loooooooooooooooong time no blog

Hello to everyone I hope all is well with you. I know it's been a long time that I blogged, and although I wanted to I just didnt make the time for it...  you know how the saying goes..." you make time for what you want to make time for" and also like one of my professors always said when I was in undergrad  we all have the same 24 hours in a day what you choose to do with it is your decision"

Well here are some updates....
 I was sick at the end of January going into Feb with a fever and a bad cough lost my voice  but i have it back now and I am in good health now. My illness came at a bad time because Feb 6 was the day for the Ploar bear challenge and I thought i wouldnt be able to do it, partially because I didnt want get any sicker (if that's a word) from Jumping in the ocean...

But I perservered and overcame my illness and I am happy to say that I am officially a Polar bear
 here's a picture :



Yeah I did it in a choir robe to have fun. The experience was awesome and I can't wait to do it next year "Go Team Numb Nutz " which is made up of myself, Bailey Boy, Paddy Girl and The NY Girl lol. Hopefully next year we can have a bigger team with Matching customes.

The water was freeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing hence the name Polar Bear Plung I couldnt feel part of my legs and my feet for like 45 min




                                                               

Going on to another high point of my life in February. I was challenged to living on the vegan diet by Ms, the other girl and paddy girl aka Mrs.. Some doubted that I can go throught the whole month doing it however as of Feb 27th 2011 I only have one more day to I win. It wasnt a challenge for tangible gain but more so for a lack of better word "i told you so..." attitude.
  Some might ask how do we know that you stuck with it.... if you have co workers like mine they'll know... We tell each other everything I really like them and look forward to go to work not because of the rug rats but them lol
                                             
                                                               
Since eating the vegan diet i loss about 15 lbs and think I might stay on it for a lil bit longer or go vegeterian. I think the only time I will eat meat again is if its a food i never tried or its the only option I have to eat cause I am not starving myself for nothing..... and I didnt start this diet for animal cruelty cause really i could care less(not talking about the animal treatment, I'm just talking about the animals dying) cause for real if an old cow was on the verge of death and died of natural causes would that be a cow that a vegan that wants to protect and care about its cruelty can eat and wear... think about it you know some people only eating certified kosher food and some only eat things that never  had a hear beat, so people that cared about animals being totured for meat, clothes etc....and had a certified natual death cow or whatever can use the meat #imjustsaying ..... we might have a new section in the grocery store now lol

About the Vegan journey

Well I will admit the 1st week was hard.... because if you dont know the vegan diet you cant eat any animal or its by products like no cow no milk no chicken no eggs... and 

                         
espcially with cheese.... I also love milk

So i sub cow's milk for soy milk,almond milk and coconut milk

and also had soy cheese instead of regular cheese.

I also cooked a lot of food with beans and rice and eating a lot of veggies and really I enjoy it and find no real reason to rush back to meat (no homo LOL )

so that's a lot of stuff that went on in the last month

Even though we are at the end of Black History month I think I will dedicate this blog to Carl Lewis who is black an athlete and a Vegan

Until next time be good and if you cant be good dont get caught

My weekend a day late

My weekend went well it started off with me and the rugrats and the other girl doing Insanity. I figured I would do it at work so in I can get it knocked out and give the rugrats something to do.. plus who wouldn't get paid to work out lol... We also did Insanity today, it was hard like hell man but the rug rats loved it and cant wait to do it again. Me neither 58 more days to a six pack lol. Since I did the best workout ever at work I figured I treat myself to a good snack. This snack was the best pizza i ever had, I had a chicken Alfredo pizza to die for...... it was from the Pizza shop around the corner from my job. I order a medium thinking that it would have been more of a large size something similar to Hardee's small which is like a reg size but the pie was so small but I guess it was good that I gotten that size so i wouldn't have been back at square 1 (fat) lol
                                              

Well Saturday I did Yoga and it really worked at 1st I was like why the hell I have to do all of this damn breathing before  moving smh but it really makes you focus and disciplined it gives you a an awareness about yourself. After doing my yoga I had to sing and it was soooo.. much easier I guess all the of inhaling and exhaling (plus soft music and burning scented oil)  really makes you exhale negativity and inhale positivity and allows you to relax to the fullest.

Now its Sunday and I did the usual go to church... but this Sunday was different the choir sang a song that i want to call "It's my fault" the 1st line had me think why in the hell would they sing this song during service... I know bad thought in church but that was the best way to describe it.. the 1st line said "if I don't make it in, its no one's fault but mine"  like pardon me but isn't church supposed to be a place where you go to "make it in" (not saying that Church alone will get you into heaven..for all you deep people) but the song seemed so depressing and who wants to be depressed in church. like you can be depressed at work, or for some at home but church is supposed to be like a spiritual safe haven no a place to get you down but who am I to judge.

                                          

Fast forward to after church well I had the best sub ever in Dover from  

it was the pastrami sandwich it brought me mentally to a time when I was young and no worries it was just that good, yeah I know it might seem anti-getting fit but I put a lot of veggies on it to make it a lil bit more healthy lol

And what else goes with a good hot pastrami sandwich better than a beer.

So here's the 2nd weird event that happened on Sunday: I went inside for general purpose's lets call it the "Water Store" to get my "Adult water" and they had the audacity to play gospel music... like hell do they want me to feel guilty for going to the water store after church  smh

Whelp that was my weekend so.... until next time

My quote of the day comes from an artist Lyfe Jennings he said "dont be a nickle looking for a dime"

which in these days seems to happen more often than not and I find it horrible that low life's, and people that dont have anything going on for themselves and no aspirations live off of people( in a parasitic type of way)that are doing well for themselves and on the same token "dont be a dime playing around with nickels "at least find another dime, think about you really cant buy anything for 15cents but you can get a breath mint for 20 cents idk I'm just saying

Blog to you later

P.S. This blog is in dedication to the man that created the Jumping Jack and who wanted the world to be in shape Jack La Lane. He died today at the age of 96 here's 2 pictures of him.

This one is when he was in his younger days and if all it takes is juice to look like this than I am saying good bye and farewell to juice lol

And here's one of him when he was older

RIP Jack La Lane and may your work that you did on earth continue in your absence.



7 Questions

1.What inspires you?
Failure it sounds weird but I like proving people wrong espically when they tell me that I cant do something. I take the negative remarks and use it as a catylst to achieve what I set my mind to do .
2. What is your favorite season and why?
The end of spring because its not to hot and not to cold. Allergy season is over  yadda yadda yadda

 

3. What are you most looking forward to this year?
To get in shape, To start my new grad program and to work as paddy girl says a real job lol
4. If you could write a book about anything, what would you write about?
How to love yourself thru when you think no one cares and you dont care either. Because i believe in self motivation and self adoration you should be happy with the you that you are and even if you want to change something you should because you want to and not because you are giving in to what society says you should do or be .

5. What is your greatest passion?
Life is my passion I try to live each day to the fullest because like the a rapper said "everybody dies but not everybody lives " think about it .......

6. If you could change one thing about your life or yourself what would it be and why?
I would take school more seriuosly when I was a child because school was  a joke to me I learned fast and always played catch up vs staying ahead.

7.  Lastly, what is your favorite novel?
I dont have 1 favorite but i like vampire stuff and drama's lol

Happ Belated Birthday Mrs

Yesterday was Mrs Birthday and she enjoyed it for the most part..... Even though we didnt do our Wed night ritual which is Trivia which we do well in...our Trivia team is comprised of many intellectual people... You have Baileboy who is a subject matter expert in  history and Paddygirl who does well in movies and some history, Some other professors who know geography and Myself who is the true definition of a renissance man who knows useless fact that you really dont need in everyday life. Sometimes I think i should go on jepoardy or some game show like who wants to be a millionaire because 9 times out of 10 I know the answer and if i dont get to be a millionaire at the least i can be a good Thousandaire lol any way we didnt go yesterday because the Professor and Mary Ann couldnt go and Baileyboy had a headache thus making Paddy Girls statement and blog about her birthday how should i say Murphy's law it true.



so back to working out which is the theme of this blog....
At my Job with Mrs Ms and the other girl we decided that we are going to start making the rug rats do insanity with us.... because 1 we are supposed to have the children some form of physical activity daily 2 we would all get in shape and 3 who wouldn't want to get paid to work out.... so its the best of both worlds
But until i get the rest of my dvd's from a former co worker we do some form of cardio at work granted the other girl only did 5 mins of jumping rope (mind you that she did it in 1 min intervals with like a 15 min rest cycle.....she did something)

Ms is sometimes scared to workout and gets anxious... I guess she gets anxious because 1 shes rail thin 2 she burning calories that she might need in the next 5 min to do something like go to the bathroom or have snack LOL (inside joke)

well i am about to hop in the shower cause i have to be at work in like 45 min..

Until next time...

I will leave you with this quote that I heard years ago.

It is better to be pissed off ..

than to be pissed on  lol

So the meeting didn't happen

So like I stated in my previous posting, I was scheduled  to meet with a personal trainer today to talk about somethings that I can do to Get back in good looking shape.  The reason why I said good looking shape because I believe when people say that they are going to get in shape it seems wierd to me because we are all in shape one way or another some people are thin which their shape would look more like a rectangle, some are built up top and have scrony legs and their shape would be a triangle while others have a fat stomach and big butt which would make them pear shape, and others are just big which would make them round. so in my opinion THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN SHAPE..... yes even the fat people on the television show horders are in shape( round) 
<-----Which shape are you

Well back to the reguarly schedule program .....
My PT(personal trainer) took a sick day on the 1st day we were supposed to meet smh IDK how this is going to go.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get my  missing Insainity DVD's so I can at least do something to get back in good health.
 


PSA....  In the year of our Lord 2011 Feb 6 at 1 o clock or 1300Hours for you military people I will officially become part of a long standing tradition in support of Menatlly Challenge People

Which tradition you ask?

I will join the Polar Bear club


For those that dont know what the Polar Bear Club is , its a club that goes into the ocean in the middle of winter you dont have to go deep in it (PAUSE) the water to become a member but you just have to get If I am not mistaken your mid thigh high in the water.
.....Y? because it something I always wanted to do and never commited the time to do it. so which me luck

Day 1

So I decided to st start blogging my journey to fitness and everything else in my life thanks to PaddyGirl aka Mrs and Ms idea. They said my life should be taped because of all the funny stories I have so this Blog is in dedication to them.
So Cuando soy joven....wait up this is supposed to be in English lol when i was younger i was the epitome of health I was a lean mean fighting machine way before I joined the Army. When I joined I gotten in even better shape. Due to being in formation at 5:30 in the morning working out until 7:30. Since getting off active duty and bot being required to get up at so early to workout some would say that I just let myself GO!!1(deep voice) I went from a 32 waist to a 38 waist. 6 pack to a FULL BLOWN KEG. smh but i figure that this year I am going to make changes and get back on the thin side of the house. One of my favorite sayings is "its not fun being fat no more" some would ask when was it fun. hell it was fun getting fat lol eating and not working out the best and even better is eating and going to bed..... I did that so when  I woke up I wouldn't be hungry in the morning.

So from time to time I am going to give you an update of my status and don't worry pictures are to come soon.


From DONIO

P.S. I have an appt with a personal trainer monday morning and i am going to start insanity from beach body on Tuesday wish me luck later