Yummy Pizza!

My Tuesday is going swell!

It started off with some Hot Yoga, like I posted earlier, and then my protein shake was extra creamy today, showered, took my yummy coffee with me in my car and was headed to work training.   Training was awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed it!  


I then came home and made the most yummy pizza!  I used a tortilla shell, marina sauce, sliced up a whole tomato, added some shredded cheese, and topped it with some pico.  I am OBSESSED with pico and could eat it on anything!  Once the pizza came out of the oven I added some red pepper and a little hot sauce.  So so so so so tasty!!

After catching up on my show from last night, I will be headed out to my garage for some circuit training. Originally,  I was only going to do hot yoga today, but I just realized I can't make one of my exercises classes Thursday and with having girls over tonight for wine, I figured I might as well utilize my free time.   I plan on doing lots of squats and focusing on my triceps.  My chest and core is so sore from last nights class.  I usually do 6o seconds intense, 30 seconds rest.  


This may be the circuit training program that I will be following today:


jumping jacks
tricep dips
high knees
side plank right
ski jumps
side plank left
tricep extension with free weights
curtsy lunges
sit ups


Repeat


I am very excited for tonight!  I am having a girls wine tasting night at my house.  I registered for mini wine glasses, and already received them in the mail.  Every girl is bringing a bottle of wine and a description of that wine.  We will taste all the wines and rank which one is our favorite!  Of course we will have the typical wine foods... some cheese, crackers, grapes.  I'll let you know how wine night turns out!

Holy Hotness Yoga

This morning I woke up early to go to hot yoga.  My internal alarm clock went off at 5 am and I was up and at it.  I made some coffee, watched some news, ate some fruit and was headed out the door.  I met my friend for 60 minutes of hot yoga that focuses on your core.  Today was a challenging class!  I was already sore in my core from boot camp yesterday, so when the instructor kept having us crunch out our abs, and keep going, and keep going, it BURNED!  It felt so great though.  By the time class was ending, I was drenched in my own sweat.

I am now enjoying a protein shake and the news before I head to a work training for a few hours.

will check in later.

Have a great Tuesday!

ps, it's National Peanut Butter Cookie Day.  So go get your cookie on. ;)

Double time.

I hope you all were off to a great week.  Today I did a whole lot of nothing!  I went shopping for some new work dresses and then to get some new workout shorts.  All mine are getting too big!  What a great feeling.  When I got back home, I decided to watch tv for a couple of hours and just enjoy my "me" time.

At lunch I was craving mexican, so I made myself a healthy taco salad.  I used a ton of lettuce, diced up tomatoes, non fat cheese, some crushed up baked tortillas, lots of salsa and pico.  It was so yummy and filled me up for the entire afternoon.

It started pouring around 4 pm.  My boot camp class is outside, but we have a pavilion we can go under when it rains.  I knew that with the rain we would be under the pavilion and that meant not a lot of cardio.  I decided to go get in a quick run before heading to boot camp.  I ran 4 miles then headed over to get my boot camp on.  We focused lots of arms and core.  It was such a good work out.  I came home and made myself my favorite protein shake!  It's like a dessert to me.  So yummy!!!

Well I am out.  I need go to drink lots of water and try to go to sleep.  Meeting my friend at hot yoga at 6 am!  Can't wait!

Have a great night y'all!

Goals, breakfast and cupcakes.

Happy Monday!


Time to start a new week.  Be all that you can be and start it off right!  I always feel as though if I start my Monday off right, then it makes the rest of the week easier to stay focused.  Sunday night I always write goals for myself for that upcoming week.   This usually keeps me focused on working my butt off from the get go and becoming a better person.  John, my fiance, always writes one personal goal for me.  He has been so great on helping me with this whole fitness, lifestyle change.  He does miss the fact that we don't go out and get chicken wings on Fridays, but, he has been such a great sport.  He is one of the most driven people that I know, and that alone helps me be a better person.  If he doesn't go to the gym 6 times a week like me, he reinforces me that as I'm at the gym "sweating my ass off, he's at work, working his ass off!"  My work schedule is very flexible, so it's easy for me to get work outs in. His job is demanding and he is always traveling, so it's much harder for him.


And by the way, he will get his fair share of chicken wings when we return back to Buffalo, NY here very soon!


Surprisingly, I got the day off today and I am not complaining.  I worked most of the weekend and last night I was exhausted.  I came home to a incredibly clean house.  John cleaned everything from the floors, counter tops, bathrooms, laundry and watered the yard.  What a gentleman!  Since I have the day off, I think I may enjoy some "me" time because this week is CRAZY busy again.  I am starting to embrace my busy weeks.  I thoroughly enjoy being on a routine, trying new things, being on the go and having the best week possible.  So today may just mean running to the grocery store to get things for girls night tomorrow (I'm hosting), catching up on my shows, reading my daily blogs that I love so much, going for a walk, doing some wedding stuff and then heading to boot camp.  


Today for breakfast I had....

French vanilla coffee, fruit and a thin bagel and cream cheese.  

I originally had my mind set on having "lightened up french toast", but John forgot to pick up bread from the store when he went grocery shopping yesterday!  So I will just grab bread at the store today and make it sometime this week.  I'll share the recipe later in the week.  It's so yummy!

This weeks goals:

Fitness:

1) Go to Hot Yoga at least twice this week!

2)  Focus on triceps!  

Personal:

1) Kiss more!  (you can never kiss enough!)

2)  John's goal for me??? Waiting on that text at the moment!

Here's a recap of last week in pictures...

Ang (left) and I at John's bday bash.  

Cupcakes for the birthday boy.

Pool day!

Make the most of your week! 

Sunday-favorite day of the week!

Another BEAUTIFUL DAY!

I'm sure some of you are getting sad that the weekend is almost over, me on the other hand, love Sundays! Sundays usually are a day of relaxation with my love.  We typically like to have a big breakfast outside, go golfing, go for long walks, or have a picnic in the park.  On rare occasions, we don't leave the couch all day (last sunday)!  I always look forward to starting a new week.  This means setting new goals for myself, coming up with new workouts, trying new things, starting the week with a positive attitude, writing my grocery list for the week, and writing in my planner.  Sundays always start with a big cup (or two or today three) of coffee and then I'm ready to tackle the day!

Today is not a normal Sunday.  If I had it my way, I would have had my breakfast with John outside, watched some news, we would have went grocery shopping together, and then we probably would have taken our lunch to the pool and relaxed all afternoon, gone for a walk or run and then finished the night off with some grilling and watching a movie.  Well that's not happening because I have to do some work today, run lots of errands on the other side of town, and wont be home until after dinner.  Let's just say that I am really looking forward to next weekend!

Breakfast today consisted of an egg white sandwich with a bowl of mixed fruit.

Workout today will be NOTHING!  Today is my day off.  If I have time tonight when I get home, we may go for a walk?  We will have to see.

Have a great Sunday!  

I love summer time!

What is it about summer that we all love so much?  It could be a week night, coming home from a crappy day at work, but the thought of it being summer just puts me in a relaxed, laid back mood.  The strange thing about summer to me, is that I typically stress less, but my schedule is much more hectic.  I would say that the reasoning behind this is seeing everyone out in our neighborhood walking the dogs, neighbors having a BBQ, friends just popping in to enjoy a cold one, beach weekends, pool time, golfing, reading easy summer reads, traveling, tennis... the list could go on and on.

Today I had an AHHHH HAAAAA summer moment.  I was watching tv outside and just thought to myself, "this is awesome."  Golfers were out on the course, people were walking their dogs and the sun was shining!

My day went like this...

Morning, I woke up extra early because I couldn't wait in bed any longer to have my cup of "Build me up peanut butter cup."  I have to admit that I was disappointed in my first time trying it.  I didn't quite taste the peanut butter taste that I was so hoping for.  Tomorrow I will try it again and hopefully my taste buds will pick it up the second time around!

Then I had to do some work, next some cleaning, headed to lunch at The California Pizza Kitchen with 4 others, then pool time.  At lunch my fiance and I split a Hawaiian BBQ pizza and side salads.  I haven't had pizza in quite some time and it definitely hit the spot.  My pizza fix is fixed for a while!

It was hot here today, around 90 degrees.  I applied sunscreen, read my book and ended up taking a little cat nap.  Then it was on to some more work, some more cleaning, making dinner, getting a run in and then finally eating dinner.

For my workout I got in 4 miles of sprint intervals.  I didn't have time to do more, but I was proud of myself because I really pushed myself in my sprints and I felt like I could run for while longer.  That is always a great feeling!  I chose to do intervals knowing that I didn't have time for a long run.

I am looking forward to making many new memories this summer with John and all the new neighbors we met since moving into our neighborhood in January.  John and I traveled a lot last year and this year should be very similar.  Soon, we are headed to Chicago, NY and Atlanta all in one week for two weddings and knocking out some wedding planning while in NY.   We had an amazing summer last year and were constantly on the go.  We went to Wilmington, NC, Buffalo, NY, The Outer Banks, NC, Michigan, Las Vegas, and Washington DC.   I can only imagine what this summer has in store for us!

One of my favorite pictures of us from last year. 

Overdressed and overeducated.

One of my all time favorite sayings is...

I feel as though you should always go out in public looking presentable.  This doesn't mean you have to wear 6 inch stilettos, instead, it could be a pair of khaki shorts, simple white tee and flat sandals.  When I was in college, I totally was that girl that rolled into class with my baggiest sweatpants, sweatshirt, hair up, no makeup on.  It wasn't until I moved down south after college that I started caring about how I dressed when I left the house.  Don't get me wrong, when I would go out in college I would put on my heels, skinny jeans, nice shirt, or dress, but I didn't care to put myself together for class or meeting my friends for lunch.  As soon as I moved down to North Carolina, I met a family who looks like they could go up to the country club at any time of the day...even their PJ's consisted of khaki pants sometimes!  They taught me that you never know who you are going to meet,  who you will make an impression on and what connections can do for you in your life.  When you think about the big picture of life, it really is all about the connections you make and people you know.  My thought process changed on how I decide to dress.  I love the feeling of getting my morning started after I put on my nice clothes for the day.  I feel ready to take on the day and ready to meet whomever may cross my path.  I do not dress to impress because I care so much about how I look, I do it more for the feeling I get when I look presentable and for the fact that you never know who you may meet and where that could take you!

I can honestly say that since living in the south, my style has changed!  Most people down here in North Carolina look very nice when headed out.  Most girls wear dresses when going out for a night out on the town, to work, or running errands.  These dresses usually consist of sundresses, dresses with prints (Lilly Pulitzer), or very simple and casual dresses that you can dress up or down.  The men typically wear more khakis than they do back in Michigan, where I'm originally from.  My fiance was born and raised in New York, but I swear he must have been born down south!  He always wears bright colored shorts and a bright shirt.  He loves the store Vineyard Vines, as do I!  It wasn't until I met him that I really started embracing the southern boy style;  It definitely took me some time getting use to.  Now I find myself going towards the colored clothes, collared shirts, and simple jewelry.  I am embracing becoming a "southerner!"

If I could sum up my style in 3 words they would be...

SIMPLE!- I love simplicity.  I usually wear one ring (my engagement ring) and a skinny watch, khaki shorts, shirt, and simple "T" sandals, with little makeup and my hair is usually straight down or in a low pony (this is because I cannot do hair!!)

VERSATILE-  I love wearing sundresses, mostly because they are so comfortable, but also because you can wear a sundress to work, meet friends for happy hour, and then keep it on for date night.

SOUTHERN-  I really have been into the bright colors, cardigans, and anything that looks preppy. Think of Vineyard Vines, Lilly Pulitzer, LL Bean type of look.  If only dressing preppy didn't cost so much!

Here are some looks that I love <3

I would wear this outfit everyday if I knew I wouldn't see the same people!  This outfit is adorable because it is simple, cute and you can dress it up with a nice purse, or grab your clutch and meet your girlfriends for dinner.  LOVE IT.  

Love how this dress is asymmetrical and love the print.  Great for a night out on the town.  

LOVE ME SOME SEERSUCKER!  This is a typically southern dress and I love the belt and ruffles.  Such a cute date night dress. 

Amen!