Orange County = Alternate Universe

Thursday and Friday I am helping out my cousin with her two little ones in Orange County.

1) There is plenty of parking EVERYWHERE
2) The kids' schedule rules ALL


THURSDAY 8/29

2 pills with water @8:30am

Breakfast @9am

• 3 egg whites
• glass of water 
• cup of almond milk

2 pills with water @ 11:30am

Lunch@12pm (Took the kids to Costco... who knew that could be a fun adventure?)

• Chicken Caesar Salad = the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten in my life. Couldn't finish it. 

3pm

We all had a good cry and a good hour long nap

2 pills with water @5:30 

Dinner @ 6pm

• Roasted Pork
• Green Beans 
• Rice
• Apple Sauce 
• water

The pic is blurry because as I took it, my 2 year old niece had a meltdown. 

Bella kindly agreed to help me with my work out and sat on my legs as I worked my Hammies. We only made it throw 1 set of 15 reps (30lbs) before the workout had to abruptly end. 

She barfed on me. 

(Best auntie ever?) 

FRIDAY 8/30

2 pills with water @8am

Breakfast @8:30am

• 2 eggs 
• water
• coffee
• Banana

GYM @ 9am

Corbin takes a nap from 9am-10am and there is a 24 hour fitness around the corner YAY!

Chest/Back

5 min warm up on treadmill

15 reps 4 sets

Incline chest press 15 lbs

Seated Peck Fly 45lbs

Flat Chest Press 20 lbs

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown 50lbs

Seated Cable row 50lbs. 

Finished rather quickly so 

I ran for 10 min on the treadmill

Post-work out Snack @10:40

• Glass of water
• Hard boiled egg white

2 pills with water @11

Lunch @11:30

• Tuna and salad with balsamic vinegarette...gross 
• Water

Activity @12-2pm

Indoor playground with a sea of 2 year olds

Snack - handful of grapes & handful of chex cereal 

Lots of water (100 degrees today!!!) 

Dinner... TBA 

Something Chicken-y 

BOILING LAVA HOT

I'M MELTING!!!

I pretty much just sat in front of my fan for two days straight because it's been almost 100 DEGREES this week.

TUESDAY 8/27

2 pills with water @8:30
Fell back asleep


2 pills with water @ 4pm
Lunch/Dinner

• Chicken Salad (tomatoes, onions, feta, avocado, honey mustard dressing on the side)
• Only able to finish half! It was so huge and very delish!
•  2 glasses of iced tea 

Work Out 

Shoulder/Arms/Abs

15 reps 4 sets

Overhead Dumbell Press

 8lbs

Dumbell front raise

 8lbs

Rear Delt Fly

 30 lbs

Bicep Curl

8lb

Tricep Rope Pull down

45lb

Crunches 3 sets of 30

Leg Raises 3 sets of 30 (SO HARD!)

Bicycle 3 sets of 30

Post work out

Protein shake

2 glasses of water

WEDNESDAY 8/28

Breakfast

2 pills with water

Coffee

Parfait

• 1/2 cup greek yogurt
• banana cut up
• 1/4 cup grape nuts

Glass of water

Lunch 

2 pills with water

leftover chicken salad (not delish second time around)

Water 

Escaped to a cafe around 3pm

• Mint iced tea

Evening walk to the grocery store. About 6 blocks there and back

Dinner

2 pills with water

Apple salad with pecans

Water

San Diego

I drove down to San Diego to spend some time with one of my best friends and her family. She has one sister who is moving away to Chicago and another who just past her Physical Therapy Doctorate boards... so a big feast was thrown in their honor.

Monday 8/26

2 pills with water @8:15

Breakfast@ 9am

• Egg whites, spinach, avocado
• Coffee
• Glass of water

2 pills with water @ 1pm

Lunch@1:30

• Chicken kale salad, cabbage, carrots, sunflower seeds, cranberries, onions, & sweet-spicy vinegarette on the side (DELISH!!) 
• Glass of water 
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Workout @ 3pm

• 45 minute walk/hike
• 20 min elliptical (275 cal) 
• 3 Glasses of water

Glass of water with 2 pills @5:30

BIG ITALIAN DINNER PARTY CHALLENGE!! 

• Bite of bruschetta
• chicken sausage & zucchini sans noodles (pic shown above is the actual amount I ate)
• Glass of water
• bite of my BFF's tiramisu 
• 1/2 cup of milk

Challenges

1. Boiling hot weather

2. Parties

3. Shark week

4. Being exhausted from said parties/sharkweek

5. Traveling

Here is what I managed to eat and how I managed to exercise. 

Friday 8/23

It was very hot - I am generally less hungry when it is hot. I was also fairly busy - I just steadily grazed on veggies and meat and drank LOTS of water. 

2 Pills with water 

Breakfast 

• 3 egg whites
• slice of toasted Ezekiel bread
• 1 banana
• 1 Glass of water

Lunch

• a few slices of turkey 
• 1/2 avocado 
• glass of water

Around 6:30 2 pills with glass of water

Rest of the evening drank about 40 oz of water 

snacked on celery & carrot sticks

approx. 2 oz of grilled chicken

1 oz of trail mix

Resisted snacking on chips and drinking at my neighbors party. Got made fun of for carrying around my sparkling water, but whatever. 

Saturday 8/24

Very Tired. Day 1 of Shark Week. Still very hot outside and inside my no A/C apartment. 

2 pills w/ water @ 10am 

Breakfast @10:30am

• 5 egg whites scrambled w/ 1/2 cup bell peppers
• cup of almond milk
• 3 glasses of water

Gym 12pm 

• Sat on a bike for about 15 min and peddled until I convinced myself that I could do weights
• (Burned a solid 90 cal on the bike)
• Leg Day! 4 sets of 15 
• Standing Calf Raises  60 lbs.
• Leg Ext. 60 lbs.
• Seated Hamstring Curl 60 lbs. 

Post work out 

 glass of water & protein shake 8 oz. @1:30 pm 

NAP @3pm 

2 pills with water @ 5:30

Family Reunion @ 6pm

Thought it would be healthy since most of my family is gluten free. They had a nacho bar : ( I tried to make it work. 

• 1/2 cup ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, & olives (avoided cheese sauce, chips, and sour cream) 
• Had about a cup of grapes/melons from the fruit platter 
• Resisted cake 
• 2 bottles of water 

Sunday 8/25

2 pills w/ water @ 7:30am

Breakfast @8am (didn't leave enough time to cook before work)

• 8oz protein shake 
• 5 oz. raspberries 

2 pills w/ water @ 12:30pm

Lunch @1pm (On my way down to San Diego)

• Grilled Salmon
• Slice watermelon
• 1/4 cup approx. rice pilaf (didn't finish the portion showed)
• a bite of black beans 
• glass of water

2 avocado slices 

2 pills w/ water @ 5:30

Dinner @ 6pm

• Grilled chicken slices & salad 
• 2 glasses of water

9pm

• 2 cups of hot tea
• 1 graham cracker (resisted many offers of icecream, candy & wine)

Glass of water before bed. 

PMS & Pop Physique

BEING A GIRL IS HARD!

 Because sometimes you just cry 3 TIMES A DAY for NO REASON other than maybe the fact that Noah wrote Allie 365 letters, but that one guy couldn't seem to be able to return my text.... oooor maybe someone asked me to move my yoga mat and it just really hurt my feelings!!!

Or maybe it was that you overheard a friend talking behind your back, your ex sent you cryptic messages on Facebook, and you got stood up for a coffee date. (In all fairness, I wasn't looking forward to it in the first place). 

Theoretically speaking, there is someone in this world who would trade my "bad day" for their best day. I can't really complain.

 I chose to blame it on hormones. 

You know what helps people cheer up?

Chocolate cake, you say?

Well, yes.

But I'm tawkin' 'bout ENDORPHINS!

Today was cardio day. So I tried out this place in Silverlake called PopPhysique.

It's too trendy for life. I'm surprised they let me in. 

First of all, let me say that I'm pretty sure all the women there were professional dancers.

It was like a SHARKNADO of pilates, ballet, and yoga. 

We worked every part of the body!

 I thought to myself, oh little tiny movements...TOO EASY! 

Five flexes into it was like MY ARMS ARE ON FIRE!!!

No one else was screaming. Odd. 

Everyone else could also do the splits in the air.

 Show offs. 

Long story short, here is what I ate between sob-fests and booty pops and squats:

Morning-ish 

Pre-Breakfast: 2 pills with water

30 min later

Breakfast

• 2 egg whites scrambled with a whole egg
• 1 slice of Ezekiel toast
• 1 Banana
• 1 cup of coffee
• 1 glass of water 

Afternoon

Pre-Lunch: 2 pills with water

30 minutes later

Lunch around 3:30

• 3 oz. baked chicken w/ one slice of turkey bacon wrapped around it
• 6 spears of steamed asparagus
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• glass of water

6pm 

2 glasses of water while waiting at the coffee shop

8pm

PopPhysique class (1 hour cardio)

Post work out:

3 glasses of water

1 oz. of tuna

Who knew yoga could be stressful and irritating?

It's been a couple days since I uploaded my food journals so I will have to just put them all below.

I went to the gym twice today. Once, this morning I did Upper Body (which I will talk more about later).  Then again this afternoon. I told my roommate I would go to yoga with her. I thought it would be nice to stretch out my achy muscles and get all zenned out and centered or whatever.

NOPE!

I get in there and roll out my yoga mat. Get all situated in a nice sitting position. Ready to start focusing on my breath. Ready to have the lights dimmed. Ready to listen to some Enya or Indian namaste tunes.

NOPE!

First of all, it was not Bikram or hot yoga...but it was hot - because our ghetto gym does not seem to have A/C just some extremely dirty fans that remained turned off. 

The lady walks in and puts on some Santana and is like EVERYBODY STAND UP! Homegirl had the most irritating voice. She did not once talk about breathing. She talked the entire time and went light speed through all the moves. I heard lots of grunting and groaning and possibly some whispered cuss words.

As I was downward dogging I saw two girls behind me giving this lady some major shade.

I think we were all giving her shade

Note to self: Next time, only take yoga with Larry. He reads us tweets from the Dalai Lama! 

Here is what Monday - Wednesday looked like....

Monday

Woke up reaaaaalllly late

2 pills with water
Breakfast/Lunch

• 3 egg whites, 1/2 cup chopped yellow peppers, 1/4 cup pico de gallo

1pm - phone check in with Fitness Coach

7:30 pm 2 pills with water

Dinner @ 8pm 

Subway turkey chopped salad

• Chopped Turkey
• spinach
• tomatoes
• onions
• bell pepper
• banana pepper
• cucumber
• vinegar dressing
• Bottle of water

I drank about 3 glasses of water before bed

Tuesday

2 pills with water @ 9am

Breakfast @9:30 am

• 3 egg whites, 1/2 cup chopped yellow bell peppers, 1/4 cup pico de gallo
• Water

Gym @2:30

45 min of Interval cardio 1 min walk, 2 min jog @ 5.5, 1 min run @ 6.0 

Cal burned: 290

Miles: 3

Glass of water after

2 pills with water @6pm

Dinner @ 6:30

• 3 oz. Baked chicken wrapped with one slice of turkey bacon 
• 1/2 cup tabouleh 
• Glass of water 

Wednesday 

2 pills w/ water @ 9:30 

Breakfast@10am

• 2 slices of turkey bacon
• 1 slice of toasted Ezekiel bread
• cup of coffee
• glass of water

11am

• 16 oz. fresh pressed juice (kale, cabbage, apple, cucumber, & ginger) 

GYM @11:30

4 sets of 15

• Incline chest press @ 15lb
• Seated peck fly @ 30lb
• Flat chest press@ 20lb
• Wide grip lat pulldown @ 50lb
• Seated cable row @ 50 lb
• Low back extension @ 10lb

Post-Work out snack

• glass of water
• 16 oz of whey protein shake

Afternoon snack @ 4:30

• 1 oz. trail mix

5:30 - Yoga from Hell 

2 glasses of water & 2 pills @ 6:30

Dinner @ 7pm

• 4oz. grilled tilapia 
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 9 grilled asparagus 
• Glass of water

Big glass of water and small cup of almond milk before bed. 

Here's a BONUS pic of me braving LOW BACK EXTENSIONS! I was so nervous I was going to flip over! 

Real Talk...

... Hot Dogs are my favorite food.

The last 4 days have been extremely challenging with the whole day camp going on.
I have been tempted with pizza, bagels, artichoke dip, cookies, teddy grahams, chocolate cake, soda, and HOT DOGS.

I brought my lunch along most days. Today was the final day and there was a luncheon arranged for the parents. I figured, okay,  grown up food will be there....right?

NO! 

They had hot dogs and chips and cake! One of my students is a gluten free vegetarian so she and I snacked on celery sticks, baby carrots, and baby broccoli watching others in envy. 

When I got home - there was a block party happening outside my apartment ...serving up more HOT DOGS.

Despite all the will power, I'm not confident that  I have been making the best choices in my diet for the past few days.

I haven't been hungry so much as I have been really thirsty. 

Here is what my food journal looks like for today:

2 pills with water @8:30am

Breakfast@9am

• one boiled egg
• 3 apple slices
• glass of water

Snack @ 11:45am

• glass of water
• 4 celery sticks, 4 baby carrots, 3 cherry tomatoes, and 2 baby broccoli  

2 pills @1pm

LUNCH @1:30pm

• 3 oz chicken, 1/2 cup brown rice, over spring salad mix, drizzled some mustard on top of that
• giant glass of water

GYM @3:30 Most difficult work out yet

I tried 12lbs and 10lbs on the dumbbell exercises, but could barely lift them. 8lbs was doable, but still extremely challenging. Lots of mental "you can do this" over and over.  I definitely want to improve in this area.

• 8 min on treadmill at 3.5 
• 3 sets of 30 crunches
• 3 sets of 30 bicycles
• 2 sets of 25 leg lifts (challenging! definitely want to improve)
•  Overhead shoulder press: 1 set of 15 @10lbs, 3 sets of 15 @8lbs
• Dumbbell front raise: 4 sets of 15 @8lbs
• Rear Delt Fly Machine: 4 sets of 15 @ 30lbs
• Standing Bicep Curls: 4 sets of 15 @8lbs 
• Tricep Rope Pulldown: 0 - last work out and the rope was not attached to the machine...I was already very tired and frustrated with myself so I decided to try this one first next time when I'm fresh. 

Post Work Out Snack @5pm

• Bottle of water
• Power Bar*  

5:30 had a piece of grilled chicken from the Block Party and a Bottle of water

Glass of water @7pm & 11pm 

* Need to find out the nutrition facts about "protein bars" and if they are even good for me. If so, which brands are healthy and which are glorified candy bars.  Also, I need to look into the same thing about protein drinks. 

Artichoke dip is not hummus

Today was my 3rd day at the kid's day camp. We had double sessions. So double physical activity game time, double song/dance time, double story time, double craft time, double chasing the 5th & 6th grade boys around making sure they don't set something on fire.

I am mentally and physically exhausted.

2 pills w/ water @6:30 am

Breakfast @7am

• 2egg whites +1 whole egg scrambled w/ pico de gallo & spinach (did not taste as good as I hoped)
• 2 bites of grape nuts with almond milk (tasted even more gross)
• 2 slices of apples dipped in all natural PB 
• Bottle of water

Snack @10:30

• Bottle of water
• 10 grapes dipped in all natural PB (about a tbsp)

2 pills with water @12pm

Lunch@12:30

• spring salad mix 
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 3oz sliced/grilled chicken
• 1oz. honey mustard dressing on the side
• glass of water

Snack @ 4pm (attended going away party)

• Glass of water
•  4 or 5 carrot & celery sticks 
• big bite of artichoke dip... turns out artichoke dip is NOT "pretty much the same thing as hummus" and is actually not good for you. (i.e. mayo & cream cheese) lesson learned

2 pills w/ water @4:45 

Dinner @5:15

• "Taco Salad" Approx. 2-3 oz marinated/grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, guac, chopped onions
• Basically instead of eating two mini tacos in those icky corn tortillas I opted to just take the same amount of filling and eat it salad style... but with more lettuce. 
• Glass of water

Got home around 7pm and had 2 more glasses of water before bed. 

Stared at the sealing for about 2 hours and decided I should go to the gym. 

Took me 30 minutes to drive half a mile... my gym is about 3-5 miles away. 

Went home :( 

Tomorrow is supposed to be my rest day, but I guess I will just swap. I hope that doesn't throw things off. 

So where's my letter from Hogwarts?

Woke up around 8am feeling like all the snot in my nose decided to make a home in my sinus cavity. I figured if I blew my nose the pressure would be relieved and I could go about my day....NOPE.

When that didnt work I tried using a Neti pot and taking a long hot shower. Maybe I could get to the gym by 10am???  NOPE

FULL BLOWN MIGRAINE!!!!

I curled up in my bed and wished for death... finally around 12:30 pm, my roomie agreed that we both needed massages. And that did the trick. In my mind, if my ailment can't be cured by a nap, Nyquil, a hot shower, fresh pressed juice, a brisk walk/dancing, yoga, or a massage THEN I most likely have a rare and fatal disease and should say goodbye to all my loved ones cuz it's over.

(Note: my dad's cure-all is gargling warm salt water)

I was probably dehydrated or something because later that night I realized my nose had been bleeding. EW!

Today my diet was a bit thrown off because due to extra sleeping and nausea/pain, I had lack of appetite. But I'm gonna be back on the wagon tomorrow fur shure.

2 pills with water @8am (CUE: MIGRAINE)
Banana w/ water @ 8:30

Hot shower @9am
Took 2 generic "migraine" pills with water

Went back to bed until 12:45
1 hard boiled egg@12:45 w/ glass of water

MASSAGE @ 1pm

Cup of green tea@ 2:11pm
$63 Parking ticket because the massage went over @2:11

Snack @ 3pm

• 1oz trail mix
• 5 baby carrots
• handful of red grapes
• 1 glass of water 

2 pills w/ water @5pm

Dinner @5:30 pm  (portions rough estimate @ day camp)

• 1 cup of penne w/ meat sauce
• 1 cup chinese chicken salad 
• 9 baby carrots
• 1 glass of water

8:00ish? Teach hyper kids choreography for about 20 minutes (lots of jumping and spinning!!)

Snack @8:45

• Bottle of water
• Special K "protein" bar  (although I question how healthy something this delicious ACTUALLY  IS)

Gym @9:30

Treadmill at 5.0 for 35 min & at 4.0 for 10 minutes

Stretched for about 5 minutes 

Post work out

• 16 oz of coconut water 
• 1 glass of water 

Wobbly Webekah

Today I did the leg work out. I almost threw up on my last set of calf raises. This is what I looked like while attempting to leave down the gym stairs.

OR THIS!!! 

I had a lovely phone call from my "fitness coach". She was very helpful. I like helpful people.  

Oh and this is what I ate

Day 4

2 pills with water @ 8am

Breakfast @ 8:30 am

• 1 cup multigrain oatmeal w/ tbsp of all natural peanut butter + 3 cut up strawberries
• Glass of water

Gym @ 9:30 

4 sets of 15 reps

Dumbell Squat 15lbs (couldn't find 20 lbs) 

Seated hamstring curls 75lbs

Walking lunges w/ dumbells 15lbs

Seated leg extension 30lbs

Standing calf raise 60lbs (45 lbs on the last set cuz I thought I was going to puke) 

Post work out snack @ 10:30

• 2 boiled egg whites
• 2 glasses of water

Lunch @1pm

• 2 cups baked kale
• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 4 oz baked tilapia sprinkled with italian seasoning/paprika
• 2 glasses of water
• 2 slices of avocado

After noon snack @ 3:30 

• 1 oz. trail mix
• Bottle of water

2 Pills @ 4:30 

Dinner@ 5:15 

• 4oz. baked tilapia
• 1/2 brown rice
• 1 cup brussel sprouts
• 1 glass of water

I worked at a day camp and all the kids were having pizza and cookies. I stayed strong!

Snack @ 8:30

• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1 bottle of water

I'M STARVING!

Today I woke up sore, hungry, and TIRED.
I was hungry ALL DAY!
I just wanted to eat some bread or cake or a candy bar.
I probably have my portions wrong or I'm not eating enough carbs??

I hope I can do a check-in soon so I can get all this straightened out.

My arms hurt soooo bad from lifting weights Monday. I had a hard time putting on clothes and driving.

Can I be skinny already? 

Day 3

2 pills w/ water @10am

Breakfast @10:30

• 1 cup nonfat yogurt
• 1/2 cup grapenuts
• handful of raspberries
• 1 banana

Coffee at 12pm

Lunch @ 1:40pm

• 3oz. grilled chicken
• 1/2 cup basmati rice
• 1/2 cup green beans
• 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
• Glass of water

Snack@3:30

• 1 oz. of spicy peanuts
• 12 oz. bottle of water

Snack@ 6:30 pm

• 5 strawberries
• glass of water

2 pills w/ water @7pm

Dinner @8pm

• 1/2 chicken wrap
• 2 glasses of water 

Besties and Ballet

My BFF has been home for the summah, summah, summah tiiiime from law school. That is sadly coming to an end. Today we decided celebrate the end of summer by being cultural and fancy and check out The Getty! 

The parking lot was full so they turned us away and told us maybe come back in an hour.

UGH, AS IF!!! 

We did what we do best. GO SHOPPING!  I got a cute little candle from Kitson and some eye brightner from Sephora. She got some white jeans ON SALE FOR $29.99 from Free People and sunglasses... Let's note that everything in Free People is a million bajillion dollars so she SCORED! 

Oh and here is what I ate... blah blah blah 

1 pill w/ water @ 10am

Breakfast @ 10:30am

• 3 egg whites w/ chopped onions
• slice of avocado
• 1 Banana

Snack @ 12pm

• 11oz protein shake

1 pill w/ water @ 1pm 

Lunch @ 1:30

• Tuna salad w/tomatoes, 1 boiled egg white, green beans, spring salad mix 
• 1 glass of water 

This was HUGE! I could only finish a portion of it! 

Snack @ 4:10 

• 16oz. kale/apple/pineapple/chia juice
• 1oz. trail mix 

1 pill w/water @6:30

Dinner @ 7pm

• 4oz. tilapia (baked)
• 1 cup of brussel sprouts 
• 1 glass of water 

Work out @ 8pm

• 1.5 hr BALLET
• glass of water & 6 oz. protein shake after @ 10pm

Now let's talk about ballet class. 

Hour and a half. It was divine! I felt challenged, yet graceful and HAPPY.

 I was sweating like crazy after. I almost never sweat. When I take high intensity cardio class, about 15 minutes in, I feel like puking - but don't really sweat. 

In my head, I looked like this

But I probably looked more like this

Day 1 Monday 8/12

This is what my day looked like

1 pill @10:30

Breakfast @11

• 4 egg whites w/ kale
• 1/2 peach
• 1 glass of water

Gym @ 1pm (4 sets of 15 reps each)

• Incline chest press 15lbs
• Seated Chest Fly Machines 30 lbs
• Flat chest press 15 lbs
• Wide grip lat pull down 50 lbs
• Seated cable row 50lbs

Snack @2:40

• 11oz whey protein shake

1 pill w/ glass of water @ 3pm

Lunch @ 3:30 

• 4oz grilled chicken w/1 tbsp mustard
• 1/2 cup of quinoa/brown rice mix
• 1 cup of green beans
• 1 glass of water 

Snack @ 5pm

• 1 oz of trail mix 
• 1 glass of water

1 glass of water @ 6pm

Dinner @7:30pm

• 4oz of grilled chicken with crushed red peppers
• Half avocado & half onion diced and mixed with 1 tbsp of lemon juice
• 3 oz of grilled asparagus
• 2 glasses of water (cuz that ish was SPICY) 

GYM

Up to this point, I have only done the cardio machines and the classes at my gym. Today, I started out at the machines that were female friendly. However, by the last four exercise I had to cross into the land of meat heads. 

It must be how Frodo felt going into Mordor.

 BIG muscly men all sweaty. Grunting and lifting ginormous weights. It was very intimidating, to say the least. At one point, we had to ask one of the gym employees to point us to the right direction and how to use one of these mystery machines. We made it a game to do southern belle accents as our arms were shaking.

"My ahms are simply quiverin' Mistah Delfleur!" 

...Followed by giggles, of course. Not sure if the manly men appreciated us in their zone.
OR did they???

FOOD

Note: Drinking at least 10 glasses of water a day = Rebekah peeing every 30 minutes. 

Also, just because food is "healthy", does not mean it has to be bland.

Exhibit A

Never Forget

Let's be honest. I have never been athletic. I played soccer until the fifth grade and maybe some t-ball. However, that mostly consisted of me sitting on the field picking flowers to make some sort of daisy chain. I took dance lessons most of my life and dabbled in cheerleading.

 Does that count?

I've never considered myself to be "fit" or "thin" ... There was a time after college when I was too poor to buy food and worked a retail job where I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off. In addition, being 23, I went dancing religiously. (I am a danger to myself and others on the dance floor). I was probably close to 130 lb. here.

Since then, I've probably gained a solid 15-20lbs. People warned me about turning 25 and how your metabolism goes out the window. I think the weight snuck up on me as a result of working at a soul-sucking job where I sat on my butt for 8 hours a day. Also, my best friend/partner in crime/dance-soulmate moved to San Francisco.

This year I made a New Year's Resolution to take everything to the next level in my life. Spiritual, Career, and Fitness. This blog is focusing on the fitness aspect. I began the year by purchasing a gym membership. That hasn't been quite enough so as of this week I am trying out a new fitness program to kick it into high gear and to have accountability.

I plan on recording a food journal, work outs, pictures, motivational quotes and memes, and of course humor.