We’re Back From Disney!! We Had A BLAST!
Oct 18, 2008

We’re Back From Disney!! We Had A BLAST!

Saturday, October 18, 2008 By 4 Comments

OMG! I can not believe how fast time went by while we were on our Walt Disney World vacation! We had such a great time there this week especially our son. He was in cloud nine the entire time we were there. We stayed at a Disney Resort called the All Star Sports resort. Which I have to say that the next time we go I will be staying at another resort like the Carri bean beach resort or the Grand Floridian. Why? Well a lot of youngsters of course and it was so loud! But anyway it did not ruin of trip through. We visited the Magic Kingdom where they celebrated Halloween at night and the kids got to go trick or treating and meet their favorite characters. I swear we were at Magic Kingdom until almost Midnight. Crazy huh? Here are some pics from there.

Magic Kingdom:

Those are just the pics from Magic Kingdom. We also visited the Animal Kingdom, Epoct, and MGM Studios too. So, I will have a lot more to share so stay tuned in the next few days.

Update: I added more to this newer slider show. More to come!

Now, many may ask how did your diet go? Diet. . . What Diet? I was on vacation and I paid for it big time. Pre-vacation I weighed 175 and post vacation . . Drum roll please. . . .. 180!!! Okay I said it and now that I am back the vacation from my diet is over. I need to get off 20lbs for real! May goal is to have it off before christmas. So that gives me 2 months. I may get back on Nutrisystem or maybe try something different. I can do it myself, but I am a bit lazy on preparing my own food, so if I can skip that step I am HAPPY!! So, with that said I am detoxing starting tomorrow.

Well, I better go and relax. I still need to go through more pics to share with you all and enjoy the rest of my vacation with my family. Have a great weekend!

Tags: Nutrisystem, Walt Disney World Vacation, fitness, weight loss, bodybuilding

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Wow! Time Flies. Where Have I Been?
Oct 6, 2008

Wow! Time Flies. Where Have I Been?

Monday, October 6, 2008 By 6 Comments

Hi all, I can not believe how time flies. It is already October and where am I today?  Well, since my last post I have lost a few pounds, but not quite back into the 160′s yet, but I am not stressing about it. It seems to me when I don’t stress about the weight loss I lose the weight. Today my scale reads 175 which means I lost 4 pounds since September 3 so I am very happy with that and I will continue until I am back to my comfortable weight of 160. My goal is to be there before December 15th. So there I said it.

I am so excited to say that in a fews day my family and I will be heading to Walt Disney World!!! YEY!!!

I can not wait. Our son is like, how many more days?? I told him 6 more and just gets this big excited expression on his face and I love it! So, next week you will not see a post from me, but when I return I will be post lost of pics so brace yourself. hee hee :)

Well, I am off for now. I got a lot of cleaning to do before we fly out this weekend so.

TTFN :)

tags: weight loss, nutrisystem, fitness, exercise, bodybuilding

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Sep 3, 2008

I Just Love My DVR!!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 By 1 Comment

Did you all have a great Labor day? I did and then my Birthday was yesterday and I had a blast!! I ate very sensibly and later in the evening my family and I headed off to the Main event where we bowled for the first time with our son! Our little guy had a great time learning how to bowl. It was so nice to see. My bowling sucks for one thing and to make things worse my little 4 year-old almost defeated me. No laughing out there!

Well, today I am so in love with my DVR. You know how sometimes you get so board with the same workout DVD’s? Then in the long run causes you not to exercise to the fullest due to that boredum? Well, last night I came to this new way of thinking. I thought. . . I record some of my favorite shows like Project Runway and so on, Well. . . . why not record some new workouts that comes on Fit TV? Duh!!! So I did and worked out to Sharon Mann this afternoon while my son finger painted and it was so nice! Nice to do something different and not be able to anticipate the next moves. I was sweating like a dog and I feel GREAT!!

Before I go I wanted to apologize for now giving you all my motivational Mondays post, fabulously fit Fridays, and other health related post lately. I have been in a mental rut myself and I needed the time to figure things out for my own weight battle these past few months. But not to worry, the post will return in full effect starting next week!! So stay tuned. . .

I have not hopped on the scale to see if I see any improvement from last week’s 179, but we will see on Monday morning what the verdict is. Well I better go for now. I have to get ready for work tonight in the land of retail. Chat later!!

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Aug 27, 2008

Cardio? Did I Really Do It!!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I can not believe it has been 7 days till my last post. You better believe I have not been up to my best behavior and that explains why the scale peaked up to 179 this week. EKKK!! So in horror of returning back to the big and unhealthy me I started to eat a bit better and today I actually got back to my cardio routine!!! I am not kidding! I did 40 minutes of Billy Blanks Fat blasting cardio w/o the billy bands. Why? I am soooo out of shape. I tired the first 15 minutes with them and I was huffing and puffing, so I took them off and continued to exercise!! Yey!!

I am so glad that I did exercise in order to back my routine of laziness creeping in. I was going to sit on the couch and watch a soap opera while my son sleeps, but instead I decided to take that time and use it wisely. I am so proud of myself!! My eats have been good to today.

Meals:

  1. yogurt, banana, eggs
  2. chicken salad with fruit
  3. apple and string cheese
  4. dinner will be chicken with broccoli

Not too bad considering I took my son for his weekly fun meal to Mc Donalds and I did not order a darn thing!! YES!!! Well, I just had to post what was going on, now I have to get ready to retail hell for a few hours. I hope that you all are doing well and I will chat later.

tags: nutrisystem, weight loss, chefs diet, fitness, nutrition, bodybuilding

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Aug 20, 2008

Daily Reflection. . .

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Well, another day gone past. What did I do to make the most of it? Not much, just a lot of house chores and play time with my son before work. My eats were not terribly bad. . . What did I eat today?

  1. Breakfast: eggs, whole wheat toast, green tea
  2. Lunch: tuna sandwich on whole wheat toast and raw carrots
  3. Snack: yogurt and almonds
  4. dinner: chicken salad in tortilla with lettuce and tomatoe
  5. Snack: too many chips. ( I am afraid that i will have to ban these from the house because this is the second night that I had a bit too many
  6. Water: 50oz, tea 16oz (mental note increase water intake

Exercise:

  1. 30 minutes elliptical
  2. does running around chasing a child for 20 minutes count?

Tomorrow I really need to weight train my lower half of the body and then I will do some cardio with tae bo fat blasting cardio DVD. Tomorrow will be a better day of making good choices.

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Aug 19, 2008

My Day. . .Not So Bad, But Will Improve

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 By 1 Comment

I can’t complain today wasn’t bad at all. Since yesterday I got back to the basics like watching what I am eating and how much of it I am consuming. It actually was a bit tough starting back to the workouts because I felt so out of shape, but I am over it.

Today, I had to pick up my father in law from the hospital in another city about an 1 and 1/2 from where we live. He had a surgery for a herniated disk, so his recovering fine at home this evening. After that my son and I came home and played the Wii “Cars” game which was fun until DH was home from work. We would have been outside, but it was wet and rainy today. Once he was home I did 30 minutes of step aerobics and then I went for a walk/job with my friend for 45 minutes. My body really needed that. I mean REALLY.

What did I eat today? Not perfect, but it is a start. . .

  1. breakfast: scrambles egg whites with 1 whole egg, whole wheat toast and green tea
  2. meal 2: carrots and turkey with green tea
  3. Meal 3: subway sub with water
  4. dessert: cheesecake
  5. late night snacks (I am trying and will get better) but. . grapes, two 100 calorie dorritos packs, another slice of cake. I know!! I KNOW!!

I know my late night snacks were not the best choices, but I am logging this so I can figure out my problems areas. (However, I know what the problem is, “late night eating”. So, basically I am taking each day at a time, so that I do not stress myself out too much. The great thing about today is that my body is finally releasing some of the water weight. Yey!! I was feeling thick!! Thick like Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. hee hee :)

Moment of truth . . So, where is my weight? Okay. . . . I am at 177lbs! It is crazy how I can gain 10lbs in a months time with all of my stress I was going through mid July and Early August. But Wow!! I realized it was getting out of control and I can not let life get in the way of my health. I worked too hard to get at the weight I love and I will NEVER go back to that unhappy 230lbs woman ever again. So, I said it and now I WILL work at it like I said earlier. I am working on getting back to 160lbs, but I am going to take each pound at a time. Well, I better get to bed. Another thing I am working on is getting more sleep. I would stay up until 1:00am and get up at 7:00 and I can not do that anymore. When I am not rested my body and mind do not perform well. So, with that said. Good night to all and I will chat later!!

Just for Inspiration to keep strong

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Aug 6, 2008

The Fiqure Competition Training Guide

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 By 5 Comments

Video: DVD: The Fiqure Competition Training Guide, 2-DVD Set I was just pondering the idea of figure competing just to get my mind set on something to accomplish maybe this year or better yet next year. Why put it off until next year? There may be a possibility that I may be able to come back home and quit my full-time them. So, there will not be an excuse for anything. But I was thinking to myself where in the world or how do I get started? Should I hire a personal trainer, get on a meal plan or what? I was browsing bodybuilding.com and came across this
Video: DVD: The Fiqure Competition Training Guide, 2-DVD Set

Some of the reviews from amazon were good, but doesn’t make me confident enough to purchase. Here is one of the reviews I found:

The DVD goes through all the basics of contest preparation – the four mandatory poses, hair, makeup, accessories, what to expect on competition day, tanning, how to find the right posing suit, training, and nutrition. It does an okay job touching on all the major highlights giving you a decent run-through of what to expect and how to properly prep for it.

My biggest con is with the overall production with the DVD – it is beyond terrible and makes watching certain parts just down right unbearable. Many of the hosts or “figure coaches” as they are referred to in the dvd seem robotic, disengaged, and at times rather ditzy. You would think they would at least edit out the parts where they spend several moments bumbling through lines and forgetting parts but they didn’t – its all on there for you to suffer through. It gets really distracting following along when the figure coach can’t get through their particular part or (like in one scene) totally forgot what they were going to say…pause…look off camera…pause…then recall what they were supposed to say. Again, not horrendous overall, but i wish i would’ve spent my money on a posing-specific DVD.

Anyone of you out there have any thoughts on this one or do you have another guides out there you would suggest? Please let me know because I am totally new at this and want to get off to a great start.

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Jul 24, 2008

8 Week Slimdown: Must Temporarily Stop

Thursday, July 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Well, all thank you so much for all of you support regarding my dad. He is recovering from surgery now and doing well. Thank you so much!!

What’s new? Last week I had my physical and my results came in this week regarding my lab work. My doctor told me that that my blood work is showing me slightly anemic, so as a result, they are running more test to see if I have an iron deficiency or what? In the meantime we were discussing my diet and I told her about this plan I am on now. She told me that the plan sound healthy, but she would rather me go back to a more balance diet like zone, or nutrisystem similar diet right now until we figure out what’s wrong with me :( which means I temporarily have to stop. I am not too upset, because I have been wondering why I have been feeling so darn tired lately. So, ladies and gents make sure you see your doctor yearly on these types of health issues. You never know.

To top that off, last Friday I was at work setting up visuals for sephora and got box fibers on my face which caused an allergic reaction for real!! My entire face was rashed and my neck line too. So my doctor prescribed prednisone which is known to make you retain water and gain wait. Needless to say my scale is up to 169. Damn!!

But you know what I will not be negative about that. I will focus on a solution and work it. I know how to eat healthy with a balanced diet so I will just get back to the basics and if it takes a bit longer to lose the weigh oh well. At least I will be losing! Right?

Anyway, I am off to take some meds and get some sleep. I have been tired due to lack of sleep since my little one is sick too. He is getting more adult teeth in for 4 & 1/2 years of age, so he is getting a fever along with that and season allergies too. Poor kiddo. I just pray this will past fast. I love my energetic child.

tags: 8 week slimdown, weight loss, bodybuilding, diet, health, fitness, nutrisystem

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Jul 21, 2008

8 Week Slimdown: Week 2

Monday, July 21, 2008 By 2 Comments

Well. . . Week 2 result was not as big as the first week, but I was expecting that for sure. However I am happy with my results. I ended up losing 1lbs this week bring me to 166 and I am happy with that.

  • Week 1: 167lbs (-5lbs)
  • Week 2: 166lbs (-1lb)
  • week 3: ?????? Stay tune!!!

So going into week 3 I am going to increase my efforts especially in my weight training and increase the weights so that I can continue to build more muscle in order to burn more fat. So stay tuned. .

How am I feeling today? Blah. . I just found out that my dad is back in the hospital again. In addition to his other health problems he also has an irregular heart beat which brought him back. Today I just found out that they will have to operate and place a stint/fibulator in his heart to help with the irregularities. I ask will he be okay during the surgery and they told me that if they thought his health would compromise anything they would not do the surgery. So, he is good to go.

Wow, it is hard sometimes to hear stuff like this because you think your parents are super human, but the reality is we all are not and are bodies can decline over the years. Please say a prayer for my dad.

Well, I better get to my first meal of the day which is very important and that is breakfast. eggs, cream of rice and grean tea. My next meal will be in 2 hours. hee hee

Chat later

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Nutrition: Dymatize Elite High-Protein Cereal
Jul 15, 2008

Nutrition: Dymatize Elite High-Protein Cereal

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 By 4 Comments


Well, I just received my September issue of Oxygen Magazine already. Time is flying fast!! Anyway, This product must have been out for a while, but I am just noticing it today. Has anyone tired this cereal called
Dymatize Elite High-Protein Cereal, 7 Single Servings, O’s? The add shows that is has 25 grams of protein in each bowl and is need is water or milk. Hum. . . According to the company:

Elite High-Protein Cereal combines popular breakfast favorites with the nutritional boost of 25 grams of protein. Elite High-Protein Cereal, with its scientifically developed, patented formula and manufacturing process, provides a whole new approach to protein supplementation. Micronized whey protein isolates provide the basis for Elite High-Protein Cereal, with all the nutritional and amino acid benefits of a full serving of Elite Whey Protein.

Elite High-Protein Cereal’s nine great flavors offer something for every taste and preference. O’s, Sweet Raisin Flakes, Raisins and Crunchy Clusters, Snaps, Cocoa Snaps, Frosters, Tropical Loops, Fiber Crunch, and Slenders bring the familiar tastes of breakfast to this revolutionary new way to enjoy your protein and your cereal.

It sounds pretty good and I am curious to see if anyone has tired this cereal before and if you would recommend it to be apart of a meal plan for someone like me tying to lose fat and build lean muscle?

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