Detox

I am WAY up on the scale and I feel like crap (mentally and physically). I have decided to do a little detox for the next two days to get my body back in gear.  Today and tomorrow, I will eat breakfast (oatmeal and fruit) and for the rest of the day I will cleanse my system.  I will have warm water with either freshly squeezed lime juice, fresh ginger or fresh mint.  I will drink this for the rest of the day as I see fit.  I am hoping that this will cleanse my system a bit, because I am feeling very bloated and all around gross.  I have been reading a few things on detoxifying my body and I find it VERY interesting.  I think I am going to try a few things this summer and let you know how it goes.

WINNER!

The winner of the magazine is Vilese over at Big Girl Chronicles !
Thanks to all who participated.

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Oh, We're Halfway There...

Oh, OH! Living on a prayer....No, no I did not become a Bon Jovi fan overnight. I am referring to Jillian and me and our 30 Day Shred!  Today was day 15!  I cannot believe it!  Jillian, I hate you less today.  I really pushed and tried to take as few breaks as possible.  I must admit that it is getting better.

Went to an Armenian restaurant with my department for dinner.  Let me just say that I have that I have that uncomfortable full feeling that I hate.  I am guzzling water like a mofo, but alas, I am sure that on Friday the scale will be my enemy. Geezzzz, I really need to get my act together.  I realize that I am 15 pounds away from 200, it seems so near, but at the same time so far.  Tomorrow is the last day that I have to go to work, wooo  hoooo, summer can officially begin.  When people ask me what am I doing this summer, I REALLY want to reply, "Losing weight``, but I know that they wouldn`t understand, so I reply," Nothing special".  I am determined to go back to school in August a new and improved me!

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My First Giveaway

Today I opened the mailbox and I got not one but two issues of Muscle and FitnessHERS for July/August (not really sure why).  The first thing that came to my mind was to give one away!  If you would like to win this issue all you have to do it the following:

1. Be a follower
2. Comment in this post and tell me why you want to win this issue and/or why you like love this blog ;)

Contest ends tomorrow (June 30) at 4 p.m. EST

Winner will be chosen by random.org

Good Luck!

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Cravings

Had a crazy sugar craving while I was at the store, had some chocolate covered pretzels and some yogurt covered almonds, yikes.  It's raining like a mofo so I am not going to run, hopefully it clears up later. I think I will take a nap and then hit the 30 day Shred. Today is Day 14,sigh.

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Blog Make Over and Workout Song Sundays

TADA!  This is the new layout of my blog that I won in the contest!  I am so happy with how everything turned out.  My blog looks beautiful! 

THANKS A MILLION!

to Selena at Workout Barby who designed and put this whole thing together.  She worked countless hours and I could not have done a better job myself.  The color combo is perfect, the fonts, the signature, it truly captures me!  I hope all my beloved readers like it, because I LOVE IT!

     30 Day Shred is going, Jillian and I are still in a love/hate relationship, she loves to inflict pain and I hate it.  Day 3 today of level 2 and I will not lie, I had to do it in two parts, is that wrong?  For more details on Jillian torturing me, click on the tab on the top.

      

     I got a wedding invite for my good friend's sister's wedding in September.  Now I have another goal besides my 30th birthday.  I am going to see where I am at when my birthday rolls around (hopefully under 200) and work from there. I would love to get a dress in a size 14, that would be AMAZING.

  The 5K is in less than 6 days. Today I did a 1 minute walk/10 min run twice with a 5 min run added, I covered about 4 K in 36 minutes, according to some Grade 8 math, I will finish the 5K in about 43-44 minutes, I can deal with that.

     My parents had some people in from out of town,  so they had a huge Trinidadian style brunch: curried shrimp and roti, saltfish and bake, mauby, sweatbread, YUMMY!  I had a bit of saltfish, bake and curried shrimp.  Really trying to have another loss this week.

I have decided that on Sunday I will post a song that I am currently feeling and hopefully you will like it too, download it and rock to it all week while you work out!  Today's song is Memories by David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi. Enjoy!

Have a great week!  Aquafitness tomorrow (do I even know where my bathing suit is?)

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30 Day Shred--Day 12 and a Question about Polar Watches

30 Day Shred Level 2 Day 2 (Day 12, already!)....
Circuit 1 and 2 are good.  Hell begins when Circuit 3 comes around.  Plank jacks are a fail as well as those chair sits with arm raises.  I have to stop constantly my shoulders are on fire.

Practicing for the 5K is going well, did a 20 minute run today, trying to work up to 30 minutes, I mapped my run and I covered about 3K, trying to increase my distance also.  I cannot believe that at this time next week the race will be over, hopefully my life will not be, lol.

I have Zumba tonight, I am so excited!

Does anyone in Blogland have a Polar watch?  If so which one?  I have an opportunity to snag one at a very good price.  Please let me know!  The things I am definitely looking for is to monitor heart rate as well as count calories.

Thank you in advance!

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When 12 Inches Is Too Much

I'm talking about plate sizes and portion distortion! LOL!  Check out this very interesting video.

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