Fitness Friday: Motivation
Loading View on Instagram About a month ago, I was talking to my friend Tanya, who I went to high school with, about our semi-recent fitness revelations. She is one of those “look at me now” stories whose look changed dramatically since then. I, on the other hand, get “you haven’t changed a bit.” We both have […]
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Fitness Friday: Cooking with Cauliflower
#186828790 / gettyimages.com During my Personal Fitness Challenge, I learned to appreciate a variety of vegetables I otherwise ignored. One of them is the cauliflower. I knew it had some nutritional value, but it wasn’t until I read more about it, did I wish I started to eat it sooner. My husband’s original mindset was only green […]
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Day 35 – Final Day of Fitness Challenge and Progress Photo
Summary GOAL MET! I’m happy to announce I reached my goal of losing 2 inches in my waist in 5 weeks! Melinda and Elizabeth of Baby Boot Camp (Los Angeles – Culver City and Marina Del Rey), helped me come up with a realistic goal within the time frame I wanted to work with. I […]
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My Birthday Cheat Day and Day 34
My Birthday I had a nice, low-key birthday. Breakfast I didn’t take a picture of it, but my husband cooked me breakfast. It was my “cheat” day but I didn’t want to waste my carbs on breakfast so it stayed Paleo – eggs, ham, and hatch chili salsa. Workout It was nice to start off my […]
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Day 33
Breakfast This is “Egg Foo Young-ish” (Egg, spinach, ham, and coconut pancakes), the recipe is from Nom Nom Paleo. Also had some cantaloupe. There’s only 2 more days left in my fitness challenge! Tomorrow is my Birthday, so I’m going to cheat. But I’ll still be conscious of what I’m eating. I have a goal to meet! […]
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Day 32
Breakfast Scrambled eggs and bacon. There’s only 3 more days left in my fitness challenge! I don’t think I have the energy to get creative. Workout Today’s morning class for Baby Boot Camp (Los Angeles – Culver City and Marina Del Rey) was cancelled due to the first day of kindergarten. Instead, held a free class in the […]
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Days 30 and 31 The Weekend
Day 30 The night before, my friend Nancy was able to watch Aria so my husband and I could go to a (his, but our) friend’s birthday party. I haven’t seen this guy in two years, and he happens to be really good friends with a new mom friend of mine I met while taking class at Baby Boot […]
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Progress Photo Friday – Day 29
Summary One week left! I have 1/4 inch to lose to reach my goal. I think I can do it. It’s been a very eye-opening journey so far, and I am surprised I made it this far. I’m no longer starving an hour after eating. I don’t feel terrible waking up early, and I’m a […]
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Days 27 and 28
Day 27 Summary I did not keep track of anything this day until dinner. I was busy all day – In the morning I picked up my friend Kimberly so she could watch Aria while I checked out a daycare. Then, we ran an errand and had lunch. Put Aria down for her nap, did some stuff […]
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Day 26 of Fitness Challenge and Aria gets her bangs trimmed
Day 25 Breakfast I almost didn’t make an egg this morning, but I caved and made one egg, over medium. You’d think with all the egg cooking I’ve been doing lately, I would be better at keeping the yolk intact. I ate it with the Paleo Bread I made on Day 21. I also put […]
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