30 Day Shred: level 1

I did the 30 Day Shred again today this is my 2nd time doing the work out, it is a super tough 20 minute workout. What really kills me is the push-ups. I have to do the ones down on my knees and I still cannot keep up, but I know if I just keep pushing it, it will get easier and easier. Also the front raises with the weights is so hard but I am pushing through. I super sweaty by the end of this workout but I know that means I am going to see results. But man...I hate to see what level 2 and 3 is like. LOL but I will gradually get to it and if I need to spend more time at level one I will.

Jillian Michaels is an awesome trainer and she is on the cover of SHAPE magazine for May 2011 I just got mine in the mail today! :) I am reading about her struggles with weight and her tips, she is just an awesome person. She also has a 20 min workout in the Mag to share with readers. I am going to check that out too, but I usually do better watching the actually action instead of a picture...sometimes I don't get it.

I went shopping at Victoria's Secret today and got my bra that I am going to wear under my wedding dress it is very comfortable and I got $10 off too! and a free panty...I picked hot pink zebra stripes. LOL Normal I cannot stand animal print but these were cute.
I also bought a pair of the new Crocs tone shoes they are super cute but I have to take them back because they aren't quite the right size I thought they fit right in the store when I tried them on but they are slipping off and I realized this because they were 9W instead of 9M which is what the box said...lame. So I hope they have my size in the color I like. I am excited because they tone your legs as you walk and they are cute!!
That is all for now I guess. I will be gone for Easter weekend! I hope everyone has a Happy Easter and Passover! :)

Make a Change

I know I have been M.I.A for awhile but I just have been busy with work and trying to get in exercise and I need to start adressing invitations which I haven't started...yikes. I know I didn't do my Wenesday weight in this week, but to be honest I was not happy when I got on the scale. It was around 151 lbs on Wednesday and the last weigh in was around 148, so I know the weekend didn't help but I am just moving on and starting my Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred! I need to go for my wedding dress fitting after Easter and I really wanted to lose some before I went in for it but I haven't really lost much. Which is sort of disappointing but I know I am going to and I have to talk to the seamstress about different fitting appointments. And tell her what my goals are so hopefully if I do lose it my dress won't be big, but right now that doesn't look like an issue. I am not going to talk down on myself. I am just going to make a change and try my best to stick to it! All I can do is my best, and learn from my mistakes.

I hate migraines!

Today was a good day until I got a migraine. I am really tring to figure out why I get these and I think for starters at least recording what I ate before I got the headache might be able to determine if it is a food trigger or just something hormonal. I know I do get migraines around that time of the month...which is the case today but also recording what food I think will help that why I can go back and see if there are any similarities.

So I got my headache after lunch so here is what I had for lunch.

Palak Paneer with Garlic naan
One apple sliced with cinnamon and 1 packet of splenda

At first I thought maybe the splenda gave it to me but I have used the splenda many times an not has a headache so I don't know.
Well I will be keeping track of this. It is off to Happy Valley tomorrow! Looking forward to it!!

Wednesday weigh-in

Happy Hump Day! I think of Wednesday as being close tot he weekend so It makes me happy most of the time!!

Today's weight: 148.4

Last weigh-in: 151.3

Start weight: 153.8

Goal weight: 138.4 (this is based on losing 10% of my start weight according to my Weight Watchers scale.)

I lost 2.9 lbs this week! Only 10 more lbs to go till my goal.Yay! Now the hard part is keeping it off and doing the same thing again next week. I must push past foods that attempt to get in my way and not fall victim to their calorie-ladeness....ok now I'm getting silly. But seriously! My problem is that I am always bouncing around back and forth and never seem to make any progress. I am focused. Even though this weekend I am going to be out of town, I am going to focus on eating right. It might be very  challenging considering I am going to State College for the Blue & White game which is a wonderful excuse to tailgate. Which means greasy food and beer....ahhhh run away!! I must bring my own healthy food to avoid eating some of the tasty...but not so healthy food.
I have kickboxing tonight! woohoo! So looking forward to some calorie/fat blasting!


Today's eats: (no pictures sorry I ate it before I remembered...lol)

Breakfast: Egg with reduced fat Italian cheese on half a piece of Naan bread with coffee

Snack: South Beach Living Protein Fit Cereal Bar in dark chocolate berry. (These are awesome for a snack only 140 cal. and they have 8g of protein which is why I bought them! They really kick your hunger! and they are yummy!!)

Lunch: Small bowl of  spinach tortellini with sauce and other half of Naan bread, garlic hummus, and carrots.

So far so good, I need to pack another snack for around 4:30 pm, probably an apple!

Food Fotography...

Well trying to take pictures of all my meals and snack for the day, sometimes just isn't going to work...I usually forget and eat whatever it is before I get to take a picture...LOL. but I do have yesterdays breakfast and today's breakfast pictures! I think breakfast is what I remember most often, but I will try to take my camera with me when I go out too.

Kickboxing last night was fun man am I tired but I totally burned tons of calories and fat woohoo!!

So here is my breakfast from yesterday! I new meal I love making and it is super easy!

Egg sandwich with spinach and a sprinkle of Parmesean cheese with Coffee!

 I love making these breakfast sandwiches I just put the egg in a bowl with the veggies and cheese and microwave it for 50 seconds. I toast my bread while I nuke it. So fast and lots of protein to start the day! I love it.
I also just order the new recipe book by Lisa Lillien,  Hungry Girl's 300 under 300!! It is awesome and I can't wait to make all the different foods in the book! The have awesome breakfast ideas! I need to go grocery shopping!!
Here is my Bfast for today!

Yum one of my favs! I also had coffee and a peach but the peach was not that great...I have to remember to by fruit that is in season!

Hopefully more updates later!

Trying something new!

So today was great with eating right and I got to take pictures of my food. (it all looks pretty yummy) I don't know if I will be able to do this everyday because I just don't remember all the time, or get the time to do it. I am also trying to eat every 2-3 hours to keep my metabolism burning all day long! I got these tips from Belinda Kan she has an awesome blog and newsletter that comes to your inbox! Here is the link to her website: Increase Metabolism WITHOUT exercise. So I have been doing this today just having smaller meals and snacks eating every 3 hours so I am definitely going to keep this up. So...here is what I had today.

Breakfast 10:30 am: Whole wheat English muffin with cinnamon raisin peanut butter and strawberries

Lunch 1:30 pm: Garlic naan with garlic hummus and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, peppers and celery! YUM! I love naan bread!

Snack 4:30 pm: Black Cherry Chobani is good! not my favorite flavor though.

Dinner 7:00 pm: Homemade pizza with tomato basil pasta sauce more left over peppers and reduced fat Italian cheese mix! It was yummy! And so much healthier and better than buying a pizza.

So pretty yummy food today! I must resist having a snack this evening , I am just going to keep drinking my water, but I feel very satisfied with my pizza that I had for dinner. Only thing missing today was some cardio, but today wasn't the greatest weather to go walking. Tomorrow is kickboxing!

Party Pitfalls

Today I helped host a shower for one of my best friends Nicole and I help put together the cheese and cracker platter and veggie platter. There was so much delicious food at the shower, but unfortunately I didn't eat as much of the veggies as I should have and had a sampling too many of cheesecake, chocolate cake, and chocolate covered pretzels, not to mention the cheese and crackers. Yes, I ate some veggies but I really should have filled my plate with them and not the other stuff, so then I wouldn't have been as hungry, or tempted. I seriously do have a problem with sweets. I can't just choose one, I have to try a little sliver of them all. It drives me crazy...but only after the fact when I sit down and think...why the heck did I eat that. I am really thinking I need to allow myself only one sweet treat a week, or none. Because my will power seriously sucks. I just hope in one day I can't blow all the work I have done with my exercise and eating right this last week. I just have to start fresh tomorrow and remind myself that I have already had my treat for the week. If not the whole month considering the amount. ERRR! So annoyed with myself. On another note I think I am going to try to post pictures of my food that I eat. I notice other bloggers do this and I think it would be fun and make my blog a little more interesting. So I will try. I would also love to carry my camera around and take pictures of food at different restaurants that I visit but I feel like people will stare at me. Has anyone else done this...? I guess they can just stare. LOL Time to get back on track with the journey and stop eating junk that is not good for me!!