Some of My Favorite Blogs

I thought I'd share with all of you some of my favorite Blogs I've been following lately. They're real motivators! Check Them OUT!

Bitch Cakes: A Neurotic Glamour Girl's Weight Watchers Experience and Fitness Adventure - This girl is AWESOME! A) She has style! B) She's gettin' it done! C) I'm a Rockabilly D) Her bike is freakin' AWESOME! Enough said, go read! haha! She updates quite often and really does relate her struggles. She had a post about how she hated jeans, yeah, I've got a few things I hate and someday will admit to when I'm feeling gutsy enough. Loved it.

Ex Hot Girl - Good Healthy Cooking Options. ;)

Fitness Junky - Originally I started following because I liked her workout tips. Now I keep reading. ;)

Kat's Adventures In Dietland - Honesty! And she's pretty much got everything. Recipes, Grocery List, Reviews, and even Healthy Living Budget Tips.

My Journey To A Size 6 - Great recipes too!

Jack Sh*t, Gittin' Fit - Yeah, working out and losing weight is hard, but this guy keeps you motivated. He uses a bit of potty humor and makes fun of the hard times. Background: Used to be pushing 300lbs! HE IS REALLY LOSING THE WEIGHT! On his blog others email pictures in with reasons why they're trying to lose the weight and get fit. Some of them hit home. Check it out. Great stuff.

Workout Blog Video

Great week, bad day, still updating! :) PS: If anyone can tell me what is happening with my skin now that I'm eating better, I'd love to know.

Jillian Michaels Ripped Up Abs Mini

Why does she make it look so freakin' easy?! I'm shaking half the time I'm doing this! Ugh! :D

A Thought

I had a lunch date today, it was actually really great. We went to the lake and just sat and talked for a while. While we were talking about random things he told me how he's doing P90X and the Slim-Fast plan.

Back in high school I lost weight doing Slim-Fast. I was religious about it. A shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch along with a snack, lots and lots of water and a small healthy meal for dinner. Well I've decided to give it a try for a bit again. I still have to make sure I get all my calories, so don't worry, I'm not going crazy and starving myself. lol!

My other options right now are I'm taking a few classes at the gym I go to. I'm starting next week when my friend gets back into town. I'm also going to be working out some days with my best friend Steph when I head up to her house. PS: Her son is finally out of the hospital. Thank you for all of those who prayed for him! He's not 100% yet, he can't run for 8 weeks and has to take it easy. That is actually quite a hard task for him. Hyper little boy. Anyway, he's doing great! :)

So far so good. I'm doing well and I'm on task. I'm trying to get LOTS more sleep, getting into bed at the latest 10:30pm. A lot better than what I had been doing (12am or 1am). Sleep is a great thing. I have lots more energy, no wonder, when I do.

Calories

I really love this website I've found this weekend, bodybuilding.com. They have quite a few great articles that I wanted to share. This one I found interesting since my last food journals were all about how many calories I took in that day.
10 Bikini Ready Diet Habits

Know Your Daily Caloric Intake

While you don't need to be neurotic about every bite you take throughout the day, it's always in your favor to have a ball-park figure of what you need to consume to maintain and/or lose weight.

Average Daily Calories To Maintain Your Weight:

Here is a simple formula courtesy of Discovery Health that can also help you figure out how to lose a few pounds. Simply take your weight and multiply it by 12 and that is the amount of calories you need to consume daily. For example if you weigh 135 pounds then you should be consuming 1,620 on a daily basis.

To produce a weight loss at the safe rate of one to two pounds per week, all you need to do is subtract calories from your daily total. If you want to lose one pound, you should shed 500 calories per week. For two pounds, you should ditch 1,000.

For me to maintain my weight (I don't want to do that!) I need to be taking in 2700 a day. But that means if I want to lose 2lbs a week, I need to be taking in only 1700. Interesting switch in numbers!

Arms

This weekend I've been spending all my "bored" time lifting hand weights. Can I just say that this is a great way to cure those moments in the day when you have nothing to do? I used to go find a snack. Bad idea. Now I'm just picking up my weights. I'm eating regularly and NOT over eating. Smaller portion sizes are the key! :)

My goal - To eventually have arms that look like Chyna's. :D

Fitness Journal For The Day

Done at home:
*Note to my neighbors: Sorry for all the jumping. (I live on the 2nd floor)

Food Journal For Today

Today has been a very bad day for me with eating right. I was late to work which meant nothing to eat but what was in the vending machine at work. Finances are also strained right now until the 23rd which means I'm eating out of my food storage... Pastas... They can be good if you plan around them correctly, but the way I ate today made it bad. Well tomorrow is another day to eat better.

Breakfast
1 Granny B Pink Frosted Cookie. Calories 520
1 Mountain Dew Voltage. Calories: 240

Lunch
1 Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket. Calories: 681
1 Mountain Dew Voltage. Calories: 240

Dinner
Mac & Cheese. Calories: 780

Today's Calories Total: 2461

PS: Water doesn't have calories so it's better if you drink all the water you want! :)

Pray For Shayne

He needs all the help he can get right now. Shayne, Steph's little boy, fell through the living room window last night. He has facial fractures and ruptured his spleen. The doctors have had him at Primary Children's Hospital all night and are monitoring him for the next few days to make sure his blood pressure doesn't drop. If it does, he'll need surgery.
Shayne is only 3... A family member gave Shayne a blessing last night, but he's going to need lots and lots of prayers right now. If you could, even quickly, say a quick prayer that he'll be ok it would mean the world to all of us.