Was so happy we had wonderful weather over the weekend. Yesterday I took a wonderfully long bike ride. I worked hard, and enjoyed the scenery during my rest periods.
I took advantage of the opportunity because I know my outside bike rides are about to come to an end. I'm a seriously big wuss when it comes to the cold.
Here is the weekly plan for fitness...
Monday - Spinning
Tuesday - Upper body
Wednesday - Spinning
Thursday - Lower body
Friday - Upper body
Saturday - Spinning
Sunday - rest
The menu is made for the week, and I plan on going to the grocery in the morning.
I didn't do the best at logging on The Daily Plate this week, I will do better this week.
Read something today in a book that I'm looking forward to fininshing reading. It's funny too, because these books are Dh's and I never dreamed they would interest me. They were books for his birthday....
The WINNERS MANUEL For The Game of Life. Written by Jim Tressel. Five-time national championship coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes
"Then Tress said to Troy..." The Best Ohio State Football Stories ever told.
Anyway, in The WINNERS MANUEL it's written in a section of goals....
"One of the greates gifts we have is our health. My physical conditioning is a controllable commodity. I will develop lifetime fitness habits"
At the start of this new week I am comitting to taking serious focus and control the conditioning of my body.
Question to provoke action....
Alicia, there are 59 days left in this year, what are you planning on doing with them?
I plan on using them to make my body fit and strong.
Jillian and Bob from The Biggest Loser were on Oprah today. They were looking at the lives of some contestests after being on the show, and sharing secrets.
In the introductry piece Oprah stated that the girls will eat 1,200 calories a day while burning 4000!!! I missed the mens.
Found out something I didn't know. Did you all know that Jillian used to be big? She is 5'1 and had gotten up to 170 lbs. WOW! They showed pictures! Talk about truly looking amazing now.
Alley was on and she looked amazing, but said there was a point that she struggled after going home.
Jay and Mark looked great too. Mark was still quite emotional.
There were some contestants that gained a good part of the weight back.
When Oprah asked the trainers what the key to success is Jillian said...(Of course these are paraphrased, I was watching while doing other things)....
Create a life list. If you want to pick up your kids and play with them, if you want to look great on vacation, NOTHING is silly or wrong. They are YOUR reasons. Create of list of things you want to do and let that be your motivation.
Bob said to not wait until January 1st, your birthday, or some specail event to start. Get started now. Find youself worth inside and be the person God created you to be.
Julie was the last one that came on and she looks amazing still. She stood up and said "Believe you are worth it!!" Believe you are worth the effort. So many times moms give so much to others and forget themselves. They often work thinking there children need new toys, or think there husbands need them to take care of them. REALLY what they need is a mom and a wife taking care of themselves.
Jillian then said "Selfish is not a dirty word" Women give so much to others and forget themselves. We should treat ourselves like we would treat our children. We wouldn't skip a doctors appointment for our children or take time away from them and not play with them. We shouldn't do that to ourselves.
Oprah, Bod, Jillian, and Julie all said at the end "It's about worthiness! Believing for yourself that you are worth it!!!"
How true! There was a very long period of time in my life that I believed I wasn't worth it. So thankful changes have been made.
Today has been great for me. Although I missed my AM workout appointment, I have eaten super well, and am headed to ZUMBA here in a few minutes. Am excited to take the class with a different instructor.
I kinda / sorta feel like I'm sharing a crack recipe ya know. Please don't hate me.
For those brave souls who can withstand the pressure (Lord knows I couldn't) here it is.
CURRY ALMOND SPREAD (formed into a ball)
1 lb Cream cheese
1/2 - 3/4 Cups of Major Grey's Chutney - chopped
2 Tsp. Curry Powder
1/2 Tsp. Dry Mustard
1/2 Cup Chopped almonds
Have Cream Cheese at room temperature. Add other ingrediants and mix well with hands or mixer (hands work best). Shape into ball or pack into a bowl or crock. Refridgerate well; will keep for a month refrigerated or longer frozen.
After yesterday I HIGHLY recommend you freeze any extra!!!
Hi! My name is Alicia and I'm addicted to cheeseballs!
Not just any ole cheese ball, but the bestest, most wonderfullest cheese ball recipe taken from a sweet little B&B nestled in the hills of Eureka Springs Arkansas!
We picked up the recipe on our honeymoon, and make them only on special occassions. They are so good and are requested by family & friends when they come over.
We made two on Sunday for dh's birthday party, but had so much other food only 1 was eaten.
The second one was SUPPOSED to go in the freezer.
Did ya catch that....SUPPOSED to go in the freezer.
Instead the WHOLE thing went right in my belly this afternoon.
The WHOLE THING!!!!!!!!!!
I got started with it and I just couldn't stop. Had anyone asked me for a bite, I'm sure there would have been injuries. I'm quite certain my "south pole" would have showed up and things would have gotten violent. I was eating that cheese ball and not thinking about anything other than...
"I sure hope I don't run out of crackers!!"
Ya'll I couldn't stop.
I was licking the the plate it was so good.
It took about 5 minutes for the realization of what I had done to sink in. Maybe it was the overwhelming feeling of wanting to hurl that gave me my first clue.
Thoughts coming out of the fog...
Holy cow, I just ate the WHOLE cheeseball!!! Did I REALLY just eat that whole cheeseball by myself? How did I eat the WHOLE cheeseball without every bell and whistle going off in my head? Where was the little guy to scream....ALICIA, step away from the cheeseball???????
I wasn't going to check the daily plate for the damage, but I did!
Oh my gosh....
There are TWO packages of this in that cheeseball....
TWO!!! It also has major greys chutney, mustard powder, curry powder and almonds. It's absolutely heavenly.
Anyway....the realization is, that in one sitting I cleared 1,260 calories and 126 grams of fat!!!! Yes ladies, (and Steve) that is how my belly and butt feels right now. Very, very FAT!!!!! Never mind the 1/4 box of crackers I used to assist me in doing all this damage.
I might as well have injected CRISCO in my veins for heavens sakes!!!
LOL! The rest of the day hasn't been much better.
WTH was I thinking????? Wednesday is not FREE DAY, Sunday is. Even on FREE DAY I wouldn't even consider eating a WHOLE cheeseball.
I said it in the beginning and I'll say it again...
Hi! My name is Alicia, and I'm addicted to cheeseballs.
I'm trying new things at the new gym this week. This morning it was ZUMBA! I've done Zumba before and liked it. I am still seriously awkward at it, but I had a TON of fun!!! The instructor was great!
Today was Zumba, tomorrow it's weight lifting. Upper body at 0500.
Went to spinning this morning, and I'm eating on plan so far today. I worked last night in the ER, and need to get ready to do the same today.
I daily think about the things I'm thankful for. Usually after a night of working at the hospital, most of what I'm thankful for revolves around my health. EVERYTHING can change in the blink of an eye. EVERYTHING. Even though my first patien called me a B***** yesterday, I'm not going to let that get to me. That's the first time I've ever been called that by a patient. He was a mean, old, grumpy man. I feel sorry for him. Can you imagine if he says things like that to total strangers how he must be to the people that are close to him?
Anyway, today I am thankful....
that I'm healthy enough to work out
that my legs, arms, eyes, ears, internal systems, everything on my body works and I'm ABLE to work out. I might not be happy with the way it looks at times, but thank heavens it's in working order.
that the habits are established and I don't take advantage of my health by squandering workout opportunities away. There are soooooo many people that would give ANYTHING to be able to work out.
that I ENJOY working out. (truly enjoy it)
that it's absolutely the WEIRDest feeling for me when / IF I don't work out.
that I have MANY options for classes, weight lifting, etc... I can essentially hit three gyms if I wanted too. (that seems weird just writing it) I have the one I pay for, and the 2 on base that are free. Should be ZERO opportunity for boredom huh?
I truly have a lot to be thankful for.
The following words are one of my favorite little songs to sing. Can't get it out of my head today.
I had the absolute BEST weekend ever! I went to Bowling Green KY for a Mary Kay training.
The training was spectacular. The food was SUPER healthy, and I was in some great company. Met some new folks, and had a GREAT time. I learned all kinds of ways to not only make my business get better, but how to discipline other areas of my life even more. Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! I'm thankful I went, and I look at this weekend as a tremendous blessing.
My sister would have been so proud. Before the trip, I packed my cooler full of veggies, fruit, baked chicken, egg bake, etc. and kept it with me. I ate ALL meals authorized until last night when we had a beautiful sit-down catered dinner. ( I ate a piece of cheesecake) I was sitting in my business meeting eating out of my bag with a cooler in it both days. I had to giggle as I imagine most of those ladies have not had many women sit beside them in a business meeting eating backed chicken out of a zip lock baggie. What do ya think?
What was super cool was the influence I was able to have on the other ladies. There were 4 of us together in the car and we roomed together. Guess what?!? I fed them snacks and stuff all along the way!!! Instead of them eating crap food they were eating fruit, veggies, almonds, etc. They were asking me cooking questions, preparation questions, etc. I remember the impact my sisters preparing had on me and I just hope in some small way I was able to influence them in return. That would make my heart very happy.
I maintained my exercise each day too. Before leaving I hit the gym here at home around 5:00 AM, then yesterday I used cardio coach, the 7 floors of the hotel, and the stairwell as my gym. YAY!! I didn't miss!!!
Speaking of my sister, she sent me the COOLEST video over the weekend about one of her twin daughters. (my neice) I would LOVE to share the video with you, but I can't figure out how. It's in my Windows Media player and I don't know how to add those to EP.
Anyway, this was the message attached to the video....
Jessica did her first 5K and was awesome. She was the youngest of all the 360 competitors and finished 137th. That includes all adults and age groups. She finished 25:52 which is an 8:21 mile.
Go Jessie!
Ya'll, Jessi is NINE!!!!!!!!
I opened that note and video, and my heart just beamed with excitement. How cool is THAT?????? I don't know much about much on the whole running thing (except I'm in awe of those of you that do it) but for her to have a DESIRE to do a 5k at the age of NINE and be really good at it? That's just super cool!!
Hope you all had a blessed weekend as well. I'll do my best to catch up soon. Alicia
I opened my blog to hear music playing? Not very good music I might add.
Does anyone else hear music on your blog, or can you hear the music on mine?
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Thank you for all the kind comments yesterday.
Am just now to a point where I'm going to the gym. Ug! Today is upper body.
Calories were in range yesterday.
I have shopping to do today. Things for the house, and I need a new winter coat. I have a coat for everyday, but I need something a little dressier.
I'm going to Bowling Green, KY in the morning and just staying through Saturday afternoon. This will be the last big Mary Kay event I will attend until after the 1st of the year.
We had a small crisis in our house yesterday. It was NOT a crisis, but to ds you would have thought he had been delivered the news that the world was ending. *sheesh* What was this catostrophic news you ask? He left his cell phone in his jeans pocket and I missed it before they hit the laundry, and the cell phone took a nice hot bath.
and I quote....*OMG, ARE YOU KIDDING ME???????
MOM, PLEASE TELL ME IT's NOT BROKEN.
MOM, that's my LIFE!!! (which is sad, but kinda true)
MOM, how could you do this?????"
Uh....dude, it was like BOTH our faults. Anyway, no need to argue about that. He acted like I purposfully set out to torture him yesterday. Yes ladies (and Steve), that's exactly what I decided to do yesterday afternoon was torture my son. Torture him and waist my money all at the same time.
Grrrrr....
Thank heavens for Dh as he got on the phone and worked with the company, and we were able to get another one at a fraction of the cost up front. It will be delivered later. That will be nice as it will give ds enough time to earn his half of the financial responsibility.
Anyway...
Am having a birthday party for DH and MIL on Sunday. There birthdays are 1 day apart. Am also going to a Pampered Chef party in the afternoon before the party. All I can say is thank heavens it's FREE DAY as I KNOW the food is going to be abundant and tasty!!!! am sure my little calorie tracker will be sounding sirens, bells, and whistles as the numbers go off the charts!!
Is going to be a busy weekend for me, but will be fun. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend too.
PS: If you could hear that music, sorry you had to endure it. It's "bloody awful!"
I got a little picture happy this morning. I told ya'll I'd post a picture of my hair waaaaaaay back this summer and hand't gotten around to it. Several have recently asked where they are. Thought I would stop procrastinating and get them on here. I couldn't find a good one of the back, but I hope it's enough to get somewhat of an idea. Thought I would throw a couple in my album of my little guy. I kinda need to get over that huh? At 14, he's not quite so "little" anymore. *sigh*
I just wish all the pictures didn't show up in your "friends update list." Sometimes I like to play in my album by adding and deleting things. Wish that didn't show up for all to see.
Anyway....
Spinning went well this morning. The instructor gave me some free passes last week and I was able to take a friend. My friend hasn't been working out, but has wanted to get started because she is getting serious about her health. This is her "quit day" for smoking and she wanted to start it out right.
I'll be honest, I was wondering if she would make our 0510 meeting time. Not because she's one to back out on things, but if you're not used to getting up that early to exercise it can sometimes take some adjusting.
I was sooooo happy to see her come around the corner.
It was her first time Spinning and she did GREAT!!! Her only complaint was that it hurt her hiney. (totally normal) She did so well though, and she loved it. She also loved the AB SOLO.
We had fun, and it was nice to have someone to go to class with. I got her another pass, and she's looking to go next week. Not sure if she will join this gym, but I will enjoy the company while I have it.
Am still enjoying using the daily plate. Yesterday my calories were a little high 1,586 but net cals were 1,253. Didn't feel puffy or over full so that was good.
Took some time yesterday to REALLY prepare some food. We doubled supper, which was the Mango Salsa Chicken posted by 97gtchick last week. YUMBO!!! (thanks) I also tripled lunch and broke it down into containers for the next couple days. Grilled 4 packages of chicken breast, and it's shredded and ready to go for salads and stuff. All veggies are cleaned and prepped. I feel very confident that I will have healthy options readily available for the next few days. Feels good.
Actually, Saturday, Monday, and today were alll great workouts. (I do no formal exercise on Sundays so that's why Sunday is missing)
I would say Saturday was the best though. The instructor for Spinning was in a CRAZY let's try to kill ya kind of mood. &
Today I tried a new class called JUST ABS. OUCH!!! I then did the ab solo and reverse abs workout along with my lower body routine. OUCH again!!!! I'm sure tomorrow I will be going...ouch...ouch...ouch...ouch...
Eating has been fine. I started logging things on The Daily Plate yesterday. I stayed within range yesterday.
I looked at that site last year, but didn't care for it. Have they made changes or something, because it seemed easier yesterday. It was super easy actually and I think I like it. Am curious to see how long I will keep up with it.
Just gotta focus and take it one day at a time right?
I did find out that my protein was too high. Does anyone know if that is a bad thing?
I was feeling a litle *blah* this morning when waking up. I started into this crazy junk thinking of how much work this is, I really don't notice much for the effort, yada...yada...yada.. I feel that way sometimes, and I'm thankful that I realized what was happening and chose focus on some action rather than staying in the bed or at the house like I wanted too.
I had to MAKE myself get up and put my gym clothes on, then I made myself measure and held my breath while doing so because I had just told myself how this wasn't working.
Well, I'm happy to share that I've lost 5 more inches in the last couple weeks from the abundantly protected areas of my body . My abundantly protected areas (protected with gushy fat) are my waist, belly pooch, and legs. Granted, I had gained some inches back mid- summer, but I'm on the down slope again and that makes me happy.
I will measure again Sunday, November 9th.
In the mean time, I HAVE to focus on the ACTION that it requires to make changes.
I worked hard, and enjoyed the scenery during my rest periods. 
I'm a seriously big wuss when it comes to the cold. 
I missed the mens. 
There was a very long period of time in my life that I believed I wasn't worth it. 
So thankful changes have been made. 
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Oh my gosh.... 
am sure my little calorie tracker will be sounding sirens, bells, and whistles as the numbers go off the charts!! 
It's "bloody awful!"
