Starting Fresh

So a girl found me through my tumblr and come to find out we have two tons of things in common. We are the both married, no kids just dogs, same height, same weight, same goal weight, same time frame and around the same age. We are now chatting through myfitnesspal.com and its actually quite motivating. I hate to say it but Im very competitive so knowing that someone is striving for the same things I am makes me push even harder because I will be damned if I dont meet my goal and she does. Gah, that sounds so bad, but its the truth. haha. I think this is just what I needed to get back on track.


Diet: my husband is currently away for work so I havent been cooking...it makes eating so much easier when you're only planning for yourself. :)  


Breakfast: Cliff Bar - 240 cal


Lunch: Lean Cuisine: Sesame Chicken Stir Fry - 290 cal


Dinner: Lean Cuisine: Chicken Carbonara - 270 cal


Snack: Small Banana - 60 cal, Mac nut cookies - 170 cal, Ice cream - 135 cal


Total Intake: 1165


Exercise: 30 Day Shred: Level 2 and Turbofire - HIIT 15

Detour

Wah! I got off track there for a couple days. No exercise just work, stress, drama and more work. I was working two jobs this past week and just got lost in the days. Before I knew it a few had passed and I didnt workout on any of them. Oh well, what can ya do? :) Back on track today. Its still early and I am strongly considering going to the park to run some trails. My only hesistation is running trails is what triggered my knee pain to return...pain that never left. Decisions, decisions. They were doing a half marathon yesterday coming out of Hilo and I just stared at the runners and wished I could do that too. I really miss going up to the park but I dont want the pain to get worse. Plus its about 15 miles up the hill to get there and then I would have to buy gas which means I would have to spend money which means I wouldnt be able to save as much. So I guess I just made up my mind. :)

30 Day Shred- Day 8

Day 8, wow! That went by really fast. I notice a difference when I look in the mirror but not on the scale. Hopefully it will come in time. :) I took before pictures and cant wait to compare them with the after, I think at that point I will be able to get an accurate idea of what I accomplished on the 30 Day Shred.

I've been trying to exercise in the morning these past few days. I read that cardio in the morning is more effective than in the afternoon. I dont know how much truth that holds but it made sense so I am rolling with it for as long as I can. Since its only a 20 minute workout its not as hard to get up early to do it. I did drop to level one this morning, I just wasnt feeling it so that was my compromise with myself instead of not doing it at all.

Well its off to work! :P

30 Day Shred - Day 6

Not much new to say regarding the 30 Day Shred program that I havent already. I really, really, really, really, really need to get my diet in check. I know I would see the results I am after if I just put the two together. Its completely mental at the point and to me, mental is waaayyyy harder than physical. Physical I can do, I can push through the discomfort and get things done.... I guess that takes strong mental control as well but when it comes to diet its a whole other ball game. I've done this before, I have met my goals before, I know this is possible, so why wont I do it? Why do I always cave and give in. Ugh!

30 Day Shred - Day 5

Day 5 - Done! I really didnt want to work out today. I drove to Kona which round trip from my house is about 200 miles. I dont know why but the drive made me so tired! I left this morning at 6:30 and was back home by 1:00pm.

I must say level 2 really gets my heart pumping and my body sweat dripping. Yuck! But a good yuck. :) I really need to improve my diet so I can see better results. My diet went like this:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of toast

Lunch: String bean tempura and mandoo

Dinner: Still need to eat....hmmmmmm..... :)

Tomorrow I take my weekly measurements. My weight has been stuck in the same place for what seems like forever. (forever = two weeks) Its almost that time of the month so I'm afraid to see the measurements. (that time of the month = bloating) Hahaha Im really just laying it all out on the line tonight! :)

30 Day Shred - Day 4

So I skipped ahead and went to level 2. It was harder than level one, but totally doable...I just have to push it. I worked up a really good sweat and was panting by the end. I dont think I like working out mid-day...its really hot!! I really like the 3-2-1 because you have an idea of how long you have to go, this way you can mentally prepare and not give out too soon... you can just think it yourself its only 2 minutes!!!

As for my diet I have been just eating normally, no special restrictions just trying to make healthy choices but not totally cut things out, in the end I always end up binging, so whats the use?! Moderation, thats the key. :)

This morning I had a cliff bar for breakfast, lunch I had 2 pieces of toast....(I need to eat something else still for lunch but I didnt want to workout with a full tummy) and for dinner I found copy cat recipes for Chiptoles!! Uh YUM!!! So I have the chicken in the crock pot and I will be making cilantro lime rice. We are going to make burritos...lettuce, rice, chicken, beans, cheese, avocado. Its going to be delicious!

Vog

Oh the joy of living on an island with an active volcano - VOG! I should have known better when I saw the moon last night as it was bright orange. I woke up this morning with a splitting headache. I hate what the vog does to me. My lips become completely dry and I have a headache all day long. Result - No working out. Im struggling to keep myself hydrated to fight against the vog, the last thing I want to do is start breathing hard and suck in more of this crap. The sun was blood red when it was setting. I hope the tradewinds kick in and blows this junk back towards Kona. :)

**Update :) **
I pulled my shit together and forced myself to workout. I skipped yesterday and just couldn't skip another day. My head aches and I felt like Wheezy from Toy Story but I worked up a good sweat. So today is officially day 3 of my 30 day shred. :)

30 Day Shred - Day 2

I actually woke up at 4:00 this morning and did my workout. Im seriously going to get spoiled with these 20 minute workouts. I hope they dont do more harm than good in regards to my endurance. I didnt move up to level 2 this morning. I have a theory, almost like the P90X muscle confusion mumbo.....well not mumbo, I know it works. So I will stay with level 1 til the end of the week and then progress to level 2 for 2 weeks and then level three (if I am able) for the forth week. Its not that level one isnt hard, its just I know I can go harder. There are moves in there that I dont usually do like the chest flies and one other I dont know what its called, so I like it.

Anyways I gotta get ready for work....my husband comes home tonight so I am excited! :) Although being able to lay in the bed all crooked with all the blankets piled around me is pretty nice. :)

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred

So because I went in 2 hours too early to work today by mistake  I decided to take a detour to Walmart. I went for dog snacks and walked out with a Women's Health mag and 2 new workout DVDs - Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and Extreme Shed and Shred. Funny how that happens.

I just got done with the 30 Day Shred - Level One. I really liked it, you do a 3-2-1. Which is 3 minutes strength, 2 minutes cardio and 1 minute abs. 3 rounds. No breaks, 20 minutes. Boom - done! It definitely made me work up a sweat but I am going to try level 2 as I feel like I could have went more. Im used to working out for 45-60 minutes. The cardio was a piece of cake, so I am hoping level 2 is harder....which from the reviews I think its safe to assume it is. To be done in 20 felt really weird. I have a feeling I am going to be pretty sore tomorrow in my arms. I am still sore from pushing it the day before yesterday with P90X Chest and Back. I noticed that even if I have sore muscles, if I just push through the workout the soreness goes away. Sure tomorrow I will probably be even more sore, but no pain no gain right??!

I want to know if Im supposed to do this everyday, every other day...6 days on 1 day off?? I need to know. :)

Oh soreness, how I missed you!

I never thought I would say it, but I truly miss feeling this type of soreness. Its a good soreness. It reminds me of how hard I pushed it yesterday. All day I could feel it in my arms, every time I tried to reposition while assisting it burned. Im so happy. :)

Tonight I am doing Turbofire 45, I need to let my dinner calm down before I start bouncing around. I really shouldnt have ate dinner but I didnt want to work out on an empty stomach, I just dont have the same amount of energy when I do.

Diet today went like this:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of turkey bacon and an egg

Lunch: Vegetable Soup and a banana

Dinner: Avocado and brown rice

Snack: Cliff Bar

Well I better get ready to break a sweat. :)

Chest and Back kicked my ass

Phew! Today I thought it would be nice to take a break from Turbofire and do P90X Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X. Oh. My. Gosh. I dont remember it being that hard. I must have lost a lot of strength since the last time I did P90X. Turbofire is primarily cardio so I am not surprised. I actually felt discomfort and it made me so happy! I have been just fluttering through my other routines, sure I work up a sweat, my heart races but I can just keep going. With this one on round two I was trying to do the military push ups and just plopped to the ground on the way down lol.

I lost one pound this week. Last Sunday I weighed in at 140.2, today 139. Im kind of bummed because on Wednesday I was 136. What the heck?! Oh well, I'm not too concerned with the scale as I am with how I feel when I look in the mirror. I had the best compliment I could get this week when my husband came home on Friday night, the first words out of his mouth were "Wow you look skinny!" Shaawwooooppp! He actually noticed a difference. It definitely gave me a boost of confidence. I know when he says that he doesnt mean I look like a twig or anything but that he can tell a difference in my body. Sweet satisfaction. ;)

Tomorrow I will do a Turbofire routine but every other day will be a strength routine from P90X. I know I said I was going to do this before, but Im saying it again! :)

Lets break up.

So I've been thinking about everything that I share on this blog and I really have drifted away from the sole purpose of this blog, my personal life is slowly creeping in and taking over so we're breaking up. :)

I created a private side blog for me to document this year and will maintain this one as a fitness/diet documentation, as it was intended to be in the first place. After that run-in last week I am just not comfortable sharing as much anymore. Its kind of....scary to me. Its unfortunate since I do have people who I really enjoy read this blog and I would love to keep them updated.  If you want you can email me at tesia@rocketmail.com and I will give you access into my other blog, otherwise I have it locked to the general public.

Stress, stress, stress.

I hate stress. It has consumed me the past few days all building up to the big event tomorrow. Last night I didnt get to sleep until past 3:30. My mind is just beat, my emotions are out of wack. I feel like Im on the verge of a mental breakdown, if I didnt already have one last night. I was a mess. My husband has been out of town for the past few days so I have been left too much time alone with my thoughts.  Thank goodness my friend came home from his vacation. He really put me at ease about everything. I needed it. If you're reading this, THANK YOU! You have no idea how much you helped me today. My point of view is different and I think tomorrow will go smoother because of it. :)

In other news, I did half my workout this morning and need to do the other half when Im done with this. I didnt have enough time this morning to just crack it out all at once. I've modified my diet a bit to bring in more protein. It went like this:

Breakfast: An egg and some fruit

Lunch: Sushi from Island Naturals, it had chicken, avocado, soy bean, quinoa puffs, cucumber, sesame seeds and carrot. It was delicious!

Dinner: Avocado and bean quesadilla.

I need to stop eating so much Avocado! Sheese. Lol

Tumbling

What the heck?! How on earth did these people find me? I have over 500 followers on my tumblr. It's baffling that this many people would even give a rip about what I'm posting. I started it just over a week ago I believe. It really makes me want to keep pushing forward even though I am having a rather negative day.

Today is my rest day on Turbofire. I really hate rest days. Hate, with a capital H. I feel like Im wasting a perfectly good day. When I skip a day it makes me not really wanna work out the next day. Its funky how I work. 

As for my diet it could have been better. I feel like Im getting obsessive again about my diet and that can be a very slippery slope. I just want to eat healthy and not obsess over every little thing. It just starts to consume me then I go off the deep end. Ugh. I dont want a repeat of skipping meals or binging. Its not healthy and its a vicious cycle. Here's how it went:

Breakfast: Honey Bunches of Oats  with soy milk.....thats my first mistake, cereal with added crap.

Lunch: Avocado roll....second mistake, white rice. I dont want to eat white rice, why did I eat white rice??? It was avocado, cucumber, carrot and rice. Not bad by any means but for some reason in my head its horrible.

Dinner: Green beans and Tofu....whats wrong with that you ask? The green beans were cooked with shoyu which just added extra sodium that I dont want.

Snack: 2 fun size dark chocolate hershey bars. Nothing fun about that.

I need to knock it off. After Saturday Im hoping things will be better. I will be starting the domino effect that will lead towards a huge change in my life. Its pretty scary but very exciting at the same time. I wish I could just release it all here but its not fair to the ones close in my life to not tell them in person first. It will be like a weight will have been lifted from my shoulders come Saturday afternoon. I hate secrets...almost as much as I hate rest days. ;)

Tomorrow I promise myself to drink 4 tumblers of water, eat only fruits, veggies and beans/legumes, give 120% during my workout and to keep a positive view of myself/diet if I make a mistake...which I wont. ;)

GOOAALLLLL!!

I passed my first goal of 138 lbs. I woke up and was 136! Whoo-hoo! My batteries died in my digital scale so I used my analog scale. Because of that I dont have the ounces but who cares! I am down 9 lbs since Christmas. Heck yeah!

Im still following the Eat to Live plan. I believe today is day 9. My menu I have planned for today looks like this:

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with soy milk and cinnamon with bananas.

Lunch: Veggie summer rolls I made with lettuce, tofu, carrots, avocado and mung bean noodle with fruit on the side.

Dinner: Large salad with tofu and edamane with fruit on the side.

As for my exercise its almost 6 am here and I already did my Turbofire - Fire 30 and when I get home tonight I will do the Tone 30.

Week One Review

So week one is over. Today is day 8 of my Eat to Live diet plan. I have lost a total of 5 lbs and 6 inches this week. Im really excited about my results so far. Yesterday was rough after that rude email I got from someone trying to tell me that they can see that I am not doing a good job right now. I beg to differ. What an ass. I dont know why I let people like that bother me. Just someone I never met trying to tell me about my progress just from what they gather from my blog?? Puh-lease. They may think its inspiring for me to hear they think Im not doing a good job and that I can do better but its not.

Anyways back to what I was saying, Im 1.8 lbs away from my first goal. I have the sports bra picked out, I cant wait to get it and know that I earned it. :)

My diet today went like this:

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with soy milk and cinnamon

Lunch: Lettuce, tomato, olive, avocado and beans

Dinner: I think Im going to make summer rolls with lettuce, carrots, mung bean noodle, avocado and tofu. I kind of just toss whatever I want in there. I dont think they usually put tofu and avocado in summer rolls. Ah the beauty of cooking your own food. :)

Thanks For The Update Big Ben

Why do people feel the need to point out when you're not doing a good job verses when you are?!? Thanks for the update Big Ben, try telling me something I dont know.

Happy F'in New Year.

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year everyone! :) We had fun tonight. I found a new love for sparklers and LED lights. ;)

Hadouken! 

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! :)