Blog Award

I received this award from Overweight in SoCal and Pencil Skirt Bound a few weeks back, thank you very much!

Here are the rules:


1. Thank the person who gave you the award.


2. Share seven things about yourself.


3. Nominate a few newly discovered blogs.


4. Let your nominees know about the award

Things about Me!

1.   My two all time TV shows are Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Degrassi (the original one) 

2.  I have never downhill skied, even though I live in Quebec.
3.  I appeared on Japanese TV a few times while I lived there, mostly in the crowd clapping.

4.  I once stayed in the same hotel as Lil John, when I asked him for an autograph he said, "YEAH!" "NO!"

5.  I am not on Facebook

6.  Most people I know, DO NOT know I have a blog

7. I because a teacher by accident chance, I wanted to be a pediatrician, but didn't get into Med School, I 
    was so crushed, I gave up on that dream.

 NEWLY discovered blogs

1. Busting Through It
2. Fashion Meets Food
3. Gettin' Shrunk
4. Half of Jess
5. Previously Plump...In Progress

Today is the last day in my 20's, thank you to all my readers.  I know that there are some of you that do not comment, but I know that you are out there (at least I hope so ).

Have a great night!

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Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Icing

Do any of you have a recipe for this? I went looking online, but I figured I would ask the blamily (blog family) first. I want to make them for my bday.  Email me the recipe please haneefa_c [at]hotmail[dot]com

Thank you in advance!

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Welcome Back Mojo

After my race on Sunday, I felt like a million bucks.  I decided to ride that wave and headed to the gym,lifted some weights and killed 20 minutes of cardio. I was a superstar.  Yesterday, I headed to the gym again feeling good.  While I was on the Stairstepper (you know the one that is like an escalator aka suicide)  I saw a former student that I used to teach a few years ago (this is what happens when you live where you work) and she was amazed at how I looked, "MISS, you look AMAZING!".  I was smiling from ear to ear.

I don't want to lose this momentum, my birthday is coming and it is tradition in our family to go out to eat.  That day I will also be going out to breakfast with a friend, I will have to make extra smart choices.

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My Second 5K and Workout Song Sunday

Today I ran my second 5K.  This one used chip timing.  Chip timing for those who do not know, is a plastic device that is placed on your shoe, that records your time as your cross the finish line. This race was a bit different than the last one, as in the people in this race were hardcore runners and there were so many more people in the race (at least 150). This race was really hard for a number of reasons.  We ran over an overpass and there was a hill at the end.  When I train on my own, there are no hills and if there is one it is not that steep.  The weather was not that great, it was about 22 degrees C and it was drizzling.  Nevertheless, I finished with a time of.......

33:08

WOOOOHOOOOO! I beat my last race time by 4 and a half minutes!   Can you believe it?  To think that I have only been running for about 2 and a half months,  I am very proud of myself.  The sad thing is that I finished 35/42 in my age category (30-39), but who really cares about that.

I am going to make myself a breakfast burrito, I have been in the mood for one in awhile.

This week's workout song is not that new, but I rediscovered it in Toronto. This is the remix, Enjoy!

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Fustrations

The scale is going in the wrong direction and it is getting on my nerves.  I really need to get my act together.  I will not be having this, it is not acceptable, on any level.  I can't seem to get back into the swing of things, what is wrong with me?  I have worked really hard to get here, but I cannot seem to saw no to treats.  Chips and salsa, candies, desserts, they keep calling my name.  It is hard also knowing that my birthday is coming up.  Last year I did not have a birthday cake and I think that I will do the same this year.  Cake is my weakness and if it is there I feel like I must eat it all.  I refuse to let my hard word go into the garbage.  I have my eyes on attaining my goal weight by Feb/March for Trinidad. 40 pounds in 6 months is very doable.  I am scared because I am going back to work soon and it is very hard for me to stay on track at work because there are so many temptations,but I am going to give 150% in the next few months.  I want this more than anything and I know that I can do it.

  Now that I have that off my chest, any of you who have lost weight maybe you can relate to this.  Do you have friends, who now that you have lost weight, make comments that you find semi inappropriate?  For example, when I showed my friend Caribana pics, she made it seem as if I looked better than she expected.  Maybe I am just looking into this too much....

Tomorrow is my second 5K race and I am as ready as I could be, this time around I feel as if I did not train as hard as for the first one, so we will have to see how I do time wise.

I ran my 8K yesterday, it took alot of self pushing, but it really wasn't as bad as the 5K the day before.  I felt much better.  The only thing was after the run I felt very nauseous, does this happen to anyone else after a long run?

On a happier note, I have motivated some of my friends to try running.  They say that I have motivated them to try a run walk for 20 minutes.  I am happy that I have this effect on people.

I know that my eating has not been on point, but everyday is a new day and I aim to do my best.

Happy Saturday!

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Summer Challenge -- Week 11

This week I am at 214.6 up 2 from last Friday.  This sucks, but I have to remind myself that I was away and not eating/working out the way I am used to.  My birthday is in less than a week and alas I will not make my goal of 200 pounds, but I did put up a damn good fight.  This week, I am going to try my best to stick to plan and not indulge.  I am also on my period so that does not help at all.

The race is on Sunday and I really hope that I can beat my last race time of 37:37.  I am aiming for 35 minutes.  I am going for the 8 K run today, yesterday I did a 5 K and I must admit that I felt really tired at times.

I have received a few blog awards and I will touch on those this weekend.

Have a great day.

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Toronto Caribana: Amazing Weekend!

I am back from my wonderful weekend in Toronto.  I had a fantastic time.On Friday I headed to Toronto with my parents and I got to the hotel early so I headed to the gym.  I should have learned by now that black girls do not go to the gym, because I swear the looks that people were giving me were out of control.  I was in the hotel gym , which is located next to the pool and everyone that walked by looked at me on the treadmill like I was crazy.

That night my friend and I headed to an all white party.

Damn! I must admit that I look pretty damn skinny in this pic.

Saturday was the big day, we were supposed to be at the mas camp (the area where all the masqueraders were meeting) around 10 am.  Since we were 5 girls  getting ready we got up around 8 am.  We proceeded to do our make up, eyelashes and all that jazz.  We then headed to the parade.  Let me tell you that when you see 5 beautiful ladies in full costume, you will get stares.  I now know what a celebrity feels like, everyone wanted to take pictures with us, young old, foreigners.  I felt so special.  Here are a few pics. 

This guy's abs are out of control!  I can't stop looking at this pic in amazement.

A fantastic time was had by all and out band came in 2nd place.  I will definitely be down again next year.

The weekend was great,but of course, I ate more fast food than I had the rest of the year.  One week until the big 3-0 , so I am back on track.  The good news is that in all the madness, only 3 pounds was gained.  Lets see what weigh in on Friday brings.  Next stop TRINIDAD in MARCH!

New followers, I see you!  Welcome, welcome!

P.S. I realized that I only have about 35 pounds to loss to reach my goal, that really isn't that much!  I can do this!

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