Healthy 4 Life

No Excuses

2012-01-11T21:01:00.000-08:00

The theme for Biggest Loser this season is "No Excuses", which I think is great. Because right now I am full of excuses:

There is no way I can wake up at 6 am to work out...

It's too dark outside and I have no one to run with...

My neighborhood stinks to run in...

I just put in a 10 hour day at work, I deserve to sit on the couch and watch TV all night...

I can't wake up on time to make a healthy lunch...

They took me out to lunch - I had to get the big burger with greasy french fries...

Well, the truth is Cicily, there's always going to be a reason in your life why you "can't" workout or eat healthy. So unless you make it a priority in your life, then it's not going to happen. And it's not going to be any one's fault but yours. (Do you like how I'm talking to myself? I'm trying to give my self a pep talk).

Great news is Cole and I get to go to Hawaii in May! I am so excited and I really want to get in awesome shape, but I am having a hard time getting motivated. I just keep making up excuse after excuse. I kind of, well really let myself go during the holidays and now I have a lot of work to do. I'd really like to see myself looking good on this beach. :)

How do ya'll get past those excuses and get motivated even while you are corralling kids, working long hours, or just being too lazy? I need to get my health Mojo back! HELP!

IRONMAN?!

2011-10-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

I love the movie "Iron Man", but I'm talking about an Ironman Triathlon! I'm a member of the Boise State Gym and they are running an incentive to complete an Ironman Triathlon between the time of October 3 to 23. That means I'll have three weeks (or 18 days if you don't include Sundays) to run 26.2 miles, bike 112 miles, and swim 2.4 miles. I'm gonna do it! Yikes! I honestly can't even fathom how those crazy, but amazing people do all of this in one day. Doing it in three weeks is going to be hard enough. I have my plan all written out. see...?

I'm a little nervous can ya tell...?

My goal is not to eat any sweets during this three week period and to drink tons of water.

Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.

In all randomness...

2011-09-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

Here are a few random thoughts on my mind today:

1. My lunches - I love my lunch breaks. I walk down to the capital building which is only like two blocks away and eat my lunch at a picnic table in the park. I usually read a book or catch up with friends or family with a phone call. I am so grateful for my job. Especially right now in this economy. It isn't what I want to do for the rest of my life or what I went to school for, but I love it and I love the people I work with.

A little Diet Coke in front of the Capital.

My new lunch pale

2. I can't believe football season is here. I told Cole that I think we watched about 48 hours of straight football last weekend. We're even watching it right as I type - Dolphins vs. Patriots. Cole is in mourning because he loves Notre Dame and they stink this year.

3. I'm excited. You want to know why? It's peach season! AND I LOVE PEACHES!

I ate two of these tonight.

4. A belated post - I meant to post about when we went to a Hawk's Minor League baseball game a couple of weeks ago, but I kind of forgot. We had a good time.

There was a giant Hawk's Mascot

Cole's cousin's baby was scared of it. What little child isn't scared of a giant in-your-face, give-you-a-high-five, lay-across-your-lap mascot?

5. I'm running a 10K in about 4 weeks and I'm going to die cuz I be a slacking these days.

6. Does anyone know of a good book to read? I just finished The Help and it was so good. Now, I don't want to read some dumb book because that book was so good.

Anyways those are my thoughts today...in all randomness...

Twix Cheesecakes

2011-08-15T17:23:00.001-07:00

I probably shouldn't post this recipe on my blog because it is titled "Health 4 Life" and this isn't healthy. BUT everything in moderation right? I made these Mini Twix Cheesecakes for our Sunday dinner yesterday and they were delicious, pretty easy, and a little extra fancy! I found this recipe on www.gingerbreadbagels.com.

Twix Cheesecakes

Crust
1/2 package Oreos
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted

Cheesecake Batter
1 pound cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
12 mini Twix bars, chopped into small pieces

In a food processor, grind up the Oreos into fine crumbs. Put the crumbs into a large bowl and add in the sugar. Mix to combine. Then pour in the melted butter and mix to coat all of the crumbs with butter.

Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Scoop a Tablespoon of the cookie crumbs into each cupcake liner. Using your hand, press the crumbs down firmly. Set the cupcake pan aside while you work the cheesecake filling.
(Sometimes I have some cookie crumb mixture left over. So if you do too, don’t worry.)

In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the cream cheese until smooth on medium low speed, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on medium low speed, add in the sugar and mix to combine. Then add in the vanilla extract and mix. Slowly pour in the lightly beaten eggs and mix until the eggs are incorporated. Add in the sour cream and combine.
Chop the mini Twix bars into small pieces. Add them into the cheesecake batter and gently fold them in.

Using an ice cream scooper, scoop the cheesecake batter into each cupcake liner. Bake the cheesecakes at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Chill the cheesecakes overnight in the refrigerator. Then enjoy!

Little Adventure

2011-07-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

They say they named New York City after the state because it was such a great city. So, is this true for Idaho City as well? Well........I don't know about that. Cole and I wanted to dig deep and find the adventure with in ourselves (ha ha that sounds kinda cheesy) so we decided to venture over to Idaho City, an old mining ghost town.

We actually had a really fun time. We packed a lunch and drinks in a cooler and walked around and looked at all the old western buildings. Here's a fun Idaho History fact for ya: Idaho City was once the biggest city in Idaho. People rushed there because gold was discover and mined there. A $250 million in gold was mined back in the day even more than the California gold rush. Now, the population of Idaho City is 458.

The first place that really caught our attention was this weird junk building that had a bunch of random crap all over on it. Those guys from American Pickers would die to get their hands on this place.

We thought that the Pest House was pretty interesting. They threw criminals and people with communicable diseases in here. Which seems very sad to me, but at the time they had no other means to control diseases.

They even had a fast draw competition going on. There were cowboys and cowgirls with their holsters ready to draw and shoot at targets. We are glad we are trying to be a little more adventurous, it makes life so much more interesting and fun. Next week, we're going on a river rafting trip down the Payette. Watch out for the new thrill seeking Cole and Cicily (not really...we can't hardly even go on a roller coaster, but we're trying!:))

Kitty Purrry

2011-07-27T17:29:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday I was able to go to the Katy Perry concert with Cole's cousins and it was amazing! It was a huge production and we had a blast! Probably the best concert I've ever been to. Robyn opened for her and she has some pretty sweet dance moves. Here are a couple of pics from the concert.

So excited before the concert started!!!

The whole set, dancers, and costumes were incredible

Boise is so fun because there is always something to go and do. I really like it over here.

Until next time...

An American Safari

2011-07-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

Over the 4th of July we went on our traditional camping trip with Cole's family to Grand Teton National Park. We've gone every year since we've been married. The beauty of the Tetons and surrounding areas never cease to amaze me. This year we were in for a real treat. We've had such a cold spring, there was still a lot of snow in the mountains making it so the animals were much lower than usual. We saw a ton of amazing wildlife. I seriously thought I was watching one of those Planet Earth movies. Because I was caught up in the moment, I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked, but here is some proof of how much fun we had.

Every night, when the animals would come out

of the wood works we would go "animal searching". This was our first night there.

This is what happens when an animal is spotted by a tourist - traffic jam.

Luckily Cole and I were able to sleep in a car or in his parent's trailer. If we had to sleep in a tent, I don't think I would get a wink of sleep because there were definitely bears in the area.

We were so lucky to have a mama grizzly raising her two cubs a few miles from where we were camping. Every night we would go down and spot her playing with her babies. Can you spot the bear and cubs below?

Here's another picture of the bears crossing the road. People got so close outside of their cars that it scared me.

Down where the bear was living there was also a herd of elk with their babies. One night we saw the bear trying to chase them down. Just when we thought that was cool, one morning we went down to the area and guess what we saw?! Seven wolves hunting the elk. The elk were rearing up trying to kick the wolves. As hard as they tried to protect their babies, the wolves got down a baby elk. It was sad, but amazing to see. I was too caught up in the moment to take pictures of that, but here is the herd of elk.

For the 4th of July, we went into Jackson Hole and watched the Bar-J Wranglers sing old cowboy songs - always a good time. We also watched the fireworks. I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures of that day. :(

And of course, we had to go boating!! The water was way too cold to wake board so we ended up just jumping in a few times.

Cole's brother and sister Nick and Jill

What are you looking at Cole?

Why it's a beautiful mountain waterfall!

Got a little too much sun.

Cole's mom, Annie, somehow got a horseshoe stuck in the tree. Watch out!

Nick and Cole played rock paper scissors for everything. Who sits in the middle, who's going to clean up, etc. It was pretty funny.

We all went to Yellowstone the day after a man was mauled by a bear - a very sad story. We visited the water fall which was only about a mile away from where it happened.

A gift shop in Yellowstone.

Cole was our fire-making specialist.

Cole was so proud of this "log cabin" fire.

Is there a bear out there? EEK!

Every morning we would walk down and get hot cocoa. Cole and his dad below.

Ray, Nick, and Cole at Two Oceans Lake

Tell me this isn't the prettiest place in the world!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer!

Playing Cards can be a Workout?

2011-06-21T18:48:00.000-07:00

I tried a new workout last night that I thought was really fun, a great workout, and very convenient. The nice thing about this workout is that you can do it at home, at the track, at the gym, or really anywhere. Last night I did it while watching my favorite TV show. What you do is get a deck of cards. Then, you assign each card with a different exercise. Last night I assigned:

Diamonds = Lunges

Hearts = Squats

Clubs = Push-ups

Spades = Tricep Dips

Jokers = 50 crunches

OUCH! I'm sore today. There are a lot of cards in one deck. You could do this at the track or find a grassy area to do plyometrics or sprints - I think I might try this one next. You can really make up any exercises you want. It's also kind of exciting because you never know what card you're going to get next.

It was 9 pm last night and I wanted to get a workout in so I decided to try this little diddy out and it was great! So if you find yourself too busy to cram a workout in, I dare you to try this while you're watching TV before you go to bed. I promise you'll be sore.

I'm sensing a theme here...

2011-03-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

Do you ever find yourself attracted to certain items, colors, or patterns when you shop? A few months ago I was totally attracted to striped shirts. Today, I just came to the realization that I've had a reoccurring attraction to purple stuff.

Purple Loofah...oh and I just noticed my razor is purple

Purple Shoes

Purple Swim Suit

I just got a pedicure. What color did I choose? ...Purple

Then I just realized I have a purple phone.

Purple isn't even my favorite color, but I just can't seem to get enough of it lately.

Pump Me Up

2011-03-24T17:47:00.001-07:00

All I have to say is I'm sick of seeing that Christmas tree every time I look at my blog...

I've started training for a 10K in May and am trying to get a little more fit for swimsuit season. I want to load some new music on my iPod that can help me totally get pumped! I know a few of you that read my blog are training for triathlons, marathons, or are just working out, so give me some songs!

My top 5 favorite songs to workout to right now are:

1. Shakira - "Waka Waka" (World Cup Song) or any Shakira song on her SheWolf Album

2. J-Lo - "On the Floor"

3. Jonsi of Sigor Ros - "Go Do"

4. Kesha - "Blow"

5. Britney Spears - "Toxic" - I know this song is old, but it puts an extra kick in my step.

P.S. Life is good here in Boise. I love my job, love my hubs, love life.

Good Things

2011-01-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

Things have been swell over in B-town. A lot of good and fun things have happened since I last blogged. I am loving my new job. I am so busy, but it makes the days go by fast. Everyone is so nice and I'm learning a ton. I get a lot of overtime so the extra moola is nice.

We got a new car! A 2008 Subaru Outback. It is nice to have a reliable car. We got a swingin' deal on it.

Thanksgiving and Christmas were great. We loved hanging out with the fams. Here are some pics. I have been slacking at taking pictures, but I tried hard to remember to take pics at Christmas.

Here is our meager little Christmas Tree.

I had the opportunity to get together with my pals from high school at our usual spot - 5th street Bagelry. I love you guys!! It was so great to see everyone.

We love to do puzzling at Christmas. Everyone worked hard to get the finished product.

This is Payzli, Cole's cousin's baby. Isn't she a cutie patootie? She makes me want to have one of my very own. The pictures is a little fuzzy.

The pooch wanted to come in and hang out too.

We played Just Dance and bowled on the Wii. It was a hoot.

We got lots of good gifts. We got an Xbox 360 Kinnect! Here are our stocking stuffers.

I got a gift card to the mall to go shopping.

My friend Ambie got me these slippers that I love. My feet were always cold...not anymore.

We celebrated our 4th anniversary December 29. Time has been flyin' by with a great guy like you Cole. Love you! You mean the world to me!

Cole bought the America's Test Kitchen Cookbook. If you like to cook, I highly recommend this cookbook to you. The recipes are awesome. Thanks for introducing it to us Hilary! I've always wanted to make a layered cake so Cole and I made this out of the cookbook. A lot of work, but yummy and pretty.

2010 was a rough year for me, but it ended great and I am determined to make 2011 da bomb!

Here are some of my goals:

1. My sister challenged Cole and I to read the Book of Mormon in 60 days starting January 10, so my goals is to turn the TV off a little earlier every night to read my scriptures.

2. Improve my fitness - Run two half marathons, get ripped for summertime. Not sure what my plan is yet, but I will blog about it once I get my workout plan put together.

3. Learn to play the guitar.

4. Try to live a healthier lifestyle full of lots of fruits and veggies with every meal.

Life is good. Until next time. Happy New Year All!

Timing

2010-10-13T09:15:00.000-07:00

Timing is everything. And the last two months, I've truly learned to trust in the Lord's timing. The economy is rough right now. I came to Boise thinking I would get a job within the first few weeks we got here. This did not happen! And I was frustrated!! I applied and applied and applied, interviewed, interviewed, interviewed, and got denied, denied, and denied. After a while it really started to wear on my confidence. But I kept telling myself that something would come along. Every time I didn't get a job I would feel really sad and wonder what I did wrong or why they didn't like me.

Then a few weeks ago I got called for a phone interview. They liked me so they invited me in to do an in-person interview, then I did a second interview. It was a long process, but it was worth it because I GOT THE JOB!! And the cool thing is that it pays better and the hours are better than any of the other jobs I applied to before. So all the times I prayed to the Lord to please let me get this job and I didn't get the job, He knew what he was doing. He was holding me out for a way better job. I will be a receptionist at an Environmental Engineering Company. I am excited to go shopping for dress clothes. I feel very official because I get my own spot in a parking garage downtown and I ride an elevator to get to the office. Something about riding an elevator to get to work makes me feel important. Ha ha.

Trust in the Lord's timing. He knows what he's doing. I feel so grateful and feel like my prayers were truly answered!

Sweet Guy

2010-10-01T14:59:00.001-07:00

If I were having a really frustrating, bad day, it would make me so happy if someone bought me a a card that sang "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch" and a bouquet of flowers in my favorite color.

And my hubby did just that. What a sweet guy! I sure am a lucky ducky!

Thanks COLE! You make my life!!I love you!!

I'm lured to sleep at night

2010-09-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

by 12 air conditioners...

right outside our bedroom window. Even in cooler weather our neighbors still do not turn off their air. Sheesh people.

Good news is I got a job. It is not really what I want to do at all, but hey its a job for now. It is at a place that takes calls for AT&T so for those of you that have iPhones and are calling AT&T to complain about something, please be nice. You might just be callin' Cicily! :)

Until next time...

What I've been up to

2010-09-09T12:55:00.000-07:00

Looking for a job, Looking for a job, and looking for a job. I'm so exhausted from looking for a job. It has really been a roller coaster ride for me for the last well all of 2010. It is really frustrating to go to school for six years and not be able to do what you went to school for. I feel like it was a waste of time. I could have been working and getting experience in something else. But then I tell myself to be proud. I am proud, but just a little frustrated. I know that my education will pay off eventually. I can't get a teaching job and the sub lists are even full here in Boise. That is so weird to me. If I can't get a teaching job, I also can't get any other job because they wonder why I don't wanna be a teacher and am afraid I will leave them to be one. AHHH!! Well, call the wahhhmbulance right?? This is helping me get some frustration out. :)

On a happier note, here are some of the other things I've been up to since we moved to Boise.

1. Learning how to get from point A to point B. Now that we have the internet, I can MapQuest everything. That has been nice. I'm really picking it up quickly though.

2. Making zucchini bread. All of our family members have gardens so they stocked us up with lotsa zucchini. So what better to do with all the excess zucchini than to make yummy bread.

3. Watchin' a little Boise State Football. I've always kinda liked BSU ever since we watched them win the Fiesta Bowl on Cole and I's honeymoon about four years ago. It is also soooo fun and exciting to live in a city where there is actual school spirit... Sorry Bengals, but I am definitely joining The Bronco Nation!! On game day we went to the grocery story and almost everyone was in their BSU get-up. Go BSU!!

4. Labor Day Weekend we went up to Red Fish Lake. It was chilly, but really fun. Sorry no pics. I have had no motivation to take pics lately. We just relaxed, went to an old ghost town, and went on a four wheeler ride.

5. Trying to stay busy - cleaning, reading, exploring Boise, going to the temple, floating the Boise river (where Cole got knocked out of the raft by a giant limb hanging from a tree. He did save us all on the raft from getting knocked off and from getting the raft popped. He's my hero.), playing board games, and spying on our neighbors. ha. We live in a big apartment complex so anytime someone walks by our window we check em' out. Seeing if they might me prospects for a future friendship. Ha. So far... no winners. ha. I sound like a loser.

So that is what I've been up to. Just trying to be patient and realize that something will come along. I really like the Boise area a lot, but miss my family and friends. Next time I post hopefully it will be about me getting some great job. See ya later peeps!!

When life gets you down....

2010-07-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

COUNT

YOUR

BLESSINGS!

I'm grateful

for:

This guy

This place

These books I'm reading right now

This place I'm about to go on vacation tomorrow!!

My family and friends

My education

This cute pooch...truly a (wo)man's best friend

And a warm bed to sleep in and a roof over my head

Cole and I are headed to Boise in less than 2 weeks. I'm starting to get a little nervous because we don't have jobs and I don't know anyone or where any things at. But I truly am grateful for all the blessing I do have. I'm blessed with good friends and family that do soooo much for us. I'm going to be sad to move away. I guess it will make our get togethers all the sweeter.

In Honor of...

2010-04-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

May being NATIONAL RUNNING MONTH, I am making the commitment to log a whopping 100 miles of running. There are 31 days in May and four Sundays of which I will not be running. That leaves me with 27 days to do this. This means that on average, I need to run 3.7 miles per day.

ANYONE....

care to join me????

Ummm....

2010-04-21T15:19:00.000-07:00

2 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT FOR THIS CHICA....I'm just sayin'. WAHOOEEEEEE times bazillion!!

I'm still alive...

2010-04-07T17:20:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to write a quick blog to let everyone know....I'm still alive. My last post was on January 11, 2010 which was my first day of student teaching.

Little did I know that day, that it would consume my life completely!! I felt like I had just stepped into a different mode, a teacher mode and I haven't been in Cicily mode for a while. I'm not gonna lie. This has been one of the hardest experiences of my life. Maybe I'm just a stress-case, but I think that part of the problem is that I'm a perfectionist and want everything to always go right, but let me tell ya, as a teacher, there is always something that is not going to be perfect. On top of preparing lesson plans and writing a 50 page Teacher Work Sample, I have an Online English class that I'm struggling to get done in time. Not to mention that Cole is going to BYU-I in 2 weeks so right when I am done we are moving to Idaho Falls and we don't have jobs or a place to live......Oh gees.

Although this has been an extremely hard experience, I definitely have grown closer to my Heavenly Father. I think I've said more little mini prayers than I ever had in my life in the last 4 months. I feel bad for my husband more than anything. He is probably more ready for me to be done than I am. He is so great though and gives me pep talks all the time. I love him sooooo much and don't think I could do this with out him.

Well somebody call the waaaambulance right? I'm sorry for the negative post. I'm trying to find the joy in the journey. Elder Worthlin said, "Come what may and love it". So I'm trying my best to do this.

BUT, I only have 3 weeks left and then I'll be done with school forever and ever!! Then I'll be on to the apartment and job hunt.

I love you all and think about everyone all the time. Next time I post it will probably be graduation pics. YIPPEE!!!

back to school

2010-01-11T14:18:00.000-08:00

Ohhhhhhh

Back To School

To Prove To Dad That I'm Not A Fool

I've Got My Lunch Packed Up

My Boots Tied Tight

I Hope I Don't Get In A Fight

Ohhhh

Back To School

~Adam Sandler Billy Madison

I started my student teaching a few weeks ago. This picture was taken the morning of my first day. Cole was so nice and packed me a lunch. He even put it a little treat in there and said that it was a surprise and that I'd have to wait until lunch to find out what it was. I felt like a little kid again nervous for my first day of school except now I am "Mrs. Seamons" and I am the one teaching and telling students to be quiet. I am seriously counting down the days until its done. It has been good. I'm a little overwhelmed at times, but it has been a good learning experience. I'm sure that it will come easier as I get used to it.

bring on a new decade

2010-01-10T10:44:00.000-08:00

Bring on the new year! I have made some resolutions of course. They are kind of cliche, but that is what the new year is all about right? Cole's brother was here over the holidays and he talked us in to doing the Salt Lake City Half Marathon on April 17 so we are going to do it!!

Here are my goals for 2010:

1. run in a half marathon.

2. practice eating sensibly. some guidelines that I'm setting out are portion sizes. 5 servings of fruits and veggies. no pop except on special occasions. lots of water. 1 treat a day that is less than 200 calories and only if i exercised. whole grains. and low fat.

3. read the Book of Mormon every morning.

4. Go with the flow of life. aka...don't let things stress me out.

5. fit into a size 6 by June 1st. I can do this I know I can.

These are my goals. I am really excited to start running hard again. The last time I ran a half marathon was a couple of years ago and I love the feeling of training for and finishing a race. Who knows? Maybe I'll be up for a full marathon in 2010. ..but I don't know if I'm ready for that commitment quite yet.

here's to those who say they never win anything

2010-01-06T14:40:00.000-08:00

Destiny...that is the word I would use to describe what I'm about to tell you. So a few weeks ago I was at Real Deal's Home Decor shopping for my friend's wedding gift. I already had a gift for her, but just wanted to get her a little something else. There was a drawing you could put your name in to win some stuff. So I thought "Hey, I'll give 'er a try". I was about to walk away, but decided to put Cole's name in the drawing too just in case.

Then a few days ago a weird number called me so I didn't answer the phone. I listened to the message and it was Real Deal's trying to get ahold of Cole. I thought it was really weird that they were trying to call Cole and just didn't call them back. They called me again, but I didn't answer cuz I thought that they were just trying to promote or sale something.

The same day I missed a call from a lady in my ward trying to get Visiting Teaching Reports done for December. I thought I'd call her back but couldn't remember which number was hers so I called the Real Deal's Number by accident. I said "uhhh I need to report my visiting to you..." The lady was like "who is this?"
"This is Cicily"
"Oh! Are you related to Cole?"
"Yes, that is my husband". She then proceeded to tell me that he had won the drawing and that they were trying to get ahold of him. She told us that we won a $100 visa card and a one-night- stay at the Black Swan Inn!!! Wowza! Destiny I tell ya...pure destiny. I almost didn't put his name in the drawing. And by accident I called Real Deal's back and I'm so glad that I did. Whew that would have been a bummer if I just kept screening her call. Too bad we didn't win it earlier for our 3 year anniversary that was a week ago. Oh well, we'll have another romantic evening coming our way. YIPEE!! And I always say that I never win anything. I'm eating my words.

Lunch Date

2009-12-16T13:02:00.000-08:00

Cole and I looooove Costco. There is nothing better than walking around, holding hands, trying all the yummy samples, and being facinated by the enormous packaged items. And ya can't beat the price of a $1.50 hot dog and drink for lunch. Cole and I have gone there many a time for a little lunch date. Ohh how romantic it is. :)

i can't wait...

2009-12-11T12:54:00.000-08:00

...for the next season of GLEE!!!

I just finished watching the season finale and just can't believe everything. I loved it!!

Oh GLEE-- from the song lines of the last episode--"My life would suck with out you." Not really, but I get really excited to watch it on my laptop every Thursday night.

holidays without junk in the trunk

2009-12-07T12:05:00.000-08:00

I read a really good article from my SHAPE magazine that included tips on how to get through the holidays without gaining weight. The reason why I like this so much is because they don't say to deprive yourself of your favorite holiday treats, but they give you some really good ideas on how to eat what you want without packing on the poundage. (These tips were taken from the December issue of SHAPE and the article was written by Sharon Liao):)

1. Spoil your supper: You may think it a good idea to skip lunch or breakfast to save on those extra calories, but this could backfire on you. Make sure you eat throughout the day and most importantly, when you're headed to a party, eat a snack before (like an apple and string cheese) you go so that you are not ravenous when you get there.

2. Chew while you chop: When you are preparing food for your parties it is easy to rack up the calories just by tasting as you cook. So pop in a piece of mint gum to chew on so you are not tempted to graze as you cook.

3. Be a picky eater: When your faced with a decadent buffet, survey your options. Instead of tasting everything only choose what you really want - the holiday dishes that you love, that you only get once a year for example. And because it takes 20 minutes to get full wait that long to go back for seconds.

4. Take dainty bites: People who take big bites usually eat more, so take small bites. Also try to go with a small plate.

5. Think before you eat: People think that they have to get as much holiday food in them as possible because it comes once a year. But before you reach for a treat stop and ask yourself how hungry you really are. Also remind yourself that you can take that yummy chocolate fudge home to eat later. You could even freeze it and have it a month after the holidays.

6. Stay on the move: Gym attendance goes down in November and December. But working up a sweat is especially important in these months. Exercise burns extra calories and also helps boost the mood to help maintain stress.

7. Start skinny sipping: Juices and sodas carry alot of excess calories and sugar so why not just sip on a glass of water unless you are dying to have some hot cocoa or cider.

8. Keep your focus: When you are meeting up with old family and friends, it is easy to get caught up in your conversations which can distract you into not paying attention to what and how much you're eating so keep your focus and know what you are putting in your mouth.

9. Seize some ZZZ's: The holiday season is a busy time, but skimping on sleep is not a good idea. Not getting enough sleep lowers your leptin levels which are harmones that control how full you feel. When your exhausted, you feel hungrier, so get at least 8 hours of sleep this season.

And that is it! I am really going to try to implement these tips this holiday season. I don't want to deprive myself of holiday goodness, but I am going to try to really be smart about what I'm eating. And most importantly, I'm going to exercise!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!

Tree Hugger

2009-12-04T12:31:00.000-08:00

We got our tree last night. $22.99 at our friendly neighborhood Fred Meyers. The branches had not fallen out yet so it was perfect hugging width. I love Christmas trees! For some reason it just doesn't feel like Christmas until we get our tree put up.

BEFORE

AFTER

I'm so excited for Christmas break! I have exactly 9 days of school left and then I am done with ISU classes forever!!! Yay! On to my student teaching at Century.

Body For Life Challenge 3

2009-11-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

Well Thanksgiving break has begun and I am ready for a little R and R.

I got home from class and this is what I saw on my dry erase board.

BFL Challenge number 3 is under my belt. I got up this morning excited for Cole to take my after pictures. After Cole took my pictures I must say that I was a little disappointed. They don't look nearly as good as my first challenge especially since I didn't go tanning so I am very white. I worked really hard so I feel really frustrated, but looking back I know a could've done better. I took a whole week off when I got a little stressed with school and that probably didn't help. I also had a "free day" once a week and my first challenge I only allowed myself a "free meal" and a "free dessert" once a week. Overall, I think I am moving in the right direction which is very important. Here are some things that I learned:

1. If I don't eat enough throughout the day, then I am more likely to over indulge later during dinner or before I got to bed.

2. If I don't keep the shelves stocked wit healthy food then I'm more likely to eat unhealthy.

3. If I fail to plan then I plan to fail (I know...so cliche, but its true!)

4. When its that time of the month, harmones are released that make you crave food so it is ESPECIALLY important to exercise because exercise releases endorphins that helps sustain those cravings. I learned this the hard way.

5. Not everyone's body types are the same so we SHOULD not compare ourselves to others.

6. I learned an awesome way to make oatmeal...now I'm going to make it everyday.

7. Don't have food in the house that will tempt you. This is very hard since Cole loves to have sweets. Cookies kill me!!

8. THROW AWAY THE SCALE. It shouldn't matter how much you weigh as long as you feel good and you like the way you look in the mirror and your clothes fit. I don't know how many times I stepped on the scale and been depressed! But your weight can change so much from day to day depending on your water weight or if its that time of the month.

9. Don't give up. Even though one tire has a hole in it doesn't mean you should drive around making holes in all the other tires. If you cheat don't throw it all away by just giving up for the rest of the day.

10. There's always a healthier choice. If there are cookies sitting out and you want one sooo bad try a healthier alternative like apples dipped in peanut butter.

Those are just some of the things that I learned. Now to the AFTER MATH:

My Stats - Beginning / End

Body fat - lowered 3%

Weight - lost 11 lbs.

Size - lost 2 sizes

So as you can see I did have results. They weren't the results that I set out for, but at least I did improve! I wanted to get down to 140 and to a size 6, but hey... I'm moving in the right direction!! And that is what is most important. I am not going backward, I am moving forward.

I don't feel comfortable posting my pics online. So Molly, I'll e-mail them to you!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!

P.S. Happy Birthday Lee!!

last but not least

2009-11-19T14:54:00.000-08:00

Today is my last day of my Body-for-Life challenge numero tres!!

I can't believe it! Time has just flown. Even though my challenge will be over, I've tried to have the mentality that being healthy isn't over. Healthy 4 life is my motto! It will be especially hard to be healthy since the holidays are creeping up on us. I am going to take a few weeks off of heavy lifting, but still do exercise like running and yoga. There is a 5k on Thanksgiving Day called the Turkey Trot that I think I'm going to do. I gotta burn some MAJOR calories that day so I may run like a 5 miler instead. ANywho... I will be posting my stats, thoughts, ways I can improve next challenge, and maybe pictures. I dunno I feel really weird posting my before and after pics up for the world to see. eh. I will give you a link to my BFL tracker page so that you may see it there.... How bout that Molly?

Can ya'll guess what I'm having for din din tonight? Malaysian Pizza!! Ohh yeah baby. Gotta keep it small portioned for my after pictures tomorrow though.

I'm off for my last workout of CHALLENGE 3 - its a nice day for a little run.

See ya tomorrow!!

I've gone over to the...

2009-11-15T20:37:00.000-08:00

dark side.

I decided to dye my hair dark for the winter. It's pretty dark. Sometimes I forget and then look in the mirror and go "whoa! who's dat?". I know I have been really MIA when it comes to BFL. But don't worry I've been eating healthy and working out. I just got done with an UBWO and my biceps are like jell-o. I've just been super busy with school. THIS IS MY LAST WEEK OF BFL!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I CAN'T...

Have a good week!

Cicily :0

This is why.....

2009-11-12T20:06:00.000-08:00

I LOVE THE PRIMARY!!

I came home after a busy day and I found this cute, giant, homemade kiss on my doorstep that said "Thank you for teaching us - Tyson" Ohhhh.... Thanks Tyson! You made my day!!

Hi yaw!

2009-11-04T20:19:00.000-08:00

Hi yaw! That is what I was saying today in my self defense class. We learned how to block punches and give punches. My favorite punch is the open-fist punch where you punch that sucker with the palm of your hand right up in their nose so their eyes water. Yeeeah. ha. Well remember yesterday when I said I was frustrated about buying pants? Well I went to the mall again today and I tried on a ton of jeans and I found a really great pair that I love!! Best part...they came with a price tag of 29 buckaroos. I was also happy because my size has gone down since I first started BFL. Yay yay!

UBWO - 8:00am

DB Chest Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Push-ups 12

DB Back Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Rows 12

Shoulder Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder Raises 12

Cable Bicep Curls 12, 10, 8, 12

DB Decline Bicep Curls 12

Cable Tricep pulldowns 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Tricep Dips 12

Abs 6 x 20

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Whole Wheat Protein Pancakes topped with strawberries. Tasty tasty.

I used this whole wheat pancake mix, but added protein powder to the mix

I heated some frozen strawberries on the stove and got this finished product.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Chicken Salad on toasted sandwich thins topped with spinach. mmm

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Left over protein pancake at work and light raspberry yogurt. I'm glad no one saw me chomping on a cold pancake at 2:30 in the afternoon. But it was pretty tasty.

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

Rice cake and a spoon full of PB to tide me over til din din was ready.

MEAL FIVE - 6:30 pm

Tacos topped with lettuce, avocado, salsa, and fat free sour cream wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla. pure mexican goodness. you also get a good view of my mail in the background.

MEAL SIX - 9:15 pm

Chocolate Banana Protein Smoothie

And we're headed on a downslope to the weekend. Can't wait. I finished up a paper tonight which brings me one step closer to being done with this semester. Feels good.

So long, farewell, alf vedersein, goodnight!

Cicily :)

busy bee

2009-11-03T21:36:00.000-08:00

Hey all. Today has been great, busy, but great. I promised myself that I would blog everyday this week because it really helps me stay on track. So here it goes.

HIIT - 8:30 am

I went to Alameda Park and ran. Decided to switch up my run from the usual - Reed's Gym and back. Its getting cold outside.

Stats:

Time - 21:16

Distance - 2.08

Calories - 252

Best Pace - 7:49

Average Pace - 10:13

Ouch! My legs are so sore from leg day yesterday. I guess that is what I get for taking a week off.

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Protein Oats - Oatmeal, water, protein powder, bananas, cranberries, cinnamon, and a dollup of Peanut Butter

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Left over Malaysian Pizza in between classes.

MEAL THREE - 5:15 pm

Left over Malaysian Pizza. Overload... i know, but its even better left over.

Slice of Life - We decided to go to the temple tonight with our friends. It was really nice. We went to the mall because I really need pants, but I ended up buying two shirts instead. ugh. I hate shopping for pants. I can never find a perfect fit. Then we went to Red Robin. It was not very good. Disappointed....

There was a beautiful sunset on the way there. I can't believe how dark it gets now! It was only like 5:45 pm in this pic

Some handsome guy outside the I.F. Temple

RED ROBIN

MEAL FOUR - 8:00 pm

Red Robin - Harvest Apple Chicken Salad. The goat cheese was delicious, but the chicken was a little to processed. eh. I will confess I did eat a few of their steak fries and those were tasty.

MEAL FIVE - 10:15 pm

Pumpkin Protein Shake - Water, ice, canned pumpkin, cinnamon, protein powder, and a little honey to sweeten it up.

Today was very busy, but it felt really good to get a lot of stuff done and go to the temple. It was a TERRIFIC TUESDAY!

Chow!

Cicily :)

Back To Normal

2009-11-02T14:55:00.000-08:00

Hey! Hope your weekend was spooktactular! We had alot of fun. We didn't do too much, but we spent it with family and friends so it was great. Here's some fun things that we've done lately and things that have been on my mind:

1. Cole's parents got a blu-ray player and we watched Australia on blu-ray on Friday and it was amazing! I love that movie. The next day we rented The Proposal. That was hilarious. I love Sanrda Bullock.

2. I have 5 1/2 weeks of school left! YAY!

3. I hesitate to tell you this (because I don't want to bore you), but last week I had a little stress-fest (and that is what threw me off the BFL wagon and made me really stressed!) because of a stupid teacher. First of all, he gave me and this girl I was working with a ZERO on an assignment that is worth 25% of our grade because we didn't do it in the right "format". So if I get a 100% on everything else, then I can only get a C in the class. UGH. He's totally gonna throw my GPA off. Also this same teacher happened to be the teacher that teaches a class I need to do "independent study" with for one class I have left that I was going to take during my student teaching. Long story short ....he refused to work with me. This meant that I wouldn't be able to do my student teaching next semester because of one stinking class!! I spoke with the chair of the department and my counselor and we were able to get things straightened out. I'm going to take a BYU internet course that is equvilant to the class I need. So in the long run, its better because now I don't have to work with that teacher.

4. I am doing my student teaching out at Century High School starting January 4, 2010! I'm nervous and excited. Its gonna be weird teaching at the school that I went to. I'm also happy because my brother, Dane, is doing his student teaching out there too!

5. Cole's sister was in town and we always have fun going shopping. I didn't buy anything. Although i do need some pants desperately, but I'm going to wait until I'm done with BFL in 3 weeks.

6. We have to set up soccer nets every Saturday for 8 weeks and last Saturday was our last week! Yippee! Now we can enjoy our Saturdays!

7. We spent alot of the weekend cooking and eating with Cole's family - Tortellini, Carrot Cake, and Enchiladas were a few items on the menu.

8. My little niece, Suzanne, had her baby blessing. It is so fun to see my own brothers and sister start their own little families and to see how their looks and personalities are just like their's.

9.Church was crazy because I'm in the primary and we are doing primary program practice. We had all the kids (probably 60) in a small room together for 2 hours. I don't know how the kids do it, cuz I can't even hardly sit there for 2 hours. Those little sunbeams were so awesome. They really sing their little hearts out. I just hope that they don't get shy when we actually have to do it in sacrament meeting.

10. Cole and I visited Grandma and Grandpa Jorgensen for about 3 hours Sunday. I just love my grandparents! They make me laugh so hard. They tell the best stories. They have the best relationship and they are just amazing people.

11. We then went up to my parent's to eat some casadillas and watch the world series. Cole was so mad that the Yankees won again, but hey the Phillies came back and won tonight. Go Phillies! Before we left, my mom stocked me up with some nutritious goodies from their food storage.

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Last week was very rough when it comes to BFL. Lets just say it was a "free" week instead of my "free day". But I am back to normal now. I have 3 weeks left. Wow I can't believe it! I'm gonna push it hard to the end. I'm also going to try to blog everyday because that reallllllly helps me stay on track. So I'm going to post even if I am really boring...Sorry.

Today:

Lower Body Workout - 8:00 am

DB squats 12, 10, (youch! my legs started cramping. I could hardly walk. So I thought I'd better warm up a little better on the treadmill)

5 minutes warm-up on treadmill

DB Squats cont... 8, 6, 12

DB Step-ups 12 on ea. leg

DB One-legged Deadlift 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Stability Ball Leg Curls 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

One-legged Calf Raises 12

Abs 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am @ BUTTERBURRS

Wellllllll... Cole and I wanted to make it a tradition to go Butterburrs every Monday for breakfast just to kick off the week. THAT tradition was short lived. We had horrible food! No cheese in my omelet, they put gravy on my potatoes so I couldn't eat those, Cole's eggs were not cooked, and worst of all he found a hair in his food! BLEH! That tradition was shot down. The waitress felt bad and she gave us 3 free rasberry twists so that was good. Even though I can't eat them.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Chicken Salad Sandwich on Whole Wheat Sandwich Thin - canned chicken, lf miracle whip, dijon mustard, sunflower seeds, onions, and cranberries. And I cut up some pear. MMMm! This was good. I love these new Sandwich Thins. They are great for making sandwiches. They are only a hundred calories, they are whole wheat, and you can used them as hamburger buns too.

MEAL THREE - 2:45 pm

Strawberry Protien Shake and a little pumkin and flaxseed granola.

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

Two Rice Cakes

MEAL FIVE - 7:00 pm

Malaysian Pizza and Spinach Salad. This is my favorite meal ever! I made a spinach salad to go with it. It had spinach, feta, cranberries, sunflower seeds, and homemade balsamic vinaigrette. We made extra so we could have left overs tomorrow.

Chef Cole whipping up the pizza crust

I'm too full to have a sixth meal tonight. I feel so good getting back on BFL. ahhh. I will definitely see you tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT!

Cicily :)

Why is eating healthy so hard??

2009-10-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

Today...well the last few days have been quite an up an down ride for me. School has just been so frustrating which explains my MIA for over a week from the blog world. I have really tried to hard to stay on track with BFL, but sometimes life just throws you curve balls and you need to take a break for a few days. So I've tried to eat healthy most of the time, but I haven't worked out at all this week. Ask me how I feel?...guilty and sick. Blah. Eating healthy and working out makes me fill so good, but I just have been too occupied and tired. My nutrition professor once told our class that "being aware of your health and what is good for you will haunt you for the rest of your life. Because now that you have the knowledge of what is good and bad for your body, you will always feel guilty because you know all the bad things you are putting into your body." So true. I will get back on the wagon tomorrow and going at it full force I just really needed a break. After this week I have 3 weeks left of BFL and then I am going to do a program that I am super excited about and will explain it when the time comes.

Last week I started a class that I am really excited for. Let me give you a hint of what it is:

Any takers?....

No it is not how to be in the Miss America Pageant, and no it is not how to play water filled glasses, and no its not how to be an undercover FBI agent. It is a self defense class! I've had two classes so far and every moment I'm there, I'm thinking about Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality and her self defense talent. I'm really excited for our final. We have to do a simulation with an actual man dressed up in pads. He pretends to come at us and we get to kick, knee, and punch him as hard as we can. Ha! I can't wait.

This week has sure been a rough one, but I'm back on it tomorrow and that is the most important thing -- that I don't give up. Just keep a truckin'! Nighty Night!

Cicily :)

Famous for Chomping Like a Cow

2009-10-20T15:28:00.000-07:00

Well today is Tuesday and I could blog about the events of today, but I don't want to bore you so I'm going to blog about yesterday! Because yesterday was more exciting and I acutally took pictures. Cole started some new classes Monday that start at 8:00 am and luckily those classes take place in the same building I workout sooooo I have been getting up at 7:45 am and working out this week. I am finally going to break out of this habit of sleeping in and being lazy in the mornings. I don't know what I did, but my leggies are soooo sore. My calves are killing me!Well this is how Monday went:

LBWO - 8:00 am <------- (haven't been up this early in weeks...)

Squats 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Extensions 12

One-legged DB Dead Lifts 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

One-legged DB Lunges 12

Machine Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12 (I went extra heavy on these and that is why I think they are sore.)

One-legged DB Calf Raises 12

Abs - Hanging Leg Raises 12, 10, 8,....uhh some kid just took over on the Hanging leg Raise thing so I couldn't finish on that...I hate that.

V-ups 12

Medicine Ball Side-to-sides 24

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Protein Oats -Yummy!! I found I great way to make oatmeal. Check it out here. Oats, water, vanilla protein powder, cinnamon, and a dollup of peanut butter on top. The key is to do it on the stove top...not in the microwave. Soooo delicious on a cold autumn morning.

All mixed together. mmmm.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Turkey Sandwich on Black Bread. I love black bread. Two pickles were involved.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

Oiko's Vanilla Organic Greek Yogurt with pears, rasberries, and flaxseed granola. Yes yes very good. I love this yogurt! It has 23 grams of protein too.

All mixed together

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

Nutz Over Chocolate Luna Bar. I was in my 2 1/2 hour class and decided to eat one of these babies on our break. Very tasty. It also has an even amount of carbs and proteins. It is whole grain. And it is only 180 calories. Pretty yummy meal.

MEAL FIVE - 7:00 pm

Hamburgers with red onion, lettuce, and ketcup. No bun. I cut up some oranges too for a little extra vitamin C to boost the ol' immune system in this time of sickness (swine flu freaks me out).

Slice of Life - After dinner we headed over to ISU to see my brother, Kyle's, awesome senior art show. I am so proud of him. He has worked really hard and will graduate in December. He had a gallery at ISU all set up with his art and it was great. Really creative! He was in the newspaper for it and even on the news. I really wish I would have taken my camera so that I could have taken some pictures.

After the art show we went with our friends Nicole and Jeremy to play a friendly game of raquetball. Raquetball is fun. Even though I stink at it. Despite Cole pelting Jeremy in the face with the ball, I think that we all had a great time and we'll definitely be doing it again soon. Again...I wish that I would've had my camera with me for this.

Now to the explanation of my title. Ha. I can't tell this story without laughing out LOUD. We then went up to Cole's parents to watch the local news because we knew my brother, Kyle, would be on it for his art show. We were watching and it showed some of the art and some of the people looking at the art. Can you guess who the people were that were looking at the art?? YES...ME and COLE! But we weren't just looking at the art we were both CHOMPING and I mean CHOMPING on some watermelon bubble gum that we had recently popped in our mouths. We recorded it and replayed it over and over again. We were laughing so hard we were crying. Oh gees. We get on the news for 10 seconds and it was us chewing gum like a stinking cow. ha ha.

MEAL SIX - 10:30 pm

Strawberry Peach Protein Shake.

Yesterday was as great Monday. Full of funny things and tasty food. Hope you guys all had a great Monday and that you continue to have a great week. CHOW!

Cicily :)

Real Texas Deer

2009-10-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday to ya'll. Hope you all have fun things planned for this weekend. I know I do...not. Cole is hunting for Bambi once again. But I guess I am looking forward to sleeping in, watching GLEE, and fixing myself a free day breakfast. I have been doing really good at the goals that I made earlier this week. I've gotten all of my workouts in. The one thing that I'm still struggling with is working out in the morning. BUT I did wake up and run this morning. This is just the perfect weather for running. Breathing in that crisp cool air brings a smile to my face.

I went to Real Deals this afternoon. For those of you who don't know what Real Deals is, its a home decor warehouse with really cheap and cute decorating stuff. I HATE THIS STORE! Well actually I love it so much I hate it...Its a love-hate relationship. I want to buy everything in there. I look around and look around because I want to buy something because its all cute and then I end up buying something that I didn't even need and don't know where to put it when I get home. Like this fruit bowl. Ha. We hardly have room on our counters and I bought a fruit bowl. But I guess it can also pose as a serving bowl for some yunmy pasta or salad.

I also bought a really yummy smelling fall candle titled "grandma's kitchen"... need I say anymore about how good it smells?

Lets get down to business.

HIIT - 9:00 am

I was a little slower today. I'm having some major DOMS. I did p90x Leg workout last night and it kills my legs. Ouch!

Stats:

2.06 miles

254 calories

9:58 average pace

7:26 best pace

MEAL ONE - 9:45 am

Peanut Butter and Banana Protein Smoothie - 1/2 banana, 2 tablespoons of PB, ice, vanilla protein powder, and I used milk today. I don't know why. I don't like it with milk anymore. It makes it too rich like I'm drinking melted ice cream or something. Melted ice cream? I guess that can't be too bad.

MEAL TWO - 1:00 pm

Tuna fish on Black bread. Oh how I love Black bread. it is so delicious!! Yummers!

MEAL THREE - 3:30 pm

One Leftover Chicken Enchilada (I meant to blog about these Chicken Enchiladas a few days ago. They were really good and totally BFL friendly. I got the recipe out of my Eating For Life cookbook.)

MEAL FOUR - 5:30 pm

One Rice Cake...pathetic.

MEAL FIVE - 8:30 pm

Texas Road House Baby...yeehaw! I got their Grilled Chicken Salad and it was fabulous!! Everyone ordered a cactus blossom so I will confess I had a few pieces of that fried onion delight.

Slice of Life - We went to dinner with Cole's cousin Brett and his wife. The two boys went hunting this morning and told us a really sad and but kinda funny story. Here is my pathetic attempt to reiterate it. They came onto some deer just up a mountain. So they started sneaking up on them so that Brett could get his first shot at a deer. They were being really quiet as they crept towards the deer and all of a sudden a white trash car comes driving past them through the sage brush (there wasn't even a road!) trying to get the deer before them. Cole and Brett were soooo mad. A few seconds later they heard a gun shot so they ran up to the top to see if they shot the deer and they had, but it didn't quite kill the deer. So the guy in the car got out and started wrestling with the deer! Yeah wrestling with it...rolling around and everything. Stupid people! Isn't that ridiculous?

Well I better get to sleep. I have a big day tomorrow...not. Sleep tight.

Cicily :)

Goals

2009-10-13T14:56:00.000-07:00

"Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want."

--Marsha Sinetar

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals."

--Sydney Smith

"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps."

--Helmut Schmidt

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."

--Fitzhugh Dodson

Sorry for the cheese ball quotes. I just really needed to find some ways to motivate myself today. I think that it is very important when you are trying to achieve something to constantly be setting goals. It is not important only to set goals at the very beginning, but throughout the entire challenge whatever it may be. I set some goals at the beginning of my challenge and although they are good and realistic goals, I feel like I need to set some new mini goals for myself to help me trudge through to the end not only to finish, but to finish victoriously, knowing that I gave it my all. I need these goals especially since I have been struggling this week.

WEEK SEVEN GOALS:

1. Go to bed by 11:00 pm (Lately I've been going to bed at like midnight which makes it harder to wake up and workout).

2. Drink 3 water bottles a day. (Only been getting about 1 1/2)

3. 6 meals (Only been getting 5 on average because I wake up too late.)

4. Do workouts in the morning.

5. Get ALL workouts in.

MEAL ONE - 8:45 am

Cracklin' Oat Bran with Light n' fit yogurt. Cracklin Oat Bran is definitely not BFL approved. Ehhh... Bad choice. See I'm making bad choices. I didn't even get up in time to workout. BUT I've made my new goals and I'm going to follow through with them.

MEAL TWO - 12:30 pm

Taco Salad - Romaine Lettuce, diced onions, taco meat, fat free sour cream.

MEAL THREE - 2:45 pm

Orange Creme Protein Shake - Freshly squeeze

d orange juice, little bit of orange zest, water, ice, vanilla protein powder. MMm...dreamy. ha.

HIIT/UBWO - 6:00 pm

HIIT on treadmill

minute 0 - speed 4

minute 1- speed 5

minute 2 - speed 6

minute 3 - speed 7

minute 4 - speed 8

minute 5 - speed 4

minute 6- speed 5

minute 7 - speed 6

minute 8 - speed 7

minute 9 - speed 8

minute 10 - speed 4

minute 11- speed 5

minute 12 - speed 6

minute 13 - speed 7

minute 14 - speed 8

minute 15 - speed 4

minute 16- speed 5

minute 17 - speed 6

minute 18 - speed 7

minute 19 - speed 8.5

minute 20 - speed 4

Stats:

2.16 miles

264 calories

21 minutes

UBWO

DB Chest Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Pushups 12

DB Back Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB One-arm Rows 12

Shoulder Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder Press 12

Tricep Extensions 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Bodyweight Dips 12

Decline DB Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Preacher Curls 12

MEAL FOUR - 8:00 pm

Grilled hamburger w/mushrooms and melted LF italian cheese. Ketchup. Sliced pears with blueberries. Yummy.

MEAL FIVE - 10:00 pm

Banana Bread Protein Smoothie - Banana, ice, water, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla protein powder. mmm. nice and thick.

After I went to the gym and had a good sweat it made me realize how much I love the way working out makes me feel. Why do I ever loose motivation to go? I've set my goals and I'm ready to get to them tomorrow mornin'. I'm going to get to bed early so that I can actually get myself out of bed in the morning. Night ya'll!

Cicily :)

Adventures of Autumn and Walmart

2009-10-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

As much as I hate cold weather and snow, I just love the fall. I love the crispness in the air. I love the yummy pumpkins spice smells, and I love to see the beautiful colors of the leaves changing and crunching under my feet. So when Cole asked me if I wanted to go for a ride to see the leaves, I was excited because I have been begging him for the last two week if we could go. Well when he pulled up, he had the 4-wheeler hitched in the back of his truck and he came in and grabbed his gun and hunting pack. ah ha! So this is what this "looking at the leaves is all about isn't it?!" He tricked me into going with him just so he would have some company on another hunting adventure. Well, turns out it really was a beautiful ride. We did get to see some beautiful trees turning, but no trace of Bambi in sight. The road was a little rough, but it did turn out to be a nice little adventure/date with my hubby.

I must admit that BFL has been hard for me today and for the last couple of days. That time of the month (if ya know what I mean) just makes me get in a slump of feeling crummy and wanting to graze on everything I see. But I think I did okay considering the circumstances. I tried to eat clean, but I just get so "cravy" if that is a word. Here goes:

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Two eggs and 1 piece of WW toast.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Left over Taco on corn tortilla and an orange.

MEAL THREE - 1:45 pm

Banana Bread Protein Shake - 1/2 banana, ice, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla protein powder. mmm pretty close to the real thing.

Spoon full of Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter and 1/2 sliced banana on 1 piece of WW bread. Ha ha. This is where I started having the cravings if you can't tell. I don't know why, but the one thing I really crave a lot is Peanut Butter. Anybody know why? Maybe cuz its kinda salty and its also kinda sweet. ??

MEAL FOUR - 6:00 pm

Teriyaki Beef Jerkey. Cole says its a must when you're hunting. I checked out the nutritional info and it is actually very BFL friendly and it was tasty. I scarfed it down.

Slice of Life - Here are some pictures from our little ride. It started getting dark so the pictures don't do the area justice.

MEAL FIVE - 7:30 pm

Old Fashioned Oats, Light n' Fit Yogurt, and vanilla protein powder. Another left over taco was my only other choice and I've eaten that like that last 4 days. We need to go shopping which leads me to my next point...

Slice of Life -Remember those chicken wings that we found feathers in that totally grossed us out? Well we took them back to Win-co and the customer service lady was sooo rude to us. Anyways we thought we'd give Walmart a chance for a place to shop since we're holding a mini grudge (lol) against Winco right now. Let me tell you that I HATE WALMART! Win-co we miss you with your highly stocked shelves and variety of choices. We miss your bulk sections and your small container of cottage cheese. Walmart didn't have garbanzo beans. They didn't have small containers of cottage cheese. Just these ginormous ones. Their shelves were wiped clean. (Although we did get some Cracklin' Oat Bran which I know is your favorite Molly. Its Cole's too) Ugh. We forgive you Win-co and we will be back shortly.

MEAL SIX - 10:00 pm

2 Rice Cakes. Turkey dipped in Dijon Mustard. weird combo huh? I told you I was "cravy". I can't imagine what I'll be like when I'm preggo some day.

NO UBWO today. I stink! I'm in the slumps. Bad start to the second six weeks on BFL. BAD BAD! I'm going to double it up tomorrow. Well what a day of adventures! It was a fun Monday. I know that I can get through this challenge I just gotta keep my eyes on what I really want. I need to remember my goals! Tomorrow is a new day! Goodnight!

Cicily :)

F-F-F-Friday!

2009-10-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

Hey all! I am super happy that it is Friday although I'm a little sad because my hubby is going hunting tomorrow so I have to spend my whole Saturday with out him while he goes to try and hunt Bambi's dad down. But on the bright side, I think I will be able to get a lot of stuff done because he won't be distracting me or tempting me all day to go do something. Him and his friend are crackin' me up as I type. ha ha. We only live about a mile apart so they got out their walky talkys and are talking to eachother all truck-driver like on their walky talkys. They are nerds! ha. Today was nice. I had to force myself to go work out this morning. But Hey!... I woke up in time to work out. This is how my BFL day shook out:

LBWO - 8:30 am

One-legged DB Dead Lift 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Machine Kick Backs 12

Lunges 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Step-ups 12

Calf Lunges 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

One-legged Calf Raises 12

MEAL ONE - 9:45 am

WW Toast with Two Eggs. Yum yum.

MEAL TWO - 1:00 pm

Guess what? We got to go to my fave place for lunch. Ruby Tuesday's! I could seriously eat like 5 plates of their salad cuz I luv it so much. We went with out friends Dean and Carrie. I even snapped some picture. Romaine and Spinach lettuce, red onion, boiled eggs, peas, garbanzo beans, cottage cheese, carrots, cukes, sunflower seeds and honey mustard times 2! Went back for seconds. Those little brown things on my plate are not brownie bites although they do look the part. They are these delicious crutons. YUMMO!

Ruby Tuesday's Salad Bar

Me and Cole

Dean and Carrie

MEAL THREE - 5:00 pm

Taco with WW tortilla and an orange.

MEAL FOUR - 10:00 pm

Pina Colada Protein Shake. MMm, And two rice cakes. I did not do so good on getting six meals in today did I? That seconds on the salad bar filled me up.

Well I wanted to get my Body Fat tested today, but the guy that usually does them on Fridays wasn't there. Next week. I am really looking forward to tomorrow's free day. I think I'm going to wake up and make some french toast. Good night!!

Cicily :)

Breakfast fail <---------

2009-10-07T13:04:00.000-07:00

Wow. Its been like a whole week since I last blogged. I was really on a role there for a while. I just got busy with school and everything. I have been eating good and working out despite my MIA from the blogging world. My friend Carrie and I went on a 5 miles run on Saturday! I thought I would die cuz I've only been doing interval training with short distances, but it felt pretty good and I made it through.

Last weekend was awesome! We went down to SLC for Cole's missionary reunion and despite hitting very heavy BYU Football Game/General Conference traffic, we made it to the reunion. It took us like 1 1/2 hours to go 20 miles. Ugh. I'm sorry but I could never live down there. By the time we got there, we could only stay for like 15 minutes cuz we had to meet some friends for dinner back in Salt Lake. It was actually not as awkward as I thought it was going to be. All of his companions gave me huge hugs and I got the meet his missionary president and wife. They were so nice and fun. I must say that I just love General Conference. The examples and talks of all the church leaders just strengthen my testimony of the gospel sooooo much! Elder Holland's talk about the Book of Mormon just amazed me.

Well the meaning of my title explains how my morning went today. I got up all ambitious thinking I was going to make Cole and I each a killer omlet ---->FAIL! Cole's was soggy and mine just looked gross cuz I tried to mix salsa in with it and it just looked like...sorry if I gross you out... bloody eggs. yuck. If any of you have tips on how to make a good omlet, please inform me.

So to plan B - I know I can always rely on my trusty magic bullet. So because I was now running late due to the failed attempt at omlets, I had cole whip me up a horchatta protein shake to drink on my way to class. I made it out the door and was driving to class and my protein drink dumped all over my backpack, smearing it with cinnamon and filling in all the little creases of it. So I had to haul all of my books and binder and writing utensils to class without my backpack. Oh gees.

MEAL ONE - 10:45 am

Part of a horchatta protein shake

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pmGerman Oat Mess - Old fashioned oats, Light 'n fit vanilla yogurt, cottage cheese, and almonds. I thought I would try cottage cheese instead of protein powder cuz I figure its better to eat more "natural" foods. But I just don't like cottage cheese. It was good unless I got a big gulp of cottage cheese in it.

MEAL THREE - 3:15 pm

Turkey roll up with honey mustard dressing.

MEAL FOUR - 7:00 pm

Malaysian Pizza with WW crust. Mmm. I definitely think this is my favorite meal ever. Thank you Lee and Molly for introducing it into my life. I know I can't thank you enough. I took a healthy cooking class at ISU and we had to make a healthy dish for our final. I made this and I WON! No big prizes, just some random spices. If you would like the recipe to Malaysian Pizza, just go here.

UBWO - 8:30 pm

I will confess I did not do my HIIT yesterday so I threw a little cardio into my UBWO

10 minutes of HIIT - I was going to do 20 mins, but my legs are so tired from leg day still.

DB Chest press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Push-ups 12

DB Bent Over Rows 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Machine Rows 12

Shoulder Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder Raises 12

DB Bicep Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Hammer Curls 12

Tricep Extensions 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Tricep Kick-backs 12

5 Minute cool down on treadmill.

MEAL FIVE - 9:00 pmTis the season for a Pumpkin Protein Shake - Canned pumpkin, water, ice, vanilla protein powder. Mmmm. Tasted like pumkin pie.

Well this is my sixth week of BFL! That means after this week, I will be HALF WAY DONE!! I wouldn't say done, but done with this challenge. I have really tried to have the mindset throughout this challenge that its not going to be over in 12 weeks. I am going to be healthy for the rest of my life, thus, the Title of my Blog: Healthy 4 Life.

I just wanted to recap some of my beginning goals and compare them with what I've achieved so far:

BEFORE GOALS:

1. 17% Body fat

2. Size 6 pants (ha ha, I went and looked at my first post with my goals on it and I had a typo and wrote that my goal was to fit into a size 63! Whoa, big gulps eh?)

3. 140 pounds

HALF WAY POINT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1. Body fat will be tested on Friday (I will let you know)

2. I do not have a pair of size 6 pants, but all my pants are getting loose. I know that when Cole starts calling me Poopy Pants -- when my jeans are sagging too much and it looks like I've pooped my pants -- then my pants are getting a little baggy. ha.

3. 150 pounds whoo! I've lost about 8 pounds so far. 10 more to go! yippee!

I also want to set a new goal: To get my lazy self out of bed in the morning to workout. I don't have class until 11, I dunno what my problem is. I end up having to workout at night now which I hate. Well better do some HW! Goodnight, Sleep tight!

Cicily :)

Double Duty

2009-10-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

Today was a double duty day. I missed out on my lower body workout yesterday Dangit!... so I did a little HIIT and LBWO today. Yowza! My leggies are sore!!I hate it when I miss a workout and then have to double up. I just really don't want to miss out on getting the benefits of a leg workout. My legs are what I need to work on the most. But I did eat clean yesterday so that is a plus. Today was busy! I guess I could have done something about my busy-ness and woken up a little earlier. We have such a bad sleeping pattern. Bed: 12 am. Wakeup call: Around 9ish. Very bad. "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"-- Benny Franklin. We're working on it.

HIIT - 9:3o am

New PR for BFL #3!!

Stats

22:11 minutes

2.34 miles

286 calories

7:17 Best Pace

9:29 Average Pace <----------

MEAL ONE - 10:15 am

Breakfast Burrito - 2 eggs, Salsa, and WW tortilla. MMm. It was good to switch up my breakfast from a protein shake.

LBWO - 12:30 pm

P90X Leg workout! Whoo! My goodness. If you haven't tried P90X before, I'll warn you... it is tough. That Tony Horton gives you all you can handle. I probably did at least 500 lunges...I swear. Here is a pic of P90X on my humble little television.

MEAL TWO - 1:15 pm

Chunky Monkey Protein Shake. And boy was this monkey chunky! It was so good. I put some extra ice in there to make it thick. MMM. I also had 1 caramel rice cake.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

German Mixture Mess - Old fashioned rolled oats, rasberry light 'n fit yogurt, walnuts, a little vanilla protein powder to add extra protein, and 1/2 of banana. I first learned of this tasty little mixture from my second family - The Forsythes. Their family has German roots and their mother always made this for us when we were playing. Except it had cut up apples, but we didn't have any so I put bananas in it. I don't know if it was really German, but I've always thought it was. ???? ha.

MEAL FOUR - 6:30 pm

Hamburger on WW toast and Zuccini and onions. Alway delicious. I love zuccini. I could eat it everyday.

MEAL FIVE - 9:30 pm

Strawberry Shortcake Protein Smoothie and 1 Caramel Rice cake.

No more Double Duties for me. It hurts too much. Tomorrow we are heading to Utah for Cole's Missionary Reunion. So I'll probably just be following him around while he talks to all his old companions in Spanish. But I'm sure I will have fun. The ride will be nice and I think we might make a little old stop at my fave restaurant, Typhoon's. YUM! Jungle Princess and lettuce wraps here I come. BUENOS NOCHES AMIGAS!!

Ugh...

2009-09-29T22:17:00.000-07:00

Ahh! Totally gross story. We had all these yummy chicken dishes planned for this week. Yeah...probably not gonna happen for a while. We bought some chicken wings at the store to make these yummy hot wings, but we got them out to defrost and we found some chicken feathers still stuck to some of them. ohh egh ugh! I am gagging right now as I type. Needless to say, we won't be eating chicken for a while. So we went with the plan b meal which was the only meal planned for the week that did not include chicken -- tuna casserole. ha. Here was today.

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Pina Colada Protein Shake - mmm I can feel that warm island breeze:)

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Chicken Salad Sandwich - canned chicken, light mayo, dijon mustard, chopped onion, and slivered almonds on 1pc of WW bread. Very good. This was also before chicken was triggering my gag reflexes. I added some carrots for some veggies. I also washed it down with a little Airborne. The Swine Flu is seriously going around I.S.U and I DO NOT want to get it so I'm taking those extra precautions.

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Chicken Salad Sandwich on 1 pc of bread and one banana. I guess deep down I knew that I had to get a lot of chicken in before "the incident".

HIIT - 6:15 pm

Today was best average pace in the history of my Body-for-life challenge #3! I'm feeling great. I feel like I'm getting the runner's high cuz it feels so dang good. I could probably push myself harder.

Stats:

20 minutes

2.07 miles

247 calories

6:59 best pace

9:31 average pace <-------

MEAL FOUR - 7:00 pm

Tuna Casserole prepared by my loving husband while I went running. Rotini noodles, tuna fish, cream of mushroom soup, and frozen peas. This was actually very tasty and we have a ton left over for lunch tomorrow. I love left-overs.

MEAL FIVE - 9:00 pm

Key Lime Pie Protein Shake - 3 TB of Limeade concentrate, vanilla protein powder, water, ice. This was definitely legit. Tasted just like Key lime pie.

Cole and I recorded all of The Office episodes on our TV. Oh gees are they hilarious! We sat and watched like 5 episodes tonight and they had us rolling. Now we have to figure out what to do with all of the chicken we bought. I'm sure we'll get over it eventually. I'm going to pick up some hamburger tomorrow :) NIGHT!

Dog Attack

2009-09-28T20:27:00.001-07:00

Did I get your attention? I didn't really get attacked by a dog, but I sure thought I was going to get attacked when I did my HIIT on Saturday. I was running past some houses and a big old golden retriever came at me with its teeth showing and everything. I stopped, closed my eyes, and braced myself for a big bight out of my thigh, but he just wanted to play I guess. He kept charging me and it scared me so bad! It makes me so mad that people just let their dogs roam free. And sometimes they think its funny when their dogs go over and jump on people. ehhh! Free Day was nice on Saturday. Free days are nice not only because I get to eat what I want, but because I don't have to worry about eating something every 2 to 3 hours. I made some delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. MMM. I love cookies. I think that they are my fave. Well, today was the day of unleavened bread...pita bread that is and you will soon find out why:)

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Chocolate Protein Smoothie and 1 pc. WW toast

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Pita Sandwich - pita bread, turkey, onions, lettuce, honey mustard. Really good. I love honey mustard.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

Green apple and two string cheeses. We need to go shopping so badly! We looked at a lot of meals in my Eating for Life book and we have some good meals planned out for this week like the enchiladas below. Don't those looks good? Now we just need to go shopping.

MEAL FOUR - 6:40 pm

Two Caramel Rice Cakes - just trying to satisfy my hunger until we ate dinner

MEAL FIVE - 7:15 pm

Pita Pit. Yummo! I got the Chicken Craver. I just love pita pit. Like I said -- day of the unleavened bread. Pita for lunch and for dinner.

UBWO - 8:30 pm

Done at home.

Push-ups 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB flies 15

DB Back flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Pull-ups 12

DB Shoulder Press 20,15, 12, 10, 8, 12

Shoulder Raises 12

Hammer Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Preacher Curls 12

Tricep Extensions 12, 10 , 8, 6, 12

Dips 12

MEAL SIX - 10:00 pm

Pina Colada Protein Smoothie - Ice, water, pineapple, coconut extract, and vanilla protein powder. This was divine! It took me to a tropical place like a tiki hut on some exotic island. oo la la.

It was just another manic Monday...I wish it were Sunday - My I don't have to run day. Its getting late! I guess the Swine Flu is going around ISU so Cole and I decided we are going to take extra precautions NOT to pick it up. Like wash are hands frequently and long. Drink lots of water. And get lots of sleep. I better do the latter so NIGHTY NIGHT!

Rexburg

2009-09-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had the opportunity to visit some friends up in Rexburg. I had never been there before and we had a blast. The town is small, but just hangin' out with friends was really fun. BFL went well yesterday even though we were traveling here and there and everywhere.

FRIDAY

LBWO - 8:30 am

DB Step-ups 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Lunges 12

DB One-legged Dead lifts 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg press 12

Leg Kickback Machine 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Press Machine Calf Raises 12

Leg Extensions 12x3

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Chocolate PB Protein Shake

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Tuna Fish Sandwich on WW bread

Slice of Life - We headed up to Rexburg around 1:00pm. Cole had to go do some stuff with his friend Tyler so I went and hung out with my good friend Ambie. It was good to see her and just chat for a few hours. Her roommates were crackin' me up.

Me and Ambie

MEAL THREE - 3:30 pm

Apple and Nuts (I had this in my purse and just ate it at Ambie's. I had to bring something that was accessible and didn't need to be refrigerated. Even though I didn't get enough protein I figured it was better than nothing.)

Slice of Life - Then Cole came and picked me up and we went and hung out with his friend Tyler and his wife who is prego and so cute. They kept telling us all these birth stories and technique (breathing and relaxing techniques) and I think Cole was getting a little freaked out it was hilarious. We then went to Gandolfy's... I think that it what it's called. It wasn't very good. I think it made me sick.

MEAL FOUR - 7:00 pm

Gandolfy's Godfather sandwich - Chicken and marinara sauce. They only had white bread rolls for their bread. You win some, you lose some I guess.

MEAL FIVE - 10:00pm

I felt starving!! I had a Strawberry Shortcake Protein Smoothie and two rice cakes.

Cole and I were pretty pooped. We sat down to watch a little boob tube and before we knew it, we were snoring away.... well I dunno if I was snoring, but Cole was. ha. My bed felt so good. The sheets were so soft and the down comforter snuggled around me like a teddy bear. ahhh. TODAY IS FREE DAY! But before I eat what I want, I am going to go for a little run. HAVE A HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Craver

2009-09-24T22:05:00.000-07:00

I have done very well on BFL this week considering the fact that I have been craving some sweets like nobody's business! I have one more day of clean eating and then I have my much needed FREE DAY. Can't wait. I can't put my finger on what I want to eat. Something sweet that is for sure. I think I'm definitely gonna have to go for my favorite movie treat -- Popcorn and hot tamales. That combo is just mmm mmm good. A little salty and a little sweet.

THURSDAY HAPPENED LIKE THIS:

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Horchatta Protein Shake - Ice, water, vanilla protein powder, and cinnamon.

MEAL TWO - 12:30 pm

Great Harvest Turkey Sandwich. I was so hungry that I scarfed down almost the whole thing before we could get home for me to take a pic. So this is all you get to see of my moist, satisfying, delectable sandwich.

This picture is really pathetic...I know. It doesn't do the sandwich justice.

MEAL THREE - 3:30 pm

Garbanzo Beans, cottage cheese, and ranch dressing mix. Ha. My friend could not believe that this could possibly be a good combo when she looked at my blog today. But I'm tellin' ya, its the only way I can stomach cottage cheese. I hate cottage cheese, but in this it's tasty. You should try it!

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

One Caramel Rice Cake with PB on it. I was so hungry for some reason, but I didn't want to eat too much cuz I was going to play b-ball and then on a run. So I just grabbed this for a quick fix.

HIIT - 6:45 pm

Stats:

2.21 miles

268 calories

9:36 average pace

5:54 best pace <----- whoo hoo! I maintained this for a whole minute.

Here I am all sweaty again. It feels so good!

MEAL FIVE -7:30 pm

1/2 Baked potato with cottage cheese and salsa.

Small salad with onions, green peppers, and honey mustard dressing.

MEAL SIX - 10:15 pm

Strawberry Chocolate Protein Shake

Bring on the weekend baby! I'm ready for ya! Be healthy, it feels great! Goodnight to all ya'll!

Cross Another Off the List

2009-09-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

Oh Gees! As I type the smell of freshly popped popcorn is leaking into my nose. Why do you have to tempt me so Cole? I can almost taste it the smell is so strong. I am quite excited right now because I just finished a paper that is due tommorrow! I love crossing things of my list. American Lit Paper: CHECK. I'm the type of person who writes a list of things to do at the beginning of the week and then has great joy when I take my pen and slash it off the list. That was the second to last thing on my list. Next item of business: Sharing time. Body for Life went well today. I had a little mishap on my UBWO, but I didn't let it get to me. Here's how it rolled out:

ATTEMPTED UBWO - 8:45 am

I went to the gym to workout, but apparently there was a class in there at the moment so the teacher kicked me out. He was actually really rude about it. I wished I could've told him he was fat. ha. That's rude of me. I just find it ironic that a teacher that teaches a weight class is fat. Seems really hypocritical to me. Same reason why they say "never trust a skinny chef"'. They should be fat because they eat all their tasty food. ANyways I'm rambling so let us move on shall we.

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Peanut Butter Crave Protein Shake - Ice, water, 1 TB of PB, and vanilla protein powder.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Turkey Roll-up - WW Tortilla, Deli Turkey, mustard, green peppers, onions. mmm

1/2 of green apple

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Strawberry Banana Light Yogurt, string cheese, mixed nuts

UBWO - 4:45 pm (this time a success)

Bench Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Pushups 12

DB Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Rows 12

Shoulder Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder Press 12

DB Tricep Extensions 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Tricep Dips 12

Bicep Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Preacher Curls 12

MEAL FOUR - 6:00 pm

2 Caramel Rice Cakes (I was hungry and dinner was coming soon)

MEAL FIVE - 7:00 pm

Baked Potato with Chili and FF sour cream. I wanted to put cottage cheese on it instead of sourcream, but we were all out. But the chili had 20 grams of protein in one serving! So I figured I was getting enough protein.

MEAL SIX - 9:00 pm

Peach-Strawberry Wonder Protein Shake (you like these cheesy names?)

Slice of Life - We saw Tod Blackington just a few minutes ago at Win-co. He is a local Celebrity. Local news channel 6, Anchor man. Ha.

I'm glad that my mouth has stopped salivating and that popcorn scent is slowly starting to go away. I am so ready for my nice cozy bed. NIGHT!

Stage Fright

2009-09-22T20:48:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is about my English classes, but they freak me out!! I get so scared that my teachers are going to call on me and I'm not going to know the answer and make a fool out of myself. Why the heck or you going into teaching if this is the case you might ask? Well... this usually isn't the case. I'm usually okay with talking in front of people, but these English classes make my armpits sweat and my heart beat like a drum. There are just so many intellectuals in there. I'm getting into the upper division classes where we analyze and delve deep into class discussions. And there's me sitting in the corner hiding. I just read the story for the story. I have a hard time getting into the Nitty-gritty and the deeper meaning of things. I had a total freak-out session this morning as I was getting ready to go to one of my classes and even shed a few tears, but Cole was very sweet and gave me a pep-talkin'. "I am smart, I am confident, What I have to say matters" I kept telling myself. Ha. Here is my BFL schedule for the day:

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Chunky Monkey Protein Shake - 1/2 banana, 1 TB of PB, Chocolate protein powder, ice, and water. Note: I've been trying to have my shakes with water instead of milk cuz I think it cuts down on the calories - about 150 a day. And they're just as tasty.

MEAL TWO - 12:00 pm

Chicken Taco Leftovers - WW Tortilla, taco seasoned chicken, black beans, green peppers, onions, FF sour cream, salsa. mmm.

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Can you guess? Garbanzo Beans, cottage cheese, and ranch dressing mix. I was still a little hungry so I chowed down 2 caramel rice cakes.

HIIT - 5:30 pm

ahhh felt good. Although I did have a major side ache the whole stinkin time! But there really is nothing better than going for a run when it starts to become fall. The air is so crisp and the sun feels good on your skin. ahhhh. I ran at a pretty good pace. I think the best so far since I started BFL.

Stats:

2.09 miles

254 calories

9:36 pace

7:12 best pace

MEAL FOUR - 6:45 pm

Light Buffalo Chicken Pita from Pita Pit. I love Pita Pit. I can always count on them to give me a delicious and nutritious meal. There theme is "Fresh Thinking, Healthy Eating" and its true. They are very fresh. Cole thinks its weird that if i have a choice of places to eat that I choose there. That's what we had for my b-day meal last year.

Slice of Life (that's what I'm going to start calling these little inserts)- I had my first Primary Presidency meeting tonight and I'm really excited. I love the ladies that I will be serving with. They just crack me up. I will be thrown in there full force on Sunday. They will both be gone so I will be conducting, keeping the kids rounded up, and doing sharing time. Please pray for me. eek!

MEAL FIVE - 10:oo pm

Strawberry Chocolate Protein Shake

I pray that I will soon get over my case of stage fright, cuz I don't want my whole semester to be filled with anxiety with every class that I attend. Well, you know what I gotta do... you guessed it...more reading. In the words of the von Trapp family -SO LONG FAREWELL, ALF VEDERSEIN (sp?), GOODNIGHT!

Fried Brain

2009-09-21T19:40:00.001-07:00

My brain feels fried. Oh no! This usually doesn't happen until the end of the semester! I guess this is what happens when you take four English classes. I always have so much reading to do every single night. Right now I'm taking a break to do my blog cuz I kinda skimped over the weekend. I have about 150 pages to read tonight though. YIKERS! My free day went well. I ate alot... We made pancakes stacked high with maples syrup. Yummm. I was watching Throw Down with Bobby Flay the night before and they had a blueberry pancake throw down and they just look so good I had to make them for my free day. We also went up to the temple with some friends and hit up Olive Garden. I always get their Braised Beef Tortellini. So Delish! I also made some easy rice krispie treats with reeses pieces. Those are always a hit among family members. Sunday went well. I ate clean. Ohhhh yeah. I will confess that I did not get my cardio in on Saturday.... Whua whoa! That is the first miss in BFL challenge numero tres so far. No more Cic!! I have to make it a priorty!

Some Free Day

Indulgences

Here's how today shook out:

Lower Body Workout - 8:15 am

DB Squats 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

One-legged DB Dead lift 12

One-legged DB lunges 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Steps ups with DBs 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Calf Raises on machine 12

Leg Extensions 15 x 3

Abs 20x6

30 Second Plank x 2

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Strawberry Banana Protein Shake

MEAL TWO -12:15 pm

Cottage Cheese and Garbonzo Beans w/ranch dressing mix. MMmm I think that this meal has become one of my staple meals for BFL. So good, so quick, and perfect balance of proteins and carbs.

MEAL THREE - 2:45 pm

Blueberry Protein Muffin and Vanilla Light Yogurt

MEAL FOUR - 7:00 pm

COMPLETE DELICIOUSNESS! Pita bread pizza with lean ground hamburger, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, salt, pepper, pizza sauce grilled on the grill! These were so easy and good. The grill made the pita really crispy and it had that yummy grill taste that I love. Cole loved it as well.

MEAL FIVE - 9:45 pm

Tropical Havannah Protein Shake (it's kinda fun coming up with my own names...maybe I should open up a smoothie shack or somethin') This contained: 1/2 banana, frozen peaches, stawberries, and pineapple, water, and vanilla protein powder. Very tasty!

School is being really rough on me right now. But I'm trying to have a good attitude about it. It will be over soon. No need to stress! I'm just taking it one day at a time. I'm just so excited to be done. 7 months to graduation!! Whoohoo! On top of school...I just got called to be in the Primary Presidency in my ward. Which I am really excited for! I love the sweet spirit of all those kids. I hope that I can be a good leader and example to them. I have to give sharing time on Sunday on General Conference. Any ideas? I'd love to hear about them. Cole and I were given free tickets to the BYU game against Colorado this Saturday so we are going to head down to Provo this coming weekend. I'm pretty excited even though BYU is not doing as well as I thought they would. Well I better get back to that reading.

CHOW MY FELLOW BLOGGERS!

Friday Football

2009-09-18T22:25:00.000-07:00

When we were first married, I used to hate that every Friday during football season was spent up at the Holt Arena watching high school football. But now I look forward and get so excited to go to the dome on Friday nights. Tonight's game was fun because it was Century vs. Highland. I went to Century and Cole went to Highland so we kinda had a little rivalry thang goin' on. Highland won...dangit. Oh well, it makes for a fun night of football and people watching. ha. Tomorrow is my free day. yipee! The first thing I'm going to do is eat that piece of chocolate peanut butter fudge Cole's parents brought back from the Tillamook factory in Oregon. I can't believe that I've made it through 3 weeks of BFL already. That means I'm 1/4 done with Challenge Numero Tres!! I started the day off with my Upper body workout.

Cole even sported his state ring from when they were state champs at Highland. dork.

UBWO - 9:15 am

Bench Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Pushups 12

DB Rows 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Machine Rows 12

Shoulder Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder Front Raises 12

DB Tricep Extension 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Cable Tricep Pull Down 12

DB Bicep Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Preacher Curls 12

MEAL ONE - 10:15

Strawberry Chocolate Protein Shake

MEAL TWO - 12:30 pm

Garbonzo Beans, Cottage Cheese, Ranch Dressing

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

Yogurt, string cheese, mixed nuts

MEAL FOUR - 5:45 pm

Blueberry Protein Muffins

MEAL FIVE - 6:45 pm

Chicken Tacos - Chicken, black beans, brown rice, FF sour cream, salsa, and ww tortillas.

MEAL SIX - 10:00 pm

Strawberry Banana Protein Shake. Delish!

We came home from the game and watched a little Boise State Football and Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. Oh boy is that Rob Dyrdek a crazy kid...or should I say man... he's like 36 or something. Well better go beddy bye. Soccer nets in the morning....and chocolate pb fudge! NIGHT!

When is it that I actually have to grow up??

2009-09-18T09:41:00.000-07:00

THURSDAY

Today was spent galianting around. Is that a word? I don't have class 'til 11 so I slept in, went to class (which was like the only responsible thing I did all day). Then Cole and I went to Costco to get new tires on my car. While we were waiting we thought....hey lets go out to eat at Chile's across the parking lot. As we were sitting there eating and having fun I said "ya know, most people are working right now. Us -- we're just hangin' out at Costco, going out to lunch....we are lucky! I wonder when it is that we are actually going to have to grow up, go to work, take care of kids?" We both work for our parents and it has been so great while we go to school. It really takes alot of stress off of our lives. I did have Stake YW's Basketball tonight. Only 3 girls showed up, but it was actually really fun. We played horse, lightning, and 2-on-2. I actually think that I would really like coaching b-ball. Then instead of doing homework or something responsible I watched the new show GLEE on hulu.com and I stayed up so late and that is why I didn't get a blog post yesterday. GLEE was great! It was freakin' hilarious! Well lets get down to business!

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Peach Cobbler Protein Shake - frozen peaches, 8 oz. of skim milk, 2 scoops vanilla protein powder, and cinnamon to taste.

MEAL TWO - we didn't eat until 1:45 pm at Chile's!

I got the Southwestern Explosion Salad. It was very good! It had a very yummy, tangy balsamic vinaigrette on it.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

Organic Oiko's Yogurt Plain with white peaches a

nd Flaxseed granola. MMMMM!

HIIT - 7:15 pm

I went to basketball at 6:00 and then right after that I thought I'd hit the road for a little HIIT. At first I thought it was going to be a bad running session cuz my legs were sore from leg day yesterday, but after I got warmed up it felt great. My last sprinting session I ran at a 7:25 minute mile for 2 1/2 minutes. Whoo! Felt good! It wasn't that hot outside, but when I got back I was drenched! It feels so good to sweat. My face gets so red when I run though.

My stats were:

2.1 miles

253 calories

10:14 average pace

7:26 best pace Right after my run

MEAL FOUR - 8:00 pm

Garbonzo beans mixed with cottage cheese and ranch dressing mix. VERY GOOD! I found the idea for this here.

MEAL FIVE - 10:15 pm

Chocolate Strawberry Protein Shake in my Magic Bullet Blender named Manny. I def think this one and the Horchatta shake is my fav.

Well that is how my very unresponsible Thursday went. Oh and by the way. As I'm typing this, I am skipping my World Literature class. I didn't have time to get ready! Come on Cic...grow up! Get your act together! lol.

Ruby Wednesday's

2009-09-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

Holler to Ruby Tuesday's salad bar....Yummo! Tonight is actually the only night in a while that I haven't had any homework. It feels great!! Well I do have homework, but its not due for a while. And I am super good at procrastinating. It was our good friend, Dean's b-day today, so his wife invited us out for a little surprise birthday dinner to Ruby Tuesday. I love Ruby's. Today went well. I tried some new meals that were a success(tasty) so that is good and I drank a butt-load of water so overall it has been a successful BFL day.

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Flax and Pumpkin seed granola with vanilla protein milk (I just mixed some vanilla protein with some milk). It was good. I just love that granola.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Tuna Fish on toast. Is it bad to eat too much fish? I heard somewhere it was...so if anyone reads this and they know...please fill me in.

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Organic Oiko's Greek Plain Yogurt with white peaches and cinnamon. One serving of Oiko's has 23 grams of protein! WOW! It was tasty. I didn't mean to get the white peaches, but it ended up being good.

LOWER BODY WORKOUT - 4:45 pm

Because we were going out to dinner, I got off work a little early so I could get my workout in.

One legged DB deadlifts 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Curls 12

Leg Kickbacks 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Lunges 12

Calf raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Calf raises 12

Abs 12x12

MEAL FOUR - 6:45 pm

Ruby Tuesday's Salad Bar!! Romaine lettuce, peas, Parmesan, broccoli, cukes, boiled eggs, garbanzo beans, cottage cheese, honey mustard....a few croûtons....x 2

MEAL FIVE - 10:00 pm

Horchatta Protein Shake... I can't get enough of this flavor...and we have no groceries.

We had a great time tonight. I feel so blessed to have such good friends. I dunno what we would do without our buddies Dean and Carrie. I'm doing good on BFL. I really am loving it and I am starting to see results. I definitely feel like my arms are getting stronger and my stomach is getting flatter. I got my Oxygen magazine yesterday. Those pictures really motivate me to push myself. I put the Abs Oxygen magazine right by my bed so that when I wake up every morning I see the ripped girl on the front. It helps get me motivated for the day. Well goodnight to all!!

Today

2009-09-15T22:45:00.000-07:00

...was great! It was one of those day where you're really busy, but you enjoy it cuz you get alot of stuff done. Mr. Magic Bullet # 1 was taken back to the store today. BUT we just traded it for a new one. Now we have Mr. Magic Bullet #2. I made a PB Chocolate Protein Shake with it tonight and it worked like a charm. This is how my day went:

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Protein Oats with Blueberries. Very good with one scoop of vanilla protein powder. We really need to go grocery shopping. We have not been since I very first started BFL, which was 2 weeks ago. We've picked a few things up here and there and ate a ton out of the Seamons' garden.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Tuna Fish on Whole wheat bread. Cole made this for me to eat in between classes. It was delicious...just like a like it. I found a nice little step in the sun, sat and read, and ate my sandwich.

MEAL THREE - 2:45 pm

Light and Fit Watermelon yogurt (who knew there was WATERMELON yogurt?) it was pretty tasty. Almost too sweet. It reminded me of a jolly rancher. One string cheese was also eaten to help add a little more protein.

HIIT - 6:00pm

It felt so good to run today! I ran 2.5 miles in 20 minutes. My average pace was 9:3o minutes miles. 6:52 was my best pace. And I burned 279 calories. My legs were feeling great and I hit all my 9's and my 10 at the end. Whoo!

MEAL FOUR - 6:45 pm

Horchatta Protein drink. YIKERS! I waited four hours. I was was pretty hungry by then.

MEAL FIVE - 8:00 pm

Salmon and potatoes. The Salmon was caught by Ray, my father-in-law, up on the Oregon coast. It was delicious. Fish for lunch, fish for dinner. I am just lovin' the fish. If you are what you eat...I hope I don't turn into a fish!! Okay bad joke. Sometimes I remind myself of my Dad because he always tells the cheesiest jokes.

MEAL SIX - 10:00 pm

Chocolate PB Protein Shake... in my new Bullet. I think I'm giving it a name....and I think it's going to be Manny. Manny the magic bullet. I know...I'm a goof ball.

I'm reading The Odyssey for one of my English classes, I better get to it. Read read read...I feel like that's all I ever do these days. I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow. I want to set some short-term goals for this week:

1. Drink 3 bottles of my water bottle.

2. Eat 2 servings of veggies a day.

3. Try some new recipes.

Good news is, after being on BFL for 2 1/2 weeks I have lost about 5 pounds which is exactly what I wanted to do....about 2 pounds a week. Yippee! Keep it going Cic!

GOODNIGHT TO ALL OUT THERE IN THE GREAT INTERNET ABYSS!

16 Hours of Studying

2009-09-14T22:13:00.000-07:00

Seriously...I woke up at 8:00 am this morning and began studying. I had a ton of reading to do and I had a test to study for. I didn't even make it into work cuz I was studying. This dang school is getting on my nerves. But I guess soon enough I will be done FOREVER!! 8 months to be exact. I did very good with BFL today considering the fact that I was sooo busy. I started off the day with:

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Veggie Omelet - 2 eggs, 1/4 c. skim milk, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. I paired it with some whole wheat toast and it became a tasty little breakfast.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Horchatta Protein Shake (this is what I'm going to call my vanilla cinnamon shake from now on because that is what it reminds me of).

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Cold leftover spaghetti (remember when I made this a few days ago?) It was ehhh so-so. I was stuck at the Student Union Building studying and that is all I had, but hey it kept me going and filled me up.

MEAL FOUR - 5:45 pm

Flax and Pumpkin Seed granola and a string cheese. My sister-in-law gave me the granola and it is very tasty (thanks Jill!) I can't wait to try it with some yogurt and fruit.

MEAL FIVE - 7:15 pm

Pier 49 Chicken Caesar Salad. Yeah...most of you probably know that you get pizza at Pier 49...sour dough pizza that is delicious. Cole and his parents got pizza, but I stayed strong and had a salad even though the pizza smelled and looked soooo good. Cole's parent just got back from the Oregon coast and they brought us back some Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter fudge. Cole was being a meanie-butt by eating it in front of me, smacking his lips, and blowing his breath in my face.

UBWO - 8:30 pm

I stayed home to do the workout tonight cuz I just have so much reading to do.

Pushups 12,10,8,6,12

DB Bench 12

Pullups 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Flies 12

Should front and side raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Shoulder press 12

Bent over curls against the leg (yeah...I can't remember what these are called 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Tricep Kickbacks 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Bodyweight tricep pushups 12

MEAL SIX - 10:00 pm

Chocolate Protien Shake

Sad story: I think that I have given my special little bullet blender all that it can handle cuz it didn't sound so good tonight. Cole thinks we should take it back and get a new one. Maybe it just needs a rest. I feel like I've developed a relationship with my bullet the last couple weeks...I don't want to take it back. But I guess if we get a new one...Okay I have 100 pages to read by 1:00 pm tommorrow so I better run. BEDDY BYE!

Dear Magic Bullet,

Please get well soon. I like you alot. You make such delicious shakes. Please don't make me take you back.

Love,

Cicily

Free Day and Nap Day

2009-09-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

Hello to all! I had a great weekend. Once Saturday rolled around and I got a little on top of my homework, I felt so much better. Last week, I felt like a crazed woman. Saturday was FREE DAY!! I pretty much cooked all day...which is what I wanted to do. I made my first official cheesecake. It was divine. I had a homeade sausage, egg, and cheese sandwhich for breakfast. MMM. Costco samples. I had pizza for lunch and also made homeade enchiladas and mexican rice for dinner. I didn't take any pictures which I wish I would of because the cheescake was very pretty especially when I added the cut up rasberries, blueberries, and peaches. I did get in a suuuuupppperrrr killer Lowerbody Workout and my leggies are aching now.

SATURDAY'S LBWO - 12:30pm

Front squats 12, 10, 8 ,6 ,12

Leg press 12

DB Lunges 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Kickbacks 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB calf raises 12

Leg Extensions 3x15

Abs

6x20

Plank

SUNDAY MEALS

MEAL ONE - 8:45 am

Green apple (I was running late to church)

MEAL TWO - 12:45 pm

Turkey Sandwhich on Whole wheat bread

Then I took like a two hour nap which is why I can't wait for Sundays to roll around. Then we decided to be good dog-sitters (we're watching Cole's parent's dog) and take Cira for a drive in his truck and how does she thank us??? She takes a big old crap in his truck! Ungrateful dog... no a think she got really nervous because she doesn't ride in vehicles very often.

MEAL THREE - 3:30 pm

Blueberry Muffin Protein Shake

We went of to my parent's house today to say hello. Cole and I were chatting with my brother and his girlfriend when we realized my parents outside doing THIS....PHOTO OPP! It was hilarious. Even more so because my dad is 6'8" and he looked funny on this little kid swing set. ha ha. I'm still laughing about it.

MEAL FOUR - 7:30 pm

Grilled Salmon and Brown Rice. Oooooo la la. Salmon is delicioso!!! We can't get enough of that grillin'.

MEAL FIVE - 10:15 pm

Vanilla Cinnamon Protein Shake - I think this is my new favorite!! It reminds me of that rice drink you can get at mexican restaurants. I think its called horchatta???

I'm not going to get a sixth meal in tonight. Its too late! I have a biggo test tommorrow and a million (exageration) pages to read. It was a great weekend. I can't wait for the next one to come. Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bight.

Ahhhh relax....and study a little

2009-09-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhh I can relax and breathe a little now that its Friday. Although I do have a lot of stuff to get done, I feel alot more at ease now that its the weekend. Nothing too exciting for a Friday. Get up. Go for a run. Go to class. Help Cole at work. Go to my work. Get home. Go to friends for dinner. Watch Iron Man (I love it!). Now I'm here typing this.... Today went really well for BFL. I was actually pretty proud of myself. I tried eating some new things and I didn't succumb to temptation when everyone went and got an ice cream and I didn't get one.

HIIT - 8:30 am

This was my typical HIIT session. I felt really good. Sometimes I go too fast though when I should be running at a slower pace so that I will have the energy to bust it during my sprints.

Here are my stats:

20 minutes

2.2 miles

242 calories

6:48 <----- Best Pace!!!

9:52 Average pace

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Blueberry Mufifn Protein Shake. Thanks Cole for making it for me.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Leftover Spaghetti, carrots

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Organic Oikos Vanilla Yogurt with fresh rasberries, blueberrie, and peaches. YUMMO!! I loved this yogurt. Picked it up at Freddy's. It had 15 grams of protein. I'm always searching for the protein.

MEAL FOUR - 5:15

Turkey Scramble on toast

MEAL FIVE - 7:00

Burger with no bun and homeade red potatoe fries. We headed over to our good friends, Dean and Carrie's for dinner. They are known to make a mean meal. They never dissapoint. It was delicious.

MEAL SIX - ???

One glass of Crystal Light

Beddy Bye! We gotta set up soccer nets tommorrow at 7:00 am. TOMMORROW'S FREE DAY!!!

Stress Case!

2009-09-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

I am so stressed today! I have so much on my mind and so many things to get done. I feel that posting what I eat and my workout is pertinent to my success with BFL so I'm just going to post the bare bones today.

UBWO - 8:15 am

I had to do it at home today cuz I woke up late and I had my student teaching interview at 10 am and I didn't want to be late to that. Here goes:

Pushups 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Flies 12

Assisted Pulllups 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Flies 12

Shoulder press 12 x 3

Tricep Dips 12 x 3

DB Hammer curls 12 x 3

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Strawberry Shortcake Protein Shake

MEAL TWO - 12:25 pm

Turkey Sandwhich on whole wheat bread, carrots, 1 hard boiled egg

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

1 hard boiled egg....pathetic, I know. I had a nectarine to eat, but it wasn't good

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

Apple Cinnamon rice cake with vanilla and PB topping. I mixed a little FF whip cream with protein powder for the topping. It was pretty good. Cole liked it too. I'm not preverted so I won't tell you what I thought of when I first saw this picture...I'll let you use your imagination :)

MEAL FIVE - 7:30 pm

Spaghetti with whole wheat noodles, Salad with FF ranch.

MEAL SIX - 10:30 pm

Mixed Berry Protein Smoothie - strawberries, blueberries, skim milk, vanilla protein powder.

THE END! GOOD NIGHT

Isn't it Friday yet?

2009-09-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

Dear Friday, I was wondering if you could please come faster? This week is really giving me all I can handle for now so could you please hurry up and get here!?? I am the type of person that really stresses out when things aren't going as perfectly planned as I had...well planned them. I am a planner you see. Could you tell by my typed out menus and workout spread sheets? People have just been throwing things my way that aren't even that big of a deal, but for some reason, they just stress me out. Like, someone asking me to do a last minute musical on Sunday... no biggie, but for some reason I just am just stressed about it and a million other things. Surprisingly enough, I find that doing this blog and typing my feelings out is very theraputic for me. Well, enough of my little pity party.

HIIT - 8:45 am

My leggies are sore. I made a slow pace from 11,10,9,8 minute pace to 7 minute pace for my 9's. When I say 9's, I mean on a scale from 1-10 where 10 is giving it my all, 9 was as hard as I was pushing myself. I tried to go faster than 7 minute

pace for my last sprint, but my legs just wouldn

't allow it.

MEAL ONE - 10:00 am

Chocolate PB Protein Shake

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Salad: Romaine lettuce, 1 boiled egg, frozen peas, avacado, salad nut topping, honey mustard, and cottage cheese. MMMM. I love the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday's. I tried to re-create it just like the one that I get there.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

Green apple, nuts, 1 string cheese

MEAL FOUR - 5:45 pm

Crockpot Cream of Mushroom Chicken over brown rice. I was actually quite proud of myself on this one. I didn't have a recipe, I just kinda threw some stuff in the crockpot and hoped that it would taste good and it was! It consisted of three frozen chicken breasts, 1 can of 98% fat free Cream of Mushroom, half can of Chicken Stock, can of mushrooms, salt, pepper, and basil. And there you have it. I baked it on high for about 4 hours and cooked some brown rice to go with it. YUM YUM.

MEAL FIVE - 10:15 pm

Peach Cobbler Protein Shake: ice, peach, cinnamon, 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder. I waited waaaaaay too long for this, I know. I also have been waking up too late to get my six meals in. I want to get some good sleep tonight. I have workout, class, work, YW's B-ball, and Blackfoot Fair tommorrow! Chow!

Terrific Tuesday

2009-09-08T22:46:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow bloggers! Back to school, back to school, to prove that I am not a fool. Got my boots tied tight, got my lunch packed tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. Oh back to school, back to school. lol. Cole always says that to me and no matter what, it all ways makes me laugh. My English classes were awful today. One of my teachers loves to randomly select people to answer questions and its so scary to me because I'm always afraid she's going to call on me and I'm going to make a fool of myself. The other one is freakin' hilarious, but he goes off on tangent and I have no idea what he is talking about. Well enough of my ramblin' and such. Today was DAY 9 and it my Lowerbody workout. OUCH!

UBWO - 9:00 am

Barbell Squats 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Press 12

DB Deadlifts 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Kickback Machine 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Extensions 2x15

Tip-toe Lunges 12

Abs 20x6

Nothing gets you more sore than DEADLIFTS! Ouch... my hammies hurt already.

MEAL ONE - 10:00 am

Chocolate Strawberry Protein Shake, so thick had to eat it with a spoon.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Half a tuna, one string cheese, and an apple. I ate this in between classes. I found a nice little bench outside in the sun. It felt so good.

MEAL THREE - 2:30 pm

Blackbeans, Cottage Cheese, and ranch dressing mix. I read about this idea from the blog here. Except she uses garbonzo beans instead of blackbeans. The blackbeans were good, but I think that garbonzos would be better. It filled me up and was the perfect balance of proteins and carbs.

MEAL FOUR - 5:30 pm

Two Apple Cinnamon Rice Cakes with PB on them. We need to go grocery shopping really bad. I'm running out of snacks!

MEAL FIVE - 8:30 pm

Hamburgers with lean hamburger, tomatoes, lettuce, onion, on grilled whole wheat bread(I thought I'd give grilling the bread a try and it was great...try it!). Corn on the cob. Zuccini and onions. Every single item was grilled. I love grilling, it is so much healthier and it gives the food such a great flavor.

WE went to Costco. And when we go to Costco we usually always end of buying something. We decided to buy some Vanilla protein powder so that we can make things like oatmeal, pancakes, and protein smoothies. We also ended up buying some new tires for my car. Whoosh! THere goes our savings account.

MEAL SIX - 10:15 pm

Blueberry Vanilla Protein Shake. Very good. Tasted like a blueberry muffin to me.

Goodnight to all of you out there!

Lazy Labor Day

2009-09-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

Why is it called Labor Day? Are you supposed to take a day off from your labor or are you supposed to labor? Well, today...I just relaxed and had fun. Cole and I went up to Idaho Falls for the day and we had a great time. We went to Julie and Julia with Meryl Streep and let me tell you, I view blogging and cooking at a whole new perspective. I loved it! Now I want to try cooking in all sorts of new ways. Oh...that darn Julia Child, she was a good lady. A happy lady. If everyone tried to be more like her, the world would be a better place. Today is my 8th offical day of my BFL challenge. Sorry, I didn't post yesturday. I ate good though, I promise. Today I started off the day with a run.

2.o5 mile run - 10:00 am

It was fun cuz Cole came with me today.

22.43 minutes

256 calories

I had Cole take a pic of me in my running get-up. Check out that giant watch on my wrist. That's my GPS watch. It is huge, but it is awesome. It is like my little crystal ball, it tells me everthing I want to know.

MEAL ONE - 10:45 am

Chocolate Protein Shake, Oh baby was this thing thick. I think I blended it so long that it started turning into whip cream or something.

MEAL TWO - 12:30 pm

Tuna fish on one piece of toast. Deelish peach off of Cole's parent's tree. After this we headed up to Idaho Falls for the day.

MEAL THREE - 4:30 pm

Johnny Corino's - Country Italian. This place is very tempting to me. But I told myself I was going to get a salad and I did. I got the Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad and I'm so glad that I did because it was probably the best salad I'd ever had. Gees it was good. It was a huge bed of spinach greens with hot slices of chicken that had a pecan crust around them. The dressing was like a tangy vinegarette. There was also crumbled feta in it as well. --> YUMMO! I was going to take a pic of it but felt kinda dumb cuz Johny's was crowded and I didn't wanna seem like a weirdo to people. I need to stop worrying what other people think. I'm not going to lie though. I did have a piece of the bread at Johny's and I shared half of a Tiramasu with Cole. I feel like I'm confessing my sins or something. I'm not goint to dwell on it and feel guilty about it. I'm just going to move on and work extra hard.

MEAL FOUR - 8:00 pm

Mixed nuts, Apple Cinnamon Rice Cakes, and Blueberry Powerade Zero.

I know I didn't get my six meals in, but I felt like overate a little at Johny's so I took it easy for the rest of the night. Ohhh how I don't want to go back to real life tommorrow. On the bright side though, we only have four days until the weekend. I just live for the weekends. Today was the last break I will have until Thanksgiving. Good news is...I think we might be going to Chicago for Turkey Day! Big day tommorrow. I better get some shut-eye;)

FREE DAY

2009-09-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

Free day was today. This means I get to eat whatever I want and I don't have to feel guilty about it. I started off my day with a 3.5 mile run. My calfs have been so sore though I had to stop a couple of times cuz they felt so tight. We did our regular trip to Costco, stopped at Mickey D's, and hung out at my grandparents for the rest of the evening. Oh and we watched football ALL-DAY-LONG! Congrats to Cole for Notre Dame winning and Congrats to BYU. They beat number three ranked Oklahoma! Sorry I didn't get any photos today.

My meals consisted of the following:
Mrs. Powell's Cinnamon Roll
McDonald's Cheese Burger
Zuccini Bread
Bean Salsa
Deep Fat Fried Halibut
Watermelon
and a bunch of different salads.

My Grandma's sister, who is from Alaska, is visiting for a month and she brought fresh halibut here that she caught in the Alaskan waters. Let me tell ya... it is the best! I've been waiting for it all week long. Good thing it was my free day. Back on BFL tommorrow. GOODNIGHT!

TGIATDW

2009-09-04T15:39:00.000-07:00

THANK GOODNESS IT'S A THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Two weeks of school down, 14 left to go. Whoo! Did you ever just wake up in a bad mood and really had no certain reason to be mad, but you just feel grumpy? That's how I feel today. Its not that time of the month if thats what you are thinking, I just feel annoyed at the world. I'm feeling much better though now that I know I have the weekend ahead of me.

8:30 am UBWO

DB Chest flies (I think thats what they're called)12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Pushups 12

DB Upright row 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Overhead pulldown 12 (I think thats what its called too, man I'm having brain farts as to what lifts are what.)

DB Shoulder Raises 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

DB Forward Shoulder Raises 12

Cable Machine Tricep Overhead Extensions 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Cable Tricep Pulldowns 12

DB Bicep Curls 12, 10, 8 ,6,12

Preacher Curls 12

This was a good work out. I def think my tri's will be sore tomorrow. I love going to the gym on Friday because for some reason I think people are too lazy to go on Fridays so I have almost the whole gym to myself.

MEAL ONE - 9:30 am

Strawberry chocolate protein shake. mmm.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Tuna fish on one piece of whole wheat toast, salad with LF honey mustard dressing. I make a mean Tuna Fish - Light mayo, dijon mustard, cut up pickles, tuna fish (but it has to be the good chunk kind, chicken of the sea. We get it at Costco), and grated up LF cheese. Sometimes I put cut up red onions in it too and thats good, but we didn't have any.

Bad or good news first? Bad news is, I didn't pass the English Praxis II (which is an exam you have to pass to be a teacher, but I am going to take it again). I only missed the score by 5 points, I was so mad! Good news is I passed the Health Praxis II with flying colors. The English was hard and I haven't taken most of my English classes yet, actually I'm in them right now so hopefully I will pass the second time.

MEAL THREE - 3:00 pm

One string cheese, vanilla Light and Fit Yogurt, and some nuts.

MEAL FOUR- 5:15 pm

Chocolate PB Protein Shake. Yummo.

Didn't take a pic.?? Sorry. Ya know, I'm really horrible with meal four. Sometimes I eat it sometimes I don't. Always forgetin' to take I pic. Someday, I'll get this.

MEAL FIVE - 8:00 pm

Steaks, corn on th cob, and zuccini. So good. The corn was delicious. You should try grilling corn on the cob. It is so much better. The flavor is better and it is still kinda crispy. Oh so good. You just slab a little "I Can't Believe Its Not Butter" on them, place them on a piece of tin foil, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, roll them up in the tin foil, grill 'em, and wahla... you have yourself some tasty corn cobbin'. Zuccini was very good as well. I dipped them in some whole wheat flour and fried them in some olive oil. BFL approved? I dunno... they can't be that bad.

We went up to Cole's Parent's House cuz we're house sitting for them. Cole cooked us up some means steaks. They were huge. There's no way I ate that whole thing. I ate half and then Cole ate the other half, and I fed some to the dog. I'm still licking my chops! What's up with my pics? I know how to turn the right side...I'm just a little retarded. He's my cutie pie!I love this dog. Cira is her name. I want a dog just like her. We had to lock her out of the deck cuz she would be beggin up a storm for a taste of some steak. The whole time she had her nose stuck in the air cuz she could sniff the meat. This dog eats corn and apples like a human. She takes little bights at a time and uses her paws. It is hilarious. I don't think she knows she's a pooch.

MEAL SIX - 10:00pm

One large glass of ice water. I was way too full to eat anything!

Happy Friday!! Five days down. Tomorrow is a free day! Yippee!

Baby Suzanne!!

2009-09-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day! Last night at 9:30 pm, I became the aunt to another baby girl. Baby Suzanne! She is adorable. My sis-in-law had a really fast labor...like 40 minutes. I'm so excited for Dane and Molly! There second child and first baby girl. I went to the hospital today and got to hold her. It almost makes me baby hungry. No!... be strong Cic. This morning I woke up to our neighbor's dog barking. We are surrounded by dogs on all sides of our apartment and I must say it gets a little annoying when a dog barks for 3 straight hours and you can't shut your windows cuz it's too hot. I even yelled out the door "SHUT UP DOG!!" in no general direction cuz I can't pin point where the dog's bark is actually coming from.

Today started out with a little HIIT

HIIT - 8:45 am

Minute 1 = 11:00 minute pace
Minute 2 = 10:00 minute pace
Minute 3 = 9:00 minute pace
Minute 4 = 8:00 minute pace
Minute 5 = 11:00 minute pace

Minute 6 = 10:30 minute pace

Minute 7 = 9:30 minute pace

Minute 8 = 9:00 minute pace
Minute 9 = 8:00 minute pace
Minute 10 = 11:00 minute pace

Minute 11 = 10:00 minute pace

Minute 12 = 9:30 minute pace

Minute 13= 9:00 minute pace
Minute 14= 8:00 minute pace

Minute 15 = 10:00 minute pace

Minute 16 = 9:00 minute pace

Minute 17= 9:30 minute pace
Minute 18 = 8:30 minute pace

Minute 19 = I don't really know what pace I was going, but I was hawling bootay up hill. I felt like I was going to hurl.

Minute 20 = 11:00 minute pace

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Chocolate Blueberry Protein Shake - milk, frozen blueberries, chocolate protien powder. It was pretty good. But I think it would be better with vanilla protein powder. I needa get me some a dat.

MEAL TWO - 12:15 pm

Left over Thai Chicken stir fry with a little bit of yummy cilantro bean salad - black beans, onions, corn, cilantro, lime juice, vinegar. MMMM my sister made it. I went up there today at lunch to say hi. Took some pics. My awesome nephews are Jack and Cade. My sis is about 5 months prego and still as skinny as ever. My nephews crack me up. Jack (little one) asked me "Cicily, why are you always coming up here?" I said "Because I want to see you dude". I guess he wasn't as excited to see me as I was to see him.lol.

I then preceded to go to a class and afterward I got to see precious Suzanne and her mommy Molly who looked awesome for just giving birth. I got to hold her and watch all of her funny facial expressions... Suzanne I mean. It kinda sounded like I meant Molly. ha.

MEAL THREE - 3:15 pm

Apple and two string cheeses. I was so hungry! I think my metabolism is really kicking into gear. Whoa! Don't forget to take that sticker off the apple cic. I don't remember ever taking it off. I probably ate it.

MEAL FOUR - 5:15 pm

Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Shake. I think I will add a banana to this next time and call it Chunkey Monkey Shake. It was delicious. Lovin the bullet still. I think I need to give my Magic Bullet a name.

MEAL FIVE - 7:45 pm

Can you guess what it was? Left over Thai Stir Fry with some grapes. I wasn't very hungry so I didn't have any rice. Just the veggies and the chicken. And some grapes. Washed it down with some Crystal Light.

Wow I can't believe I'm finished with DAY FOUR!! I feel great, I have so much more energy. My calves are so sore. Ouch. So long, fair well, Altvedersane (sp?), Goodnight!

Septiembre Dos and a New addition to the Familia

2009-09-02T21:52:00.000-07:00

Why do I try write in Spanish you ask? I dunno. Happy Hump Day Ya'll. We are now heading down hill and staight into the weekend baby! A three day weekend at that. I swear, if you are a student, just plan on having a hectic to and from life and schedule. Today wasn't too bad. But I feel like I'm always running here and there and I always seem to be running late. Good news is we bought a Bullet Blender. Now we can have smoothies and protien shakes and homeade salsa and hummus. MMMM. I'm telling you this thing is great! My blender sucked, this things makes thick and creamy shakes... my mouth is salivating as I type. Well, let's get down to business ya'll.

7:50 am alarm went of -> snooze button.

8:30 am woke up and fought with myself about going to the gym, I ended being lazy and laying around 'til it was too late to go to the gym.

MEAL ONE - 9:15 am

Eggs w/LF cheese, green onions, avacado and fire salt.grapes and cucumbers (fresh out of the Seamons' garden).

MEAL TWO - 1215 pm

Listen here cuz this was the best thing since sliced bread. Chocolate strawberry protein shake made with the bullet blender. It was creamy, smooth, it was delectible (sp?). Can ya tell I was excited? woops, I didn't turn the pic right side up. I'm getting used to this still you see.

MEAL THREE - 2:15 pm

Tuna fish on whole wheat black bread... I know it seems repetitive, but I love it and I made a big batch of tuna so I figured I'd wipe the last bit out. Carrots and cukes were also on the agenda. Tomorrow, I will be featuring something different for lunch... something good. I'm excited for it. Sorry no pic of tuna, but you know what it looks like.

MEAL FOUR - ???

I was so busy at work, I totally spaced eating my fourth meal. Bad move. By dinner, I was famished. Specially after this killer UBWO.

UBWO - 5:15

DB Squats 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Leg Press 12

One Leg DB Lunges 12, 10, 8, 6, 12

Step-ups 12

Calf Raises 12, 10, 8, 6. 12

DB Single Leg Calf Raises 12

Abs 20 x 6

Ouch! My legs are sore and my abs hurt when I laugh! Cole don't make me laugh!

MEAL 5 - 6:15 pm

I couldn't resist another protien shake in my precious little bullet. I had a chocolate banana shake and it was delish.

MEAL 6 - 7:45 pm

Thai Peanut Stir Fry with Brown rice. Delicioso! Muaw!

RECIPE:

1 lb of chicken breast, cubed and cooked

1 can of light coconut milk
1 bag of frozen veggie of your choice

1 package of Taste of Thai Peanut Sauce seasoning

Brown rice cooked according to instructions

Cook chicken until slightly browned. Add vegetables until cooked thoroughly. Add cocnut milk and peanut sauce seasoning. Mix. Let boil for 3 minutes. Serve over cooked brown rice.

It's really that easy and tasty to boot.

We had a little Crystal Light. Cole wanted me to get his Maverik cup in the pic.

Life is so much better now that the bullet blender has come into my life :) Cole went to pick it up while I was at class and before I left I told him that I was excited to see him and my bullet blender in and hour. He accused me of not really being excited to see him and only the magic bullety, its not true, I love them equally. Actually, Cole alot more! Teehe.

One Hectic Day

2009-09-01T20:04:00.000-07:00

Hey All! Happy Tuesday! I seriously felt like I was running around crazy today. Cole's car was in the shop so between running him everywhere and going to class and work, the day was a little hectic. But it ended great and peacfully. My sister is in town so my mom, sister, and I took a little trip up to the I.F. temple. It was the perfect ending to the hectic day!

Well I have day 2 in the bag!! So far so good. Exercise in check and diet in check. Today was cardio and for not doing cardio for a few weeks it felt pretty good.

8:30 am HIIT - High Intesity Interval Training

Minute 1 = 11:00 minute pace

Minute 2 = 10:00 minute pace

Minute 3 = 9:00 minute pace

Minute 4 = 8:00 minute pace

Minute 5 = 11:00 minute pace
Minute 6 = 10:30 minute pace
Minute 7 = 9:30 minute pace
Minute 8 = 9:00 minute pace

Minute 9 = 8:00 minute pace

Minute 10 = 11:00 minute pace
Minute 11 = 10:00 minute pace
Minute 12 = 9:30 minute pace
Minute 13= 9:00 minute pace

Minute 14= 8:00 minute pace
Minute 15 = 10:00 minute pace
Minute 16 = 9:00 minute pace
Minute 17= 9:30 minute pace

Minute 18 = 8:30 minute pace
Minute 19 = 6:53 minute pace!!! Yeah that right...I have a GPS watch and when I looked down at this final sprint my watch said my pace was 6:53!!
Minute 20 = 11:00 minute pace

Average pace: 10:06

Calories burned: 235

Miles: 2.2

MEAL ONE - 9:00 am

Chocolate Protein Oats. Not gonna lie, there was something not right with this. I think that the vanilla protein powder would have been better to use with the oatmeal. We used oats, skim milk, 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder, cinnamon, and a little bit of brown sugar. hmmm? We couldn't put our finger on it what else it needed. Maybe some walnuts would be good.

MEAL TWO - 11:00 am

2 string cheeses, nuts, and 1/2 banana. I literally ate this meal as I walked to class.

MEAL THREE - 12:15 pm

Tuna Fish on whole wheat black bread. I know it was only an hour and a half, but it was the only time I had to eat. I had to eat it in the car on the way to pick up Cole and take him to class.

MEAL FOUR - 4:00 pm

Cottage cheese and yogurt. Mixing cottage cheese with yogurt is the only way I can eat cottage cheese. Otherwise it just grosses me out...those little curds, bleh.

MEAL FIVE - 7:15 pm

Temple food. Chicken, green beans, and a salad. I did good. I could've gotten mashed potatoes and gravy, but I substituted it for a small salad. My mom and sister were trying to tempt me with their pecan pie and apple pie, but I didn't give in.

We snapped a picture outside the temple. It was such a pretty evening. The flowers at the temple are always so gorgeous especially tonight.

There was a beautiful sunset on the way home too. Like I said, a perfect ending to a hectic day!

MEAL SIX - 9:30 pm

Protein shake w/ 1 TB of PB. Once again, no pic. I'll get better at it.

I have to say that I feel like the Lord tells me he loves me all the time through the beauty of the earth. The night was so beautiful driving home and I felt so peaceful after going to the temple and spending time with my sister and my mom! Another great day of BFL. Keep it comin' Cic!

DAY ONE in the BAG

2009-08-31T17:46:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day of Body for Life and overall it went super well. There were a few small bumps that I had to overcome such as my class lasting 1 1/2 hours longer than I expected so I didn't get my fourth meal in, and our neighbors inviting us to go to our fav mexican restaurant. But we settled for our own little mexican homeade meal instead. Oh...Drinking 130 ounces of water = lotsa pee at the most unconvenient times.

7:55 am up and at 'em to head to the gym for my upperbody workout

8:30 - 9:15 am UBWO =Upper Body Workout

Chest - DB Bench press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Pushups 12

Back - DB Flies 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Pullups 12 (I can't do the "real" ones yet, only assisted)

Shoulders - DB Shoulder Press 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
DB Side and Front Raises 12

Biceps - DB Curls 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Preacher Curls 12

Tricep - DB Tri - Extensions 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Tricep Kickbacks 12

9:30 am - MEAL ONE
1 Egg, 2 egg whites, w/lowfat cheese and green onions
1/2 banana
some grapes

The eggs were great. The green onions added some good flavor to the eggs. We also got some seasoning we call "fire salt" that Cole's bro brought us from Chicago and it gives it kinda a salty spicey flavor - moy delicioso!

I got this pink water bottle at Grand Teton this last summer. I love the straw in it. It really makes me drink so much more water. I plan on drinking at least 3-4 of these a day! I'm wondering if my bladder will get used to this because I seriously peed like 20 times today.

12:15 am - MEAL TWO
Chocolate Protein Shake w/ 1/2 banana

Our blender sucks! There was still big lumps of banana in it after it was blended for like a whole minute. I'm excited cuz Cole said I could go buy a Bullet Blender though.

2:15 pm - MEAL THREE
-Tuna Fish on Whole Wheat Black Bread - YUMMO! This bread is delicious! I luv Costco!
-Bean Salad consisting of a number of different beans, onions, red and green peppers, water chesnuts and a little vinegar, water, and splenda. This salad is great except I'm not a big fan of water chestnuts.

5:15 pm - MEAL FOUR
insert meal here. My class went way to long so I missed this meal. Oh well. You win some you lose some.

8:15 pm - MEAL FIVE
Mexican night! Chicken Fajitas w/ green peppers and onions, and FF sour cream. I was stuffed after just one even after missing my last meal.

I'm not crying cuz I'm sad. Those onions just really get to me. I usually wear my ski goggles when I cut up onions, but they are packed away for the summer.

10:15 pm - MEAL SIX
Chocolate Protein Shake w/1 TB of Peanut Butter
I guess I was so excited to drink this that I forgot to take a pic.

Well, I better get to bed! I have some homework due tommorrow and I have HIIT- High Intensity Interval Training - in the mornin'. Good Night, Sleep Tight.

Count down to the start

2009-08-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

I start BFL tomorrow! I made sure that I went shopping yesturday so that everything would go accordingly. I decided that we had better make some yummy and unhealthy recipes this weekend before I start so we made Carbanara last night. It was delicious. Every time we eat carbanara it reminds me of when Cole asked me to marry him because that is what he fixed me that special night. And for dessert we decided to continue on with the italian theme and have italian sodas. That put me over the top! It was delicious, but we had our friends over to eat and I think it made one of them sick. That heavy cream can do that to you sometimes.

Today, on the menu we had left over Carbanara for lunch of course and I threw in another italian soda to wash it down. Tonight...we are having my specialty - eggrolls. Cole's dad loves them and it was his birthday so we are going up there to make these deep fat fried delights as well as some chinese fried rice. I got the recipe for the rice from my mom. I dunno about spam and its artificiallness(real word?), but it calls for it so I guess I'll give it a whirl. I guess I eat hot dogs and who know what's in those!

Ya know its probably is not the best mentality to try and shove all this crap in my body before I start something, but I guess for the most part I try to eat healthy so this little weekend of indulgence won't hurt before I go hard core.

My fridge is stocked - I bought 2 dozen eggs cause I know that will be a large portion of my diet for the next 12 weeks.

My cupboards are stocked - ignore the potato chips . I gotta keep my hubby happy with a few decent snacks. Oh...and as I mentioned before, the spam is for the chinese rice tonight. Costco tuna fish...yum yum

My meal plan is written out for week one. Sorry its kinda hard to read.

My workout plan is written out for the next 84 days

My i-pod is charged and

I'M

READY

GO!!

I wanted to write my goals out so that I have them also to read and motivate me.

My goals for Challenge Numero Tres are:

1. 17% Bodyfat

2. Comfortably fit into a size 6

3. 138-140 lb

4. To realize that although this is a 12 week challenge, I must live healthy for the rest of my life!!

Where do I start...

2009-08-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

So yes... I'm now an official blogger. I've avoided doing this for a long time because I know myself too well and I know that I will waste hours upon hours blogging my little life away. Heck, I didn't even have a blog and I spent hours upon hours stocking other people's blogs. But I've viewed some very motivational blogs on fitness and food and I just wanted to join the bandwagon.

A healthy lifestyle has been a passion of mine for a very long time. I think it was passed down to me by my loving parents. My father, who is almost 60...Wow... is still running in triathlons and road biking across Idaho when he can. I love how fitness makes me feel. It is my own little out when life gets stressful. I love cooking and meal planning. My husband makes fun of me because I come home from work with typed out menus and workout plans for the week in detail down to the snacks I eat and the weight lifting reps I have planned.

Speaking of which, I'm starting Body-for-Life August 31st, 2009! This will be my third challenge and I am so excited! I love BFL! For those of you who have never heard of it... It is a 12 week fitness and meal plan created by a fitness guru named Bill Phillips. If your interested, I would suggest checking out the link I posted. For extra motivation, I decided to document my journey mainly for my own benefit, but if you stumble upon my blog and it inspires you, like other blogs have inspired me then GREAT! So starting on Monday, I will begin blogging about my workouts, meals, recipes, and maybe you'll get a little slice of life as well. So look out!