100 Happy Days

Sounds silly, but really think about it. With all of life's stresses (BIG and small) it's easy to get bogged down and forget to appreciate the little things or the tiny special moments we usually take for granted. I found this floating around on Facebook and decided to check it out. It's a worldwide movement challenging people to be happy for 100 days. Check it out Here. 

With the boy and I's most recent conversation of how we always do a million things at once, and with some upcoming job changes (again), a move, buying a new car and oh yeah, you know we're getting married in a month! It's needless to say, we have a lot going on. And that tends to be our standard these days. Sometimes it's hard to not loose the little tender moments in the giant shuffle of everyday mayhem. 

I think this is a genius idea. To simply remind ourselves to take a moment to breath each day in and actually enjoy it, not just wake up and go through the motions. I will be starting my 100 day challenge tomorrow, if you care to join me sign up on their site or just do it all on your own! I will be posting my #100HappyDays on my Instagram if you want to check out what makes me smile in the next 100 days! 

100 Reasons to Smile!

100 Days- Update!

20 Day Fitness Check In

I can't believe it's already been twenty days since I started the 100 day challenge. There has been so many other things going on it really snuck up on me! It was super easy to include my fifteen minutes the first week because I was all excited to get started and then my enthusiasm trailed off as our lives got really busy again and it was a chore to have to include a workout schedule into my already stretch for time days. After the first two weeks I really got the hang of it and I enjoyed doing it, I had fun trying different work outs and it made me feel better and have lots of energy to boot!

100 Day Challenge Check In:

Day: Twenty
Weight: 122 lbs
Bust: 32"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35.5"
Arm: 9.75"
Thigh: 19"

Mood?: Upbeat! I have a lot more energy through out the day

How Do You Feel?: Good! It also gives me an extra push to eat super healthy, the boy and I have been enjoying fresh fruit smoothies

Notice Any Changes?: My clothes are fitting a little differently, I can really tell with one pair of my jeans!

Keep It Going- 80 Days to Go!

100 Days

Making it Happen

According to How Stuff Works it only takes 21-30 days to make or break a habit! That's really not that bad if you can just force yourself to power through the first part then you're in the home stretch, right? Well knowing that and with my wedding date looming in that awkward 'oh there is still plenty of time' and 'it's going to be here before you know it' phase I decided to get in shape. Ok, you can stop laughing, I'm serious this time! Ever since my twenties I've always eaten healthy (I seriously just like it!) but working out has always come and gone in phases. I can't promise after the wedding bells have silenced that I'll keep it up but hey some time is better than never at all…

Check Out Give it 100, it's a really cool new website where people, like me, are trying to over come something (mine is pure laziness) or simply learn something new and are taking on the challenge for doing whatever it is they have chosen for 100 days. They upload 10 second videos from each day doing whatever they're doing and you can watch people progress and get better as the days go on, thought it was a pretty neat concept and talk about motivation! 

I don't know if I can commit to uploading a video every day but I did take before pictures, measurements and weighed myself. I never weigh myself so I'm only going to do 'check ins' every 20 days to map my progress. Working out every single day already seems like a daunting task but I'm only calling for working out at least 15 minutes a day. So the days I'm busy it'll be hard to make an excuse to not get in at least fifteen minutes, but the days I have more free time or on the weekend with the boy I can workout for longer. But fifteen minutes is the bare-bones minimum. I started this past Monday so I'm currently on day 3. . . only 97 more days to go. I'll post the progress and if I stick with it and it works I'll blog about the process and the results in the end!

100 Day Challenge Check In:

Day: One
Weight: 123 lbs
Bust: 32"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 36"
Arm: 10"
Thigh: 19"

Mood?: A little nervous, but excited to get in shape for the wedding

How Do You Feel?: Like I should have started this a long time ago

Notice Any Changes?: Haven't Started!

Wish Me Luck!