Whoops!  I haven't been great about blogging every 5 days on my Whole 30.


 I FEEL AMAZING.  Yes, amazing.

2.  I have tons of energy.  No 4:00 slump, just even energy throughout the day.

3.  I sleep great.  I don't know if I ever slept bad but I'm sleeping great.

4.  My face is thinner.  Ya'll know I hate fat face (say that with a twangy accent).  My face isn't fat anymore.  YES, YES, YESSSSSSS!

Katie, you've officially put this photo everywhere.  That's enough.

5.  I have lost weight...I don't know how much but some of my clothes are looser.

Since we're riding this positive wave, I'll continue.


Non-Whole 30 related awesomeness...

6.  I got the Ok from my doctor to go back to Crossfit 480-almost full force.  Still no running or jumpy things but back to lifting and other stuff.  SO HAPPY.  I went back, for the first time, today and I was so freakin happy when I left.  I just love it there.

3 time champ...Hot Rich Froning.  Hot.  Hot.

7.  I'm on a mission...a mission to get married this year (maybe to the man in the picture above.  Ha!).  Yes that's right.  Katie, you sound insane.  I know.  My other mission to date people failed so I'm just going to get married.  Any takers?  No?  You might have been interested but this post mixed with my Pinterest boards about a future wedding and children have completely scared you away.  Great.



PS.  I wouldn't wanna lead you astray so I will tell you that my friend who is doing with me and I agreed that we are going to do Whole 30 + drinking.  Umm, that's not Whole30 Kathryn.  Yeah I know, but this ain't my first rodeo (my dad says that a lot...does anyone else say that) and I'm doin' it.  Cheers.

WARNING: QUITE a controversial topic here.  Continue reading at your own risk.

Are you Catholic?  Jewish?  Christian?  Agnostic?  Atheist?

I don't like to get all preachy on here because that's not really what I designed this blog for but I have a few stories to share...

I was raised Catholic.
We went to church, every Sunday, as a family.
My mom was my CCD teacher.
I know all my prayers...even Glory Be.
I have received all of the Sacraments necessary, to date.
And even though I haven't been to church is about a year, I could jump in and follow every step of Mass like a Boss.

But...I don't know if I was ever REALLY Catholic.  I mean I can recite the Nicene Creed with the best of them but more than Catholic, my brother and I were raised with a ton of faith and somehow we still have all of it.

I think that religion can breed intolerance.

I don't believe, for one second, that God wanted us to do any of the following:
Stay single forever (Nuns and Priests)
Stay celibate until marriage; I wouldn't even encourage my own daughter to do this
Hate or condem ANYone (Gay, straight, atheist, purple polka dotted)
Push our religion on people as if it were the ONLY way
Be intolerant of one another.
Not have a sense of humor about Him.
Believe that people were going to Hell.
Quote a book that was written by over 40 men over the course of 1,500 years as if it had no mistakes and was absolute fact on how everything should be done now.



Now, I also believe it can do amazing things.

I loved growing up Catholic.  "On Eagle's Wings," is still my favorite church song.

I loved going to my friend's Non-Denominational Christian churches and singing fun songs.  "Lord, I Lift Your Name On High"
I had aspirations to be Mormon like my friend's family.  I loved the idea of Family Home Evening and folding our arms to pray.
Some of my favorite people are Jewish.
Some of my coolest students were Muslim.
I have gone to a Lutheran church and it almost felt like home.


So...what religion am I?  I'm not sure...but here's the story all my faith is based around...

To be continued.

Love me some asparagus

I know the OJ isn't a great idea.  I only had a few sips and threw a lot away.

I brought these for a friend who just had a baby. Why do I torture myself?

Totally overcooked my salmon...bad move

Do you think Thank You Notes are important?
Do you send them?
Do you send them for everything or just when it's not Christmas?
Is a Thank You text acceptable?
Is a Thank You Facebook post acceptable?
Is a Thank you form letter ok?
Do you make your kids write them?
Can you write a thank you blog?

When I was little I HAD to write all of my one Thank You notes as soon as I could write and before I could write I had to dictate them while I sat next to my mom.

She was huge on thank you notes.

I, am also huge on thank  you notes.  However, I am evolving with the times.


Here are my answers...


Do you think Thank You Notes are important?
VERY
Do you send them?
Yes...most of the time.  Sometimes I'm a jerk and forget.  I have friends who are amazeballs at sending them-every single time.  Once I sent 3 to the same person for the same gift because I kept forgetting whether I had sent one.

Do you send them for everything or just when it's not Christmas?
Not for Christmas but I try for other things. 

Is a Thank You text acceptable?
Yes, I think so.  I think it's totally ok (and pretty cute) to get a thank you text with a picture of them using/wearing what I sent.   small things.  Example.  Sent a shirt-thank you text is fine.  Planned a wedding shower-thank you text is not fine. Needs to followed with an actual note.

Is a Thank You Facebook post acceptable?
Sure.  See above

Is a Thank you form letter ok?
No, it's not specific enough

Do you make your kids write thank you notes?
Someday-fo sho

Can you write a thank you blog?
Obvi I say yes.  I think they are very specific and to that person.  



So, what are your thoughts?

Permission to...

Be totally ok with not drinking sometimes.
I used to feel like I was depriving myself or I really "needed" it.  I'm actually good without it.  Give me a sparkling water with lemon and a side of no hangover please.  Cheers.


Judge you if you don't buy lemonade from a kid's Lemonade Stand
There's nothing cuter in the world that little ones sitting out there with their lemonade learning their first lessons about earning money.  So, fork out that cash and pay extra!

I wish I knew this kid because he's freaking adorable

Not wear my boot all the time at home.
Eeek!  Is that bad?  What's gonna happen if I don't wear it?  Will it mess up the surgery?  My ankle doesn't hurt at all.



HATE shopping for fancy clothes
I mean, I love the way they look.  I love getting ready (sometimes) but I hate shopping for fancy clothes.



Be SO over these signs.
We get it people.  Keep calm and... It's gone on WAY TOO LONG.  Didn't you actually post one of these posters in one of your old posts?  Maybe.  But it was ok when I was doing it.  Everything is ok when I'm doing it.
Not start my day until 1:30 pm...almost every day.
It's summer.  What am I going to do when I have to wake up, get ready, and get to work all in the span of 1.5 hours?


Binge watch TV
Yes I have gone through 3 seasons of Dexter in about 1 week.  HOW. LAZY. CAN. I. BE?

Really like my house.
I'm such a homebody.  I really love being in my cozy house though.  It's small and set up just right.


Be SO excited that my principal put me in charge of interviewing/hiring 
some new music candidates while she's out of town.
I'm overly excited about doing this job.  I was to do a great job and hire the right person because she told me she trusts me.  Eeek, excited and scaredballs.

Bah! Ha! Ha! with this image.  I really crack myself up.

Really believe that EVERY person in the world should have 
HAD to work in the service industry at some point.  
I can't handle people who are the slightest bit rude to anyone-waiters, front desk, anyone.  Who do they think they are?!?!  I'm ok with being assertive and, very politely, asking for what you want but any sore of condescending tone, I wanna slap them.

What's your "go to"?  Do you have one?  No, Katie, we don't have drama with our food all the time like you do.  Well, sometimes I start to crack out on sweets...and tortillas...and tortilla chips...and the delicious Ziti my sister made...and a million popsicles.

Every time my friends or I starting gaining weight we have our own "go to" things.

One of my friends is Nutri System.  Gaining a few lbs, she orders up another thing of it.
Another one is Weight Watchers.  Gaining a few lbs, she starts logging her points all the time.
Mine?  Whole 30.

The first time I did it was to check out this whole Paleo thing.  I had such great effects that for the next year I was on and off, with lots of on.

Anyway, back on the wagon and keeping a little log for the first time.

Day 1:
Feeling great.  Excited to be doing another Whole30!

Chicken Salad w/ salsa and avocado

Day 2: 

Sometimes I'm super hard on myself.  I get upset with myself for not being this or that all the time.  I get down on myself because I must have done something wrong along the way because I'm not married yet.  Or because I fall on and off the wagon with food.  Or because I haven't worked out in months.  Or because I don't send things in the mail enough.