Time for a new adventure

Do you ever get so ticked off you just want to punch something? Me too. All the damn time. Sometimes I'll even punch the wall.. no, not smart at all but it happens. A friend has been going to Boxing lessons for about a month now (I think) and I always wanted to join but I'm extremely terrified - I'm mostly afraid my form will be incorrect and it will be a one on one experience. Other than that, I'm absolutely pumped! I really hope I enjoy myself because I hear boxing is an INSANE WORKOUT. There's been a Groupon for this place since forever, I always saw it being recommended to me on my account and I figure - about time. I better get my ass in gear! If I learn the proper form and enjoy it, I'm 100 % sure I'm going to get a dummy or a punching bag and start punching when I'm angry. I already checked out prices - expensive - of course for the good quality and cheap for crappy bags that will break in no time. I hope it's all upper body though and n...

Sometimes I feel like I'm the fastest walker among my friends. Maybe it's because of my long legs or maybe because I just want to get to my destination faster. Yesterday Kristina and I went to one of my favourite restaurants, Mongolian Grill - and since she didn't have a bus pass for the month and I wanted my cardio, we walked. According to google maps it was going to take just about 60 minutes to get there. For us, it took 90 minutes. Kristina doesn't have long legs. She has had her mother's car for the past 2 weeks (which obviously I was jealous over) but that's besides the point. Usually she walks, and walks a ton at her own pace but because she had her mother's car, she wasn't nearly walking as much as per usual. So to not surprise she was cramping a few times during our walk to the restaurant. I didn't mind it until I felt a cramp myself - because I was dying to go to the bathroom. The urge started 30  minutes into the walk. And I was like ...

Okay so I didn't wake up super early yesterday but I still went to the gym after work and it was great. And you know what? Surprisingly my arms aren't a whole lot of mush. Because after lifting weights yesterday and chillen on the stationary bike, my arms were just slowly moving to my side and did not want to lift again. Yesterday was all about the biceps and triceps 5 sets of 10 - Bicep curl: 10 lb dumb bell - teapot dips: 10 lb DB (3 sets), 7.5 lb (2 sets) - tricep dips: 10 lb Db - bicep curl: 12.5 lb db (1 set) Machines - biceps curl: 15 lb (2 sets), 20 lb (3 sets) - tricep extension: 40 lb (1 set), 30 lb (4 sets) + 10 minutes on the stationary bike Using a 10 lb dumb bell for my dips instead of 7.5 was HARD. Some woman was using the dumb bells I needed and instead of waiting or rushing her workout I decided to murder my arms and try for the 10 lb.. I mean it was only 2.5 lb difference but holy shit what a difference it made!! I'm almost contemplating cont...

Whoops. Guess I forgot to post about day 5. Well not really, I did post.. I just didn't have an official post entitled "day 5". I hate when people are inconsistent now I've become one. Gosh darnit I just can't win at life. So this was my breakfast post workout. It was DELICIOUS. Here's my workout 5 sets of 10: Chest press 1 set at 35 lb, 2 sets at 25 lb and 2 sets at 15 (seriously been awhile since I worked out my chest) Pectoral fly: 25 lb The above workout was with the machines at the gym then I headed to the weights and did... Bicep curl: 10 lb dumb bells and lost track of my sets and ended up doing 10 sets of 10... Teapot dips: 7.5 lb dumb bell 20 minutes of cardio before weights and 5 minutes post weight. I also wanted to do my core but after all of that, my arms couldn't lift the smallest medicine ball of 4 kg. I figured I should be done for the day. However as I'm writing this, I have a slight grin on my face... YES I am totally go...

Hey there stranger, it's been awhile, hasn't it? I don't even know where to begin!! It feels nice and calm that my head is screwed in and I don't want it to EXPLODE. The speech went great. It was short and sweet - Jack went off his speech and did an amazing job. I was really impressed, his was pretty sweet. We were a bit taken a back because there was no podium. Jack wrote his speech on his phone.. so it was a bit weird for him but so did a couple other people. Actually one, it was one other person and it was Jamaal's family member so Jack shouldn't feel awkward or anything. YAY! Christine is married. I'm so happy for her. She has the whole week off - lucky goose. Then again, today is my Friday. Tomorrow is good friday so that's a day off but because I usually have fridays off, I get a lieu day so I GET MONDAY OFF TOO!!! Major smiles up in here. So lets get this show on the road shall we? Okay so this is what happens when you forget your protein ...

Hey gym, sorry I haven't been around but this time I want to make it long lasting and for reals. I ALMOST skipped the gym and instead went out with K-star. Thankfully though, she was running late to head to her daughters school to pick her up and it was pissing rain out. Usually when it rains I contemplate for awhile about going to the gym. Constantly thinking of excuses of not to go but not today. I guess I had some fight in me to make it to Good Life. Today's workout: leg day!! I'm pretty proud of myself today because I tend to stick to the machines with weights. I hardly ever step outside my comfort zone and go to the free weights but I had some woman in my brain telling me to try a sumo squat with a dumb bell - just try something new - anything. Oh shoot I forgot to log I did side lunges too (no weights). Dang it. Well, I'm glad I tried something new. It's always going to be a learning experience :) Post gym. Literally. I have never been so HANGRY as ...

PRAISE THE LORD. Hallelujah! I was so prepared to blog earlier today about how nervous I was regarding this afternoon. I had a killer workout / training session planned with a friend and it was just confirmed that it's cancelled and we both rescheduled for next Wednesday. Just thinking about it was giving me an anxiety attack (okay that was far fetched) but it gave me the sweats! This woman was training with a Personal Trainer at GoodLife Fitness so the workouts are intense and now she makes her own loosely based on the PT she had prior. She was afraid to tell me what part of the body we would workout because she thought I would cancel! I'm always up for the challenge I'm just terrified of trying new things (alone). If I have a partner or someone there with me, it's not so bad but doing something new without any guidance and possibly "failing" .. I'm not into. Speaking of trying something new, I'm 99.9 % sure I'm going to try boxing. There'...

New month, new start. Well, technically my start will begin on Monday April 3rd. It will be a detox week of vegetables ONLY. Roasted vegetables in the oven or raw veggies .. but really, can you honestly say you crave raw veggies with no dip just plain? Ick. I can't say that at all. Half the time the veggies are so dry it feels like they get stuck partly on my uvula (you know the dangly thing at the back of your throat) - you're welcome, I taught you something. Gross name by the way. There are only two vegetables I can eat raw and they are water based anyways - cucumber and celery. Cucumber is my all time favourite vegetable .. no offense celery, you are great and all but having to bite and have that stringy crap come only a bit - not my thing. It's so tough. I don't have razer blades for teeth. I'm just shaking my head thinking about that.  Good news. I said I would go to the gym early today and guess what? THIS B*TCH DID IT! =) I set my alarm for 6:20 am an...

I'm starting to think I should just post my blogs at night instead of constantly updating the same entry or titling an entry 'update on this' and that etc. So here's the last update during the day. Here's my second meal of the day (yesterday - if you didn't get the above memo). JUST KIDDING! Mom's homemade potato and leek soup. No cream, she used milk - I'm wondering to myself if it would work if I attempted the recpe with almond milk and made it vegan? Thoughts? It was delicious by the way. I can feel my stomach rumbling right now. But that could also be because I only had a carrot stick for breakfast and a strawberry. Whoops. Another one of my favourites that mom makes - beef stew with potato, beef (obvi), carrots, turnip and parsnip. She let the meat cook in the broth for hours so it was super tender. *mouth watering* I tried to make the same recipe but vegetarian only and I incorporated Yves breakfast sausages - barf. It was disgusting....

It's March 30th and it's apparently going to snow this afternoon. Snow? It's Spring. What the actual sh*t Canada? The last couple of days we have been having beautiful weather and I have been so appreciative. Walking on my lunch breaks, even getting off the transit bus earlier before my stop so I can get in additional cardio but it doesn't look like I'm headed that way today. Yesterday was 3 degrees C and there was no wind, my ankles were showing and it was gorgeous. Today, 3 degrees as well and it feels like it's -3 with that wind. I got off the bus 1 stop before mine, and my itty bitty ankles were so cold. Why didn't you wear your winter boots? Well that's a great question.. ain't it? Tonight I'm sleeping over at my parents place. I have an alteration appointment for my bridesmaid dress tomorrow and my mom wants me to come over (she is just DYING to play with her make up and hide my scars that I have on my arms) or she's just dying t...