Year one of graduate school is finally OVER!

Yes, I made it through my first year of graduate school! I am not sure yet how I did it. I was on top of the world when I started until I went through a bought of the mommy blues; stopping breast feeding and knowing that I was never going to experience those amazing moments again really took a toll on my heart. The void, so painful! Of course going through a couple of my Mental Health classes brought up childhood issues that never got resolved or processed; so after some trips to a therapist and a ton of tears and walks on the beach- I MADE IT! I am so proud of the work I did this year, I wrote some amazing research papers and created spectacular PowerPoint presentations. I am looking forward to this next and FINAL year. I heard it is a hard one, though I think the kids and I are up for the challenge. We graduate May 20, 2016 and I am hoping I get my internship in Colorado and then the rest is of course a "new blog" to come! I hope that as this next year goes by, I do better at blogging about the kids and my adventures while Stewart is stuck being a Drill Instructor! Brooklyn starts kindergarten and Tristan will go on to first grade so we will be busy! I will try my hardest!

Count down too MOMMY MAKEOVER

Having my first two children did not affect my physic what so ever, in fact after my first two I was skinner than I had even been in high school! Of course here I am four children a mother of 4 and finding myself DESPERATE to find ANY solution to time warp myself back too circa 2010. I started working out with my buddy Nancy in February, and so far I have lost one inch from my hips and waist and a couple from my chest, I know that my body is transforming but I have yet to lose even one pound. I know from my prior life (laugh out loud) that nutrition and what we eat contributes to almost 80% of successful outcome. I was going to do Medifast or Nutrisystem, but realized that I really have not tried anything on my own at home. I blew the dust off of my nutri-bullet and  found a recipe book that has a 6 week transformation plan in the back... Today is day two and I already feel spectacular! I have also set my consultation for my mommy make over for 108 days from now, July 28th at 1:30pm. I have 40 pounds to lose before then so I am going to cycle through the 6 week transformation a couple times and hope that I get to where I want to be in time for my appointment in a way that is healthy and long lasting. I was watching videos and reading reviews and found myself emotional. I was wheeled and walked into four operating rooms to have my beautiful babies and now I get to get wheeled into an operating room to make myself feel woman and extra beautiful again. I hope that you all can go on this journey with me and watch as I shed this unhealthy weight and continue in my life as Brooklyn goes to Kindergarten and Tristan goes to first grade. I have 13 months until I graduate with my Masters in School Psychology and Stewart will continue with his journey at MCRD San Diego. I will post pictures and updates. For now, I am going to post my food and once I take a good picture tonight of my before journey picture I will post that to follow!