A Long Lazy Period....

I haven't been really lazy, just haven't been keeping up on my fitness or eating routine....obviously it isn't habit yet.....time to start AGAIN!   Now that I am married, my new career is getting a routine and my move will be done soon....it is time to get back to me.   Starting June 1st, I will be doing a 21 day sugar detox and going back to yoga (AT LEAST 3x a week).  I am glad that my husband supports me in this and I really look forward to getting back to the place where I feel super great about myself and my health :)

Cheers!
Puddles

AAAAAHHHHHHH

Made it to yoga last night and I am a happy, happy girl!   It was liking coming home to the warm, non judgemental embrace of a close friend!  The warmth surrounded me, my mind shut off and I just moved.  PEACE!!

Love,
Charmaine
aka Puddles

Still trying....

I keep attempting to get to yoga...but nothing seems to give and my motivation is lacking with all the work/career, wedding, kids, life stress I am experiencing right now.  I need a vacation and I know yoga would help me relax.....

Please help me to get there!!

Charmaine
aka Puddles

Falling off the wagon and still getting results!

So my yoga routine has laspsed.....not more than a class or two a week for the last month, however, my eating habits have stayed roughly the same.  My blogging time has decreased significantly, but I am keeping better mental note of what I am eating and the choices I am making.  I started doing some short (20 minute) yoga sessions at home and toning in my spare moments.

Last week, after years of them being too tight, I slipped into my lucky interview pants (results still pending) and I can feel that other items are fitting differently as well.  I looked at myself naked in the mirror this weekend and I was convinced something more had changed : )

I got out the tape measure this morning, and in fact there was a change!

Chest: 49-50 "  *same

Waist : 41" *down .75

Muffin Top: 42"  *down 1.5

Hips: 52" *same

Thigh: 28" *down .5

Bicep: 15" *down .5

*total inches lost since last check (1/16/12)

3.5 inches

For a total lost of 10.25 inches overall!!!

Our wedding is 33 days away, with my future mother in law coming to stay with us for the next month I am hoping to find more time for yoga and some special date nights with my future husband : )  He has been such great support in this process and I truly appreciate all he does!

We are discussing doing a "Juice" fast together....watch the documentary "Fat, Sick and almost Dead"...inspiring!

I still plan to train for my first 5k!

Here's to not giving up, even when life doesn't let you have your routine!

Charmaine

aka Puddles

Falling off the wagon!

I fell off the wagon, my 2+ months of yoga and a healthier diet, well it didn't completely stop....but my blogging did.  My daughter got sick for almost 3 weeks, the lack of sleep on all  of us drastically changed our routine.  I have only been getting to yoga 2-3 times a week...I have also added pilates and zumba at least once a week.  My water intake is down, my coffee intake is up.  My eating habits have remained pretty much the same, just haven't been journaled in almost a month.

I am trying to be flexible and continue to use what I know to get me by, trying to keep off the inches and lbs I lost and continue to lose.

I am planning a juice fast after our wedding : )

Latest Measurements 1/16/12

Chest: 49-50 *same

Waist: 41 3/4 *same

Muffine top: 43 1/2 *same

Hips: 52 *same

Thighs: 28.5 *same

Bicep: 15.5 *same

no change.

Food Journal Days - 14,15,16,17

Grace and Gratitude

two attributes I have found within my own body this last week

I have come further down the scale from the fertility goddess body I began with,

to a more Rubenesque body that I am enjoying.

I found a great blog that has made me laugh, think and enjoy my imperfections.

http://www.elizabethpatch.com/

She draws plus sized figures and has a great way of looking at plus sized life.

I have continued my yoga path.  My stretches are deeper, my standing bow is more profound, my concentration comes and goes, by body feels better.  My abs and thighs get sore....and I LOVE IT!  I am finding the actual *feeling* of energy flowing through me during poses, much like when I did Tai Chi in college.  I am aware of my breath and body, and my body continues to change for the better.

I have now official dropped 7 1/2 inches overall.

(I will have to get the actual measurement chart up tomorrow)

So onto my foods:

Day 14 - Thursday Jan 12,2012

Breakfast

16oz black coffee

16oz SF hazlenut non-fat latte

raspberry white chocolate scone

Lunch

Healthy Choice sundried tomato chicken entree

Supper

2c. deer sausage, saur kraut, boiled potatoes

evening snack

1 serving hot cocoa

1 sm cookie

5oz red wine

Fitness

nothing extra...had Bible study

Water

56oz. (below 8 cups a day)

**I didn't do great today, no extra exercise, less water...was very close to my calorie intake goal**

Day 15 - Friday Jan. 13, 2012

Breakfast

32oz black coffee

eclaire

1/2 cinnamon roll

**AWFUL**

(but so yummy)

Lunch

Lean Cuisine steak tips and mushrooms with broccoli

Supper

1.5 cups low fat chicken marsala

2 low fat bisquick biscuits

2tbsp butter

Fitness

60 minutes Forest Yoga (intense)

Water

120 oz

*Yoga was challenging tonight, but I made it and my abs have felt it since : ) *

Day 16 - Saturday Jan. 14, 2012

Breakfast

32 oz black coffee

20 tortilla chips

Lunch

1 serving Ceasar Salad

6oz chicken breast

Supper

2 small baked cod fillets

1.5 cups broccoli

Evening Snack

1 hardboiled egg

18 oz apple pie liquor

1/2 bag smart ones popcorn

Fitness

45 minutes HPF yoga

Water

88 oz

*Even with my extra goodies, I was still under my calorie goal, however I am starting to see my -protien,fat, carb- pie graph and want to change the fat and carb areas to be smaller*

Day 17 - Sunday Jan. 15, 2012

Breakfast

32oz coffee

4oz greek yogurt

Lunch

1 deviled egg (2 halves)

1/2 sicilian pizza

Mid-afternoon

1 mimosa

turkey club sandwich

cup of chicken wild rice soup

1/2 slice of salted caramel cheesecake

***I WAS STUFFED**

Supper

Lean Cuisine Chicken Fried Rice

*didn't eat this until  8pm*

Fitness

90 minutes THY

**difficult night, as the room was 108 degree, humidity was high and I was stuffed from my mid-day meal...it made me miserable during yoga and made me feel nauseous at points.....I won't be doing that again!**

Water

120 oz

Overall, I am feeling great.  My health is the best it has been in years!! The humidity of the hot yoga clears my sinuses everyday and hence, I haven't had a terrible cold yet this year.  My flexibility is way up, my stamina is up, my energy is up, my mood is up : )

My wedding dress should be here this week

and I am excited to see how it fits on my new and improved curves!

Also...in addition to doing my ab exercises at home with my excersice ball, I also want to get some kettle bells and do more tri-cep work, as my bi-ceps are looking great, but I want to get rid of the under arm flab.

Gleeful and Graceful,

Charmaine

aka Puddles