Holy Shred!

Yikes that dvd is such a killer!!! I forgot how hard it was! My original goals for may was to do the shred three days a week and do strength training but I think I am going to try to do the shred a minimum of 5days a week and forgo any other strength training for right now. I want to add to my list of goals to do this 5days a week and to be able to finish it without stopping.

I made another recipe tonight. That takes me to my two new per week goal for this week. I made ww scalloped potatoes. I mis read the recipe and thought that they would be done in 45mins but it was actually after 45mins they had to be uncovered and cooked for another hour!!! I felt so bad because I was cooking for hubby and myself but I couldn't wait that long and I had something else to eat. Hubby waited it out and he loved them!

Looking forward to picking out my two new recipes for next week!

Another quick post during lunch

Jury duty gives me a lot of free time to work with so I can get more posts in. Went to zumba last night and it was amazing. I had a lot of energy and tried my hardest but at the end I was exhausted. Since this lady owns the place that the class is at she let's it go as long as she wants so it went an hour and 15mins and those last 15mins I had run out of energy especially since I hadn't had dinner yet. But I stuck with it and had fun! I'm thinking of skipping zumba and heading to the gym to get in my strength training and then going back to zumba tomorrow. I have to go back to work Friday so I'll do my other strength training then and again on Sunday to get in my 3days.

I made one of my two new ww recipes for the week last night. I made cornbread :-). I took pics to put the recipe up on here but forgot to take them for a few of the steps :-( I will put up what you need and if anyone is interested let me know and I can put up the recipe!!



Here is what u need then these combined turns into



This!!! It honestly came out good but it wasn't very moist. I followed it step by step so I'm not sure if that's just the way it's supposed to be. It makes 12servings at 3pts+ per serving. I love making new recipes and so does my hubby lol

Today for breakfast I had this



Bagel thin-3pts+
slice of cheese-1pts+
1/2cup egg whites-1pts+
1egg-2pts+
2pieces of turkey bacon-2pts+
1cup of chocolate almond milk-3pts+
Normally I will have water with this but I just bought the almond milk and wanted to get a milk serving in. Yesterday I only had one dairy serving which is not like me. This breakfast was delicious and filling try it some time!!!

Well back to jury duty lunch is about over!! Only 8 new followers needed before I send out my giveaway!! 1for the 100th person and one for a random person that enters! To see the requirements check out my giveaway post about two posts back!!!

I may be back later with another post!

Back to the grind

At jury duty during lunch with some time to spare figured I could get in a quick post. Hubby and I went to the grocery store yesterday almost $300 later and we got our supplies! I couldn't believe how much we spent but it's been about 3 weeks since we have gone and we should be good for a while. The sad thing is is I forgot a few things that I need to get shouldn't be too bad though. But while I was at sprouts yesterday I did come across this



This stuff may be my new fave thing. I am a big fan of peanut butter and to add chocolate to it I'm in heaven!! It's only 2pts+ per 2tbs when normally I'm using 5pts+ for the same serving on other types of peanut butter. This seriously reminds me a resees peanut butter cup so if you have a sprouts go get some k! You won't regret it.

I attended zumba last night after a while of not working out. I was so glad to be there I love that zumba class so much and I was able to get a spot in the front row! Tonight I'll be heading to another zumba class just a different location. The lady that hosts it charges $5 a class per person she bought an old Hollywood video store and put a big piece of wood in it for her stage and we all dance on the carpet in front of her. Its no contract and no extra fees you come and go as you please. This class normally has around 60-80+ people in it a night she makes so much for money for something so simple it's crazy!! I should do it! But she is awesome at it. Not everyone is good at teaching zumba but I have always been happy with hers.

So at my crazy grocery store visit I got some fruits and veggies to use with my jack lalane juicer. This morning I made this



It's hard to tell what it looks like but it's a mix of 1cucumber, 1squash, 1zuchinni, 4carrots, 1red apple, and one stalk of celery. Sounds crazy huh it actually wasn't too bad I think if I put one more apple in it it would have been really good. I drank probably 3/4s of it but after that I couldn't do anymore the celery taste surprisingly was the most dominant and I couldn't get over it at the end.

Last thing :-)
I forgot to mention before but my giveaway applies to us residents only sorry for any inconveinace and all the "qualifiers" are not required each one earns you your own separate entry feel free to do one or all! If you have no idea what I am talking about go back one post and it should be there!! Have a great day!

My Giveaway details!!

Source

Hey everyone as you know I mentioned that I would be doing my first giveaway once I hit 100 followers one for someone picked with a random gen and for my 100th person!
The 100th follower will recieve this:

Jillian Michaels: The biggest winner how to win by losing complete body workout 5dvds

• Shape up-Front
• Shape up-Back
• Cardio Kickbox
• Maximize-Full frontal
• Maximize-Back in action

Then for my random winner you will get a cambelback water bottle, I love mine so much

your choice of what magazine you would like a year subscription to

and

a workout dvd of my choice!!!

Here are the rules/qualifiers:

• Post about this giveaway in your blog, link my blog to it and leave a comment with a link to your post 
• Every comment you make until I get my 100th person is one entry
• Give me your best but not common knowledge fitness tip each tip is one entry
• If anyone joins my blog that you refer and says that you referred them that gets you a bonus entry!!

Hope you guys like the prizes I picked I'm super excited to host my first giveaway!!!
Good Luck!

May Goals

Alright lets try this again folks... once again I had a pretty crappy month last month. I don't get it I want the goal I get happy when I get results but one thing just ruins it for me and then back on track then bam off track!! I wanna stay consistent!! I'm so close to goal I can taste it and I know how and what to do to get there!! So May your mine!!

May goals:

• 2 New recipes a week
• Zumba whenever I'm off by 6
• Strenghth training 3days a week
• Shred at least 3days a week
• Get under 165lbs
• Track everything

Thanks Everyone!

Thank you everyone that game me advice on what to wear yesterday!! I was going to chose one dress and return the other I decided to keep both and wear them during the summer : ) But here are a few pics from the wedding!

The winner was

Number 2!!

my handsome hubs

before the ceremony

me and the bride

windy!!

all in all it was a fun night! Love weddings! Thanks again everyone for the advice I appreciate it

What dress???

Bloggie friends! Going to a wedding tonight not sure what dress to wear help!!
Option 1



Or option 2



Let me know asap!! Thanks I very much I appreciate it!!

First giveaway coming soon!

Once I hit 100 followers I am going to do my first giveaway!!!! I'm looking forward to it and only about 21ppl to go. I'll be doing a prize for a random follower (details to come on how to qualify) and a prize for the 100th follower could it be you?!?!?!

Catching up!

So I think its been about a week or so since I last posted. I don't know why, like I always say I'm here reading every day but just not much to write about. I had a weigh in on Wednesday and honestly I thought I was going to bomb it with the way my dinners have been lately, but I was down to 167.8 and this morning I weighed in at 167.2! Which once again puts me below my second goal of losing 10% I'm not going to count it the second weigh in until its a for sure thing next Wednesday on weigh in day, but it's nice to see the scale moving in the right direction again. I feel like in a way I kinda shocked my body by changing my calorie intake. I haven't been following ww completely 100% for about a week now. I would count my points used during the day but once dinner came I would pretty much eat whatever and however much I wanted. I did notice that if we did go to a restaurant that I would still make healthy choices unlike what I would do before. I never did eat from fast food though. I'm kind of over fast food in all reality. But now that I am back to being on plan by body is back to losing mode thank god.

My goal for April was to get under 165 and I don't think that's honestly going to happen. I'm really close but I really blew it this month. I got into a funk once my work schedule changed then getting put on jury duty (which I love btw) but now I am finally getting back in the groove. My jury duty is always out by 430 so I have been going to zumba and eating right since I can take my lunch. I have given up on being lazy for dinners and started cooking again. The last two nights I have tried new recipes and have loved them. Everything I have made out of the ww cookbook so far has been delicious!!! I have gone to zumba the past two nights but taking a break tonight to see some family. Then Friday I am going to a wedding where I am sure there will be plenty of dancing, then Saturday I am going to a Zumba toning class.

I felt like I was getting complacent with where I was at in my current weight. I thought I looked ok, obviously not where I wanted to be since I have another 25lbs to go but I was semi happy with where I was. Things fit well and I got noticed again and the words hot and sexy had been coming out of my husbands mouth a lot more frequently. Then on Easter Sunday, I saw a lot of family that I haven't seen since Christmas and I have lost about 18lbs since Christmas so it shows. Everyone's reaction seemed to be "wow you have lost a lot of weight you look good, great, awesome," a bunch of different things. It always makes me a feel a little awkward when ppl notice I have lost weight. I don't really know what to say besides thank you. It makes me feel uncomfortable in a way especially when it comes from someone overweight or who has failed at weight loss previously. It also sometimes makes me thing I looked really ugly before when I was heavier with peoples shocked reactions. Does anyone ever feel this way when people notice their weight loss? Don't get me wrong I love that people notice and that's what has fueled the fire in me to get back into it. I haven't seen these ppl in a while and I have lost about 18lbs and they all notice if I can get to goal by the next time I see them what will they think then??? Obviously I am not doing this for other people but I was getting discouraged by not seeing the evil scale move in the right direction, but these people made everything so clear to me. Yah its been a few weeks since I had seen a loss, yah I may not be where I thought I was going to be at this point, but I have come a long way in a few months. Almost 20lbs down since December that may be slow but I have kept it off and I have worked hard to get to where I am now. I am at my half way point and the only place to go from here is down. My goal is within a reachable distance and I can't wait to get there!

I have come to realize

That routine keeps me in check. I was selected for jury duty and will be in court the next three weeks. That's really all I can say about it but the whole thing has completely thrown off my routine. Before I would be at the gym at least 3-4x's a week while throwing in zumba when it worked with my schedule then I would come home and cook dinner and never really go over points unless we went out somewhere which didn't happen often. Now that I have been in jury duty the past week I have felt completely thrown off, I have no energy I'm not in the mood to cook ever when I get home and the gym hasn't happened since Monday. I haven't seen any change on the scale because I haven't been overeating. I can take my lunch to the court which has been great, I couldn't imagine having to buy it everyday for three weeks+, and I have been making breakfast like I should be. Just dinner time I am exhausted. Who would of thought sitting all day would make you tired. The good thing about having jury duty is that I now have Saturday and Sunday's off for the next three weeks. So what that means is that I get to go to a Saturday boot camp at 10 then a zumba class at 11 at the same place! Hopefully this is the jumpstart I need to get back into the fitness routine. I will keep you updated and let you know how it goes but I'm really looking forward to it.

I hate when I start a month off with all of these plans and one simple thing can throw me off I don't know why its that way. I really wanted to be at goal by June 1st. obviously that is not going to happen. I have 25lbs to go so that would put me at mid August if I can lose 1.5lbs a week. I would ideally like to be at goal by my bday which is august 7th. It's time to get focused and honestly just stop being lazy. Sticking to the diet isn't the only thing that will get me there I need to add the workouts back in.

Last thing thank you to all of my new and not so new followers!! I appreciate your love and following me it means a lot!! Sorry I haven't been able to reply back to your posts. I read blogs from work and it doesn't allow me to comment on any posts but don't think I don't appreciate it!!!