1 size down

so i bought my first new pair of jeans since January and guess what... they are a size smaller!!!! woooooo hoooooo!

i haven't blogged about WW in awhile so heres whats been going on....
it was down down down, the scale that is, until my 2 week birthday extravaganza where i gained a wee bit back. so i spent the next week losing that and then gained 2 weeks ago (no frigging idea how b.c i worked my tail off but whateves its over) and then last week i had a huge loss of 2.2lbs!!! i'm hoping the scale will drop another 2lbs this Wednesday and we will be back on track!

so far i've lost around 16lbs, and since my first goal is 50lb i still have a long way to go. but one day at a time, or one crunch at a time, i'm back on track!

one of my big problems recently is that i work out a ton (5 days a week, um yeah!) and apparently don't eat enough so my body went into starvation mode. tricky this whole diet thing. but now i'm trying to eat all of my points and up my protein intake and so far this week i have done both.

as for exercising... Trainer and i are doing great. she has me doing super circuits which is burning the calories way faster then our previous sessions. we used to average 500-600 calories a session... Wednesday we hit 787 and today we were at 683! she is working me hard, and i love it!!!! we have decided that we should make a video of our sessions, it would be similar to the Jen Lancaster one* and be totally hilarious! between my killer kick boxing skills, tripping over my each other, and hitting Trainer with the speed ball.... lets just say we would totally win America's Funniest Home Video!

so i still meet with Trainer 2 times a week, and do cardio 3 times.... with my weekends off for recovery im feeling great!*

cooking has been a new thing on my list. its going to help in adding healthy variety to my diet cuz right now lean cuisine is getting old. i made HG's 2 point egg salad yesterday and it was delicious. i piled it onto 2 slices of toasted multi grain WW bread for a total of 3 points. tonight i made beef stir fry (6pts) which was not only the first time i made stir fry, but also the first time i made beef strips! yum :)

so im off to bed... one more day til weigh in day... wish me luck!

xoxo

*see earlier post
**except my butt which still hurts from spinning class

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Only Mamma G would return fish!

So I am chatting with my mom today and she has informed me of 3 things….
1) her fish are no longer stressed
2) goldfish are dirty
3) fish can be returned… like shoes!

Seriously, I couldn’t stop laughing. I forget the type of fish she bought, there were plenty, most of which have been exchanged throughout the week. The pet store allows you to buy fish, bring them home, see how they act with the other fish, & if you are unhappy you can bring them back for a refund or exchange. This has to be the funniest thing ever. To think, stores give me a hassle sometimes when I’m trying to return a sweater or shoes or something, but other stores allow you to bring back a living animal because you decided “to go another way”! LOL it is too funny.

Apparently, a few of the fish Mamma G bought weren’t acting nice together so the mean ones needed to be brought back. She exchanged them for some bright colored gems. After making the trip home from the store, she put them into the new tank and was perplexed.
“These fish looked so beautiful in the tank at the fish store, why are they so dull here?” She made a call to her new friends at the fish place & they told her that the fish were stressed & when those types of fish are stressed they lose color.
“Don’t worry, the color will come back…. They just need to adjust to the new environment.”
Well thank goodness, b.c you know the only reason Mamma G bought those specific fish was b.c they were pretty! I wouldn’t be surprised if they were color coordinated!

She made one more trip to the fish store, this time to purchase a goldfish. I mean, how can you have a fish tank without the most typical fish of all. One day later, the goldfish has been removed from the bowl & is on his way back to the fish store tomorrow. Apparently, the goldfish was making the tank dirty & after another phone call to the fish men, they informed her that goldfish are the dirtiest fish ever. Who knew!

So as I say goodnight, be glad to know that the goldfish is going away so the tank will be clean…. And more importantly, the fish are brighter then ever. Mamma G must provide a zen-ful aquatic environment. Way to go mom!

On another note… workout with Trainer was awesome today! We did some boxing workouts which I love & worked the whole body in both strength and cardio!!! It’s looking good….

Oh, and I’m going home to see Mr.HG for Valentine’s Day…. I can’t wait ☺

Now I’m off to watch a movie about how the font Helvetica was created… I know I’m an art geek…. It’s okay though! Nite!

XOXO

Okay so enough already

I’m sitting here watching a new (I know, finally) Prison Break. Throughout the strike, Prison Break has been on every other week or every third week with a new episode. For anyone who doest watch the show (um, you should) basically Wentworth Miller* and his brother escaped out of prison, bringing along with them a cast full of felons. They spent an entire season on the run and just when you thought they were free… Michael (Wentworth) got ‘wrongly’ arrested & thrown in a crude, dirty, violent prison called Sona where it is every man for himself. So, this entire season he has been plotting the grand escape! And tonight was the night.

And at 59 minutes…. Michael and the gang are standing there ready to run…. They have 30 seconds before the lights come back on…. And commercial.

Grr… now I have to wait….and wait… until next time which will be who knows when.

Now news on the get skinny plan…..
Well its going good!!! (yes that requires 3 exclamation points) Last week was a bad week at the scale. But with the support of my friends, family, all of you, and of course Mr.HG I put last week behind me and started fresh. This week has gone good and I’m not scared at all about weigh in on Wednesday. I had my first real session with New Trainer today and it went great. My life motto is ‘everything happens for a reason’ and ain’t that the truth!

I was sad when Old Trainer left, but now I like New Trainer better so it all works out. She seems to be more knowledgeable about positioning during exercises, combining strength training & cardio into each exercise, and overall a better knowledge of how to get me into that Vera Wang dress by July!!

I have been eating all my points without going over, and drinking all 8 glasses of water so really I think I’m doing good.

Good luck to all my fellow WW peeps & thanks for your continued support! Good luck at weigh in ☺

*yum

what happens in retrograde....

So it was a very interesting Thursday. Must be b.c Mercury is in Retrograde.
It started when I called the gym to talk to Trainer, and was informed that last nite Trainer resigned.

WTF?
Seriously?????

She apparently emailed a resignation late last night and never bothered to call her clients. I wouldn’t even of known had I not called the gym (Trainer wasn’t returning my messages on her cell) to talk to her about working out today (since I missed yesterday b.c I was sore)

Pat (head of training.... who I adore!) got on the phone and explained that she had no idea why Trainer left, they loved her there and they would find someone fabulous to be my new Trainer.

Sad : (

So, New Trainer met me today for our first session… kind of a get to know each other session. It was way easier then old Trainer, but that is just b/c she was seeing what I can do. I like New Trainer. She is like super happy, and super sweet which is good I guess. I just hope she isn’t too nice b/c I work really well when someone is yelling at me “One More… Faster…. Tighten” New Trainer says all of that, but is really sweet about it. She is super motivating though which is great. And she is like adorable! I just want to give her a hug… but I would be afraid id break her.

So I had a great workout… Ate all 28 points (my new goal for the week, I tend to not eat them all)… and had a great day with Mr.HG. He has been in a great mood yesterday and today (even though work has been ehhh for him) and has been super sweet to me.

Oh, and he bought a new car!!! He is way excited about it, will post pics as soon as I go home to visit.

Okay, off to bed….. so happy tomorrow is Friday!!!!

xoxo

PS last week my goal was to drink all 8 glasses of water everyday… goal complete! And so far so good on keeping up with that for this week!