Fitness fashion of the day!

I'm wearing my Blogilates Train like a beauty to look like a beast tank, sports bra(don't know the brand) and my Under Armor Shorts, Nike Free Run +3 in coral, and my Puma socks.
Also the exercise ball is from Women's Health!

My Foodie Pal for August 2012 Review/Photos

So I heard about this "Foodie Penpal" program through "Rabbit Food For My Bunny Teeth" and im like whoa that sounds AMAZING! Remember back in school when you would get just paired up with a random person somewhere in US and you would send them a letter they would send you one. This is exactly like that EXCEPT the person your sending a box to wont be sending you a box, someone different will be. The Sign Up Period for September is already over(i think) you can refer to one of my earlier blogs where I went more in depth you can read that here  Foodie Penpal ? What? lol Click Here to find out more!

The lady that sent me mine  I JUST LOVED!!! I seriously was super excited to try everything!! I wanted to post a blog post like as soon as I got it! But you have to wait till the end of the month to post it. I'm also waiting to hear back from the girl I sent things to on writing a blog post!

Back to the box, she sent me this really cute little card, that explained everything on the inside. Everything was nicely packaged and wrapped with cute tissue paper and a ribbon.

Roasted Seaweed: This I was definitely curious about, I tried it and it had you know an odd taste not bad but not good.. I think this one may be an acquired taste. I am going to try it a few more times to really see how i feel about it. but def excited because I've never seen or heard of this before!

Pomegranate Raspberry Tea: I LOVE TEA!! all sorts of tea so this was def a plus because I don't have this kind.

LARABAR: I love larabars the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip was of course DELISH! I just have this thing with Carrot s and carrot cake anything made with carrots in it that isn't a smoothie just I don't know doesn't agree with my taste buds so I passed it along to my mom.

Chocolate Almond Cookies: OMGOSH! these were amazing!!! I couldn't get enough of this, my 2 year old son even loved them! I def need a recipe for this.

All in all I am very happy about this Foodie Pal Program, I am already signed up for this months and I cannot wait!!! :) 

Check more out about Foodie Pal on the Creators site :D The Lean Green Bean

Lunch today!

Half a Turkey burger on a Wheat Bun with tomato lettuce and light honey mustard.

Brunch of the day!

Greek Salad!
I've been in the hospital since Monday so my choices from the cafeteria here are limited LUCKILY they do have salads! Yesterday they weren't as fresh today I was able to get a fresh salad :)

Calories: 427 Fat: 23g Carb:14g Fiber:4g Pro:43g Chol:135mg Sod: 1215mg

What are you eating today?!

Today's lunch!

Yummy salad & Smart Water

Ps make sure I recycle your empty plastic bottles :)

My Weight Loss Goals!!

My weight loss goals:

1.) lose 20-30lbs
2.) be able to run a 5k
3.) tone my lower belly.. that spot is the toughest to tone back up and firm up after having a baby!


Since I am on a weight loss journey, and making healthy choices and lifestyle changes, I have decided to refrain from buying ANY and all new clothes! Unless i absolutley need something, the only clothes I allow myself to buy are delicates and of course workout clothes! those are always necessary! No point in buying nice clothes when in the end when you reach your goal you won't be able to wear them anymore. Also I think its always great to reward yourself when you hit a GOAL! Losing weight is a great reward but come on everyone wants to spoil themselves when they have accomplished something life changing~

-You can do it by the amount of workouts you do, so after 15 workouts reward yourself with something small to start then after 30 go a bit bigger then so on you get the point!

-OR every workout you do put a dollar or five dollars in a jar, labeled something like REWARD for reaching your goal! So after maybe 100 workouts or so you can go and buy yourself something nice with the money you have saved! or continue to save it up and add with every workout you do and get something really HUGE!!! :)

-And of course you can reward your self by weight loss so maybe every 10 pounds do something for yourself :) again none of these rewards should be foods that are bad for you.

SO for me if I am doing my rewards by weightloss:

First 10lbs.- 1 MAC Cosmetics eyeshadow,blush or lipstick I have been eyeing up
Second 10lbs- Nail Polish Rack that fits up to 90 nail polishes YES I have that many.. lol
Third 10lbs- Michael Kors watch I have been eyeing up all summer long!!

If I did it by workouts it would be:

15 workouts- 2 new nail polishes
35 workouts- a new sports bra
55 workouts- manicure/pedicure
75 workouts- Something from lulemon
100 workouts- Get my hair did!!

And if I reach my goal in FULL I would most definitley buy myself a brand new wardrobe(clothes) :) what better way to celebrate your hard work and show it off then with new clothes!!!!!

What are your goals? and how would you reward yourself?!

Tone Your Chest & Arms/Lift Your Girls WITHOUT the Push-Up Bra

Everyone wants to tone there arms and chest area, so when you wear those cute little strapless shirts and dresses you don't want that weird armpit roll, or flabby arms. You want to rock that strapless piece. Well here are some workouts to tone your arms, chest, upper body etc.  (If you don't have dumbbells you can use hand weights, or ankle weights, also maybe some full water bottles or soup cans?) 

Tricep Dips: These are great for your triceps :) just find a chair, a bed, a park bench. And get to dipping. Do atleast 30 of these! Don't worry they aren't as hard as you think :)

Push-Ups: Of course this would be in here :) they are the best workout for your arms and chest and CORE! Make sure to use great form to avoid injury, also you can do this version or the girl version its ok if you have to do the girl version, you can build up to this. Hold your abs in tight! and don't forget to breath!

Chest Flys: You can do this on the floor or my favorite on an exercise ball! When you do things like this on an exercise ball you challenge your core more :) Again put something of equal weight in both hands (dumbbells, soup cans, water bottles etc.) start with arms out, knees bent, then slowly bring your arms in (hence the fly part) then slowly back out! REPEAT this for about 35 times :)

Bent over Barbell/weighted rows OR Forward Lunge with Weighted Rows: Yeah ok I know hes a guy, but still you get the point. Now you can do either one of these. OR you can do both if you do both then I say 20 reps each. If you choose one of these diff variations to do then do 40xs.

Plank: YES this is in here, I will post a plank or some type of plank in every post I do that includes workouts. Why? You might ask, because they work your arms and your core and your legs same time you can squeeze your booty at the same time to get a little more burn there.

There yah go some of my favorite workouts for the upper body! :)