Here, We Go.

So far you have probably realized a few things- I like alliterations, I am slightly random and sporadic and sweets are my weakness (darn you Valentine's candy and my birthday the following weekend!). These assessments would be quite correct. As for alliterations- love 'em or hate 'em... I'm a fan.  The randomness will also continue as will my battle with anything containing copious amounts of sugar. But as promised- I will be bringing you updates of my new and improved on track life. It should be exciting for both of us (hoping maybe my viewer numbers will grow, but assuming at least one person might follow this).
The chest pain from my collision continues.. but I'm feeling optimistic. Starting my day off right with 5 egg whites and one whole egg on top of a piece of 4:9 Ezekiel toast with 1/3 of a banana... and coffee of course. Not to mention my army of vitamins - a multi, vit C, fish oil and gingko biloba. I try to wait about 2 1/2 hours before my next small meal, which consists of 6 strawberries cut up on 1/2 cup of fat free Greek Yogurt with a little over a table spoon of Naturally More (it has flax and more protein- SO good) peanut butter. Then onto "meal" numero tres: 5 oz protein- tuna today- with a cup of green veggies - I did spring lettuce with spicy salsa, and a side of half a sweet potato- my healthy Carb. And There you have a complete nutritious meal:)
About mid afternoon... around 3:30 I had prepared a baggy of about 22 almonds. Soon to head off to the gym after work for a much needed sweat- inducing, stress- relieving workout. Annnd VOILA! It worked. I think I somehow ran my chest pain away?  We shall see. After my healing cardio session and a fantastic back and shoulder focused weight training, I truly feel brand new. Homeward for my protein shake (1/3 cup mik, 1 hefty scoop of whey protein, 1 tbl spoon N M peanut butter, a dash of banana cream jello pudding- blend, then add ice and PRESTO...better than dessert ) and some r&r with Spielberg's SMASH. Which did not disappoint. We survived Monday. Happy day.

Dedicated. Determined. Driven.

Okay, the Superbowl is over (Go Giants!) And it's time to get serious. Sure, I'm a health nut, but my personal health nut has been on vacation and off routine 3 days too many. That's okay:) just picking up my dedication from her vacation and putting her back to work, thank youu. Though recovering from a blow to the chest from my airbag last weekend... hopefully normalcy and hardcore workouts will pick back up soon. And I mean soon.  Before my SANITY goes on permanent vacation. So, first I will straighten out my diet. Which I will be updating to this post. I already have my 5-6 small meal plan figured up. Just must deny myself!  - oh.. and those peanut butter cookies left over from the Superbowl -_+ . No mas. Clean eating time. My body will be thankful. But for those of you who do not know this- DIET makes all the difference in results. If you're not fueling right - you will most likely not get the definition and/or weight loss you want. Plus: YOU JUST FEEL BETTER!! So, back to happy eating.

Chains Chosen

Do you ever find yourself in a situation and- while almost experiencing an outer body moment- think, "Never in a million"? Whether it be a reoccurring habit you never thought you would deal with or that one mistake that led to disaster... Sometimes life throws major curve balls. Nonetheless, leaving you with a gut wrenching feeling that is foreign and haunting.  I, for one, am a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason." Basically, when things happen out of our control, we need a comfort saying to lean on. Not that there is anything wrong with that at all. Like I said... firm believer.  But just because a curve ball comes your way does not mean you have to let it hit you in the face, knock you down and let you feel defeated.  No. So, if everything happens for a reason, I believe it would be each of our individual duties to find the "why." We can ask ourselves questions, such as: Why me? Why now? Why not someone else? - Until we are wallowing in self pity with zero direction. Instead of choosing that route, what about the possibilities? What can come of a whirlwind situation? That's where our passions and our dreams become alive- if we let them. It's times like these that you have to search deep within your being to determine who you want to be once the shock has settled and the "Never in a million" has been looked dead in the eye.  And that is where I am today. My dreams and passions are begging to be let loose, but my battles are trying to snuff them out.  I hope that you will join me on this journey- fighting the battles that come my way. Maybe you will learn something. I definitely am planning to live and learn.