Woosahhh.....

I have just been feeling so overwhelmed these past few days due to my lack of enthusiasm for Christmas shopping. Normally, I'm not the type of chick to execute without a plan but I did just that two days ago and wasted damn near an entire day. I was running around from store to store trying to collect Christmas list items and coming up empty at every angle.  If they...

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Procrastinators Unite!!!! .................................Tomorrow

Am I the only person who hasn't even begun to do any Christmas shopping yet?  Come on procrastinators....speak up. I always seem to wait until the last minute to start my shopping. I don't know what it is but Christmas shopping is not something that I particularly enjoy.I think it is because I never have any idea what to get.  My mother never likes anything that...

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In The Kitchen: Spaghetti with Sauteed Chicken and Grape Tomatoes

I am always a little hard-pressed to come up with ideas for dinner. we usually have the same things every week aside from the few TV dinners ( do they still say that?  haha)I throw in here and there. One of my passions is watching the food network so I told myself that I was going to try to cook more whole foods and lay off the fast foods and prepackaged meals.  ...

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I Attended my first "Real" Zumba Class!

 I had the opportunity to try out my first Zumba class  on Saturday.  I love, love, love Zumba!  I have the DVD's,(Exhilerate and Zumba Fitness) and the Zumba game. About the class, it started at 8:30 ( or at least it was supposed to) so when I arrived at about 8:20, I was fine until I saw that they were already in action.  Me and and another lady...

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GAME REVIEW: UFC Trainer for X-Box 360 Kinect

I have been eying this game  ever since I first spotted it at Sam's Club.  I didn't want to pay the $49.99 that this game costs so I decided to look for it online to see if I could find it cheaper.  After having missed a few opportunities to get it on sale for $39.99  I finally lucked up on Black Friday.   I ended up purchasing this game from...

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Wordless Wednesday

Getting it right...

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Weekly recap

 So far so good.  Last week went surprisingly well.  I managed to work out  4 days this week.  I can't remember whether or not I worked out on Monday so I'm going with four. I mainly used the Precor machine and the treadmill.  I mentioned my dizzy spells and "lightheadedness" so I didn't push myself too hard.  I kept it rather light and...

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Fried CHicken WIngs

I've had the opportunity to have fried chicken wings from a Chinese Restaurant on a couple of occasions and I've always found them to be quite flavorful and tasty.  So imagine my surprise when I came across the recipe' for chicken wings from a Chinese take out spot.  I made them on Saturday and while they looked delicious, they weren't as flavorful as I imagined...

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Off to a not so good start

 As you all know I re-started my fitness journey last week.  I had been to the gym Monday and Tuesday and did a little workout at home on Wednesday..everything was fine, despite my having had a cold for the past two weeks, I still got in some exercise  despite how crappy I felt. Fast forward to the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, I woke up about 2 or 3 in...

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I've tasted the food of the gods, Michael Jackson

Yesterday, I was browsing through some photos of a trip to LA(Los Angeles, California) I took this year and came across some photos of a delicious meal I had. I was eating "good" while in LA and was simply in awe of this Loch Duart Salmon ( roasted asparagus, preserved-lemon smashed potatoes and salmon with  fried capers in a miso cream sauce that I had at a Japanese...

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i've become obsessed

I did a little grocery shopping yesterday ( trying to get a few last minute things for the Holiday.) Anyway ,as is the case with most grocery stores, they had a lady handing out samples of coffee. Now I'm not what some would call a coffee drinker as days, weeks, even months can go by without me having a cup of coffee. I usually have to be in the mood for it and when I am...

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My Mother..a Weightloss Saboteur?

 I have been feeling under the weather lately...when I was returning home from my  home town jaunt I had a slight sore throat which has since turned into a full blown cold complete with stuffy nose, incessant coughing, loss of voice ..the whole nine.  Despite my state I still managed to get in two workouts.  My mom and I were going shopping but she didn't...

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I'm beginning to sound like a....

broken record with this weight loss thing.   I know I have fallen off the wagon more times than I can count but every time I restart, doesn't necessarily mean that I have fallen completely off track.  Most times it just means that I haven't been consistent with my working out..you know I may work out for a few days and then nothing for another few days...either way,...

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Time to step my game up.

I'm not sure if I posted this but I started working out again in December of last  year. I had a free trial at Curves (can't remember how long but I think it was either 14 or 21 days.)  After that trial ended, I decided not to join Curves, but instead to renew my Bally's membership.  I have been working out fairly consistently from that time until about the...

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time to get moving

Okay, so its about that time again, this time I am getting an early start instead of waiting for New Years to resolve to get in shape.  Last year I started in December and managed to lose 20lbs. And that is with inconsistent workouts and no dietary changes so I know that it can be done.  I went to Cali this past June and when came home I was 210lbs (down from 230)....

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New Year New Me!

Happy New Year everyone!  As you have probably figured out by my lack of posting. my fitness quest kind of fell by the wayside back in August.  But that was last years news.  This is 2011 and New Year New ME! I still need to work on my motivation but I'll get there.  I have plans to go out of town in June and I will be rooming with people that I've never...

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