New Goal Date

Mr. Husband decided that we will take that much needed vacation in September after all. So now this means new weight loss goals especially since vacation equals all day in a bikini for a week! Yikes! Ha! Also means new bikini shopping for me and also means I must get that much needed job ASAP.

So much to do!

Ok since my goals were these last week:

1. No donuts or french fries!!!!!! (please tell me why this part is sooo hard!)
2. Eat as many home cooked meals in a week at least 5 days of the 7
3. Limit carb intake at dinners
4. 1/2 hour a day on the gazelle
5. 5 mins a day on the trampoline
6. drink plenty of water/tea
7. Supplements; Take fish oil pills with lunch.

I'm noticing a trend here ahah! A trend that is not working. Also, since I now live much closer to coffee shops, I find myself or husband coming home with no so healthy treats all the time!

New goals:

1. No donuts or french fries!!!!!! (totally not working! Lets say, we can have these only 1 day in the week, hmm but I had timbits yesterday so no more for the rest of the week! Do you see this Mr. husband ha!)
2. Eat as many home cooked meals in a week at least 5 days of the 7 (one area I'm doing well in)
3. Limit carb intake at Lunch and dinners
4. 1/2 hour Gazelle 3 times a week
5. 5 mins a day on the trampoline
6. drink plenty of water/tea
7. Supplements; Take fish oil pills with lunch.
8. 10000 steps on the pedometer 3 times a week

ok fresh start, I have 1 month!!!

Any tips on how to curb my sweet tooth?

SHOW US YOUR LIFE - Wedding Party and Flowers/Ceremony

Today on SHOW US YOUR LIFE on KellysKorner - Wedding Party and Flowers/Ceremony

Heehee Love being part of the fun here in the Blog world.

Our wedding was 2 years ago and I must say that it was the happiest day (so far) in my life :) I had the most wonderful bridal party and every thing went so well that June day.

I got ready at my grandparents house as my parents house had construction on their street! It meant so much to my grandparents that I was at their home, and that meant so sooo much more to me than anything. However, the sleep the night before was not fun. Long story but their mattresses are as old as I am ahah! Not that I could sleep much that night anyway.

Here we are decorating the front of the house. The whole theme of my wedding was "white" When I think of weddings in my head I think of white white white! So that's the way I kept it. My decor and flowers were Ivory or white and just very light soft colors. For me having the light theme meant love and tranquility, just the way I like it! You'll see what I mean when we show receptions next week.



Our hair and makeup team were amazing and I love love the way they did us up!


The most memorable part of the whole wedding was the ceremony. Our church was beautiful Mr. groom was so handsome ;) and we had so many guests come and see us. Father Ernie gave the ceremony and was just as excited as we were. He had so many inspiring words and really gave so much more meaning to our lives that day.

Below is my grandfather walking me down the aisle. (Dad was watching from heaven)


Me and Mr.Groom above :) and my maid of honor my sister below :)
Thanks for stopping by :) Have a happy weekend!

Humpdate Update

I wore this new outfit I bought on the weekend. You'll never ever catch me in those Bermuda type shorts, but I was brave to buy a pair the other day and decided to wear em. However, I did wear my good ol Spanx underneath them hhhahaha! It did smooth out the bumps and humps :) but let me tell you it was a painful evening. Tucking in everything so hard that I had ab pains like I had a workout the next day ahah! I also decided to wear my spanx yesterday with my jeans, and I was pretty happy with the way it looked. I think Spanx will become one of my daily wears!

Today is Wednesday and still no movement on the scale! GRR. I'm heading out to do some groceries and stocking up on fruits and veggies. I'm thinking of going back on my banana and tea breakfast, quick and light.

Before I go I wanted to do this little game I copied from here


Here’s how it works: USE ONLY ONE WORD!
It’s not as easy as you might think. Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? pocket
2. Your hair? ponytail
3. Your mother? interesting
4. Your father? passed
5. Your favorite food? Japanese
6. Your dream last night? unknown
7. Your favorite drink? Coke
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? Kitchen
10. Your hobby? Blogging
11. Your fear? Alone
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? Out
14. Something that you aren’t? employed
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. Wish list item? BBQ
17. Where did you grow up? Toronto
18. Last thing you did? Dinner
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? sleeping
22. Friends? home
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? ok
25. Missing someone? dad
26. Vehicle? driveway
27. Something you’re not wearing? Ring
28. Your favorite store? Winners
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When was the last time you laughed? now
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32. Your best friend? sister
33. One place that I go to over and over? Caribbean
34. One person who emails me regularly? sister
35. Favorite place to eat? McDonalds

Almost Friday Whoohoo!

Monday weight update

That's my mini trampoline... Have I jumped on it lately? NO... why not? because I've been slacking off big time! Last week and especially this weekend I've been like a slug moving so slowly in my days, and for some reason i have been so tired when I wake up every morning and just want to sleeeeep!

Lets see if I can get through these goals this week I think I can! I did cook at home everyday last week and even twice on the weekend! pretty good on this one huh!

1. No donuts or french fries!!!!!! (please tell me why this part is sooo hard!)
2. Eat as many home cooked meals in a week at least 5 days of the 7
3. Limit carb intake at dinners
4. 1/2 hour a day on the gazelle
5. 5 mins a day on the trampoline
6. drink plenty of water/tea
7. Supplements; Take fish oil pills with lunch.

As for my weight, no change since it went up a couple notches.

I also started a recipe blog so check it out from time to time. I'll post some of my favorite quick and easy meals!

Happy Monday

I Don't....

Rainy Sunday and spending it indoors. So I decided to give the "I Don't" post a try that Grammy Girlfriend blog posted the other day to get to know each other. So here I go! 10 I Don'ts!

I don't like waking up before 10am on weekends! I love to sleep in :)

I don't ever dare to wash dress shirts or dress pants, the dry cleaners definitely do a better job than I would ever do.

I don't like mean or rude people, but who does! haha!

I don't like clutter.

I don't walk out my door without under eye concealer, hate those dark circles

I don't read any other books than the ones in the self help category.

I don't like going for job interviews anymore, shakes up my world tooo much. I wonder if it's because I'm older cause I never minded them before.

I don't like watching sports at all, but will do if I havee too lol

I don't like dieting, ha! I love to eat but I try and trying so hard to lose weight!

(AND I don't know how to count, I only originally posted 9 I don'ts ahah)

Wow this was hard to do!!!!! try it out!!

Show Us Your Life:Wedding Dress

Today on Kelly's Korner it's show us your wedding dress! So I posted a few pics!! When I got engaged I went and bought every bridal magazine like many brides to be do :) I saw this dress in the magazine and new it was the one. I went and tried it on and it's the only dress I tried on and loved it!

I remember when I picked up my dress on the Wednesday before the wedding, it was extremely tight on the waist and I was terrified that I was going to gain weight by the Saturday Ha!! Also See how blonde I was! I was bleach blonde for years!!! I went the Thursday before to get my hair done, and my hairdresser "FORGOT" what color I normally do and so my hair was bleached twice! and right in the middle of my head hair snapped off and I had a bunch of tiny hairs sticking up like alfalfa! Good think I got the hump hair due done! That was the last time I bleached my hair. When I returned from our honeymoon. I went dark, cut it short and grew my natural color out, and now I've been dye free for 2 years! :)

Today's lunch is light! Spinach Caesar salad with 2 tortillas. Lets see if this will actually keep be going until dinner. Tonight's Dinner will be Beef Stirfry with lots of veggies!

The week is going well with eating at home, yesterday I made yummy chicken ribs (didn't even know these existed until I found them at the grocery store) They were pre-seasoned and all I had to do was pop em in the oven with some potatoes. I'm all about the easy cooking :)

I also did my Gazelle today and I feel great! Really looking forward to dropping some of this extra weight, so far it's not budging! I've had my Gazelle for about 4 years now and I use it on and off, I do remember using it a lot before I got married and I remember it working pretty well. So lets hope I remember correctly ahah!
TGIT, cause tomorrow is Friday! I'm really looking forward to the weekend. We are going to a Brazilian restaurant on Saturday night and I'm looking forward to eating lots of meat! I'll take pics, this restaurant is one of my favorites. They serve all types of grilled meat and fish and they serve your table as much as you want until you say no moreeee! YUM!

Not a good start.

I didn't do so bad on last weeks goals. However, the week was better than the weekend. During the week I made sure to cook at home for all meals and it went well, until the weekend came along. I didn't cook once this weekend, I tried to make the healthier choice but still eating out is never THAT healthy. But I think 5 out 7 days is not too bad so far. AND i only had french fries once! and donuts once! :) I'm proud of that.

Yesterday I had 2 job interviews and I studied a lot for them, even stayed in on the weekend! I was feeling optimistic about them, until I was there. I really don't have a good feeling about them. So I'm a little bummed about that today. So Back to square one...


Since I was feeling bummed out I went out and bought some dead sea salts and took a nice 20min bath last night to clear my mind. Boy does that stuff make you sweat! I had to drink a lot of water afterwards to stay hydrated.

Hoping to have a better week. Even if I had a rough start. :)

Almost Friday!...Almost Monday!

How Cute is Zoe sitting at our island thinking she's getting some bbq ribs! I'm so happy having Zoe around, she really does keep me entertained, whether it's yelling at her to get off the counters ha! or watching her sun tan in the sun (shes as white as I am hahah!) or just cuddling with her, she's the best kitty.


She is helping me study for my interviews by being a great listener as I go over questions and answers. Altho I'm still nervous about Monday's interview I decided to take a different approach. As I prepare for the interview I NEED to remember to not let it take over my LIFE! Yesterday I was pretty much freaked out about it (Thank you fellow bloggers for your supportive words too :). Today I'm much better. I guess I'm learning these days I'm a crappy stress handler, yucky!

But at least I'm doing pretty good with my goals so far whohoo!. I'm cutting the dinner carbs and have been eating at home this whole week this far! :) and planning to keep it up all weekend! (I hope)

That was yesterdays dinner, yum! Casar salad with cucumbers (a must for me) with Slow cooked BBQ ribs! Slow cooked on high for 4 hours and soooo yummy. The slow cooker is really the best invention ever. This is one thing I'm looking forward to using even more when I start working full time. Having dinner ready when I walk in the door will be the happiest moments for me ahahahh.

If you have any slow cooker recipes you want to share, let me know!

Hump day update ;)

The other night I made my favorite dish. Stuffed peppers with Caesar salad and avocado chimol yum. I get a little bit of everything in here, and really easy to make.

I did my weigh in yesterday morning and I'm up 4lbs :( Not good at all! I need to really kick up the working out! I guess I have been pretty lazy these days and I'm feeling the depressed moods creeping up. Working out always sends the happy chemicals thru the brain so I need some of those! So Gazelle here I come!

JUST NOW I got a call for my first interview from applying to jobs like crazy. Wish me luck! I need it! I can't think of anything else that shakes my nerves more than job interviews (well lots of other things do too lol, but this more than anything!). Weird because I've been to so many interviews and my track record shows that I have always been ok and survived! But, I still get overwhelmingly nervous and so uncomfortable! I have 5 days to prepare so I hope I will be calmer by then :) Times like this I wish I lived on a secluded island with nothing but beach and martini's haha!

Hope you all are having a great week!