Truly- I ask that question and wonder where are we all in our relationship (or lack there of) with God? Who is he to you? What does he mean to you? Why is God important or not to you? I'd love your thoughts.
And what about God and Slavery... What are your thoughts on that? What are we slaves to today in our present day lives? Not as "Americans" as a whole, but you individually... what are you a slave to?
Just curious to learn about you...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Love the listerine!
Oh my mouth loves Listerine! My gums just say "AHHHH!!!" every time I use it! I think the floss-Listerine combo is pretty much the most amazing feeling I get twice a day! I think that good mouth hygiene is not emphasized enough. So floss and use your Listerine frequently, you may find a new love!
Stupid Fat Americans!
You know the more I am consistent with this (and this is only day 3) the more I realize how much Americans over eat. 1490 calories is not really that bad, and seems to fill me up more these days. Perhaps I'm training my stomach, but why are people starving in the world when the average American probably consumes 2x the amount they need! And this is enough calories for someone working out hard too... I think that Americans should stop being so selfish and greedy and start sharing with the world. I think a lot of our problems would be solved on those two philosophies in place! People - wake up and just be nice! Geez! Is is really that hard? (wow, I just got on a soap box. I try to stay away from publicizing my political soap box, but is sneaks out occasionally. Those that know me well, know I like to talk politics! :))
Today I thought I was hungry, but....
Breakfast: 730a
1 cup Kashi Cereal - 140 Calories
1/2 cup skim milk - 90 calories
1 egg + 1 egg white - 118 calories
1 cup of coffee: 24 calories
Total: 372
Lunch:1200p
1 cup low fat milk: 120 Calories
1 cup LF Cottage cheese: 160 Calories
1 medium tomato: 22 Calories
1 can tuna: 120 calories
celery: 18 Calories
5 strawberries: 20 calories
Total Calories: 460
This was a friggin' huge lunch - I would cut it in half next time! WOW! My belly is aching because it ate too much!!
Snack around 4p
Banana: 90 Calories
2 TBSP PB: 200 Calories
Total: 290
Tonight for Dinner: around 8ish
3 oz Grilled Halibut: 119 Calories
1 large carrot: 30 calories
1 cup rice: 210 calories
Total: 359
Total for the day: 1481
* Did you know: That if you eat a high Glycemic Load Food (like banana's, grapes, mac & cheese, etc...), make sure to eat it with a protein to slow down the rate at which the food is converted to blood sugar.
*Did you know fact #2: Caffeine makes you weak in the long run because it overtaxes your adrenal glands? (Caffeine is only good in it's original source, aspirin.) So think twice before you drink the coffee... That's a personal side note. This may be hard for me, but I think I may give my coffee maker to Missy. Caffeine is just not that important!
Stay tuned for other "Did you know's" that I'm learning as I read this friggin huge book!
No workout today - it's the day off.
Good thing because I need fresh legs for my Volleyball tourney! Whew go Financial Panthers!
(Watch the simpson's episode on youtube if you don't know where "Financial Panthers" comes from...)
I wish I could have done yoga this morning just so I could stretch out my body. I tried to stretch yesterday on my own, but apparently I must suck at stretching, because I couldn't sleep last night the pain was so intense! Hopefully tonight will be better.
The Power of Gum
Yesterday was the second day on only 1490 calories...
You know when you get hungry, try chewing a piece of gum. Virtually no calories, and it helps mask the fact that you're not eating something. Oh the power of gum to trick the human mind! We're such simple creatures, that a stick of gum can trick us! Oh geez...
Yesterday's Meals
Breakfast:
1 cup LF cottage cheese: Calories 160
1 piece of whole wheat flax toast: Calories 120
glass of water
Calories: 280
Lunch:
Turkey Wrap w/tomato, broccoli, banana peppers: Calories: 358
5 strawberries: Calories 24
Total Calories: 382
Snack:
Banana & Peanut butter: Calories: 290
Dinner:
Moroccan Chicken Leftovers: Calories: 508
Water: 145 oz!
(the power of water too... kind of works like gum, but not quite as well)
Total Calories for the day: 1460
Okay ... I'm hungry!!!
You know when you get hungry, try chewing a piece of gum. Virtually no calories, and it helps mask the fact that you're not eating something. Oh the power of gum to trick the human mind! We're such simple creatures, that a stick of gum can trick us! Oh geez...
Yesterday's Meals
Breakfast:
1 cup LF cottage cheese: Calories 160
1 piece of whole wheat flax toast: Calories 120
glass of water
Calories: 280
Lunch:
Turkey Wrap w/tomato, broccoli, banana peppers: Calories: 358
5 strawberries: Calories 24
Total Calories: 382
Snack:
Banana & Peanut butter: Calories: 290
Dinner:
Moroccan Chicken Leftovers: Calories: 508
Water: 145 oz!
(the power of water too... kind of works like gum, but not quite as well)
Total Calories for the day: 1460
Okay ... I'm hungry!!!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Are you a personal trainer?
That was the question of the evening at the gym. I think that was a compliment from my new friend Justin.
I am starting to wonder if this workout program brings too much attention to me at the gym. I figured a quite corner near the group fit classes at 9p should mask me from the masses; however, I was wrong!
The story continues. I gave Justin a hard time for giving up when I was dripping sweat, AGAIN. Told him not to be a sissy. He said that girls should never see men sweat like that or cry when they are hurting. I told him that I was about to die, so it was an equal trade. Justin had a friend Ori, who was a huge dude. I would imagine he was some sort of basketball player. He mentioned that he doesn't practice at this gym, and plays with other people but came to do some lifting with his buddy. Ori asked me if I was going to have a body like Jillian Michaels, and I told him only if they superimposed my head on her body in some photo shop... He asked what else I was doing to get to my goals, and I said no alcohol for 30 days. He dropped his jaw and said that he would take me out Friday and test my willpower while he and his friends took shots and drank beer in front of me. So... looks like I may have a challenge coming my way, which will be good practice for Honduras!
Day two - two sets of digits... wonder if at day 30 if I'll have 30 new phone numbers? What are the chances!!??
I am starting to wonder if this workout program brings too much attention to me at the gym. I figured a quite corner near the group fit classes at 9p should mask me from the masses; however, I was wrong!
The story continues. I gave Justin a hard time for giving up when I was dripping sweat, AGAIN. Told him not to be a sissy. He said that girls should never see men sweat like that or cry when they are hurting. I told him that I was about to die, so it was an equal trade. Justin had a friend Ori, who was a huge dude. I would imagine he was some sort of basketball player. He mentioned that he doesn't practice at this gym, and plays with other people but came to do some lifting with his buddy. Ori asked me if I was going to have a body like Jillian Michaels, and I told him only if they superimposed my head on her body in some photo shop... He asked what else I was doing to get to my goals, and I said no alcohol for 30 days. He dropped his jaw and said that he would take me out Friday and test my willpower while he and his friends took shots and drank beer in front of me. So... looks like I may have a challenge coming my way, which will be good practice for Honduras!
Day two - two sets of digits... wonder if at day 30 if I'll have 30 new phone numbers? What are the chances!!??
Monday, June 15, 2009
Frankie The Boxer
Who is Frankie you might ask?? I had no idea who these people were before tonight. I find it a crazy night when you go to the gym at 9p! First things first - a shout out to my dear friends Kevin and Jerimee... I saw them leaving when I got there!
I feel as though I should put a warning out there for everyone.... If you do crazy workouts in the gym, even if you're trying to hide in the corner or the fitness room, you better be prepared to have people watching you and people talk to you. I don't mind if people talk with me, but it was pretty funny how many people asked what the heck I was doing. I must have looked like I was going to die, because that's exactly how I felt. I haven't sweat that much in a VERY long time. HOLY COW! Wow I feel great, but also know that the workout kicked my butt, almost to the point that I wanted to puke (sorry there's no good way to say that!). Well day one workout is over. I need some shut eye and off to the gym again at 5am! Wow I can't wait for my day off on Wednesday!
Oh I almost missed the entire point of this blog - Frankie. He's a personal trainer that teaches kickboxing and boxing. He told me to that I have it figured out and have the motivation to do well in his gym and take boxing lessons. He said I should be ready to sweat, but that didn't seem to be a problem for me. So.. he gave me his card and said to call him to schedule something up so I can come in and try out boxing. I was just thinking last week that boxing would be a great full body workout, so... maybe this is an answer to an unrequested prayer!?! Hmmm...
I feel as though I should put a warning out there for everyone.... If you do crazy workouts in the gym, even if you're trying to hide in the corner or the fitness room, you better be prepared to have people watching you and people talk to you. I don't mind if people talk with me, but it was pretty funny how many people asked what the heck I was doing. I must have looked like I was going to die, because that's exactly how I felt. I haven't sweat that much in a VERY long time. HOLY COW! Wow I feel great, but also know that the workout kicked my butt, almost to the point that I wanted to puke (sorry there's no good way to say that!). Well day one workout is over. I need some shut eye and off to the gym again at 5am! Wow I can't wait for my day off on Wednesday!
Oh I almost missed the entire point of this blog - Frankie. He's a personal trainer that teaches kickboxing and boxing. He told me to that I have it figured out and have the motivation to do well in his gym and take boxing lessons. He said I should be ready to sweat, but that didn't seem to be a problem for me. So.. he gave me his card and said to call him to schedule something up so I can come in and try out boxing. I was just thinking last week that boxing would be a great full body workout, so... maybe this is an answer to an unrequested prayer!?! Hmmm...
Making The Cut... Just the beginning
So I met Jillian Michaels...
... and I'm not sure I like her much!
Okay, I didn't really meet her, but I bought her book. She is super intense! What a crazy woman, however, I must be just as crazy for buying the book. I decided to take the challenge of Making the Cut: 30 days of intense workouts, crazy food, and no alcohol!
A few crazy facts: Being 5'7" and 157lbs I am only allowed 1490 calories a day! WHAT!? I could eat that for breakfast... Okay not really, but with as much as I working out that I do... REALLY??? I was hoping for at least 2000!!
Eating - wow this will be tough - I'll write what I eat everyday! Every 4 hours - that's pretty normal for me!
Working out - two-a-days are going to be tough. But the good news is that I have a 2 hour limit. Can't work out more than 2 hours at a time. (That's a good thing I think. Trying to find optimism, however probably wouldn't have made 2 hours any one gym time.)
Sleep - 8 hours every night. She doesn't know me very well does she!
Grocery Store - I hate that place, and I already have to go back, and I went last night. This could teach me to like the Grocery Store.
Measurements - those will be done today before my first workout! Yikes!
Photos - I took a "before", but won't post those until it's over. I'm embarrassed! :/
Today is Day one.
1. Did I sleep 8 hours? - no. I didn't even sleep well. Lame! I wish that I could sleep, but one week and still not sleeping. I'm hitting the bed by 10p tonight!
2. Water - I'm doing well with that since I am only allowed 1490 calories, don't drink anything but water, unless it's milk to get my calcium in for the day!
3. Work out - haven't gone yet, but I looked at it and I'm scared! (And I don't usually get scared to go to the gym!)
Food:
Breakfast: 730a
1 cup Kashi Go-Lean Cereal
1/2 cup skim milk
1 egg and 1 egg white scrambled.
cup of water
Lunch: 1p (This was supposed to happen at 1130. I have to plan better!)
3 slices turkey breast
1 carb control wrap
3/4 cup raw broccoli
1/2 roma tomato
10 banana peppers
1 cup of skim milk.
Snack: 4p
1 medium apple
1/4 cup cashews
Dinner: 730p
Moroccan Chicken w Wild Rice
1 cup Celery
1 cup of milk
Calories for the day: 1479 (Barely MADE THE CUT today!)
WORK OUT:
2 x this w no rest between sets:
Circuit 1:
Dumbbell Press on Body Ball ( 2o reps)
Dumbbell Flys on on Body ball with Crunches (15 reps)
Squats (50 fast no weight)
one minute sprint at 7 mph
Circuit 2:
Plank (hold 10 seconds)
Close Grip Push-up (5 reps)
Side planks with inner Thigh Raise (10 seconds per side)
plank (5 more seconds)
Close Grip Push ups (5)
Side Planks with inner thigh raise (10 seconds per side)
Plank (5 seconds)
Burpies (straight from plank 10 reps)
Sumo Squats (50 reps)
One minute sprint at 7mph
circuit 3:
Frog push ups (20 reps)
Squat Thrusts (20 reps then hold a static squat for 30 seconds)
W shoulder presses with leg extension (10 reps each leg)
jump rope 1 minute
circuit 4:
bench dips (20)
Rope Tricep Presses (perform to muscle failure)
Static Lunges with lateral shoulder raise (10 reps with each leg fwd)
Mountain Climbers (reps for 1 min)
Boat Pose (hold 30 seconds)
Circuit 5:
Jump rope 1 minute
Bicycle crunches (50)
Extended plank (hold 30 seconds)
30 minutes of cardio.
Stretch..
Can we say ouch! 2 sets of that! It's going to probably take me just under 2 hours. Geez woman, what are you doing to me... Right, I am the one who decided to get ripped for swim suit season!
Well one day down... 29 to go.
Until tomorrow...
... and I'm not sure I like her much!
Okay, I didn't really meet her, but I bought her book. She is super intense! What a crazy woman, however, I must be just as crazy for buying the book. I decided to take the challenge of Making the Cut: 30 days of intense workouts, crazy food, and no alcohol!
A few crazy facts: Being 5'7" and 157lbs I am only allowed 1490 calories a day! WHAT!? I could eat that for breakfast... Okay not really, but with as much as I working out that I do... REALLY??? I was hoping for at least 2000!!
Eating - wow this will be tough - I'll write what I eat everyday! Every 4 hours - that's pretty normal for me!
Working out - two-a-days are going to be tough. But the good news is that I have a 2 hour limit. Can't work out more than 2 hours at a time. (That's a good thing I think. Trying to find optimism, however probably wouldn't have made 2 hours any one gym time.)
Sleep - 8 hours every night. She doesn't know me very well does she!
Grocery Store - I hate that place, and I already have to go back, and I went last night. This could teach me to like the Grocery Store.
Measurements - those will be done today before my first workout! Yikes!
Photos - I took a "before", but won't post those until it's over. I'm embarrassed! :/
Today is Day one.
1. Did I sleep 8 hours? - no. I didn't even sleep well. Lame! I wish that I could sleep, but one week and still not sleeping. I'm hitting the bed by 10p tonight!
2. Water - I'm doing well with that since I am only allowed 1490 calories, don't drink anything but water, unless it's milk to get my calcium in for the day!
3. Work out - haven't gone yet, but I looked at it and I'm scared! (And I don't usually get scared to go to the gym!)
Food:
Breakfast: 730a
1 cup Kashi Go-Lean Cereal
1/2 cup skim milk
1 egg and 1 egg white scrambled.
cup of water
Lunch: 1p (This was supposed to happen at 1130. I have to plan better!)
3 slices turkey breast
1 carb control wrap
3/4 cup raw broccoli
1/2 roma tomato
10 banana peppers
1 cup of skim milk.
Snack: 4p
1 medium apple
1/4 cup cashews
Dinner: 730p
Moroccan Chicken w Wild Rice
1 cup Celery
1 cup of milk
Calories for the day: 1479 (Barely MADE THE CUT today!)
WORK OUT:
2 x this w no rest between sets:
Circuit 1:
Dumbbell Press on Body Ball ( 2o reps)
Dumbbell Flys on on Body ball with Crunches (15 reps)
Squats (50 fast no weight)
one minute sprint at 7 mph
Circuit 2:
Plank (hold 10 seconds)
Close Grip Push-up (5 reps)
Side planks with inner Thigh Raise (10 seconds per side)
plank (5 more seconds)
Close Grip Push ups (5)
Side Planks with inner thigh raise (10 seconds per side)
Plank (5 seconds)
Burpies (straight from plank 10 reps)
Sumo Squats (50 reps)
One minute sprint at 7mph
circuit 3:
Frog push ups (20 reps)
Squat Thrusts (20 reps then hold a static squat for 30 seconds)
W shoulder presses with leg extension (10 reps each leg)
jump rope 1 minute
circuit 4:
bench dips (20)
Rope Tricep Presses (perform to muscle failure)
Static Lunges with lateral shoulder raise (10 reps with each leg fwd)
Mountain Climbers (reps for 1 min)
Boat Pose (hold 30 seconds)
Circuit 5:
Jump rope 1 minute
Bicycle crunches (50)
Extended plank (hold 30 seconds)
30 minutes of cardio.
Stretch..
Can we say ouch! 2 sets of that! It's going to probably take me just under 2 hours. Geez woman, what are you doing to me... Right, I am the one who decided to get ripped for swim suit season!
Well one day down... 29 to go.
Until tomorrow...
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