New Blog…

I have started to blog at blogger dot com. IF you want to check it out feel free…

http://neversaynever27.blogspot.com/

Blog Crazy….

Recently, I have discovered a wonderful new world of blogs.  AS the count goes now, there are 12 blogs that I love to follow. It actually makes me want to get up and come to work, just so I can see what these lovely ladies have eaten or done in the last few hours. I am addicted!! It also made me realize how utterly pathetic my little blog is. Granted to started as a way to talk about the 52DC, but I believe I am ready to take the next step….a food blog! Now here is the problem….I don’t know how to do all that fancy-smancy stuff. Like upload pictures, of get neat back grounds, or get sponsors, or any of the stuff is necessarily needed to actually run a blog. Man would I love to be able to have my own little piece of this. To inspire someone like they have inspired me. I think I will seek the help of one of the ladies that has been blogging for a long time.

Challenge is going well. I haven’t lost a clean eat yet, and it doesn’t look like I will for a while. I sat down on Sunday and planned my meals for the entire week. I am set through Saturday afternoon. Gonna squeeze an RT and a CT in between work and class tonight. Hope everyone is having a splendid day~~

Day 5 of Fall Challenge

CE: 10/10
RT: 2/20
CT: 4/30

3600 Challenge:
10/100 clean eats
40/200 miles biking
100/300 squats
25/400 minutes of running
40/500 pushups
100/600 lunges
60/700 minutes of yoga
30/800 minutes of exercise class

Already been to the gym this morning, felt proud to make it out of bed early. Now I can go home and relax for a few before I have to go to class. Biology tonight, hopefully my bio teacher is more exciting than my econ teacher. Not happy being at work, but that is life. Found a great new site, www.fitsugar.com . They have some awesome movtivational quotes.

Day 4 of Fall Challenge

CE: 8/8
RT: 2/20
CT: 4/30

3600 Challenge:
8/100 clean eats
40/200 miles biking
80/300 squats
10/400 minutes of running
20/500 pushups
80/600 lunges
60/700 minutes of yoga
30/800 minutes of class (exercise)

I feel great. I went to the grocery store today and bought everything I would need to make it an awesome week! Then after having coffe with a friend I came home and prepared my meals for the week. On the menu this week is: white fish ragu, chicken w/ arugala polenta, and shrimp with ragi and quinoa!!! I am terribly excited to get this week into high gear. I am hoping that eating every 2 - 3 hours will keep me in a good mood. I have a hard time making it through the work day, and class. Hoping that I can make some positive changes, and start enjoying each and every day! Its a gift and I need to appreciate it!!!

Day 3 of Fall Challenge…

CE: 6/6
RT: 1/20
CT: 3/30

3600:
6/100 clean eats
40/200 miles of biking
40/300 squats
5/400 miles of running
20/500 pushups
40/600 lunges
0/700 minutes of yoga
30/800 minutes of class (exercise)

I did my very first yoga class this morning and a reall liked it!! I will plan on doing this class 2x a week, which should help me reach my goal easily. I didn’t really focus on my weights as much as I would like. Had to skip the abs section at the end, just figured I could make it up during the yoga class. I am focusing very hard on what and when I eat this weekend. I ate at 3:30, so I will plan to eat something again at 4 pm, with dinner hopefully around 6…Weekends are very hard for me, but I have faith I can get through it. Maybe a little later i will get up and aroud and head out to Whole Foods. Can’t wait!!

Day 3 - Fall Challenge

Thank goodness it’s Friday! This is going to be a long day. I was really disappointed to sleep through my alarm and not get an RT in this morning…just means I have to get up a little earlier tomorrow so I can get and RT in before my yoga class.  I am going to spin tonight after work. Last week I was sabatoged by bloating, but I will prevail this week. Diet is going well, but I think the weekend is gonig to be really difficult.  I ALWAYS have trouble keeping my eating clean on the weekends. I was disappointed to see the scale go up a pound. Getting into the habit of only weight once a week would be good, but I have an addiction to weighing myself. Every morning, sometimes multiple times.  Cabbage and sausage for dinner tonight, plus a few episodes of Top Chef. Can’t wait to get my weekend started!

Day 2 of Fall Challenge..

Eats:

Breakfast: 1/2 c oats, 1 scoop whey Protein, 1/2 c blueberries, 1/2 banana, 1 tbsp flax meal, coffee, water, fish oil

Snack: 2 Laughing Cow wedges, bran crackers, 3 oz turkey

Lunch: Tomato and Herb soup, 1/2 c quinoa, 4 oz tuna, apple, water, fish oil

Snack: 6 oz LF yogurt, 1/2 c natural granola

5PM: whey shake and banana

Dinner: 5 oz shredded chicken and mixed veg, water, multi and fish oil

Workout: Hopefully will squeeze in 30 mins of biking before class, or uphill walking after

Beignning of Fall Challenge…

Today was day 1 of the Fall 52DC, and I couldn’t be happier.  If I am not being accountable during these challenges, then I tend to fall apart. I have set very lofty goals, but I am confident that nothing is going to stop me. I have had a wonderful day of clean eating: oatmeal and egg whites for breakfast, grapes and turkey for snack 1, tilapia and quinoa with steamed broccoli for lunch, hummus and veg for snack 2, protein shake before and after my workout, and tomato and herb soup with quinoa for dinner! I felt a little hungry today, right before lunch and around 4:30, but it goes away fast. As for a workout, I lifted for 30 mins and then followed that with 30 mins of kick boxing. Boy did that wear me out! I am ready for the weekend. 1 day down…..51 to go!

Tuesday, August 18th

Another weekend has come and gone, and I am back to the usual drone of everyday life.  I do not dislike my job, but it is neither challenging or terribly exciting. Just me and the paperwork…but if I think back a year or so, isn’t this what I asked for? This popped a question into my head…..what do I really want? I am not really a people person, but the silence of paperwork is not what I want either. I feel like I am wandering in the dark. No real direction or passion.

To day has been a very uneventful day. I am on my second day of Clean Eating and I feel pretty good. I like eating every 2 1/2 or 3 hours; makes the day go by much faster. I am thankful to have grains again. Oh how I missed them. I am having quinoa tonight, and I am crazy excited. Workouts are cardio dance and some light yoga later on this evening. Its almost time for my afternoon snack: cantelope, grapes, and pork loin…..yum!! Hope everyone is ready for the next challenge to start tomorrow. Rev your engines!

MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH

The Summer 52DC has ended, and for me it did not end well. I only met 3 goals, and I barely met those.  Fall challenge starts in a week and a half and I have set EXTREMELY lofty goals…

CE: 90/RT: 20/CT: 30/PG1: Lose 20 lbs/PG2: 500 Pushups/PG3: Alcohol 1x a week/PG4: read 1 non-school book/PG5: Go to all classes

I think the most difficult thing will be the weight loss. I enjoyed TNT while I was on it. It was neccisarily extreme, but I don’t think I can make it a lift time habit. Instead, I am waiting on my newest purchase. “The Eat Clean Diet” from one of the columnist from Oxygen. I have recently started reading Oxygen and absolutely love it!! Even Better than M&F Hers…..I know I shouldn’t make a diet change this soon; I was only on TNT for 6 weeks. I believe that a more balanced diet, with whole grains and fruit, will be better for me. More to come….