Calorie counting

Like I mentioned before I use my Iphone app to track calories (My Fitness Pal) It can search pretty much everything you are looking for. It has helped a lot with counting my daily cals.

Another way to ensure you keep the calories in check, is using a measurement cup. I never use to do this, but there are some foods I'd like to enjoy and moderation is key. So measuring cup to the rescue!
I came home from work tonight a little bit stressed (ugh again!) and ALMOST ate out, but made sure to come straight home and make dinner!

Then I used the rest of my daily calories on a Strawberry Sundae ahah!

Workout Dvd's Update. Love the new total workout in 10. I did 10 minutes on Monday then 30 minutes yesterday. I wanted to get 10 minutes in today but I'm wayyy too exhausted and my legs are pretty sore!

So glad tomorrow is Thursday! We have a long weekend and I'm looking forward to relaxing!

Great weekend and new workout DVD's!

Hope you all had a good weekend! I know Zoe did ahhah! Such a little trouble maker!

I had a great weekend, it was relaxing and tried my best to keep the stress away!

I rocked my easy tones all weekend. I did all my errands with them on, cleaned the house with them on and even worked out with them on. I feel them working my thighs and tushy. So far so good!

At walmart they had a sale on workout DVD's. 2 for $10. So I bought 2 of them.

So far I tried the ten minute workout. I love it! Although I enjoyed the 30 day Shred as well I found that it would make me dizzy going up and down from lunges to laying down- doing abs then back up etc... This new 10 minute workout has 10min cardio, then 10 min lower bod then 10 min upper.. see below...
The 10 min cardio is a really good work out and it makes you sweat! All while standing up no laying down haha! My workouts are remaining as minimum 3x week and on days I'm not that busy i'll add in the 10 min cardio for a total 5 days when I can. :)


I'm adding some extras to my diet this week. Plenty of broccoli since it helps with increasing metabolism, plums that are rich in dietary fiber :) and pistachios which also contain lots of fiber.

Hoping for a good week! :) Hope you all have a good week too!

Weekend equals play time!

Zoe must of known it was the weekend. She brought up her toys from the basement to play. ahahh!

I looked outside today and noticed my garden is almost fully bloomed! This brings a smile to my face. I love my backyard and just love my garden. If this weather would only get nicer I can enjoy more time out there!

The work week was extremely busy and extremely stressful for me. So I am glad the week is over!

Today I woke up refreshed and ready for a fun weekend!

I had sushi for lunch but we ate in for dinner :) BBQ chicken and veggies.
My diet was all over the place last week because of my stress, some days I did well others I totally indulged in all things bad :( Its such a struggle especially when stressed out!

So this weekend I decided to add some extra items to my list, to try and prevent over eating. I will post on that tomorrow.

Hope you all have a relaxing and fun weekend... I know I will!

Are you an emotional eater

I am!... an emotional eater that is. As I mentioned before on my blog, I've been getting monthly meltdowns. I've tracked them every month and have come to the conclusion that it has to do with the "women" thing ahah! I get angry, frustrated, emotional, extreme sleepiness all these to the highest peek all in a couple hours then the next day I'm drained tired moopy hating the world, it's true...Then it's gone, all better like nothing happened. WEIRD! Husband is getting scared away! I also find that when i eat more it makes me feel better, more things with more sugar more sale all the bad stuff. Such a horrible habit to have! Have any of my lady followers felt this before? It's only started happening for the last 4 months and pretty much at the same day every month. Trying not to make this post with TMI. ahahah! So I'll stop at that.

On to more happier news. My friend over at http://www.believinginserendipity.com/has both her nephews home. They had a rough start coming into this world but they fought their hardest and they are both home with their mommy and daddy finally! Praying so much for them! Go check out the pics of them, they are so cute!

Not a lazy Monday

Well maybe at work my day felt like Zoe's. But tonight I'm pumped! I almost ate fast food for dinner but when in the car my alarm went off reminding me it's a workout night...I thought, how could I ruin that with fast food YUK! No way! so I came home, shoved aside the laziness and made a healthy stirfry dinner :) Whew! Good thing for my 530pm alarm!

I'm wearing my easy tones in the house and will be working out soon for 30 mins today. Monday's and Wednesday's are my easy workouts because they are also my nights I work in my home office. (my new schedule allows me time for everything! ;)

Also, bloggy friend suggested I take my body measurement to track my results of wearing the easy tones. So I will do that this week. Great suggestion!


MMM Vanilla Pudding! Last night I made vanilla pudding and enough for the whole week. A little snack to add to my strawberries to change it up a little bit. YUM!
How was your Monday!?

Eating healthy on the weekend..

I don't know about you, but I find it EXTREMELY hard to choose the healthier choice on the weekends. Running errands/going out with friends, or just plain relaxing, it's so hard to choose the healthier foods. I ate fast food a brownie and a half a kitkat and wayyy too much bread than I'd like to admit ahah!

This morning for breakfast we had eggs with my grandparents homemade Italian sausages....

I did however, wear my easytone runners in the evening Friday and all day Saturday. I do feel them using up more of my energy. I was feel pretty tired when I went shopping at Walmart Saturday aha! I'll keep you updated!

I was VERY tempted to go out and buy something sweet tonight, I was going to ask the husband to go out to a dessert place EEEK... but I stopped myself and made some vanilla pudding instead. I'll eat this soon with some strawberries!

Hope you all had a great weekend and happy mothers day to all you moms' and soon to be mom's!

Reebok Easy Tones

A friend of mine just bought the Reebok Easy Tones, and they have been on my list to buys for a while now. She tried them out and loves them. So tonight I went to buy a pair!

They do not have the greatest designs, my picks were these ones and a beige orange pair. I went with black pair...

So far I'm just walking around the house in them ahah! I am going to wear them as much as I can... grocery shopping, walking, jogging....and just around the house.

I'll let you know how I like em!

Weekend is almost here! Happy Friday!

Fruits and a good book.

I know it's only Tuesday but I've been doing great following my eating plan and workout plan. Keeping calories under 1500 and I got workouts in yesterday and today so far, so I'm on track!

The number 1 key is to have enough healthy food and snacks in the house so when hungry I go for fruit, or cucumbers for energy! :)

I've been reading eat love pray. I'm only at the beginning of the book and the author talks about learning Italian in Italy. The book draws you in and you feel like you are there experiencing what she is talking about. So today I was inspired! I'm going to take Italian lessons!
My background is Italian, I can understand a little and speak a little but in no way can have a full conversation. I've always wanted to learn and I did when I was 16 and traveled to Italy for 2 months, but I never kept it up. So it's my time to re-learn! Once I feel comfortable with Italian I'll move on to Spanish! :)

Are there any languages you would love to learn?

New weekly diet approach

My flowers are blooming and the whole yard is looking great and full of color! I still haven't decided on the plants for the backyard.. I'll get to that eventually ha!
The weather was warm and humid this weekend. Hate the humidity, but I'll take the warmth. Zoe loves relaxing by the window catching up on her tan hahhaha!

I did really well in following my diet this week. I kept everyday under 1500 calories worked out and I feel great. However, it’s not enough to move that scale! I lost 1lbs, not much for my deprivation of many foods.

I know I’m lacking in the workout dept. I need to workout longer and add more days. I really do not want to decrease calories too much, so I keep it 1300-1500 and most days reach the 1500. I’m all about healthy lifestyle and really want to be sure I can maintain the same way not just in weeks and months but years! So that’s why I try to stick to a plan I know I will follow regardless of what life throws in, (busy day, work, events etc. But… I know I need to work out more. So I’m adding more days of working out, and adding a jogging day too! 3 days a week will be the minimum, but I will plan 5 days of working out.

Our new BBQ has really helped in making a better variety for dinners. Tonight we has Salmon and corn. It was delicious!
We also had some desserts... I want my cake and to eat it TOOO! So let's see how this week goes. Adding in some extra workouts, keeping calories in check but also leaving room for what life brings, and if life brings me a brownie.... I will enjoy it! ha! :)

My love for the bookstore

Ahh the bookstore, I can't really explain my love for the bookstore... It's the smell of new books, the feel of new books, I could just spend a whole day in the bookstore...

My sister came over and we ran some errands together and ended our evening with an hour browsing through books. I still have a couple books I have not finished, hmm or even started yet (I always buy more than I need)... but there is no way I will leave the bookstore empty handed ahahh. So I got this.

I'll turn to a page and write a sentence... "stop taking things personally" ... (i do this, so i'll stop ahhah!)

I also convinced my sister to get this other book called God never blinks. I'll borrow that from her once she's done :P

This chapter caught my attention. And I noticed it's my lucky number 13 tooo!
This jumped out at me because I believe it soo much. We all have different journey's. We all do things for different reasons. We need to always do things for our own reasons to be happy. I find many people look at other peoples lives and compare or compete or follow, but really we do not know what the other persons real journey for themselves is. Just because you see what you see does not mean you know, and even if you think you know, you should always look within and not at others when designing your own journey.. Because looking at others and not within, you may find yourself at a destination that is not for you... Just some food for thought :)


Happy weekend!