Mucking Fascots!

WOW... what a trip! The past 14 days have been 100 % crazy, fun, and unexpected to say the least. It was a nice little break from my normal routine of workouts and work and I swore I had eaten my weight in terrible cafeteria food, five guys, noodles, and Axles by the time I left Milwaukee. With no scale in sight, I just kept calm and carried on. When we got to Scranton we realized we were on the 3rd floor of the dorms with NO elevator not to mention the main gym at the school was uber hot! AWESOME! Between running  stairs all day everyday, sweating my butt off in the gym, and using my coaches as squatting tools (I maxed out around 180 ish) I ended up coming home almost 5-6 lbs lighter than when i left...my nightly diet may have contributed to some of that. Well enough of all that... lets highlight this awesome adventure of craziness. 

   SO, Milwaukee was awesome...as always. Lots of good friends were there and the kids are incredible. The theme this year was olympics (who would have guessed) 

USA

First, I STILL suck at dodge ball...ALTHOUGH, I did make one incredible catch resulting in my one and only out of the past 3 years (YAY) promptly after that I was pelted in the leg while celebrating my epic catch. 

Second, Axles is much more fun when the guys have another girl (thanks Katie) to pick on and i'm not the only one! 

Lastly, Milwaukee is just all around awesomeness every year! If you have any further questions check the photographic proof on the FB!

Dream team!

ON TO ScrantON!!!! Theme of the week...ohhh myyyy goddd. I was a little nervous coming into this camp (shhhhh) Since I have heard southpaw isn't the YouDees favorite person and I didn't really know any of the campers that would be there. SURPRISE!!! What was I thinking?! These guys were just as amazing as all the other mascots I work with. I was overjoyed and in love with this phenomenal group the instant we started camp! Camp went great, follies went great, and top of it all we got to do some awesome community service with the boys and girls club and a local nursing home! I don't know how many of you have had the chance to work in that type of environmental but its the most rewarding feeling ever!

Nursing home visit!

 Boys and girls club!

 Kenny made a new GF at the nursing home!

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!! We also learned Katie can fit 22 jumbo marshmallows in her mouth AND we had some killer karaoke stars!

you read right...22

my hump my hump my hump...

Dream team 2.

I know I made even more incredible life long friends on the trip and I cant wait to see them all again! OH YEAH... I also got to go to NYC (added bonus)! It was grand and awesome and huge, we had a blast... but it really just didn't top the two weeks of camps.

 

Hello from 33,000 feet!

Hey guys, its been a few since I've made a new post (sorry about that) but now as I fly off to Milwaukee for "work"(can I even call it that?!) I have plenty of air time to make a post!!! I have been thinking up some new things to post about and one came to me the other night in conversation with friends! I got asked a question that I kinda knew but not really SO I took it upon myself to research a bit and answer the question with a bit more confidence. The question I was asked was " what's the difference between good calories and bad?!" well to start I know you should eat healthy because the right foods fuel your body! Then came the question about counting calories! "if I'm given a certain amount of calories and I only eat that many does it matter what I eat?!" That one kinda stumped me. Technically you're intaking the Same amount of calories for your body to burn, so can you eat 1500 calories of doughnuts and your body burn it off just like 1500 calories of salad?! WELL OBVIOUSLY NOT was my first conclusion but I didn't have the answer other then some are good for you and others are "empty calories". I Went on a Search for these answers so now I can explain it and not say "well you know... You should eat healthy, it's better for you!". You can eat 1500 calories (please look up your personal calorie intake, it is not the same for everyone and I am just using "1500" as an example number) of crap and 1500 calories of health food and lose weight with both if that's your daily intake that your body naturally burns off. BUT WAIT JUST A MINUTE Before you go down a few dozen doughnuts... These "empty calories" do nothing for you, you can still lose weight BUT by choosing to eat healthy you will lose faster! I read that eating these empty calories will make you retain water, cause hair and skin problems, and lead to health risk (kinda the obvious right?!) Even though you are eating your daily intake you are not giving your body what it needs to keep you at your best! :)

*my apologies for any errors I'm iPhone blogging!

I seem to always get the wing!!