Happy Valentine's Day!

Got my Valentine's shirt on :)
Have a great evening whether it be spent with your boy/girlfriend, husband/wife, mom/dad, best friend, pet or bottle of wine! Lol.
Greek yogurt fails and likes coming and bdayness!

Quickie Update

Scarf from Walmart $4.96! My style.
Beautiful day! I think a walk/jog lunch outside is in order and then it's a mother/daughter gym session after work.
Yesterday I picked up biotin and dandelion root to add to my daily supplements. I'm about to take some airborne as someone in the office has a flu sick child and I have three days of performances coming up and a night of debauchery 😉

Supplements

These + Dandelion Root that I just picked up today at The Vitamin Shop.

Birthday Week

Sunday I got to the gym by noon to meet my mom for over an hours worth of cardio. A quick one mile treadmill run followed by 31 minutes on the elliptical, 37 minutes very brisk walking on the treadmill and ending with stretches and a protein smoothie at Roxberry Juice Co.
I received a text from my mom afterwards that she felt great and not as sluggish as she had been feeling lately. I told her she needed to go more often to feel better overall. I was kind of hard on her to get her motivated to push herself ahead if our upcoming beach trip.
I did good not to pick too much at the Super Bowl goodies and I was excited for my pick to win!
Today during my lunch at the gym I did even more cardio on the treadmill. Really on a cardio kick to blast those calories.
It's about time to call it a night. The pills are kicking in. Here's to a good nights rest.

Here's from trying out E.L.F.'s Lip Stain in Crimson Crush

H2O

So in chatting with some fitness pals I was told if you really want to further your weight loss you should consume at least half your body weight in ounces, upwards of a gallon everyday.

1 Gallon Example:  10 12oz water bottles

Your body has to adjust so until then you will make frequent bathroom trips.

This may have not been the best thing to start doing during the run of a play, but hey.

I also will be doing a 5 Day Challenge in anticipation of my upcoming Birthday. Crash diets are a no-no, but this challenge can help you to lose a couple lbs and tone up in a short period of time when something unexpected comes up. Not that my Birthday was unexpected lol. This will serve as a jumping off point for me to get even more serious about my nutrition and fitness regimen as I will have more time once my show has ended (at least until the next one).

Also, I will be adding Dandelion Root to my Supplement Intake. Athletes who cut weight in order to make certain weight classes take Dandelion Root to drop excess water weight. It is a natural diuretic that helps the body to rid itself of excess fluids and waste. Water pulled from the body helps to give your muscles a leaner and more toned appearance.

My Current Supplement Intake (will add units later)

Fish Oil

Iron

B-12

Vitamin C with rose hips 2 500 milligram capsules

Fiber

Yesterdays lunch in the gym session included a 1 mile run followed by upper body weight lifting with free weights and the lat pull station.

Last nights meal before the play was a turkey wrap with lettuce, low fat ranch, tomato and feta.

This weekends task: Buy a jump rope for both home and the gym where it is hit and miss if there is one available. Jumping rope is a great HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout. 1 minute jump rope/1 minute rest 10 reps for a 20 minute cardio session.

Freak Weather

Ah midwest weather. 77 degrees and sunny, tornados, rain, wind and snow in a twenty-four hour period. All the seasons rolled up into a day. Looking forward to the beach though! One day closer to the beach body. We'll see about this snow overnight and getting to cycle in the wee hours of the a.m. tomorrow. There's still always the lunch workout no matter what.
Today lunch workout was a run on the treadmill followed by some abs and stretches. Then I ran to the seamstress' to pick up my hot red dress!! :)
If I get to cycle that will be my cardio so I'll focus on upper body at lunch. This weekend is supposed to be fairly nice so hopefully there will be an outdoor run in addition to a mom/daughter gym session or two. Oh just thought, may have to hit it early Sunday and miss zumba due to the Super Bowl paaaarttttyyyy. Next Wednesday there's already been scheduled another mom/daughter after work gym session. Tuesday I have a brush up rehearsal and then I have shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Strike the set Sunday and that's all folks!
Granted I get to cycle in the morning, it will be a weigh in. Otherwise it may be this weekend rather.

Breakfast

Vanilla Whey Protein, 1 scoop - 140 cal

Fiber Powder, 2 t. - 15 cal

Dannon Light & Fit Nonfat Vanilla yogurt, 2 T. - 24 cal

Healthy Balance Cherry Juice, 6 oz. - 32 cal

Brewed Coffee, 24oz - 7 cal

Pumpkin Spice Liquid Creamer, 3 T. - 105 cal (ouch)

Lunch

Lean Cuisine Wood Fire Style Roasted Garlic Chicken Pizza - 350 cal

Sun Chips Garden Salsa, 1 oz. - 140 cal

Cardio

30 minute run on treadmill 

Vigorous sit-ups 5 minutes

Stretching 5 minutes 

Water

33.8 oz as of 4:30pm

Tonight is the first full dress rehearsal for The Odd Couple (Female Version). 

Summer in January

Beautiful day today!!