My own home gym!

So, I have a small home gym. Its in a small room and its kind of cramped quarters. Here's a link to a video I posted about my home gym set up.
My Home Gym Set Up 
As you can see, its kind of cramped.  I can get a good workout in, but I spend time moving stuff around just to have space for deadlifts, then move stuff around again, to do bench press.  Kind of a pain, but I'm so thankful to have a home gym for days I can't get to, or simply don't want to go to the gym.  Closest gym to me, 35 miles away.  I wish I could have a gym closer, but nope. 

So my hubby told me a plan.  He'd like to buy a big shed and put it on a concrete slab we have in our yard.   That's going to be just a little expensive.  Oh, not horrid, but a few thousand bucks. Then once we move the mower, snow blower, and some of his tools, he wants to convert the third garage bay into a home gym.  Put my gym, all my weights, the spin bike, my rower, and if we have room the treadmill out there.   I'm not sure we'll be able to get the treadmill in there, and that's ok. 

Now doing this will mean spending money to make changes.  We'd take the garage door off, and wall it off, making it a simple wall, and maybe put in a walk out door.    We'd need to seal the wall between the garage bays, cause it leaks water.  You know, park my car when its got snow on it, and the snow melts, water seeps under the wall.  It needs to be sealed so that doesn't ruin my gym equipment.  

So, I've decided to cut back on my makeup buying and put that money in savings for my home gym set up.  If I spend half as much on makeup and put that in savings I'll have a nice nest egg built up for  a great shed for hubby, and getting my gym set up.    I might have to just make due with a garage door for a while, but that's ok. It will be spring soon and I'll probably open up the door and let the nice weather in!

I'm ok with buying less makeup.  After all, how many eye shadow palettes can one person use?  I will still get stuff, but come on.  I really need to cut back.  Besides, here soon, I'm going to need new clothes since I'm starting to lose inches!.

I found a new way of eating I'm really going to give a go too.  Eat more to Weigh less.  It basically says we've all be starving ourselves and need to get to eating 2000 or more calories a day.  I've been bumping up my calories up and I've not gained any weight.  And I have more energy for my workouts.  And it simply feels good to eat more freaking food. 

Did you know that the 1200-1400 calorie a day diet a lot of women go on is the recommended calorie intake for toddler?  Yes, a 2 year old is to eat the same amount of food as a full grown woman.  How fucked up is that?  Who  did that?  Who decided to tell full grown women that eating the amount of food for a 2 year old was what we needed to do?  I'd like to slap the shit out of them.   

So there is my plan.  Less makeup, more savings, and eventually a great home gym set up in my garage!

The power of the tape measure.

And I don't mean a building one.  I mean on like this:

One you would either measure clothes, or  yourself, (faints)

I renewed my journey to fitness this year.   But its been slow.  I've been working out at home, lifting weights, doing some cardio.  Not gotten to go to Crossfit as much, but I've done a couple Crossfit workouts at home.  I've also been tracking my food, getting enough protein cause I have found if I get lots more protein, I can lose weight easier. And I can eat more!  Who doesn't want that???  Eat more, and lose weight??   I've been eating around 1800 cals a day getting in at least 120gm protein.  I do better getting 130+ gm, but 120 is good.

Anyway, I've lost 2.1 lbs.  Been trying to be happy about that.  But it wasn't working much.  I know other people, people who are not liars, say they have lost 5-10lbs already..WTF!  Why not me?  Why do I have to be a slow loser?  I want to lose 5lbs a month.

So I was feeling a little down.  Then I did something.  I did a quickie set of measurements.  I did a full on set at the first of the year.  This time, I just checked my waist, navel and hips.  Well, I have lost nearly a half inch off both my waist and navel, and a quarter inch off my hips.   So, I'm feeling pretty damn good about that if I do say so myself!

I got a treadmill too!  Got it all set up on Fri. Or rather, my hubby got it all set up for me.  I'm going to use it a lot for sprints.  I want to get so I can run 200m, 400m and 800m so when I see that in Crossfit, I won't think "FUCK! I HATE RUNNING"  but maybe I'll think more "dang, running isn't my favorite" 

Been buying fitness pants and shirts like crazy lol.  Lots of workout capris and cute shits to workout in. I think it makes the workout better if you are dressed nice lol.  Been working for me!

I've been lifting at home on days I'm not going to Crossfit.  I did deadlifts yesterday.  They are my favorite!  I did 185lbs for 4 reps. Working on getting my one rep max up to 300lbs!  It will happen!

I've got one more day off before a new 3 day stretch of work.  I generally like my job, but sometimes I hate working.  Weird.  I'm fine once I get there, but just getting up, getting ready, all that stuff. I hate it.  I want to be able to stay at home and workout, watch tv, play games and read.  Can I win the lottery so I can do that?

I really should get up and do a workout, but I've been having a lazy ass day today and its been nice.  I think everyone needs a day here and there where you take a nap, and do as little as possible.  Today it that day for me.  Hope you all get one soon!

Ice Ice Baby!

Well, what a wonderful day it was today...NOT.  Ice storm.  Thankfully, it was just a couple degrees warmer than they thought, so the ice didn't last quite as long.  But it was a really fun drive home from work this morning.  The temp was right around 32 so there was the fear of hitting black ice and going off into the ditch.  Thank goodness I didn't!   I was prepared.  Had a blanket and a little food with me, and my phone synced to my car to call for help if I needed too. 
I'm off today and thankful.  Work did text me asking for help, but sorry. Nope.  Not today.  You do it.  Its foggy, its getting colder, going to have refreeze on the roads, and just nope.

My tattoo is ITCHY!! Its pretty much done flaking but now its itchy.  Looks pretty good if I do say so.  I like to show it off to people and explain its meaning.  

Did some shopping today online.   Ordered 2 Morphe palettes, and 2 pair of boots.   Here are the palettes I got:

I wanted something with COLORS!  Can't wait to play around with these. Will probably take a week or more to get them, but that's ok.

Then I got some boots from DSW.  Cause its been a month since I got new shoes so I needed some lol.   For some reason I can't get the pictures to download on my computer, but oh well.  I saved them to my Pinterest board.   Guess you can look up my board if you are curious.  Rhonda Brand is who I am on Pinterest.

Gonna get a workout in. I did not go to Crossfit today cause I refuse to leave the house today.  So I'm gonna hit my workout room and do a workout of inverted rows, pushups, thrusters, ab mat situps and maybe some hip thrusters to finish myself off.  I'll let you know if I can walk tomorrow lol.

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Foundation review

I posted a video of this today.  Here's the link; Rainforest of the Sea Review

This is what it looks like:

I'm pretty sure its a Sephora exclusive.


I really like this. I've had the previous lightest shade that I got this summer, and have used it until fall, when it was then just to darn dark.  I've had that problem with several other foundations, such as Born this Way and Physician's Formula.  I wish companies would realize that people are super light, and super dark and make shades to include us.  Oh well.

At least Tarte made a lighter shade. Its a good match for now.  If I got much lighter, it wouldn't be, but this is a good shade for those of us who are pretty darn pale.

It lasted pretty much all day, except the part on my nose when I rubbed it off cause I sneezed a couple times.  I sneeze into my elbow, and my sleeve rubbed it off lol.  Better than spewing germs all over Costco, right?

It is $39 for 1oz of product.  Not a bad price.  Not as spendy as I've had, but not the cheapest I've used too. 

My thoughts, one of my favorite foundations.  I tend to reach for it quite a bit.  Its not my Holy Grail foundation, but I really do like it.   Doesn't fall off my nose to bad when it gets oily, and doesn't seem to make my pores look bad either.

A thumbs up for this Barbell Beauty!

My new tattoo and its meaning.

So on Sunday, my family, or rather, my sister, my daughters and I plus my soon to be son-in-law went and got tattoos.  Most of us got a rather special tattoo.   We all have the middle name Fern.   Starting with my mother, and down through my youngest daughter.   My dad use to call us Fern 1, Fern 2, ect.  I'm Fern 3.   Both my parents have passed on to Heaven. We found some handwriting
of my mother's and got this tattoo.

Its a fern leaf with my mother's handwriting.   My sister and two oldest daughters got tattoos with their number.  My youngest didn't want to get that one so she got something different. I'm hoping at some point she decides to get this one, but its her body so she can do what she wants.

I'm so happy with it. Its on my left forearm so I can see my mom's handwriting everyday if I want to. 

Not to much else is going on with me.  Worked last night. It was a good night.   Going to Des Moines tomorrow to get somethings.  Hitting Crossfit tonight so I hope I live to get to do to Des Moines lol.

I hate being sick

I just hate it.  I had to call in, which means I probably left my co-workers short staffed, but I just couldn't go in. Not any do anything or take care of anyone. 
Feeling better today, so I'm going to work, but not to Crossfit.  I was going to go today, but then kind of thought that 24 hours ago, I was sick and napping in my bed, so maybe going to an intense workout the day after was not a good idea.  So I decided to wait at least another day.

I did a workout at home, a short Crossfit workout.  This will be me when I finally get back to Crossfit.

I will probably die lol.

I'm going shopping in Des Moines on Sat by myself.  Been a while since I did that.   Going to hit a few stores that we don't usually hit when hubby and I go together.   I probably won't buy much, but I will get a few things.    It will just be nice to look around at a few things I usually don't get to.

Need to finish getting things rounded up for my Best of 2016 video I'm planning on filming on Fri.  I've got some things I really liked this year. Might as well let the world know what I liked!

Hope everyone is healthy and has a great day!

Time to work on some goals today

I did a very scary thing.  I took my measurements, stepped on the scale, and took some pictures of myself in my underwear.  UGH!   But well, I need to know where I am, so I can see how far I've come in a few weeks to a few months.  The measurements were not quite as bad, as I forgot I took some back at the beginning of summer, and I has managed to lose a little here and there.  Nothing really big, a quarter inch here a half an inch there.  But its enough to make pants not be as tight, so I'm ok with that.

I had thought about going up to Crossfit today, but I really REALLY needed to do laundry, so that's what I did.   So I'm going to do a workout at home.  Going to work on thrusters, ab mat sit ups, and some cardio.  I'll go to Crossfit tomorrow, cause I'll need it!  Starting a 3 day stretch tomorrow, so I think hitting Crossfit before is a great way to start things off.

I did just a little online shopping today.  I got this:

Another BH Cosmetics palette. I really love BH Cosmetics.   These colors look really pretty.  Lots of pretty pinks and purples!  I love me some purple eye shadow.

Been looking at treadmills online.  Had one given to us, but well, I don't think it survived the stay in a garage and the back of the truck ride home. Never did work. I want a treadmill to work on running.  I want to run a mile without having to stop to walk.  That won't happen unless I get up off my butt and well, run. And sorry, but I AIN'T running out in this cold crap!  I'd slip on ice and break my head open. So treadmill shopping it is.

Its about time to go get changed into workout clothes and get a little sweaty.  Hope the new year is treating you ok so far!