Tuesday... and feeling great.

Morning ladies.... Happy first day of FEBRUARY... Exactly 8 months away from my BIG DAY I am way pumped up. =)

I have been doing really really good with a few small digressions but they weren't REALLY bad, not even bad enough to take me off track.

First things first... recap of the rest of last week.
I last wrote on Wed. 01/26 and these were my goals for the day:
Today's goals...
1. drink 3 liters of water CK
2. go on a walk at break time at least 1 mile CK
3. run at least 3.5 miles after work. Totally due able as long as I don't stop to talk to my friends hubby. =) lol CK
I was totally happy with my run on Wed. I was feeling better on the run still a little heavy feeling and took me a bit to get going but I got out there... wasn't sure if I was going to make it cause it was already 5:17 when I got out there and it got dark fast. =( no bueno and won't do that again, especially after those dumb kids rob two people on Central when I was out running... ggeeszzooo

Thursday recap - kept the good eating didn't work out but did go on a 1 mile walk during my break.

Friday recap - kept the good eating up again... didn't go CRAZY at bunco had a sandwich and a few chips, and well some Sangria, but none of that was crazy bad. No working out again, but I did go on a walk on my break, 1 mile.

Saturday recap - Woke up early and got outside... went on a 3.5 mile run! Way excited cause I was wanting to just sleep in. BUT NO GOT MY BOOTY UP. Got home, had a protein shake for breakfast.... lunch was yummy VEGGIE pizza, a few nacho cheese chips at skating... then had a great cardio Skating work out!!! two work outs in one day, can't complain. Had a yummy cupcake and 2 small glasses of wine for Lylia's party... then later, had dinner at wood ranch, this is where I went over my calorie limit for the day... I had a 1/2 of a tri tip, some not all of th mashed potato's, like 5 buffalo wings =) see we were talking about them earlier so I was craving them. Then later that night I probably had a whole bottle of wine. lol GOOD NIGHT!

Sunday recap - egg whites and cheese and turkey sausage made at home for breakfast. Lunch and dinner, was a Turkey, avocado, provolone cheese, bacon sandwich on wheat. It was big so I ate it at lunch at bingo, then the other 1/2 at dinner for bingo. =) and water water water.

This week:
Couldn't have started off better. I tell you ladies, I am feeling great and the more I keep eating and getting some work outs in I am feeling more AWESOME.
So Monday:
Breakfast - 4 egg whites 1 yoke with mushrooms and motz cheese, coffee w/ creamer.
snack - 1/2 protein bar
EXERCISE - 1.19 mile walk on my break
Lunch - chef salad NO DRESSING!!! can you believe that???
EXERCISE - 2.19 mile walk on my lunch, incline too!!!
snack - string cheese
EXERCISE - 3.25 mile run!!! (my stupid gps crapped out but I am pretty sure it wasn't more then that)
Dinner - 4 oz Talapia, 1 cup rice roni chick & broc., steamed broccoli, water!
YESTERDAY was a great work out day... just the little bits here and there... it is giving me tons of energy. oh and I am getting better at taking vitamins... I want my skin my hair to be so pretty for my big day. so I am taking them after dinner so that I have stuff in my system... 1 a day for woman, Calcium Mag., Glucostimean?? not sure how to spell it...I really take that for my legs and my running.

TODAY: I have meetings all day today and tomorrow, so that craps on my break walks cause I don't get long enough... but my plan is for today to go home and go for a run. I have a meeting for Aliyah's mini sock team so I think Nick is taking her to dance. on the menu today:
Brkfst - P90X Protein shake, coffee w/ creamer
snack - 1/2 protein bar
lunch - Snapper Jacks salad made myself, (meeting catered in)
snack - string cheese
Dinner - Top sirloin steak, broccoli or Zucchini,maybe rice....
EXERCISE - run at least 4 miles

LADIES... where are you??? Vegas is 6 months away!!! WOW that sounds close. =) I can't wait.. you ladies are the bestest and I love you all so much... Thanks for everything and motivating me every part of the way.
Gotta get to my meeting now... hope to hear from you all soon.... MUAH

Friday is finally here....

Ok ladies... Sorry I was MIA for a minute, I had it up everyday and tried to post but was just way to busy at work....



SO My recap... I am working in Santa Clarita today (hanging with the BFF) so I am recapping from memory.. =)



umm when was the last day I posted...



Tuesday:

Lunch - 1/2 almost full cpk bbq chopped chicken salad (got a full but whoa that was a lot)

Snack - string cheese

Dinner - little bit of salad with chopped up baked chicken nuggets ...my stomach wasn't happy with me so couldn't eat to much.

WORKOUT- Ran 4.38 miles in 50 mins...Not my best time but wasn't to bad, started having a stomach ache...



Wednesday:

Bkfst - coffee w/ creamer, 2 morning star sausage ontop of wheat toast

snack - protein bar

lunch - I think... 1/2 wheat sandwich with turkey and ham w/ munster cheese

snack - none

Dinner - Granola bar - i know really bad but I went to get my hair done at 630 so I had to be on the road at 600 so I didn't have time eat.. but I drank a liter of water too! =)

WORKOUT- NADA... =(



Thursday:

Bkfst - Coffee w/ creamer, 6 egg whites 2 yokes w/ motz cheese and turkey

snack - protein bar

lunch - Ultimate Salmon Roll, (left 3 rolls) 1 salmon sushi, whole order of edamne

Dinner - BBQ tri tip, bbq chicken thigh, chili beans, salad with ranch 3 small pieces of garlic bread, some of Aliyah's 7up

WORKOUT- NADA =(



Friday:

Brkfst - coffee w/ creamer, 1/2 burrito w/ egg whites, bacon and chedder cheese, 1/2 avocado

snack - nada.. to full from burrito

Lunch - TBD

Dinner - TBD

WORKOUT - NOT SURE..????



Over all this week has not been my greatest at all. =( not happy about not working out on Wed. or Thurs. because to be honest I more then likely am not going to be working out tonight... =(



BUT I plan to go for a long run in the AM but then again, who knows what this evening has in store for me.



This weekend I know is going to involve a lot of drinks and maybe some not so good for me food, so there will be a lot of work to do next week, because there is no holding back this weekend!!! =)



LADY A is only a little more then 24 hrs away and I am soooooo excited.



My pants are fitting me not bad... a little better then 2 weeks ago.. but I have yet to try a pair on that were really snug before... Just don't want to be bummed out that I haven't changed enough to wear them...



I did weigh in this morning just to see where I am as of now, but going to record after this weekend still even tho it may not be pretty.... See you ladies tomorrow!!!!

A new day, a new start

Ok. So today was a new start. I didn't end up getting to the gym this morning but since I am dog sitting I took the dog I'm looking after on two walks. One this morning and another this afternoon. Until my co-worker gets back I don't know if I'll be able to make it to the gym because of having to check on the dog before and after work, but at least I'll get some walking in. Plus I'm looking forward to WOW this Wed.

Ok so meals for the day.

Breakfast - A fiber one bar and some peanuts. The peanuts were really a morning snack but I'm just gonna count it as part of my breakfast.

Lunch - Turkey sandwich from Subway on wheat bread & unsweetened iced tea.

Dinner - My mum made tacos with ground turkey and brown rice & a diet coke. I normally don't drink much coke but there wasn't any cold water. LOL

So I'm considering this day a success. I ate and was able to get full but didn't eat anything that was too bad for me. And I got a little bit of exercise in. Not as much as I was planning on but some is always better than none! =)

Hope all you ladies had a good day too!

Weekend Report

If you read Lisa's blog post, you pretty much have an idea about what my weekend was like! MAJOR success on one level- LOTS of fun, but not a huge success on the diet level. BUT, what I can say is that I was honestly good for 6 days out of the week, one day is nothing to beat myself up over. Had a healthy dinner on Friday night, had a healthy breakfast on Saturday morning but could have definitely done better on Saturday afternoon and evening. Yesterday and last night were good though. AND, I forced myself to work out last night. I got in about a 30 minute workout... hit the weights in the home (garage) gym while my bulldogs looked at me like I was crazy- did some legs, arms, situps and then what has become my workout staple, lunges and squats. It took EVERYTHING in me to get going since Ariana and Israel were nice and cozy in bed by 9:00 pm and let's face it, I was tired and would have much rather gone to bed... but I told myself I had no choice, that it wasn't an option. I got our stuff ready for today, then fit my workout in and jumped in the shower and was in bed by 10:30.

Even though I didn't feel wonderful about the majority of my Saturday consumption choices, I was proud of myself for ending off the weekend with a heart pumping workout even when I felt completely unmotivated.... it feels good to have dug down deep to trigger my motivation when I really didn't want to! I used to be "that girl" who would always have workout motivation, so I am trying to dig in and get her back out! I feel like my workout last night helped me start off my week with the right mindset so here I go :) Won't you please come along with me!

A new start?

Ok...so here it is Sunday night and after reading the posts from you lovely ladies I'm sad. I didn't do as good as I know I could have this weekend. OF course it could have always been worse but still.

I went up to Rhoni's this weekend for the fab Paramore concert and we got it started right. We had a game plan to get up early and go for a walk but with my lazy arse sleeping in til it was too hot to go, we ended up having to scrap that idea. For breakfast we had some bagel thins and fruit with a cup of black coffee (how I like it). Lunch wasn't the worst. I got a chicken wrap but the onion rings didn't help (although they only gave like 5 so how bad could it have been?)...neither did the bloody mary...lol. On a side note...the bloody marys were fab and only $3!
Anyway we did do some shopping and I suppose that was our exercise for the day (and believe me, between walking the mall and trying on clothes I sweat more than I did with the P90X! LOL)

We didn't have time for dinner but did manage to throw back a quick vodka cran before the concert and then 3 vodka tonics AT the concert. LOL. This is just terrible! We were so counting on the hot dog vendors so that we could SHARE a hot dog after the concert but they were no where to be seen. So with hours since our last meal and a good amount of alcohol in us...we ended up with some late night chicken nugget happy meals (well Rhonda's was a nugget happy meal...mine mysteriously only had 3 nuggets with a surprise 3 chicken STRIPS...I'm convinced the workers were high when they put our meals together).

This morning I just had a cup of black coffee and then lost track of time. I didn't end up eating until almost 5pm this evening. I was not in the mood to wait for food so I grabbed TB. UGH!

So obviously this weekend did not go as well as it could have and therefore I'm calling this weekend a wash....BUT...I'm motivated to start again tomorrow.

I can't beat myself up for my choices but I CAN learn from them and move on. Tomorrow is a new day and I'm going to start it off right by going to the gym before work! I have to and WILL get back on track. Plus my weigh in day at the gym is only a week away and I refuse to accept a gain! Yikes!

P90X

Woo Hoo! WOW started off with a bang! I have to say that the P90X is hardcore! The ab workout kicked my arse and although I was "beginner" status it still felt good to do something and still feel the burn! And I know the more we do this the better I'll get. Ang you were a freakin' ROCKSTAR and Laura you are WAY more in shape than you give yourself credit for...you kicked butt!

I have to say that while I am very determined to lose the weight & get in shape and be healthy I learned my lesson...NO GYM right before P90X! LOL

Working out together is not only motivating but fun. We get to hang out and gossip and laugh while getting in shape! I'm so excited to be starting this with you ladies!

Can't wait til next week and I'm totally looking forward to being the hottest chicks to ever hit Vegas!

XOXO
L