Good morning and Happy November Ladies!!! Dang @AZLisaLou you and @heatherc369 are both broken now!!! What the heck!? Thank goodness it wasn't worse. Great pics @NadiaMayl you look adorable and sounds like you had a great weekend! My weekend was good.. didn't pig out on sweets like I usually would have. We went to a Pumpkin patch last night and well I'm allergic to alfalfa and the place is full of "hay" soooooo I had a bad allergy attack and still feeling a bit groggy from the benadryl I had to take last night. I've been eating at my cal goals but having a hard time staying motivated on the protein macro. I'm not really sure where to go with my workouts.. my left shoulder has been giving me a hard time and I'm not really sure I should be doing heavy lifting. Sooooo.. think I'll just go hit the cardio and legs next time. Hope my shoulder gets better soon.. it sucks! Keep up the progress and hang in there!

@heatherc369 it was your turn to hit the funk zone!!! Normal, don't beat yourself over it!! Just get back to us pronto, hehe. Seriously though, how's the healing going?
@Kerryatoon careful with injuring yourself further!! It sucks when we have to tone it down to avoid injury, but it beats the alternative.
@AZLisaLou I'm glad to hear it's all healing and you didn't have more than a little swelling! The new car sounds nice!! It'll be a while before I upgrade my mommamobile super duper soccer mom minivan! And I tell you, the van is plane basic, at car rider line, the kids and teachers always stand there waiting for the automatic door to open, and I'm like nah-ah, use your pretty arms people, this car has nothing electric (ok ok, the windows are electric, but that's it)! Haha I love not having a car payment, tho.
I'm back in the saddle of searching for an academic program that will fit my needs. I've started an application to a Masters program in Counseling. And My GOD, they should have a special application for non-traditional applicants, meaning people who've been home for years and don't have professional recommendations, recent job history, etc etc. where the heck am I going to get three professional people who know me and my work ethic to write me a graduate school admissions letter of recommendation!! Dang it!!! And don't even get me started on my brain freeze and my attempt at writing my Personal Statement!!!! WTF...... what am I supposed to write? Between loads of laundry I run and coordinate little cute pumpkin cutouts made of construction paper because the elementary school teachers are insane and give us tons of useless things to do in the workroom!?!?
Aaannnyyywwwaaayyy, we'll see how that goes! I just complain to cope with the stress, I'm actually excited about it. I just hope I get accepted!!!

Hi ladies! @NadiaMayl glad to hear you're looking into going for your masters!! That is so awesome. I have no advice.. I got my bachelor's and that was enough.. lol. I've been nailing my macros the last couple of days and lowered my deficit again. I needed a lower target so that if I go over I'm still in a reasonable range. So far 1 day down at the lower target and felt great. Water and protein goal met. I decided to go to yoga last night rather than the gym. I think I need a couple more days off to let my shoulder rest. Yoga was awesome and I feel great after that. Looking forward to reporting steady progress here again. Hope everyone is having a good week so far. XOX!