Well it is Wednesday and it is cold, dark and rainy. How much fun. (Yeah right!) Today I am feeling a bit tired and drained from yesterday. I was cleaning, cooking and working out. Oh yes! I managed to get my workouts in even though I didn’t want to, lol. Today I am feeling sore and just want to stay in bed, but with a little one that is not likely to happened on top of having to go into work later this afternoon at 2:00pm until 10pm.
What’s your goal today? Do you have workouts planned? My goal today is to let my body rest and recover and then tomorrow I will complete some cardio with step aerobics and leg and ab workouts. My other goal is to stick to my meal plan which will be:
Meal 1: Cheerios, banana, and canadian bacon
Meal 2: snack trail mix
Meal 3: lunch protein shake
Meal 4:yogurt and grapes
Meal 5: salmon and green beans
That about it for me today. Kind of boring huh? Well, I am off to see what my little on it up to and maybe sneak and wrap up his Christmas gifts, but I better not because he will sneak up on me and then all hell will break loose and he will want to play. Until later
I guess I saw this coming and can’t be too upset, but Neil from the blue team goes home. Neil had a phenomenal weight loss today of 10 pounds, but the percentage of weight loss kept him from remaining. Bummer for him, but many sees it as karma kicking him pack in the butt from the games he played earlier in the season. Do you all think he deserved to go? I thought it would have been some good competition with him in, but that’s just my opinion. Did you all see the after scene of him after leaving the show? Wow!! 153 pounds, that is simply amazing. Just think if people put in half the effort of what these contestants go though on the show where they would be?
Well ya’ll the final four belongs to the black team and you can’t help to be happy for them. They were the people that wasn’t voted to be on the blue and red team and now they are the final people remaining that’s cool!! I bet that has to make Jillian, the black team’s trainer, feel very confident in her work and proud!
Congrats to:
Bill
Hollie
Isebau
Julie
I can’t wait till next week for the finale. I am so excited to see everyone loss from the people who where eliminated to the final four!! Who do you think will win? Do you think since the show is going by percent of weight loss that one of the women will win the title of the biggest loser for the first time? It would be nice to see that happened. Well I am off to look for some yummy recipes to try and maybe post some that I have already tried too!
Until next week!!
Tags: The biggest loser, Neil, Black team, Final Four
Well, I am over half way through my challenge and only lost 1 pound. It’s hard sometimes when you have the best intentions. The Holidays rolls around and there is always something yummy to eat and I fall for it most of the time. Why is that? I don’t know? I guess I do I love the taste of different food!! The only saving grace for me is the cardio workouts I do to keep that 1 pound of (Right now I am 164 and I want to be 160, and then 155) 4 pounds is not hard I done it before! But what is the deal here? I am a SLACKER!!! Today I am going to clean my mind and negative thoughts and continue to my goal for the new year. I have received my new Oxyegen Mag and Shape too. So I will get some new workouts and inspiration going here.
I just returned from the grocery store and my fridge is again filled healthy choices and healthy snacks too. I got my menu planned and now I need to get my body ready for some good cardio. What am I eating today? Well…
Meal 1: Cheerios (no fruit. I was out of fruit)
Meal 2: 1 slice of cheese pizza and salad
Meal 3: orange and string cheese
Meal 4: Protein Shake
Meal 5: trail mix
As far as my workouts? Just thinking about it makes me tired. I guess I didn’t sleep so maybe I will nap when my son does. Yeah right! But anyway I will:
Continue strength training my upper body. Biceps curls and hammer curls, butterflies, bench press and the Arnold press too. Oh yeah, Abs!
Cardio… cardio.. CARDIO!! Ugh.. But I will get it done. 30 minutes of step aerobics and 10-15 minutes on the elliptical I got last Friday!!
Then later I will get ready to watch the biggest loser. Who do you think is going home today? Will it be another blue team member or a black team member? Even though Neil was acting silly at the beginning of the season I hope he stays!! It’s time for a black team member to stay. What do you think?
ugh!! It is Monday and I finally got some good old cardio in this morning. However, I am kind of upset that I did not lift as much as I intended to do. I wanted to work on my bicep, triceps, lat, back, chest, and abs, but all I got a chance to do it lats, rows, triceps. I was busy playing with my son which is not a bad thing, then I was washing clothes, making dinner, and working on business papers and cleaning the kitchen before I leave for work at 3:30pm. I was supposed to be at work at 2;00pm, but our sitter is not available, darn it!! My dinner is almost done, but know I need to hop into the shower get my make up on. I work until 11:00pm tonight. I like my job at Sephora, but the hours are really getting to me. I miss being at home with my son, but I guess I will stop whining for now, huh? I just need to vent for a second. Things will get better because I know they will. Maybe if I have energy tonight I will work my biceps, chest and abs before going to bed.
The weekend went fast and man I am exhausted already. I had to find myself a quote to get my butt motivated to continue on to my goal which is to reduce fat and lean up!! I like this quote I found and I hope you all do too. Happy Monday to you all!!
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
My new friend Linda, at Watch Me Transform has made me aware of some new workout DVD’s to try and now I am really intrigued. She found this 3 pack series that she bought about 6 months ago. The name the DVD collection is called Get Ripped by Jari Love. Jari Love is a certified personal trainer and the creator of Get RIPPED! ™, the new multiphase, no-nonsense fully body workout system designed to help people of any fitness level shed unwanted pounds in just weeks.
The hot-selling and critically acclaimed Get RIPPED! series enables individuals to burn up to three times more calories than the traditional weight-training program, and has received rave reviews from fitness critics throughout North America since the first title debuted in late 2005. Linda’s friend was ripped!! She says that her friend went from a size 24 and dropped to a size 8 and then started doing the ripped workouts and went to size 6. She looked great! Linda continue to say that all you would need is 3 sets of weights. If you are wanting to get lean and in need of a routine to get you started check this site out!!
Thanks Linda!!
Tags: Get ripped, Jari Love, weight loss, bodybuilding, fitness
Omg!! I realized that I have not got much exercise in these past few days and I need to get that in order fast!! Yesterday I worked at from 4pm to 12am Yikes!! When I got home DH was still up and we were talking and did not go to sleep until 2am them 4 hours later our son woke up ready to play and I told him to just come into bed with us and go back to sleep. That’s bad, huh? I was just so tired. The today I got up and was trying to get the elliptical together so that when I get home from work I could exercise on it for the first time, but that did not happened either. I got home to eat dinner then played with our son and put more Christmas lights outside then it was time to get him ready for bed. Once I got Armie to bed and then DH and finished putting the elliptical together, Yey!!
So my plan in the morning is to hop on that baby and workout for 20 minutes and burn some calories, then when I return from work later I will lift hard working out my upper body and abs.
I tell you retail hours can really get to a person, but I will get over it for now. I am going to bed and get ready for another day. At least on Sunday night All of us at Sephora will be having a Sephora Christmas dinner at TGI Fridays and exchange gifts and that will be fun!!
I found yet another great clip from youtube by Doug Jones on how to properly workout the biceps. You guys my love this too. I know I am working out that area today along with my back, shoulders, and triceps. I thought he provided great tips and safety this to be aware of too in order to avoid injuries.
Hi everyone!! I am so excited because I have been waiting and wanting an elliptical for so long and you know because I have been blogging about forever, and guess what? It here at my house!! It’s not a top of the line one. I just wanted an inexspensive one to work with until I can afford to shell out the big $$$’s for a proform. I bought it today at Wal-Mart and I bragged the heavy box into the front door a few hours ago!! What I purchased was the Image 8.25 Elliptical Machine for a GREAT price too! When I first saw it online it was selling for $250.00, then it went on sale for $212 and then bounced back up to $224. Then at the middle of the week I looked back online and saw that it was on sale for $198.00. So I told my hubby and he said go and get it!!! So I did early this morning. It looks like this:
and I love it! I am so excited that I don’t think that I can wait until my hubby gets home to put it together. I will do it. I can read, lol. I will just have to open the box and take each piece up one by one. I am sick, huh? hee hee. Oh well. I just had to share my excitement with you. I will post a pic very very soon. If you are looking for an inexpensive elliptical like this click on the link above and check out the reviews. You will be amazed.
Okay day 12 of my challenge and I cheated. I had Jack in the Box for dinner, I know, but I needed to get it out of my system before I binge really bad over the weekend and sabotage my weight loss from Thanksgiving. Even though I cheated I did jog for 2 miles with my girlfriend in the neighborhood, so I don’t feel too bad that my cardio was done today. Today i did take a day off from weight training and will resume tomorrow with more cardio and weights.
Today was fun though!! I managed to get my holiday shopping completed for my hubby and all I need to do tomorrow morning is click on Toys R us.com and pay for Arman’s Christmas toys and his cousin’s presents and I am all done with my holiday shopping!! Yahoooo! I am glad I do not have to step a foot inside Toys R us. People get crazy when the store is out of their selections or if someone else takes that last toy. Good grief, people just need to calm down.
Are you done with you Christmas shopping? How much more do you have to purchase? I hope not too much because the store will be getting crazy over the weekend and as it get closer to Christmas.
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