Let's try this again....

Update: I stuck to my routine for about a month and a half until I went on vacation in August then it all went downhill. I ate whatever I wanted and didn't exercise until this past Monday August 30th, I got back into the groove.

I am not that mad at myself because even though I took a break for a few weeks, I still really have the motivation to get back into it. I created a workout schedule for myself and I have started watching what I eat again. A lot of fruits and vegetables, no daytime snacks and only drinking water. My workout schedules is as follows:

Monday, Wed, Fri: Abs, Arms and Squats (3 sets of 20 reps each)/ 30 minutes on the tredmill.
Tues, Thurs, Sat: 60 minutes on the tredmill
Sun: Rest day!

I'm still keeping track of my daily workouts on my dry erase calendar so I can visually see my progress. My ultimate goal is to loose 20 lbs. So like before, I will weigh myself once a week and jot down that part of my progress on my calendar as well. I really want this so I am not going to let myself slack this time. I know it will take some time to see the results that I am looking for so I am not going to get discouraged! I am just going to keep telling myself that I am going to be so happy when I get where I want to be!

The 60 minutes on the tredmill kicks my butt, but it feels really good to push myself, and I actually feel like my efforts are worth it!

Motivated!!!!!

Okay, it's on again! I revived my workout routine except this time it's different. I bought a tredmill from my friend and tomorrow I'm going to get it in my apartment and I'm going to start really working out. I'm sort of motivated by Shaytard on youtube. He made a goal for himself to run 100 miles before the end of the month and he keeps track of his miles on a dry erase board...sounds like a good idea to me. I'll have to think of what goal would be realistic for me but I'm excited! I feel like I will be feeling more of a difference then I was on the Wii Fit. I'll start the Wii Fit again too though because it's fun! I have to stick with it this time or I'm going to be really angry with myself. So, yeah! Hopefully I will keep with it so I can update this blog more often to report my progress.



It's nearing the end of the month so I am going to do a June favorites post so I can share all of my new favorite products for this summer!!! Hope you are all enjoying life! (:

May Madness!

I'm getting ready for a busy next couple of weeks! This weekend, I'm celebrating two gratuations and a birthday which will take up the entire weekend! Drinks tonight to celebrate Ashley's deliverance from college!!! Orioles game tomorrow night with the gang for Johnny's birthday! Then I get to reunite with some old friends on Sunday to celebrate April's graduation and VERY recent engagement! My best friend Nicole is graduating this weekend too!!! So....congratulations Ashley, April and Nicole! I'm really proud of what you ladies have accomplished! (: Next weekend, I am going to a wedding on Saturday and then leaving first thing Sunday morning for Ocean City for a long awaited week of relaxation with my love! I'm so excited and I cannot wait!

Oh! Fun fact! Last night James tried calling DC101 for the last set of Chili Cook Off tickets and he WON!!! He was even on the radio! It was pretty cool, especially considering how unlucky he claims to always be! haha. Good job bb!

So, onto other stuff. I have recently fallen inlove with the youtube beauty community! I have learned some really helpful make-up tips and I have also learned about new products that I have been loving lately. I have so many new favorite products thanks to the gurus on youtube. I was thinking about creating my own channel but I don't really know....The picture at the top is the start of my favorites for spring/summer - From left to right: Light as Air, Refresh Mint, Yellow Kitty! I just realized the Refresh Mint looks like it has a hair-do because of the make-up brush behind it! haha.

Some bad news...my workout routine died about a month ago lol. It's sad and I'm going to have to revive it again soon but in the mean time........8 more days until the beach and 2 hours until the weekend begins!!!! (:

Not gonna lie...

Okay, I'm not gonna lie, I have not been very disciplined over the past week! :( I did really well with my work outs at the beginning of last week, then I got busy and was not able to do my nightly routines. Then on Saturday, my friend had all of us over for dinner and it was so good so I ate way too much AND I drank soda! This is just getting worse lol. In my defense, my hip was hurting really badly from my side leg lifts that I was probably doing wrong so I couldn't really work out but it feels better now, so tonight I will start again!

I'm going to try drinking water when I get hungry so I don't eat junk food. I think there is an addictive agent in junk food and that when you stop eating it cold turkey you go through withdrawl. Maybe that is a bit extreem but it's hard to not eat any junk lol. Doesn't matter, I'm not going to do it!

Next thing is, James and I have been sick lately, him more then me. We came to the conclusion that it has to do with our apartment. So this weekend we are going to dust, vacume and steam clean the carpets to see if it makes any difference. I cannot wait to move out of that place!

So, here I go again, starting my non-stop working out everyday to get to my goal of 120 by summertime! PS: Me and my work BFF got new sunglasses, check them out! haha.

Monday sucked!

I had the worst day ever at work yesterday! I hate when that happens! So having the worst day on top of being super busy resulted in me forgetting to eat breakfast and lunch! When I got home, I worked out then made dinner and passed out watching James play Rock Band!

Even though yesterday was an off day on my workout schedule, I decided to work out anyway. I also made a change to my workout routine. 30 minutes on Your Shape and then 30 minutes on Wii Fit. I get a really good cardio workout with Your Shape and on Wii Fit I can really concentrate on my abs and my arms plus I really like doing the hula hoop, the boxing and the running (which I do with my free weights in my hands!) I think I'm going to get Wii Fit Plus!

For dinner, I made muscles in tomato and garlic sauce. It was so delicious! I had that for lunch today too. I went to Giant and got 10 for 10 grapefruits! So yummy! Now we have cantaloup, honey dew, apples, grapes and grapefruit to snack on!

I won't do another weigh in for another week because I think our scale is broken, or not working correctly or something weird. It tells me one weight and the wii fit scale tells me a different weight. We'll put that on hold!

Birthday Splurge

I have to report I have been bad! I celebrated my birthday this weekend! I'm 26 now...an old old lady! I did not eat very healthy but I allowed myself to splurge! Now back to my mini boot camp. James brought home Your Shape for me on Friday and I did my first workout yesterday afternoon! It is so awesome, and I love it! I don't know why anyone would say bad things about it.

This is how it works. After you enter all of your information into the system and it scans your body, it creates a workout schedule for you. You have the option of changing the schedule as far as time and concentration but I left it as is for now. My schedule is Sat, Sun, Tues, Wed and Thurs. 30 minute workouts concentrating on cardio, upper body, core body and lower body. I plan to up the minutes after the first week. The game allows you to incorporate different things into the workouts so I use my 3 lb. weights to help tone my arms more. Yesterday, it kicked my butt! I was dripping in sweat...ew I know, sorry! But I think it will really work!

Side bar: On Friday night, I went to DC to celebrate my birthday with a bunch of friends and had the best time! Heaven and Hell never dissapoints me and that is why I love it there so much! New Moon came out on DVD yesterday, and my friend Ashley bought it for me for my birthday!!! Thanks, Ashley! (See, I mentioned you! haha!)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

I cooked my first healthy dinner the other night. I got the recipe from Nicole (Thank you, Nicole!) I made lemon garlic chicken, asparagus sauteed in butter and garlic with a small serving of rice and a glass of water. It was really good. Last night I made chicken noodle soup with alphabet noodles, that was quite tasty as well!


I have been keeping up with my workouts. I'm really anxious to get Your Shape because I'm getting a little bored of the Wii Fit already :/ I was thinking about running on Sundays because James plays football on Sundays so instead of me just sitting there watching, I am going to run! Get some cardio in and really feel like I am getting some exercise! It would be nice to run more then once a week but I don't have the ideal situation to go running where I would feel safe since I would be alone. Maybe I'll get a tredmill...conundrum...I live in an apartment...would that make too much noise for the nerdy asians below us?? Hmm, maybe but who cares! Okay that was mean! haha


On a side note, tomorrow is my birthday! My co-workers just surprised me with a cake and a song and I got really embarrased, but it was a really nice surprise! I'm taking a day off of work to spend it with my handsome stud! Not really sure what we are going to do but it's supposed to be a beautiful day so hopefully we spend some of it outside. Then he is going to take me to the circus! I haven't been to the circus in years so I'm really excited!!!