so this is my work out play list, some of it is just song i love, some of it is to get me pumped up.
also i made it in like 2010 so it might be a little old lol.
Animal - Neon Trees
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
Combat Baby - Metric
Dead Disco - Metric
Electric Feel - MGMT
Heads WIll Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Let me Go - Cake
Let's Go Surfing - The Drums
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Mountain Top - Bedouin Soundclash
My Moon My Man - Fiest
Never There - Cake
Raise Your Glass - Pink
Soft Shock - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Misson - Puscifer
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
What You Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
that is my playlist for working out, i just put it on shuffle and start running. what is your playlist??
Thursday, April 5, 2012
weight - 147.2 LBS (-2.8lbs)
i disappeared again. but don't worry i have excuses. ok, so i have been at a serious plateau, i have been bouncing from 150-148 for a couple of weeks now. so i was pretty aggrivated by the whole situation. now i got a pretty good number so i'm a little happier. plus you know i'm busy and whatever. now this whole being stuck thing, is absolutely baffleing to me. i am eating good and not only that but for these 2 weeks i finally started running, and i've been pushing myself pretty hard. so i was expecting fanominal numbers. buuuuuut nothing. and then this week i haven't worked out at all and i go and lose weight, what are the odds. now i was thinking possibly i was putting on muscle, but i wasn't losing inches even, i was not a very happy camper.
but anyways, i'm going to visit my sister across country on sunday and i am stoked about that. she said i should pack my work out gear and i can join her at her boot camp, sounds like torture and fun at the same time. so maybe this can be a vacation i can lose weight on!! (but don't bet on it)
i'm starting to really like the way i look now, like i am actually able to see what is truely in the mirror. i remember when i was this weight/size before i did not think i looked like this. i had such a scewed veiw of what i actually looked like. i think that means that i am starting to get healthier (brain and body) i do still see some areas that i wish weren't so bumpy, but i am in no way freaking out about my size like i was.
i gave myself a mini goal of 140LBS by my birthday in may, so fingers crossed i make it. i have also been doing a lot of arms lately, i am such a weakling, i can't even carry matilda very well. gotta work on my mommy muscles.
i disappeared again. but don't worry i have excuses. ok, so i have been at a serious plateau, i have been bouncing from 150-148 for a couple of weeks now. so i was pretty aggrivated by the whole situation. now i got a pretty good number so i'm a little happier. plus you know i'm busy and whatever. now this whole being stuck thing, is absolutely baffleing to me. i am eating good and not only that but for these 2 weeks i finally started running, and i've been pushing myself pretty hard. so i was expecting fanominal numbers. buuuuuut nothing. and then this week i haven't worked out at all and i go and lose weight, what are the odds. now i was thinking possibly i was putting on muscle, but i wasn't losing inches even, i was not a very happy camper.
but anyways, i'm going to visit my sister across country on sunday and i am stoked about that. she said i should pack my work out gear and i can join her at her boot camp, sounds like torture and fun at the same time. so maybe this can be a vacation i can lose weight on!! (but don't bet on it)
i'm starting to really like the way i look now, like i am actually able to see what is truely in the mirror. i remember when i was this weight/size before i did not think i looked like this. i had such a scewed veiw of what i actually looked like. i think that means that i am starting to get healthier (brain and body) i do still see some areas that i wish weren't so bumpy, but i am in no way freaking out about my size like i was.
i gave myself a mini goal of 140LBS by my birthday in may, so fingers crossed i make it. i have also been doing a lot of arms lately, i am such a weakling, i can't even carry matilda very well. gotta work on my mommy muscles.
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ere is my sweaty face!! wear it proud. i'd love to see your sweaty faces. =D
ere is my sweaty face!! wear it proud. i'd love to see your sweaty faces. =DFriday, March 16, 2012
My rant about nutrition, our society. and the word "DIET".
I hear all the time people saying “I hate diets” or “diets don’t work”, now I scratch my head at these statements. First off what does the word diet mean? The definition of the word “diet” is; the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats. So when you look at it we are all on a diet. Now the terms “good diet” and “bad diet” those make more sense to me.
I “good diet”isn’t just for losing weight, it’s for life. To me a good diet will consist of a balance of all food groups and a few indulgences every now and then. Balance being the operative word. Eating an actual portion, not 2 or 3 at one sitting, not “fad dieting” or “yo-yo dieting”.
When people go to weight loss clubs, meetings or facilities, they are given a “meal plan” or an “eating plan”. They don’t use the word “diet” because of the negative stigma attached to it. And with good reason, a good weight loss plan will not consist of “yo-yo dieting” or fasting. It will teach you how to eat properly, what a “healthy diet” is. I like plans like weight watchers and herbal magic, they have different methods they each use, but in the end they are teaching the same thing, a way to teach you what a proper diet consists of, and how to stick to one. I hear so many people say they joined these programs and didn’t lose weight or lost weight and gained it all back, so they “just didn’t work”. This statement confuses me, so did you continue to eat a “healthy, naturally balanced diet” when you stopped using the program? Because like I already stated a “healthy diet” is for life, not just for losing weight. And for those that didn’t lose weight, did you follow the program? Were you honest with yourself? did you omit things you ate off of your journal? Did you save up all of your points and eat a chocolate cake? If you did in fact follow the entire program and didn’t lose weight, you should probably be tested for some other health problem, thyroid problems, etc.
Now for “bad diets”, I am in no way only targeting the overeaters or the over indulgent, those aren’t “healthy diets” but I want to focus on the fasters, the fad dieters, quick fixers. These “diets” are absolutely ridiculous, they ruin your metabolism, hurt your liver and kidneys, make you crave sugar, and are really hard to stick to. When you fast your blood sugar drops and you end up craving things that you shouldn’t eat. When you don’t eat often through out the day your metabolism slows down and your body ends up storing fat. Diets that consist of shakes and/or bars and little to no food, not only ruin your metabolism, making losing weight very difficult, but they teach you nothing. You will just go back to your old poor eating habits and gain everything back that you just lost. Any plan that says you don’t have to change your eating habits or workout
to lose weight, is a lie.
These “bad diets” are not just fixed on people looking to lose weight, but for those that are under weight. People that eat very little, most of it being of poor quality and do not get proper nutrition. You too are doing damage to your liver, kidneys, bones, brain, and pretty much every other organ.
I hear so many people say “I just want to be normal” “I just want to be able to eat normal”. What is normal? If you say normal is average, well the average person in overweight, the average dress size for a woman is 14, so do you really want to be normal? (not that there is anything wrong with a size 14, but i am making an assumption that the person making these statements is the "average" size) The fact that eating like a glutton with disregard for what the consequences might be has become normal, is the problem. We want to eat like this but look thin, this will never happen. Furthermore thin should not be what we are striving for, healthy, no matter what size, should be thre goal. Don’t be “normal” be different, be abnormal, eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly. This should be come the new normality.
The one thing that I am very passionate and very concerned about is how terrible of a relationship the worlds children will have with food. If this is the relationship our nation has with food, our children are learning nothing, but to over indulge, and to yo-yo diet. The cycle is already starting, 28% of parents today can not cook. So how are the children they are raising going to learn healthy eating habits, when all the food they’ve ever known has come from a take out bag or box from the freezer. Today 25% of children are obese (not overweight, obese), in the 1970s it was 3%, about 50% of obese children will become obese adults. These children will have a lower quality of life than we did and a lower life expectancy than us. Not only that but the amount of picky eating has increased as well, children that will not eat anything but fast food, are lacking in nutrition. How are these children supposed to grow and develop properly? We all want to see our children happy, so we give in to the chocolate bars, the candy, the happy meal, so we don’t hear them cry and complain. But lets put it in perspective, if you were wondering the desert with your children and found a lake with a sign saying it was toxic, would you let your child drink? What if they kicked and screamed?? Children need to be children yes, but that doesn’t mean they get whatever they want when ever they want. It is our job as parents to teach our children self control and how to take care of themselves properly. It should be our goal to make our children's quality of life better than our own, and the only way we can do that is with education and determination. When we know better we do better. Let your children be involved in the shopping, preparing, and cooking. Let them try new foods if they are interested, encourage it. If your children will only eat their fruits and vegetables cut a certain way, peeled, etc. then do it. A little extra work for a healthier child is always worth it.
We forget the connection between the way we feel and what we eat. The world is full of people with little to no energy, inability to focus, depression, anxiety, ADHD, hyper mania, bipolar disorder, etc. A lot of these disorders can be fixed or at least benefit from a healthy diet. Children that can’t focus or sit still in school, with lunch bags full of mini chocolate bars, prepackaged foods, and pop. These bodies are screaming out for nutrition.
Us as a society have forgotten what a proper meal looks like, we are a society of over indulgers, and quick fixers. In a convenience oriented, do what feels good, when ever it feels good kind of world, we say things like “I don’t have time” or “I want to eat what I want when I want”, but why. Why have we become such gluttons? what are we giving in to these “sins of the flesh”? why do we feel like we deserve to treat our bodies so badly? The world has never been filled with more, alcoholics, drug addicts, sex addicts, and obese people. It is our responsibility to treat ourselves with the utmost respect, and that doesn’t mean allowing ourselves everything and anything fun or enjoyable that may cross our mind, it means saying no, indulging once in a while, and loving ourselves.
Now I am in no way saying that I am perfect or that I eat perfect every single day, but I do strive for it. Everyday I make it a point to try and get at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables, I try and make a balanced meal every night. I do it for my health for my husband’s health and for the health of my children.
I “good diet”isn’t just for losing weight, it’s for life. To me a good diet will consist of a balance of all food groups and a few indulgences every now and then. Balance being the operative word. Eating an actual portion, not 2 or 3 at one sitting, not “fad dieting” or “yo-yo dieting”.
When people go to weight loss clubs, meetings or facilities, they are given a “meal plan” or an “eating plan”. They don’t use the word “diet” because of the negative stigma attached to it. And with good reason, a good weight loss plan will not consist of “yo-yo dieting” or fasting. It will teach you how to eat properly, what a “healthy diet” is. I like plans like weight watchers and herbal magic, they have different methods they each use, but in the end they are teaching the same thing, a way to teach you what a proper diet consists of, and how to stick to one. I hear so many people say they joined these programs and didn’t lose weight or lost weight and gained it all back, so they “just didn’t work”. This statement confuses me, so did you continue to eat a “healthy, naturally balanced diet” when you stopped using the program? Because like I already stated a “healthy diet” is for life, not just for losing weight. And for those that didn’t lose weight, did you follow the program? Were you honest with yourself? did you omit things you ate off of your journal? Did you save up all of your points and eat a chocolate cake? If you did in fact follow the entire program and didn’t lose weight, you should probably be tested for some other health problem, thyroid problems, etc.
Now for “bad diets”, I am in no way only targeting the overeaters or the over indulgent, those aren’t “healthy diets” but I want to focus on the fasters, the fad dieters, quick fixers. These “diets” are absolutely ridiculous, they ruin your metabolism, hurt your liver and kidneys, make you crave sugar, and are really hard to stick to. When you fast your blood sugar drops and you end up craving things that you shouldn’t eat. When you don’t eat often through out the day your metabolism slows down and your body ends up storing fat. Diets that consist of shakes and/or bars and little to no food, not only ruin your metabolism, making losing weight very difficult, but they teach you nothing. You will just go back to your old poor eating habits and gain everything back that you just lost. Any plan that says you don’t have to change your eating habits or workout
to lose weight, is a lie.
These “bad diets” are not just fixed on people looking to lose weight, but for those that are under weight. People that eat very little, most of it being of poor quality and do not get proper nutrition. You too are doing damage to your liver, kidneys, bones, brain, and pretty much every other organ.
I hear so many people say “I just want to be normal” “I just want to be able to eat normal”. What is normal? If you say normal is average, well the average person in overweight, the average dress size for a woman is 14, so do you really want to be normal? (not that there is anything wrong with a size 14, but i am making an assumption that the person making these statements is the "average" size) The fact that eating like a glutton with disregard for what the consequences might be has become normal, is the problem. We want to eat like this but look thin, this will never happen. Furthermore thin should not be what we are striving for, healthy, no matter what size, should be thre goal. Don’t be “normal” be different, be abnormal, eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly. This should be come the new normality.
The one thing that I am very passionate and very concerned about is how terrible of a relationship the worlds children will have with food. If this is the relationship our nation has with food, our children are learning nothing, but to over indulge, and to yo-yo diet. The cycle is already starting, 28% of parents today can not cook. So how are the children they are raising going to learn healthy eating habits, when all the food they’ve ever known has come from a take out bag or box from the freezer. Today 25% of children are obese (not overweight, obese), in the 1970s it was 3%, about 50% of obese children will become obese adults. These children will have a lower quality of life than we did and a lower life expectancy than us. Not only that but the amount of picky eating has increased as well, children that will not eat anything but fast food, are lacking in nutrition. How are these children supposed to grow and develop properly? We all want to see our children happy, so we give in to the chocolate bars, the candy, the happy meal, so we don’t hear them cry and complain. But lets put it in perspective, if you were wondering the desert with your children and found a lake with a sign saying it was toxic, would you let your child drink? What if they kicked and screamed?? Children need to be children yes, but that doesn’t mean they get whatever they want when ever they want. It is our job as parents to teach our children self control and how to take care of themselves properly. It should be our goal to make our children's quality of life better than our own, and the only way we can do that is with education and determination. When we know better we do better. Let your children be involved in the shopping, preparing, and cooking. Let them try new foods if they are interested, encourage it. If your children will only eat their fruits and vegetables cut a certain way, peeled, etc. then do it. A little extra work for a healthier child is always worth it.
We forget the connection between the way we feel and what we eat. The world is full of people with little to no energy, inability to focus, depression, anxiety, ADHD, hyper mania, bipolar disorder, etc. A lot of these disorders can be fixed or at least benefit from a healthy diet. Children that can’t focus or sit still in school, with lunch bags full of mini chocolate bars, prepackaged foods, and pop. These bodies are screaming out for nutrition.
Us as a society have forgotten what a proper meal looks like, we are a society of over indulgers, and quick fixers. In a convenience oriented, do what feels good, when ever it feels good kind of world, we say things like “I don’t have time” or “I want to eat what I want when I want”, but why. Why have we become such gluttons? what are we giving in to these “sins of the flesh”? why do we feel like we deserve to treat our bodies so badly? The world has never been filled with more, alcoholics, drug addicts, sex addicts, and obese people. It is our responsibility to treat ourselves with the utmost respect, and that doesn’t mean allowing ourselves everything and anything fun or enjoyable that may cross our mind, it means saying no, indulging once in a while, and loving ourselves.
Now I am in no way saying that I am perfect or that I eat perfect every single day, but I do strive for it. Everyday I make it a point to try and get at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables, I try and make a balanced meal every night. I do it for my health for my husband’s health and for the health of my children.
My version of a “healthy diet” (and it is no way a one-size fits all, or written in stone, if you are a man it will be different, if you do a lot of physical activity it will be different);at least 5 servings of fruit and vegetables (more vegis than fruit) 2-3 servings of grains/starches (simple carbohydrates), 2-3 servings of dairy and 3-4 servings of protein a day.
Examples: fruit- small/med sized apple/orange, half a large banana, or a cup. Vegetables- 1 cup. Grains or starches (simple carbohydrates)- 1 cup of pasta, potatoes, rice, etc. Dairy- a piece of cheese the size of your thumb or 1 oz, a cup of yogurt, 1 cup of milk (not a glass, a cup). Protein- 4-6 oz of meat or meat substitute (about the size of your fist), 2 eggs or 4 egg whites.
A great way to think of it is a proper lunch/diner plate will be a ¼ protein, a ¼ grain/starch, and half vegetables. So many people are afraid of starches and/or potatoes, these are an important part of a balanced diet. Mixing carbs and proteins at meals will help increase metabolism and preserve and protect muscle mass. There are complex and simple carbohydrates, simple carbohydrates are found in things such as breads, pasta, rice, etc. Complex carbohydrates are found in fruits, vegetables, dairy, etc. You should be having more complex carbs than simple, but each are still important for nutrition, and whole grains are always the better option. Some people get confused about potatoes, potatoes are root based vegetable, and they have many great qualities and their nutritional level in outstanding, but I like to consider them a simple carb in the a healthy diet, because having a plate half full of buttery salty potatoes isn’t a great option for your vegetable choice. The more colorful vegetables the better. 
When purchasing packaged food, the food labels can be confusing. I like to look at a few things, the fat content, the salt content, and the ingredients list. For 1 day a person is supposed to consume around 78 g of fat, so if your 1 item contains 20 g (depending on the item) you might want to stay away from that. A person is supposed to consume some where between 1500-2000mg of sodium a day(1000mg for children) so again use your digression, if your 1 item contains more than half of your entire days worth of sodium maybe make a different option. When looking at ingredients, I look for whole grains, instead of bleached or multi grain, I also make sure the first ingredients are actual food, not glucose, or other ingredients like that. There are other things to look for on the food label, but these are just the quick easy ones I look for.
I also wanted to add a few tricks to help lose weight along with a healthy eating plan. I add lemon to my water and eat vinaigrette based salad dressings, not only is cutting out things like pop, juice and cream based salad dressing going to help you cut out empty calories, but vinegar and lemon help to cleanse your liver, which in turn will help to increase your metabolism. Another tip is to use cinnamon in your snacks (apples with cinnamon, etc.) cinnamon helps to stabilize you blood sugar, so you won’t crash mid-day and crave that chocolate bar.
March 16/2012
Weight - 150.0LBS (-3.6lbs) I've been MIA for a few weeks. I've felt kind of BLAH, didn't want to workout, or felt I was too busy to workout, fell off the wagon a couple of times and had some pizza (way more than I should have :S). But this week I got back on track. I only got to my workout once this week (I planned on using my treadmill a couple times in between classes, but that didn't work out :S). I was really stressed, between trying to juggle the business, mommyhood, housework, tax season and making time for my husband, I just wasn't handling it well. I know my mood is a huge contributor in my over eating/ bad eating choices. Normally (since losing weight) in these kind of situations I would have stopped eating. it seems that since I lost weight my new coping mechanism is to turn away from food instead of turning too it. It sounds good when you are trying to lose weight, but not when you are trying to be healthy and trying to nurse a baby. so while my body is saying turn away from food, i am trying to force myself to eat something, without over eating, it sounds crazy (and maybe it is) but that seems to be how my life goes. Either way, I ate much better this week and finally kicked the 150s in their bum!! Only 10 more lbs till I'm my pre-pregnancy weight and 15 more lbs till I'm summer ready!! I've decided my goal for the summer will be some where between 130 and 135ish. Now I'm off to concur the 140s!! GL to everyone!!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Feb/25/2012
Weight – 153.6LBS (-0.8LBS)
I didn’t update last week, i was pretty busy and I didn’t work out, I also ate pretty
bad, running around and all. So because of this I was a little displeased with
myself, I gained a half pound and I wanted to hide away. Well I’m back on
track, I ended up only working out once this week, but I made sure to eat
really well for the whole week.
I got a kick in the ass this month, my sister has set a date for her wedding, September 29th
of this year, and she has asked me to be maid of honor. At first my goal was to
lose the weight I need to lose by summer (preferably my birthday at the end of
may) but now i really have an event, where I will be in pictures, to go for.
This also means we will be putting our TTC on hold till either the end of the year or
possibly next year, we were planning to start TTC in august.
Let’s keep on track for next week and see what we are made of!!
I didn’t update last week, i was pretty busy and I didn’t work out, I also ate pretty
bad, running around and all. So because of this I was a little displeased with
myself, I gained a half pound and I wanted to hide away. Well I’m back on
track, I ended up only working out once this week, but I made sure to eat
really well for the whole week.
I got a kick in the ass this month, my sister has set a date for her wedding, September 29th
of this year, and she has asked me to be maid of honor. At first my goal was to
lose the weight I need to lose by summer (preferably my birthday at the end of
may) but now i really have an event, where I will be in pictures, to go for.
This also means we will be putting our TTC on hold till either the end of the year or
possibly next year, we were planning to start TTC in august.
Let’s keep on track for next week and see what we are made of!!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Feb 12/12
weight - 154.4lbs (-.4lbs)
this wasn't a very good week, i only worked out 1 day and i ate horribly. i half expected to gain weight, so i am pleasently surprised. i didn't feel very chipper, so eating healthy wasn't on my priorities. oh well, all i can do is try harder this week.
this wasn't a very good week, i only worked out 1 day and i ate horribly. i half expected to gain weight, so i am pleasently surprised. i didn't feel very chipper, so eating healthy wasn't on my priorities. oh well, all i can do is try harder this week.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Feb 4th/2012
weight - 154.8LBS (-2.2lbs)
I did really good this week! I'm quite proud of myself for that number. I tried to eat good, lots of vegitables, but that doesn't mean I did perfectly. I had some burgers and fries and pizza, because I'm human, and also because my husband keeps rubbing them in my face! lol I tried to work hard in my work out to combat those extra calories, so I think it was ok.... Working out with my cousins is a lot of fun, I feel I'm pushing myself harder than I would alone. Also I felt really good about myself this week, and I have a strong belief that your mind set is a huge part of it. Now I'm not saying "think thin and then you will be thin" but if I'm down on myself or depressed, I don't know about you but I don't feel like working out. I feel like eaing a whole chocolate cake and sitting on the couch!! lol
I did really good this week! I'm quite proud of myself for that number. I tried to eat good, lots of vegitables, but that doesn't mean I did perfectly. I had some burgers and fries and pizza, because I'm human, and also because my husband keeps rubbing them in my face! lol I tried to work hard in my work out to combat those extra calories, so I think it was ok.... Working out with my cousins is a lot of fun, I feel I'm pushing myself harder than I would alone. Also I felt really good about myself this week, and I have a strong belief that your mind set is a huge part of it. Now I'm not saying "think thin and then you will be thin" but if I'm down on myself or depressed, I don't know about you but I don't feel like working out. I feel like eaing a whole chocolate cake and sitting on the couch!! lol
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