Me + Bok Choy = LoVe

ok so I have to admit, up until yesterday I had no idea what this even was.

Passed this by soooooooooooooo many times at the supermarket, not even giving it a second glance.
Well, low and behold I had a recipe that called for it. I was like.. OMG what can I put in its place, I dont wanna eat that.. GROSS!!

With great hesitation and serious doubts I bought some....I mean GREAT hesitation!! lol

So the stare down began...

ok so I had to start cooking, the tummy was speaking to me.... :)

So I had to go on the internet to see how cut this green monster up....

Well, basically I chopped it like a head cabbage, taking off the bottom.

I dived into the recipe and got to cookin... ok so... everything is smellin mmm mmmm good!!

I added the red wine vinegar and the oyster sauce mixture and poof it was pretty much done.

ok people... let me just say...never judge a book by its cover, never judge a vege by its name etc etc etc blah blah blah... This was one of the most amazing meals I have had in a long time!!! So much flavor and a bit of spice from the red pepper flakes.. oh yeah baby!!

and guess what .. this is from the Eat Clean Recipes.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Having leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

I will posting the recipe under the tab up top that says.. On My Plate!! Enjoy!

Vintage Giveaway~ From My Mothers Pearls

Hey everyone.. a good friend of mine is having a super fantastic giveaway over on her blog!!

Heres her giveaway... A Vintage Yellow Crinoline!

How awesome is that! I soooooooooooooooo wanna win! :)

http://www.mymotherspearls.me/

Please visit Sue for your chance to win!!

Stat Saturday

Stat Saturday #2

Weight : 234

Waist :41

Thighs : 45

Chest : 43

Calves : 18

Arms : 15

Month of January Workout Minutes - 1920

Stanky Bras

yes, lol you read that right!!

ok now i know we all sweat when we work out, but cmon!!

What is wrong with my bras?

Do you ever have that problem, where you wear your new bra or even a sports bra a few times when working out and then all of the sudden it reeks!

These stanky ass bras smell like they have drug across a mens locker room floor.

GAG!!

I wash it .... I wear it .... I gag!

soooo... I wash it... I bleach it... I wear it... I gag!!!

I seriously think the sweat is somehow embedded into the mere fibers of this

over the shoulder booby holder.

The minute I start to even faintly perspire.. BAM smells once again like I have

been laying in a pool of nasty sweat.

So then... dancing my ass off there in Zumba.. makes me wonder.. god if i can smell it, who else can..lol

Soooooooooooooo Miss Stanky Bra.. if you cant just hang out and smell decent... YOU MUST GO!

FORGET BRAS>> I AM USING DUCT TAPE FROM NOW ON!! HA!!

Who else has this problem... I know I am not alone..

you know who you are... lol

Do you too have stanky gym clothes...

I have a DREAM...From Couch To 5k!!

ohhhh those fabulously wonderful words.

I actually have a gream though!! :)

I want to run a 5k!! Its been a DREAM/GOAL for some time now.

Who woulda thought.. ME RUNNING!!

Well, its time for me to stop doubting myself and GO FOR IT!!

I think its time to start getting ready. I would love to be able to run a 5k by end of summer.

I am beyond excited ...

even more excited that a friend/Rythmix Instructor, Julie has decided to do it with me.

She might be dragging me across the finish line, but Whatever it takes.. I will FINISH!!

Gonna buy me a cool outfit and some new tennies and get busy with this.

Heres where I am getting my help...

http://www.fromcouchto5k.com/

WINNER WINNER WINNER!!!

hey everyone.. so I have a winner for my handmade food journal..

and the winner is..............................

Shabby Chic Mom-Susie

congrats Susie!!

~~ENJOY~~

Thanks to everyone for your comments and becoming followers!!

Food Journal Giveaway...

Dont forget.. My food Journal Giveaway will be soon..

Tell your friends!
Journal will be given away on Friday!

Greek Chicken Salad Slaw

Greek Chicken Salad Slaw

1 bag broccoli slaw mix

2 grilled chicken breasts (cubed up)

10-12 cherry tomatos

3 tbls. Light raspberry vinagerette

Toss It All Together

Easy Peasy Recipe and so delish!!

86 Days To Go!!

Well, I have the flu right now so this is about all I can muster.

Laying on the couch, playing on the computer!!

25 days down and just about 7lbs gone.

Gonna have to up my game if I am going to meet this goal.

Heavy--------->

http://www.aetv.com/heavy/index.jsp

M y Workout Week

Monday:: Power - 30 minutes.....Kickboxing- 30 minutes....30 minutes Zumba Wii

Tuesday: Free Day

Wednesday: Zumba-1 hour....Quick Fit-3o minutes....Rythmix-1 hour

Thursday: Power-1 hour

Friday: Trainer- 1 hour....Hip Hop- 1 hour

7 hrs in a whole week does not seem near enough. Might have to step up my game next week.

Weight Lost was 2.2 lbs

How did you all do with your working out???

Time For A Little Giveaway!!!

OK friends.. we all know the importance of tracking our food.

Wether it be for the calories or just logging what we put in our mouths everyday.

I thought it would be fun to make one to give to one of my awesome followers.

I made this myself, you can definately add to it.

Lots of space to track food, water even start some pages for your workouts!!

Rules :)

1. Be or Become a Follower (1 entry)

2. Post about this giveaway on your blog or your FBook (2 entries)

3. Leave a comment (3 entries)

Do all 3 for a chance to have 3 entries to win!!

Here is what I made for one of you.... xox

Oy!!!!

Well, I must say I kicked butt today.... or did my workouts kick my butt!!??
Either way it was a fantastic day!!

Started with ZUMBA at 4.... 1 hour

then Quick Fit and 5.... 30 minutes

Followed by Rythmix at 6:30.... 1 hour

It was AMAZING!

I will say Mary still kicks my A** in Quick Fit.. Its a tough class,

but I am determined to keep up and finish hard!

I had a little breather from 5:30 to 6:30 so I ran to McDonalds.. ( i know, I know)

I was going to get a snack wrap.. just something to give me a lil energy for Rythmix class.

Well, I see they had oatmeal with fruit.

So I got it and a small oj!

Well, it gave me tons of energy, but my god!!

290 calories, 32 grams of sugar. YIKES!!

I have to say it was really super good, but dont know if I will have it again.

Needless to say I was high gear for my dance class. Nothing was going to slow me down, I only paused for water twice. I was on fiyah!! lol

Julie(Rythmix Instructor) had me wear her heart rate monitor.

It also measures the calories you burn. Get this people... I burned a wopping 665 calories during my 1 hour class. Thats not even including Zumba and Quick Fit.

I seriously need to get one of these !

They typically cost around 100.00 - Great investment if you ask me!! :)

MORE FAVES! Yumm-o!

Love love love the honey!

I Think I'm In Love

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

These are probably my 2 most fave foods right now.

I bought myself a Panini maker tonight and will now be making all my own yummy sandwiches. Most of which will contain these 2 products!

Thanks to my lil sis Jeanne for introducing me to these!

Yumm-O!!!!

The NEW Sexy Me.....

well, I feel a tad bit sexy anyway!!

amazing what a lil bottle of color can do to ya!!

One more step to becoming ME again!!!

woowooo!!

Yummy Lunch Today!!

Went to visit my lil sister today and she had lunch ready for us.. It was so good!

I ate things I thought I hated...lol

She had turkey paninis with garlic pesto and sun roasted red peppers and provolone cheese, along with some tomato soup.

OMG to die for!! I will be making these ALOT!

Stat Saturday

Sooooo, I thought maybe every Saturday would be a good time to post my stats...

Let the world (or my 50 some followers) know how I am doing.

so here goes stat saturday #1

Weight: 235

Waist: 41

Thighs: 45 (gulp)

Chest: 43

Calves: 18 (huge)

Arms: 15

Lots of work to do .. but I am FULLY aware of how to change these numbers :)

Everyone say ... Woooohoooooo!!!

nuf said!!

ok maybe another woooohoooooooooooooooooooooo!! ;)

I LOVE MY ZUMBA CLASS

I have to say my Zumba class is the BEST

and so is my instructor/FRIEND Devin!!

My motivating Instructors.. Mary and Devin

100 Days To Go!!!

100 Days To go!! Exercise going great! Eating has to get back on track!!

Things can only get better from here on out!! 100 Days To GO!!

Game ON!

Its on!

I have had enough of this ho hum kinda attitude!

This girl needs to pick up the energy a few notches!!

Enough of the.. yeah I will exercise later BS!!!

Enough of the ... well, if I eat this today I will get serious tomorrow!!!!

NO NO NO NO NO MORE!

I am done. I am fed up with myself. Tired of my excuses.

I can certainly talk the talk... now lets see if this girl can move her fat butt and do what she needs to do and walk the walk.

I am going thru my house once again with a garbage bag and throwing out allllllllllllllllllll the bad!

Replacing it with only things I should be putting into this body.

I am dragging out all of my low fat -no fat- I dont wanna be fat cookbooks and I am going to PLAN!!

Thats right Rox, you heard me, PLAN PLAN PLAN.

Your so good at it, that I am going to follow your lead. :)

The whole food thing is holding me back. So I have got to get this under control.

I am sick of looking at back fat, leg fat, butt fat, arm fat, tummy fat.

Time to get rid of it all and what I put in my mouth is the sure fire way. (Along with my workouts ofcourse!!

So wish me luck my lovely followers, I'll post tomorrow on the results of my planning!

Workout Schedule! Do You HaveOne??

This is a copy of what I am doing this month!!

(classes highlighted in pink - I am attending)

Adding a few days each week to the gym for lots of strength training.

I am so excited! Hoping to see some big reults at the end of January!!

Miley Cyrus - When I Look At You

104 Days To Go!!

I have 104 days to reach my goal of losing 40 lbs!!

I feel I have had a great start.

Last week workouts were awesome and I watched what I ate.

At this rate I should definately reach my goal.

How are you doing with your goals??