And the Winner is!......

AUNT LAURIE!!!!  Yeah way to go!  Did you pay my kids to pull your name?? haha!  Congrats you won $58.00

Great job everyone!  We only lost 2 people over these 2 weeks!!  Keep up the great work.

I have not decided weather or not i want to do another session of this.  If I do it will not be until after next week or so.  Its been kind of crazy around here, and poor David has been working so many hours.  i can not remember who told me they did make it and who didnt tell.  If i do it again i need to get more organized.  If anyone else would like to run it, please feel free!

I really would like to do it again, it helped me get back into my mindset i had over the summer when i lost 25 pounds in 12 weeks.  From September to xmas i lost only 7.8 yet in the 8 weeks since xmas i have lost another 7.8!  So i am getting there!  I worked out 7 days this week, but had so food slip ups.  Maybe the next challenge should give bonus points for proper eating!!!! 

We have a busy day ahead, great job everyone

Final week

Okay here we are the final week.  Next weekend I will draw the winners name on Sunday morning so make sure you have your status into me by Saturday night or first thing Sunday!

I hope you all took advantage of last weeks sex bonus!! Now back to reality for the final week.  Stay focused and try to make this week you best yet!!  I have 13 days till I run 3 miles during the heart run and walk.  I have that excited nervousness going on.

I have added to the blog a quick poll for you (top left, above Emma and Tyler’s photo).  You don’t need to have an account with blogger to make your selection.  I just want to know if this helped you stay motivated.

Have a great finale week!

Training underway..

After deciding to run a 5K last week I have been doing research on training.  I have found a lot of great information.  I have tell you the conversation between my trainer and I:

Me:I am going to run a 5K

Him: Awsome!

Me: Am I ready what training tips do you have for me?

Him: RUN!!! ha ha

What a smart ass, and I pay him!!  He did tell me some thing and we are going to talk about it later this week. 

Saturday, hubby and I went to dinner for an early vday celebration.  I had already gone out to lunch with my GF, her daughter and my son (I won tickets to Sesame street live).  At lunch I ordered a turkey burger –plain with a salad.  At dinner I ordered grilled chicken, and steamed veggies.  We did get an appetizer, it was artichokes, spinach and chicken flatbread “pizza” it was on made on a tortilla. it was yummy.  I desperately wanted the cheesecake on the table next to me.  Instead we went for coffee and shared a Hershey bar!

He dropped me off at home and he went to pick up the kids from my mothers.  This gave me time to workout for about 30 minutes..(I was trying to maximize my time, why sit in the passenger seat for 30 minutes when I could be moving?)

All the training guides talk about walking so many minutes then run so many minutes and each training your running time increase.  Got it..but I need to know what I could run a mile in on the Tmill with a small incline.

My 1st Mile was 13 minutes 30 seconds (without stopping) then I walked for 3.5 minutes and ran a 13 min 16 second mile.  Tonight I did the same thing the first mile was 13 min 05 seconds for both miles – I had to stop for a moment but I was running at different speeds.  Both workouts I burned over 400 calories – love it!! 

On New years day I ran a 2.4 miles in 30 minutes – or 12.5 minute mile.  now on the tmill I am running a 13 minute mile. I am hoping the weather gets nice this week and I can find a way to go outside and run.  I really want to get down to a 12 minute mile…I need to run 5 mph tonight I ran between 4.5 and 4.7.  I can do this.

This is the link to my website for the race. it’s a heart run and walk non for profit event for the American heart association.

http://heartwalk.kintera.org/uticany/kszarek?faf=1&e=4257078786

Exercise Tournament–New rule for this week!

 

In honor of Valentines Day for this week, and this week only Sex, Making love, getting busy or whatever you want to call it will count.  There are some highly recommended guidelines!

1) It should really be with your spouse or boyfriend if you are not married.  No boyfriends for the married crew.

2) it should get your heart rate up and make you happy.  In other words ladies, you have to be into it! not just doing it because your hubby wants it and have not told him you purchased that 75.00 pair of shoes (in two colors).

3) Don’t just reenact the scene from When Harry Met Sally…Actually try to experience it!  you know what I am talking about!  A little brown chicken Brown Cow!!!!!

Now like any other week, DO NOT expect me to come police you on this.  It is up to you to be honest with yourself and hubby for that matter!!  try for it to last 30 minutes at a cardio level!!  That will offset the chocolates and really make your hubby happy for a few days!

Now if you need some inspiration!! I have that to offer you!!

HAVE FUN THIS WEEK!! I JUST NEED TO KNOW YOU IN ON SATURDAY NO NEED TO SHARE YOUR MINUTES!! LOL  ENJOY!!

Week 5!!

I can not believe we are already at week 5.  So the two people that were out last week are still in.  I am just a really nice person and they provided the proof they did the time!  Besides I want everyone to make it to the end!  That is the point.

I am going to be challenged this week to be in.  My kids gave me the bug of course it’s the curse of the indoor water park.  Ugh. I feel like ick all day today.  So I have 5 days to get back in gear. 

I am hoping the bug undo’s the crap I ate at the waterpark (pizza and wings).  Last week I gained at my Thursday weigh in, and then I was up a few more by Sunday morning.  But now I have not eat in about 20 hours..

Speaking of eating, look at this:

http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=7EC06D27B1A945BE85E7DA8483025962

I guess you really need to read the labels!

Winter workout!! Week 4

Okay I know I am days late on this entry but I have been so busy! sorry.  Anyhow, we are down 2 more people. boo.  As for the rest of you we are half way!!! go you!  Just think you are now a statistic.  Most have given up their new years resolution to be more active by this point but you are still doing it.  By now it should be a normal thing for you to fit in time for a quick workout!

This past weekend we took the kids sledding.  While David and tyler drove the 4wheeler out to the hill, I snow showed to the hill while pulling Emma in the sled.

I can tell you one thing its no short walk out to the hill:

<-----That is our house

and this is looking down the hill, that is tyler the dot in the middle of the photo

Walking up and down the hill is very much Cardio!  The kids had a blast, here are some photos:

When we got back to the house Tyler was trying to teach Emma how to make snow angels! it was so funny she wanted nothing to do with it.  He told her to lay back in the snow and she looked right at him and said “NO!”

She was more interested in the phrase daddy said; “Lets go inside”

Cupcakes

Bernie and Denise are getting ready for their 2nd CSA.  They are hosting a lunch for their CSA members.  Information on their CSA can be found here: http://threegoatfarm.com/
They asked me to make cupcakes, and we all know I love to bake!  I wanted something new and different.  I decided to make 2 kinds:

Red velvet with cream cheese frosting
Hazelnut brownie bites with a cocoa buttermilk frostting

I really am looking for an adult party to make baileys Irish cream cupcakes.

The red velvet was just a box cake mix with vanilla added to it.  The frosting was a basic cream cheese frosting. 

The Hazelnut Brownies are simply, to start just mak cake like brownie batter.  I put them into the mini cupcake pans but I did not fill them too high about 75%.  The center was a cheesecake mix made from Cream Cheese, powdered sugar, an egg, some of my homemade nutella and some almond extract. 

Normally I would swirl the cheesecake into the brownie but this time I wanted it to be all in the center when you bit into it.  The frosting was buttermilk frosting with cocoa added and a few table spoons of hot choc. mix.
Both kinds made 72 mini cupcakes.

Then it came time to frost them.  ahh the temptation.


I just wanted a spoon and eat right out of the bowl.
once they were lined up I started frosting
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I love my new cupcake decorator. Didn’t it make the nicest star design? I hope they enjoy them!