Holy craperonie!!

Hello my blog loves!! I'm trying out the new blogger app, so I'm wondering how well this is going to work out. I can't change my font or color, so I hope y'all can read this!!

Anyways on to the good stuff...... Guess what!?!?! Since last Monday,I've lost 8 lbs!!!!! I had to weigh myself twice because I didn't believe it. And all you health nuts out there don't burst my bubble by saying Oooh that's water weight or whatever. 8 lbs is 8 lbs and I'll take it!! I hope it's 10 by monday!!

As some of you know I'm in the city visiting my dear friend Heather. She is my life coach. This weekend is about helping each other find a good workout routine that includes cardio and weights. So far so good. I got in at 6pm, we were at the gym by 7!! This morning we are going to the gym, getting our nails done and then doing a little bargain shopping!! Woohoo!!

I hope everyone has a good weekend, just had to share the news. 8 lbs. 8 lbs. 8 lbs. hey hey hey hey!!!!! Wooohooooo!!!!

Xoxo
-H

Lent... oh Lent....

Hello Happy People!! So.... as many of you probably don't know, I am Catholic. I don't go to church often enough (sorry gram), and I am a sinner, but nun the less I am Catholic. As you probably know Ash Wednesday was yesterday and not too often am I willing to give something up (yes, I am very selfish....don't judge). Well this year, I gave up Chocolate. Yes, you heard correctly Chocolate. Every time I say the word I cringe. When I was thinking of this I thought that this would be fantastic, no candy bars, no chocolate chip cookies, etc. This was going to fantastic for my diet...... until I realized that 98% of my healthy snacks are CHOCOLATE!!! Special K granola bars with chocolate chips, skinny cow clusters, skinny cow ice cream, special K cereal chocolate delight... ITS ALL CHOCOLATE!!! I reached for a sugar free pudding last night, yup you guessed it..... CHOCOLATE!! I am not going to lie, I might have gotten in over my head... BUT I will NOT give up!!! I am going to find other healthy snacks to munch on. You can bet your bottom dollar come Easter diet or no diet I will be eating some chocolate! I don't care if I have to work out for 5 hours I will consume chocolate, and probably not a healthy amount either!!


Speaking of the gym..... I am not sure if it helps or hurts me to go to that damn place. There is this evil thing....I think the machine is called the Cybex... Well, I never use that machine because it looks like a stair stepper, and no one likes to climb stairs, so I stick to the ever so faithful elliptical! I was talking with my dear friend Heather one day and she was explaining to me that it can be used like an elliptical or a stair stepper depending on what setting I use. I thought this was so great! So, after work I go to the gym like I have been doing and I decide that Cybex and myself were going to have a little one - on - one time... Well.. let me tell you about that little bastard! First off I get going and I can’t figure out where to put my feet so my knees keep locking on me, then I am unsure of how fast I am supposed to be going because I am not sure how to use the blessed thing.... SO-- I am chugging along at a good pace trying not keep my knees from locking up, and trying not to make a fool of myself.... well 3 minutes in I could feel the friction of my thighs. 7 Minutes in I was pretty sure that a fire was about to be started, 10 minutes in I was confident that my thighs had started a bonfire, my feet were numb, and I had a charlie horse. And, I might have said a few cuss words to the machine out loud. The good news is, when I went to the elliptical it felt like cake. I was chugging along like I owned it. There was a skinny girl next to me and I was keeping up with her, I felt like a champion... Until this guy decided he was going to get on the other side of me... he gets on, and just goes to town. I would have thought someone was chasing him by how fast he was going. In my head I kept thinking you ass, slow down your making me look bad! So, I kept giving him dirty looks but it didn't seem to change his speed. The girl on the one side of me who I was keeping up with decided she was done and stopped her machine. Well at that moment I had one of those moments where the car is backing up and you think your moving, but you’re not.... yeah, I about lost it and went head over ass off of the damn machine. It was then I decided I was done for the day.


I envy those of you who work out like crazy and have the machines mastered.


Until next time my loves, no chocolate and stay off the cybex!!


xoxox
-H

A Fresh Start

Oh here we go again. I think this is a love hate relationship! I just simply just forget to blog... I know the burning question on all your minds is, what’s going on with the weight loss!?!? Well.... nothing. The little sucker called will power was on vacation I guess.... Over the holidays I managed to put on about 10 lbs (wah wah wah) But, since then I have lost everything I had gained... so I am right back to where I was around this time last year. I feel like I'm stuck here. NO worries though, that little sucker will power is back, and I am not letting him leave this time! I have been living with headaches every day, battling migraines, and have had stomach problems from all the dang medication they have put me on. So, in effort to get healthy and start feeling like myself again I am going to stick to more fruits and veggies, less carbs and heavy food, and go to the damn gym (which I have been going 4 times a week the past two weeks, hey, it’s a start!).

My goal for the next 7 weeks is to lose 30 lbs. that about 4 lbs a week. I know, you are all saying that is way too much... but, I'm doing it. We are going on vacation in April and I am going to be 30 lbs less come hell or high water! 

So, find me on sparkpeople, or facebook…send me recipes, and tips.. I need help!   I do have a life coach! We are helping each other out, and I think that is working well so far!

Ok, that’s all folks. I can't promise I am going to blog more, but I am going to try like hell... after all, this is my fresh start!

xoxo
-H