Damn these speedy clocks

Wow we suck, we're horrible and fitness is hard. Who lied? Shaun T? Damn you sexy gay man. Not only has it been one entire year (just about), but I speak for myself when I say that I've been on a wild ass healthy/unhealthy roller coaster that I'm tired of. I'm honestly trying to eat clean from now on and work out to build my endurance and not feel like a blobby mess, but people can never really shar how long it takes and how your ass gets booted off the path in 2 seconds. I love myself and my life, but it seems like I don't care about any of it when I over eat or skip meals because I just don't feel like eating.  We have to do better for ourselves, for our husbands (if they exist), and for our kids (if we make them).  I'm going grocery shopping today so hopefully this week will be better. I'm going to attempt to cook basic ass meals in advance to surprise my laziness that should be around the corner next week and try to fix the way I sleep so my day doesn't start at 2 p.m. Invisible blog audience, I'm sorry.

xo humble honey

Round 2 I suppose

To say the least, my latest "new lifestyle" FAILED.  I tried, so I guess it wasn't complete failure, but I don't like failing to begin with ... so it is what it is.  ANYWAYS, on to the next plan. My plan B begins as so, I will start Monday because nothing is better than a fresh start and I love being fresh out of the shower.  I think I'll still prepare my meals ahead of time because let's face it, my life is still busy and things happen short notice just about all of the time, so being prepared helps a lot.  I keep seeing everywhere that the key to being healthier and slimming down is pretty much eating better.  You might think to yourself "no shit sherlock", but I hadn't realized that it was pretty much 80% of slimming down.  So, I'm thinking about getting nutritional advice from eatingwell.com, this pretty good website where the food is nutritionally good, the advice is free, and the food probably tastes good.  The last "lifestyle diet" I was eating by showed me how groddie eating healthy is, but I've always known that it isn't as bad as that last experience.  I'm thinking, if I follow this easier equally healthy diet and exercise, then I won't be far off.  As far as exercise, I  think that it still is important and used to be fun for me and I want to make it fun again.  Until I'm 100% sure, I'll stick to Zumba and see how much I like those results.  Zumba wise, I love that shit !  It's so fun and intense like I like and it's dancing, anything that'll let me shake my ass I'm down for (pero, no prostitution).  If I would've continued my new lifestyle, I would be almost 2 months into it, impressive, but it obviously wasn't for me. I'll remeasure myself and get back to square 1.  Square 1 is a tough place to be at, especially when it isn't your 1st time there, but you have to start and restart until you find your proper fit.  So shout out to the fitness world, just call me the #comebackkid


-Bianca

30 Day WLC: Day 10

What was the hardest thing you gave up during this "weight loss"?

Oh shit. We were supposed to give something up.
Well I am a new vegetarian (11/1) so I guess I gave up meat. And I don't drink juice or soda... So there's that.
But I guess I can give up breads for the rest of this challenge.
Cool. No more breads. Let's see how that works.

30 Day WLC: Day 2-9

Woahhhh. I missed an entire week.

Day 2: How tall are you? Do you like your height?
Five foot and three awesome inches. I'm totally cool with it. Little ladies are cute and I have the perfect little height.

Day 3: A picture of your thinsperation. What features about this person do you like?
I don't really have a thinspiration... But having their body and his abs wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

Day 4: Greatest fear about losing weight.

I'll reach my goal weight but not my goal body.

Day 5: Why do you really want to lose weight? Is it for you?

To have a flat stomach. Hell yeah it's for me. 

Day 6: Do you binge? If so, explain why?

I don't have binging money. I once had half a dozen donuts over the span of 12 hours, but I was feeling like pure dog shit that night. 

Day 7: Do your parents know that you're trying to lose weight? Do they care? 

What I do with my fat and muscles has nothing to do with my parents. 

Day 8: Workout routine.

My workout routine is like the rest of my life, unstable. I usually workout at night around 7 but sometimes I'll be bored and throw on my Nikes Fit Club app and just sweat out my boredom. I do a mix of fitness class, blogilates and Nike Fit Club. 

Day 9: Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way.

No. I wear baggy clothes which are not only comfy but hide my Homer Simpson sized beer gut. 

Sunday Meal Prep

As promised, I have finally photographed parts of my Sunday prep for the following week of meals.  Now, I follow a specific diet plan, just a new way of pretty much permanently eating and it's a 5 meal a day plan.  I think I eat very well and I feel 0 guilt when eating.  I used to feel guilty when I ate sometimes because I knew how horrible the food was.  I don't want to feel like that anymore... EVER, so this is my smart solution.  For now I follow someone else's meal plan because it'd be too much for me to invent of of that.  Once I get a hang of eating what Bianca's body needs, I'll let go of the plan I'm currently using.  I won't waste anymore of your time in reading, so let's get to the photos and I'll explain each one a bit.

this is my cutting station. I cut, sliced, and spread everything here

I wasn't done yet, but I was moving at a quick pace at this point.

Making some shrimp and whole wheat pasta as a meal.

Veggies and 2 of the tons of measuring that I do during my Sunday prep.

My curry mac 'n' cheese

this macaroni has a story I do not wish to tell, but if you must know;it was ok.

 That's all I had time to do.  It's really a busy process just because I get soooo tired from cooking for hours straight just for the sake of finishing quickly.  I wish I had a huge kitchen with other cooks and I did nothing... Every week has been a little better than the last as far as prep and taste and flow of cooking and eating and even shopping so we'll see about this coming weekend.  Enjoy & live well !
                      -Bianca

30 Day WLC: Day 1

My Stats

Height: 5' 3"
Current Weight: 125lbs
Heaviest Weight: 138lbs
Lowest Weigh:119lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 110lbs :)

30 Day Weight Loss Challenge

 

 

 

I could say "Let's start on the first" and procrastinate on my goal to live a healthy life where I dont hate my body... or I could jump right into this and start enjoying my meals and workouts. Definitly the latter.

Day one begins today, Feburary 11,2013.


 

Tazo Time

My only hopes for tonight are for the magical powers of green tea to swindle the thoughts of worry and discomfort and settle my dreams with solutions for tomorrow.  I'm basically asking for this tea to free me, that is all.

              Until next time ....
                          xxTea Princess

Meals this past week: 1

I haven't been working no where nearly as hard as B this week but this is two of the meals I had this week. The bottom one is dinner from tonight and the breakfast I think was from yesterday morning. I don't think granola is good in such large portions especially when it's as sweet as my schools but it is yummy. 

Pancakes topped with Granola mixed with Raisins and drizzled with honey.

Pasta with a side of spicy peas and carrots

Day 4 Difficulties

When life hands you lemons, you're supposed to make lemonade, but I decided .... since life handed me 30 pounds of lemons, I made 30 different chicken and fish recipes WITH lemons ! Day 4 was cold, so cold that it was too cold. I'm not a fan of the cold to begin with, so anything below 70 degrees is too much.  Whatcha wun't from me ?! I'm from South Florida which is not Central Florida's weather, but I'm supposed to be talking about my health, not Florida.  Thursday, January 17th was a tough run, but I did it and it was cold, windy, and hard to breathe.  I think that run taught me something about the person that I'd like to continue to be; strong, determined, and goal oriented.  I'm also proud of my little Hercules <3 He did the entire run with me non-stop even though his little ass was quivering and a momma knows when her baby is cold.  We did it though and I just wanted to say that if I could do it, it is possible.  So get out there and GET HEALTHY (:

 Yes, by the information above, I do run at about midnight every night (bad habit) so I was freezing my buns off at first, but it's like the "jump into a cold pool, not walk" phenomena... Just jump in !

Postponed

Due to financial difficulties (stupid college textbooks) I will not be going forward with my cleanse. Instead I will start this year off slowly... extremely slooowwwlly.
First step to a better me: eat better
My college dining hall has come up a bit since the fall. They have realized that many of us students want fresher and healthier options.

My usual breakfast

 

 

Second step to a better me: Dont be afraid to use my legs.
Since I got my Nikes I've been more excited to walk places. Just throw my shades on and some breathable clothes and walking around Daytona is a breeze.

My awesome Christmas gift from Vero.

Day 1 SUCCESS

You may assume that the first day of my new lifestyle went great !  It was wonderful, I ate well, was tempted to cheat, but didn't, and worked out even when I didn't feel like it.  My new lifestyle includes hours of preparation for the 5 meals I am learning to eat every 3 hours and working out at the end of the day.  Of course life happens and nothing is perfect, but I tried....no, I didn't get to eat everything on time because I kind of underestimated me being able to eat during work hours, but I still made an effort to eat everything.  Working out also didn't work out the way that I originally planned for it to go.  I planned on doing the Insanity program, but I'm missing a few CD's for some odd reason and I feel like if I want to do this right, then I'll wait to buy the complete series of discs and do it then.  In the meantime, I jogged 1.4 miles and then when I got home I did some yogalates with my fave youtube channel for yoga. (I'll post the channel info)  After seeing what it's like to work out and eat properly, not just a salad for every meal, I see that it takes dedication, self-discipline, and motivation because it's not an easy fix to go from shit food binge to health nut, BUT IT CAN BE DONE.  I also made a motivation board to cheer me on everyday about my good health and goals, when I find my camera, I'll post a picture of it.  Pictures will slowly trickle in y'all (;  Anyways, I'm still a college student so I have hit to the mf books !!!

if you were pondering the possibilities, I am giving myself a high five (abg)

   
                                                                  twerk 'sum,
                                                                             Bianca

the British yoga queen's channel on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/dailyindiadotin?feature=watch

To Begin With

So this may be very cliche of us, but new year new us huh ? lol.  We're on our way to better health and better looking bodies that accompany our health.  Windel and I have separately decided that it's never too late to turn around a bad habit and when we consulted each other, realized that we shared most of the same views so we're taking the journey together from 2 different cities.  With motivation from each other and the will within ourselves, we're sure to be better women in 2013.  BUT! before we start our journey, the proper preparation should be taken, it's hard to just jump into a new lifestyle  the very next day.  I've been prepping for about a week with menus and such...still debating whether I should start off with a detox or go straight into working out plus my amazing new diet.  Anyways, I found this great video on this natural Youtube channel and it's a nice little listen.  Take care !


                                        -wannabe2fit2quit aka Bianca (: