APRIL is here!!!

Hi my friends!!! It is MONDAY and new week and a NEW Month!!! I wasn't very good at blogging last week, only got on once. Today I am getting on and hoping to get on more this week. I have 3 days of meetings this week tho so that might be tough, but I will try Ok RECAP of my goals from last week. ;( not to happy: 1. Do Plyo 5x - =( well I didn't do bad, but only 4x, and really 3 1/2x's mon-YOGA X, tues-Core syner., Wed-kempo, Sat-1/2 of YOGA X 2. Weigh in at 124.4 - Didn't meet, but didn't gain either stayed the same.... so not to bad 3. Run 2x's - SUCK... didn't run at all, but when I went on a walk on Mon, we did sprints up Foothill 5 times... so I guess that counts as some running. IT WAS HARD TOO. 4. Find 8lb weights - Didn't find or really look for them either. Ok so that was my recap... This week. Big goals: Friday was exactly 6 months from my big day. **sorry if I wrote 5 months earlier in a post, I clearly don't know how to add. =) SO... 6 months to my big day. but really only 4 months until I need to be in a bathing suit for VEGAS!!! =) SO pushing and keeping up the hard work. I am determined to get to 7 work outs a week... I can do it. I ate pretty bad this weekend.. had bday party at bowling alleys, and then after BM dress shopping we went to my fav. place HOOTERS!!! Had to have some wings... but then didn't have anything the rest of the day, I was sooo full! =) I am on Week 5 of P90X but really only being really good with the works outs for the last 3... doesn't matter tho. week 5 and going stronger. Today:: Eating so far is good Brkfst - coffee w/ creamer, Quaker Oatmeal Squares (serving size) w/ 2% milk snack - nada Lunch - 1/2 of turkey sami NO MAYO and 1/2 of a ham sami NO MAYO (can you believe no mayo for me... my managers had a meeting so I jumped in for lunch =)) Dinner - ?? Don't know what's on the menu, we have no kids so we will see maybe fish GOALS for this WEEK: 1. P90X 5 x's 2. weigh in at 124.3 3. run 2 x's I am going with 3 goals this week! Going to get them all complete for sure! Ok hopefully it doesn't squish my whole blog together again. Miss you ladies... where you be???

Hellooo is anyone there... it's me, Ang =)

I crack myself up with my titles!!! =)

I totally forgot yesterday to list my goals for this week!!! I was thinking about it last night...

So Goals for this week 03/21-03/27:
1. Do P90X 4x's
2. Run 3 miles 2x's
3. Try a new healthy recipe
4. Weigh in at 125.6
5. Blog at least 3x's

Ok so those are my goals! I am going to meet them this week. Have a busy busy weekend ahead but it will be fun and good times. But still need to stay on track. I will be tested for sure, with Bunco on Friday, Sat. BBQ for my nephew, Sun. lunch and BINGO for my Mom's 60th bday... Truly tested, but I WILL come up ahead... Not working this hard for nothing I tell ya! =)

Yesterday recap:

Not bad, my loseit says I was below 873 calories, but I did EAT 1283 calories...it is my work out that off sets it. Plus while baking chocolate chip cookies I think I tasted the dough 3 times... so that has to really count for like 100 calories, being they have 1 cup of BUTTER! =) lol

Brkfst: A LOT OF CAL. tall nonfat chi tea, bacon Gouda cheese egg sami from Starbucks.. yummy and only 350 calories

Lunch: followed thru and ate my lunch from Friday since I went to SMFCO instead.... 1/2 TUNA sami with NO mayo on the bread but some in the Tuna, I'm not that crazy. =) with small bag of carrots, 1/2 bag of Veggie sensations LOVE THOSE darn things and only 130calories for the whole bag.

Dinner: I was denied... you know us moms... I got home and did my P90X Chest & Back video along with Ab Ripper. my arms are still tired =) Then hurried and got cleaned up a little, ran to get Aliyah in SP from her dads, then over to a MK customers house to see which foundation looked better on her (YES she ordered), then to VONS for things we needed, then home, to get Aliyah to bed... FINALLY time for Dinner, no time for Tilapia and veggies being it was 8:20 by this time, so my dinner was 4 Egg whites and 2 yokes... They were yummy tho...oh and 1oz of Cashews. =) After baking for 2 more hours for Aliyahs school and doing laundry and the dishes, getting Aliyahs and my lunch ready for the next day, I called it a night when Rod got home around 11:00PM from working since 1:00AM that morning.

We are amazing ladies, I tell ya. There isn't anything we CAN NOT do... You put the task in front of us and we will get it done, and do what ever we need to get get there...

Today on the menu:
Brkfst - nonfat yogurt and granola, strawberries
Lunch - homemade lunch salad with a little bit of ranch
Dinner - ?? not sure Aliyah's cousin is in town that we want to try and see for a little bit. PLUS must get home to do P90X-PLYO is on deck today.

Hope to read what you girls are you to soon!!! MUAH

All alone.... but still moving strong...

Where my girls be???? I am the last to blog and that was LAST WED... all alone here I tell ya.

Ok recap.. here are my goals from last week... last WED.

GOALS: P90X arms and shoulder work out right after work - maybe... ahhh I need to pick up some school mates from school and think they need to hang out at my hse for a bit, then I need to bake, I promised I would go visit lylia and the girls, and I have to pick up Aliyah from her dads, and BAKE for school... SOOOO I will get all this done. WONDER WOMAN!!! We are awesome ladies. Did not happen =( had major children issues...life of a parent... more to explain later in blog. but did go see Lylia and the girls... =) oh and i did get all my 4 dz cookies baked, from scratch!!! Wonder woman I tell ya. =)

WALK - on my break at least 1.2 miles. This didn't happen either. =( no bueno day at all

Ok so the rest of Wed...

Dinner - didn't have an apt. So I didn't eat.. It was a bad calorie day for me being that I only ate 391 calories all day...umm WAY to little. but my day was just ugly... Baby momma drama, kids lying... just the works. I was at my ends meet by the end of the day....

Thurs:

A much better day on the eating tip

brkfst: morning star, coffee,

Snack: 1/2 protein bar

lunch: Sandwich from subway

Dinner: Had some potato thingy at Laura's PC party.. yummy but still in range

(not sure what's up with the spacing... sorry ladies)

NO EXERCISING =(**** to freakin busy.

Friday:

Brkfst: egg whites w/ motz cheese, coffee with creamer

lunch: SMFCO - Ahi Tuna salad... and good talks with my girls!!!!

Dinner: What a week... Finance and I went to Pescador and had Grilled Fish, refried beans, 1 michilada, 2 strawberry margi's, WAY OVER ... then went to BFF's hse and had 1 Ultra... Tell ya what a week we had.

EXERCISE: LOVIN!!! =) hilarious cause the looseit app has that as exercise!! =)

SAT:

EXERCISE: to start of my day... walked 3.17 miles with BFF so nice to get out early but FREEZING.

Brkfst: P90X protein shake

lunch: combo of snacks at my sister babyshwr: artichoke dip, crackers, chips, salsa, cake, corn burrito, punch...

Dinner: Trip tip, some refried beans, 8 ULTRAS... Yeah a long night...

SUNDAY:

brkfst - eggs scrambled with motz cheese, turkey lunch meat, small cup of milk

lunch: Jin's Roll, Salmon Sushi, edamame from LOVE Sushi

Snack: Circus animal cookies.. =)

Ok so that was my REcap from last week... Not the best weekend in the world and really I am bummed I drank so much beer... but i just had one of the hardest weeks and well I felt like having a beer, so I did... not beating myself up from it. This week... another story.

This is starting of week 3 of really being active and doing P90X... I didn't do it once last week so this week...no flaking

Monday:

Brkfst - 4 egg whites and 1 yoke w/ motz cheese, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, coffee w/ creamer,

Snack - 1/2 protein bar

EXERCISE: walk on break 1.05 miles

Lunch: Caprese salad w/ a little bit of ranch from URBANE cafe

Dinner: It was VDAY but we didn't have plans... actually plans to not do anything really... But Rod made dinner Tilapia, wild rice, broccoli and 1/2 diet dr. pepper

EXERCISE: Ran 4.39 miles right after work!!!

TODAY:

yucky all day meeting didn't help with my walks today...

Brkfst: P90X protein shake, coffee w/ creamer

lunch: two turkey sandwiches with no bread, just meat, lettuce, cheddar cheese, homemade kettle potato chips, Salad greens w/ feta, cherry tomato's, and ranch. 4 waters.. geezo. =)

Dinner: ??? ?have no idea what is on the menu for tonight.

EXERCISE: As soon as I am done blogging going on a run... goal 5 miles!!!

Ok ladies.... I am just talking to myself here... Where you all be. Miss you all. I know we all have a lot going on and are busy bees but let keep on another motivated!!! MUAH

Friday BLOGGING!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY ALL!!!!

Ok I am ending the WORK week on a great note, but not ending the work... going full speed this weekend too.

First... recap of my goals on Wed. and recap for Thurs.
WED:
GOALS:EXERCISE - 1 mile walk on my break (after my mtg) CK
EXERCISE - P90X - Arms and chest wooo gonna be sore!!! CK I am super weak but I did it... and logged what I did, like 10 push ups... I logged so I can see how YOKED I get! =)
No running today... need to give my legs a rest.

THURS:
brkfst - 2 morn star sausage patties on 1 100% whole wheat English muff. topped w/ motz cheese, (P90X plan) and coffee w/ creamer
snack - 1/2 protein bar, 1/2 recovery drink
WALK - 3.77 miles on my lunch!!!!
Lunch - Steak salad (P90X plan made from home)
snack - String cheese
Dinner - Baked Chicken w/ small serv. of butter pasta (Knorr brand)
EXERCISE - PLYOMETRICS BABY.... ok didn't do the last 18-15 mins. had to make dinner, and I dont like that part, but the part I did... GEEZO I was sweating like CRAZY.

TODAY:
Brkfst - 4 eggs whites 1 yoke, 3 pieces of ham lunchmeat and motz cheese, coffee with creamer
snack - 1/2 protein bar
lunch - Caprese salad from Urban cafe 1/4 of the bread
Dinner - not sure whats on the menu but I am thinking chicken left over from yesterday
EXERCISE - Not sure yet, but might take a break... need to clean house but might try to do a shoulders/arms video. Or maybe some Just Dance with the kids.

Ladies... I am soooo soooo soooo sore, but it is a really good sore. I have had a talk with myself and really really want this. I do. I am not depriving myself of anything because I WANT THIS... I want to be in shape and fit into my clothes, so this is what I need to do. Just for a little while. I was flipping through the channels last night and there again was the P90 Info-merical... OMG Seriously these peoples results!!! I can do this for 90 days... come on. that is nothing! Then I was watching on MTV "I use to be fat" and these transformations... are amazing just from sticking with it. YEA after I meet my goal I am going to eat to not so great things here and there but not all the time. And by then I won't have to START all over again!!! =)
I want to get there. I WILL get there.

LOVE this loose it ap. really it helps motivate me like crazy. =)

OK GOALS for this weekend:
Saturday - Run 4.5 - 6 miles before the basketball game.... Stay on track eating
Sunday - Do p90x video in the AM before the big game... Stay on track eating (few very few exceptions)

My goal weight for next WED weigh in is 127.5 so about 1 1/2 lbs... not a lot but a little bit. I am very pumped up ladies... Love that we are all trying to do this together too.

Hump day!!!

Hi all... hellloooo anyone there? =)

I think we are all still recovering from the AWESOME weekend we had!! =)

Well I am back so I will give a brief recap of what I have been doing starting Monday:

RECAP:

Monday:
brkfst - yogurt w/ granola, coffee,
Lunch -HABIT - cheeseburger, fries, onion rings... SOOO GOOD!
Dinner - eggs w/ turkey lol (Aliyah and I only couldn't think of what to eat so I let her choose, she always wants eggs for dinner)
WORKOUT- P90X Chest & Back and Ab Ripper

Tuesday:
brkst - Fresh fruit, 1/2 cranberry muffin, coffee
lunch - Tri tip sandwich, chili beans, salad w/ ranch, homemade kettle chips (mtg food)
dinner - Rotisserie Chicken with salad
WORKOUT-Ran 5.33 miles

Wednesday:
brkfst - coffee, sesame seed bagel with cream cheese
lunch - BBQ tri tip, BBQ chicken, salad, chili beans, salad with ranch. (mtg again)
Dinner - PLANNING - bbq ranchera meat with pasta roni and ....
WORKOUT - PLANNING on P90X shoulders and arms

This week I am CARB'ING up... I have my 1/2 marathon so I am not skimping on the carbs. I am very excited about the marathon and really want to finish in a 2hr time.

I really enjoy our blog and love to hear how everyone is doing...

Laura... thank you for our heart to heart about working out and eating!!! I promise I do all this cause I like the way I feel when I eat right and work out. With my genetic genes.... well if I don't work out... I will not be fitting in ANY of my clothes. Everything in moderation....

Fighting with the scale...

Ok..... so I am not happy with the scale at all today... Well actually yesterday... but really just not to happy....BUT not letting it discourage me. SO Recap first then we will get to my argument with the scale.

RECAP:
Friday -
snack - didn't happen, think I was away from my desk for a bit, but don't remember =)
LUNCH - Jersey Mikes mini sami. not the best one for ya but still better then a burger. It was the club not sure which number then 1/2 of bag of jalapeno kettle chips & water
DINNER - Went as planned, I made chicken taquitos and spanish rice... not good for the waist line, but good for the pocket book and home life.

SAT -
Brkfst - a small serving of scrambled eggs w/ turkey sausage
WORKOUT - Ran 3.17 miles (T & LM that is from my house to around Terese's house and back!)
Snack - WATER WATER
Lunch - SMFCO Ceviche Tostada @ Pumpkin patch, then I was dumb and bought some pumpkin macaroon cookies... soooo greasy and yummy blah....
Dinner - BJ's , 1 motz stick, 5 chicken wings =) my fav., then Rod and I split a chicken pesto flatbread pizza... oh and i had 2 Berry Burst Ciders (aka BEER) SOOO yummy another Fav. of mine.

SUN -
gggrrrrr stepped on the scale and thought for sure that it would be lower then last week since I did sooo much running... ah not the case. I guess my bad choices over the weekend OVERPOWERED my activity during the week.
So the scale read 129.... =( not happy at all.
Brkfst - Made a trip with the kids to HOZY'S - decided to go BIG (not a good idea) Oatmeal and then a plate of eggs and bacon and home fries... sooo yummy oh but I had WATER =) I took 1/2 the oatmeal home tho. =)
Lunch - 1/2 sandwich with meat and cheese only
Dinner - Cheese tortellini w/ chicken in alfredo sauce, garlic bread, steamed broccoli, water. all homemade

Now for today... not bad so far, but I think I am going for the gusto now! I tried on 2 pairs of jeans this morning and neither of them worked... =( not ok with that.

I need to really get serious here if I really want this.

So I decided to start keeping a food dairy/log... i do that now but think I am going to be better with it then I have been... that way I can see what the heck isn't working for me.

MONDAY-
Brkfst - coffee, oatmeal
snack - 1/2 of Luna bar
Lunch - gg to get a Caprise salad from Urban
Dinner - ??? not sure yet, it's just me and the little one AGAIN so we will see.. but something for sure.
WORKOUT - doing P90X video FOR SURE!

I need you guys to kick me in the butt!!! HELP HELP HELP

Still doing it!!!

Hi my friends!!! How are you all doing?

How is everyones work outs going? I had a good week last week... Last post was Wed. Sept. 29 and I didn't have to bad of a weekend...

Thurs: I continued with good eating, didn't get to wk out but drank a lot of water and not bad bad food.

Fri: same thing good food, eggs in the AM SMFCO Ahi salad and a shrimp parm. taco, taco not so good for me, but good for my tummy!!! =) And Water water water. dinner was a bit of a bust, we were suppose to go out to dinner w/ the kids, but of course WORK called so Rod was MIA. The kids and I did a BIG Costco run so that I will stop eating out, and then picked up KFC on the way home.=( no bueno for the waistline at all... and really no bueno on my stomach..=(

Sat: Started of AWESOME.. went for a 2.05 mile run around Fillmore, felt good but a little tough being I had only been awake for like 15 mins. =) needed more time but only had a short time to wrk out b4 Aliyah's soccer game. NO EXCUSES! Came home and made egg whites and mushrooms w/ motz. cheese. lunch wasn't so good, went to the movies w/ kids and had butterfinger bites and popcorn and sprite, then afte for dinner we headed to Ferraros!!! YUMMO Baked Riggolitte!!! So that was nooo good for the waiste line but again, GREAT for the tummy. After that nothing on the bad food tip, had a glass of wine at the new SATTERFIELD Casa but didn't consume anything after that! =)

Sun: Started off good again, eggwhites with mushrooms, motz cheese and coffee, then headed north to SB for my Bro in laws bday bbq. I picked up Super A chicken so I decided to eat that, NO GOOD.. booo... Felt like blah after. BUT then we came home and went to VONS where I decided to buy some BEN n JERRY's yummy Oatmeal cookie ice cream... SERIOUSLY... probably the best ice cream I have EVER HAD!!! YUMM Didn't eat it all but still soooo good.

OK so now for this week...

No work outs just yet this week but eating has been good. When I weighed in... I was down 2 lbs which I was VERY happy about... was hoping for more but I will take it! I want to get at least 4 more down.

Mon:
brkfast - coffee, 1/2 egg, bacon, bean, cheese burrito... i know not good. then lunch got worse....
Lunch - asada crispy taco plate from SNAPPERS.... yikes... but had water. =)
Dinner - Stuffed porkchops I made at home.. not bad... w/ salad.

Tues:
brkfast- coffee, egg sami on wheat eng. muffin w/ ham and cheese made @ hm, snack - fresh fruit
Lunch - 1/2 ham sami on wheat bread, salad w/ little ranch, chips, 1/2 of a 1/2 of brownie... it wasn't good...
Dinner - frozen french bread pizza.. =) got home tooo late and yes... rod was MIA working AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now for today....
Wed:
Brkfst - coffee, 4 egg whites & 1 yoke.
snack - Fresh fruit (we have a meeting at 10 so I know it will be there) =)
Lunch - Snapper Jacks (I ordered it for our mtg. =) but it won't be bad for me, since it is catered in, I will make a steak salad with salsa and a little bit of shack sauce for my dressing... I will have a few chips but not to many and I will only drink water!!! =)
Dinner - not sure but may have a chick ceaser salad from a place in SB since I am going to see my sis this evening.

Ok ladies... I miss you girls... can't wait for BUNCO and LADY A... Need to be looking hottie pottie in my outfit, not sure what to be yet but you know me... sexy vixen in some way! =) lol PLUS I have my 1/2 marathon on Nov. 6th!!! yikes not far away.

Lets stay motivated!!!

Ok ok ok I am back

Well back but have sucked for the past week or so... =(**

Sorry friends... OK well for the past 2 weeks, I have been good and bad, and good and bad... =( I haven't been working out, just been busy with life and trying to be active but not happening.

On the eating tip, well again trying to be good but not so great... but not horrible all the time. So now down to the grind... OK 2 days to go and I can't, can't wait.

YESTERDAY - weighed in 124.3 (not to bad but being I was 119 a few weeks back says bad)
Breakfast - egg whites, ham, cheese
snack - Trader Joes apple nutrigran bar
lunch - 6" sami from subway
snack - 2 chewy sweettarts =)
dinner - FROZEN Smart one - Baked Ziti (my fav) very small still very hungry after.. =)

I attempted both yesterday and today to get up and work out when Rod went to the gym, but I was not succesful, just wanted to lay in bed... =)

OK today going to be good on the eating tip again! PLUS today is my FRIDAY!!!! We are going to the fair tomorrow and that isn't a hard one for me, not going to eat bad, just gonna stop by SMFCO and get of course my fav. ceviche!!!! Which is not bad! =)

TODAY: didn't weigh in...
Breakfast - eggs w/ ham and cheese
snack - brought a blueberry luna bar
lunch - ??? something light and not fatty
snack - brought some cherries
dinner - ??? not sure whats on the menu but something homemade for sure...

Can't wait ladies, only 2 more days and we will be sipping drinks pool side!! MUAH

No me guesta Mondays...

Mondays are soo hard... =(

This weekend WASN'T entirely bad... well you be the judge and of course be bruitally honest.

So Friday I was good all day...

Breakfast - coffee, non fat yogurt w/ low fat granola
snack - ... don't think I had one. Water for sure
lunch - i know it is bad... but I didn't have one. Was so busy with wrk we had a lot of STORM stuff going on so I didn't ever get to leave. but I did have 3 small plums and 100 calorie granola bar
Dinner - Asparagus & Spiniach spagitinni from CPK, some focacchia bread, 1 glass of wine!!! I got a text from the FOOD NATZI (aka Mrs. M) to ck the nutrition facts on my food before I splurge.. =) so my past wasn't on the TOO TOO bad list well a lot of calories but not to bad on the FAT tip.
Late night cap - 2/3 glasses of wine at BFF's house. SIDE note - we were up until around 1:15am soooo that had to help a little bit with my burning my food off, plus TONS of laughs as we strolled down memory lane and ck'd out our hi-school yearbooks!!! =) Good times.

Sat:
Woke up very wide eyed, and ready for the day. So got up at 6:00am washed my face, got the work out clothes on and headed to SB.
Meet my sister for a run on the beach it was soooo nice, made me miss my hometown a lot =(. We ran/walked 3.42 miles not to bad.. =)
Breakfast - to our fav. brkfst place Cajun Kitchen, build my own omelet so I had Egg whites w/ spinach and jack cheese since they didn't have any motz. cheese. Only a few bites of the hash browns, and shared a bowl of oatmeal with baby Q!
lunch - Since breakfast was at like 9-930ish we just snacked a little on chex mix and water by the pool
Dinner - 1/2 turkey club wrap and a full Cesar salad from a FABULOUS place called FRESCO. Ladies must try this place, one of my fav's yummo, fresh, good food.
Snacks and Nightcap - Went back to sisters house for wine and snacks... BUT before that we went on a 1.13 mile walk with Baby Q to traders to grab some snacks and wine. Only ended up munching on the Assort nuts mix and wine all night.

SUNDAY - Couldn't get the energy up to go running so we just relaxed then went to our brkfst spot again.
Breakfast - Omelet w/ ham and jack cheese. Oatmeal again, and a little bit of hash browns.
Missed lunch again since I was past out asleep then woke up to drive home to meet my BF back from Sin City.
Dinner - BAD bad Bad....Rod was still feeling the affects of Vegas, you know drinking obsessively, heat and not drinking water, so he was in the mood for BAD food. So, Rod, Aliyah and I went to Carl's.... got a chick sandwich that is ate w/o most of the bread!! =) But inhaled my fries =( and drank a rootbeer. BAD BAD BAD...

NOW this morning....

Breakfast - coffee with creamer & chopped up at least 1 1/2 cups of honeydew melon, it was sooo ripe I had to eat it... and since we hadn't gone grocery shopping yet we had NO food.
Snack - Slimfast snack bar and 1/2 liter of water....
Lunch - Will be the chick Caprice salad from Urban, (heading out in a bit)
Dinner - on the menu is Chick Parmesan homemade with salad!!!

Ok so ... I decided today I am going back to phase 1 diet with P90X to get ready ready for VEGAS the next couple of weeks. It is the FAT SHREDDER!!! Gonna focus, no messin around on the weekends. Hope you all had a great weekend.... Thanks for all the support keep it up and we will succeed!!!

Friday fun day... but staying on track

TGIF ladies!!!

So excited it is FRIDAY and this week was a very sucessful week!

So Yesterdays food:

Lunch - homemade salad w/ a little bit of ranch and Carne Asada added from Snapper Jacks.
Sanck - Luna bar - blueberry something... very good highly recommend
Dinner - Turkey club w/ salad w/ ranch and WATER - Thanks to Food NATZI Laura!!! =)

No work out since we had our pow wow at Garmans but that will be my break day. =)

Friday so far hasn't been bad,

Breakfast - Coffee w/ creamer, NONFAT yogurt w/ low fat granola.
Snack - 1/2 cup of omega 3 mix - choc covered soy beans, dried crans, walnuts
Lunch - I am thinking SMFCO pick up but nothing bad... maybe a tostada or ahi salad
Dinner - going to splurge and have pasta at CPK and a glass of wine prob. date with my bff

Tomorrows agenda:
Run on the beach in SB early AM at least 3 miles!!! Then heading to the spa for a massage with sisters, there we will lay by the pool and only eat good things from what we are packing from traders!!!
Dinner will be at one of my favorite places FRESCO and I may just have the most AWESOME Chick. ceaser salad! =)

Sunday - I plan to run in SB again... then head home and clean house. =) so no slackin at all!!!

Thank you Laura, for being a food natzi and not letting us go CRAZY last night. =) good good work! I will do my best to update over the weekend... don't have it on my phone yet, but will log on. All this talk of VEGAS is making me very excited!!! Stay strong this weekend ladies!

Weekend is here....

Not doing bad for this is my 3rd post of the week!!! =) YAY ME. lol

Ok down to biz...ness....

So Wednesday dinner was blah... but what could I do, I can't complain cause, well, I didn't have to make anything but... Rod made Mai Mai burgers that we had bought from Whole Foods awhile back. I have to say they weren't BAD but not toooo good, didn't satisfy me at all, being I just ate the patty no bun or bread so it was a little on the fishy side. =( And a few bites of undercooked brocolli. That was it for the night.

So Thursday morning I was STARVING... We had the day off to attend Ryan's grandma's funeral so Rod whipped up protien shakes for us in the AM. They were tasty. For lunch we ate at the reception, so I had some fruit mainly melon, a bite of taco salad, a small piece of ranchera meat, two bites of a very good tortolini pasta salad, and a thigh of friend chicken. The chicken wasn't too good for me, but the BROWNIE I had to have after was the icing on the non-cake.. =( THEN... ahhh got worse, we went to VTA later to see Aliyah perform at her last day of cheer camp and i had a TWIX in between. llolol
BUT dinner was good:
Went to SMFCO - Ceviche, ahi pocket, and not so good for me, wontons... But had WATER and nothing else the whole night. OH and we ate REALLY early like 5:30 p.m. so i definitly was a little hungry later that night.

I had planned to get off the couch lst night to work out, but that didn't happen. Did some stuff around the house and then relaxed.

So far today has been GREAT:

Breakfast -NON fat yogurt with low fat granola, lrg Banana, coffee with /creamer

Lunch - not sure what I am in the mood for

Dinner - gonna be pizza and maybe salad!!! =)

Tomorrows plan: running in the AM and maybe a video work out in the AM. Gonna have pizza and salad again tomorrow lol for Aliyah's bday but i will have more salad!!!

Ok ladies keep up the good work. 5 more weeks!!!!

Back on the Work Out wagon

Ok ladies.... I am back. Not so much in action just yet but going to be this week. I think that is part of my tiredness that I haven't been working out. =(

Well obviously this weekend was a BUST on the eating tip, and well alcohol consuption. =) BUT I did get a 2.77 mile run in on Sat. which I thought I was going to die running... gees take a few weeks off and it kicks my @$$....

So the plan for this week: work out eat right, work out eat right, NO ALOCHOL for me...May take a break until VEGAS! =) ha we'll see....

Today:
breakfast - 2 whole wheat waffles w/ reduced fat PB, coffee w/ cream but not even the whole cup
water water water (as of 11:30 1 1/2 liters already)
Snack - Chewy Granola bar 100 calories!!!
Lunch - think I will get a sandwich at jersey mikes... but may head up to SMFCO for an order to go =)
Dinner - I took turkey out so I think it will be spagetti night! yummmo with wheat pasta

Going to Cardio X tonight to get the blood flowin, no excuses.

Thanks for hearin my plee for being so horrible on the work out and eating tip.... No more excuses for me, gonna be hardcore for the next 5 1/2 weeks!!!

Hump day blues.....

Ok no excuses... I just haven't had it in me to work out... =( for the past 2 weeks I have only worked out ONCE... and it wasn't a work out work out... it was running!

The good news is that I have been really good about staying on track with my eating. Other then the weekend... =) I suck. At Bunco I was bad, 2 maybe 3 pieces of pizza and 3 glasses of wine. YIKES! Then Sat. wasn't tooo bad, had a protien bar in the morning, 4 of those Jersery Mike sami's the tiny ones, then only tri tip and a little bit of garlic bread at the tournament. But I did have a few beers so that doesn't help either.

Sunday, not too bad, just vegged around, I was sooo beat from the golf tourney I didn't have the energy to do ANYTHING. Had an egg sandwich in the AM then missed lunch and then dinner was no good....left over pizza from the night before. SO my WEEKEND WAS BAD!!!!

Monday: New week trying to have a new attitude - AHHH NO WORK OUTS
Breakfast - Yogurt w/ low fat granola & coffee w/ creamer
snack - protien bar
Lunch - missed lunch to busy at work
Dinner - bad... =( Chicken / asada burrito with Beans, rice and cheese & a beer... =) was at my sisters house.....

Tuesday: STILL NO WORK OUTS
Breakfast - Oatmeal w/ br. sugar from starbucks & coffee w/ creamer
Snack - none
Lunch - 6ft black forest ham sami from subway WATER
Dinner - Chicken that was it... just lemon pepper chicken .....

Wednesday: PLANNING on working out......
Breakfast - 2 whole wheat waffles with reduced fat PB on them & coffee w/ creamer
Snack - Luna for woman protien bar
Lunch - ??? what to eat today
Dinner - ?? plan something with Shirmp I took it out.. not sure what to make but I am SOOO OVER chicken. =)

So far so good today!!! I am really really going to try and work out tonight. I HAVE TO... been feeling ok... but need to get my @$$ back in gear with almost a month to go i HAVE to step it up.

You ladies are doing great. LAURA where are you? LEESE awesome job, Terese you rock with your 4:30 AM work outs, Rhonda great job on getting so close to your goal... WE will all get there one way or another!!! PROMISE!!!

Week 3 of Phase 2 & going strong

What a fun weekend.... Not to bad on the eating tip got some exersice and hung out with friends and family.

So Sat. we did not end up going to SB after all but cruised from mall to mall to mall =) A lot of walking around for sure. Sunday bowling with friends was for sure soooo much fun! A lot of laughes and silly times. I have to pat myself on the back I stuck to my water and protien bar. In the morning before we left I made wheat pancakes with lite sugar suryp... YUMMM
After bowling we headed to SB where my sister had chips (my weakness) and dip. So I munched on a few of those, lots of water then we had a tri-tip and sweet potatoes!!!

YESTERDAY was a great day. Well couldn't get up in the AM to do my cardio work out but I had a plan.
Menu for Monday:
Breakfast - Oatmeal with a tad of sugar, coffee
**snack - protien bar
Lunch - Shirmp salad compliments of SMFCO pick up dipped the dressing so not to much
Dinner - Lean Grilled Hamburger w/ lowfat cheese no bun, salad w/ a little ranch dressing no croutons
Then I went for a 3.4 mile run, felt so good to get out and it was perfect weather. Hard to leave at first being that my little one was being soooooo darn cute practicing her hula hoop! FYI we will be bringing that this weekend!! =)
With help from Rod giving Aliyah a bath and getting her ready for bed, I was able to get in a video work out for chest, shoulders, & triceps. then to top off my night I finished with the AB RIPPER!!! Felt so good at the end of the night!!!!

Report for this morning: weighed in 2lbs less then last week!!! Plan for today is to follow the nutrition guide and do plyometrics tonight!

Very excited of my progress thus far! So pumped that I have you girls to do this with!!! woo hooo VEGAS BABY!!!!

SATURDAY is always a fun day!!!

Ok ladies.... so we all know the tru test begins today!

This weekend is off to a great start! Last night we went for sushi and it was sooo yummy, jin's roll ans salmon sashimi were on my menu. Then cruised around the outlets and almost stopped for cookies, then yogurt, but luckly I was still full from dinner. =)

So this mornig is off to a great start, just went on a 3.11 mile run in great time too 30.19 mins. My miles are getting fast and so that means burning more calories!!!

We are off to a day of shopping in TO and then to sunny SB to hang out with my sis and Q!! oh, and my great bro in law =)!!! '
Love you ladies you can do it, just stay focused this weekend and have a good time. See you all tomorrow!!!! MUAH

Keeping it going!!!

What a weekend of being up and down!!! =) Well not to bad to be honest! Friday was great... Rod and I took Jay and 3 of his friends to Magic Mountain where I thought I was going to fall off the deep in....funnel cake, carmel apples, candy, soda, nachos.... COME ON all my favorite things.... Ok I could do w/o the funnel cake but LOVE everything else. And I thought since we were going to be entertaining young boys we would be all over all that food. BUT we did great, we bought all you can eat passes (they were cheaper then dropping crazy amounts of $$) and Rod and I both had Grilled chicken, some salad, and some chili beans.... NOT to bad for MM status. Then later I did have a soda and some jelly bellys =) but hey it wasn't to bad.

SOOOO SAT, woke up early and went for a 3.3 mile run/walk with Leah, it was really nice to get up and get it out of the way! Had a lot of fruit and could resist some of the coolwhip spice dip I made for the tupperware party! Bought LITE coolwhip, did anyone notice??? =) Later not to bad just had a taco salad and didn't eat any of the taco shell part!!!

Sunday was good too!!! Made pancakes in the morning according to the nutrition guide we could have REGULAR pancakes.... BUT I decided to double the recipe and did 1/2 wheat flr and 1/2 white flr, then used brown sugar instead of granulated sugar... THE KIDS and ROD loved them!!!! I was impressed how good they were. The rest of the day we did really good too..

SO this weeks begins and it's off to a great start. Today is my weigh in day at home, and I am well on track for my goal, I didn't go up or down I stayed the same weight which is fine for my goal since I am more focussed on the inches!!! LADIES we are on for Wed. right, ZUMBIA at the Morales household!!! Can't wait to see you all!!!

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!

Fresh new start

Back to work after a long fun weekend. I did not think about my diet one bit though but that is not a surprise. But, I can say I ate and drank everything that sounded good to me so I am starting off fresh today not craving anything. :)
We went to the grocery store last night. I wasn't prepared with ideas of healthy meals to make for the week so I was stuck as far as what to bring for lunch this week or dinner ideas. I have been bringing salads for lunch but have been so burned out on them. Luckily they are so versatile so I changed the ingredients up a bit. This week it's grilled chicken (already prepared and cut in strips), carrots, cucumbers, tomato, and feta cheese. So far I've only had coffee but I'm about to grub a banana and some oatmeal later. It's going to be a busy week at work and home but I really need to focus on getting a work out in. I'm starting my Slim in 6 today and need to at least do the shorter video. The temptation for the night? Not eating any sugar cookies that I'm making for a work shower on Wednesday. It's always something I tell ya.
Good luck to you girls! I have to say catching up on all the blogs was a great way to start the day. I'm motivated to do good today!!!

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!

The Weekend

It's Saturday! I'm happy to report that I'm going strong. I didn't do any exercise on Friday although I ate healthy. I went to a Mexican restaurant and ONLY had 3 chips!! How did I do that and who am I??? I ate 1/2 of a (homemade) turkey sandwich and a banana on the drive to the restaurant. A whole basket of tortilla chips sat in front of me and I stood my ground! Since I did well with my eating (cheerios for breakfast and sandwich for lunch), I treated myself to a 360 calorie 22oz. Negro Modelo...I figured I owed myself. Dinner was another sandwich...not that exciting but since my husband has been gone, I don't have to cook!

Saturday morning B, my mom and I woke up bright and early to participate in the March of Dimes Walk for Babies in Simi Valley. We walked 3 miles!! :) After the walk I had a small granola bar and 1/4 of a grilled chicken and black bean burrito. I'm so proud of myself! I was SO hungry AND the food was free but after a lot of water and taking my time eating, I wasn't even hungry after that. Too much goodness for you? Well this is where I start to break down...I went to a Tupperware party after the walk, there were so many goodies all laid out in front of me...croissants, cheese, chocolate covered strawberries, ham, turkey, graham crackers, veggies, and ice cream. I ended up having about a 1/2 cup of (homemade) strawberry ice cream (it has to be better for you than store bought right?), carrots (no ranch), a hand full (or two) of olives, a bit of ham and turkey (no croissant for me!), and about 4 chocolate covered strawberries. I could have done SO MUCH MORE damage so I'm claiming this one a success! ha...because I can! ;)

All in all I think I've done quite well. Sunday will be my day of rest but still on the health kick. Mr.M comes home tonight so we'll see how this healthy eating will go once I'm really having to cook a full dinner.