Buddies are great and UPDATE

I spent the night at Brittany's last night, and we woke up and did Pilates abs this morning. It was good to have a buddy again! Reminded me of doing Pilates with Josha! :( I miss you! I plan to jump rope later tonight or this afternoon because I left my tennis shoes at my dad's and I just don't think that jumping in 4 inch heals from last night is a good idea. haha. For now though, we're headed to the pool to get some sun. Hooray for summer!

UPDATE

Oh man, I am so proud of myself right now. I left Britt's around 5:30 and came home to find my house locked, leaving me without a key. :( Luckily, I had my rope with me, so I jumped in the driveway, which was well, hot! Then Ellen got home and let me in the house, saying she was going to kickboxing. Dinner wouldn't be ready until we got back, so I decided to go with her. Now THAT was a workout. A full hour of high intensity punching, kicking, and jogging/sprinting. My whole body feels like spaghetti right now. Got a nice upper body work out too, which is good because all I was planning on doing tomorrow was push ups and tricep dips, which I may still do.

Eats have been good. High protein/ high fiber cereal for breakfast. Chicken wrap for lunch, mini bagel with peanut butter for snack, and steak and a baked potato for dinner (late). Will have a nectarine and some string cheese later. I feel great today!

Sooo Tired!

Woke up this AM and did lunges and push ups. I did two sets of each before I nearly passed out - haha! Boy, am I out of it! Also, I hurt my knee somehow a couple days ago (not from working out)and that made them harder. I can already feel my legs though, so I got a great work out, even if it was short. Eats were pretty good today. It's hard not being at my apartment where I have my own food, but I'm managing pretty well. I'm ready for the school year to start so I can get on a schedule - those work really well for me. Going back to CS Wednesday, and should be able to use the work out room there, which is great! I miss lifting weights. So glad to be back on a good eating schedule, I was starting to crave healthy food! Hooray! :-D

That's what I get for washing my shoes.

So, I woke up this morning (actually at noon) haha - don't you just love the college life? and was ready to have a full week of on track greatness. The plan was to jump rope, and then I realized that yes, I did wash my shoes yesterday, and no the our dryer isn't good enough to dry things in once cycle, so I did abs instead! I did the big five, and need to go shopping for a pilates video to change things up. That will have to wait until right before school starts though. Plan to do cardio later tonight after it cools down. My best friend from Pepperdine is coming to Houston today!! Maybe she will do it with me. Had a Bolthouse Farm shake for breakfast, err lunch I guess - it was delicious. Plan is to have rice and salmon for a snack, and who knows for dinner. We'll see what the family is cooking.

I have a question for you all: I find myself having some problems with family meals. For example, my dad and step mom are on their own diets, but the other night they ordered all of us kids pizza, and it was my first day back from CO, and I didn't want to be rude and say, no thanks, I'll just have this marathon bar. It's not a problem too much because I'm not around them that often, but I find sort of the same thing happening with my "family" of roommates here in CS. I don't like them constantly having to work around my eating schedule. I'm not too worried about that though because they seem to be okay and know what I need to eat, etc. I don't think any of it is that big of a deal, but I wanted to know how you balance your diet with the rest of your family. Now I'm going to be a couch potato and read a 700 page book assigned as summer reading by a prof of mine for next fall. It's about Dracula - yippie! Seems now is as good a time as any to get over my fear of the horror/suspense genre.

Finally!

An on-track eating day! Didn't make it down to the gym to lift, but figure I'll do some push ups before bed. I haven't had an appetite the last couple days; I don't know whether it's the jet lag to or what (which is really awful). I slept in until 11 almost and then took a 3 hour nap this afternoon. Had a headache and stomachache all day. I think after tomorrow I should be good to go all the way Sunday with eating and working out. Here's to hoping!

Question: I want to know more about the CLA stuff you guys take and do you think it'd be good for me? Also Josha, Ellen had a lot to ask me about the thyroid thing, but I didn't have much to tell her. Maybe you could email her or call her and talk to her about it??

Here's to starting tomorrow!

So what is it that I'm supposed to do again tomorrow? I'm so jet lagged and off. Can't wait to start back up though!!! Here's to a great BFL day tomorrow!

Took a break

Didn't work out the last two days. Finding a hard time finding a time and place to do it here. We're in the 8th largest city in the world and on a beach filled to the brim with people, so there's not a place to run really. We don't have a fitness center here; there's one at the hotel down the street that we have access too, but walking there by myself doesn't seem so safe. Haha, I was so spoiled in Colorado! Eats have been off too, but I'm okay with being off on both of them. I can't expect my family to plan things around my work out/eating schedule, so I decided to just lay off and take a break. I"ll be back on when I get home Thursday hopefully. Did do ab work today. Couldn't ready Josha and Ruth's blog and not be inspired to do SOMETHING! I did pilates - love that I can do that anywhere. Will plan on doing lower body tomorrow since I can do lunges/squats/push ups in the room. Any other suggestions? for cardio today or the 3 B's tomorrow?

Pictures!

Well, I woke up this morning with the intention of jumping rope, when I realized that I didn't know where said jumping was going to occur. Waikiki is the 8th largest city in the US, and it has it's fair share of sketchy people, so going out alone just didn't seem like the best idea. I plan on taking it with me to the beach today and either jumping or running or something and ab work later today. We're going to church here in a couple hrs then heading to the north shore for the day. Should be a good time!

In the mean time, here are some pictures from the trip so far: http://tamu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2349865&l=02ada&id=8316806


Hope everyone enjoyed free day. I sure did!

Aloha O'ahu!!!

So I broke down last night and paid $20 bucks to have internet in our room for the last few days here. I couldn't stand not being able to keep in touch with you girls! Here's what I've been up to:

Thursday: Jumped rope then hopped on a 7.5 hrs plane to O'ahu, Hawaii. Eats were decent, but not necessarily on time or anything. Just tried to keep in mind portions and mixing protein and carbs. Did the Big 5 before I went to bed.

Friday: We all woke up about 5 (thanks, jet lag) and so I did squats, lunges, and push-ups for lower body day. Not as good of a work out without weights, but I did it nevertheless! Again, eating on target was really hard since we had breakfast provided and I couldn't exactly make everyone work around my eating schedule. No problem though, I was so happy to stay on target working out wise! Went to the ocean a couple times and swam all the way out to where the surfers are twice, treading water/swimming for about a half hour. Sooo many cute boys here!!!! Went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner and ate a Caesar salad and then yes, Cheesecake. It was incredible!

Today is free day and we're going on an island tour - some lookouts and other nice places, like the Dole plantations - mmmm Pineapple!!!! :-D

Must get ready for breakfast now. Here's a picture for fun.

A workout room with A/C

Yep, I'm workin' out in style now! Not that I didn't LOVE working out in our exposition room, Josha...it was just a little hot, haha.

So yesterday I did jump rope on my dad's driveway with the lawn mowing men watching across the street. It was, well, awkward. I finished up and was drenched in sweat, thank you, Texas. Had to take a shower and then headed out to the great College Station to spend the day with my friends. Started out eating on target, but trashed that idea as soon as I walked into Blue Baker (a favorite restaurant only in CS). Didn't mind eating being off target; I expected it to take a little while to get into it down here since I haven't gone grocery shopping and thus don't have any good food. Met with advisors and had dinner with a prof with my roommates. It was gooood. Then some friends came over and we sat around and talked for several hours. It was good to be with people my age, haha. Didn't think I was gonna do abs, but walked into my bedroom and checked myself out in my full length mirror, saw the progress I've made and decided, I'm gonna do it! So I did the Big 5 from Pilates, which felt great! Then I passed out and slept so so well.

Woke up this AM and went to our apt weight room with my roomie Leahanne (she's kinda doing BFL too now - at least working out everyday and alternating which muscle groups she's doing - I'm so proud of her!) Did shoulder presses, upward rows, chest presses, flyes, kick backs, and tricep extensions. We've got a decent weights in there and a bench kind of like yours Josha, which made me super happy! I plan to eat on target today, had a Medifast shake for breakfast. My step mom works for a medical spa and gets a discount, so those may be the shakes I get from now on. We'll see. Well, I'm off to sell some of my old clothes that don't fit anymore. Goodbye 6's! :-)

UPDATE

So Josha already posted about this (she's wonderful!), but I wanted to share that I went shopping today and tried on a pair of 4's that were too small, so I looked for 2's, no luck, and figured I'd try out the 1's, sure enough, they fit. I almost cried. How fun!

Alright Ladies!

I didn't go to bed til about 4 AM, and yet somehow, I am awake at 8. While I don't understand this at all, I am glad that maybe, just maybe it won't be 100 degrees outside when I go jump rope here in a minute. It's my first day "alone" doing BFL, and we'll see how it works out. I'm glad I've still got Josha virtually, even if it was way more fun working out with her in person. I'm gonna have my little sister join me this morning. She ran outside to meet me when I got in at 2:30 last night, and stayed up until 4 talking with me. Maybe she'll like the wake up call, maybe not. Either way, we're gonna jump, jump, jump! :-D J: I'm drinking a cup of coffee and thinking of you. Ruth: You'll appreciate this. Yesterday, Josha and I were doing biceps and were doing hammer curls for burnouts and I was going to stop at 20, but I saw that she kept going, so I did too. Turns out she was doing the exact same thing.

Okay, time to make like Tigger and bounce.

Fashion Show-Down

Haha, not really. Here's Josha sporting her very cute size 4 pants! Doesn't she just look great!?! Work it, work it!

Sprints and ab work were great today. I can feel almost every muscle in my body right now. I love it!

Sore already???

My back is hurting already. Crazy! Had a great workout this morning with J. Did squats and lunges, bicep curls and hammer curls, and I can't remember what the back exercises were called. They were goood though! I really pushed myself.

The pilates video Josha and I have been doing is from Gaiam (sp?). It's an ab video with Ana Caban, and it's pretty good. The Windsor abs video is good too, or any Pilates book with exercises in it is great. I've taken several classes, and the most important thing is to breath right and keep your belly in. Pilates is definitely my favorite way to work my abs.

Anyway, I'm off for the night!

Hope your days were great!

Oh dear

Well I'm exhausted today. I woke up feeling off and stayed that way almost all day, except at the softball game. Cute boys can do that I guess! ;-) haha! Jumped rope this morning, and did not so well. My ankles hurt for some reason and didn't appreciate being pounded on the deck. Wore a cute headband all day, which gave me a headache , why do they do that??? Didn't feel well most of the evening, but just finished doing pilates ABS with Josha. I'm having a hard time breathing through parts of it, that should get better if I keep doing it. I love pilates!!! Well, the rest of the family is here, and so I'm off for the night. Must sleep soon!

Spaghetti arms

Haha, yeah that's about how they feel after doing upper body. I did shoulder presses, lateral raises, flyes, chest presses, kick backs, and tricep extensions. It was goooood!

MORE GOOD NEWS: I went shopping yesterday and when I tried on a pair of 4's THEY WERE TOO BIG! So I got the 2's, which was INCREDIBLE! They're a little snug, but it won't be long before they fit just right. I haven't been a 2 since I was a sophomore in high school. I do wish that stores made pants for girls by waist size though because I'm a 6 at some places and a 4 at others. It's very annoying. I think I'm in my 4th week now and I can't wait to start seeing results. I love the way I feel and how much energy I have, and I can't wait to keep it up after I leave in a week. Two of my roommates are already talking about doing it with me. How exciting!

Tomorrow is cardio day, and I love that! Cardio day makes me happy inside. :-D

Here's to all of you gals being great!

Sara

It won't let me post a title. So here's the title: Fighting For it All - that's a song by Mindy Smith that I heard today at work. Was a favorite of mine a couple years ago.

I had resigned myself to not working out today; my cold has me feelings so blah! I woke up feeling eh, took some medicine, rode the bike to work and worked for 4+ hrs and was on my feet the whole time. I was exhausted when I got home. Hung around for awhile then ate dinner. Had pretty much decided that I wasn't going to work out, but eventually asked Josha to come keep me company while I did it. Boy did that help! Thought about eating some ice cream afterward, and was going to, but then thought I could wait until tomorrow. Must remember to eat ice cream tomorrow. MMM! Free day is here!

Workout:
Squats w/ball- 3 sets of 15 burnout: lunges with weights (7.5 lbs - might could do more next time)
Inclined bicep curls 15. 12. 15 @ 7.5 Burnouts: Preacher curls 1 set of 15 @7.5.
Rows 15.15.13 @ 5 no burnouts cause I felt lightheaded - thank you, cold.

We did it... almost.

Woke up late this morning and jumped rope then got ready for work and rode there and back. Had my 10,000 steps by about 2. Came home and hung out for awhile. Did abs with Josha tonight. Put in the 30 min video and did about 15 min of it. Got through the Big Five and then quit. Couldn't breathe. Thank you cold. Need more peppermint tea, and probably a bath. Maybe tomorrow.

What a 4th!

The last couple days have been really off for me. I had a mini-emotional crisis (not like me at all) yesterday and the day before that left me feeling really sick, and I had a hard time eating/working out. Josha and I ran sprints yesterday, and planned to do abwork, but by the time we were going to do it, I really thought I might get sick, even though I'd figured out for the most part everything that was making me so upset. I got a good night's rest, and felt much better this morning. Meant to work out this AM, then remembered we were selling Gracyn's jewelry in town, but eating was good for the most part. Biked to work and back, and almost got in my 10,000 steps. Had a 'free meal' tonight for the 4th and company came over. The fajitas and margaritas were GREAT, but I ate way too much and am definitely ready to be back on track tomorrow! Will probably do upper body tomorrow too, which makes me happy. I've noticed the biggest difference there so far. For now though, I'm exhausted!

The Three B's...

..were all done today! Squats and lunges for legs, bicep curls and hammer curls for biceps, and reverse flies and rows for back. It was painful and amazing.

I was going to blog about how awesome my 30 minute bike ride was this morning, but then I read Ruth's blog about her ride, and well...way to go Ruth! Maybe I'll get there one day! If only it weren't so HOT in College Station. I've gotta get out of that city. Seriously, there is nothing great about biking there. No river, no cool breeze, no dirt path. Sadness. But, today was a success, and tomorrow is looking to be as well. I'm very excited about doing Pilates tomorrow. I'm getting good at it!

It seems I can't stop craving carbs and chocolate. Not sure what to do about that. Suggestions????