Day 9

Okay so a few things. I will now refer to the stairmill as "the torture machine" which I guess makes me a masochist (someone who derives pleasure from pain). If you are unfamilair with "the torture machine" it is definitely NOT your average stair master. No siree, picture in your mind walking up a flight of stairs. Now picture that flight of stairs being 80 stories high, or bett yet, neverending. That my friends is the stairmill. Yep a never ending flight of stairs. Woowee does it work your booty though! :) I work in 4 sets of 5 minutes during my cardio routine. I love it I love it I love it. lol
Second thing, have you ever seen the music video "Buttons" from the Pussycat Dolls? If you haven't it's actually quite inappropriate, very riskay. Well it came on at the gym yesterday and although it is riskay and definitely NOT appropriate for children (or any guy for that matter), those girls ARE IN AMAAAAAZING SHAPE!! And I will strive to be in that good of shape! :) I guess if you danced like that (or wore what they were wearing--or weren't wearing really) you'd have to be in good shape! Regardless, that is my ultimate goal. (probably after I'm done breastfeeding though cause I can't be too lean right yet)
Okay moving on. Last night Boyd's mom took us all out to dinner for Cameron's (Boyd's brother) birthday. Boyd and I suggested our favorite "eat out good" place, Cafe Rio where we can get a yummy salad, omit the rice, tortilla, and salad dressing. But since it was Cameron's birthday, it was his choice. He and Alicia suggested California Pizza Kitchen. Let me tell you a little something about myself if you aren't aware of this already. If you truly are what you eat, then I am one GIANT piece of pizza. Yep I LOVE pizza. I ate it almost every day throughout my pregnancy. Not only do I love pizza, but I ESPECIALLY love California Pizza Kitchen. So... I know what you're thinking... I totally caved and ate a 1,500 calorie pizza last night for dinner... WRONGO!!! Nope, I, for the first time in my life, ordered a salad at California Pizza Kitchen!! And guess what?! It was SUPER YUMMY! lol! Suprise suprise. Not only did I order a salad, but I ordered a HALF salad with dressing on the side--and water mind you--another hard thing for me.
Now I know what you're thinking "she's insane! she tortures herself on the stairmill, wakes up early to work out when she's been up with the baby in the night, AND now she's resisting pizza?! That's gotta take willpower!" No my friends, not willpower, MOTIVATION. My house is a motivation gala. I have phrases, pictures (skinny skinny jeans) and other motivators around. My family, friends, and all of you are motivating me. At the gym, I just envision myself toned, lean and fit. I LOVE the way I feel. Leaving the gym is the greatest feeling in the world. Every morning, EVERY MORNING I wake up soooooooo tired and think "ugh I am NOT going to the gym this morning." But then I hear my sweet little boy making noises in his crib, and I'm up. Then I think "okay I'll just feed him in my bed and go back to sleep." But I conquer my deamons every morning and get my workout clothes on, drink my pre-workout drink (yerba matte, its FAB), get in my car, turn on some pumpin' tunes and drive to the gym. Then I gotta stick it out cause the hard part still isn't over. I just keep telling myself at the gym, "just keep going, just keep going, you're already here, make it count."
The other thing that works really well for me is not thinking about the 30 pounds I have to loose, but rather, the 2.5lbs each week. That is all I care about, it's all I focus on. Just get to my goal each week, and week by week I'll make it to 30 pounds lost!
I cooked dinner 6 times this week!!!! For most people this would be nothing to brag about, but for me, it's huge. My hubby and I are compulisve "out-to-eaters" and we have been since we got married. This is probably why we both have weight to lose. So we are really trying hard to eat at home and you know what, it's working! He actually said to me the other night "It's great that we can eat good food and still be losing weight!" We have some great recipes, but I would love more! Email me if you have any low calorie, yummy recipes to pass along my way. Here is our current favorite:
Chicken Marsala

• Pound out 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts to about 1/2" thick. Dust lightly with flour and marjorum (about 2tbs flour, 1 tsp marjorum).
• In a large skillet, sautee sliced green onions and mushrooms in 1 tbs butter (use I can't Believe It's Not Butter for lower fat and cals) (I don't use mushrooms tho b/c Boyd doesn't like them)
• Remove onions and mushroms from skillet, and brown chicken in 2tbs butter (or fake butter)
• Add 1/2 cup chicken broth and 1/2 cup marsala cooking wine (or Dry Sherry, but marsala is better)
• Add in onions and mushrooms
• let simmer until chicken is cooked and sauce is somewhat thick

This is soooooo yum and about 300cals per chicken breast. We love it. We usually eat it over 1/2 cup of rice with some steamed broccoli.

Well I'd better go get some things done...like a shower! I did double duty today again--BodyCombat and BodyPump back to back. I think I will refer to BodyCombat as "BodyInsanity." For those of you wondering what those are, they are aerobics classes from Les Mills, which is an AWESOME aerobics class program, taught at gyms around the country. Click here to see classes available in your area. Anyway, Pump is a weightlifting class and Combat is like kickboxing but WAY intense. You feel so empowered during it!

Thanks to all of you who are checking my blog and keeping me on track!!