Besides yourself... who do you idol? I know you all don't have low self esteem or nothing like that. So don't tell me you have never idolized anyone or thought once to your self, wow I would like to look like her or have a body like that! Well my idol as of right now is Amerie, well actually I just want her legs! Now you can't say that this chick got the leg game on lock!
I think she has sexy legs. Legs that people would die for. Even she thought so. She even put 2 million dollar insurance policy on her legs! (So I heard)Since when did body parts become eligible for insurance?
I think I have sexy legs they are just hiding right now, under this fat and cellulite! Lol I always used to get compliments on my legs not, no more. Thats because I rarely show them. However I won't be scared to show them anymore once I tone & sculpt these bad boys up! I can't wait for the summer to get here! I also think taking up running will add in my favor. I already feel my muscles toning up and I have only ran 3 days! Isn't that great? Since we're idolizing I have to say I admire Angela Basset's arms. Even at her age I still think she has great arms! Now I can't forget about Rihanna I think she has decent legs too!
Okay I think thats enough idolizing for now. One day I'll be famous for my legs! Today was another great day. I stayed within my points! I really enjoyed my rest day. I know my muscles are probably thanking me. Tomorow is weight training day so I'll be good and ready for my run on Sat.! I actually lokk forward to working out tomorrow. I'll be doing Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt and AB Jam, with my 8 min Abs and now 200 crunches and 20 pushups. I know it sounds like a lot but I think I can handle it!
I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday . I hope everyone has had a great week and I wish everyone a good weekend! Until next time much love!
Today was a good day. A much better day than yesterday. I really didn't have a bad day yesterday it's just that today I didn't mess up I was on plan 100%.
My day started out with waking up at 5:45 am this morning to get my exercise on. I did my infamous 8 Min Abs and 100 Crunches on the stability ball. (Doing crunches on the stability ball versus the floor makes a big difference so try it sometime) My workout consisted of 30 min on the Elliptical and 35 min on the treadmil. I ran 2 min and walk 3 min and repeated 5 times for a total of 25 min including a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down. I did okay I didn't push it today because I was sore and I didn't want to burnout my muscles.I got through this run by imagining I was running on a sunny beach with a nice skinny running out fit on. It worked! To all you other runners what do you think about to help get you through arun? This time I decided to do the elliptical first before I ran, what a difference. My muscles are slowly starting to adapt, they are not as sore as they were yesterday. I some what know how my body operates and what it can and can not take. I burned a total of 700 cals today( according to my HRM) . My training program running days are only on Mon. Wed. and Sat. I decided to add some more cardio to those days because 25 mins is not enough for me. Most likely I'll do the elliptical on those days(before running) as well, maybe I'll substitue the elliptical for Turbo Jam on one of those days. I have two crooss-training days which is on Tues, and Fri. I usually do Turbo Sculpt 40 min and Ab Jam on those days( along with 8 min Abs and 100 crunces) However I decided in Feb to start using my DH's weight machine I'll probaly alternate the videos and machine every other week. My other two days are rest days which are Thur and Sun. (I so look forward to tomorrow) On my rest days I only do my 100 crunches. Which will increase to 200 on Friday. I decided to add 100 crunches every month. However I might stop at 200 depending on how I feel. I also decided to add push ups to my daily routine( need to get rid of those flabby abs). I 'll only being doing 20 a day for now. I'll probably increase it in March.
Originally I wanted to give myself a pesonal challenge this coming month to exercise everyday. I would be doing my same routine but I would workout on rest days as well. I was going to do some low impact exercise. However since I have started this running journey. I know thats probably not a good idea. Being that running is new to me. I really need to rest on my rest days. I finally found a few running shops near by ( The first one that was suggested to me was too far). I have found two that I am intersted in. Maybe I'll check them both out. I hope to get them before this week is out. Because the shoes I'm running in now is not made for running and I can tell. It's starting to bother me.
I had a lovely dinner. I had a teriyaki-vegetable stir fry. It was made with broccoli, Sugar Snap Peas, Water Chestnuts & Red Peppers. I added mushrooms and veggie chickn' strips to give it a lil more flavor. I also added Shirataki which is tofu noodles. That is agreat alternative to regular pasta. It doesn't come with all the carbs and fat like pasta does, and its low in calories. For one serving which is 4 oz its 20 cal, 0.5g fat, no cholesterol, 15mg of sodium,only 3 grams of carbs, 2 grams of fiber and 1 gram of protein. So if you are a pasta lover and you want a healthy alternative I think you should give those a try. Even if you are not a vegetarian. Now they are just like tofu, no flavor but you can marinate them before you eat them to spice things up.
So overall today was a pretty good day. I hope to have the same tomorrow. Well let me go. I'm going to try to get to bed early because lately I've been going to sleep around 1 and 2 o'clock and then waking up again around 6 which is not good if you want your muscles to rest and recover. I hoep everyone is having a great week! Until next time much love!
and no I'm not talking about Rhianna. I'm talking about me! I can't even explain what just happened. It came from out of no where!
Okay so let me explain. Today started off great. I got in my Turbo Sculpt 40 mins and Ab Jam 20 mins plus my 8 min Abs and 100 crunches. I'm still working on making that stomach disappear! ( It's taking for ever, lol) Anyhow so I started off the day good with exercise. I planned my breakfast for the entire week to have cinnamin-raisin banana bread pudding it's 5 points each section and it made 8 servings. Anyhow I had that for breakfast along with soy milk ( 2 pts), and a grapefruit ( 2 Pts) and a Peanut Butter Bliss from Weight Watchers( 1 point) . I try to eat majority of my points in the beginning of the day and eat lighter at night. Anyhow let me get to the point of this damn story. I am so mad at myself!
Anyhow so today I was browsing in the pantry for what I don't even know I wasn't even hungry. I was about to make my morning snack which was a bagel and fat free cream cheese worth 3 points total. I saw some new cookies that I purchased yesterday from the store. They where Murray's Sugar Free Cookies (Pecan Shortbread). First of all I love shortbread cookies and I like anything with nuts.....wait a minute that didn't sound to polite, please get your mind out of the gutter! Anyhow I opend the packaged and was only going to get one and figure out the points( 4 points for 3 cookies), but know I cuoldn't stop at one. They where so good just thinking about them ooooohhhh. Anyhow I ended up eating the whole damn package! THat is 20 freaking points! Can you believe that, I waisted 20 points on freakin cookies! Why I don't know, I wasn't even hungry, I guess they were that good!
So the moral of this story is to never binge like that again it was so not worth it. That good tasting feeling only lasted a few minutes. Now I have to suffer for the rest of the day. I didn't eat lunch or my afternoon snack. Not because I was trying to save on points but just because I wasn't hungry. I think that bread pudding is really sticking to my stomach which is a good thing. I might just eat some lettuce with some 0 calories dressing just to be sure to get all my veggies in. I do plan on eating dinner. Just a plate full of 0 point veggies! Doesn't that sound lovely? Anyhow I decided to take those 20 points from my daily points instead of my weekly allowance, which leaves me with negative 3 points. So I ended up using some of my weekly points anyway. Oh well. You live and you learn. I hope this incident doesn't show up at the scale besides all this exercising I've been doing, it shouldn't .
I was so tired today. After I had my binge on cookies I slept on and off, for most of the day. I usally don't nap so I guess I was really tired. My muscles hurt so I guess thats normal from running on Monday. I know they say it takes a while for your body to get used to running. I hope it doesn't take too long, cause I can't stand this feeling. Maybe I'll take a soak in the spa tub tonight! I could really use it, because I do have to run again tomorrow and then after that my body gets to rest( from running) two days until Sat. Anyway those are my confessions just wanted to share so no one else makes the same mistake. Don't worry I didn't beat myself up over it S%#% happens and no one is perfect! Hope everyone had a good day!
Happy B-Day Endurer , I hope you are having a great day. Shout out to Delta Diva as well not sure if your B-day is today but Happy B-Day anyway, and I hope all is well!
According to my Polar Heart Rate Monitor I burned 1030 Calories! In One Hour and 40 minutes! Just imagine if I would have skated the whole time! Is that possible? Does anyone know how accurate Polar Hear Rate Monitors are? I noticed that it is a lil off with both my exercise machines. Its way off with my elliptical well I don't trust that machine no how, it is so dated. It's so old you can't enter anything, all it does is read out your time, distance, speed, cal, and laps. However my treadmil is a little closer but my HRM always has a higher number. So today I took both of them out on my walk-run today and the Polar read out a higher number than my Garmin it was a difference of 130 cals. I really don't know which one to go by.
Anyhow back to skating. That is a lot of calories considering the time spent, even if it is off by a few cals. However I know I burned more because there was times when I forgot to press the start button. I paused it when I took breaks.So I was actually skating for longer than one hour and 40 minutes. I know you still burn cals through out the day, however I only wanted to record when I was actually moving. I had so much fun yesterday. I have to go again!
Today's Weigh In I lost .8 which put's me at 201 even. I was hoping to be under 200 today but oh well. I'm not mad. I got over it real quick because if you don't you'll end up going backwards. There is always next week! I'm still ahead of my goal for the month which was to lose 8 pounds.
Anyhow I finally brought the WW's Points calculator. I love that thing already. I went grocery shopping today( I hate grocery shopping but somebody's gotta do it) It was so easy to use. I wish I would have bought it sooner!
Today started my first day of training to become a runner. I decided to go with John "The Penguin" Bingham and Coah Jenny Hadfield 's Training Program . I have purchased two of their books, Running for Mortals and Training for Mortals( which is a log book). They are both really interesting and informative. I have learned alot so far. I decided to go with the run-walk program for 5K. Initially you start out with running for 3 min and walking for 2, and every few weeks it increases the running time and decreases the walking time. You repeat that cycle from 25 mins up to 40, depending on the week. With me being a beginner and all I knew that, that was too much for me to start out with so I ran for 2 mins and walked for three( I did 2 miles) when I feel comfortable then I will increase the running time and so forth. I don't want to rush to fast and then end up hurting myslef and then start to dislike running. I hope to run wun /walk my first 5K sometime in April, I have been researching but I still havent decided on a particular race.
I had the opportunity to run-walk outside today so I took it. Although I have only ran once on my treadmil. I can defitnitely tell the difference. The park I went to today was a beautiful park and it had different elevations which I believe is a good thing. I really enjoyed myself today the scenery was beautiful and it was so peaceful. I see why runners prefer the outside then the treadmil. I'm only a beginner so I have no complaints yet and besides I can watch tv and movies while running so I doubt that I would get bored anytime soon! I also had a chance to use my Gramin I love that thing, its really nice. I know I shouldn't be concerned about my pace this early in the beginning but I couldn't help but notice that each time I ran my pace time decreased that is a good thing right. I still have yet to get a pair of running shoes, maybe that will be my goal before this month is over.
I have one quick question for you running experts out there. On your running days do you do any other activity? I thought that maybe it would be okay since my running/ walking time right now is only 25 mins. I like to do 45min to an hour of cardio 3 days out the week and weight lifting on 2 days out the week. Today I was on the elliptical for 30 minutes as soon as I got on I was thinking that maybe it was not a good idea. But I forced myself to stay on. I'm thinking that maybe I should have done the elliptical before I walk/run, I just think it would have been easier. Anyhow if its not a good idea I will have to rewrite my exericse schedule. I finally made one for three weeks in advanced and now it looks like I have to change it, oh well. I'm thinking maybe I'll do my low-impact Turbo Jam on those days instead and use the elliptical on the days I weight train. I don't know. What do you all think?
Anyhow as usual I waited to the last minute to cook dinner. I still have 40 minutes. I probably can queeze something quick in. I will visit blogs later tonight. Well let me go, before I break my goal on the first day. Oh yeah my goals are the same as last week. I hope everybody had a great day like me or even better! Until next time much love!
This week has been another great week. Doing Weight Watchers is realistic. Although counting the points is still tedious to me. I am getting used to it, and plus it's necessary for me to watch what I eat so if counting points is what I need to do,fine I'll do it, because I am worth it.
I have done good with my eating all week. I have dipped into my weekly allowance points. I have used 5 so far. I don't feel guilty. Isn't that what they are there for? Although I try not to use them I figured it wouldn't hurt. A couple of days I did eat after 7 whcih was due to my procrastination. I really need to get in the kitchen a little earlier, and maybe plan my meals ahead of time. I'm sure that will help and save time instead of waisting time standing in front of the refrigerator for 15 mins trying to figure out whats for dinner!
On another note. I have a new respect for runners. Although I was suppose to wait to start my training program on Monday I was anxious to see how it would feel to run on the treadmill. I simply walked 4 mins then ran 1 min and repeated that 5 times for a total of 25 min. Once I started running I was like like okay is this supoose to feel like this? And I'm suppose to run for how long? I have to admit right then and there I started doubting myself, thinking I can't do this,this is too difficult. But then I snapped out of it and started thinking positive and just remebered that it will take time and patience. As I was running I noticed that I had too much extra shaking going on( especially in the back), however I know once I lose this extra weight running will get much easier!
The RockN'Roll Marathon in Arizona was on tv today. Me becoming a runner addict (although I'm not a runner yet) I actually sat there and watched it. It was very interesting. I was trying to study the runners and their form and just their overall ability to run. How do they do it? One day.....Sigh.
As for the picture in this post. I absolutely love skating. Even though tomorrow is a rest day for me. I know it can count as exercise. It will be a fun exercise. I'm curious to see how many calories you can burn while skating, so I am going to wear, my Heart Rate Monitor! I can't wait to go it's been about a month since I last went.
Anyhow I was just checking in to let you all know that all is well. I hoep that everyone is having a good weekend and staying on plan. Have a good one. Until next time much love!
The scale can either be your best friend or your enemy and for most of us the scale is our enemy.
I think having a scale obseesion is our biggest problem during our weight loss journey. Using the scale can be a positive or negative experience.
Hi My name is Miss V and I'm a scale addict. Well actually a recovering scale addict for almost 2 weeks! I used to weigh myslef EVERY DAY ALL DAY! I mean it started from the time I got up until I went to sleep. I had it bad I weighed myself way too frequently. I mean you think once after you got the number you would put the scale up and go about your business, oh no not me. I had to pick the scale up and sit it some place else and then weigh myself again. When that didn't work I woudl reset the scale and try again. Then I would pick it up and shake it to make sure it was acting right. When that didn't work I took it to another room and started the whole process all over again. I know its sad.
I have come to realize that weighing myself everyday wasn't necessary at all, I wasn't getting anywhere with weighing myself all day, but driving myself crazy.
So I finally decided to ditch my scale, because if I knew I didn't, I would be waisting my time worrying about numbers when getting my health back in ordrer was more important.
The reason I say the scale can be our best friend or are enemy is simple. It can be our best friend, as soon as it displays what we want to see. So it motivates us to keep going. It can also be our best friend if we use it to keep ourselves in check, and not obsess over the numbers. However It can be our enemy when we don't see what we want to see. Which in turns discourages us and then we decide to give up because we think what we are doing is not working! That is not the case. Remember we didn't put on all this weight at once so don't expect to lose it all at once! WE just have to be patient! If there are any scale obssessors out there that get discouraged by the numbers on the scale please try and ditch the scale, it is for your own good! I know it might be hard so take baby steps if you have too!
Now I admit I still use the scale only because I have to.(At Weight Watchers Center). It feels so good not obsessing over the scale anymore. As long as I am exercising and eating right I know that the weight will come off eventually. Now once I reach my goal and I'm on my own I still plan on weighing myself just not as much, maybe once or twice a month. To make sure I keep myself in check!
There has been a lot of talk about scales lately so I just wanted to share my story.
On another note, I did put the treadmill together, it was hard work and even frustrating at times but I was too determined to give up. I have learned that if I ever have to put something together that heavy again I will get help! My back is hurting a little bit but I'll be alright! I was so anxious I woke up at 5:45am to give it a test drive and it hasn't fallen apart so I guess I did something right! I got a good work out this mornig 30 min on the elliptical and 30 on the treadmill. I put the ellpitical right next to the treadmill so I can still watch tv. I was watching love Jones while working out. I really love that movie. Anyhow I hope you all are having a good week! Until next time much love!
To actually think that, I'm going to wait until he gets home to put the treadmill together. Do you know how long I've been waiting for that thing? Okay it hasn't been that long but still thats not the point! Let me explain he is away on buisness and will be back soon but as you can see I am too anxious. I could have paid the extra fee to have them put it together for me but I really don't care to have strangers in my house especially when DH is not there anywho, I'm expectingt it today and I can't wait! Until next time much love!
Why put off another day to get your health in order? You could be putting your self at risk for heath issues! It's time that we get our ish together and make this year our Year!
Procrastinating will only prolong your happiness, your health , your beauty, finding the real you, and showing off the real you. Don't you want to do all of those things and then some?
No more excuses! When you make excuses you set yourself up for failure and in my book failure is not an option!
Okay enough of my pep talk! I seem to have lost something and I can't find it, well actually I'm not lookinfg for it! Can you guess what it is?
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I lost 4.8 Pounds
I couldn't believe it. I was amazed with those numbers. I guess I was expecting it to be less. I am so happy. All that hard work during the week has paid off. I kept all my goals, except for two that don't really count! Two nights I ended up eating after seven due to the fact that I was out later than expected. Yesterday I forgot to do my 100 crunches, it was a rest day so thats why I forgot. Anyhow I plan to make up for it today.
Today after my weigh in we took the kids to the park. My son really enjoyed himself. I have to do that more often. I also decided to take a walk while pushing the stroller. I walked 2 miles in one hour( burned 220 calories) it would have been quicker if I wasn't dragging the whoile family with me, lol but it was good that they got some exercise too! I have more cardio work to do for today I plan on getting on the elliptical for 30 min and maybe do an abs tape.
My goals for this week are the same from last week
Drink 12 cups of water
Stay within WW's points
Eat 5 Servings of Fruit & Veggies
No Eating After 7 pm
Exercise 5 days a week
100 crunches everyday
Lose 2 pounds
An added goal is to make an exercise schedule for the week, last week I didn't and I just was kind of improvising, before I worked out I would waste at least 15 min trying to figure out what I was going to do. SO I can't waste time like that. Hopefully I'll post it tomorrow. Well I want to thank everyone for their support and I wish all of yall a great week! Until next time much love!
Joke Of The Day (Please keep in mind that this is ONLY A JOKE, please do not get offended and if you do I apologize now)
Joke: You know it's time to diet when.... Your Driver's License says picture continued on the other side!
Reflection - 1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2a. Mental concentration: careful consideration. b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such consideration. 3. Am indirect expression of censure or discredit. 4 A manifestation or result.
What are your reflections? What do you see when you look in the mirror? Does your body match your soul?
In the past several times I would look in the mirror and was never happy with what I saw. Why are we as women are never happy or satisfied. Either we are too fat or too skinny, to short or too tall, to darked skinned or too light skinned. Why can't we leave well enough alone? I guess that just how we are, I think I will never know the answer to that question. I'm here to report that the past has changed. I looked in the mirror today and I was happy with what was reflecting back at me.
Do you love your body?
I know I do that is why I have started to take life more serious. I decided to stop playing games with my heath. I decided to start eating the right foods, I even became a vegetarian to improve my eating habits. I am going to continue to exercise and even see the doctor for annual visits. Remember ladies we only have one body so it's important for us to start taking care of this wonderful piece of art that God has given to us. It's not like we can go to the store an order a human heart with a side of liver, lol!
So I ask you do you like what you see in the mirror?
I love what I see. Although I still have some weight issues, I actually FEEL healthy and light. I'm not worried because I know my body will catch up with my soul eventually even If I have to slow down a few times or make pit stops. However there will be no giving up or no quitting. As far as on the inside I see a strong black woman, that feels good about her health and the direction that its going in. I am willing to do whatever it takes for my body to finally match my soul! Are you willing to do whatever it takes ?
Now in the sitaution I guess I would have to side with the man because that's how I feel.
I know it's been like two days since I blogged. All is well. I was on plan and I did exercise. I plan on exercising today but I am tired at the moment instead of blogging I should be exercising. I might just save it for later. I'm going to my in-laws again so I might just get on the Tread-Climber. Anyhow I hope everyone had a great week. Until next time much love!
JOKE OF THE DAY: The hardest part of a diet is not watching what you eat. It's watching what other people eat!
When you wake up in the middle of the night from a dream that you were running and using some fancy equipment that you been wanting to buy!
Who dreams about running? I mean I thought it was kind of weird to have that dream because I have never ran anywhere in my life. Well, unless you count running away from dogs, running laps for punishment in band camp oh and let me not forget running for cover when some crazy person is waving a gun in the air while attempting to shoot someone.
Well I guess you can call that as experience! Lol
Anyhow lately I have dedcided that I want to take up running because I have always been afraid. I'm here to tell you that I am not afraid anymore! I have been doing so much research lately that I'm literally about to drive myself crazy!
To get me started I have purchased a treadmill as I am not ready to run outdoors yet. (Maybe that will be a goal in February). In the beginning I only planned on buying myself a heart rate monitor, but I have learned that a good runner trains with certain equipment such as GPS system which tells you all the important things,maps, how you did on each lap,distance, speed and time. Although it probably isn't necessary I think it is important to have. It has so much more features but Ididn't want to sound like a commercial so if you are interested you can click on any link to find out more info. I thought I was going to have to purchase two different types and I was not looking forward to it becasue this equipment is not cheap. However I was lucky with the help of others to find something that came with the total package! It is the Garmin Forerunner 305 buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do. I was lucky to find the same exact equipment at www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-0181041-2944408 and www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do for almost less than half of the origingal price! (Thanks B-Kay and sas3). Anyhow the good news is I am almost on my way , all I have to do now is purchase a good pair of shoes and start running. The Bad news is if my DH ffnds out what I just purchased. I won't have a chance to use any of the stuff I just purchased! LOL, Anyhow, I'm sure I can come up with something to cover my a$$!
My goals as a new runner # 1 is to start running. I would like to run in a 3K or 5K by March just to get a baseline record. Okay that might be pushing it, Maybe April( thats my B-Day month) so that will be a gift to myself! My next goal is to start running outside hopefully by February at least once a week. Last but not least run two or 3 5K's before the year is out. Two is probably enough but 3 would make me proud! Hey maybe I can run myself thin! Eventually I would like to run in a 10K , Half Marathon and Marathon. Lets just say I have alot of work to do!
Enough about that. Today was an on plan day again. Finished all my daily goals all I have to do is drink 3 more cups of water. If I keep this up I might actually lose weight come weigh-in. Lol
I did manage to go to the park this morning. Me and my cousin was just strolling around pushing our babies around. It was nice to get out the house for a change and enjoy the scenery. Today was actually my off day so I did keep the walking to a slow pace.However I still had to do my 100 crunches!
I Finally got word on my Treadmill it will be here next week and I can't wait to use it. I'm already making space for it in the garage! I wish it would get here sooner! Sorry I rambled on so much You all have a goodnight! Until next time much love!
Today was another great day. I stayed within my points! I really enjoyed my rest day. I know my muscles are probably thanking me. Tomorow is weight training day so I'll be good and ready for my run on Sat.! I actually lokk forward to working out tomorrow. I'll be doing Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt and AB Jam, with my 8 min Abs and now 200 crunches and 20 pushups. I know it sounds like a lot but I think I can handle it!
. I hope everyone has had a great week and I wish everyone a good weekend! Until next time much love!
( I hate grocery shopping but somebody's gotta do it) It was so easy to use. I wish I would have bought it sooner!
too tall, to darked skinned or too light skinned. Why can't we leave well enough alone? I guess that just how we are, I think I will never know the answer to that question. I'm here to report that the past has changed. I looked in the mirror today and I was happy with what was reflecting back at me. 
LOL, Anyhow, I'm sure I can come up with something to cover my a$$!