Come on Sixers!

Not much to report today. Walked this morning on my mountain. Walked at lunch and did Max Interval Sports Training this evening (56 mins) followed up with a nice short walk with my bubba! I ate good and had a great day! I am really hoping to hit a good number Friday for my weigh in!

I have no clue where I am now but I need to have a good number, I think my spirit will be a tiny bit hurt if I don't. I am thinking I want to try something new Ie kettle bells or something for fun! Let me know if you have had any experience with them My friend Tara has had a good experience with them! I think I would like it!

This is gonna be short because the sixers are down by three with 16.8 to go. If they lose they are done!

South Mountain once called Durham Hills!!!!

Looks like the Flyers are going to make it to the next round of the playoffs! I wish I could stay up to see if the Blackhawks will also live to play another day, but the game should go to at ear list 1-1:30 and I have to work tomorrow. So Good luck Hawks (not Atlanta) Odin asked me if the Hawks and Flyers make it to The Stanley Cup if the Hawks would just be nice and let the Flyers win hahahahahaha!

It is now getting real nice out! So I got up and walked my Mountain this morning. It is my absolute favorite thing about this house I am renting. If your not familiar with South Mountain. South Mountain ranges in elevation between 500 and 1,300 feet above sea level. The ridge is made of metamorphic rocks and gneiss, which date to the Precambrian era and range from about 570 to 1,600 million years old. South Mountain is largely undeveloped in its northern extension due to conservation efforts and its steep slope. This makes it a beautiful backdrop to the viewpoints of the Lehigh Valley, including, at night, the city lights of Allentown. I love living here and if it were not for the INSANE oil prices and a VERY old home that is not energy efficient.... I would NEVER move! But it is time for Matthew and I to take that next step in our future together and own, rather than rent. We asked what the asking price would be for this home, and lets just say we can get a MUCH nicer home for about 100,000 less down in the valley!

So my walk this morning is an AWESOME way to kick start my day! The trees all have beautiful pink, purple, yellow, white and green flowers on them. The sky is blue and I have a million dollar view of the Lehigh Valley and almost everyday I am greeted by at least five deer! Let me tell you when the walk turns around and I start to head back home, it is a full one mile steep up hill climb! I was breathing pretty darn good by the time I got home. I call it the best way to start the day!


Then I took a one mile walk at lunch with some friends and Matthew. I can not sit in the cafe and just look at the breath taking day. I NEED to get out in it! Period! I sit in a cubical all day that looks over a beautiful lake with south mountain in the background. It is very nice to look at...... but looking does not cut it for me!


At six, I got home and did level three of the 30 day shred (with Matthew) and followed it with a nice short walk with Odin and Matt. So I know I got enough exercise in! I ate ok. Like usual, I was Strong the first 10 hours of the day but got a little slacked by the end.

Breakfast 1/2 cup of 1% small curd cottage cheese
Mid morning snack 12 almonds
Lunch the famous Tricia salad (lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, peppers and feta cheese NO DRESSING! hate dressing) with four fake chicken thingies (healthy) and celery with spicy humus
afternoon snack weight watchers string cheese with one serving of pretzels
dinner whole wheat pasta with steamed veggies, and garlic and feta sprinkles
snack a few pretzels with humus (I know I know I did not need that!)
plus about ten cups of water throughout the day and about three glasses of white wine (also did not need)

So I did not eat awful, but could have made some better choices. My goal is to look and FEEL awesome for my vacation one month from now! (I have a feeling this is going to be a BIG weekend for me!) I hope you wish me luck hahaha, cause I need it!

Tomorrow I am going to get up and walk my mountain and do some P90X in the evening! Good luck Chicago! Congrats to the Bulls! See you all tomorrow!

Its been awhile!

So I have not blogged in sometime! Mainly because I have not being enjoying P90X. It really is a good work out, but I am more of an Insanity fan. I am still working out just about everyday but I am not following the P90X schedule. The work outs are too long and do nothing for me! So I have been doing the 30 day shred everyday and throwing in some p90x videos as well as my elpitcal.

I am going to buy Asylum soon, well in time I will. Matt and I are house hunting at the moment and every penny I earn is going towards that! Its funny the first thing I look for is a place I can work out in! Well my battery is about to die! So I am off to go get Odin from his dads and then clean clean clean my house!
Happy Easter everyone!

So tired!

Legs and Back are in the bag. Now I just need to bring myself to do the ab moves. I have to be honest, my stomach is killing me! I hate cramps. I barely get them, but when I do, holy crap they suck! So it may just not get done till tomorrow! I am okay with that! I would rather do Ab ripper X when I can do it with good form and 100% effort, rather then half a$$ing it tonight!

I have not seen many results yet! I am currently unalble to do a pull up without the chair, but I am working on it! I know that I had some, lets just say "weak" moments in my eating and drinking, so as soon as that gets (which it all ready has) back on track, I know I will see better results.

Well I am gonna keep this super short tonight, due to the fact that I am dead tired. I have a dentist apointment in the morning and I want to be well rested. If it is nice out after work, I hope to have a catch with my little buddy! He is easily surpassing me in the "talent" department of sports, but I try and get out there with him! Kenpo tomorrow! Oh so fun!

Let's Go Phillies

March is now over three days over and I am right back on track! I worked well over 13 hours on Thrusday so I did thrusday work out Friday morning and Fridays on Saturday morning AND Saturdays on Saturday afternoon. I was at the gym doing Arms and Shoulders and Ab ripper X. I felt kinda like a weirdo at the gym doing some of the moves. At one point I had my behind sticking out for all to see and little did I know a BIG GIANT Hole in my work out pants... hahahahahaha. Oh well, I will do what I have to do when ever and where ever I have to do it! I am kinda awesome like that hahahaha.

So I stated a new weight loss challenge at work (MUCH needed)and it goes 04-01 to 06-03. I really feel that having to annouce my weight makes me double think every bit I put in my mouth! I don't have much problem controlling my motivation to work out. Hell I could work out every minute of every day, but the food I put in my mouth sometimes just floors me. I mean I am an adult right... so why do I find myself snacking on my kids food (junk) all day!!! Well that is just the weekend! So I will be more then conscience of what I eat! God bless the embarassment of having to report to someone!

Well baseball (little league) starts tomorrow, which means hours and hours and hours of time sitting on my butt cheering my little buddy on! Don't get me wrong baseball and Odin are my two favorite things on this planet and when you combine the two I am in absoulute HEAVEN! And guess what Odin's team this year is the Phillies! Holy crap my third favorite thing (well Matt comes in at an 1/5) in the world. We putt up with being a Dodger and a Cub (my folks had a hard time with that) and now he is a Phillie. I am going to enjoy every minute if it! Love it!

Who is craving more Cardio!

Feeling fat and lazy today. My eating has gone right out the window this past weekend. I promise you this, I am going to change that right away! I asked a co worker to bring in the P90X nutritional guide, so I can peek at it. I don't know what is up with me. I usually eat fairly well, but the past few weeks I just can't seem to stop! SO that has got to change IMMEDIATELY!

We had a really nice weekend and got to Geocache almost the entire day on Sunday! I did not get ANY ( I know I know) yoga in, but the fresh air and the mountain side was a PERFECT work out.

Today was Legs and Back and Ab ripper X. It feels great! I do have to comment that the Ab ripper X seems harder after this work out then any other so far. I think it is because my legs are just dead tired when I am done and as soon as my butt hits the floor, I have no desire to lift my legs AT ALL!

I still crave crave crave CRAVE more cardio and can't wait until phase two starts in 2 weeks. I get to throw in more of it!!!! Oh I just can't wait, I am trying! It is March and now the last week of March and that is one crazy time at work. So I am going to stick to the P90X schedule the best that I can, but I can't make any promises. I just have to not beat myself up if I miss a work out. I know last year I was at work well after midnight on the last day of March. I will be kicking it up a notch BIG time at the start of Phase two.

I am going to focus on my diet the next few weeks and try and stick to the P90x diet to the best of my ability (being a vegetarian makes it hard) Tofu and eggplant are going to have to substitute a lot of the meat meals. Seriously meat is so gross people! So gross! yuck!

So a life goal for me tonight (easy one) is to take Odin back to the Lakota Wolf Preserve and camp at the campgrounds right there at the preserve. If you have never been there, it is pretty cool! I am pretty sure this place inspired Odin to love all animals.

So here is to animals and eating healthy!

Day 9 and feeling fine!

Such a beautiful Saturday! The shy is blue, the air is fresh, my hair is cut, and Odin's hairs is cut also. Odin and I had to compromise on the hair cut, he wants long hair and I like his hair really super short.

Odin woke me up this morning wanting to walk. So we had a nice stroll down 5th street. It was such a nice way to start today! Then I actually had about an hour to sit eat some breakfast and get caught up on Off the Map. I actually really like that show. For years I have said I wish I had a skill or a trade that I could take over to a third world county and volunteer over there. So that show is "kinda" like my dream!

We are getting ready to get Matt's kids for the night. It is Natalie's 9th birthday. We got the streamers up and the presents wrap ed! I am about to call my brother to see if Elijah wants to come up to help celebrate Natalie's bday. (Elijah has a little crush on Natalie)

I got my hair cut today and the hair dresser (who is foreign) tells me I am going bald. She told me to go to my doctor. It was funny. I don't want to be bald! So my goal or thing I am going to do before I die... is go to the doctor to see what vitamins I should be taking to help with my thinning hair. It makes me so sad :(

Today was Arms and Shoulders and Ab ripper X! I feel it more now then I did last week. It is a great work out! I just wish tomorrow was not YOGA! I am going to TRY to do the whole thing! Right now I am going to start to pay more attention to this OT Butler game! Go Butler!