Fitness Cure

Last week I ran A LOT. I ran for my warm up – I ran at the park..I even ran up crazy bleachers at a local community college. I felt great. Right now, it’s incredibly  HOT in Sacramento so I’m not running so much this week. This morning, I had an incredibly long workout that included stairclimbing, an intense chest workout followed by a bootcamp class. I usually don’t take bootcamp classes,  but I had a meeting afterwards with the instructor, so I ‘might as well’ partake in the class! Right now I have a list of things I’m checking off – making calls, updating budgets, emailing…pretty productive day! The boys are asleep, which makes my life A LOT easier. In fact, I as laying with one of them (putting him to sleep) and I wanted to fall asleep right next to him! And I kept thinking: Should I sleep, or should I work??? I should sleep…and then I decided, MAN I NEED TO WORK!

So I got up and now I feel pretty good about not taking  a midday nap.

Workouts have been good. I’m consistently sore. I received a nice compliment the other day…someone said, “You were made to have babies!!!” (not the first time I heard that, but always nice to hear) My body does seem to bounce back pretty well. I was always fearful of childbirth, mainly  because of the weight gain, but  now I feel like I can do it 100 times over! However, I HATE the labor part! LOL. It’s officially a bit over four months since I gave birth to my Baby Nicholas. My belly is completely flat (I’m working on toning it now) and I have my shape coming back. I’m most happy about my butt. First go around, I felt like my butt widened and almost flattened, but this time around, it’s still bubbly and has some muscle tone. I think it has something to do with not have an Epidural? Possibly.?

Of course, there are things I feel I can ALWAYS improve on. That being the diet first and foremost. I don’t eat bad  – I just don’t eat in my mind what is considered ‘perfect’…which is egg whites and oatmeal, chicken breast and broccoli and 12 almonds , etc. I like to eat something ‘outside of my diet’ here and there. It can include three jelly beans or a sugar cone or SOMETHING that makes me feel like I’m not on a strict diet.

Once a week I do splurge. And when I say splurge, I mean I eat sushi, frozen yogurt and indulge in one glass of red wine.

Yep – I love those days. Gone are the days when I ’splurged’ eating in and out, chocolate bars, ice cream, cake (all in one day!!) LOL.

I am loving my body though. I feel it getting better and better every week. My goal is to try to eat cleaner, incorporate bleachers once a week and get more zzz’s!

So, for the last couple weeks I’ve been sucking on ice cubes when I”m hungry. Literally! LOL. But these aren’t regular ice cubes…they are small, green and taste pretty good. Most importantly, these little suckers are supposed to curb my appetite thus helping me lose weight!

The new, revolutionary, ICE CUBE DIET, has raw Hoodia in it, a cactus-looking plant that has scientifically shown causes weight loss. Many people take Hoodia in pill form – some in liquid, but I’ve never tried it via ice! That was exciting.

Since it’s been so hot here in Sacramento (it is 106 degrees here today) I keep opening my freezer for something cold to eat. Of course, I have ice cream (soy) and some fruit bars (for my son) – and naturally I want to grab one of the two, but instead, I ‘ve been grabbing an ice cube. Of course, it doesn’t cure my sugar craving, but it definitely cured my ‘need for something cold’ craving and my ‘get something out of the freezer because I’m bored’ craving.

As many of you know, I’m already in ‘weight loss mode’ – I’m only 6 pounds aways from my pre-pregnancy weight. I already lost 30 pounds! I workout 5-6 times a week, I try to eat fairly healthy and take my regular protein shakes. But I don’t really use a weight loss pill. So, it’s been fun incoporating SOMETHING into my routine these past couple weeks.

The Ice Cube Diet is a cool, alternative to all the other diet’s out there – so try it! It’s convenient, it’s cool, it’s tasty and it’s green! I LOVE GREEN!

Pretty cool.

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end.  It’s ot a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it’s when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.” – Margaret Thatcher

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Waynee Dyer