Take this B12...Or not

Huge piece of B12 Ha! Tonight we went out for a steak dinner...wish we has Sushi instead because after eating most of that huge steak above, my head feels cloudy! and I have the biggest headache. I know it could easily be the salt and not so much the meat, either way. Whats up with that!

I read up on B12 Deficiency and really can't think of reasons why I'm that low. I really don't want to think to far into it and make myself crazy. So I will do as the doctor says. I'm going tomorrow morning for my first B12 shot and to discuss this new issue grr! (sorta really scared of needles AHHH)

Before our big dinner we went to pick up our new car. Car #2! for the past 4 1/2 years since husband and I moved in together we were always ok with 1 car, then again we use to live in the city where a cab to downtown was less than 20 bucks, and ttc was at our doorstep, with the subway 3 mins down the street....
Ahhhhh freedom! ahaha. We both can be free to go out when we want without worrying about the other being trapped in suburbia! ahaha. Happy day!

Psst... 98 Followers! 2 more to 100! Now this is exciting stuff! Thanks for following :)

A Day of NEWS

ahaah had to show the meat pic... Well today I spent it worrying about my ultra sound and (peeing all that water I had to drink for it! 13 times in total aahah) 4pm I see my doctor's number on my cell phone. My heart drops and I was thinking it was about the ultrasound. Close, last week I went for blood work and it just so happens I'm very low in B12 and now I have to go in weekly for B12 shots! :( I have no clue what this means, I need to do my research and I'm going in Wednesday to talk to her and get my first shot. My cousin told me not to worry and that my cousin who is a vegetarian is always low in B12. I do eat meat, but I know I do not eat enough. I will be looking up the foods I should be eating, if you know more on this topic, please let me know!! :)

Ahem, this is the same doctor that told me to stop taking multi vitamins years ago. BOO shoulda taken them!!

Not liking these surprises!!


BUT there was 1 good surprise today tho, (altho, I already knew 2 months ago) My brother and his wife decided to announce to the family today that they are pregnant! I'm soooo excited to be an aunt!!!! Today was also my dads birthday, he would have been 54 today :( he passed away in 2002, and we miss him soooooo much. He would have been sooo happy to be a grandfather :( But I know he is always with us everyday in spirit and I am ok with that too :)

Me and my dad 1981 ;)

Tired Monday!

Ugh, wish I was doing what Zoe is right now. This morning I was suppose to wake up at 6:30am and as my alarm DID go off in time, I snoozed and snoozed and woke up at 7:15! I had a ultrasound appt today (going into TMI right now ahah...) the ultra sound is just a check up for my lower left back pain. This was my first ultra sound and I was to drink 32oz of water before the appt. As soon as I woke up I started drinking and drinking, on the way there I thought I was going to bring it all back up! Yuk! Got into the room did what they said and the lady looks at me and says "what time did you start drinking? look, the water is all in your belly!" UGH!!!! She took some pics and hopefully she got what she needed which is hopefully nothing at all :) I should get the results in by Wednesday. While I was there I also had to do a chest xray. My doctor sends me for one every year... is that normal?

Today I gave in and bought a coffee and bagel, which I have not done in a long long time. I'm adding it to my calorie app now :)

Hope you all are having a good Monday :)... I'm tired!!!

Not ready for level 2

Enjoying a hot cup of tea and feeling the pain...OUCH! Last night I did Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred DVD. As the day progressed my body got more sore and more sore. I can't lift my arms and my legs...ouch! It's a good burn, but I think I will go back to Level 1 for a couple more weeks ahahah.

This week I did well in keeping my calories between 1300-1600. However today I'm not sure what my calories were, it was a Friday eat out day we had Sushi for lunch and Chinese for dinner. Hopefully I can keep it together this weekend.

Hope you all have a great weekend. We have a cold alert in Toronto, tonight it's -13°C , -21°C with windchill BURRR so I will be keeping warm!!

What a Day!

First stop this morning was at my Doctor's Office,. I have a very old doctor, she delivered me and my 33 year old brother and has been our doctor our whole life. She is witty and wise and very very honest.

"There's fat on your belly, you shouldn't eat to much, eat a little and eat no carbs and eat more fish" >> That is what she told me in my check up. I told her not to worry I'm working on it :) I did not tell her that I'm struggling with a sugar addictions and carbs make me happy ahhah! She also told me to add in more back exercises to strengthen my back. So I will do that :) I do have a lot of back pain on my lower left side so she is sending me for a ultra sound next week to make sure we are all good in there. Minus the scary google searches I have read about why my back hurts, I think it's all good and trust that I just need to strengthen it.

Good thing Doctor does not read my blog...

Toasted Ham and Cheese... mm couldn't resist.


Then I had to go downtown to fight that speeding ticket I got in June. It was nothing too major it was 16 over and I was going to plea NOT GUILTY, but then the officer was there and I was wayyy too nervous so I went with what they suggested and I did plea guilty with a lesser fine. NEVER will I speed again!! Lesson LEARNED!
Happy Hump Day!!

Weekly goals and a new mat :)

Yesterday I bought a new mat, a thicker one. So I can be more comfortable doing abs and arm raises when doing my 30 shred workout. I have not gone on the scale in a little while but I do see my arms, legs and abs getting more defined. So even though this DVD is kicking my butt leaving me so sore the next day, I love it and it's working! :)

This weeks goals are:
* 5 days a week of home cooking ;) (I'm doing really well with this goal)
* 1300 - 1600 daily Calories intake (Tracking on Iphone "my fitness pal app)
* Limit Sweets, use 3 bite rule (Not really working out well, so I need this reminder)
* No FRENCH FRIES (yes, I still need a reminder for this)
* 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 :)

Cookie deliveries for Haiti Relief

Sunday I helped my sister with her cookie deliveries. She raised $500 and donated it to RedCross for Haiti Relief Check out her Blog Here

We had a fun day traveling the city, chatting, spending time together and visiting friends and family.

We hardly took any pictures but we did take this pic at a red light ahah!

At one of our stops to my lovely cousin, we also received a little gift!Blueberries! She bought us both a delicious pack of blueberries. Yum! They made a yummy afternoon snack for me today:)


Short post today. Tomorrow I will post my weekly goals. I ate fast food this weekend :( I will do much much better this week. Hope you all are having a good Monday!

Happy weekend! Here and There.

Why do I have a BAG of chocolates! I know it's terrible! One of my amazing cousins brought my mom a big box of chocolates and when I went over to visit she gave me a bag to take home. How could I resist! I did however empty it a lot. There was at least 10 Areos in that bag, I took out 5 haha! This was Thursday night and so far I have not touched that bag :)


My sister over at Amandascookies4hope had a great idea to raise money for Haiti. She asked family and friends for donations and if they donated she would give them a box of her free homemade cookies! Well she raised $500 this week and I am going to help her make the deliveries tomorrow ;) Fun!

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I wanted to show off my new booties, my aunt gave them to me and I thought they were so cute. (don't mind my awkward stance ahah)

Happy Weekend everyone!

Psst. Watching Julie & Julia for the second time, love this movie!

The WINNER IS!!!!

AND THE WINNER IS!!!! EYEGIRL! @ http://www.lifeaseyeseeit.com/ Congratulations you get to get your butt kicked buy the 30 day shred!

I was going to use Random.org but since I had some people that did not want to be entered I thought it would be more fair to do it the old fashion way and enter the names in a hat!


Thank you all who entered! Give Aways are fun!

Happy Weekend!!

Wordless Wednesday and Update

I only have a wordless picture along with words below on my diet update :)

30 day SHRED OMG! I'm still on level 1 and I still can barely walk the next day after I workout. I do it 3 times a week and I'm feeling my muscles toning whoohoo!

(Don't forget to enter in my giveaway HERE.)

This week I am doing really well on my calorie counting so I am proud of that and I'm not having any grumpiness either! I do however feel tired, but then again I have been going to bed really late. I'm so busy when I get home from work and then finally I get down time later in the evening and I love reading my blog friends posts so I end up staying up so late. zzzz I need more sleep.

Coffee>>Before the holidays I really started to kick the coffee habit but because of the holidays I started drinking more of it. I currently have only 1 coffee in the morning but I find myself craving it in the afternoon, I rarely give in to that crave but really why am I craving another coffee!. (hmm obviously because I'm soo tired but still - So strange.)

Well I'm glad it's Thursday well in 20 mins. I'm really looking forward to the weekend.

Hope you are having a great week!!