Happy Valentines day....

This day is special to me for the best reason...no my husband didnt propose on valentines day but the 3rd guy in my life...came into my life today!! Yes 5 years ago my Menchie was born and boy was he cute!

We joked about calling him Valentino Verezano (due to a snow storm we thought he might be born on the verezano bridge)...but settled on Mendel. But, just to make sure we got a good laugh my roomate in the hospital named her son valentino!!!

On that note...today is the day of chocolate and I found an article to prove its goodness!! The trick...More is not better! Sorry ladies....http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/how-chocolate-can-help-your-workout/
Enjoy the read!!

Sorry for the MIAness

Hey guys,
Sorry for being MIA. I have been working out daily...but food wise I've been bad bad bad....
although...I must give myself credit I DO NOT eat after 8pm! The one time I did was when I went to an event that had sushi...I couldnt help it! (Could u blame me?!?!)
I have so much going on that I feel like the food will stress me out to much...but on the flip side of that I know if I am eating better I'll have more energy and feel better...so with that in mind...my goal this week is salad for lunch (that makes me eat real lunch,) a fruit with breakfast and a wholesome dinner. Snacks I will try nuts, fruit and veggies but I will not stress about calories.
I plan to cont to work out daily and try to get myself back into doing crunches before I go to bed.
A friend suggested I drink 16oz of water upon awakening in the morning...I can't seem to remember...but I will try. (maybe a reminder in my phone)
Well anyhoots I am giving a class in 9 min...so tootaloo and I would love to hear more feedback and suggestions.

Back to school

Good morning!!! :)
Today I am grateful to see the left over cake still on the counter. I know that sounds silly but to me its a victory. Instead of me eating it last night I drank 2 glasses of cold water and walked out of the kitchen! Yay me!!!

I had a 90 cal nonfat yogurt so far. I plan to eat a real breakfast after I drop the kids off at school.
I want to make a big salad with some protein for lunch. I dont have much in my house at the moment so it may just have to be tuna and lettuce.
My goal for this week....stop eating after 8pm Only have water seltzer or tea.
Workout every day.
Drink water whenever I want something I shouldnt have.

Have a great week my friends!

just a thought

a friend emailed this to me and it was too good not to share!!!

As for me...I gained weight...argh...its cuz I stopped caring to much...and now....it caught up with me. This morning I got back to writing my food down. And...Im going to start to try....to wake up 530am to get a workout in first thing in the morn.

vacation.....

So every day besides wed, I have worked out!! I am giving myself credit! I deserve that credit!! Yesterday I did 48 min on the bike, 35 push ups, leg lifts, but kicks, 200 crunches (variety) and felt I had a great workout at the end!

I have been eating a big salad daily (or cut up veggies!)
 but...and I feel compelled to say this I did eat some cookies, some bread and some pasta.

I am trying to control the amounts....I feel like I need to do this in a way that doesnt make me crabby or crazy because this week is VACATION and its the 3 kiddos and me!!!

Vacation has been wonderful and Im looking forward to my 24 hours in monsey on sunday...but I am def ready for school to start again!! ;)
Today I am grateful for a larger picture...I know that sounds strange but I have to believe everything is part of a larger picture...it makes me feel better!!! :)
Have a Great Shabbos my friends!!

Great start to vacation!

Last night a very wise women said...'why dont we give ourselves credit for not eating the last 3 cookies, but we give ourselves a heck of alota guilt/pain for eating the first 3?!?!'
I have been thinking about this all night.
Today I am giving myself credit for shoveling for half hour, then going on the bike for 40 min. I am giving myself credit for eating a big salad with my lunch and snacking on blueberries when I wanted to eat. I am not giving myself guilt or hating me for whatever else!
I will not weigh myself more then once a week will not let the scale control me!
XOXO

Vacation!

Vacation Vacation Vacation...its a good/bad thing when it comes to weight loss.
My goal for this week: Eat HUGE salads for lunch and exercise daily!
Wish me luck!