First Week Done!

My first week of Insanity is done!  I survived with a few extra breaks and a couple early stops but I did make it.  I am so proud of me! I’ve not done a full week of a workout dvd before. I think having others to be accountable to is helping. I am sorta bummed that today (Monday is my off day).  I had to switch things around last week due to my schedule and it’s actually working out because I’m working another 12 today and need sleep instead of a workout.

I can already tell a bit of a difference in my midsection.  I’ve changed my eating so much that I don’t eat as much. I notice when I’m full. Finally! I’ve gotten to this point, I hope I don’t go back to the horrible eating habits I had before.  Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t eat a ton of junk, I just ate a lot. I would snack too.

I purchased some protein this weekend and have had a shake after my workouts on Friday and Saturday.  They are so good!!  I have it mixed in with my overnight oats and my vanilla almond milk.  I haven’t been eating a lot of dairy lately either.  I’ll put some cheese in my egg scrambles  (not quite an omelet and not just scrambled eggs due to the veggies that are mixed in).  but I haven’t been drinking regular milk in about 3 weeks. I also haven’t been eating yogurt, even Greek yogurt which is my favorite. I do miss it.  I think I may have to add a Calcium supplement to my vitamins that I take. Hhhmmm

Anyways – I still haven’t taken my measurements – but I will do that tomorrow on my off day. I think this week when there is a weigh in on Tuesday morning at work, I may be down a pound or so.  since I’m not working out tomorrow, that makes me nervous. 

I’m hoping I do well.  I’m determined to get in shape. I would really like to start running again after I’ve completed my insanity work out.  Maybe do an every other day thing – a dvd one day and a short run the next so I can slowly work up to at least 3 miles comfortably. That will take time and I am in no hurry. 

 

Biggest Loser

We are having a Biggest Loser competition at work.

I don’t have a large amount of weight to lose.  In the 8 weeks that this is running, I would like to lose 15-20 pounds.  Now I’m sure I’ll be able lose that much.  I just want to be way more fit and healthy than what I am now.  I want to have confidence when I am naked and not naked.  I become very self-conscious when my boyfriend is around.  So I figured that I could try to do this and see how it goes.

We are on teams, but doing everything on our own.  So it’s quite the individual effort.  Although some of the guys on my team (I’m the only female) are dropping weight fast – as what most guys do when starting to workout/lose weight. 

I am going to be doing the Insanity workout.  My friend Tree that is currently living in TN will be doing them with me as is her sister that lives in FL.  She has always been nervous about doing it. Not sure when she has done P90X, Capoiera, and other random workouts.  We will be able to keep one another accountable.  I know that if I don’t do this, I will get no results. 

I want to be a hot girlfriend for my guy. I want to be extremely confident in anything I wear.  I want my son to see what I’m doing too. Although he will just see me workout on the weekends.  I am aiming to get rid of my tummy pooch that makes me cringe whenever the boyfriend touches my tummy.  I hold my breath until his hand moves elsewhere. Silly of me I know. 

He’s told me many times, that he loves me – just how I am.  But it is still difficult to get past, ya know?

He did ask that I don’t lose my bum.  I said, I’ll try not to. LOL.

Before pics will be taken as well as after. My friend and I want the T-shirts we can get for completing the whole workout.

If I’m brave enough I will post them here too.

 

 

Blah

Today is a horrible day. Period. Too much in my head going on and I'm stressed out. If I wasn't at work I'd have a good cry.

it's happening

I cannot figure out for the life of me how this always happens. I am so ready to blog and about whatever it may be. I am such a random person that you never know what will be written.  I guess my life is happening. I need to try to make more time for this. It doesn’t take long to write a blog post. Heck, I’m even writing this quick one at work-thanks to being able to “email it in”. 

I do have quite a few things I want to write about. I am off work Thursday night so maybe during the day as well as during the day on Friday (after my hair appt) I’ll write a few and have them set up to post at a later date. At least they could be written and be done. Ya know?

 

Alright then – back to work I go and expect these at least on a regular basis.

Hair appt

I am most definitely counting down to when my next hair appointment is. It is February 1.
I cannot wait. It's been since the end of October since it was trimmed last. It was also the last time I will go to that stylist. I had never gotten my hair professionally colored. I've just done it at home with a box color. No biggie. Well now that my hair is at the longest it has ever been I wanted to do something fun. So insert the ombré idea. I love this look. But she hasn't a clue on what to do. My ends were orange. Yuck!! (As you can see in the pictures) Thankfully she did just color it back to its natural color and give me a slight trim. The regular, every 6-8 weeks, trims are helping my hair grow. Well it has been almost 3 months and then some since I've gone to a salon. I finally made an appointment and am also going to get a scalp/hair treatment. Since after she ruined my hair, my scalp hasn't been the same. Is dry and very flaky. Since my hair is so dark they really show up. Not cool in my book. Hopefully she will be able to give me guidance on products and whatnot. It's an Aveda salon and the products have always done well on my hair.
So 15 more days. Yippie.

The first pic is my hair orange and the horrid ombré job. The 2nd is one from google that I'd love my hair to be. And the last one is the most recent of how my hair is.
If I just keep my super dark brown hair I'm fine with too. Maybe just stick to getting roots done when needed.

Thoughts

sleep or lack thereof and some rambling

I haven’t gotten much lately and it’s horrid.

This will be a topic that I complain about often. So I apologize ahead of time.  I average about 5 hours of sleep during the day and then if I’m super lucky an hour nap before I go into work. I will lay down with Colson and hopefully my brain will turn off.  Then come the weekend, I try to catch up.

I’m always tired and drained. I have been drinking about 60oz of water a day (if not close to 80oz) and then any coffee or hot tea added in and I’m hoping that will start to help my system.

I’ve also started taking a multi-vitamin as well and trying to eat more healthy. 

I had used the app myfitnesspal.com on and off before, but I’ve never stuck with it. Well, after it was mentioned on Instagram – you can follow me at deanna1079 – I decided to give it a go yesterday.

I am so hoping that I can stick with it for long term. In trying to keep within the daily calories allowed, I should be making smarter food decisions. I think little by little I will get there. I need to add some regular physical activity in too. I have this Ballet Beautiful dvd that I have yet to do as well as some Yoga ones that I want to make a habit in the morning after work and Colson gets on the bus.

Maybe this will help me sleep too?

 

I hope this doesn’t get boring. This will be mostly writing and not loads of pics of such.  I’m sure I’ll post some from time to time or just a quickie post sometimes. But I have so much in my head that I want to get out and I’ve had this blog for years and it’s just been blah – so I’m doing it and staying with it. Whether it’s one reader or hundreds. This should be therapeutic for me as well. Lots of personal stuff that I will probably write about in hopes to help me deal with things and to sort them out as well.

 

Tootles for now

It's the weekend

I absolutely love my Thursday nights at work.
I work midnights. Which is 11pm to 7am. Some people may think this is a crazy schedule. My week starts on Sunday night an ends Friday at 7am. I love having almost 3 days off. I always, no not always, try to take a nap on Fridays. If I don't nap then come time when Colson gets home from school I am a zombie.
So now it is almost 10am and I am sitting at the Drs. office. I have had a cold/cough for too many weeks. It went away briefly but came back again. Ugh!!!
So Fridays I will run errands, maybe get some groceries. I love this time. It is absolute me time. Like moms we all love our children but we love that time just for us to get us back. Ya know?
Saturday has been a pretty productive day. Colson had a soccer game. He is playing indoor soccer now. He just started in October and he loves it and is doing so well. I am so proud of him! I really hope he will continue this sport. So fun to watch; especially the kids at this age. So cute. Then afterwards we ran a couple errands then came home. We relaxed a bit then he went to church with my sister and I went to the little market down the road to get some fruits/veg. Now my guy is here and we are watching football. Colson is sound asleep.
Sundays are super lazy for me since i go out to work. Tonight I have to go in an hour early. Yuck. But it's overtime so I won't complain.
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I will be trying to write every few days and to give a back story on who I am and what's going on.

Starting Over

Do most bloggers have this title at the beginning of the year?

I won't call myself a "blogger" quite yet - as I've had a poo of a blog for ages. But I am going to see if I can do this thing. AGAIN.

It's a new year.  There are going to be lots of things happening in 2013 - good and not so good.  I would like to write about them. I want to be able to get them off my chest. I want to keep track of things as well.

So this will not be all fashion, beauty, health, fitness, etc. It will be my life. Just as the name of the blog states - VIVA VITA - or in English, live life. I am going to try to embrace these 2 words and apply them to my life. I want to not worry about the little things, there will be large life situations to worry about this year.  I will write about them in later posts.

So I hope you enjoy the ride I am about to encounter called my life in 2013 and beyond!