ok! I'm baaaaaaaaack!
got home from Cancun and had the best time!! however... I ate Cancun..all of it.
I had to declare it on my customs form - "are you bringing back any food articles"...uhhhh...YES...
I AM - they are all on my ASS!!!!
yikes!
so...ladies, gentlemen... it's the first of the year and it's SOOOOO ON!!!!!!!
I'm up in the morning, working out and kicking some 2011 Thass!
I finished PDS so I'm cycling back to Boot camp mat workout and really clean eating - I guessed that lots of you might be giving boot camp a go starting tomorrow - so I'll jump in with ya!
I'm not doing full on boot camp - but going to folow the mat work and cardio 5 to 6 days a week...maybe 7 until I regain my pre-holiday weight!!!
This WILL be the year of holy hotness!
right now- I'm exhausted and have to hit the hay so I can get up and rock it out! Tomorrow I will lay out my first of the year plan...and tell you all about my vacay to Mexico and my Christmas break...
I even have some fun pictures to share!
I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday and are ready to join me in having the GREATEST YEAR EVER!!!!!!
btw - I'm terrified to weigh in the morning as I may have to cash in one of my 4 "coupons" that I have for the year (the ones I allowed if I went over 130 - the ones that say I have 48 hours to get back under the mark!)
I'll let ya know!!!
come on 129.9!!! probably more like 132...UGH - but I'm confident that whatever it is, it will come off fast and it's a heck of a lot better than I've ever done in the past holiday seasons!!! That's for sure!!!
I missed talking to you all!
and a special shout out to Caroline in Sweden !! Thanks for all the sweet comments!
2011 - HERE WE COME!
Let's make it a year of kept resolutions, Thassless-ness, prosperity, love and laughter!
all with a heaping helping of Tracy Anderson and skinny jeans...
We can do this thang!!!
love you all!
xoxoLa
PS- good luck to Stephanie - she's starting boot camp tomorrow - and she's going to do it BY THE BOOK!!!!!
Let me know if anyone else is giving it a go- and I'll keep up with your efforts and cheer you on!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
This Christmas...
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!
With all the talk of Thass sliding, workouts, food, sweat, Tracy, muscle work, cardio, inches lost, confidence gained...
I find myself in that magical hour, of that magical time of year when everything slows down and what's really important comes into focus.
So tonight I wanted to send a special message- not about all the funny things we usually talk about (we will get back to all that -AND IN A BIG WAY - with the New Year coming soon) but tonight my special message is for each of you...my new friends ...my old friends...
I received a Christmas card this year - and it had within it a message I loved.
A message I read over and over.
A message I want to share with all of you....
It was from my friend Caroline Oden Wylie.
She and I haven't seen each other in years - we were best friends in middle school and high school - and I look forward to getting a card from her every year so I can watch - if only annually - her beautiful four children grow up to be little people, little people that look a lot like her and her brothers, if you ask me!!!!
So, thank you Caroline for the card - this year and every year. You're card really sums up what I wanted to say this year - so before this post is done - I will quote it in full!
Ya know -just because we don't see some of our friends often, it doesn't mean that we don't think of them and value all the years, or months, or even the days we were in each others lives.
I miss friends that I do not get to see much anymore - but I always hold them in my heart.
I think the same can be said for some of my new friends - lots of you!
Most of you I have never met -and yet you've been so supportive and reached out to me and cheered me on... I value the friendship!
From all over the world, from right in my back yard...friends, family... and friends that become family,
this is the time of year to take a moment to thank them all for the role they have played in our lives - tell them if you can...send a prayer to them if you can't. Either way they will hear you.
We are all a product of the people in our lives.
And I for one - am all the better for it!
Here's what Caroline's card said...
I just loved it!
"This Christmas... we would like to put up a tree in our hearts; and instead of hanging ornaments we would like to place the names of all our friends.
Close friends and not so close friends.
The old friends, the new friends.
Those that we see every day and the ones that we rarely see.
The ones that we always remember and the ones that we sometimes forget.
The ones that are always there and the ones that seldom are.
The friends of difficult times and the friends of happy times.
Friends who, without meaning to, we have hurt, or without meaning to have hurt us.
Those that we know well and those we only know by name.
Those that owe us little and those that owe us so much.
Our humble friends and our important friends.
The names of all those that have passed through our lives no matter how fleetingly.
A tree with very deep roots and very long and strong branches so that their names may never be plucked from out hearts... so that new names from all over may join the existing ones.
A tree with a very pleasant shade so that our friendship may take a moment of rest from the battles of life.
May your special moments of Christmas brighten every day of the New Year."
From my heart to yours, I wish you all a healthy, happy holiday filled with love and laughter.
I am thankful to call you my friend.
Merry Christmas!
xoxoLa
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
WHooooaaaaaa....
WHEW! That was a close one!
My bloated holiday self just stepped on the scale and - quite frankly...I was terrified to do it...because I was really afraid I might have "tipped it" for the first time and gone over 130.
But... as luck would have it...still hanging at 127!
Praise the Thass God's! It's A Christmas miracle!!!
NOW - THE DINNERS OUT - two nights in a row, THE COCKTAILS - two nights in a row, THE LAME EFFORT to workout - two days in a row... it can't go on...not for one more second...and sure as heck can't go on another - TWO DAYS IN A ROW!!!!
This is a little like security at the airport going from orange to red...except when I go from orange to red - you actually will see something different happening. That and I won't take your tweezers or lip gloss.
Today - I will NOT eat a bite of everything I see...I WILL go upstairs and do my cardio (ALL of my cardio)...and I WILL NOT, I repeat, I WILL NOT, go out to dinner!!!
Last night was Morton's Steakhouse... my GOD!!!...Morton's... I had a salt lick for an appetizer.
or at least I feel like I did today!
Actually I knew I was needing to really watch it - so I ordered salmon and broccoli rather than the medium rare fillet with creamed spinach - my usually fave...I also requested no butter, no oil...
which I thought was a bold move.
I skipped the bread, had a few bites of a bacon wrapped scallop, one bite of lobster and a bite of shrimp cocktail -
so moving from apps to dinner...I was rocking - so far so good, right???
oh, and one cocktail - but also drinking water with lemon!
Well, all was going really well until - you guessed it - dessert.
And you know why going out to dinner is difficult???
Not because of what YOU order...but what the people NEXT TO YOU order!!!!!
SON OF A BISCUIT EATER!!!
I had my husband on one side...and my mother on the other...they both "pre-ordered" the Godiva chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream.
How rude.
What's even more rude....ordering it ...and then NOT finishing it and leaving it right in front of me.
chocolate lave cake...it's just not fair. It's Kryptonite to my Superman...
Not only did I finish my mother's...I then went after the remaining portion of my husband's!!!
I finished it too!!!
YUMMY!!!
oopsie...
That is EXACTLY what I ALWAYS do!!! I am disciplined with my ordering...but not with the extra spoon they drop off for you "just in case"....
"Just in case" what????? - Just in case you want to embarrass yourself by reaching half way across a big table to get another bite off someone elses plate?
Just in case the four courses of Fred Flintstone size portions weren't enough to fill you up?
Just in case you weren't QUITE miserable enough...here's an extra spoon...
I'm surprised I didn't turn around and ask the neighboring table while they enjoying THEIR dessert..."Hey! You gonna eat that?" All the while pointing and twirling my "extra spoon" in their direction.
Next time someone offers me an extra spoon, I am going to have to resort to extreme measures...like discreetly rubbing it on the bottom of my shoe, placing it in the nearest potted plant, or distracting everyone at the table while I simply throw it over my shoulder.
Consider yourself warned: flying flatware -do not sit behind me at a restaurant
SOOOOOOOOOOO-
No excuses...I'm going upstairs to workout - 60 minutes of cardio!!!!!
I did mat PDS III yesterday - but no cardio.
The day before I did PDS III- but lame cardio effort...maybe 30 mins!
I think I might take an "extra spoon" upstairs with me so every time I want to stop working out...I can look at that little curved Thass making utensil and remind myself why... I need to KEEP GOING!
Maintaining... but I can't eat everything ALL the time!
I'm still VERY encouraged with how much "life " I can have and still keep things under control...but I can feel the last couple of weeks being a little loose with the food...
Even though I tried to clean it up for the five day challenge (which I didn't really do as well as many of you!!!) I need to give another effort - if I want to stay under 130!!!
Plus- I'm going to the beach!!! YIKES!
I'm feeling good... glad I have you all to confess all my sins to!
How's everyone doing during the holidays???
Remember : this time of year doesn't have to be a time to lose...just maintain..or even put a limit to how much you can gain...
the only thing that should be unacceptable is a sweat pant clad runaway train!!!!
That will only make you feel icky.
Don't ask me how I know....
:)
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!
xoxoxLa
My bloated holiday self just stepped on the scale and - quite frankly...I was terrified to do it...because I was really afraid I might have "tipped it" for the first time and gone over 130.
But... as luck would have it...still hanging at 127!
Praise the Thass God's! It's A Christmas miracle!!!
NOW - THE DINNERS OUT - two nights in a row, THE COCKTAILS - two nights in a row, THE LAME EFFORT to workout - two days in a row... it can't go on...not for one more second...and sure as heck can't go on another - TWO DAYS IN A ROW!!!!
This is a little like security at the airport going from orange to red...except when I go from orange to red - you actually will see something different happening. That and I won't take your tweezers or lip gloss.
Today - I will NOT eat a bite of everything I see...I WILL go upstairs and do my cardio (ALL of my cardio)...and I WILL NOT, I repeat, I WILL NOT, go out to dinner!!!
Last night was Morton's Steakhouse... my GOD!!!...Morton's... I had a salt lick for an appetizer.
or at least I feel like I did today!
Actually I knew I was needing to really watch it - so I ordered salmon and broccoli rather than the medium rare fillet with creamed spinach - my usually fave...I also requested no butter, no oil...
which I thought was a bold move.
I skipped the bread, had a few bites of a bacon wrapped scallop, one bite of lobster and a bite of shrimp cocktail -
so moving from apps to dinner...I was rocking - so far so good, right???
oh, and one cocktail - but also drinking water with lemon!
Well, all was going really well until - you guessed it - dessert.
And you know why going out to dinner is difficult???
Not because of what YOU order...but what the people NEXT TO YOU order!!!!!
SON OF A BISCUIT EATER!!!
I had my husband on one side...and my mother on the other...they both "pre-ordered" the Godiva chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream.
How rude.
What's even more rude....ordering it ...and then NOT finishing it and leaving it right in front of me.
chocolate lave cake...it's just not fair. It's Kryptonite to my Superman...
Not only did I finish my mother's...I then went after the remaining portion of my husband's!!!
I finished it too!!!
YUMMY!!!
oopsie...
That is EXACTLY what I ALWAYS do!!! I am disciplined with my ordering...but not with the extra spoon they drop off for you "just in case"....
"Just in case" what????? - Just in case you want to embarrass yourself by reaching half way across a big table to get another bite off someone elses plate?
Just in case the four courses of Fred Flintstone size portions weren't enough to fill you up?
Just in case you weren't QUITE miserable enough...here's an extra spoon...
I'm surprised I didn't turn around and ask the neighboring table while they enjoying THEIR dessert..."Hey! You gonna eat that?" All the while pointing and twirling my "extra spoon" in their direction.
Next time someone offers me an extra spoon, I am going to have to resort to extreme measures...like discreetly rubbing it on the bottom of my shoe, placing it in the nearest potted plant, or distracting everyone at the table while I simply throw it over my shoulder.
Consider yourself warned: flying flatware -do not sit behind me at a restaurant
SOOOOOOOOOOO-
No excuses...I'm going upstairs to workout - 60 minutes of cardio!!!!!
I did mat PDS III yesterday - but no cardio.
The day before I did PDS III- but lame cardio effort...maybe 30 mins!
I think I might take an "extra spoon" upstairs with me so every time I want to stop working out...I can look at that little curved Thass making utensil and remind myself why... I need to KEEP GOING!
Maintaining... but I can't eat everything ALL the time!
I'm still VERY encouraged with how much "life " I can have and still keep things under control...but I can feel the last couple of weeks being a little loose with the food...
Even though I tried to clean it up for the five day challenge (which I didn't really do as well as many of you!!!) I need to give another effort - if I want to stay under 130!!!
Plus- I'm going to the beach!!! YIKES!
I'm feeling good... glad I have you all to confess all my sins to!
How's everyone doing during the holidays???
Remember : this time of year doesn't have to be a time to lose...just maintain..or even put a limit to how much you can gain...
the only thing that should be unacceptable is a sweat pant clad runaway train!!!!
That will only make you feel icky.
Don't ask me how I know....
:)
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!
xoxoxLa
Sunday, December 19, 2010
So, I guess now that I'm SUPER famous....
Well, now that I'm an international siren of the silver screen...
and by silver screen I mean the silver screen of your laptops!!
Now that I have actually posted ONE video blog... I am feeling rather famous.
and by famous... we all know I mean in my brain movie.
..please...no autographs - please people...I just want to live a normal life - go to Starbucks, and then go shopping with The Kardashians and maybe end up on the cover of US Weekly...you know...normal things like that.
I'm just a simple girl with simple needs...like Barney's and Botox and eventually a recommendation for a good plastic surgeon.
I think it's important to stay focused on what REALLY matters in life.
HA! see.. this is EXACTLY why you all shouldn't say so many nice things to me ... It will go straight to my head and I will certainly become intolerable around the house!!!
I am so glad everyone seemed to have enjoyed the video blog! It was kind of silly- but fun, none the less.
I'll try it again in the near future - now that I know I can at least upload the dang thing.
Maybe some roving reporting even....hmmmm.
But- all kidding aside - thanks for all the precious things you all said about the video blog...
It made my feel very special! thank you. :)
There were comments ranging from "Loving the Thass-cam!" to "keep vlogging" and LOADS of nice things to say about my TAM arms...maybe we should all re-direct those comments to Tracy Anderson!! Thanks Tracy!
Anyway - now I'm really starting to let my brain movie run away with me after all the compliments - If I'm not careful, I will lose half the day dreaming of accepting my award at THE BLOGGIES.
THE BLOGGIES!!!!- hahahaha!!! sorry , I just made myself laugh a little.
I'm kidding...about the bloggies...but not about the thanks you's! Thank you. Seriously, means a lot to me.
Ok...I am trying hard to step up my game here ladies...but this food thing is GETTING MORE DIFFICULT!!!!
Damn... today - made ANOTHER big pot of chili so I could have some on the stove when my family arrived. Then my mom gets here with an actual shopping bag FILLED with sweets, snacks and lots of WTD's.
She keeps going on and on about these little chocolate bumpy mounds of deliciousness -something called a "Lammies" or "Lambies" - She's asked me ten times if I want to try a "Lammie"...
MOM! stop it already!
I am trying to get the back of my thighs to not have the texture of a "Lammie" - You've only been here two hours and the "food pushing" is in full force!!
I know at this exact moment my friend Barbara is saying "Now, wait one minute! You are every bit as bad as your mother!" (I tried to push some chili off on her today and she refused it - saying I needed to stop bringing food to their house!!!)
Barbara .. you're right...I'm just as bad! :) at least I come by it honestly!
So- I did successfully avoid the lammies...and I had grapefruit for breakfast while James had zucchini bread with butter... but I am fairly confident there was little snacking going on in the afternoon. and maybe in the evening too...
No biggie- but I can tell I'm going to have to watch it - tomorrow night is a dinner with friends and a Garth Brooks concert (and probably a little festive cock-tailing) and the next night is a night out to dinner at Morton's...
this train could run off it's tracks in a hot minute!!!
Here's my survival game plan...
1. Keep working out. When time is crunched - I will probably opt for cardio over mat.
2. I will watch what I order at meal time and then my little bites of things shouldn't be a problem. But add little bites to big meals and my Christmas goose is cooked.
3. WATER, WATER, WATER. and more water.
4. and here's a little party survival tip... DON'T EAT ANYTHING THAT IS PASSED AROUND BEFORE THE MAIN MEAL!!!! if you are at a party and there will be a sit down dinner - or main meal served - SKIP ALL THE HORS D'OEUVRES!!!
Basically if it has a tooth pick sticking out of it - SKIP IT!
Those little Thass balls on a platter...served with a smile and a napkin...they are killers! You can easily eat the same amount of calories popping a few of those bad boys in your mouth as your entire meal.
Besides... I would rather have a glass of wine... cause when was the last time a swedish meatball turned you into the life of the party??? Just sayin... one gives you a big ole buzz... the other gives you a big ole butt. You choose.
5. Lastly.. don't drink too much wine!!! because that will have you looking through your hostesses fridge after the party looking for the dang meatballs you passed on earlier...don't ask me how I know this.
:)
so today...
I am not so happy to report that I got up this morning at ...wait for it...3:30 am. It felt much more like a nap than a good nights rest. Just couldn't sleep - so I got up and was working out by 5:30 or 6:00 am this morning.
All I could think was..."wasn't I JUST here?" ....
Funny, I never seem to pause and ask myself that same question when standing in front of the Banana Nut bread...
anyhoo...worked out hard, made it through PDS III (this was 7 of 10) and about 40 minutes of cardio.
The three hours of sleep caught up with me about the time I hit 10 minutes...the next 30 were agony.
It was like a hostage negotiation ...I was both the hostage...and the negotiator.
"Just let the girl go"
"she's not going anywhere!!!"
"She clearly needs medical attention" (like oxygen)
"She's staying here and finishing ALL her workout"
"DAMN IT, man! She's not gonna make it!! Can't you see that? Have you NO Heart, let the poor girl go!!!!"
Right when I thought I would die...Bruce Willis swung through my window with some other swat members and they rescued me.
Not really...but since I'm a CLEARLY a big movie start now- it seemed more fitting to have a big flashy ending rather than tell you what really happened.
Which is - I told myself to piss off.
I turned Tracy off mid song ...about 40 minutes into it...
apparently the skinny girl in me acts a little like the fat girl in me when she's tired.
Bitches, both of them...if you ask me.
I just couldn't do it anymore. 40 minutes is a respectable effort - I had just planned on going 60. No biggie...
BUT ONE DAY...soon, I hope...I'm going to get through 60 minutes of dance cardio - I mean all from the dance DVD...because that is one TOUGH disco party !!!
I am still mixing and matching the dance cardio with boot camp cardio.
I'm really sore today. Honestly - I have noticed that anytime I REALLY focus during my Mat DVD - I am more sore the next day!
Once again...just like our little mighty mouse (Tracy) said would happen...that chick is ALWAYS right.
I am exhausted, my friends! Going to go hit the hay!
All my friends doing the five day challenge have been checking in with me - and are all rocking it - I think better than I am...
but we are trying together and that's what makes it fun!
Tomorrow's goal for me: drink about 10 glasses of water!!!!! With lemon!!!!
I need to flush all this salt in my system out...not even sure where it has come from..
but the bloat got ta go!
I adore all of you!
Thanks for stopping by and checking in - we will hold hands through the holidays as we gingerly navigate the weapons of thass destruction ...and then decide on a full out plan of attack for the new year!!!
thanks again for all the sweet things you all said!!!
tomorrow I think I will share with you - some of my MOST favorite comments - there are some really funny ones!
xoxoLa
and by silver screen I mean the silver screen of your laptops!!
Now that I have actually posted ONE video blog... I am feeling rather famous.
and by famous... we all know I mean in my brain movie.
..please...no autographs - please people...I just want to live a normal life - go to Starbucks, and then go shopping with The Kardashians and maybe end up on the cover of US Weekly...you know...normal things like that.
I'm just a simple girl with simple needs...like Barney's and Botox and eventually a recommendation for a good plastic surgeon.
I think it's important to stay focused on what REALLY matters in life.
HA! see.. this is EXACTLY why you all shouldn't say so many nice things to me ... It will go straight to my head and I will certainly become intolerable around the house!!!
I am so glad everyone seemed to have enjoyed the video blog! It was kind of silly- but fun, none the less.
I'll try it again in the near future - now that I know I can at least upload the dang thing.
Maybe some roving reporting even....hmmmm.
But- all kidding aside - thanks for all the precious things you all said about the video blog...
It made my feel very special! thank you. :)
There were comments ranging from "Loving the Thass-cam!" to "keep vlogging" and LOADS of nice things to say about my TAM arms...maybe we should all re-direct those comments to Tracy Anderson!! Thanks Tracy!
Anyway - now I'm really starting to let my brain movie run away with me after all the compliments - If I'm not careful, I will lose half the day dreaming of accepting my award at THE BLOGGIES.
THE BLOGGIES!!!!- hahahaha!!! sorry , I just made myself laugh a little.
I'm kidding...about the bloggies...but not about the thanks you's! Thank you. Seriously, means a lot to me.
Ok...I am trying hard to step up my game here ladies...but this food thing is GETTING MORE DIFFICULT!!!!
Damn... today - made ANOTHER big pot of chili so I could have some on the stove when my family arrived. Then my mom gets here with an actual shopping bag FILLED with sweets, snacks and lots of WTD's.
She keeps going on and on about these little chocolate bumpy mounds of deliciousness -something called a "Lammies" or "Lambies" - She's asked me ten times if I want to try a "Lammie"...
MOM! stop it already!
I am trying to get the back of my thighs to not have the texture of a "Lammie" - You've only been here two hours and the "food pushing" is in full force!!
I know at this exact moment my friend Barbara is saying "Now, wait one minute! You are every bit as bad as your mother!" (I tried to push some chili off on her today and she refused it - saying I needed to stop bringing food to their house!!!)
Barbara .. you're right...I'm just as bad! :) at least I come by it honestly!
So- I did successfully avoid the lammies...and I had grapefruit for breakfast while James had zucchini bread with butter... but I am fairly confident there was little snacking going on in the afternoon. and maybe in the evening too...
No biggie- but I can tell I'm going to have to watch it - tomorrow night is a dinner with friends and a Garth Brooks concert (and probably a little festive cock-tailing) and the next night is a night out to dinner at Morton's...
this train could run off it's tracks in a hot minute!!!
Here's my survival game plan...
1. Keep working out. When time is crunched - I will probably opt for cardio over mat.
2. I will watch what I order at meal time and then my little bites of things shouldn't be a problem. But add little bites to big meals and my Christmas goose is cooked.
3. WATER, WATER, WATER. and more water.
4. and here's a little party survival tip... DON'T EAT ANYTHING THAT IS PASSED AROUND BEFORE THE MAIN MEAL!!!! if you are at a party and there will be a sit down dinner - or main meal served - SKIP ALL THE HORS D'OEUVRES!!!
Basically if it has a tooth pick sticking out of it - SKIP IT!
Those little Thass balls on a platter...served with a smile and a napkin...they are killers! You can easily eat the same amount of calories popping a few of those bad boys in your mouth as your entire meal.
Besides... I would rather have a glass of wine... cause when was the last time a swedish meatball turned you into the life of the party??? Just sayin... one gives you a big ole buzz... the other gives you a big ole butt. You choose.
5. Lastly.. don't drink too much wine!!! because that will have you looking through your hostesses fridge after the party looking for the dang meatballs you passed on earlier...don't ask me how I know this.
:)
so today...
I am not so happy to report that I got up this morning at ...wait for it...3:30 am. It felt much more like a nap than a good nights rest. Just couldn't sleep - so I got up and was working out by 5:30 or 6:00 am this morning.
All I could think was..."wasn't I JUST here?" ....
Funny, I never seem to pause and ask myself that same question when standing in front of the Banana Nut bread...
anyhoo...worked out hard, made it through PDS III (this was 7 of 10) and about 40 minutes of cardio.
The three hours of sleep caught up with me about the time I hit 10 minutes...the next 30 were agony.
It was like a hostage negotiation ...I was both the hostage...and the negotiator.
"Just let the girl go"
"she's not going anywhere!!!"
"She clearly needs medical attention" (like oxygen)
"She's staying here and finishing ALL her workout"
"DAMN IT, man! She's not gonna make it!! Can't you see that? Have you NO Heart, let the poor girl go!!!!"
Right when I thought I would die...Bruce Willis swung through my window with some other swat members and they rescued me.
Not really...but since I'm a CLEARLY a big movie start now- it seemed more fitting to have a big flashy ending rather than tell you what really happened.
Which is - I told myself to piss off.
I turned Tracy off mid song ...about 40 minutes into it...
apparently the skinny girl in me acts a little like the fat girl in me when she's tired.
Bitches, both of them...if you ask me.
I just couldn't do it anymore. 40 minutes is a respectable effort - I had just planned on going 60. No biggie...
BUT ONE DAY...soon, I hope...I'm going to get through 60 minutes of dance cardio - I mean all from the dance DVD...because that is one TOUGH disco party !!!
I am still mixing and matching the dance cardio with boot camp cardio.
I'm really sore today. Honestly - I have noticed that anytime I REALLY focus during my Mat DVD - I am more sore the next day!
Once again...just like our little mighty mouse (Tracy) said would happen...that chick is ALWAYS right.
I am exhausted, my friends! Going to go hit the hay!
All my friends doing the five day challenge have been checking in with me - and are all rocking it - I think better than I am...
but we are trying together and that's what makes it fun!
Tomorrow's goal for me: drink about 10 glasses of water!!!!! With lemon!!!!
I need to flush all this salt in my system out...not even sure where it has come from..
but the bloat got ta go!
I adore all of you!
Thanks for stopping by and checking in - we will hold hands through the holidays as we gingerly navigate the weapons of thass destruction ...and then decide on a full out plan of attack for the new year!!!
thanks again for all the sweet things you all said!!!
tomorrow I think I will share with you - some of my MOST favorite comments - there are some really funny ones!
xoxoLa
Saturday, December 18, 2010
MY FIRST VIDEO BLOG!!!!!
After much frustration... I finally gave up and just uploaded my silly little video blog to youtube and posted the link below!!!
I went to the genius bar and thought I had it figured out..but apparently not.
Apparently... I am not a genius.
So hopefully this will work. I used my Iphone video...but had learned how to upload videos from my Flip camera - it seems to be my nature to make things as hard as humanly possible.
Just click on the link below and it should pop the video right up! If it doesn't.. maybe just act like it did...so I don't want to poke my eye out with a stick.
Assuming it works...
I'VE SHARED MY EXCITING NEWS ON THE VIDEO BLOG! Well, it's exciting for me ...and it's all because of you! So, thank you very much! I mean that, I really do.
I'm going to go work out now...which I am not happy about because it's late and I would rather watch a movie and wrap presents...but - I also want to fit in my jeans, stay under 130 for a year, and honor my commitment to my fellow five day challenge buddies... sooooo - upstairs I go.
Remember..."The best way to get what you want...is to DESERVE what you want!" (Charlie Munger)
So - I'll go rock it out and feel good about it!!! ... and try to deserve the body I want. In the mean time- I will love the body I do have, and be thankful that it is getting more strong and more lean all the time!
Today's been great! I got to see some dear old friends and that was good for my heart.
...and a dinner we had for tonight cancelled...which allowed me to get other things done - including a workout! WHEW!
I know I am a complete dork in the video blog - but I've never done one before...maybe I'll get better at it! Maybe not. Maybe - I am just a dork!
Everyone that is kicking Christmas Thass in the five day challenge has been checking in with me and I'm proud to tell you - they are SO ON IT!
More updates on every one's progress tomorrow.
Enjoy the video... I hope it works!!!
All my warmest holiday wishes are going out to each of you and your loved ones.
Be good to yourself! You are worth it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYakU-q4tdo
xoxoLa
I went to the genius bar and thought I had it figured out..but apparently not.
Apparently... I am not a genius.
So hopefully this will work. I used my Iphone video...but had learned how to upload videos from my Flip camera - it seems to be my nature to make things as hard as humanly possible.
Just click on the link below and it should pop the video right up! If it doesn't.. maybe just act like it did...so I don't want to poke my eye out with a stick.
Assuming it works...
I'VE SHARED MY EXCITING NEWS ON THE VIDEO BLOG! Well, it's exciting for me ...and it's all because of you! So, thank you very much! I mean that, I really do.
I'm going to go work out now...which I am not happy about because it's late and I would rather watch a movie and wrap presents...but - I also want to fit in my jeans, stay under 130 for a year, and honor my commitment to my fellow five day challenge buddies... sooooo - upstairs I go.
Remember..."The best way to get what you want...is to DESERVE what you want!" (Charlie Munger)
So - I'll go rock it out and feel good about it!!! ... and try to deserve the body I want. In the mean time- I will love the body I do have, and be thankful that it is getting more strong and more lean all the time!
Today's been great! I got to see some dear old friends and that was good for my heart.
...and a dinner we had for tonight cancelled...which allowed me to get other things done - including a workout! WHEW!
I know I am a complete dork in the video blog - but I've never done one before...maybe I'll get better at it! Maybe not. Maybe - I am just a dork!
Everyone that is kicking Christmas Thass in the five day challenge has been checking in with me and I'm proud to tell you - they are SO ON IT!
More updates on every one's progress tomorrow.
Enjoy the video... I hope it works!!!
All my warmest holiday wishes are going out to each of you and your loved ones.
Be good to yourself! You are worth it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYakU-q4tdo
xoxoLa
Friday, December 17, 2010
a "five day challenge" shout out !!!
Ok kiddos...
How's it going????
It's day two of our little mini Christmas smack down!!
I've completed two days of 60 minutes of cardio coupled with 1 hour of mat work..PDS III - to be exact.
Yesterday I ate REALLY well...very clean - and woke up to a little early gift of returning to my latest all time low weight of 124.
Glad to see that little number back!
I have to fess up though... I didn't eat as well today! shitballs.
Could have been due to the following...
ummm...
oopsie!
I spent part of the day baking Banana Nut and Zucchini bread to give out to friends ...all from scratch..and I don't mind telling you I have MAD skills when it comes to baking.
I love to bake. I love to cook, in general... sadly... I also love to eat the things I bake and cook.
I made it through all the zucchini bread without a problem...didn't even lick the spoon.
But there was a break between baking sessions (had to get some work done) and that put me in the heart of the afternoon when I started on the four loaves of Banana Nut bread.
I made the amateurish mistake of not eating much lunch...thus creating a hunger that called out to me.
Right about the time the bell rang with the new batch of hot, yummy, from scratch bread...
and who among us can resist the lure of the siren call of freshly baked breads...?
Well, sorry to report...I ate a small piece of the banana nut bread, too!
Well, sorry to report...I ate a small piece of the zucchini bread.
I rationalized it by telling myself that it was the right thing to do...to check that I didn't use salt instead of sugar, or that they were poisonous - you know important things to know before you give out treats...they were damn good- that's what they were. damn good.
SORRY!!!!
all in all - the rest of the day was perfect...
salmon, veggies, water, workout...
just a small slip up on the "bread for lunch" matter.
BUT I AM BACK ON IT!!! - I will clean it up even more for the next three days for a strong finish in the challenge!!!
Whew.. I feel better. Like I just got out of confession.
and No, I'm not Catholic.
I'm actually Episcopalian ... if religions were soft drinks it would be kind of like Catholic Light.
I'll say 3 "Hail Tracies" and be back on track!
ok...so- back down to 124...I'll let you know if it stays there tomorrow...and with only a small slip up...it just might, who knows? Might not- it's a new weight and it seems to be shy about sticking around. It kind of pops up and then goes a way.
Like Whack-a-mole.
Also... I went to the Apple Store and had an appointment with the Genius Bar...I'm gonna try the video thingy again!!!!
I would have tried it today, but I was having a bad hair day.
and since it feels like I'm meeting my Internet lover for the first time... well, I want to look my best!!!!!!
Here are my noble Pre-Christmas challenge buddies!!!
Thanks for jumping in with me - I'll be PERFECT tomorrow..so hang with me!
SHANNON
BEE
SUSAN B(she's on it! - called me the "Mighty Thass Eliminator"! )
ANN L
JENNIFER( she did day to perfection!)
LYNDA (she checked in - and rocked it today!)
MAKIA (she knocked out day 1!)
NANCY D
JUDE ( did a Zumba marathon for charity! double great!)
RAINI
SUMMER (already did 5 days - she's going 7 more - awesome!!)
PAOLA (who worked out today with Tracy for 2 hours..I'm jealous!)
CHARLOTTE
BETH
AMY
TIFFANY
ERICA
MARCIA
CHELSEA
GRUBBY1986 (love that user name!)
JULIA
DAWSONSED
NATALIE
How did you guys do on day 1 and today????????
I'm giving myself a 10 for yesterday...and a 7.5 for today....
I'm planning on three 10's in a row!!!
Inspire me ladies..and gentlemen! Keep me honest... I'm guessing the shame spiral I'm in will eliminate me slipping any more - because I was very used to NOT having anything to fess up to during boot camp...
So bring on AT LEAST three solid days - I'm on it.
WE GOT THIS!!!!
"All I want for Christmas is my size 2 jeans. My Size 2 jeans. My size 2 jeans.
... Gee , If I could only have my size 2 jeans... then I would wish you Merry Christmas."
I gotta say...I'm not even sure I could ever wear size 2 jeans...that was only to make the song work.
And, let's be honest about it..if I could wear size 2 jeans..I wouldn't wish you a Merry Christmas..
I'd wish you a Merry Thass-less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I worship all of you for jumping in ...and for the rest of you cheering on the group!
Good luck tonight, rock out your workout tomorrow... and KEEP IT CLEAN!!!
CANCUN COUNTDOWN FOR ME!!!!
xoxoLa
PS- I got some jeans that I ordered off the Internet - and they are too small...but I decided to keep them...you know...just in case I de-Thass any further. :)
How's it going????
It's day two of our little mini Christmas smack down!!
I've completed two days of 60 minutes of cardio coupled with 1 hour of mat work..PDS III - to be exact.
Yesterday I ate REALLY well...very clean - and woke up to a little early gift of returning to my latest all time low weight of 124.
Glad to see that little number back!
I have to fess up though... I didn't eat as well today! shitballs.
Could have been due to the following...
oopsie!
I spent part of the day baking Banana Nut and Zucchini bread to give out to friends ...all from scratch..and I don't mind telling you I have MAD skills when it comes to baking.
I love to bake. I love to cook, in general... sadly... I also love to eat the things I bake and cook.
I made it through all the zucchini bread without a problem...didn't even lick the spoon.
But there was a break between baking sessions (had to get some work done) and that put me in the heart of the afternoon when I started on the four loaves of Banana Nut bread.
I made the amateurish mistake of not eating much lunch...thus creating a hunger that called out to me.
Right about the time the bell rang with the new batch of hot, yummy, from scratch bread...
and who among us can resist the lure of the siren call of freshly baked breads...?
Well, sorry to report...I ate a small piece of the banana nut bread, too!
Well, sorry to report...I ate a small piece of the zucchini bread.
I rationalized it by telling myself that it was the right thing to do...to check that I didn't use salt instead of sugar, or that they were poisonous - you know important things to know before you give out treats...they were damn good- that's what they were. damn good.
SORRY!!!!
all in all - the rest of the day was perfect...
salmon, veggies, water, workout...
just a small slip up on the "bread for lunch" matter.
BUT I AM BACK ON IT!!! - I will clean it up even more for the next three days for a strong finish in the challenge!!!
Whew.. I feel better. Like I just got out of confession.
and No, I'm not Catholic.
I'm actually Episcopalian ... if religions were soft drinks it would be kind of like Catholic Light.
I'll say 3 "Hail Tracies" and be back on track!
ok...so- back down to 124...I'll let you know if it stays there tomorrow...and with only a small slip up...it just might, who knows? Might not- it's a new weight and it seems to be shy about sticking around. It kind of pops up and then goes a way.
Like Whack-a-mole.
Also... I went to the Apple Store and had an appointment with the Genius Bar...I'm gonna try the video thingy again!!!!
I would have tried it today, but I was having a bad hair day.
and since it feels like I'm meeting my Internet lover for the first time... well, I want to look my best!!!!!!
Here are my noble Pre-Christmas challenge buddies!!!
Thanks for jumping in with me - I'll be PERFECT tomorrow..so hang with me!
SHANNON
BEE
SUSAN B(she's on it! - called me the "Mighty Thass Eliminator"! )
ANN L
JENNIFER( she did day to perfection!)
LYNDA (she checked in - and rocked it today!)
MAKIA (she knocked out day 1!)
NANCY D
JUDE ( did a Zumba marathon for charity! double great!)
RAINI
SUMMER (already did 5 days - she's going 7 more - awesome!!)
PAOLA (who worked out today with Tracy for 2 hours..I'm jealous!)
CHARLOTTE
BETH
AMY
TIFFANY
ERICA
MARCIA
CHELSEA
GRUBBY1986 (love that user name!)
JULIA
DAWSONSED
NATALIE
How did you guys do on day 1 and today????????
I'm giving myself a 10 for yesterday...and a 7.5 for today....
I'm planning on three 10's in a row!!!
Inspire me ladies..and gentlemen! Keep me honest... I'm guessing the shame spiral I'm in will eliminate me slipping any more - because I was very used to NOT having anything to fess up to during boot camp...
So bring on AT LEAST three solid days - I'm on it.
WE GOT THIS!!!!
"All I want for Christmas is my size 2 jeans. My Size 2 jeans. My size 2 jeans.
... Gee , If I could only have my size 2 jeans... then I would wish you Merry Christmas."
I gotta say...I'm not even sure I could ever wear size 2 jeans...that was only to make the song work.
And, let's be honest about it..if I could wear size 2 jeans..I wouldn't wish you a Merry Christmas..
I'd wish you a Merry Thass-less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I worship all of you for jumping in ...and for the rest of you cheering on the group!
Good luck tonight, rock out your workout tomorrow... and KEEP IT CLEAN!!!
CANCUN COUNTDOWN FOR ME!!!!
xoxoLa
PS- I got some jeans that I ordered off the Internet - and they are too small...but I decided to keep them...you know...just in case I de-Thass any further. :)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
I am overwhelmed...
I am overwhelmed today.
Not by the holiday craziness, or the workload, or the challenge of maintaining my fitness, or trying to be all things to all people...
Today I am overwhelmed at the kindness of strangers.
I am overwhelmed with the comments of love and support that have come in today regarding yesterdays entry about the rough weekend with my father.
It is such a warm feeling to know that so many people, people whom I have not met, may never meet, would take the time to post such lovely and caring things.
Not to mention all of the amazing friends that I do have the honor to know in person ...
from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all.
I wasn't really sure how a post like yesterdays would be received, since I am usually much more colorful and light hearted.
But life isn't always lighthearted. Sometimes it gets heavy and isn't it amazing... when so many people step up and offer to help you carry the weight...
It suddenly doesn't seem unbearable.
I hope that in some tiny way, I might return the favor one day.
Several of you commented on having similar situations, losses and hurts.
My prayers for your peace are being sent out like crazy today - I hope you can feel them.
I am so thankful for the friendship. I am so thankful for the prayers.
...and I am so thankful you all received my message with such kindness.
We all tend to carry our burdens quietly inside and put on a brave face for the world, lest we bother anyone with our hurts.
The irony is - sharing some of the less than beautiful parts of our lives can bring comfort to others -simply by them knowing they are not the only ones who have experienced disappointment, pain, hurt or loss.
We are all broken in some way.
...and the beauty is in the imperfection.
Perfection is an illusion.
Like I always say - "The only normal, perfectly happy people in the world are the one's you don't know very well."
We all have a cross to bare in life. Everyone suffers from time to time.
but it's part of it... how else would we know the high of joy and love of we did not feel the deep pain of despair sometimes?
It's the yin and the yang, baby!
Again - thank you all, I am deeply touched by your caring and loving comments.
NOW... let's get back to talking about something REALLY important....
my THASS!!! :)
Your THASS!!!
Tracy's Thass!!! Oh, wait....Tracy doesn't have a Thass.
Which is exactly why I got up this morning and ROCKED out a workout.
It felt great to sweat and release some of the past few days.
It also felt great to release some of the sodium and yuckiness I was holding on to...
Bye bye Bloaty McBloaterson...
I am LOVING that in one day I can always recover now... sometimes I only need one day of clean to wipe away all traces of several days of a little extra.
That's some seriously GREAT news!!!
I have never felt such a peace about maintaining my weight before - ever.
It's not that I haven't maintained my weight before - it's just that usually if I completed some program or fitness plan I would feel really lean right afterwards and then start panicking about what to do next to maintain and wishing I had planned the end of the program better to coincide with whatever beach trip I might have coming up...
because I knew by the time it rolled around I wouldn't be as lean.
Well, guess what folks... I've got a beach trip coming up...two in fact...and even though one is right after Christmas (a time when I would usually crawl in a hole before I would consider a beach ANYTHING after the holidays) and a second trip in the summer - I KNOW I will feel just like I do now.
In control, healthy, fit, and ready to rock out a bathing suit!!!!!!
Now...don't get me wrong... there will still be a towel wrapped around my buttocks before I walk right in front of anyone and they get a big old face full of my wobbly parts...cause there is still work to be done!!!
BUT..BUTT...I'm hoping for the second trip - which is next summer - for that trip to be the first time in my life that I will be happy to "go get that for you" and sashay right in front of someone without praying the sun temporarily blinds them before they see my Cellulite Co-op.
So -how's this for a goal to shot for....
???????
The Trip...BORA BORA
The Time...late June 2011
The Goal....To feel good enough to walk around in a bathing suit...with or WITHOUT a cover up!!!
That was my ultimate fantasy, if you remember...to finally - for once in my entire life - feel comfortable in a bathing suit.
Oh, it's on Thass...it's sooooooo on!
Now - in my immediate future lies a trip to Cancun...just after Christmas.
I will gladly wear a swim suit...but I will probably not be skipping around without some form of a wrap...not quite yet.
I'm not sure my friends could take me getting much more fit at this point..I'm already a living nightmare to be around.
I make EVERYONE poke my abs or one of my butt cheeks.
Sometimes even people I don't know very well.
It scares them.
I just stand there saying "POKE MY BUTT CHEEK. POKE IT. POKE IT. SERIOUSLY, POKE IT - THERE"S A MUSCLES IN THERE. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MUSCLE IN THERE BEFORE. POKE IT. WHY AREN'T YOU POKING IT???"
ok, too weird? well, then... "POKE MY STOMACH. POKE IT! THERE'S A MUSCLE IN THERE, TOO. POKE EM. POKE MY TUMMY. DID YOU FEEL THEM? ABS!!!"
at this point they usually walk off and are somewhat traumatized.
"Hey- WAIT!! YOU FORGOT TO FEEL MY TAM ARMS!!!!! WANNA FEEL MY ARMS??? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM ME.?"
Maybe I should buy them a drink first. Ya know...get them in the mood.
Tonight my precious friend Holly had four of us gals over for a girls night out dinner! It was delicious and I ate every last bite.
I am fairly confident that I burned off at least as many calories as I took in by simply talking..talking about the Tracy Anderson Method.
It happens a lot now... everyone wants to know the same things.."how hard was it?"(hard) "what did you eat"(not much) " would you do it again?" (hell yes - in a minute!)... I am thrilled to tell them ALL I know about it.
Don't cha just love that... give a girl a blog and suddenly she's an expert!!!!????
Anyhoo...I talked their ears off about what it was like, the details of boot camp, and how easy it is now...they are joining a long list of Nashvillians thinking about giving it a go in Janurary...I told em they would love it!
Maybe we can call Nashville..."Thassville" come Jan 2011!!
Leslie, Jill and Kelly - great seeing you tonight and thanks Holly - the meal was amazing!
My lovely hostess apologized for serving pasta... but I assured her- it's all good! I can eat anything I want these days..in moderation, as long as I continue to workout and not go too crazy!
We drank a little wine, enjoyed a small amount of pasta with venison marinara and a lovely salad...oh, and brussell sprouts - one of my faves!
We also nibbled on a piece of garlic toast that was charred beyond recognition.
I mean...I think it was bread.
We are still waiting on the dental records before we will know for sure if it was actually bread.
She "warmed it" a little too long!
Kind of like a charcoal briqette crouton -it was yummy (sware) and I ate the whole thing!!!
...although I may have chipped a tooth.
I'm kidding , Holly! it was perfect!
I will say, I should probably clean up my act a little more in the next few days to have a running start on the family arriving this weekend.
I don't want to get TOO confident about owning my new weight - it does still take effort...
but I'M TELLING YOU - I am maintaining, still losing even - and enjoying life to the fullest.
Check this out...after flying to Dallas and back on the same day, not working out at all on Sunday or Monday...oh, and did I mention that when I got there I had a cheeseburger and fries with my brother...and a few nachos at the airport on the way home...so Monday I was nothing short of puffy - weighing in at 127...today - after one day of cleaning it up...125.
Loving that! It comes right off...every time.
Tomorrow I will resume with the exact food plans from last week - as that seems to be helpful for those of you trying to maintain right along with me!
Sorry life got in the way and I didn't get to finish out the week with meal plans for you all. But I'm back and rockin' again...so let's do this thang!
I continue to be amazed with the method! Well done Tracy!
and lastly... guess who already got out of the hospital?... my father.
they released him saying "they couldn't believe his improvement, it was as if it happened overnight" and he left me a message saying he was going to "put a serious effort into taking better care of himself"...
so how about that?
Thank you again for all the prayers and well wishes. I think he felt them.
I know I did.
xoxoLa
VIDEO BLOG TOMORROW???? why not!!!!
ooooooo, I'm nervous! But I must do my first video blog tomorrow because I have something REALLY unbelieveable- I mean BRAIN MOVIE type stuff - to share with you all!!!
he he...I'm excited!
I'm tired...going to go crash now.
Sweet dreams, you all are the nicest people in the world to keep reading along with me..and you soothed my soul today. thanks again, more than you know.
Not by the holiday craziness, or the workload, or the challenge of maintaining my fitness, or trying to be all things to all people...
Today I am overwhelmed at the kindness of strangers.
I am overwhelmed with the comments of love and support that have come in today regarding yesterdays entry about the rough weekend with my father.
It is such a warm feeling to know that so many people, people whom I have not met, may never meet, would take the time to post such lovely and caring things.
Not to mention all of the amazing friends that I do have the honor to know in person ...
from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all.
I wasn't really sure how a post like yesterdays would be received, since I am usually much more colorful and light hearted.
But life isn't always lighthearted. Sometimes it gets heavy and isn't it amazing... when so many people step up and offer to help you carry the weight...
It suddenly doesn't seem unbearable.
I hope that in some tiny way, I might return the favor one day.
Several of you commented on having similar situations, losses and hurts.
My prayers for your peace are being sent out like crazy today - I hope you can feel them.
I am so thankful for the friendship. I am so thankful for the prayers.
...and I am so thankful you all received my message with such kindness.
We all tend to carry our burdens quietly inside and put on a brave face for the world, lest we bother anyone with our hurts.
The irony is - sharing some of the less than beautiful parts of our lives can bring comfort to others -simply by them knowing they are not the only ones who have experienced disappointment, pain, hurt or loss.
We are all broken in some way.
...and the beauty is in the imperfection.
Perfection is an illusion.
Like I always say - "The only normal, perfectly happy people in the world are the one's you don't know very well."
We all have a cross to bare in life. Everyone suffers from time to time.
but it's part of it... how else would we know the high of joy and love of we did not feel the deep pain of despair sometimes?
It's the yin and the yang, baby!
Again - thank you all, I am deeply touched by your caring and loving comments.
NOW... let's get back to talking about something REALLY important....
my THASS!!! :)
Your THASS!!!
Tracy's Thass!!! Oh, wait....Tracy doesn't have a Thass.
Which is exactly why I got up this morning and ROCKED out a workout.
It felt great to sweat and release some of the past few days.
It also felt great to release some of the sodium and yuckiness I was holding on to...
Bye bye Bloaty McBloaterson...
I am LOVING that in one day I can always recover now... sometimes I only need one day of clean to wipe away all traces of several days of a little extra.
That's some seriously GREAT news!!!
I have never felt such a peace about maintaining my weight before - ever.
It's not that I haven't maintained my weight before - it's just that usually if I completed some program or fitness plan I would feel really lean right afterwards and then start panicking about what to do next to maintain and wishing I had planned the end of the program better to coincide with whatever beach trip I might have coming up...
because I knew by the time it rolled around I wouldn't be as lean.
Well, guess what folks... I've got a beach trip coming up...two in fact...and even though one is right after Christmas (a time when I would usually crawl in a hole before I would consider a beach ANYTHING after the holidays) and a second trip in the summer - I KNOW I will feel just like I do now.
In control, healthy, fit, and ready to rock out a bathing suit!!!!!!
Now...don't get me wrong... there will still be a towel wrapped around my buttocks before I walk right in front of anyone and they get a big old face full of my wobbly parts...cause there is still work to be done!!!
BUT..BUTT...I'm hoping for the second trip - which is next summer - for that trip to be the first time in my life that I will be happy to "go get that for you" and sashay right in front of someone without praying the sun temporarily blinds them before they see my Cellulite Co-op.
So -how's this for a goal to shot for....
???????
The Trip...BORA BORA
The Time...late June 2011
The Goal....To feel good enough to walk around in a bathing suit...with or WITHOUT a cover up!!!
That was my ultimate fantasy, if you remember...to finally - for once in my entire life - feel comfortable in a bathing suit.
Oh, it's on Thass...it's sooooooo on!
Now - in my immediate future lies a trip to Cancun...just after Christmas.
I will gladly wear a swim suit...but I will probably not be skipping around without some form of a wrap...not quite yet.
I'm not sure my friends could take me getting much more fit at this point..I'm already a living nightmare to be around.
I make EVERYONE poke my abs or one of my butt cheeks.
Sometimes even people I don't know very well.
It scares them.
I just stand there saying "POKE MY BUTT CHEEK. POKE IT. POKE IT. SERIOUSLY, POKE IT - THERE"S A MUSCLES IN THERE. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MUSCLE IN THERE BEFORE. POKE IT. WHY AREN'T YOU POKING IT???"
ok, too weird? well, then... "POKE MY STOMACH. POKE IT! THERE'S A MUSCLE IN THERE, TOO. POKE EM. POKE MY TUMMY. DID YOU FEEL THEM? ABS!!!"
at this point they usually walk off and are somewhat traumatized.
"Hey- WAIT!! YOU FORGOT TO FEEL MY TAM ARMS!!!!! WANNA FEEL MY ARMS??? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM ME.?"
Maybe I should buy them a drink first. Ya know...get them in the mood.
Tonight my precious friend Holly had four of us gals over for a girls night out dinner! It was delicious and I ate every last bite.
I am fairly confident that I burned off at least as many calories as I took in by simply talking..talking about the Tracy Anderson Method.
It happens a lot now... everyone wants to know the same things.."how hard was it?"(hard) "what did you eat"(not much) " would you do it again?" (hell yes - in a minute!)... I am thrilled to tell them ALL I know about it.
Don't cha just love that... give a girl a blog and suddenly she's an expert!!!!????
Anyhoo...I talked their ears off about what it was like, the details of boot camp, and how easy it is now...they are joining a long list of Nashvillians thinking about giving it a go in Janurary...I told em they would love it!
Maybe we can call Nashville..."Thassville" come Jan 2011!!
Leslie, Jill and Kelly - great seeing you tonight and thanks Holly - the meal was amazing!
My lovely hostess apologized for serving pasta... but I assured her- it's all good! I can eat anything I want these days..in moderation, as long as I continue to workout and not go too crazy!
We drank a little wine, enjoyed a small amount of pasta with venison marinara and a lovely salad...oh, and brussell sprouts - one of my faves!
We also nibbled on a piece of garlic toast that was charred beyond recognition.
I mean...I think it was bread.
We are still waiting on the dental records before we will know for sure if it was actually bread.
She "warmed it" a little too long!
Kind of like a charcoal briqette crouton -it was yummy (sware) and I ate the whole thing!!!
...although I may have chipped a tooth.
I'm kidding , Holly! it was perfect!
I will say, I should probably clean up my act a little more in the next few days to have a running start on the family arriving this weekend.
I don't want to get TOO confident about owning my new weight - it does still take effort...
but I'M TELLING YOU - I am maintaining, still losing even - and enjoying life to the fullest.
Check this out...after flying to Dallas and back on the same day, not working out at all on Sunday or Monday...oh, and did I mention that when I got there I had a cheeseburger and fries with my brother...and a few nachos at the airport on the way home...so Monday I was nothing short of puffy - weighing in at 127...today - after one day of cleaning it up...125.
Loving that! It comes right off...every time.
Tomorrow I will resume with the exact food plans from last week - as that seems to be helpful for those of you trying to maintain right along with me!
Sorry life got in the way and I didn't get to finish out the week with meal plans for you all. But I'm back and rockin' again...so let's do this thang!
I continue to be amazed with the method! Well done Tracy!
and lastly... guess who already got out of the hospital?... my father.
they released him saying "they couldn't believe his improvement, it was as if it happened overnight" and he left me a message saying he was going to "put a serious effort into taking better care of himself"...
so how about that?
Thank you again for all the prayers and well wishes. I think he felt them.
I know I did.
xoxoLa
VIDEO BLOG TOMORROW???? why not!!!!
ooooooo, I'm nervous! But I must do my first video blog tomorrow because I have something REALLY unbelieveable- I mean BRAIN MOVIE type stuff - to share with you all!!!
he he...I'm excited!
I'm tired...going to go crash now.
Sweet dreams, you all are the nicest people in the world to keep reading along with me..and you soothed my soul today. thanks again, more than you know.
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