‘write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year’-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today was fabulous. Here is the run down.

Work out: Front side=chest, triceps, shoulders, hips, quads, abs

[10 am] Jillian Michael’s shape up front DVD (30 minutes)

[9pm] Week 1 Frontside 5-circuit work out from Jillian’s Winning by losing, Week 1 (25 minutes)

55 minutes total

Nutrition: Goal of 1,500 Kcals.
[9am]1/2 cup dry oatmeal (150k) and 1 tsp honey (21K)
after workout: 8 oz Gatorade (50k)

[1pm]: 2 servings crustless quiche (400k)
Salad: 1 cup spinach (10), 1 med bell pepper (30k), 1/2 tomato (20k), 1tbsp avocado (15) 1 tsp olive oil (40k), 8 olives (50k) 2 tsp Parmesan cheese (20) TOTAL=585

[3:15] 3 cups popcorn-105k

[6:15] Miso soup (35k), 2 sushi seaweed sheets (20k) 1 cup rice (220), 1/2 cucumber (25k), 5 baby carrots (25k), 2 tbsp avocado (30k) 3 tbsp soy sauce (30)
TOTAL-385

[8:30] medium banana (105), 6 pieces gold and black 70% dark chocolate (95) TOTAL 200K

Daily Total: 1496/1500

AND…

I am really proud of myself.  Today hardly felt like a struggle.  I actually enjoyed everything, even my 9pm workout was high energy.  I know it will not always be like this, so i savor the moment and will tuck it away until i need to remember how it feels to be in shape, and having fun.  That is what this is all about.  I am doing this to be happier, not to be more stressed out or irritated.  when i start getting like that, i promise myself to take a step back and reevaluate things, change things, and go on.  This is going to work.

Biggest loser was on tonight. I LOVED it…it was really long, but it was worth it.  During commercials i felt guilty for just sitting on my arse, so i got up and did some running around the house with my little Pomeranian, some push ups on my body ball, and some squats to get my legs feeling nice and worked. : )

Lastly, I am working on coming up with different tips and role models that will help myself (and hopefully anyone else) stay motivated or inspired to keep up the good work.  Like i said before, we are human, and falling off is bound to happen, its just a matter of when.  However, how we react and bounce back is what makes ALL the difference.  It is my little pet, and I will be excited when all is up and running.

stay healthy and happy.

jaz

The first day of the rest of my life

How often do people say that, to actually go through with it? They say this, and it actually is the first day of the rest of thier life without falling off thier life wagon, screwing up, coming to terms with, then again, trying to implement a plan to save themselves in whichever way they need saying, only to wind up again saying “this is the first day of the rest of my life?”

Just curious.

I know that i have never used this phrase, for two reasons: 1) I think it is overused and 2) usually people end up screwing up, and saying it again, and again, and again.  Thus, it makes no sense and loses its meaning.

But, for the person who usese it, and really means it, I applaud you.  I am inspired by you.  I am motivated by you.  I wanna BE YOU!

So, with all sincerity, I say to myself, outloud, and on my blog, that TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE. and i mean it damnit. Too many times i have tried to start a workout program, or go to spin classes religioiusly, only to drop out….unless its a class that im recieving academic credit in (yoga, int. yoga, swimming, jogging, weightlifting and pilates up to date), I do not maintain.  Is it because I am bored? probably.  Is it beacause im doing it alone? most likely. Well forget that. I am realizing now, as i am getting older, that I am responsible for my health.  And at the end of the day, if i did not work out or eat to sustain and nourish my body, it is my fault.  I see that. i know that. and i will remember that.

Planning is key.  It seems that the most sucessful people in different areas of life are so because of thier plans and goals. I don’t too well with plans, they make me anxious and a bit nervous.  i am more of a spontaneous “we will see what happens” kind of girl, but i am trying to turn that around.  I have planned my workouts (general for now, but soon to get specific) for the next two months.  I have planned how many calories I plan on consuming as well (again, general as in a number, but not specifically what i will be eating…eventually i will do this).  So i am starting small, but i know the more i do this, the better i will get.

So to end this blog, i want to write one thing that i am anxious about (a fear) and to balance that, something i am excited about:

Anxious about…
I have about two more weeks of winter vacation until school starts.  I have been doing pretty good about not eating too much crap, but i live in the dorms (i’m an Resident Advisor) and thus am scared of the temptations the school cafeteria will bring back into my life, not to mention their limitations of [healthy] food choices…

Excited about…
I am leaving the states for spring break with my boyfriend’s family! Goregeous beaches and days filled with snorkeling await me in march, and i am so excited! I want to try to get the best beach bod as possible, so actually the real exciting news is that i will be doing jillian michaels “making the cut” program to lose the last 10-20 nagging lbs. Im excited to work hard and hopefully see amazing results.  the diet of the program is pretty strict as well…no sugar of any kind, no alcohol. Its for 30 days, so its not indefinate.  The only thing is that I am starting before valentines and my birthday, so no birthday cake for me…probablly my favorite fruits instead.

So that is pretty much it.  If your still reading, thanks. It’s nice to know someone is enjoying.
Feel free to drop a line.

be healthy.be happy.

jaz