Down to the Grind!

I finally found someone to hold me accountable for the exercise portion for my quest to get back to my pre baby body! And if you can find someone that is willing to exercise with you, this is by far the best way to do it because then you can hold each other accountable.

We have a set time every day that we will exercise together and we are doing the 8 minute absroutine. (which also includes 8 minute thighs, buns, etc) And don't think that it's a walk in the park! I am sore as we speak from it! but see usually when I'm sore, that means I don't feel like exercising for several days, which ends up becoming... NEVER! but now that I have someone to exercise with, there's not getting out of it. And that's a good thing. 5 days a week we meet up for 30 minutes and do two 8 minute routines. We have been doing 8 minute abs and 8 minute thighs this week, and we get Saturday's and Sunday's off to recover until the next week.



Can't wait to see what we will look like! I already feel firmer and it's only been a week since we begun. If you want to try it too, you can get a good price on the exercise tape here.

Happy St. Pat's Day!

Hope ya'll have a fun one :)

I am holding steady still at 123. Recently had to buy a new scale.
If I had to do a review on digital scales, I would give them a big fat "F"
I ended up taking my digital one back to the store cuz it wasn't working and opted for the good old fashioned dial scale.
:) And so far so good! The digital scale goes through a lot of batteries, though I hardly used it at all and it had a feature where it shut off when you were through weighing yourself. When I took it back to the store, I was told that my digital scale was discontinued. Gee, I wonder why!

Watermelon season again!

Well I hope you can find this important diet fruit at your local grocer, or wal-mart for that matter.



Last time I went shopping, much to my surprise I saw 2 huge bins of miniature seedless watermelons! I was soo happy! I owe a lot of my diet success after all from the watermelon (mostly consisting of water) making me feel full so I wouldn't indulge on something fattening.

I bought 2. They are $4.00 each here, but a small price to pay for a smaller waist :)
They have both been eaten at this point and I have to go shopping again today. Yes, I will be buying more. I will buy them everytime I go shopping until they don't sell watermelons anymore. That's how important they are to my diet.

Watermelon is uber filling, and is a great thing to have anytime you are craving sweets. It's delicious and it satisfies. Canteloupe is another good one if you like them, but my favorite is watermelon. And by the way, if you think they must not be good since it's so early, think again. I ate 2 of them and they were both delicious. Just be careful to pick out the good ones. No bruises n' such.

Low calorie fruits are your friend. Eat as much as you want, you will burn more calories digesting the fruit than the fruit has, thus burning fat.

Back from vacation! A story from beyond :)

Heys folks! We are officially back from our trip. We had a great time... LOTS of exercise! One day, we walked all around Washington D.C. I don't know how many miles, but believe me, it was a lot!!! We saw the spy museum, the Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial and reflection pool, the Art museums, and even went to Mcdonalds in China town (which I don't recommend)

In case you have never been there, the Mcdonalds in chinatown is kinda unique. there are no chairs to sit in while you eat!!! they make you stand up I guess to discourage hanger arounds, as there are signs all over the establishment that say "No staying any longer than 30 minutes" Sheese! I better hurry and eat then! I just have never seen this type of thing before. I wanted to take a picture cuz it was just so strange, but I wouldn't dare because of the people that may hurt me if I did :)

Yea, I know! I ate at Mcdonalds, but like I said, we walked a lot that day and I guarantee I burned it all off.

Just so you know though, I did weigh myself when vacation was through and I haven't gained any weight. Yippee!!!

And here is a picture from my vacation:



a view of the monuments from the Metro Train