Tablescape #1

My mom has been doing tablescapes since Halloween and I am jumping on the bandwagon! It kinda stinks that I missed the Holiday enriched theme possibilities, but I chose to do one that I can keep up throughout the year, in between holidays. I have been decorating with a Fat Chef theme in my kitchen for over two years now, so I figured I would use that as my main theme.

Day I have no idea...

Well I am sad to admit that I have completely been side tracked and have officially put this program on the back burner. The week I was moving was hard t balance waking up early. Packing and moving the amout of boxes I did on my own for two days was enough working out and lifting for me! Then there was the whole not buying groceries and getting food on the fly. Then once I moved I started interning, I woke up two days in a row and did the work out and then my lack of sleep and late nights of lesson planning caught up to me and I traded working out for an extra hour of sleep...I am a trader I know! So with that being said, I am starting back on Day One on Monday. It really makes me mad, cause I noticed a visible diference in ten days, but it seems to have gone away (thank you taco bell) so I have interned for two weeks and now I need to force myself into bed earlier and just do it. So we will see how Day One will be starting over....it is still something I believe in and want to do for myself, so here's to a better try!

Day Ten

So it's Day 10....20 days until the next picture is taken, so I am expecting to have double the results, progress, feelings as I have now. Last week I was really amped up and really strict. I think I need to get that back. I am still amped up and ready for this. I just tend to take shortcuts in diet when I can or when I am pressed for time with no alternative option...so after this hectic week of moving I am excited to get settled and back to a routine!

Today's video is my Krem de la Krem...the cardio and really there are really only particular cuss words that would accomodate one's feeling as you go through it. It starts with Power Yoga- so you start in PLANK, go down as a push upand hold the pose, then to downward dog where you spread out your feet look up and go flat on your heels then reach one leg all the way to the front into runer's pose then sit up into WARRIOR....yeah google Power Yoga Poses....I feel like a WARRIOR full of sweat at the end of doing that five times per leg. And that's just a warm up. You go into Knee lifts, jumping jacks, running in place, runner's lunges, punches, kicks, eek! But it's great when its over. Your supposed to do Ab Ripper after, but I decided that I would do Ab Ripper after scultping because I have less sweat!

Diet has been good today...shake for breakfast and then turkey sandwich with swiss on one piece of wheat from the coffee shop at school- they have healthy choices that I am excited that I have that option. Now what's for dinner? Hmmm....maybe I will get a salad to bring out to the softball field????

TEN DAYS DOWN....TWENTY TO NEW PICS (AND POSSIBLY REVEALING BEFORE PICS)...80 DAYS TO GO!

Day Nine

Whew I am feeling it from yesterday's workout, wow! Today I feel like I worked a bit harder to work off those nachos, but nobody can deny Lee Roy's nachos....yummy! Today was sculpting, which I feel comfortable with.

Diet
Am: Shake
PM: egg white omelet
Dinner- chicken tacos

Still waiting to get back that excited routine feeling. Not having to work this week and only two classes has really thrown me off as far as that excitement feeling it works for wanting to workout but I like the routineness of it. It's a lot easier to stay up late and sleep in a bit and be off of a eating schedule, so that is what I am looking forward to getting back in structure.

NINE DAYS DOWN, 81 TO GO!

Day Eight

After the weekend I felt like I was back to square one, eventhough it was just a few slip ups, made me feel like I had cheated the system. But it was just pizza and wings oh and a beer...but oh well it was the weekend. If weekends end up being that way I will just work out throughout the week with no rest on Sunday.

Monday's workout was a new video....a new cardio video that kicked my butt. I stuck to a diet, this one isn't as strict as the first six day one. I had a protein shake, then a chicken chopped salad and shared some nachos from Lee Roys. This week will be a lot diferent because of the lack of routine that I have. I liked last week how I had to wake up in order to work out and next week with interning will be the same. So I am looking forward to that, plus being able to plan out meals again. We'll see...

EIGHT DAYS DOWN, 82 TO GO!

Day Six & Seven

I am not happy about the first weekend of this diet. Day Six, Saturday I started off in the right direction. I mae up my own workout by combining moves of both sculpting and sweating videos that was about 25 minutes, with longer reps and shorter pauses. Ate my three egg whites for breakfast, a shake for lunch and once I was at the baby shower I made good food selections- turkey and swiss cheese and I said NO TO CAKE! I did have sweet tea and a sprite...oops! Then later in the afternoon I had bread, which I wasn' supposed to do and for dinner friends and I ordered pizza and wings. Although I had one slice, it still wasn't a great idea. Sunday I was ok, we went to Fresh Market and got chicken salad that ate on a kaiser roll for lunch and then left over for dinner. So it wasn't too terrible. I am hopng Monday is better...maybe if I am super strict during the week, I can relax a little on the weekend? Although I feel like I am back at square one today. They recommend not working out on your seventh day and I have to say for a beginner you kind of loose that ambition to work out...so I may not stick to that rule! Here's to Monday, Day Eight, let's hope for better progress and stricter eating guidelines!

Day Five

Today was a very productive day. I slept in, woke up and ran my errands. I bought the Pure Protein Vanilla powder ($17.99 at Super Target for 2 lbs) and a new blender- my old blender was a poor excuse for a blender...it didn't even touch my banana the other morning! Then I came home and put together all these baby gifts-one for the shower I am going to (which I am happy with how cute it turned out), I am making a "Big Sister Hospital Bag" for my friends daughter (also my close friend's niece) and a little something for my other friend that found out she is having a boy!

I did my cardio Fat Burning Express video. I think the more and more I do these videos the better the routine is for me. This was the last of the six days to do this video. I was supplementing it into the week along with the diet for the first week...Sunday or Monday (Sunday is supposed to be my rest day, which I may just do Ab Ripper and packing boxes may be my mode of burning calories?) I will start the Sweat Video Phase 1 & 2 and work through that one every other day until I am ready to move forward to Sweat Phase 2 & 4 which I am hoping to transition to that by Day 45 at the latest. I really enjoy these videos, they are quick and they are a lot of fun. Sometimes I have found myself wanting to re-do it at night but they say not to add on to anything right away?

Diet:
AM: with my new blender I made this unbelievable shake- 6 ounces of Silk Soy milk, one heaping scoop of peanut butter (1 tblsp), one scoop of the vanilla powder and one banana....it was AMAZING! I actually had it early afternoon.

Lunch: 2 cottage cheese packs with 1/2 cup of bluberries

Dinner: mixed greens (romaine, spinach and arugula) with cucumber, feta, swiss cheese, turkey, celery and honey dijon dressing

Snack- 2 packs of almonds

Granted this isn't the exact diet, it is what is on the list. With my weird work schedule I didn't follow it to a T- I kept the calorie count(thanks to my Lose It app on my Ipod that counts my calorie consumption!) the same just switched up the items.

Tomorrow is the real test...the weekend! Hopefully I will remain on my diet (the last day of this six day clean diet) and pick healthier items at the baby shower (will probably nibble but eat my stuff before).

Packing on Sunday and moving in all week! Quite excited!

Five Days down 85 to go!