check yo self b4 u wreck yo self.

So, I'm kind of notorious. My food of choice has always been hamburgers. Even in the womb! My mother told me that when she was preggers with me she ate a crap ton of hamburgers. I still love them. I had one yesterday. It was pretty damn good. Not the best, but damn delicious.

So yesterday was kind of an amazing day. I had an amazing date at a strawberry field and showed someone a slight depth of how far the rabbit hole goes as far as me and crazy and strawberries. Some of you know that I've slapped my roomie for going after some of my berries... Uncontrollable impulse urges when it comes to those sweet sweet delicious red plump berries. So we are talking the whole time, getting to know you stuff, just good company and conversation the whole time. We went to Sweet Berry Farms which is probably one of the best places ever.  mainly because I'm crazy about strawberries and I don't ever remember a time when I've been able to go fruit picking EVER. So this was a pretty exciting time for me. We filled our box of berries to the brim, and there were signs everywhere that says NO EATING THE BERRIES. This was probably the most irritating part of the whole trip. It was really rough. But you all know me about following rules. TO THE LETTER! Except in the occasion that I set my own rules and break them all the time. But I don't break OTHER peoples rules! hah!

We picked our berries, we had some ice cream and the best strawberry lemonade I've ever had. Granted that place caters to mainly families with children, but who can resist the sweet smell of strawberries wafting through the air on a gorgeous spring day. I felt like a child while I was there. It was a little bit magical. Oh and the guy was great company too ;)

So on the way home we get into a discussion that eventually leads to something that sounds like "u wanna be mah girl?" but way more civilized and not in those exact words at all. So all in all, I gained quite a lot yesterday. A crap ton of berries, a boyfriend, and some new friends too.

I also enjoyed how nobody believed it because I announced it on April Fools. Yes, it really happened. For Realsies.

ANYWAYS back to the important stuff and the whole reason I started this damned blog.

So I weighed in this morning and I'm basically exactly where I started a little over a year ago. HOWEVER. Weight is just a number. Overall I'm healthier and my waistline is smaller (not by much). But I'm constantly headed in the right direction. Yes I like hamburgers, okay yes I really LOVE them... But still, my goals are still alive and kicking and I'm making progress every day.

I finally checked my lab work from the last time I donated a whole pack of blood and my numbers look AWESOME. It really is amazing to SEE the progress your body is making and have this kind of positive reinforcement. Seeing the impact you are making on yourself on a cellular level sans microscope is pretty awesome. So do yourself and everybody else a favor, donate blood and work out and donate more blood and track your progress and keep your HDL and LDL in the proper ranges and keep that LDL on the DL.

The proof is out there...

Alyssa