Im loving this.

4.2 lbs down since Christmas! Im loving this. I dont want it to stop, I hope it keeps up for just a little while longer. I’m never starving, I eat regularly, its just like my body is letting go of what it doesnt need and its wonderful! I dont feel sluggish, or weighed down like how I usually would after my old kind of meal. I feel good!


Today my food intake went like this:


Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ cinnamon


Lunch: Avocado, broccoli and brown rice with tamari


Pre-workout snack: Banana


Dinner: Veggie soup...again...Im getting sick of veggie soup.


As for my work out I did Turbofire - Fire 30 w/ weighted gloves and Tone 30.

Goodbye Chub

Adios sucka. 2.4 lbs down since my last blog entry....3.8 since Christmas which was only 3 days ago. I have followed the Eat to Live diet to a T and have exercised everyday, giving it my all. I know this will slow down but I am oh so excited!!!! Today was my rest day but I just couldnt rest I bought some weighted gloves from Target that I was just dying to try out so I strapped them on and did Fire 30. I really like wearing the gloves! When I took them off during the cool down it was crazy how light my arms felt. Now that I sit here typing I can feel my muscles, Im definitely going to be sore tomorrow!

My diet today went like this:

Breakfast: Plain oatmeal with a sprinkle of cinnamon...  I have ditched the instant flavored packages as they have all kinds of junk I dont want in there. I just want oats. Thats IT. I mix with with soy milk for a little more flavor and the additional benefits.

Lunch: 1/2 cup homemade veggie soup and a salad

Dinner: Veggie soup. (it made so much I think Im going to freeze the rest after today)

Snack: Banana and almonds

Im still having tons of fun with my tumblr. I hit 200 followers already! Its kind of fun to have people ask me questions and stuff. Its starting to really get me motivated to know people are watching.

I found this pic today, thought I would share. Who can resist a cute witto puppy. :)

>2000

Wow! I just realized I hit over 2000 page views since September. Thats crazy that someone (not implying that its just one person, that would be a little stalkerish) would actually want to see what I was about over 2000 times!

I've had several people tell me that they would prefer that I don't ditch this blog and push to Tumblr. While I love Tumblr and am insanely addicted to it I will not be moving house. I will be doing Tumblr as well as this one. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I dont feel like I can just "blog" on Tumblr, I mean I can, but, I dont like getting immediate feedback.....does that make sense? I love feedback and to know that someone is appreciating my blog and to get their opinion but not 30 seconds after you post something. I love it with pics and stuff that I post on Tumblr but I havent gotten to that comfort level where I can give more like I do here.

Anyways, so far so good on my diet. I know its only day 1 but the first few days are the hardest. I want to lose 2-3 lbs this week. I know I can do it. I took new before pictures today....which Im going to wait to post until I have an after. But I didnt want to use my old before since I've gone down and then up and then down and then up to where I am now. I want a clean slate and to see actual progress. Im doing a goal and reward thing, it should keep it fun. My goals are in 5lb increments.

SW: 145
CW: 143.6
1GW: 138 (new sports bra)
2GW: 133 (new pair of Nike Pro shorts)
3GW: 128 (Mani/Pedi)
4GW: 123 (Havent decided yet)....Any suggestions?
UGW: 118 (satisfaction) :)

I want to see if I can get to 110-115 but ultimately 118 will be more than awesome.

Christmas

So Christmas was nice, we had brunch at my sisters house with my mom and Grandma. I made fried ricce and corn beef hash patties, my sister made banana pancakes, mom made eggs benedict and grandma made this hash brown dish. It was super yummy but way too much food. The night prior we had dinner with my brother and his girlfriend at my sisters house.  When the parents arent involved we are so simple, it was pizza.  If my mom came Im sure it would have been some big cooking event. 

My husband just got off work,
hence the collared shirt :)

After eating way too much this weekend its time to get back on track. I mentioned the Eat To Live diet awhile back but didnt really stick with it. Today Im back on, this morning I had plain oatmeal with soy milk and cinnamon. For lunch Im having a large vegetable salad with beans and a side of fruit. Dinner will be steamed veggies and tofu. :)

Hmmm...

So I've spent the past 2 days glued to my Tumblr. Its amazing how quickly your blog picks up speed on that thing which makes it quite fun. My only complaint is that there seems to be a bunch of people with or who "admire" eating disorders on there.  I hate to use the word admire but why else would you post girls who clearly are suffering? Girls who are just absolute skin and bones. Im sorry but that is not my cup of tea. One should not strive to have a disorder or look up to/admire such a sickness. Perhaps my views are distorted with what I post. I think the girls I post are "healthy", sure they're thin, but they're healthy. What's strange to me is thats what I'm posting there, yet when I look at my followers tumblr's and a good handful of them have numerous posts like the ones I described. Full of cutting and anorexia. :( I hope to stay and show them that there is a healthy side to beauty/confidence and weight loss and that the two don't necessarily go hand in hand. Well not necessarily, I can guarantee that they dont. But I dont want it to sound like thats all there is at Tumblr because I have already found some really great, really inspiring fitness blogs.

Overall I still am preferring Tumblr over Blogger but for some reason I feel more comfortable posting here, perhaps because I feel like no one is reading it...I know there are but it feels more personal here. On Tumblr I post something and get an immediate response. Its kind of spooky. I like to live under the false impression that no one pays attention to me. Its comfy. :)

Tumblr

I made a tumblr and so Im moving house! Check out my new blog at: Feeding My Addictions (Just click the link....blogspot kept overriding my redirect link, they just dont want to let me go!) :)

New Template.

Im still undecided on this new template. I will roll with it for a few days and see how I feel after that.

Today was a train wreck. I wont go into detail but T.G.I.F.F!! The one good thing that happened was I got to talk to my friend this morning.....but thats it. I did Turbofire - Fire 55 when I got home today. My knee is getting worse. I think I jinxed myself when I told my friend it was doing ok. I have to modify which sucks big time. I just want to give it 110% and not worry about if my knee will give out or if Im doing more harm than good. I have a feeling Im just messing up my left knee too because its taking the brunt of the force when I do plyo moves.

I really need to get my ass in gear. Its a slippery slope Im on. The holidays are really messing up my progress. Its almost over....just two more days then I can really buckle down. I hate the fact that Im regressing. Hate it!!

I dont know why I bother today with my food journal but here we go:

Breakfast: Crescent from Island Naturals

Lunch: .....well..... I snacked from 12-2 because we ran late at work so lunch consisted of chex mix, graham crackers and cashew clusters.

Dinner: didnt eat yet and its 8:00..... I dont think Im going to. I had to make brownies for my husbands staff and am sick off of brownie batter. Ah!

HIIT 15 / Sculpt 30

Today was my last peaceful day at work. Tomorrow its back to the grind with the normal crazy flow we always have. It sure was good while it lasted. Thankfully the hours tomorrow are still short since were heading towards Christmas (9-1) but sometimes those short days are even crazier than the long ones since Im trying to cram 9 hours of work into 4. 

On the schedule today was HIIT 15 and Sculpt 30. I dont ever remember doing Sculpt 30. I really thought it was going to drag but it just flew by and I having a feeling that my arms are going to feel it tomorrow. 

As for my diet it went like this:

Breakfast: Apple, Banana and crescent roll from Island Naturals.

Lunch: Mixed plate from Island Naturals, I chose a pinch of kalua turkey, green beans and tofu.

Dinner: Chili pasta

Snack: I split a pumpkin pie shake (3 ways) from Jack-in-the-box. It was yummers.

Peace out girl scout.

The Big Bang Theory.

What better way to spend my rest day than to have a Big Bang marathon!? I went to the office for a couple hours and then came back home, plopped in my chair turned on Big Bang and crocheted my blanket. hmmmmmm I really sound like a grandma today hahaha. Well we're under a flash flood warning so what's better than what I'm doing now? Nothing! Plus I have soup simmering on the stove and my husband gets off early today. Yay! :)  

My diet was a lazy one today.

Breakfast: 1/2 avocado and brown rice w/ tamari

Lunch: other 1/2 of the avocado and brown rice w/ tamari

Snack: Banana and party mix

Dinner: I will have soup. :)

If we're brave enough to battle the rain maybe my husband and I will go out to town on a little date after dinner.

Its a miracle!

It's a miracle, my hair is finally long enough for a ponytail!!! Its a pathetic one but I dont care. No longer will I have to do cardio with my hair dangling in my face. :) I've never had my hair this long and blonde at the same time...it usually breaks off or looks way too damaged but my new hairstylist is a miracle worker.  Plus Im addicted to deep conditioner.  lol Oh the things that make me happy.

Today is Day 9 - HIIT 20. I love HIIT workouts. Its just go go go and then done. Its easier to push really hard when you know its for short bursts. It was actually 7 bursts of pushing hard but mentally its easier to push harder.

My food intake was pretty crappy.

Breakfast: Banana and hot chocolate

Lunch: Pizza....again

Dinner: Left over chicken tamales....which I havent eaten yet.

I have been working half days at work since the practice is currently closed for the holidays so I just go in for a few hours to hold down the fort. I love it. Its so unusual to come home and it still be light out. Im crocheting a blanket, reading more books, exercising before dark. Its perfect. Im going to be pretty sad when I have to go back to the daily grind.

Week Two - Day 8 :)

So on day 5 I was undecided what type of workout I was going to go. After some thought I have decided to just follow through with the Turbofire regimen that way I have something to follow. No excuses I know what is planned. If I leave it up to myself who knows what would happen. So with that said today is Day 8 which is Fire 45. This one is still my favorite, the routine just feels fluid to me, my mind doesnt stall and go "wait, what move am I supposed to be doing?" Sometimes my mind just flutters off to who knows where thinking about other junk (not my workout) and I am throwing punches while they are kicking haha, whoopsie!

I got this idea to make a fitness journal from a post a friend made the other week. So I went out to target, picked up a few things, sliced up my Victoria's Secret catalog and viola this was the finished product:

As for my food journal for the day it went like this:

Breakfast: Rice and Avocado... mmmmm Im addicted to rice and avocado lately. I just sprinkle a little tamari on it..its oh so good. Island Naturals sells the best avocados, they are creamy and buttery.. mmm mmm mm!

Lunch: 1/2 a chicken sandwich, some pretzels and a graham cracker...random I know.

Around 3:00 I was hungry again since my lunch sucked and I had a slice of pizza that was left over from last night. Womp womp.

Dinner: I am making Chicken tamale casserole as we speak. I will post the recipe later if it comes out good. This is my first time making it. :)

**UPDATE**

PHOTO FROM COOKING LIGHT

Chicken Tamales were kick butt. Here's the recipe if you wanna give it a shot: Recipe from Cooking Light

Day Five

I finally got back into my old groove. Today is day 5 of working out. I have been doing the Turbofire work out so far... I havent decided if I want to do the whole program or just chose to workout everyday with whatever I feel like doing on that particular day. 

Its nice to wake up and just feel....good. When Im not working out I dont realize that I dont feel as good as I should, but once I start up again I always think to myself, "why did I stop??". 

Im really excited for the new year to come. My husband and I have some really big plans and I want to pursue those plans lean and healthy. Perhaps it will give me more motivation to push a little harder. I wish I could talk about it but I havent spread the news to the people in my life here and I figure it would be pretty rude to have them find out from reading it on the web. :) One thing for sure (and if you know me personally I wouldnt even have to say this), but, Its not about having a baby. We have no plans of babies....ever.....or that we can see at least. Who knows maybe my "internal clock" will start ticking someday, but honestly I think mine is broken, or as a local from Hawaii would say, "buggah stay broke". hahahaha 

Anyways its time to workout. 

Gingerbread Disaster

We do gingerbread houses every year. This was the first year we tried a kit instead of making it from graham crackers. It was an epic fail. 

We had it all planned out, watch Elf and make Gingerbread Houses. Should have been perfect.....

Only my husbands house remained standing because he took his sweet time putting it together.
From left to right its my husbands, niece and then mine.

Our houses didnt even stay together long enough for the picture.. at first I was pissed
but once my roof started sliding I figured to heck with it.

So my niece decided to show it who was boss. :)

Office Christmas Party

Last night we had our office Christmas party. Its always fun to get together with the team and it not be work related. The food was yummy, we had chicken soba salad, fish tacos, truffle yaki ribs and beef manapua. We played silly games and just had a good time.

I've been really struggling with getting back into an exercise routine. The holiday season is quite evil if you think about it. lol, it sucks up all your time, you're surrounded by yummy, fattening food and social functions are happening every where you look. Today I'm making gingerbread houses, tonight is another Christmas party. Ugh.

I will get my crap together one of these days, mark my words. :)

Photos

Here are some of the photos from our shoot on the 2nd. I just love the way my husband is dressed. Its too cute! :) 

Ugh

Today was horrible. Drama, drama, drama. Work drama, personal drama, car drama, you name it, it happened. Working on Saturday sucks to begin with, but it just gets even crazier when its coming towards the end of the year. I had to go get some oxygen tanks and on my way to the car I realized that someone hit my bumper and just left without saying anything!!! My beautiful, flawless car - ruined. I hope it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to fix.

 I hate people. Oh yeah, and did I mention I totally biffed it at work? Yup flat on my rump. Whats new. Im used to falling, although I would have appreciated if I didnt fall today. Not to mention yesterday a car reversed into me while I was walking through a parking lot!! They just bumped me, but sheese, check your mirrors before you gas it! My luck. Ugh, when life gets stressful my diet flies out the window. The last thing on my mind is exercise or eating healthy. I'd much rather wallow in my own self pity.

Yesterday was a whole different story. My husband and I had a photo shoot which was a lot of fun, the only bummer was that we got rained out so we didnt get to finish.  I am dying to see how the pictures came out. So far I only got this one shot which is such a tease! I got to catch a glimpse of some of the shots on her camera, all I could think was that my face looked fat. Ugh. My husband on the other hand was super handsome in his old school get up. He wore black trousers, a white button up, suspenders and a caddy hat. I had on a leopard cardigan, black skinny jeans and super high patent leather red pumps. I tried to wear the highest shoes I owned, which is about 5 inches,  so I could be more near his face. I still just made it up to his chin, but it was better than where I am with no heels on. :)

 I've noticed my diet/fitness blog has morphed into just a blog, no real rhyme or reason. I feel like I should change the title. Or perhaps I should just diet and exercise. hmmmmm :)

Anyways, tomorrow I will be on the other side of the camera taking photos of a family for their Christmas photos. Im praying for clear skies and golden light. :) Cross your fingers!

Nightmare Before Christmas

I love decorating our tree each year. Our running theme has been The Nightmare Before Christmas. Every year Im on the hunt for more NBC ornaments. We have others in there as well, each year I get a Mickey and Minnie Ornament and we have some Corpse Bride in there too. :) Our tree this year is tiny. I'm just about 5'1 and the tree is shorter than me. Its too cute! I was pretty bummed to find out our black ornaments (those cheap ball style ones) had a big box placed on top of them which caused them to break. :( I had to make those myself with spray paint. So we had to make do with some red ones. Better luck next year I suppose. Either way tonight was fun spending time with the hubby. :)

I didnt exercise today. Last night while doing P90X- Chest and Back I went down to my knees during the diamond push ups and felt my knee go out of place....during ab ripper x's move - crunchy frog I heard (and felt) and loud pop. I'm guessing that was it going back into place. It feels better than it did before. Perhaps thats what I needed. :)

As for my diet it went like this:

Breakfast: Oh's Cereal
Lunch: California Roll
Dinner: Left over Portugese Bean Soup
Snack: None

My husband was originally in his pajamas, I was able to talk him out of his PJ pants, but he was just too lazy to change his shirt. :)

I <3 Jack Skellington

My little lazy dogs (Sushi and Pixie) acting like limp noodles.