Werk It!

I love Sundays. I got to sleep in this morning while Derrick took care of the girls. He even made them breakfast. I forgot that it was Sunday and not a Monday and so when I sat down to watch TV I was wondering why the news wasn't on. Then it donned on me, it's Sunday dummy. I keep forgetting that we go to church in Saturdays now, not Sundays. So I keep thinking that the day after church is Monday. After breakfast Derrick and I got to our chores that we avoided because of the Sabbath and he tackled the kitchen and I tackled the living room and our bedroom and the laundry. It took us a good hour to clean up and then Derrick did me a huge favor and separated the dirty laundry for me while I put away all the clean clothes. 

I swear to you, I blinked and it was noon. I don't remember what happened after we cleaned, I guess I kinda zoned out and went with it. I didn't even realize it was noon until Olivia tugged on my shirt and said, "Mommy, can you make me a Peany Budder and Gelly samwich?" I love her toddler talk. She's my beauty. So I got up and made her lunch and me a chocolate protein shake with a banana. After lunch I went to the store to buy the rest of the groceries I need for this awesome week long challenge my friend Jasmine is hosting. I guess I have to weigh in tomorrow morning to see where I'm starting in this challenge and weigh in on Friday to see how much I lose. I might make some slight changes to the meals, to accommodate my caloric (and macro and micro) needs. 

After I put all the groceries away, I got on the computer for a bit and messed around on my favorite sites. Evelyn wanted to bake today, so we made Devil's Food Chocolate Cupcakes with S'more's frosting and sprinkles. We made 2 dozen. Derrick made dinner for us tonight because my legs and feet were sore from running yesterday and I couldn't bare to stand on them anymore after cleaning the house and shopping and putting all the groceries away. When dinner was done, I logged all my foods and water and then I decided to do my strength training/weight lifting for a half hour. At 7:30 pm I walked across the street to my grandparents and got my mom and grandpa to go for a walk. We walked about 4 miles and I ran 2 miles at 10.2 mph. I came home, logged my fitness minutes and filled out my food journal. I decided to have an ice cream sandwich for dessert since I worked out so hard today. Now it's time to play Wii Zumba, practice yoga and I already meditated. I'm off to enjoy my night.  

EPOC is the New EPIC

It’s almost 9 o’clock and I’m sitting here sipping coffee, trying to figure out what I should write about. My day was okay, nothing exciting happened. I worked out a lot today; walked 110 minutes, Wii Zumba 30 minutes, Strength Training 20 minutes and Yoga for 40 minutes. I’m also going to meditate tonight too, after the kids go to sleep. Lord knows I need it, I’ve been under a lot of stress lately. It’s been nearly 3 weeks since I’ve smoked and the stress is making me want to buy a pack of cigarettes. But I won’t. I’ll keep taking my medication and I’ll continue going for walks in the morning and the yoga really relaxes me a lot. I made a lot of delicious and healthy meals today. Derrick made my Banana Cream of Wheat for breakfast, I made Salmon Burgers for lunch and I made Chicken Enchiladas with Spanish Rice for dinner. I didn’t bake with Evelyn today and I feel really guilty about it. I need to bake with her tomorrow. 

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about going to college. I’ve never been and I know I’d qualify for FASFA. I’d love to take psychology and something in the health field. I’d love to be a therapist/nurse physician. I think I’d be really good at both. I’m really good at remembering things and details. So learning medical terms would be a cinch. I’ll make all the calls I have to on Monday about going to school; calling my GAIN worker to find out what I need to do for school, call RCC about visiting a Guidance Counselor for my future and calling the place I graduated from for my transcripts. I’m really excited about going back to school. I really love learning and taking notes and writing and reading and studying and run on sentences. Ha! I get to ride the bus to class for free, but I’d probably walk to school, we live in a beautiful neighborhood and I love walking under the shady, good smelling magnolia trees. Plus it’s only about 1 1/2 to 2 miles away from my house, less than an hours walk, if I’m walking really slow with a heavy backpack. 

For now, I’m stuck, sipping coffee, forced to watch WWE Smackdown and so ready for sleep. But I promised myself, yoga and meditation. I already had dessert (a Schwan’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich) and I was still UNDER my caloric limit/range. I’m proud of myself for getting back into my health & fitness routine. My only complaint is that sometimes my mom walks too slow and I want to run or at least jog. It’s boring and not really an exercise to just leisurely walk at a slow pace. I want to sweat, I want to be dripping wet and exhausted and a pound lighter when I’m done working out. Like I feel after a expert Zumba session or power Yoga. I’ve been back to using MyFitnessPal.com and SparkPeople.com (Trishdadish85 on MFP) (4TrishDaDish85 on SP). I’m really busting my ass to earn all the daily spark points. I’m logging EVERYTHING, no matter how annoying it is. It’s my health, my future, my life that I’m worried about, not the opinion of others on my Facebook. I’m proud of myself and that’s all that matters. 

(BTW: EPOC means Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption) 

I Hate Holidays

I’ve never been more annoyed with America than on the Fourth of July. I truly hate this holiday. I’m perfectly fine with staying home and watching a good movie while others get drunk, watch fireworks, smoke pot in public and drive. I’d rather be safe and comfortable on my couch in front of my TV. Maybe with some hot cocoa and under a warm blanket because the AC is at 65 degrees. I swear to you, I’m not racist, but I cannot stand my own race sometimes. They ignore the law and bring alcohol and fireworks to a public city park. Then there’s the black family that had to sit right behind us, they were smoking weed and the whole time the kids were complaining that something smelled gross (good kids) and strong. It just frustrates the hell out of me. The city spends all this money to put on a beautiful display of fireworks for us and people ruin it by coming to the park, being loud, leaving trash, ignoring the posted signs about no alcohol, drugs and fireworks. *End Rant*

My day wasn’t that great. I got up and went for a 114 minute walk with my mother this morning. I came home and made a Veggie Loaded Fritatta for breakfast with an English Muffin. I had me some coffee and sat at the laptop for a while, trolling all my favorite sites. I helped Derrick clean the house today; straightened the living room, vacuumed and detailed the kitchen (twice). (PS I hate people shooting off fireworks so close to my house, it sounds like a shotgun blast and I worry about them breaking the windows or starting a fire) I then got back on the computer and spent way too much time on SparkPeople.com LOL. I’m getting ready for a Health & Fitness Challenge starting this Monday by my friend Jasmine. I made myself a Chocolate Protein Shake for lunch and afterwards I got SO full from it, that I fell asleep on the couch while watching the Dr. Oz Show. 

I woke up from my nap and decided to clean the kitchen again and then start dinner. I woke up Derrick, who’s been sick all day (poor thing) and he grabbed the baby for me while I finished cutting up the potatoes and carrots for dinner. While it was cooking, I did some strength training and Wii Zumba. Synthia came over for a bit and we chit chatted for a while. Afterwards I took a shower and got dressed. I watched the news for a bit before getting back on the computer. Around 6:15 pm dinner was ready and so we all sat down to eat. My grandpa had called to see if we wanted to go to the park earlier than 7 and we said no way, there’s no way we’d sit at the park for 3 hours with kids at a park that doesn’t have a playground. After dinner I packed the diaper bag, a snack and drink bag and the baby’s playpen and a big blanket to sit on. My grandparents picked us up at 15 after 7 and we all piled into the trucks and took off to the park. It was already crowded, with the Mexicans taking up the whole park for a soccer game. My people get on my nerves. The fireworks started after 9 pm and as soon as they were over, we left. A car almost hit us while leaving and sped off into on coming traffic just to cut in line. When we got home, we all had a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. 

Now I’m home and trying to relax by watching American Dad, you know, the correct way to spend this holiday LOL. Derrick is planning his PSP and the kiddos are in bed. I know it’s late and I need to practice yoga, but I want to spend some time writing a blog since I didn’t do one yesterday. Tomorrow I need to spend time with Evelyn and bake something delicious. Maybe some cookies and let the girls decorate them with frosting and sprinkles. I just need to keep them occupied and happy. Damn this long summer and no extra income (we still haven’t gotten Derrick’s check). We played a boardgame this morning after breakfast but there’s how many weeks til school is back in session? Anyways, I feel I wrote enough about this crappy day and I’m gunna say goodnight and go do some yoga. Have a goodnight.  

Busy Boring Day

It’s freezing in the house right now and I am completely happy about it. It was a warm day here in southern Cali today and I STILL did all my workouts today. I walked a total of 98 minutes, Wii Dance/Zumba for 40 minutes and Yoga for 40 minutes. I’m still killing it and I had a ton of energy today. I still don’t think I’m manic, even though I only slept about 4 hours last night, I still think I’m okay. I had the energy to straighten up the house and detail the kitchen again. I tried to take a nap today, but I just laid on the couch with my eyes closed for about an hour. Still no check in the mail, getting beyond frustrated with this insurance company. Mom came over today, both times, after our walks. The first time we played Just Dance and Zumba on the Wii and the second time we did Yoga. 

I decided I earned extra calories today from working out so hard, that I made a Summer Fruit Crumble for dessert. It has peaches and strawberries. I served it with Whipped Cream. I also made myself a Chai Tea Latte. Now I’m writing this, trolling the net and watching the Big Bang Theory, trying my damnedest to stay awake because I desperately need to take a shower. Nothing really interesting happened today. I’m just proud of the exercising, the calorie counting and baking today. As a baker, I love it, but I find I don’t do it that often. And I bake healthy too, usually vegan baked goods. Especially my vegan Harvest Bread, it’s delicious and I think I’mm bake some this week. It makes the house smell like autumn, it’s beautiful and delicious. Better than Banana Bread, though I’m a fan of BB too!

Tomorrow is my little brother’s birthday, he’ll be 23. He’s getting so old, which means I’m getting older, ugh. He’s so handsome though and a really good Uncle to my kids. I’m not sure what he’s doing tomorrow, but I’d like to buy him a cake for his birthday. We’ll see what happens. For now I need to go write up my grocery list for tomorrow, my meal menu and then take a shower. Goodnight peoples!

P.S. Here’s the Birthday Boy, my little brother Laurence. He’s such a dork, LOL. 

Beauty and the "Beast Mode"

Today I was in Beast Mode. Derrick thinks I’m #manic. I don’t think I am. Granted, I have TONS of energy, I’m talking fast, I’m exercising to the extreme, but I don’t think I’m manic. I think today was a good day and I had energy to back it up. I haven’t had this kind of energy…since the last time I was manic. LOL. Maybe Derrick is on to something. I doubt it though, but we’ll see, especially if I can’t sleep tonight. There’s absolutely nothing on TV right now, so I’m stuck listening to the #Bachelorette. But right now, my biggest concern is being focused enough to write this blog. I’m kinda bouncing off the walls right now and it’s kind of difficult to sit still and write. Plus my tooth is killing me again, so I’m pretty distracted. My tremors are pretty bad right now, my hands are shaking really bad, it’s making it hard to type. I have to backspace and rewrite a lot of stuff because I keep hitting the wrong keys. 

I woke up before the alarm this morning, at 5:45 am. I got up and closed the bedroom door behind me, so Derrick and the baby would stay asleep. The kids’ bedroom door was closed, so I went into the kitchen and made me some coffee. I opened my laptop and jumped online for a bit and did some Ayuverdic Diet research for my Pitta Dosha. I found a lot of good articles that I bookmarked and saved so I can print them out later. I sipped my hot coffee and laced up my shoes. At 7 am I headed out the door with my Cardio Trainer app on my cellphone, raring to go. I got to my grandparents apartment and the door was locked. Everyone was still in bed. Mom and I were supposed to go walking at 7 am. WTF. So I had to wait about 15 minutes for her to wake up and get dressed. Then we hit the pavement and chit chatted the whole way for a little over 4 miles round trip. 

When I got home, I made myself a Cappuccino protein shake for breakfast. Had a banana and started to clean the house. I detailed the living room and vacuumed, cleaned our bedroom and washed 2 loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen and loaded the dishwasher. Afterwards I did a 20 minute strength training session with 16 lb weights. Right after the cool down session, I jumped on the Wii and did 20 minutes of Wii Zumba. Then I folded and put away the laundry. Then I got back on the computer and spent a couple hours on SparkPeople.com. My mom was over and we were talking the whole time. Reading through healthy lifestyle books and talking about health and fitness. We’re both trying to lose about 30 lbs. I’m kinda bummed that tomorrow is a rest day for strength training because I really enjoy lifting weights, a lot. 

After my mom went home, I took my laptop into the bedroom and listened to a meditation DVD for 45 minutes. That was the MOST relaxing part of my day. Dinner was only 230 calories and I was FULL. I literally had to make myself a 500 calorie protein shake for “dessert" just to get my 1600 calorie minimum for the day. And it was delicious. I went for a walk with my mom at 7 pm and we talked about my grandparents being jackasses. Nothing new. My knee and left foot started hurting really badly halfway through our walk, but I was a champ and I pushed through the pain and made it home. Clancy was here. Derrick decided to finally shave his head (sexy!) and take a shower (Lord I need one too!). While he was showering, that’s when I made my “shake" for dessert. I’ve been trolling the internet since I finished my drink. After I do one more check on Twitter, tumblr, Facebook, MFP and SparkPeople, I’m gunna log off and get in some quality yoga time. See, like I said, Beast Mode!