Hey all! I hope that you all had a great 4th of July celebration! Did you all go to the beach to see fireworks and all? My family and I went to our local park to catch a show full of action here in the Austin area and had a blast!! How did you all do on your eating? Me for one did okay given that the scale was only up .5lbs (170), but I will not worry because I will work that off and then some for the next 8 weeks.
Anyway, I was reading my email and came across this in a daily message that I receive from Jillian. I was surprised to see that Jillian Michaels is now offering a meal plan that is delivered through eDiets.com. So if you are so busy and it is difficult to prepare your own healthy meals eDiets will deliver them to you already packaged and ready to go. Check it out plus I know they are also running a few specials too!
I think I am ready for a challenge now. I was thinking to myself today, that I need something new to try. A different workout plan, meal plan, and mind set to follow. I feel like I am doing the same thing with eating and workouts and I am boring myself to death. So I decided to hop on my favorite site which is bodybuilding.com and believe me it has been a long time since I have visited this site.
However, I came across this 8 week summer slimdown plan to follow in order for me to reach my goal and not lose focus. I like that it maps out a eating plan and workout to following which I feel I need right now. Something to follow and say hey Natasha do this today or cook this today to get me going. The article is by Myron Miekle a bodybuilder himself check out his site.
Now, I am contemplating should I start this plan effective tomorrow? Or wait until the 4th of July celebrating is over? I am thinking, I am not going to over eat anyway, because I do not want to screw up my week. So I guess why not start tomorrow? Check this out and if you are up for a challenge join me and we can do it together. Well I better get my grocery list together so that I can have everything ready to get started.
It’s Monday, the hardest day of the week to get started and get going on whatever it is we are trying to accomplish for the week. Whether it is losing 2 pounds or business matters we all need some type of motivation to get use going, so I found a lovely quote to get us all ready for this week. Enjoy!
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”
I am so excited my BSN Lean Dessert Protein Shake is here and I love it. I ended up ordering it from bodybuilding.com since my local GNC did not carry this item in stock. If you ever need some supplements and other fitness info got to bodybuilding.com. The ordering process so easy!! I ordered it on Friday and it came as fast as Tuesday!! Way cool. So if I need anything else I will definitely order from them again.
The shake I ordered was the chocolate fudge pudding and it is wonderful! To give it a more shake consistency I did add skim milk and 1/2 cup of ice. YUMMY!! I think I will like it much better than the muscle milk. Now don’t get me wrong the muscle milk taste great, however it was too many calories for me especially since I am trying to loss fat still and lean up. The nutrition for the BSN is:
Recommended Use for Females: As a dietary supplement, take 1 heaping scoop of BSN Lean Dessert Protein (equaling 20 grams of protein) with 4-5 oz. of cold water or any beverage or your choice. Vary the amount of liquid to achieve your desired consistency. Drink 2-4 servings daily, or as needed to satisfy your protein or muscle enhancing requirements. To increase your protein intake per serving and to achieve an amazing milk shake taste, use non-fat or low fat milk or your favorite soy beverage.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size 1 Heaping scoop
Servings Per Container 18
Amount Per Serving % DV
Calories 130.00
Calories from Fat 25.00
Total Fat 3.00 g 5%
Saturated Fat 2.00 g 12%
Cholesterol 52.00 mg 17%
Sodium 100.00 mg 4%
Potassium 125.00 mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 7.00 g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.00 g 4%
Sugars 3.00 g
Protein 20.00 g 40%
Phosphorus 200.00 mg 20%
Magnesium 40.00 mg 10%
Calcium 320.00 mg 32%
ELG Stimulators (Energy Leaning and Growth Simulators*) 2.80 g **
Glutamine Peptides (Stimulates Muscle Growth and Recovery*) **
Canola Oil (A Source of Omerga Fatty Acids - AKA “Good Fats or Leaning Fats”*) **
MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides - As a Source of Energy*) **
Protein Utilization Enzymes (Promotes Optimum Protein Digestion and Absorption*) 70.00 mg **
Aminogen **
Papain **
I was literally getting too big (gaining more weight) and I don’t want to look too muscular like the women bodybuilders. I really just want to lean up like the professional figure pros you see in Oxygen magazine or at bodybuilding.com. So, I am going to give this a trial run for 4 weeks and see what results I get from using this product in addition to cardio, weight training, and healthy eating too. If you are looking for a new protein shake check this one out!
I just opened up an awesome e-mail from Calorie Count.com and I was look I have got to share this with you all that are losing weight and getting healthy. They say “Imagine you’re in a fast food restaurant and are forced into choosing a meal from a menu of terrible choices. Fear not! Just whip out your cell phone, enter ccm.about.com into the mobile browser, and you’ll have the entire food database of this site at your fingertips!” This new site is specifically designed to meet the requirements of almost all WAP or web-enabled phones sold in the United States. This includes MOTORAZRs, Qs, Blackberries, and hundreds of other handhelds.
Regardless of which phone you use, just open its browser and point it to ccm.about.com. Please share that link with your friends and family. The easiest way is to send them a text message mentioning http://ccm.about.com - when you append “http://”, most phones recognize this is a web address and will convert it to a clickable link inside of your text message.
Isn’t that cool/ No more fretting over how many calories your are eating when you are enjoy a night out with friends. You can make smart choices right from your cell phone. I am definitely going to use this for Christmas and New Years Eve Celebrating and you should too. Check this out!!!
Well what can I say it Tuesday and I completed most of our housework yesterday and now today my son and I are just hanging out around the neighbor hood. I am not so motivated about exercise today, but I did complete 25 minutes of strength training on my legs. I just need to do legs extensions on the bowflex and hamstring curls too. Later I will… I WILL do 45 minutes of step aerobics. I really need the cardio to shed more weight.
As far as my meal plan today is kind of goofy.
Meal 1: Protein bar by power crunch. It is so good. It taste like the vanilla wafer cookies. 15g protein! I also had a banana
Meal 2: pancakes (huh? I know) Canadian bacon, banana
Meal 3: Cheese, grapes
Meal 4: Salmon, green beans, potato
Meal 5: another protein bar.
I got something funny to tell you. I was thinking about what type of candy to purchase for stocking stuffers this Christmas with Fred (DH). I told him that I would buy regular candy for him and Arman and for me I would fill my stocking with candy like protein bars. hee hee He said I was nuts and laughed. But I think that is a great idea otherwise I will just eat and eat candy to no end. Well I am off to get my little on down for a nap so that maybe I can rest up too. I am still feeling tired today. Ugh..
Chat later! After the biggest loser of course
Tags: weight loss, health, fitness, bodybuilding
Happy Monday!! I just found this quote and I had to share it with you all. Sometimes I feel that I need to words of wisdom to make it through a new week. One thing mainly is to avoid temptations along the way and second to try new workouts of lifting routines in order to improve myself physically and mentally. I hope that you enjoy this as much as I do and enjoy you new week with focus and vision.
Chat later
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
He said I was nuts and laughed. But I think that is a great idea otherwise I will just eat and eat candy to no end. Well I am off to get my little on down for a nap so that maybe I can rest up too. I am still feeling tired today. Ugh..
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