30 times how I'm "starting over" so here is the 31st.

I hope to document this here & Instagram (healthysew) so follow along if there is still anyone out there :P

And as always email me at healthysew at gmail

Lets go !

#HelloKeurig

I just realized I never really shared the Keurig I received from Influenster a couple months back! Influenster is a great program, basically you take surveys, they send you complimentary products and you provide reviews.   We all know I am not a fancy popular blogger, and actually I don't think I ever have mentioned one on here, but I have received at least 5 boxes from them! Makeup, hair stuff & fun products but this time I got a Keurig! If you haven't already heard of Influenster and are interested there should be a widget on the side of my blog, or leave me an email and I'll send you an invite.

This particular product was a Keurig 2.0 !! If you know anything about me, you should know I love my coffee. I had a Mr Coffee machine that used the K Cups in my kitchen, and a Keurig mini at my office.

Along with the machine, once I registered I received 2 free boxes of Kcups in the mail from Keurig !

After using it for a couple months I can say I really like the machine. 

My pros.  Easy to use, it is quick to turn on and heat the water.  I like the different cup sizes and you can pick strong if you want it to be strong or if you're making hot chocolate or something you can make it less strong.  I also think it is really sleek looking on the counter.  It looks fancy I think, not just a coffee pot.  

My Cons. I wish the reserve was bigger.  My other Keurig machines have a bigger reserve and i like not having to fill it every couple days #firstworldproblems.  I also wish it had a setting to automatically come on a certain time, my parents can set theirs to come on at like 7am every day.  Finally a con I could see for others but hasn't affected me, is that is designed to only use Keurgi brand  K Cups.  There is a code on the top of the K Cups, and if it doesn't have the right code it may not wor.  I have heard there are hacks, but this hasn't affected me.

Anyway, any questions let me know!

And thank you to Influenster & Keurig for the machine.  

Finally June !

April and May were full of highs and lows.

My grandma went back into the nursing home in April and then passed away on April 28th. That was and still is very hard for me. We were very close and is just hard to not be able to call her or see her but I know she is no longer sick and in pain so I am working on dealing with it.  I keep trying to describe her and I just cant. She was an amazing grandma, wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend.  If I can be even half as great as she was I will consider myself accomplished.

My grandparents and me on graduation day

I also found out late April that I was accepted into Law School! So that is awesome, I can't wait to see where this adventure takes me.

Still dealing with hip/back pain. Went to the doctor and was initially told it was arthritis and referred to physical therapy. The physical therapist thinks it is a bulging disk, which makes more sense to me. Working on exercises to help heal that.

I also signed up for a race! Three actually. a 8k on June 27th, 10k in August & Half Marathon in September. And in case your wondering no I still cant run longer than 2 minutes but I paid the money, so I better figure it out :P

And of course I made my June goals. Hoping June is a great month for me!

1. Track my damm food!
2. Workout 20/30 days of the month
3. Follow my running plan
4. Get 8+ hours sleep a night

Weigh in Wednesday

I know, two Weigh in Wednesday posts in a row? #progress

Erin, Heather & Winter !

Not much to report this week but I am trying to hold myself accountable. Still dealing with some residual back/hip/leg pain which makes walking difficult much less actual exercise. And as always I have trouble keeping my food intake under control...

I missed my Weight Watcher's meetings so no weigh in.  

Saturday afternoon I got a nice walk and a mini circuit which felt really good! And now it is 4 days alter and I am pretty sure I'm paying for it still. I am getting a decent water intake in still so that's good and I have a followup next Monday with my doctor. I am putting off any intentional workouts until then.

Still loving my fitbit! It is fun to do challenges on their and see how my fellow friends are doing. Come be my friend!-----> https://www.fitbit.com/user/2W2QYK

That is mostly what I have, hope you're having a good day/week!

Weigh in Wednesday: Beachbody & Weight Watchers

Two posts in one day?? Breaking my streak!

I know it is Thursday but I wanted to participate in Weigh Wednesday with my girls and keep documenting this journey of mine.

 

(couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong with the button but it is Erin, Heather & Winter !

My last WIW post, which was over a month ago!  I was 242.8. Yesterday morning I was 240.6 so that is progress :)

So I started Weight Watchers two weeks ago. On this blog I have talked about My Fitness Pal and IIFYM, I like those forms of tracking, but the problem is I am just not tracking.. I did pay for the weight Watchers weekly meetings for three months. My mother is doing it with me. I am hoping these meetings will help with my accountability. I don't honestly love the point system and the way Weight Watchers has you track but right now I am doing a hybrid of points and calorie counting.  I have only been to two meetings but I will definitely share my thoughts.  

I also became a Beachbody Coach! To be completely honest my main goal is the discount but I would love to talk to anyone who is interested in any products or has any questions.  Please feel free to email me healthysew (at) gmail or comment below!

Here is my link if you're interested in checking it out  www.beachbodycoach.com/healthysew

My history with Beachbody, I think about 3 years ago, I purchased Insanity and did it for a couple weeks, we all know finishing tasks isn't my strong suit :P, and really enjoyed the program.  I still go to Insanity classes at my Y.  In the past year I have bought T25, Piyo and most recently 21 Day Fix!

Although I haven't fully finished any of these programs, my goal is to complete each one this year. 

T25 makes me feel like I am getting a killer workout, love the modifier and just a great workout in only 25 minutes.  

Piyo is great for days where I need to workout but don't want to *feel* like a killer burn. While working out i can breath and i enjoy getting the yoga experience without being too slow. At the end of the workouts I am always pleasantly surprised with the calorie burn. Probably my favorite that I own.

21 Day Fix is my newest, I only have done 4 days to be honest, then I was hit with more kidney stone issues. But I really enjoyed it! I am planning to restart the workouts next week. Doing 21 Day Fix I definitely feel like I am getting a workout but it doesn't seem too overwhelming while doing it. Great calorie burn for me and definitely feels like a workout.

I have also used Shakeology on and off for over three years now. It always makes me feel better when I am using it consistently.  I typically either use it for my breakfast and add some fruit or for my dinner when I don't feel like I want an entire meal.

Whew that is a lot to take in, thanks for reading :)

Update

Clearly I am a once a month blogger.

This has been an eventful month and I am ready for some normalness.

The day before St Patrick's day I started having severe back pain.  I assumed it was just my body being stubborn and reminding me that I do not take the care I should and appreciate it.  I have had back pain off and on my whole life but this was different.

The next day (freaking St Patricks Day!),  I went to urgent care because I could not get into my normal doctor and someone had suggested I maybe had a UTI, and they diagnosed it as possible kidney stones and UTI. Fun! that evening I woke up around 3 am in the most pain I have experienced in my life...

I have a fairly high pain tolerance, dealt with PCOS (PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome) since I was 11.  This was totally different, I could not even physically get out of bed.  Luckily i had stayed at my parents and my mom was able to roll me out bed.  We went to the emergency room and eventually got the cat scan and morphine! It was kidney stone, only a 2 mm,  and i was given ALL the medicine and told take it easy. These stones laid me up for a week, met with an urologist. I slowly felt like I was getting better.  Even got to start the 21 Day Fix (more on that later)

Last Friday, around 2 am I woke up in the same overwhelming pain, ended up back in the ER. Given more pain medication. Since the stone is only 2 mm. (which sounds so small! but according to my urologist the size doesn't determine the pain) he believes it is better to let it pass naturally on my own. I am feeling much better today. Still have some residual back pain and stiffness but definitely more manageable.

Recap. 24ish days later, 2 ER Visits, 4 doctors visits, over 11 medications, 7 days of missed work equals? well i haven't gotten the medical bills yet

I didn't know whether to stand up, sit down, lie down, or die.-Gail Savitz, author

disclosure: yes i am well aware many, many people deal with this chronically and many have serious medical conditions and i am grateful and appreciate of my overall health. but this shiz hurt!

Monday Recap

Just wanted to post some things about my weekend.

Saturday in the AM I had to go to the dreaded BMV and deal with adult stuff but then mom & I hit up this fun restaurant that we had never been to, "fancier" spot. I got a yummy egg sandwich & home fries. 

Delicious!

 

 

 

 

Then I worked my part time job at the Y and headed home to get some cleaning done. Took my dog, Belle for a little walk and she got covered in mud & grime! But it was fun.Then started some You Tube watching and wine drinking :P I am obsessed with watching daily vlogs on Youtube! I think it is from my old reality TV phase. 

Sunday I drug myself out of bed (damm DST) to go to church with my mom, brother and grandparents.  Such a good feeling, my grandma has had some health issues lately so it makes me cherish that time so much more.  She has this digital picture frame which we spent several hours watching the pictures which went from my grandma's childhood to present day. Love listening to her describe the people and seeing my family in the past.  Warm & fuzzy feelings :)

Then we had a yummy dinner at my mothers and hung out as a family.

This morning I got up and did the first day of T25.

I definitely followed the girl modifying and still took extra breaks but I liked it. It moved quickly and I did not feel like it was too extreme.  I lost another diet bet this weekend by 3 pounds! I really need to kick my ass in gear. 

Have a happy Monday and I'll be back to check in Wednesday!

Liebster Award!

I was nominated for a Liebster Award by Miss Heather at  LiftWriteLove.

Go visit/follow her! I love her IG posts the most :)

Here are the rules: (stolen from her blog :) )

•Post the award on your blog.

•Thank the blogger who presented this award to you and post a link back to their blog.

•Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.

•Post 11 random facts about yourself.

•Nominate 11 other blogs with under 200 followers.

•Let the bloggers know they have been nominated.

•Post 11 questions for them to answer.

•Have fun with it!

The questions Heather asked

1. First things first. All time favorite food? I kinda have a food problem, hence needing to be healthy :) I guess picking one food would be potatoes.. I like them fried, mashed, baked whatever. Yummy!!

2. What state do you live in? Ohio, woo Go Buckeyes!

3. What made you start blogging? I was obsessed with reading blogs and have always enjoyed documenting my life so I thought why not?

4. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? I might be weird but I am not big into traveling. I do enjoying visiting family in Kentucky, and always up for the beach but not particular about where.

5. How do you take your coffee? I'm good with black straight up :)

6. What is your favorite time of year? Fall for sure! My birthday is Oct 10, and i love the weather, football, everything!

7. What was your favorite Christmas gift you received this past year? I honestly don't know.. My family isn't big into Christmas gifts, we tend to buy each other fun things throughout the year & Christmas Eve is more about family time :)

8. If you were to recommend a show for others to watch, what would it be? I love Big Bang & Friends. I also watch a lot of vloggers on Youtube.  Thats more my style of "tv watching"

9. Anything exciting happening in your world this year? Hmm well I graduated with my bachelors in august of 2014, bought a car in October 2014 and started grad school in January 2015 and I just took the LSAT last week. So all things adult related :P

10. What is your favorite workout? Insanity classes at my Y are awesome! I love the instructor and the group class feel. I also enjoy running for the most part. 

11. What is your favorite form of social media and why? Instagram! Follow me Healthysew :)

Thank you again to Heather!

I'm not tagging anyone specific but anyone who wants to play along! Make sure you send me the link.

1. Whats your middle name?
2. Favorite pair of pajamas?
3. What did you want to be when you grew up?
4. Best advice for life
5. Favorite kind of soup?
6. Least favorite kind of workout?
7.  The best gift you've ever given someone
8. If you watch, favorite Youtuber?
9. Favorite animal
10. Favorite color
11. Least favorite food.

Random, but I ordered a Erin Condren planner today! I am so excited for it to come in the mail. Are you into planners?

Thanks for reading & Have a great day! 

Hi

Sooo I have not posted since December 3rd... What is my deal?

I can list lots of excuses! Grad school, family health issues, studying for LSAT, working two jobs and this whole life thing, but I am pretty sure no one cares and the point of this blog is to document my life, so I'm going to blog when it works for me, about what works for me. :)

Today I am linking up with my girls, Erin,  Heather & Ash for Weigh in Wednesday

  

Today I weighed in at 242.8. I'd like to be less next week :) I started the month at 240... and my goal was to lose 3 pounds, so clearly I gained 3 instead.  I have been great this month so far with my water intake and decent with my exercise so I am proud of that. As always food is a struggle with me but I am working on it.

Workout plan for the rest of the week.

Wednesday- Piyo- Define: upper body

Thursday- Piyo- Sweat & Insanity class @ the Y

Friday- Swimming or cardio circuit

Saturday- Piyo- Define lower body & T 25

Sunday- Piyo- Define upper body & T25

Monday- Piyo- Sweat

Tuesday-Piyo- Define Lower body & Insanity class @ the Y

That is the plan and we will see how it goes :)

Happy Hump Day!

Weigh in Wednesday

Weigh in Wednesday with the Ladies!

 

This mornings weigh in....

243-Which I am totally happy with. I made about 50% healthy choices this week and exercised, I just need to up that percentage of healthy choices. 

I woke up nice and early (530am!) and did a mile run on the treadmill and some arm weights.

I really need to figure out a weightlifting routine. I just don't know what to do and don't really have someone to go with me/can't afford a trainer.  I found decent routines online, especially this Simply Shredded but I just worry doing it by myself.  I have no fear of the weight room or looking new, I just have it in my head I need a spotter or something? I think it is just my way of avoiding it.

 So far in December I have gotten 2 workouts in and I am at 90 minutes of my 1350 goal :)

How's your Wednesday? Don't forget to enter the giveaway from Monday!

December- Goals & Giveaway !

And just like that it is December... I know everyone says it but as I get older time moves so fast, I feel like this year just begun yet it is almost New Years??

I had a good Thanksgiving, hanging out with family, eating lots of food and drinking lots of wine :) I also got a good amount of activity in this weekend.  I hit the goal of 75 miles which was AWESOME. I'm really good at making goals but not so much at actually hitting them. But I keep on  setting them. 

December's Goals
Hit 1350 minutes of exercise
Run/Walk 45 Miles
Make drinking water a priority
Log all food & stay at calorie goal +/-200 

Are you a goal maker? What are your goals for the month?

Now on to the giveaway!!!

Erin from She's a Big Star put together an amazing giveaway for y'all.  I am super jealous of all the prizes.  All designed to help pamper you, while you spend the month running around taking care of everyone else's needs & wants. Easy to enter, just follow the instructions on the Raffle-copter... Any problems let me know!

$10 Chipotle e-Gift Card from Erin @ She's a Big Star

$10 Target Card from Courtney @ From Here to Eternity

$10 Target eGiftCard from Ashlee @ Ash's Right Direction

$10 Target eGiftCard from Tia @ Hands On, Pants Off

BUXOM Mascara from Sephora from Laurie @ Stylin' Savanna

Stress, Energy & Sleep (travel-size) Lotions from B&BW from Erin @ Living a Love Song

$10 Starbucks Card from Jess @ Keeping up with The Casey's

$10 Starbucks Card from Janessa @ Running On Empty

$10 Starbucks Card from Heather @ Pretty Strong Medicine

Nail polish & Lip Gloss from Faith @ Finding Faith's Future

Earrings from Retrospection from Chastity @ A Cowboy Life

$10 Amazon Card from Steph @ Life According to Steph

$10 Starbucks Card from Stacy @ Dixie Bell Designs

$10 Brady Bands Gift Certificate from Sonya @ Healthy Sew  

2 Fleurty Bands from Jasmine @ Fleurty & Fit

Leopard Print Scarf & Tech Gloves from Angela @ Mean Ang

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

Weigh in Wednesday!

Back for Weigh in Wednesday with my favorites :) 

 

I had a decent week exercise wise.  I am trying to get 75 miles in by the end of the month for a challenge & still plugging away at my 1350 minute goal but I am not sure that will happen this month.  Tracking my food and staying at my goal is always a struggle but I am working on it, I only hit it twice this week but its a start :) Follow me on My Fitness Pal:Healthysew!

 I was happy with the 1.6 pounds lost this week.  

This is my Carrot app. It makes me laugh because it will yell at you when you gain weight and has a 7 minute workout option.  I like it and it helps motivate me. 

I am excited for Thanksgiving tomorrow to spend time with family.  I am planning on doing the #wiwturkeyday5k Thanksgiving 5k hosted by Ash, Heather & Erin :) so I will get a good workout in the morning and hope to have all the food I want in moderation.

Whats your plan for Thanksgiving?

Um. Hi :)

Soooo I haven't posted in well over a year.  I kept putting it off basically because of fear and not wanting to face the facts. Then I remembered the purpose of blogging is to document my journey, nothing else.

A lot of things has happened in the last year in my life, yet some things are totally the same.

I graduated college with my Bachelors degree :)

I tore two tendons in my ankle and severely bruised the bone :(

I turned 28 :)

And I havent lost any real weight.

I weighed in Wednesday at 242 pounds.  I'm not putting a sad face though, because I am proud of my journey.

This year I ran a mile without stopping,

 I survive Insanity classes without quitting on a  regular basis, and I can do a 4 minute wall sit.

Life is full of ups and downs and without those I would get bored and complacent.

One of my favorite bloggers, Elle Noel posted about the Piles on the Miles Challenge by Monica at Run Eat Repeat.  Basically you pledge a goal, it can be miles, minutes, times a week, whatever you want to do.

 

I pledged to get 1350  minutes of exercise in the month of November. Join me!

I'm ready to get back to blogging and have a great November.

If anyone is still reading, what are your goals for November?

Happy Monday

Time for another weekend shenanigans! As always go check out Sami and everyone's weekend shenanigans!

Friday was usual work day. Ready for alcohol nice and early, so of course I had to send a snap chat. After work I went to the Y with a friend and did some weights and then attempted to run outside, but it was way too hot for me. Not sure how you guys do it! Then Friday night some friends came over and we did some drinking and watched Anchorman. Good night!

 

Saturday was lots of napping! Then later I went to BW3 with my brother and got a massive amount of food, i shared of course. Then we saw R.I.P.D. it didn't get great reviews but I thought it was good. Love Ryan Reynolds.

 

Sunday was out for breakfast! Then some grocery shopping. More naps and then an awesome run! I did my fastest miles so far 16.09. Still crazy slow but big improvement for me and that's all that matters! Then lunch prep for the week: quinoa, avocado, tomato & chicken. Hopefully its yummy!

 

All in all I had a great weekend, here's to a good week!

How was your weekend? 

Monday Update

Time for another Weekend Update with Sami !

I had an excellent weekend filled with family and fun times, of course zero exercise and the scale showed that..

But lets go back to Thursday.. I did not really have fun plans for the actual 4th since we had family stuff planned for the weekend. But I did get in a 5k wog as virtual stars & strips 5k. It wasn't a great run for me, I felt super drowsy and sick the whole time, but I got it done!

Friday I weighed in for my challenge... at 238.4!! Which was awesome and definitely the result of my hard work last week.

Did my nails Friday night all festive for the 4th

This is pretty intricate for me so I was psyched.

 

Saturday was the family party, spent most of the time drinking and having fun with family I don't get to see too often. Of course I only got a couple of pictures.

 

 

Sunday was spent cleaning and trying to get water in. I weighed in this morning and it was 244!! Hopefully that falls off quickly with lots of water and exercise this week. I cant let 2 days ruin my great week!

Happy Monday! How was your weekend?

Weigh in Wednesday & Challenges!

Oh My Word... I totally wrote a whole blog post and it disappeared.. Oh well, Blogger must be mad since I suck at posting lately.

But its Wednesday so I had to post for Weigh in Wednesday!

Make sure you check out the hosts

Heather, Ash, Bailey, & Amy. They are so supportive and encouraging!

Same old thing with me, I have been working out sporadically and eating tends to follow. I do really well like Sunday-Wednesday but unfortunately my bad eating and lack of exercise over shadows that.

Still involved with the Bikini Body Mom challenge and I have another Fighting the Fluff challenge.

Two awesome blogger have other hash tag/challenges starting.

Darci has #60inSixty starts Friday, goal is to get 60 miles in before Labor Day. I have never set a specific mileage goal so I cant wait to get started.

Mel talked about #getitinJuly which is always awesome.

If you're on Twitter/Instagram check me out (healthysew) and follow along with the hash tags!

As always thank you so much for your support and hope you have a happy Wednesday!



Update, Weigh in Wednesday & "The Mary Kay Look: Influenster!

Oh my goodness, I had big plans to do this awesome weekend update post on Monday and update my weekly goals and all the jazz. Then I was sick Monday.. and Tuesday was spent playing catch up, so here we are.

So this will be a long post and hopefully some of y'all make it to the end!

Lets start with the weekend.

Friday was normal work day, came home and this was in my mail...

My first infleunster box! If you aren't familiar, Influenster is a fun company that sends out products to testers who then give their opinions and share on various social media. I was so excited for this opportunity and will share my thoughts tomorrow!

Friday night I spent some time with friends and went and saw The End. This movie was hysterical! Even if I was slightly intoxicated I really thought it was a funny movie.

Saturday went to a water park with the family. It was a man made lake with kayaks and zip lining and a bar!

I've rotated those darn pics three times and they wont stay! So you get sideways pictures :)

Now on to Weigh in Wednesday! Check out the hosts if you don't already follow

 Heather, Ash, Bailey & Amy!

 

I am still working on the Bikini Body Mom Challenge. I have restarted a billion times. But I woke up this morning (at 6 am!) and did my day 3, which was 45 minutes of cardio

and my lovely breakfast this morning

another sideways pic

So there you go! As always thanks for reading!

Happy Hump Day!



Monday & Weekly Goals

It is Monday! Yipee.

Despite having to be at work an hour early, the pouring rain with no umbrella & starting a statistics class tonight I am in a good mood!

I am linking up with Jess for weekly goals check in. She works so hard with having our challenge group and keeping us all motivated so if you don't already go check her out!!



This Week's Goals:

Blog 3 times
Continue with my Bikini Body Mommy Challenge
Log my good and stay under 5/7 days
Be happy :)

That's it for me today
What are your goals?

Summer Lovin

Joining in with this fun Summer Bucket List Linkup with the lovely Holly & Trista!

Reading everyone's posts is making me super jealous! A bunch of you get to meet up and have slumber parties, vacations and all around fun plans. Meanwhile I take a statistics class for 5 hours a night for 8 weeks!!!!!

Oh well I'll survive. My goals for this summer is to continue to exercise and be healthy.
At the end of the summer I hope I....

Ran a 5k without stopping

Gotten some pedicures :)

Laid on a beach.. or sand by a lake

Saw fireworks

Soaked in a lot of time with family

Saw a baseball game

Took a billion pictures

Eaten a lot of ice cream

Visited this-- African Safari Wildlife Park

Laid out by a pool

Visited the zoo

Be happy :)

And yes I made it pink because this is pretty artsy for me.

What are your summer plans?

Weigh in Wednesday

It is Weigh in Wednesday time! New hosts so check them out if you don't already follow
 Heather, Ash, Bailey & Amy!



As always not much to report, I slipped again and haven't been tracking or exercising... I know same old. But this is my blog and I am keeping track of my experience. Excited for my run tonight and going to start the 300 Ab challenge that Holly and some other ladies started last week.

I have a plan for the week and ready to tackle!

Hope everyone is having a great week!