another day

Another day that I went to the gym. I was all excited to work out with Antonio because I'm back on the wagon and everything. Well I got there and he told me I'd already used all my sessions for the month. Boooohooooo!! The ONE day I was excited. Ugh. So I did 2 miles on the treadmill. I feel like that's nothing but when I'm in the middle of doing the 2 miles...I feel like 2 miles is waaaay too much. God I can't wait to finally be in shape and 2 miles is my warm-up. That'll be the day...

Anthony's working till midnight tonight, so it's just me and Bella. But the TV in our bedroom is dead and I'm too cold to go downstairs. Maybe I'll go to bed early tonight. Rockin' night at this house!

found the wagon!

I went back to the gym today. Leg day, blech. Antonio had me do the spin bike for 10 minutes. Only TEN! And I wanted to die. That just further solidified my belief that spinning is not for me. It was pretty painful, but at the end of all this my butt's gonna look awesome! Then we did weights and he had me do as many reps as I could. I have no idea how many I did but I felt like my muscles were bleeding halfway through. At that point, Antonio asked me how I was doing (friggin' horrible) then made me do 20 more reps after that. Oh boy...I was almost crying. That's why I hired him though...because I would've stopped at 5, haha! 

More gym tomorrow, then Thursday I'll be at an awesome charity/wedding event, Get Hitched Give Hope. I need to get in as much gym in as I can because this weekend is going to be pure gluttony. Thanks Matt and Bams!! :) Over and out!

I fell off the wagon

I had a migraine from Wednesday night to Sunday afternoon. I haven't been to gym since Wednesday. I had to cancel two appointments with Antonio. I've eaten Hamburger Helper and Panda Express. I have an appointment tomorrow, so I'll go then. I feel like a loser. This isn't the only time I've given up. It's a lot easier to be fat.

Tomorrow, I get moving again. I feel like I'm starting at the beginning. Yuck.

I've been MIA

Just wanted to let my loyal blog stalkers know that I've been down with a migraine for the last two days which is why I've been missing from the blogworld. I'm so bummed because I missed an appointment with Antonio yesterday. I was on a roll! Was going to see him 3 days in a row but obviously I couldn't make it. Ugh!

Part of the reason that I want to lose weight is to reduce the intensity and frequency of my migraines. I've had them since I was about 5 years old so it's something I've dealt with for quite some time. Since I've been getting more and more unhealthy in the past 2-3 years, they have increased immensely. At this point, they're partly hormonal and partly unhealthy living induced. I figure I can control whether or not I'm healthy so I should at least do that. It's hard to deal with but I've been dealing with it for over 20 years so I'm used to it.

In a way, I'm kind of glad I'm sick now and not next week or after that. I've got too much to look forward to. Next Thursday is an awesome wedding show/charity event, Get Hitched Give Hope at the Arctic Club Hotel. It's an amazing event that raises money for Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, which is a lot like Make a Wish for adults. After that is Halloween!! Matt and Amber are having a ginormous party at their house in Yakima. I've got my costume and Bella has her's...Anthony needs his but he already knows what he's going to be: Billy Mays!! It'll be perfect! Once Halloween is over, the countdown to November 17th starts. Anthony and I are going to Maui (again!!!) with our friends Adam and Jenny and their amazing baby, Ethan. Our friend Will is going to join us for the first week. Anthony's parents will be there too. Can't wait!! I don't know how I got this life...I'm beyond lucky.

This is a picture of my favorite baby, Ethan. Can't wait to spend almost 3 weeks with him in paradise!! Love you Beefy!

another good day

Saw Antonio again today and we did shoulders, chest and triceps. I lifted 50 pounds with my tris, can you believe that? He had me do the punching bag too, which was soooooo fun! I don't really have any aggression or rage right now, but somehow I found it. I did the treadmill too. My shins are really starting to hurt. I don't think it's shin splints or anything, but it might be the beginning of them. Yuck. I have to keep going though because I know it won't hurt once I have this weight off me. It's so painful and it's clearly all my fault. UGH!


I've been craving bad foods lately. Cupcakes the other night. Tonight it's cheeseburger, fries and fry sauce. And corn dogs!! So gross, yet so wonderful. I'm resisting for now but I'm afraid I'm going to go nuts one of these days. I also want cream cheese....lots of it. A whole brick of it. Two of them.....ahhhhh, cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! Ok I'll stop. I'm drooling now.

Tomorrow, more Antonio and more treadmill. Hope my shins can take it!

apparently, I have stomach muscles

Today was my first day of ab workouts. I have never once in my life worked on my abs. I didn't even know I had abs. Well, I do have them...and I felt them big-time today! They're definitely in there, under a very large layer of blub. I'll see them someday!


I really didn't want to do cardio today, just because I'm a lazy bum. I even left my iPod at home so I'd have an excuse not to do it. That's so pathetic. So after the ab torture, I just went upstairs and hopped on the treadmill. I only did one mile, but that's better than nothing. I have to bring my iPod every time though because doing cardio with no music is NOOOO fun.


My whole body is already hurting. I had to do this ab thing with my legs so my legs are on fire. I'm sure the treadmill didn't help the leg situation either. My shins feel like they're going to explode and my ankles are killing. God, I can't WAIT to get this weight off of me. Maybe then it won't hurt so bad to move. I am literally carrying around an extra 70 pounds every minute of the day...no wonder I feel like I'm dying. Whose heart, joints and muscles can support that all the time? Obviously not mine anymore. I have to keep remembering, that's why I'm doing all this. The health part is great, but the skinny jeans are pretty awesome too.

don't stop believin'....

Had another wonderful, lazy Saturday today. I finally got out of bed around noon....ah yes, life is good! I went to the gym and kicked that gym's ass! I hopped on the treadmill and started hauling ass. Man, it was painful. Today was the first time I've really hit the treadmill hard. I've been doing the elliptical a lot but since I found out that the elliptical is pretty much a waste of time, I'm gonna be a treadmill girl. Ugh, I could think of a lot of things I'd rather be than a treadmill girl. Anyway, I decided I was going to do 30 minutes on the treadmill, then 20 on the elliptical (just to keep myself moving). As I got closer to the 30 minute mark, I realized I was almost to 2 miles. (Hey, I'm still in the beginning stages!) So I figured I might as well go 2 miles. I was losing motivation really quickly, so I found Journey on my iPod and played "Don't Stop Believin'". Only the greatest inspirational song EVER! I felt so awesome. I was moving so fast and I went past my goal and actually did 2.15 miles. It may not sound like a lot to some people but that's pretty big time for me. I thought my legs were going to fall off when I was done, but I still did the elliptical afterward. 

I felt like I really accomplished a lot today. Since finding out my progress last week, I've been motivated to step it up so I can lose even more this month. Going forward, I know the month of November is going to be really hard. Antonio's going to Miami for some fight competition or something. Then as soon as he gets back, I'm going to Maui for almost 3 weeks. Trust me, I am NOT complaining about going to Maui for the 2nd time this year. (How did I get this life??) I'm just worried that I'm going to slide back into my old habits. I have to make myself think that it's not a vacation and that I'm actually living there for 3 weeks. Whenever I'm on vacation, I use it as an excuse to do nothing, spend too much money and eat dessert after every meal...including breakfast. Now of course, I'm not going to be crazy strict with my food when I go over there. I love my macadamia nut pancakes waaaaay too much. That just means that I need to get moving every day. Like really move, not just stroll leisurely along the beach.

Tomorrow is more of the same. Lay around, gym, trip to Target....sounds good to me! Hope everyone's having a great weekend.

sooooo glad to be home

Today was CRAZY! It was one the first crazy rainy days here in Seattle which means multiple accidents everywhere and major freeway traffic. Let me start at the beginning....we've had Anthony's mom's old Honda Accord sitting in front of our house for quite awhile. It just sat there, never did anything. It's the first car Diana every bought brand new and if you've ever bought a brand new car, you know it's hard to get rid of. About a month ago, Anthony and I came home from spending a day at Pike Place Market and we realized the Honda was gone....didn't know if it had been stolen the night before or during the day or what. So A did the usual, called the police, canceled the insurance, blah blah blah. We were actually pretty excited and relieved that it had been stolen and we figured we'd never see it again. Sooooo...last night the police called and said they recovered the car and it was at impound in Fife. Since Diana is the only name on the registration, she's the one who had to come get it. Luckily, she was flying in from her current job in Sacramento. Anyway, this story is getting way too long. Basically, I picked her up at the airport at 2:30 and the traffice was SO BAD, that we didn't get to Fife until 4:45. OMG, it was horrrrrible! Finally got home at 5:45, then we went to dinner at Indochine in Tacoma and had several, well deserved drinks. UGH....I don't think I want to see the inside of my car for a looooong time.

On the workout front, I saw Antonio at 1pm today and we did back and biceps. My arms always get all shaky when we do biceps. I feel like I can't even hold my toothbrush...but that just means it's working! When I see him again on Tuesday, we're going to start abs. I don't really have abs but I know it's gonna get painful. He's stepping it up big time so I can see even better results next month. Tons of fun!

Here are some birthday pics of Bella:

 Big bday smiles!

New winter coat from Gramma Diana

Awesome new toy also from G-ma

cardio

While I was slaving away on the elliptical today, I started wondering if I'm doing enough. I don't really know how much I should be doing at all. I usually do 30 minutes or 3 miles...whichever comes first honestly. So I asked all my Facebook peeps how much I should be doing. Pretty much everyone says I should be doing an hour on days that I don't lift and 30 mins on days that I do lift. Another thing I learned (from one of my workout gorgeous goddess FB peeps) is that the elliptical is pretty much useless. All of this makes perfect sense. If you know anything about me, you know that I don't like effort and I always take the easy way out. Moral of the story: step it up sister!

That's the plan for tomorrow and this weekend....and actually the rest of my life.

On another note, tomorrow is my Bella's 1st birthday! I can't believe my baby is a year old. She's such a little sweetie and we really lucked out with her. For her birthday, we're going to Pet Smart to get her a special outfit (shhhh! don't tell daddy!) and a new super deluxe amazing toy. I just love her so much!! Happy Birthday Belly!!

Bella in Chelan

 

My baby, doing what she does best!

 

Family pic!

Progress!!!

I had an appointment with Antonio today and I was definitely not looking forward to it. I hadn't been to the gym since Saturday. I was fully prepared for a verbal beatdown and some physical torture. Instead, he realized that it had been a month since I started with him so it was time for some measuring. Ugh! I was not prepared for this! I've been bad lately too...didn't go to the gym for 3 days, drank a shit ton of beer at the Fresh Hop Ale Fest, ate chips and cheese from Taco Bell that night....bad news. So I was totally honest with him about my laziness and beer consumption. He got me all measured and wouldn't let me look at any of the numbers, then weighed me and checked my body fat. He told me the bad news first: my weight and body fat percentage hadn't changed. Then the good news: I lost 20 inches altogether!! From my whole bod, not just one specific part. Holy buckets, I couldn't believe it!! I really thought I wasn't making any progress and was starting to wonder why I was doing all this. Now I know why...and I'm SO excited to keep going! Now that I look back on this past month, I realize it's actually pretty easy. All I have to do is make the right choices and get off my butt. Of course that sounds easy enough...doing it is another story. However, I surprised myself and I did it. Still can't believe it...so awesome!

Tomorrow, I'm going to Costco with my favorite Arab, Khalid. He's a nutrition smarty, so he's going to help me pick out some healthy food and tell me what to do with it. It'll be fun! Then we're going to meet Anthony and our friend Will at Matador in Tacoma. Looking forward to a super fun good time tomorrow!

in the zone

Saw Antonio today...and actually showed up at the correct time. YEEEEE! We did legs, my least favorite. He changed it up on me and we did a couple of different machines that I've never done. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow! I worked really hard today. I got in this zone and I didn't let the pain stop me. So weird...I've never done that before. Usually all I can think about is how much I want it to be over and how much it hurts. But today, I just focused on this spot on the floor and pushed through. Now I know what "in the zone" means! Because I was totally in the zone. Haha!

The rest of the day consisted of hanging out with my Bella and catching up on all my DVR shows. Anthony was out flying his helicopter, so it was girls only. I resisted the urge to make mac and cheese because it was the only thing in the house again. Instead, I got my ass up and went to Metropolitan Market (my own personal heaven!) and got some bananas and apples and sandwich stuff. All kinds of good shiz that will keep me away from the crack and cheese. I should just throw that junk away. It's too tempting, that delicious fake cheese!

More gym tomorrow...hope I can find the zone again!

I am losing my MIND!

OMG, could I please be more of an airhead? I swear to sweet jesus that I had an appointment with Antonio at 12:30 today. So I show up, perfectly on time as usual and he looked really mad at me. He showed me the schedule and my frickin' appt was at 12! Good lord...such an idiot! Luckily, he had an appointment open at 1pm tomorrow, but I'm still out 30 bucks for missing today's session. Ugh. I went upstairs and did some cardio anyway. Good times! 

Other than that, it was a great day. I took poor Bella to the vet this morning at 7:30 to get her teeth cleaned. Then came home and went back to bed till gym time. After that, I picked up Miss Bella and she was out of it! She's such a little sweetie. All she wanted to do was lay in bed and cuddle. But I had to go to Gene Juarez for a facial, so Dad stayed with her while Mom had a lovely day of beauty. After the spa, I went to Nord's and got myself a new pair of Uggs. My old ones were from 2003....OLD! There's nothing like a new pair of Uggs...like wearing clouds on your feet. 

Here are some pics from my wonderful day:

These are my new boots. I think they're so much cuter than regular Uggs. Love the button!

Miss Bella, high out of her mind after getting her teeth cleaned. Such a cutie!

 

 

in a rut

I'll be honest..I didn't go to the gym today. We had big plans to go down to the water in Des Moines to take our Xmas pics but we missed the sunset so we scrapped our plans. We had mexican for dinner and I was good. Got my delish fajita salad. But I also got a strawberry daquiri...actually 2. UGH!! I'm getting really lazy and wondering why I'm doing this. I never want to and it's never fun. Bohoo, I'm just whining.

Tomorrow, I'm taking Bella to the vet at 7:30 am to get her teeth cleaned. They have to put her to sleep for it. I hate that. If you have a smush face dog, you know what I mean. But she went under when she got fixed and she was perfectly fine afterward so I'm not too worried...it would just be great if she didn't have to be put under for it. Then I'm seeing Antonio at 12:30 and I think we're gonna do legs...blech. After that, I'm getting a facial at Gene Juarez. I'm a little overdue! Anthony and I were going to have a date night tomorrow night but we decided to scrap it once we remembered that Miss Bella's going to have a traumatic day. She'd probably kill us if we left her home alone. Yes, our lives revolve around our dog. I'm not afraid to admit it!


This weekend, I'll be hitting up the gym both days. On Sunday, we're doing a major clean out of the guest room. I'm guessing 3 or 4 trips to the dump. I can't wait to re-do that room! I'm going to do black and white with splashes of red. Loves it!


By Monday, I'll be on a roll and be a new woman who works out alllll the time!

crisis

Ok,  I'm good at being a little over-dramatic so maybe "crisis" isn't the best word to use. I feel like I'm at a career crossroads and I'm not quite sure what I want. I go through this every couple of years where I have a mental breakdown and can't see out. I think my world is crashing down and coming to an end just because I feel like I'm not doing anything with my life. However, after talking to Anthony and my mom, I realized (once again) that I actually have to DO something if I want my life to change. So I'm going to talk to boss lady about taking on more responsibility. I just feel so useless there. Plus there are other things going on but I don't want to go into it on the internets. I'm really hoping I can get things to turn around quickly.



I've been off my anti-depressants for only one week, just because I'm a lazy skank and didn't get my ass to Walgreen's. Well turns out, I can't even be off them for a week. I'm sure that being off my meds didn't help the crisis situation today. I picked them up after the gym tonight so I hope they kick in quickly because I don't know how much more of this I can take...or how much Anthony can take!


As far as the gym goes, I saw Antonio today and we did shoulders and chest. My arms hurt...can barely hold my toothbrush! I've been drinking a shit ton of water though so I'm hoping I won't be too sore tomorrow. Then I did 2 miles on the elliptical. Felt good...just me, Dave Matthews in my ear and sweat everywhere. YES! Tomorrow, just cardio then I have another appt with Antonio on Friday. Pretty full schedule these days!

still sick, but I saved the world!

This morning, I woke up and still had my lovely migraine so I stayed home again. And didn't go to the gym...again. I'm just hoping I still have a job tomorrow! (I'm only half-joking.) So anyway, my day consisted of Bravo reality tv and Facebook. 

If you read my previous post, you know that my family had the opportunity to visit the Chimp Sanctuary NW. We have all become obsessed with the chimps...reading their blog, watching the videos and being FB friends with Sarah, the executive director of the sanctuary. This morning, she posted a blog about how Dancing with the Stars was going to have a chimp on the show tonight predicting the winner of the show. Basically using an innocent animal for entertainment purposes. She asked everyone to write an email to the executive producer to try to get him to scrap the segment. I figured it wouldn't hurt, but I also thought that he wouldn't give a shit either. Much to my surprise, he actually emailed me back an hour later! Not only did he email me back, but he canceled the chimp segment! Apparently, it was already filmed last week so he couldn't help the fact that it was already done but he canceled it because he didn't want to perpetuate the use of chimps or other wild animals as entertainment. I really couldn't believe it. I feel like I saved the world today! Here's their website again: Chimp Sanctuary NW. They could really use any donations of any kind. Blankets, toys, food and most of all MONEY. If you can, please donate to them. The staff and volunteers work so hard to provide a great life for the chimps and they can use any donation you have.

Tomorrow, back to work and Antonio at 5:30. I'm actually really ready to get back in the gym. I feel like I've been dead to the world the last 2 days. Blech.

weekend and sicky :(

We went to Yakima this weekend for the Fresh Hop Ale Festival on Saturday and then we went to the Chimp Sanctuary NW on Sunday. It was the best weekend EVER! The FHAF was tons of fun despite the pouring down rain and ruined outfits and hair. And the chimps were amazing! We got to learn all kinds of cool stuff about them. They're the sweetest, most cutest beings I've ever come across. Well, except when they start flinging poo...but what do you expect? They're chimps!

This morning I woke up with a pretty bad migraine...like a delayed hangover. Ugh, it's no good. So I was down for the count all day. Bella cuddled with me the whole time. She had a very busy weekend with her cousin, Rokko so she'll be sleeping for the next couple of days.


Needless to say, my workout routine suffered just a tad this weekend. No gym since Friday. Uh oh...it's so hard to get back on track once I've been off it for awhile. I'm hoping my head is back to normal tomorrow because I could really use a good sweat session. I feel like the beer is still in my veins, ew. 

Here are some pics!

Here's the whole fam enjoying Yakima's finest hops!

 Anthony and me BEFORE the pouring rain.

Here's Burrito, showing us who's boss

Jamie with Sarah, our awesome tour guide. She is SO SMART!

Bella and Rokko taking a break from terrorizing each other.

This is Bella from last night...so exhausted!

day off

Yesterday, I took a much needed day off. Anthony and our friend Will and I all went to Wingdome. I haaaaate wings but I looked at the menu online and they had other stuff too. I got a delish chicken sandwich (grilled, not fried.) It was so good! We had a pitcher of Manny's and another pitcher of Mirror Pond, so I was feelin' good afterward.

It was a day of resistance for me yesterday. I went to Starbucks after work for a little pm pick me up. They had pumpkin cream cheese muffins. OMG! I friggin' loooove pumpkin stuff and I always say that I'd eat a human finger if it had cream cheese on it. It's the world's most perfect food. So creamy and sweet and straight up wonderful! I had a small moment of weakness and really wanted to order one, but for once in my life I showed some willpower and just ordered my grande nonfat vanilla tea latte. (Thanks for that one Becca!) Then at Wingdome, I got my chicken sammy and the waiter asked if I wanted fries or a salad. Of course I wanted fries, but I got a salad. With Italian instead of my usual tasty blue cheese. It was actually really good too and I definitely feel better about myself. 

Tonight I'm going to Matador with my two friends from the Art Institute, Caramel and Christina. Can't wait to see them! I see Antonio tomorrow at 1, then Amunz and I are leaving for Yakima for the Fresh Hop Ale Festival. My whole fam is going to be there, plus Anthony's parents, plus all of our friends. Gonna be a blast!! On Sunday, we're going to Cle Elum to see the chimp sanctuary. Mom and I will go to the gym on Saturday, don't worry everyone! I can't wait for this awesome weekend! 

Here's a pic from the last time we took 410. It's a gorgeous drive and I recommend it for anyone who lives in the NW.