The Winner is!!!! #5

Emster is our WINNER!!!!!! http://miss-em-scissorhands.blogspot.com/

Congrats!!!!!

Whoohooo! Your plea was heard! ahah! (I will FB you soon with details)

I looked everywhere for another one of these starbucks tumblers to give another away, but they are sold out everywhere I went!. BUT CHAPTERS has it's own version of one in different colors so next time I'm there I'll pick one up!

Today I went for a jog, it felt great, minus the humid weather we are having today.

Food Journal Update:
I have been eating out a lot this week. However I am watching my portions. 2 times we went to a burger joint, I actually resisted getting a burger! And just shared fries with the husband. A couple times this week I was able to stay within a 1200 calories in my day it was really hard tho, So really 1500 is my goal.

With all this diet talk, I'm still going out for a dinner date tonight. I have 1000 calories left for today ahah! The joy of sleeping in and skipping BF. :)

Giveaway! 20 fl oz Starbucks Insulated Tumbler

I'm loving my Starbucks insulated reusable cup for my morning smoothies. So since I love my blogger friends so much, I decided to go on the hunt and look for one to giveaway! I went to 4 different Starbucks in my area and only found 1 left!!! And a 20 fl oz one too!



So if you want it, ENTER in the giveaway!

1. To Enter please leave me a comment on this post on how you would put to use this Starbucks insulated cup! (must be a follower of my blog too! :)

2. To get extra entries follow me on twitter and tweet me! letting me know you read my blog!

I will pick the winner on Sunday August 8, 2010.

Good Luck!!!!

Food Journal

It's true..... I've been totally overeating!

Went to the drive in yesterday night and had, pop, popcorn, hotdog and cotton candy! yikes!

So I neeeed to really get back on track! So I was thinking about what worked for me before... and I know that this blog and being very honest on my blog helped me in the past. The last couple months I've been thrown off track, but I'm slowly getting there. My exercising goals are going great as well as my smoothies for breakfast.... BUT My eating habits are up and down. Especially with the nice weather and going out ALLL the time!

So, I'm going to start a food journal again. I'm going to be very honest with it (which will make me think twice! with my food choices ahah!)

When I blog I'll have a section at the end of foods I ate that day, like below. And I'll also tweet my meals as well. My blog has helped me a lot in the past so I know this will work! It's time to DROP these 10-15lbs!

Today's meals.
Tall Skinny Vanilla Latte
2 custard tarts
Rice, veggies with chicken and steak kabobs
Asparagus and steak
Mcdonalds wildberry smoothie.

Oh boy so busy!

I've been sooo busy! like I already mentioned before ahah! But geez I'm non stop! Although I I'm not complaining at all...I really don't mind having the busy schedule. I'm doing all things that I love to do after work...However my Iphone issue last week erased my calendar! It totally messed up my schedule. I actually forgot some things to do yesterday and today.

With my busy schedule I'm trying really hard to follow my goals that I'm setting. So far I'm not doing too bad! Although I'm counting cals I still have been eating out once and while because we just have not been home.

(sister)

The good news! I lost 3lbs! Not much and still in the 150's but I feel good and I feel healthy so I'm happy! Now just to fit back into my clothes I'll be more happy! (It's amazing how much my body changed in those 2 months) I have 4lbs more to get to pre-preg weight then 10lbs more to get to my goal weight a total of 14lbs to go!

Tomorrow I have a follow up doctors appointment, I have no concerns, so it should be quick! (hopefully she doesn't get upset with my weight gain)

This weeks Goals:
*Smoothie Breakfasts (loving this!)
*Only 1 coffee a day (hard but trying!)
*1500 Calories/day (trying trying)
* Tracking calories on Iphone "my fitness pal app"
*Drink lots of water everyday! A MUST!
* 3 bite rule on sweets
* 3 workouts a weeks

Now I'm off to read some blogs then off to bed! Good Night!

Weekend with the ladies!

Such a fun weekend! My mom hosted a baby shower for my sister in law. We all helped out and it turned out perfect! My sister baked a lot and boy the dessert table was delicious!

Mingling with family and friends...
Gifts for the big sister to be!
and lots of gifts for the baby!

After the shower we headed downtown Toronto for my sisters boyfriends birthday. We had so much fun, lots of laughs that's for sure!

I'm exhausted!

Tomorrow I'll be getting back on the smoothies for breakfast and salads for lunch. I really need to see the scale move backwards! Especially since we are planning a trip for next month. We are planning to do a road trip through the USA! New York-North Carolina - Miami! I'll blog about it once we fully decide on it, and I'd love to hear about the must go to places in these cities.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Busy Busy

So I've been sooo busy this week yikes! And on top of that I haven't been feeling myself lately. One friend of mine thinks it's my hormones adjusting back to normal. Could be, or the fact that I'm sleep deprived too!

I have been doing my daily smoothies and I was able to get in 2 work outs so far this week. Plus I'm running around a lot so that is some good exercise. I have 17lbs to go!!!

Today I made a smoothie with, skim milk, frozen banana, 1 tablespoon of 100% cocoa and a dash of Cinnamon. I like it a lot.

The day before I made a fruit smoothie and added kale... YUK I used frozen kale, I eyeballed it but it wasn't that much that I put in but eww the greens where sticking to my teeth, the texture was gross bleh it was not good. So I'll be scratching the kale addition.

I really want to try a smoothies made with coffee, I'll work up this creation soon ahah!

I'm soooo glad tomorrow is Friday! Happy Friday!!

Smoothies and weekend

I bought some more ingredients for my daily breakfast smoothies!

Today I had a raspberry banana smoothie. It was yummy!

Tomorrow I'm going to try a Berry Kale smoothie.
-1 banana
-kale (frozen)
-strawberries (frozen)
-blueberries (frozen)
-water

I didn't put in the measurements because I will just eye it, I like more strawberries than blueberries so I'll work that out haha!

On the weekend we had my sister inlaws baby shower on her parents side. My mom is throwing her a shower as well next week which my sister and I are helping out with, so my week will be busy!


My brother, his wife and me :)
My mom, niece and mee.
And look who guessed the right number of jelly beans! whoop! But I gave them away. No way I'm going to eat all of those (cause I would, and that's shameful!) HA!

Italian classes are over for now so I have my Monday nights back! Although my schedule this week is jammed with after work duties!

I need to find time for my workouts! I've been slacking in this department :(

Hoping to fit in a workout tonight!

Happy Monday!

Working Weekend

This weekend I am one busy gal! I have many emails to catch up with and lots of errands to run.
Yesterday evening was so nice and warm. I love working outdoors whenever I get a chance!


When I went to the pet store the other day I bought Zoe a cute little pink mat to sleep on. She doesn't use it! Instead she keeps trying to go under it. She stayed like this for hours!

Weekend diet so far... This morning I had an omelette with coffee. I'll be heading out later today to buy a new blender since mine isn't working that well. I am loving making smoothies!

When I go grocery shopping I will buy plenty of fruits and veggies for my weekly smoothies, YUM!.

Hope you all are having a good weekend so far!

Starbucks Smoothie Cup

Finally bought a Starbucks smoothie reusable cup! Now drinking my smoothies on the way to work will be much more convenient!

Months ago I was making smoothies, and not sure why I stopped, but I'm excited that I'm back on it! I usually make my smoothies like this (click here) But I also saw this one on a bloggy friends Facebook, and I cant wait to try it!

PB and BB smoothie recipe, yum! milk, 1 scoop of oatmeal, 1 tsp peanut butter, handful fresh blueberries, 1/2 frozen banana, ice.

(Sunny hope it's ok I copied and pasted to my blog)

I'm also trying to keep healthy snacks at hand. Like these almonds and pumpkin seeds.

Tomorrow is Friday and I have a very busy weekend ahead!

Hope you are all having a great week!

New Diet Plans

Tonight I went rollerblading and boy was it hot! It was humid and sticky but I had an amazing workout!

My scale is out of commission right now. I guess it's a good thing since I have been obsessed with that increased number I saw last week! It needs new batteries so I'll need to get them soon, I neeeed to see if it has budged at all! I'm 17 lbs away from my goal...

Over at http://www.thatextra20pounds.blogspot.com/ Sunny is doing a 7 day smoothie and salad detox. So I decided to jump on this too!.

Everyday for breakfast I will switch my toast and coffee in for a smoothie! And Every lunch will be salad loaded with veggies. (I'll head to starbucks tomorrow to get me one of those reusable plastic cups with a straw for my smoothies!)

I want to keep my food intake well balanced and with no extreme dieting here. Smoothies are loaded with vitamins and I've already been doing my salads for lunch so I will continue with this. I know my body and I'm one of those that needs 6 small meals a day. So 3 meals and 3 snacks throughout my day keeps this gal happy! haha!

Goals I follow:
*1500 Calories/day
* Tracking calories on Iphone "my fitness pal app"
*Drink lots of water everyday! A MUST!
* 3 bite rule on sweets
* Tuesday RollerBlading
* Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday basement work out: Ab Lounge, Gazelle and workout DVD's
* No fast food! (no burgers, no fries, no pop!)
*More fruits and Veggies as daily snacks.
* 100 calorie granola bars and yogurts.