Weekly Goals

Don't forget to enter the GIVE AWAY ABOVE! You Have Until Friday!! :)

Last week I was having a hard time with my calorie reduction. I started feeling really down and tired. When I finally increased it at the end of the week, I felt more alive. SOO weird! I'm trying really hard to find that balance and today I feel like I'm on the right track. I'm still going to aim for 1300 calories a day, but allow for 1500 even 1600 when I need. Today I'm on track for 1300 and don't feel at all hungry.

I brought cantaloupe and carrots and clementines for snacks, instead of crackers and nuts that have higher calories.

Dinner I made Chicken Parmigiana with olives. YUM AND I still have calories left for a piece of Apple pie and glass of milk :)

The weekend was very mild so I was able to get a LONG walk in. I can't wait for spring to get my jogs/walks back on track.


Here are my weekly goals:

* 5 days a week of home cooking ;) (I'm doing really well with this goal)
* Limit carb intake at dinner.
* Limit Sweets, use 3 bite rule
* No FRENCH FRIES (yes, I still need a reminder for this
* Cut coffee as much as possible and replace with Green Tea (coffee has crept back in ugh!)
* 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 (my skin is becoming verrry soft :)

30 Day Shred GIVE AWAY!!!

Last week I started thinking how fun it would be to start doing my own Give Away's!

I never did this before so I hope it goes as planned. Since I have been blogging about the 30 Day Shred I thought, how cool would it be if one of my blogger friends can win the DVD and do the workouts with me! And if you already have it, play anyway and win it for a friend!

So last night I went out and bought the DVD for today's Give Away!

All you need to have for this DVD is a MAT and HAND WEIGHTS :)

Ok, So this Give away is only offered to Bloggers and here are my rules :)

1. You must be 18 or older to enter.

2. I will ship anywhere in Canada and USA only (sorry to my other blogger friends, once I have more experience with Give away's I will have no boundaries)

3. The winner will be announced next Saturday (01/23/2010) and will be notified by email and also on my blog post.

5. Winner will have one week to respond with an address, or a second winner will be selected.

6. Now this is all you have to do:
a) Follow my blog
b) Comment on this post (if you already follow just leave a comment on this post to participate)

Please enter only once with your comment on this post.

Comments will be accepted here until 11:59pm EST 01/22/2010.

Please make sure you comment here and not on future posts.

7. Lucky winner will be chosen by http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm . On Saturday morning ;)

Good Luck!!!!!!

TAG I'm IT

New bloggy friend http://marlieandmommy.blogspot.com/

just tagged me to participate in this fun game.

The rules of this tag are that I must describe seven things about me that you don’t already know and then tag­ seven oth­ers to do the same.

I think I may have mentioned some of these things before not sure, I will try and think of new things I haven’t mentioned.;) Am I the only one that finds these games really hard to do??

OK 7 things I don't think I ever mentioned on my blog... hmm...

1. My 2 front teeth are veneers, Got hit by a flying rock(aka 13 year old boy throwing rocks and I was in the way)

2. I have a tattoo that I got after my dad passed, its sentimental but I’m not really into tattoos and it reminds me of a crazy time in my life, soo I’m considering getting It removed. (personal choice, I have nothing against tattoo’s ;)

3.The one thing that made me smile even harder than anything at my wedding was my wedding cake… oh wait, that's not something new ahah is it weird that anything with food makes me happy.. It was strawberry shortcake inside mmm mmm

4.I type with 1 hand. Trying to break the habit. I can use both but feels so uncomfortable, so I stick to 1.

5. I still have 4 of my childhood diaries.

6. I always straighten my hair, even if I put it in a pony tail. ahah

7. Ive had 2 operations, removed a cyst on my hand at 12 and my tonsils at 14.

Good thing it was just 7, took me a while to think of things! ahha!

Below are 7 new bloggy friends, check them out!

http://www.thehoneyb.com/

http://fattofitorsomethinglikethat.blogspot.com/

http://ourlittlemiraclekyliemarie.blogspot.com/

http://marlieandmommy.blogspot.com/

http://jennymayandswede.blogspot.com/

http://rockymountainmemoirs.blogspot.com/

http://lizssavvyseasons.blogspot.com/

PS. I bought the Giveaway prize today! I will post it this weekend!

The Sugar Doll Award!

Sweet Kimberly over at Terra del sole gave me another award! ;) The Sugar Doll award. Kimberly i a very smart and inspiring down to earth woman. I'm learning so much from her and just love reading her blog and her sweet comments too.

The rules are I have to tell you 10 fabulous things about me. I then give the award to 10 people.

Hmm 10 Fabulous things huh.

1. Zoe loves me! I know, call me crazy cat lady, but I only have 1 :) and she think I'm her mom soo she thinks I'm fabulous!

2. I love nature, parks and trails and Ocean and Sand...

3. I love my husband and very grateful for everything I have I thank God everyday

4. I have a loving family, we have been through tough situations and lost my dad when I was 21 but with time it only made us stronger. ;)

5. I find the cemetery a very peaceful place and is a place I can gather my thoughts (I swear the wind stops when I'm there and it's very soft and still)

6. I try my best to help others when I can, even if it's just lending an "ear".

7. I'm growing and learning so much every day.

8. I started working at 13 years old, I worked part time through high school and college. (not so fabulous ahhah) I have a WIDE range of experience. (Ice cream girl/Nail tech/Lab tech/Customer service/Qa analyst. Fun! ahah!

9. I love makeup, I always wear eyeliner and mascara :)

10. I love blogging and love all the amazing people I have met AND I introduced many of my friends to blogging and that makes me happy!!! :) So see below!

Some fabulous blogs!

Alessandra http://18stepstohappiness.blogspot.com/

create design inspire http://vxn3.blogspot.com/

Ant http://confessionsofadiet-aholic.blogspot.com/

Eyegirl http://www.lifeaseyeseeit.com/

Jessica http://farfallafiori3.blogspot.com/

Stephanie http://www.believinginserendipity.com/a

Amanda http://www.Amandascookies4hope.blogspot.com

Brittany http://brittsbeat.blogspot.com/

Nancy http://nancygrayce.blogspot.com/

Steph http://nottheoxygen.blogspot.com/

Found that pic on google and that is how I pretty much look and feel.

Last week I cut my calories by ALOT and started counting my calories in my Iphone app. Last week I did really well and this week I have been on track. However since Monday I have been grumpy and tired and totally not myself. I pretty much look sick too, people at work are asking me if I'm ok (ahah, no I'm NOT, I'm hungry! GRR) I even got not 1 but 2! cold sores, gross I know I get them when I'm overly stressed and now I guess when I'm overly hungry too ahaha.

From writing on my blog in the past I know I need to find that balance, I've talked about it before but It seems I keep trying new things and they end up flopping.

So today I decided to keep doing everything I'm doing just increase my calories a little bit more so I don't feel so starved!.

Next week I will start again with taking my measurements as well, that way I can track my total progress :)

Fun!

psst. I just had a cookie mmm mmm love my sweets!

Kimberly at Terra del sole gave me a bloggy award! I will post on that tonight.

And I'm still thinking of a giveaway that I want to do this weekend. I have some ideas ;)

Wordless Wednesday

Please don't be mad...

Just one of those days...

So I’m having one of those days, where the glass is half empty. Yesterday I was so tired and so cranky and today is not that much better. Today is a grump post, so feel free to skip it :p

My mood… Is Blahh! That is how I feel inside and out! Could it be that I’m cutting so many calories and my body is mad that it’s hungry. HUH light bulb just went off here, it could be because I am a little hungry and therefore irritable. Well either way I was on a downer and my head was going to explode with the whole woulda/shoulda/coulda still wanna do type stuff. Really this could drive a person crazy. I have that overwhelming feeling of boredom again and it seems it is only during the week, the repetitive day in and day out, Blahh! Everything in me is going against it.

Today as I tweeted my grumpiness I started thinking of things I enjoy... and I know I love blogging!

So I decided today to make things a little more fun. I love blogging and I love reading my blogger friends blogs so I decided I will start doing giveaways. I never did them before so I will peek at other blogs to see how it’s done. I'm excited for a giveaway!

So keep up with my blog posts one of them will have a giveaway very soon :)

**Diet update - 1pm and only 600 calories left for my day. Ugh oh.

Monday goals

Today was a tiring Monday! I woke up extremely tired and ended up drinking more coffee's than usual, actually more than I ever drink in one day!

But the work day is done with and it's time to look at my Monday goals :)

This week for lunch I'm switching to wraps :)



My weekly goals:

* 5 days a week of home cooking ;) (I;m doing really well with this goal)
* Limit carb intake
* Limit Sweets, use 3 bite rule
* 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 (my skin is becoming verrry soft :)

I'm happy that the new year has started off really well in relation to watching my calories and exercising. It's all becoming just a lifestyle change that is working well for me so far.

Tonight it's Oven baked wings, samosas and a big spinach salad!

Hope you all had a good Monday.... Is it Friday yet!?

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!)