Life Changing Journey

Well, My eating wasn’t that good today…but I did do 30 minutes of Cardio and sweat like a pig. It has been awhile since I’ve done the Cardio Party but I could tell I’m in better shape than before I started doing 30-Day Shred! Some movements in CP used to be difficult for me. Well, not difficult but I couldn’t do them because I was too out of breath. Not today. I did all of them and wasn’t too out of breath either. Thanks to 30-Day!

I had no fruit at home for the past 2 days, and no oatmeal. I finally went shopping ( I had to get b-day presents for my friend and my daughter’s friend ) and went to a grocery store. Grapes, strawberries, banana, and blueberries. Edamame, Tofu (0.99 special, couldn’t pass it!), Oatmeal, Greek yogurt (I tried to find them before but couldn’t and I found it today.. wasn’t as good as I thought but it was okay with some graham crackers and blueberries. I think it will be pretty good with some nuts, too), FF Yogurt, cheese block… As I was putting stuff at the register, I was looking through them again because the guy in front of me were looking at my stuff. I thought to myself, “Wow, my grocery looks like some health freak’s. Except the chips and dips for my bf and cheese for my DD.” I was very happy with myself I came home and got all the fruits clean, put them in ziplock bags and tupperware, freezed some of them and stuff… Which is also awesome. I used to buy groceries and just put them in the fridge, no clean up until it’s time to eat…and ending up throwing a lot away. Not anymore. Having them ready to eat helps me a lot to snack on them rather than snacking on my DD’s graham cracker. lol

Then went to graduation/b-day party of my friend. No alcohol. Just lots of water…but bad food. Oh well. I didn’t stuff myself, though, so that’s good, I guess.

I should hit the bed now…  

So my day didn’t start as I planned. I was going to do C25K but ended up working on stuff for work before going to picking up my daughter from the daycare. But I did get to go after I picked her up. Great! I got to go little further than the first time. Not by much, but at least it’s more. Then I had lunch and went and baked myself in the Sun. In the bikini.

I then wore a cute yellow shirt that I’ve been feeling very self-conscious wearing for a long time and now I’m not anymore. I wore it with a jean skirt. Same thing with the skirt. I didn’t wear the skirt last summer because of my elephant legs but today, I thought I actually looked good and my legs didn’t look so thick. Yay!
We went to this new Japanese restaurant right down the street to check out and guess what, it was owned by Korean family! It was a very nice place and I was pretty happy to find a nice sushi place right down the street too.

I also made some bean brownies and they are really good. I can’t even tell the difference! I know the calories are about the same as regular but at least it’s another way for me to get some fiber in.

I haven’t actually done the Hi-Def Sculpt yet but since it’s only 25 minute one, I’m gonna do it before going to sleep..which is now. If I feel like it, I may do 30-Day Shred, too, since it’s been 2 days now that I haven’t done it. I’m afraid if I don’t do it for too long, it’s going to be super difficult when I re-start.

Oh, and I got into an argument with my bf..again. Sigh. Whatever. I should put all the stress on the workout! I’m going now to workout. Just wanted to put the update on here.

**Edit: I just finished working out… and I did 25 minutes of Hi-Def Sculpt, 25 minutes of 30-Day Shred (I skipped the warm-up session since I did it right after the HDS), 10 minute of 10-Minute Solution for arm, and 10 minute of 10-Minute Solution Pilates for ab. So in total, I did 100 minutes of workout today! Wow! I don’t know..After HDS, I was just in the mood to keep going and going..and then remembered my flabby arm I saw earlier today in the car mirror so I went with the 10-Minute for arm and wanted to do some more ab workout bc I still have hard time with sit-ups on 30DS and I felt like I didn’t get enough ab workout… I’m so proud of myself.

I woke up at 10 something, went back to bed, and ended up waking up at like 11:55. What happened to my alarm that was supposed to go off at 11:15?! So much for 30-Day Shred before going to pick up my daughter!

My daughter gave hard time again and ended up not taking a nap at all. I did get to do 42 minutes of elliptical, which is pretty nice. The first time which was about a month ago (maybe), I stopped at like 10-15 minutes. So that’s a big improvement right there. I guess I AM really in a better shape than before.

I wanted to get some Sun today but nope, clouds decided to not cooperate. I did wear the bikini I wore when I was 175ish (preggo weight..yeah, i know, i weighed less when I was preggo&after I had the baby than now) and it didn’t look that bad or ridiculous. Awesome, huh?

My TL complemented on my “Korean jeans” today. So now, not just they fit, but they actually look good on me. And that’s not according to me, but according to someone else. Also, he said he can tell I’m losing weight and even asked if I’m trying to be all skinny. Well, that sure will be the day when someone tells me that I’m too skinny! Oh, and he said “Does so-and-so ever hit on you?” I’m like “NOO” and he’s like “hmm I’m surprised.” I’m like huh? I didn’t ask him any more about it but well, either it means that guy’s a pig or I’m attractive..and I will take the latter.

Overall, a good day… except the Thai curry. At least I didn’t get pad thai, but got curry with bunch of veggies and tofu.

Yeah..Thursday is my downfall… and weekend too… and Monday is my weigh-in. Maybe I should move my weigh-in to Wednesday or something so I don’t weigh right after the series of downfalls.

Well, I’m going back to work. (wait, I AM at work. :P)

I just did my C25K this morning before going to picking up my daughter from the daycare. The weather was very nice, not too hot and breezy although it was little bit before noon. I decided to start from the Wk 1 because it’s been FOREVER since I’ve done it… I thought I needed to up my cardio and since I’m already doing DVDs, C25K would be nice for some change. Hopefully it will go well. I can tell today’s session went way better than my very first time. I wasn’t so out of breath and it wasn’t that difficult. I must be getting in better shape than then.

I’m planning on making Donkatsu (Japanese Pork Cutlet) but am not going to deep fry it. I think I will bake it like I did before…and have it with brown rice and some salad.  :) 
I’m getting hungry already, just thinking about it. YUUUMMMM

I have to post some recipes I got from Fat Smashing Diet… One of them I love is oatmeal cookies. I made a batch today, which I think will last about 2-3 days. I eat them as breakfast with a glass of skim milk… All it has in it is 1 cup of oatmeal, ripe banana, 1 egg white, 2 packet of sweetner, little bit of cinnamon powder, little bit of salt, and vanilla extract. I don’t remember the exact measuring for the cinnamon and vanilla extract. I promise to post them sometime this week. Oh, you can use unsweetened apple sauce instead of banana if you want. This is the second time I made them..and the first time I made with banana. Having a 2 year old, I should’ve known better and made some more. She wanted some from when I was mixing the ingredients. ha!

So… I was working out today, doing 30-Day Shred and my daughter started doing it with me. She even tried to do push up with me. Then doing mountain climer, she actually did couple. Then modified sit up, too. Man, I really think she’s gonna end up showing muscle faster than me, since she doesn’t really have fat like I do. She then got bored and started playing with her beach ball and at one point while I was “running” that is part of Level 3, the ball somehow ended under one of my foot and I fell pretty hard. I had to stop working out for the day. (well, more like my bf didn’t let me work out anymore for the day after the incident) The pain I felt is now all gone so I think I will be okay for tomorrow. I am planning on doing C25K tomorrow morning before going to pick her up from the day care. Hopefully I will be able to wake up on time.