So I am loving the meal ideas in the Weight Watchers Simple Start booklet. It is neat to get different ideas for healthy meals. Friday night, we went to Applebee's and I ordered one of the meals under 550 calories. My husband and I laughed when they brought out our plates and our meals looked smaller than our sons kids meal. He ordered grilled chicken tenders and a side salad. I was surprised when I went home to look up the nutrional info and calculated the points to reveal that little plate I had was 13 points. I can't imagine what a typical meal without watching it would be if I was honest with myself on the points tracking. Last night, I made the mistake of going to eat without doing my homework first. Of course, there was only bar food and not even a single healthy option. I knew I should've just waited or tried to figure out something, but I was hungry. I ate chicken wings, fried pickles, and onion petals. I will use my extra weekly points to help cover that one. I made sure I went to Zumba this morning after church. :) I seen this great picture on an MS page that indicated our diet can have an effect on our symptoms. I have been researching on information on a healthy diet and improving MS symptoms.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!! I hadn't written anything in awhile and decided to read some of my old posts. Although I hadn't posted much for awhile, I have been keeping active. Since I lasted posted, I have ran a few half marathons, did two girls mini triathlons, a girls mud run, tried Zumba in 2013 and fell in love with it, started at a workout place called 9round with my husband, Richard- It is 30 min cardio kickboxing.

I have been back at Weight Watchers since October 2012, and still totally love going to meetings. Personally, I am more of a meeting type person when it comes to WW. I do love my etools though!! We spent a week back in Texas visiting family and I fell off track a little. The scale was up about 6 lbs. I followed this 24 hour jumpstart I seen in a magazine (eating clean is what it was, but it gave you a guide on what to eat. When I went to WW this morning to weigh in the scale was only up 2 lbs, so eating clean helped flush out the water retention I was experiencing. I sat at the WW meeting afterwards and listened to the information on their new Simple Start. A few of the things I need to work on: Eating cleaner and Less eating out. I do love to cook.... But by the time I get home from work, exercise, take care of stuff at home, and make sure the kid does his homework or if he has some type of sports practice........... I know EXCUSES, EXCUSES....... I also have been reading information about people with M.S. (I was diagnosed in 2006) and a tendency to be gluten sensitive. I am still researching it and haven't really decided for myself. I do enjoy reading about health, nutrition, and fitness . Hope everyone has a Great New Year!!

P90X2 Here goes!!!

Ok, so Rich and I are about to start P90X2 on Monday!! Time for me to shake it up a little, and get the scale moving down again. I am going to follow the nutrition plan, since that is where I know I need to focus my efforts to get the scale going!!

Excited and nervous about the challenge!! Rich and I aren't really that good at getting up early in the morning, so hopefully between the two of us we can motivate each other when the 5 AM alarm sounds.

Although I really really love Turbo Fire (definitely my soul mate workout as Chalene says), it will be nice to workout with Rich, since I know I wouldn't be able to get him to do Turbo Fire. (LOL)

I'll let you know how our first day goes.........

Day 116 of Turbo Fire/CLX Hybrid, Bodybugg, and Happy Turkey Day

Ok got up and put the Turkey in the oven at 7 am.

Yesterday was a bit like an early Xmas!! My BodyBugg and my Scentsy kit showed up. I wasn't even sure which one to play with first. The Bodybugg needed to be charged, so I had to wait on that one!! I also heard a rumor from the wonderful Premiere Lady, Kelly that my Premiere jewelry from the party I had at my house will be here on Friday.

My husband, Rich got me a BodyBugg for my birthday. I have a lot of friends who have them and love them. They have the ones that work with smart phones. With my corporate blackberry, I can't download any Apps so I needed to get the version where you can upload to your computer and/or get the digital display. Being the savy shopper, I googled and found a coupon code to save $30, and found it on sale so I was able to get both. I am still working on synching the digital display, but I have it figured out where I can see how many calories I burned with I hook to my computer. It is a psychological thing, but I am finding myself moving a little more, hustling a little quicker, and doing random exercises (No one else is awake to see me, LOL) to see how many calories I can burn. Hopefully soon I will figure out why the digital display isn't synching!!

Today was Core 20, and I will get to that here soon. I did Turbo Fire HIIT 15 to see how many calories I burned. I was at 158. It is my favorite quick workout when short on time (15 minutes). I like the 10 Minute trainers and the Great Body (10 min workouts), but the HIIT 15 is by far my favorite of the short workouts.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My review of Body Gospel Live

So I got this dvd of Body Gospel live, I don't have the full Body Gospel program. I wanted to check it, so I got just the one disk.

I have been doing Chalene's hybrid program of Turbo Fire and ChaLEAN Extreme. I am about 111 days! I totally love the program, and am not bored with it. It is just every once awhile it is nice to mix it up.

So the first few minutes of the program (keep in mind I am used to the fast pace of Turbo Fire), I think this really isn't challenging enough for what I am used to. Then about 12 minutes in, I think, "Man, my calves are starting to burn a little. Ahhh, the marching is a little different than my body is used to. Hey, all this arm swinging may help tone up the arms some." It is definitely a low impact workout. I think the moves are repetitive enough for a beginner. They do have level two moves to make it a little challenging.

It was a little different than the TF that I am used to, but it was a nice change of pace to mix it up. The church choir music and the instructor are uplifting. The last few minutes with the Body Gospel line dance was kind of fun, and found myself laughing a little while doing it.

104 days of ChaLEAN Ex/Turbo Fire

104 days in and still loving this workout program combined. I am definitely getter stronger.

I am really excited about starting Chalene's Push program with her book release. I made a lot of like-minded friends last night through the Push party. I really need to push past this plateau and take it up a notch, and happy to have interacted with some people on the same course. It is really great to be able to motivate and encourage others while they are also helping to do the same for you.

I started with Day 1 of Chalene's program last night of identifying my 3 top priorities. Today I need to work on 10 goals I want to accomplish. I completed her her 30 day challenge a few months ago and absolutely loved the motivating videos and assignments.

I am resisting the urge to jump ahead with her program and just complete the process. It is tough, since I feel like a kid in the candy store.

Happy 100!!

Well I officially hit 100 days of ChaLEAN Extreme/Turbo Fire Hybrid. For the most part, I followed the exercise schedule pretty religiously. There were a few days I missed, and some days I did more.

As I mentioned before, my 119 lb boxer is also on a diet. As I measured out her food, I thought man this is so much easier for her than me. She kind of has to take what she is given. It is perfectly measured and portioned. No sneaking in the fridge for snacks, no relaxing with a glass or two of wine, no one bringing in office goodies, etc. For me it is a matter of will power, probably about 80-90% of the time I have it right, and I am still working on the other 10-20%. I may never get to a 100%, but at least I keep trying and acknowledging the need to improve.

I tried Dreamfield's healthy carb pasta (Bought it at Giant Eagle.) It was totally yummy and would never had guessed that it was a healthy carb pasta. They make it several types. To name a few: Penne, Macaroni, liguini, lasagna noodles, and spaghetti.

Excited to watch to Chalene's Push book launch on Friday!!
http://www.chalenejohnson.com/pushjumpstart/