Back from the dead....sort of

Wow. Ok, long time no blog lol.
All I can say, is Life. Nothing super new since I posted last time. Might be getting into nursing school this fall, but not 100% sure just yet. Still waiting to finish the whole application processing ...process. The university is from Florida, so considering I am in the Denver area, it takes a little bit of time. Should be there already, however.

Anyhoo, yea. I normally post fitness stuffs, so lets start with that. I have been working on building lots of muscle lately. Lots of heavy lifting, and just some cardio. The downside to 'bulking' is you are consuming more calories so that you have the energy needed to lift like that, so you do gain fat along with the muscle. I have gone from 170 to 188. Keep in mind too, my doctor has been along for this ride with me, so everything is in good order too. I know 20lbs sounds like a lot, and it is, but for the most part my measurements have stayed the same. Tummy and hips took a bit of a hit, but that just proves that there is a lot of muscle building going on.
Now, it is time for my 'cutting' phase. I am going to be lifting still to maintain the muscle I have built,  but doing ALOT more cardio and interval training to lose the fluff over my hard earned tuff.

I have been being as active as I can lately. I did the annual heart walk a while ago, I am running the color run in August, and I am signed up for the Tough Mudder in September. Pretty excited, a little nervous for the last one. I still need to make reservations at the place my team is staying.

I really don't know what else to tell ya. I just got home from my 3rd 12hr night shift, and I am not sure if I want to stay up and try to study for my exam, or if I should sleep. If I sleep, I may not get up until really late. I don't like that, not a fan.

Well, thats all for now folks. Until next time, may Goth be with you!

SmartShake protein shake

Hey guys, it's me again. Product review time. 

Today at the gym my boyfriend, Jon, and I found these cool protein shaker bottles. It's called a SmartShake bottle. It was only $10, and I'm not sure if it can be found at a regular store or not. Anyway, so, it has three compartments; the main shake compartment, a pill holder under it with a removable divider,  and the very bottom is just plain, for protein powders or preworkouts. (really you can put powder in both compartments since the divider in the pill compartment pops out) The shake compartment itself is 20 ounces.

They only had three colors at my gym, but you can mix and match parts to create a color block combo, and considering Jon bought one as well, we did.

The other compartments are very handy, and we didn't have any issues with it leaking either when we tried them out. The powder breaker apart thingy isn't a ball like the others, but more like a beehive patterned thing.So yesss, go check them out.