May 18 2012 a promise to my Booter Peeps

Here I am again with another set of pictures. Truthfully, when I set up for boot-pictures I do it because I like stupid goofy pictures. However... I have to say I can see progress so I am pleasantly surprised with these results in spite of myself.  

Disclaimer:
IF YOU ARE READING THIS: you are one of my most intimate friends whether or not we have met in person, this is something I don't share openly.  Even though I'm perfectly OK with the skin I'm in, my summer bathing suit covers my gut, and on a day-to-day basis I stay secretly hidden behind clothing.

In the next few months going forward, my goal is to have a more defined neck and chin - I stand to loose  more inches around my mid section as well as some fattage around my arms and my legs.... But for now and for today, this  ~ my friends ~ is me!!!.  Sorry to have chopped my head off in the second set of pictures but I was trying to show my socks to prove this was a brand new set of pictures and I was in a hurry with no time to retake.  Here goes :-)

Ones on the left are from April 2012                              Right side is May 2012

not a big "wow" but I like this change.  I was pleasantly surprised

even my legs look skinnier - nice!

                 Side view           April 2012                           May 2012

SERIOUSLY!!!   I lost boob flesh !!!   agggggggh 

but very glad to see the 1.5 inch lost around my waist  

but my legs don't look skinnier after all :(((

                 Back                   April 2012                          May 2012

ok.... strangely a bit better picture but I can't quite figure out why. 

It looks like the back fat

was somehow shifted around to be a bit more symmetrical, but I'll take it.

Might mean better posture -- YES!

Last but not least ---- me attempting to touch my nose to my knees   :)

HAHAHAHAHAHA

next time I will move my arms out of the way

BUTT (no pun intended) I'm  in a hurry for now and

this picture will have to do....

April 16 2012

Wow - had an incredible day with the new exercise program. Almost kicked my butt! :)

Exercise:
Morning - Chest and back #1 -- did primarily 8-12 lbs 3 sets of 12 reps
Evening - Mix and Match #1 --- ok this one is ridiculously difficult but I did 3 sets of 12 reps --- with a LOT of rest in the middle

FAST day so only had dinner

Dinner - ok went out to eat with some friends. Had a MOST FANTASTIC grilled veggie spinach salad. Bad news.... Chips and salsa ... More bad news ... 3 glasses of wine :( I cant be trusted. Picture to follow

April 15 2012

Well it's Sunday and tomorrow starts a big 3 weeks. I swear I will be 100% ED compliant in the next 21 days and will follow the program verbatim. :-0 There are going to be several challenges the first being girls night out dinner tomorrow. My choice tho, so will be picking the place with a fantastic greek salad. I'll just have to say "no" to the wine. I've done it before, I can do it again !!!

Exercise - none

B - 2 eggs over easy and a couple of pieces of leftover steak, also 1/2 oatmeal pancake (with syrum - ** zoinks **)

L - no lunch only had 2 meals today
Snk - true confession I had about 10 tortilla chips with salsa :(
D - small piece of pan seared halibut with caper/butter sauce, baked sweet potatoes, cucumber salad, and fresh pineapple

Breakfast --- DANG I forgot to take a picture :)
Lunch --- none
Dinner - very yummy stuff described above

April 14 2012

Exhausted and going to bed - and wow - it's only 8:45pm. Had a good day and will post pictures tomorrow to catch up my posts. Night!

Exercise - had a great workout with PT gang we did timed circuits multi-body parts. Did 30 secs, 45 secs then 1 min circuits. Very nice!

B - pineapple & nuts
L - sausage on a stick at a park party (plus 1.5 beers -- dang!)
D - steak and veggies

Breakfast - oops almost ate all the pineapple before I remembered to snap the pic :)


Lunch - OK, yes this was bad but it could have been a lot worse. We went to "Art in the Park" event out in our neighborhood and decided to eat from the food trucks. Choice was BBQ, tacos, pizza, or hotdogs. I opted for the BBQ truck and picked an item that didn't have bread. Shared a beer with my hubby then later had another one while we were hanging out in the park listening to some really good live music.


Dinner - Grassfed ribeye steaks, roasted brussel sprouts, and cucumber salad. Very yummy and the brussel sprouts were so good, they were deserving of their own spotlight :)

I steamed these guys and then placed them in a baggie with a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar and garlic to keep them from drying out on the grill. Then DH grilled them for a few minutes with the steaks. YUM


Rest of the meal

April 13 2012

Thought for the day: Make it through this weekend alcohol-free please!
Uh..... that didn't happen. Had about 3 glasses of wine tonite at a potluck dinner

OK for today I fasted during the day so I had only one meal - dinner. Took it in at a neighborhood potluck. Served one plate - just what you see below. Cucumber salad, mediterranean lamb over couscous, asian slaw and a small helping of homemade chicken teriyaki. It wasn't the perfect meal, but I did bypass the pizza (yay) but had 3 glasses of wine (boo)

April 12 2012

Thought for the day: It's time to be strong and just suck it up and do it right!! This next 3 weeks can be very powerful if I put my mind to it and remain true to the plan. I can do this!!!

B: none
L: green beans and 12-vegetable soup
Sn: none
D: chicken kabob, cooked kale, & a hard-boiled egg

Exercise: PT class 7-8pm

Had an overall very good day. Didn't snack on anything, took supps, had 2 healthy meals (yay). Only downside is I probably didn't have enough water (boo)

Breakfast - no brekkie :)

Lunch - for lunch I had green beans from work cafe and a 12-veggie soup from Au Bon Pain. OK YUK on the work cafe soup that was incredibly overly SALTY. After two bites I decided to throw it out and go to Au Bon Pain for the veggie soup. On the way walking over there kept the mantra running in my head: no bread. no bread. no bread. no bread. absolutely no bread :)


Dinner - I RESISTED SNACKING!! And was actually hungry for dinner. We had some leftover chicken kabobs, fresh kale out of our garden ~ sauteed with a little hot sesame oil and low-sodium soy and some onions. Accompanied everything with a hard-boiled egg. YUMMY and healthy dinner.

April 11 2012

Thought for the day: Time to muster up all my strength to remain disciplined.

Exercise: Karate sunrise class 6am
work by 7:30am -- no chance to take a morning walk with Magic :(

B: veggie omelette w/salsa
L: mixed green salad with beans
Sn: rice crackers & nuts
D: mango smoothie

Breakfast - I'm not much of a breakfast eater. I rarely like to eat before 11:30am, so I skip breakfast quite a bit. On Weds mornings, I have to get up at 5:30 for a 6:00am karate class and to work by 7:30... so by 8:30a I'm pretty darn hungry!! So, this is my veg omelette breakfast from the work cafe (uhhhh...)

Lunch - mixed salad. Love this salad! I absolutely could not resist the bell peppers and the artichokes on this salad, so.... consumed!

Dinner: OK, I snacked today before I went to the garden. Ate some rice crackers and nuts (there we go with being bad on ED 2.5 ... ) I really do need more discipline. So, for dinner I wasn't very hungry and had a mango-pineapple protein shake. Very yummy