Love, Love, Love the holidays!! The road trips, family, friends and even the food, but excited to have the "food temptations" behind me. I feel as if I can justify eating anything if I am around my friends and family. What happen to my will power??? Where did it go??? How can cookies make me crumble??? Well, they did and now it is time to clean out the pantry and grill up some yummies. I definitely didn't do as bad as I have in the past, but the scale reminded me on Monday morning that the word "bad' is irrelevant when I am still up a few pounds.
Ok, so the title of this blog entry is "Friends + Goals = Success!" I have to give a huge shout out to my girl, Koren. She has been pushing me everyday to hit the gym for crazy cardio interval workouts, stepmill workouts, and total body lifts. It is so awesome to have someone to hit the gym with, who shares your similar goals and fitness level. Koren is a certified trainer and an amazing nutrition counselor. And an even more amazing friend. Between her and my girl, Erica, I don't know what I would do if I didn't have someone to share my struggles with and help me reign things back in.
So, this was the first time that I can EVER remember going to the gym on Christmas EVE, and I felt great. So accomplished and determined. I want to not only continue that in 2011, but push past it!!!!! I am excited for an amazing new year and new competition season. May seems like a long way off, but I have some legs that I need to build up and some winter "warmth" that I need to burn off. So let the party begin!!!!!! Grab a friend, your Ipod or an E-Reader and hit the gym, ladies!!! Let's do it!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
When is Enough - Enough?
Ok, so I love Pizza, Chips-n-Salsa, French Fries, Onion Rings, anything chocolate and claim to be a fitness competitor. How is that possible? A little difficult, especially around the holidays. My husband is currently working 6 days a week and on his one day off we try to plan something special to do, but occasionally, like today we veg-out in front of the TV watching football games, Christmas movies, and playing the Wii. Now, this is another on of my equations for disaster, because time goes by and you start to get hungry, but not for healthy food, nope --- you crave carbs, salt, and sugar. All at the same time. UGH!!!!! Train wreck.
Today was that day! I have never felt worse......my stomach is rumbling and I am sweating. My body is like a furnace. It doesn't know what to do with this nasty fuel. YUCK!!!! It is like sludge trying to move through my body. So, enough is enough. No more talk. I don't care if my family is coming in for Christmas next week or if I am traveling to see my husband's family for Christmas in 2 weeks -- there can be no more excuses. If I have to get on here one more week and write how miserable I am and how miserable I am making those around me, I am going to pull my hair out. Lesson for today -- Stop being self destructive. Know when Enough is Enough!
Today was that day! I have never felt worse......my stomach is rumbling and I am sweating. My body is like a furnace. It doesn't know what to do with this nasty fuel. YUCK!!!! It is like sludge trying to move through my body. So, enough is enough. No more talk. I don't care if my family is coming in for Christmas next week or if I am traveling to see my husband's family for Christmas in 2 weeks -- there can be no more excuses. If I have to get on here one more week and write how miserable I am and how miserable I am making those around me, I am going to pull my hair out. Lesson for today -- Stop being self destructive. Know when Enough is Enough!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Boredom = Diaster
Ok, so it's Sunday afternoon and I have had a crazy, busy, hectic weekend. Friday, was awesome. I had a super leg day with my girl, Koren, who killed me on the friggen' stairmill. Came home and could barely walk. Was going to go to the Miss Arlington Pageant Rehearsal, but was soooo tired. Instead, my mom came down and we went Christmas shopping and out to dinner at one of my favorite restuarants, Blue Ridge Grill. I had a great chicken salad, with no cheese, bacon or croutons....just chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, and cuccumbers (I even brought my own Walden Farm Dressing), however we did order an appetizer -- chips and homemade salsa. It was delicious! So, I walked away feeling pretty good. Then I went to my husband's store for their mid-night madness sale and didn't get to bed until 11:30 AM.
Saturday, I was up early to do hair and makeup for a photo shoot in Warrenton and then off to the Miss Arlington Pageant- so no gym for me on Saturday. So on to today, I got off to a good start with a great breakfast and snack # 1, then Adam tells me he is going into work for a few hours on his day off, and you would think that I would be like "GREAT, I will go to the gym." But, no I started watching TV and snacking on unhealthy snacks - chips and cookies!!!! UGH!!!! Then I tried to control it by making a protien pizza (whick is about a 3 on a scale of 1-10), but that didn't help. I am bored and watching football. Ok, so I just finished that last sentence and realized I have to get out of this house. Going to the gym. Bye!
Saturday, I was up early to do hair and makeup for a photo shoot in Warrenton and then off to the Miss Arlington Pageant- so no gym for me on Saturday. So on to today, I got off to a good start with a great breakfast and snack # 1, then Adam tells me he is going into work for a few hours on his day off, and you would think that I would be like "GREAT, I will go to the gym." But, no I started watching TV and snacking on unhealthy snacks - chips and cookies!!!! UGH!!!! Then I tried to control it by making a protien pizza (whick is about a 3 on a scale of 1-10), but that didn't help. I am bored and watching football. Ok, so I just finished that last sentence and realized I have to get out of this house. Going to the gym. Bye!
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