30 day shred update

If you are like me you are sad the weekend is over :(. I had a really good weekend, I hope you did too!

To end a good weekend my husband and I went for a ride north to the apple farm to buy apple pie :) I'm doing really well with my calories sooooooo a piece of apple pie is well deserved. ahah! :)

Ok I know many of you are also doing the 30 day shred... What a workout! and I'm still only on level 1!!! If you are considering getting the DVD, I say what are you waiting for!!?? Go get it! And all you need is a mat and weights :) as the DVD says ahah!
For those of you just beginning, one tip I can give, is to really pay attention to Jillian, she gives really good tips on technique and boy when you follow her words you feel it! Especially the last Ab workout... you know what I'm talking about :)

Do any of you know how many calories are burned in the 30day shred levels? I guess it would depend on our individual body weight as well hmm I'll be googling that now.

For lunch this week I'm switching back to wraps, I want to switch it up weekly so I don't get bored :) I'll post on that tomorrow.

Have a great week everyone.

Snack time!

Love my weekends. I get to catch up on so many things. Today my husband and I cleaned the whole house and took down the Christmas tree, ran some errands and just spent some quality time together.

I cooked every meal at home today and it was great.

Watching my calories with my Iphone App, is amazing. I love seeing how many calories I'm taking in and it helps me choose foods that are less calories.

Tonight for dinner I made Beef with mushrooms and onions with zucchini and sweet potato fries. Water to drink and a Spinach Salad to eat first!


Tonight we decided to stay in and make it a movie night. We went for a ride to Starbucks for a Latte and rented some movies for the night. I had about 300 calories left for my daily intake and I wanted to snack but wanted to make sure I did not go over.

So I popped some Samosas in the oven, 50 cals each

And put out some pistachios. (Not too many, there are hidden calories in these little nuts)
What are some of your evening snacks??

(Just one last note. I was watching a cat show and Zoe was just as excited ahaha!)

Love my Iphone!

My week has been great. I have been tracking my daily calories with an Iphone App called "my fitness pal" i have a 1330 calorie intake and as I add what I eat it tell me my remaining amount. It also allows me to add my cardio, and it will minus calories lost and add extra calories to intake etc you get the point. Well I love it! It is working really well for me.

Today we decided to go out for dinner to red lobster with my sister and her boyfriend. We haven't been there for a while, so I was looking forward to it. Soooo I added my calories to my app... not the best idea haha! Can't even bare to tell you the calorie intake for a dinner blah! It was good tho haha! Eating out adds much to much calories :(

We just had to get dessert :) We only got 1, and we shared :)

During the week I have been eating a sort of 2 course meal. A new thing I do is add a bowl of salad on it's own. Eat that first then eat my dinner. That way I fill up on my greens before I get to my dinner ;)

Weekend is here! Hope you all have a great weekend! :)

2lbs down!

Today I am home - I'm not feeling too good so took the day off. Not as fun ha!

I did my weigh in today and I lost 2lbs! Whoohoo I have been closely watching my cals and I also only had a salad for dinner last night because I was already feeling under the weather. ( I think that helped)

So far my Breakfast and Lunches have been going really well for me.

Breakfast 235 Calories:
Spelt Flax Organic Bread 100 Cal
1/2 tablespoon peanut butter 45 cal
1 tablespoon of jam 30 cal

I started making my own coffee, adding 1 tbs of raw sugar 20 cals and 2 tbs of half and half cream 40 cals. (saving 55 cals from coffee shop coffee)

Lunch 200 Calories:

1 cup of plain brown rice. 170 Cals.
(I boiled lots of brown rice on Sunday to have for the whole week)

I also bought a bunch of packaged seasoned veggies. The one below is 50 cals for 1 cup. You can use 1 package for 2 lunches.

Put 1 cup of brown rice in a container top with 1/2 a package of the above veggies. You can add more seasoning like Tabasco or even lemon on the rice and add as many different veggies too if you want. The below pic I had added cilantro, tomato and garlic to my packaged veggies.

Snacks:
2 tbs of walnuts 82 Cals

2 Clementines 80 cals

9 baby carrots 35 cals

Also, going back to Breakfast. Since we started making our own coffee we bought cute cups and lids at a wholesale place and estimated about $12/month if we make our own coffee, compared to $65 sometimes more in buying coffee monthly.



Counting cals and money, so far so good!

Back to work after the holidays!

Back to work! Oh was it hard to get up today!

I brought my lunch today, I had brown rice and veggies. Yummy and healthy.

My snacks today were 2 clementines and a handful of walnuts.

I think I will do all right with my new eating plan ;)

I downloaded a new calorie counter App for my iphone and it is great in counting the cals in everything I eat!!!

Another area I have been watching is my budget. Last week husband and I tracked our spending and we were AMAZED on how much we totalled at the end of the week. Heck, we never paid any attention to that. So with a new budget app we are tracking our budget too and so far so good! Our goal is to save more and spend less to reach our new 2010 goals.

With yesterday's winnings I donated a little to a charity and the rest I deposited to my account and instead of running out and spending it quick , I will be responsible and use it for my needs not wants ;)

It's time to put our attention to counting! .....calories and money! ;)

Hope you had a good Monday!

Snowy, lucky day!

Husband shoveling the snow ;)

It snowed all day long today! But I still got all my errands done and I'm ready for a healthy week!

Today we ate all meals at home too! Before we left to church this morning we had an Omelette for Breakfast with a coffee. For lunch we had a cold cut sandwich and dinner we had Spicy Chicken wings and salad!

Today I went to a new grocery store. (Highland Farms) It's much bigger with more selection as well but I'm still hooked on my original grocery store, because at Metro I can collect air miles points as well which is great. I'm still undecided. (but...Hold this thought....)

I bought a new Flax Organic bread for breakfast and I will try it out tomorrow, I hope it's good, it will be 30 cals less that what I ate before for BF.

Back to work tomorrow :( I had a great time during the holidays and even though it is Sunday, I now can't wait for Friday ahaha!

Going back up to where I said "Hold that thought" an awesome thing happened to me today!!! I loveee playing scratch cards, specifically cash for life ;) and yesterday I played 2 and won $4.00. So today when I went to Highland farms for groceries I cashed in my $4.00 and doubled it to buy 2 more cards.

Well, I came home I put the cards aside and made our chicken wing dinner. Ate... washed the dishes... and was about to blog... When I decided to scratch my cards. Cash for life has about 5 boxes on the card to scratch so...The First card I didn't win anything. On the second card, I scratched and won $50.00! I scream and I'm excited! I continue and win another $10, whoohoo husband and I jump up with excitement. I'm thinking how cool is this! But then I scratch again and I won $500!!!!!!! Soooo super excited! I even teared up! I never won more that $10.00 on a single play. Totally made my day!

Hope you all have a great week!!

2010 New Goals

It's a snowy new year and I'm indoors just relaxing ahh ;). Our New Years Eve Party was lots of fun and as much as I hate that I only have 2 more days until back to work.. I'm ready for 2010!

Husband and I do a goal setting workshop every new year so we will be doing that today.

As the new year begins so does my new weight loss goals.

My goals:

Lose 10lbs in 3 months!

I'm tired of just maintaining my weight and I really look forward to losing weight!

I will be tracking my progress here on my blog.

My weekly goals are similar to the ones I had last year and I will be continuously be tweaking and adjusting them throughout the weeks as well.

* 5 days a week of home cooking ;)
* Portion Control, use a small plate for meals.
* Limit carb intake
* Limit Sweets, use 3 bite rule
* Healthy cooking and healthy choices if eating out.
* No FRENCH FRIES
* Cut coffee as much as possible and replace with Green Tea
* 3 days a week basement work out (Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video)
* 3 days a week 10000 steps on the pedometer
* loofah body scrub to enhance circulation

I'm excited to read your weight loss goals too! Lets lose weight!!

Happy New Years Eve!

This was last New Years Eve at our old house. We had a Big party and it was soo much fun! I had nooo idea what 2009 would bring...

Here are all the good things 2009 has brought me. ;)

- Despite being laid off, 2009 brought me 10 months of MEE time.
- 10 months of working on our online business and increased sales ;)
- A New found love for Blogging and 74 bloggy Friends!
- A new home in the suburbs!
- 7lbs of weight loss ahahah!
- A new love for hiking and jogging.
- A trip to Connecticut and Punta Cana
- New friends and more time spent with family ;)
- A new job.
- A new view on life and reality, and a Stronger me!
- Another year of Growing Towards A Dream! :)

What did 2009 bring for you!?

I'm ready for 2010 I just know it will be a great year for all of us!

Ouch! Jillian Michaels Kicked my butt!

I remember other bloggers writing about this DVD Jillian Michaels 30 day shred, but never made the decision to get it. Last week my good friend over at Confessions of a Diet-aholic started tweeting about her amazing workout with the 30 day shred DVD. So on Monday I went to get it.

Last night I prepared my mat and weights (5lbs, much too heavy, I went out to buy 3lbs today ha!) I am now pretty much turning my whole basement into my workout area ahah.

Well... I started Level 1 yesterday and at the beginning I thought, PIECE OF CAKE! By the end of the dvd I was out of breath and all sweaty and it's only 20mins! It was great!

Today... I can barely walk. My legs and bum are soo sore and my arms and shoulders are sore and stiff.

Great workout! I'm making a new list of 2010 goals and I'm excited!

10 things I love award

My new friend Kimberly @ Terra Del Sole gave me this award today. :) Yippy! I am to add 10 things I love, and pass this on to 10 bloggers I love, so here goes... in no particular order.

If you read my blog you know what I love the most...

1. ZOE! of course My little furbaby. She loves me back just as much as I love her! She always keeps us entertained with her silliness and is the most affectionate cat I have ever known.

2. Family and friends. I have amazing family and friends. We enjoy each others company and always have a great time when we are together!
(I could post tons of pics, but 1 is fine hahah! (I'm missing many other friends/cousins here too, I love em all)

3. The Ocean:
Ahhh another place I just love more than being home. Who wouldn't want to wake up to the sound of the ocean! Or going for a morning stroll on the white sands beach. (Ha! I have white snowy sidewalks right now burr)


4. Helping others - I love the feeling I get in my tummy when I give to others ;)

5. San Diego - Been to San Diego just once and really really love it there!

6. FOOD - You know this is what my whole blog really is all about haha!



7. Reading - I'm addicted to book stores and Amazon. :)

8. Being home (ahhh home is where my heart is :)

9. BLOGGING
Love Blogging and Love reading all my bloggy friends blogs. I get so excited every time I see your comments and I love sharing my life with you and thankful I get a peek into yours too!

10. Best for last, my husband and my marriage. I love being married, and just Love my husband. I love how well husband and I work as a team. We have our disagreements more often than not but we Love each other lots! We have been together for 12 years and really have grown together and helped each other become who we are today and for the better. We are both growing towards a dream together ;)

10 Blogs I love

I listed some new and old Blogs I love to follow. I follow much more than 10 so I extend this bloggy award to all my bloggy friends too ;)

Below are some blogs I just love and I know you would love them all too!

http://nottheoxygen.blogspot.com

http://musingsofasnail.blogspot.com

http://myarizonaangels.blogspot.com/

http://thatextra20pounds.blogspot.com/

http://miss-em-scissorhands.blogspot.com/

http://maryellen-maresmind.blogspot.com/

http://torijean.blogspot.com/

http://www.lifeaseyeseeit.com

http://lindseynicks.blogspot.com

http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/