Update on Yesterday and I Have Legs!

Everything turned out to be just fine. I did not figure there was much to worry about and neither did the doctor. But better safe than sorry. We sat there for almost 6 hours just to see a doctor for a total of five minutes and get an ultrasound that took 15 minutes. I think my biggest risks were hypothermia because it was two degrees in the hospital and starvation. I missed lunch and had been forced into a late dinner.  But alas, I did not starve or freeze to death so all is good with the world.  After my wonderful stay I found out I have a bruised abdomen, they gave me a Tylenol and told me to control my dog. For the past few weeks I have been talking about how I would get Tico a Thundershirt so his antics don’t send me toppling over once I am bigger but maybe we need to get one sooner.

Tico says the Thundershirt will bring him almost as much shame as wearing my blonde wig did. Poor Tico, the cats shall mock him.

The best part of the visit is when they took me to Ultrasound, for some reason I was not allowed to walk there and was pushed there on a hospital bed. being it was so freaking cold I was laying there with my legs crossed under the sheet. The nurse pushed me past a woman and her four kids. They all thought is was so sad and tragic that I had no legs below the knee. Interrupting their “private” conversation about my lack of lower legs and telling them indeed I do have a full set of legs may have been the right thing to do. It was to entertaining so I let them continue on as I laughed and was pushed down the hallway.

On another note. Pat is almost finished with the basement (the yucky smell is almost gone!) so the workout area will be good to go again soon. So, hopefully this 24 hour a day sickness will pass and I can get back on the horse. Gotta to shape back up for The Zombie Dash!

P.S. After seeing yesterday’s blog I noticed I SUCK at blogging via phone and may just avoid that.

Saturday quicke

It is Saturday!! Yay!! I have house guests and entertained last night and will be again tonight. I really enjoy having a group around me. On the docket tonight, dinner, fire and more “chicken” wine. As pat calls it. I have an infinity for all things roosters and he was a sweetie and brought me home some Rex Goliath Chardonnay. It is oh so tasty. So I have been on a mission to try every type of wine they produce because I love the bottles. I will have to find something crafty to do with them in the future.

I love these bottles, the wine is mighty tasty too.

My house guests are out for the moment visiting a local family member so I just wanted to make a quick posting today. I have a full day! I have to get my workout in, make BBQ sauce, Make clean eating shortcakes, clean up our mess from yesterday, swim with the kids and grill some chicken and veggies. Happy Saturday Folks!

It’s true

HAHAHA!

Someone used the term ”big ass” and found my blog! Even Google thinks I am fat! (Just kidding!)

Total Body Workouts..

Are very important if you don’t want to end up like this….

I about died when I ran across this. Bahahaha

Funny Fitness

A few weeks ago a group of my friends got together for a birthday celebration. if you have seen us together, ever you would know that we basically revert to children and do not have the capability of having an adult conversation or know how to act appropriately in public. That’s probably why we are so awesome. Who cares if we make asses of ourselves? It’s fun! More people should try it.

The evening started with out usual favorite topics, booze, merkins (everyone loves a merkin, Awww Yeah!), mustaches and needing to get in shape. Then the conversation turned to dinosaurs. How would they work out? Could certain dinosaurs do certain exercises better than others? Eventually we got the T-Rex. Poor T-Rex, How could he do a push up? his face would hit the ground before his arms ever could. What would happen if he tried to do a cart-wheel? Then we got up and did demonstrations of what T-Rex would look like exercising charades style. Hilarious if I do say so myself. I think we burned at least 1,000 calories laughing. I swear I felt like i got an entire ab routine in that night for all the laughing and giggling.

Ah the memories!

so I just found this shirt online, as soon as I saw it that night came to mind and I sat here and laughed at myself while my child and husband looked at me like I was a crazy person. I must buy!

Well, time to eat some dinner, head to the kiddo’s school for the ice cream social and them home for some Flow, yoga sounds good right about now.  Happy Thursday Friends!

B**** I’m 36 months pregnant. Really?

Who pissed in my Cheerios today? So far it seems the entire world….

So I woke up today cranky as all get up. I have never been one to be a morning person so a slight amount of temporary crankiness is not all that unusual. But today, watch out. I feel like ripping the first person who looks at me sideways’ head off. I am so tired. I think I may die. Seriously! I have on average getting three and a half hours of sleep a night for a while now, so I am always tired. I am constantly sore and feel like my body does not recover from my workouts and I think this could be lack of sleep. So I am moody from the constant aches on top of my Fibromyalgia being flared up right now. I hate waking up on the wrong side of the bed. why the heck do they call it that anyhow? Wrong side? Do I have another option? Should I try to climb over the dog then over  my husband and see if that puts me in a better mood because getting to the other side of the bed is like going through an obstacle course. I don’t see that starting my day in a sunny disposition. You try it and let me know how that works out for you. Anyhow here is my morning. Woke up tired and sore, Emma was hard to get up and a pain in the butt (this is rare), the bus came early so I sent her running like a mad child to the bus stop with book bag and coat in hand. I may of just won the mom of the year award for that one. Note the sarcasm. Then I decided to try to take a nap for an hour, didn’t work two of the three cats needed cat food or they were going to die at that moment apparently. UGH.

Then I once again for the billionth time get asked if I am pregnant. No bitch I am just fat. Really?? I do not look pregnant. I may not be the size zero/one I was 15 years ago but damn. I hate this question, it started happening on a regular basis about the time of my high school reunion. My being a size 6 at the time apparently meant I was knocked up or popped out a billion babies because compared to when I was 17  I was fat. Piss off  people really. It just got worse as I got bigger. Then people would say after told I was not with child and had one x amount of time ago.. Oh you had a baby it isn’t your fault you got fat, I started modeling again weeks after giving birth. It was not that and even then I was a size 6. Whoop tee friggin do. So I was a stick figure as a child and teen. Doesn’t mean that I would of always been one. And I can tell you now. I am working my butt off to get into shape. But no way will I push myself to be a certain size or weight. Granted I have goals set, but I didn’t put them in stone.  Oh and the amount of work I have put in over the course of a year to go from a 20 to a 12 you basically mock when you ask stupid ass questions like that. The follow up question usually is after all that and I rudely tell someone I am pregnant with a hundred babies or years along in my pregnancy is how did you get so fat? None of your business, but if you must know, illness, bed rest, broken bones, surgeries, steroids, lyrica, all the fun stuff that just happens. I’m over it so why don’t you leave me alone to go sulk now that you think I am fat enough to be knocked up. Walk away before I knock you out.

Whew, I feel much better now.

Now that that is all cleared out on to something I am happy about. Nothing big I was just excited to log on last night and see that my little blog here has had over 1,000 hits. Yay!  It is not a huge deal I know but I thought it was pretty awesome.

This week I did Pump Extreme for the first time. Extreme is friggin’ right. It was one heck of a work out; 55 minutes, over 800 reps, great music, more clean and press (my favorite move), and quite a challenge. I am still feeling the burn, but in a good way. I loved the “team” effort on each track, it changed things up a bit. The only thing that was missing was Asa (she’s my favorite). The banter between Dan and Rachel cracked me up. It’s weird how personalities on a workout DVD can actually not annoy me. Most workout videos I feel the need to poke fun of the trainers or am really annoyed with the high pitched hey look I’m cheery voices or the super scary and creepy perma smiles they have. None of this with the Les Mills Pump workouts. Thank goodness!

Well, onto the rest of my day and I am not cranky anymore after my venting it out on here. I have errands to run, food to eat and workouts to do.

Liebster Awards I love my fellow Bloggers!

Yesterday was a good day for my new blog. It is in its infant stage and I honestly don’t feel as though I am a good writer anymore. The years of not using it I feel I have lost it. Know what I mean? I guess I can’t be that bad because I got a bit of attention and props from others within the blogging community.

I found out that all the cool kids in the blogosphere are giving out Leibster Awards. I was pleased to see that I was nominated for 2 and also got a personal shout out from one of my other favorite bloggers. So thank you to Trying Not To Be Fat , LIVEPASSIONATELYTONIGHT  and loseitbig you guys are the greatest and I appreciate all the support, comments and ego boosting you give me!! They are great blogs everyone so go check them out! Each and every one of them is positive, hard-working and inspiring. I have to give awards to blogs other than them so I am giving them their own special spot here on my blog today.

• Trying Not To Be Fat  is a very funny writer and I am super jealous of her awesome banner. Her food always looks super yummy. I also like the fact that out diets are very similar so I can get inspired by her food posts and find some new things to make.  Also, be sure to remind her about popcorn

• LIVEPASSIONATELYTONIGHT  has so much honesty and spunk in her posts. I love that she is open with her feeling and not always feeling the need to be all smiles and cheer in her posts. But she also does it in a humorous light-hearted way. I appreciate that level of acceptance.

• loseitbig is super supportive, makes thoughtful comments, his posts are funny even though he says that he is not funny (he said moobs, hahahaha!)  nor can write (so not true by the way). He is blogging through a Biggest Loser contest at work. He makes me happy to not work in an office, I couldn’t handle the Biggest loser contest. I can’t even handle watching the show on TV! He’s braver than I, that is for sure.

So now that I have given my thank you speech I should move onto the part where I tell everyone seven random facts about my self you probably do not know. So here we go!!

1. Before I became sickly, injured and fat I was a Promotional Model for NASCAR and IRL Racing. Best job ever!
2. Jellyfish is one of my favorite foods and I don’t eat it often enough.
3. I am obsessed with weddings and still have subscriptions to wedding magazines over 3.5 years after I have been married.
4. I really, really, (did I say really?) miss having the figure to wear dresses and skirts daily with confidence.
5. When I see a kitchen gadget I do not have I want it so bad I think I would die (even if I know I don’t need it).
6. I love TV, I watch tv four nights a week.
7. Horror Movies are my favorite, I have seen hundreds of them. Cheesy 80′s B Horror is my absolute favorite and I wish I could be in an Evil Dead Remake.

It is time for me to pass on my seven nominations. I didn’t make the rules it is just how it is.

1. Bent Into Shape  is a yoga teacher and also is a fellow Les Mills Fan/teacher that gets the pleasure of doing Live group Classes. I’m Oh so jealous of that! She is open and honest about her doubts and her self. and that is a very hard thing to do. Honesty about yourself sucks sometimes and she seems to of grabbed that by the balls.
2. Stopping the Wind She  blogs about her journey to fitness, financial goal reaching, clearing debt and going to Peru. Peru is the reward to reaching goals. Wow! What a reward! I wish I had her motivation sometimes, most of the time, who am I trying to kid, all of the time!
3. Fitness Loving Mom  posts wonderful recipes, amazing progress pictures that are truly inspirational, and family information.
4. ms fit not skinny is a busy blogger who is juggling life, grad school and reaching her fitness goals with a great attitude toward life.
5. ERINHASTHOUGHTS a fellow clean eater and Pinterest addict. She posts some of the funniest “thoughts” I love going to her page for a good giggle.
6. Weight Loss and Corinne just looking at her sidebar is inspirational! On top of that there are workout tips and videos, honest thoughts, human and self acceptance. LOVE IT!
7. LORALOVESFITNESS Tons of fitness, workout, stretching tips and more. She always have wonderful useful information to share and as a newbie I love it.

So that’s it my award nominations. On to my regular posting tomorrow. I have big news (to me it is big) to announce tomorrow too!  You can also follow my on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Gotta throw a shameless plug in there!

Week 7 Check in and Bonus Recipes.

First of all thanks for the shout outs maranack http://marianck.wordpress.com/ and lose it bighttp://loseitbig.wordpress.com/ . My wordpress/blogger support group is the best! Check out their pages when you get a change. Good reads ya’ll.

Oh joy, it is once again Tuesday so I once again am required by some law in my own head that I should babble on about random topics and then tell the world what I weigh and how many inches I measure. But I don’t mind. It has now become more of a habit than a chore for the most part.

So what shall I babble on about today? I think I will start with the status of The Color Run (my first 5k) I went on at the assigned time to register to find out they moved the registry two more weeks away. Meh, I was slightly peeved for a second then realized it was a silly thing to be bothered by. Then later I found that they moved the date and there is a HUGE difference. That would cut off 5 plus weeks for me to get used to the running distances thing. So I better get on it. And given the date half of my team has to drop out. That gives me a huge sad face.  With it being in the midst of wedding season I have a wedding to attend as well as a Bridal shower to which I am the Matron of Honor both the day before the 5k. Still figuring out how I am going to pull off doing both then running. But I am sure I can figure it out.  I always do. It’s one of those things us moms are good at. Spreading ourselves super thin and needed to be two places at once and end the day basking in the awesomeness of success! I am still doing the 5k; it may be more inconvenient, but hell. I said I was going to do it so there is no turning back. I can’t fathom being a quitter before I even start. That kind of attitude will put me back in those size 20’s I wore last year.

I thought that I started Pump Extreme yesterday but it was actually a walking day so I did 35 minutes of step aerobics, walked for 10 and did about 10 minutes worth of abs on the stability ball. I love that thing!  So today is Pump Extreme for real. I am excited to see how it is. Every time I move up to a harder workout I really have to push to make it through but I always make it. Sometimes i cry while working out because it is hard, and it hurts and I am in terrible shape (but working on it). I say those tears are just me shedding extra water weight so bring it on. I am so glad Les Mills Pump is now available for the home. It was just what I needed to get started on sculpting the new and improved me.

Ooo Look, something shiny!

Last nights Dinner

You like that? I so distracted you so you wouldn’t notice I was going to change subjects on a whim. Now let’s move onto one of the most important things in the world. Food!  I have a habit of cooking food and then posting pictures of it on my facebook.  Last night I made Mock Chicken wings, Cheesy Quinoa Bites, Avocado Ranch and Crudités or people who don’t want to sound all fancy schmancy, cut up vegetables.  I was asked for the recipes so I was thinking what better place is there to put them other than my blog?

Mock Chicken Wings:

Ingredients:

2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into nugget size pieces

2 Tbsp whole wheat flour or rice flour

1/4 c milled flax

2 Tsp garlic powder

1 Tsp cayenne pepper

1 Tsp

1/4 – 1/3 c Franks Red Hot

3/4 c panko bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 400 F. Mix all dry ingredients minus Panko in a bag. Coat chicken strips in mixture. Put Franks in a bowl and coat floured chicken. Put Panko bread crumbs in a bag and coat chicken. Bake for 25 minutes.

Cheesy Quinoa Bites (I pinned this but ended up making changes to make it work in a 400 degree oven and to my personal tastes and make them a bit lower in calories):

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked quinoa

3 egg whites

1 cup shredded carrot

3 stalks green onion, diced

1 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 c sharp cheddar

2 Tbsp whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix everything together and put into greased mini muffin tin, it took about a tbsp each. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

Avocado Ranch Dip/Dressing:

Ingredients:

1 Avocado pitted and removed from skin

1/4 c olive oil mayo (I am sure you could use FF Miracle Whip, but I can’t stand the stuff)

2 Tbsp parsley

1 Tbsp dried dill

1 clove garlic

3 green onion stalks chopped up

1 Tsp dried basil

1 Tsp pepper

2 Tbsp skim or rice milk

1/2 Tsp sea salt

1 juice of 1 small lime

Put everything into a food processor and run until smooth, if dip is too thick add more milk until it is the right texture for you.

And if you cannot figure out how to make Crudités you take some veggies and cut them with a knife into pieces and serve raw.

So that was my dinner last night. And, if I must say so myself it was pretty darn tasty! It really helped squash my chicken wing craving. I reheated leftovers and we ate the mock wings and quinoa bites for lunch, both reheated wonderfully. I think I will make a huge batch of both and wrap up small portion for a quick “frozen’ snack to reheat when I don’t feel much like cooking.

Now onto what you all come here for on Tuesdays… the results are in!

• Chest: 36 inches  (- 0 inches)
• R Arm: 12 inches  (- 0 inches)
• L  Arm: 12 inches (- 0 inches)
• Waist: 34.5 inches (- 1.0 inches)
• Hips: 42.5 inches (- 0.5 inches)
• R Thigh: 25 inches (- 0 inches)
• L Thigh: 25.5 inches (- 0.5 inches)
• Weight: 173 pounds (- 1 pounds)
• Pant Size: 12
• BMI: 33.4

So I am down a total of 2 inches and 1 pound this week, now I am getting closer and closer to my 90 days. I am excited to see what the overall totals will be! On to week 9! Now I better get moving my cat has been staring a hole through my head for the past half hour. I think she is ready for some kibble. I did hear once before that you should feed your pets. Guess I will give it a go.

Why the Easter Bunny forgot the Reese’s Eggs..

Easter Pornography, these things make me so hot.

 

Mom is weak, that is why. A basket full of Reese’s will undo everything I have been working for. The Bunny will not win, I banned the Reese’s Eggs. They are not allowed here. The kid can do without. You know what? She didn’t even notice because she was so spoiled with other things. That is a good thing because I could go through a pack of those bad boys in 60 seconds or less, and I am not talking one I am talking the ENTIRE freaking pack. Weight loss crisis adverted. Also, I want to know how a bunny can lay an egg, let alone an Egg so delicious that it could be the candy of the Gods?  I need to catch that Rabbit, he has to have some magical power that I could and should use in my favor. How can he not? Or at minimum I can use him to strike terror into thousands of little boys and girls. Have you ever noticed most kids look like they think they are going to be eaten alive in those Easter Bunny pictures us parents force them to sit through? I think kids are more afraid of the Easter Bunny than they are of Santa Clause.

Emma playing Skylanders

So far Easter Sunday has been a success. I did not eat the candy and have not even had the slightest inclination too. All the eggs were found minus one that I obviously hid far too well. I am sure that one of the cats will find it and roll it about the house, then I will find it. I am pretty sure it is just jelly beans so I know it won’t start smelling funny or melt and seep out of the egg so I can just worry about it later. Emma did not seem to mind that one could not be found. She was too worried about getting on the Wii and playing with her new Skylanders that were left in her basket this morning. She of course just discovered this game and there are so many characters that are out of production and cost 4 to 10 times the original amount. Should of jumped on the bandwagon a while ago. I honestly did not even know this game existed until less than a week ago. This is going to be one expensive hobby. I am sure we can pacify her with the $10 in stock characters for now. the guy she really wants the most is no longer made and selling for 60 plus dollars on eBay. Ouch! Maybe one day, kid, maybe one day. This is another reward I can give her for completion of tasks and chores around the house.

I hope each and every one of you enjoys your Easter Sunday with Family and Friends. And all you other “dieters” out there try your best to be good! We can do this. I am making dessert to take so I know I can have some. I am making an Angel Food Cake with a No-Sugar Added Fruit Compote with light whipped topping. See, you can still behave and have your dessert!

Time to have a late breakfast and get my workout in before I get to making my cake. Can’t miss a day of Les Mills Pump.

Did you take your vitamins?

Do we really need to take vitamins and supplements? For the most part no, if you are healthy and have a well-rounded diet you should not have vitamin deficiencies.

Men and women did live for thousands of years without vitamin pills. So I am sure that in this day and time the human race can handle not having supplements. We don’t need artificial forms of a vitamin anyhow. If it isn’t really found in nature why do we need it in our bodies? We just plain don’t. I choose to take vitamins for my own reasons but I always do my research to be sure what I am buying is a real from nature derived supplement (or as close to it as I can) Minus the Vitamin B shots I get from my Neurologist. I just trust the fact that she is a health professional and I just get the darn shots without asking where the vitamins in them came from or what the delivery system is.

I doubt he is dragging her to the local health food store.

No matter have many vegetables and fruits I eat, no matter how clean I eat and how rounded my diet is I always have low vitamin levels. My body doesn’t have the ability to absorb vitamins especially B and D vitamins. I have Hypochlorhydria, it is basically a lack of stomach acid. It took years to figure it out.  After extreme low levels of b and d vitamins in my body for so long I suffered damage to my nervous system, cellular damage to the pancreas and thyroid as well as loss of vision in one eye. So under a doctor’s supervision I take massive amounts of B3, B12, B6 and D3. If people see me take my vitamins they find it odd that I take enough to make a man twice my size sick and then I am stuck explaining that it is for a reason and it is supervised and no it is not hurting me.

Then there are all the vitamins I feel I need, a daily multivitamin, Glucosamine and Chondroitin, White Willow Bark, MSM, Vitamin C chews and a fiber supplement. I am thinking of adding fish or krill oil to the mix too.  I take the multivitamin just to be sure I get my daily allowances because I never know how much my body absorbed. I take the Glucosamine, Chondroitin and White Willow Bark, MSM and the Vitamin C to help with my joint pain. I have a very high rheumatoid factor so it won’t be long before full on arthritis sets in (I am not getting any younger) I already deal with aches and pains in my joints, I figure I may as well take care of my joints now because it isn’t going to get better. And the Fibromyalgia pain really is enough to cope with. And I get a bonus immune booster with the Vitamin C.  I have read that omega-3 Fatty Acids are a good anti-inflammatory and it also comes with a side of healthy heart function. Now to decide if I want fish or krill based.

So you know if I do not take vitamins I will not die or anything so it is not something I have to do. But vision in my left eye and functioning of some organs is nice to have. I know how jealous people get when I am rocking my sexy eye  patch though. No one in this town can pull of the pirate look quite like I can. ARGH!

Ay you scurvy dog you know you want a piece o' this sexy eyepatch

Changes in my diet as well as taking my vitamins have helped me tremendously. I am off most of my medication for my fibromyalgia. I still am always in pain and always feel fatigued, but not as bad as before. I have regained my vision in my left eye and it has not “went out” on me in a long time. Even my reoccurring Bells Palsy has not flared up in quite some time so I get to stay off the steroids.

Now I eat well, take my vitamins and am working at shedding all the fat I gained while dealing with the horrible medications that blew me up like a whale, while having low thyroid and pancreatic function. I feel more “normal” and finally able to work at shedding off all these extra pounds and moving on with a better quality of life.

Do you take vitamins? What types do you recommend? Fish Oil or Krill Oil, how do you get your Omegas? Let me know in the comments!

Now it is time for some Les Mills Pump Hard Core Abs and 45 minutes of cardio. I am still sore from Pump Revolution yesterday. Oh yeah! Feel the burn.