Day 18!

You may have noticed that I haven't been updating on my new challenge. Why? Do you really want to hear about my experience reading on a daily basis? didn't think so...

Anyways.. I'm about 1/2 way through the 2nd book in the 50 Shades of Grey series. It's sooo good! I'm really, really into it too. I never want to put it down.. but the guys at work make fun of me for reading it. Meanies!!

Oh well.. it makes me happy :)

I have read for at least an hour every single day of this challenge. I guess I have found my joy of reading again!

This weeks weigh in was OK. Not great but not bad. I dropped .4 lbs. I kinda want to reweigh in tomorrow to see what the weight says then as I stupidly snacked late last night. I had a busy weekend and I struggled with tracking. I found I was tracking after I ate and on those days I went 10+ points over my daily allowance. That isn't okay.

How am I going to change that?

This week I've set a goal for myself to track everything I eat before I eat it. Hopefully that helps me get back into the groove of things.

I'm also doing a challenge with my motivation buddy Autumn. We're going to work out 4 x's this week for a minimum of 30 minutes each time. I've been slacking at working out too lately with only doing it 2-3 times instead of my usual 3-4. Need to get back in the groove there too!

Anyways.. I must head off.

Ciao!

Steph

Update!

Hi all,

So when I went shopping on Sunday I quickly discovered that 50 Shades of Grey was sold out in every.single.store. No lie. I decided I would buy the book online and read another one until it arrived.

I got the entire series off chapters.indigo.ca for $30!!! The online price was 9.99 each and the shipping was free on orders over $25. SCORE!!! Much better than paying $18 per book!

I was content and started reading a book my friend Amber had let me borrow called "B is for beauty". I initially started reading a few weeks ago and couldnt get into it but I read a little further on Sunday night and now I'm almost done! lol. It's about a girl who is very unsatisfied with herself and the way she looks and is VERY unhappy. She goes through a major change and is learning to love herself again..

Sounds kinda familiar. It's a good read! And FUNNY! I'm trying to understand how a man could have written this.

Anyway... things in life have been good. I had a gain this week but am not too bothered by it. My pants are feeling loose and I officially got rid of the pants that I never used to be able to button up. I was able to pull them down without unbuttoning them. FEELS DAMN GOOD!!! I feel that way with alot of my wardrobe.. my hard work is paying off :). I'm feeling great again! :)

I've also been consistent with my workouts and have still been enjoying zumba.

Anyways I must run.. toodles!
Steph

Update on my challenge

Hey all,

So I wanted to update on my challenge. I've officially finished the Hunger Games trilogy and all I can say is WOW. That was amazing. I am honestly really disappointed it is over and wish I could read on and on. I highly recommend you read them.

Now I feel like I want to jump on the Fifty Shades of Grey train so I think I will go try to find it today. Everyone I know seems to love it so I'm excited to start.

Anyways.. my weekend has being going well! I had breakfast with one of my great friends Amber! She's fantastic and I feel like we could talk forever lol. Always a good time with her. I had a yummy parfait! mmm. After that I stayed at home and finished up the 3rd book Catching Fire. Then Pete and I went out for a sushi dinner which was sooo yummy! mmm.

Tonight is the season finale of Game of Thrones so I'm excited for that!

Gonna let this be a short one.

Have a fun Sunday!

Steph

Can't Wait

I would just like to say that I can't wait to go home and read!! These hunger games books are addicting. I'm already 1/2 way through book #2

:D

New Challenge!

Hey all,

I've decided to start a non fitness related challenge right away. I have wanted to get back into reading (again) and think now is a fantastic time! Every day I am going to read for a minimum of 15 minutes.

I am currently reading the Hunger Games and guess what I'm going to do right now... going to go read!

haha this book is addicting.

Thanks for reading :)

Steph

This ones a long one.. Day 24/25/26/27/28

I am a blog slacker :|

Though as I said before this was one of the busiest weeks of my work life!! Any spare time I had was used to relax or spend with the ones I love :)

Let me catch you up!

Wednesday was a LOT of fun. We had our Primal Leap Day Potluck and had a great turnout and the food was awesome!!! At around 2:15ish the power went out and no one really knew what to do so we just kind of chilled out. Ended up with a bunch of people hanging out in the open area playing music, singing and doing shots. It was a ton of fun :). I left at 4:30 and went to visit my grandparents for dinner. I didn't stay too long as there was a freezing rain warning.

Wednesday night I got my workout in. I did a 30 minute work out on the treadmill. (my go to lately).

Thursday was the busiest of all days. I had a very tight deadline and had to submit things to my boss. As usual my hangouts with Jenn are thursday nights so I had to go for a quick walk during work. I ended up getting 5 minutes in and ended up staying an extra hour and a half. Did I mention how crazy busy I was? lol. We also started a coding challenge at work that day so I needed to support that. By the time 6:30 rolled around I was so happy to be able to leave and go visit my best friend Jenn :). We had a fun evening as usual!

Friday was the biggest relief for me. I wanted to do a happy dance. It was still a very busy day but it ended very well :). We picked the winners of the coding challenge and those who won really deserved it! I came home expecting to do Zumba with my mom on PS3 but apparently you need a PS3 move thing to go with it. (which just doesn't seem worth the extra $60). I told her to return it and we'll get the DVD kit. Instead I opted for another 30 minute workout on the treadmill. I went to Petes that night and had a jolly old time as usual. He really is fabulous and makes me feel incredible! I'm such a lucky gal!

Saturday I had expected to go to St. Thomas with my grandparents to visit my great aunt and uncle but apparently we were expecting a storm so they cancelled. Instead I decided to get my workout in early. I went downstairs on got on the treadmill for 30 minutes while watching the Bachelor. Anyone else watch this show? Anyone else think he's the stupidest idiot ever? He makes REALLY BAD choices. But to each their own I guess.

Anyways I got that in pretty early and decided to read for a bit. I became addicted to this book on Friday.. called I've got your number- Sophie Kinsella. She is my favourite author and writes the most hilarious books ever. I highly recommend them to any female who likes chiclit. I started this book on Friday and JUST finished it. It was soo hard to put down.

On Saturday Pete came to pick me up around 2ish and we went to the grocery store to pick up supplies for dinner. We made Steak, twice baked potatoes and bruschetta. I must admit that it was friggin awesome and we both did an amazing job :).

I actually had a "first time" experience last night. And no it is NOT dirty (I'm looking at you stef hahahah). I watched Lord of the rings for the first time. Pretty good movie :)

Anyways I kinda want to speed this up as my body HURTS right now from the workout I just got in.

Today my mom picked me up from Pete's and we went out for breakfast at Chez Coras which was fabulous!! After that we went dress shopping which was fun. Especially considering I finally found a dress for my cousins wedding! Its hot and I feel really sexy in it!! WHOOT :D

I came home and grabbed my exercise ball and did some working out in my room. O M G. haha I love working out on that ball and you can REALLY feel it after. It felt sooo good!! I got 20 minutes in on that :)

Anyways I'm headed to Pete's so I must go!

Toodles!

xoxox

Steph

2nd 30 day Challenge Complete!

So today is the last day of my 30 day reading challenge.

Within the last 30 days I have finished 3 books and am half way through my 4th book. I'm actually surprised I kept with it as some days I honestly felt like it was a chore. After a busy day forcing myself to read right before bed when all I really wanted to do was sleep.

But now I can't wait to finish this book and pick up the next one in the series.. its very addicting! heeh :)

I got on the scale again today. You're not really supposed to when on weight watchers.. but this is MY life style change and I will do whatever I want :). Welllllll... I am down another .5 lb :D!

hehe Makes me feel great to see progress on the scale!

Anyways .. I am going to head off.

toodles!

Steph

I need motivation!

Hey all!

I'm sitting at the ear doctor waiting to go in so I figured I would update.

I didn't lose any weight this week...AGAIN. That's three weeks straight which is kind of upsetting but I have been kind of lazy and haven't been eating right. I think this week I'm going to try and do something different and not eat past 8pm unless it is fruit or veggies. I'm also not going to use any of my additional weight watchers points. I need to straighten up my act and put myself in the mindset that I CAN'T eat whatever I want whenever I want. Just because I'm counting the points doesn't make it okay. I've been pigging a lot late at night which is AWFUL. Makes me feel awful too :(

Anyone have any tips? Anything motivating to add? I really need it!

Anyways.. I'm on day 23 of my reading challenge and have been going strong! I'm already into my third book and am really enjoying it. I don't think I'll have any issues finishing up this series in the next week or so (2 more books). I'm so into it!!

Anyways.. Time to go!

Toodles

Steph

Day 10!

Hey all,

I'm on day 10 of my reading challenge and I have already finished one book and am onto the 2nd book in the series :) It's gotten pretty addicting.. :) I want to slap myself when I forget my book at home because I can't read over lunch :(.

What can ya do, eh?

Anyways.. things otherwise are going really well and I'm LOVING life! I seriously couldn't be better. I'm struggling a bit on the weight loss but I think a large part of that is me not working out. I'm going to start slowly incorporating activity into my routine over the weekend. I am seriously getting stir crazy and want to jump back onto the work out wagon badly! I downloaded this app on my phone called Nike Training. Its a free app on my iPhone and it tracks your workouts and even supplies your workouts for you! I haven't tried it yet but I'm looking forward to starting. I think I will try that out tomorrow morning. Let's see if I fall over or stride through it.. I will definitely let you know!

I've been hearing "you've lost more weight!!!" lately when the reality is that I havent.. at all. It's kind of upsetting but I know it's not REALLY my fault. I had a major set back with the mono and it came at a WOOOOONDERFUL time when I was soooooooo motivated!!

When I get down about it I just say to myself "Stephanie you're not going to gain 40 lbs over night.. you've come a long way and you're moving forward not backwards so snap the f**k out of it!!"

haahah

I'm a loser.

So on Tuesday we had another band practice. First of this year! With a few members on vacay it was a tiny turnout but we have 2 of our new coops joining which is awesome!!! Lots of talent coming out :) Have I mentioned how much I love my job??

Last night I hung out with my best friend, Jenn. She is truly an amazing person.. I love her sooo much! She makes me feel so comfortable and I can talk to her about ANYTHING .. even laughing hysterically about how the ultrasound technician had said in an asian (??) accent "ooooooh SOOO much gaaaaaas". Yes!! I had beans the night before.. but didn't really want to admit it. TMI?

Anyways.. it is time for me to go :)

Later!

Stephie

Reading Challenge & Life

Hi all,

I'm on day 3 of my reading challenge and I've dug my nose into a new book :). I borrowed this book from my cousin and so far so good! I'm reading The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J smith.. it's very intriguing! I admit I watched a bit of the first and second season on TV but missed a lot and so far the book isn't really the same as the TV show but we shall see! I am about to go and continue reading (when I'm done writing of course) :)

So I wanted to update you on some things going on in my life. The weight loss is still going well! I gained 2 lbs over Christmas but lost 1.5 of it last week. I will work that off (and more) in no time :). Just gotta stick to it and believe in myself! Also, I was finally able to fit into a new size of pants!! Its amazing and I feel sooooooo good!!!!

Things otherwise are going really well. I've been spending a lot of time with Pete which is always fun! We've been watching the show The Wire which is sooo addicting. I LOVE IT!!! In about a month we've watched the first 4 season lol. Just one left! Can't wait!

I've also been spending a lot of time with my best friend Jenn. I don't know if I've mentioned but she's having a baby! I'm going to be an aunty!!! heheh She found out last week that she is going to be having a baby boy! I'm so happy for her and Brandin (her hubby). I went over last night and we had our Jersday which involves dinner (we went out for greek), watching Drop Dead Diva (highly recommend that to all you ladies!), and Jersey Shore!! Did anyone else want to bitch slap Snooki!? She acts so pathetic when she's drunk.. hasn't she learned her lesson yet?! UGH hahah

Anyways.. I'm gonna get to reading so I can go hang out with my baby <3

Adios!!

Stephie

My 2nd 30 day Challenge

Growing up I LOVED reading. You'd always find me nose deep in a book. Usually those raunchy dirty books that old women read. I was 13 reading Harlequinn romance books and buying almost every single edition. I had boxes full in my basement (hmmm I wonder where those are?!). Anyone ever wonder where I get my dirty mind from? hahah. I mainly stuck to romance novels but later discovered my love for chic lit. I love books that make me burst out laughing and the best ones I have found so far would be the Shopaholic series. I own every single book from the series and cant wait for more. I highly recommend them!

I also grew up reading archie comics.. haha not really the same thing but I had over 100!

Anyways.. Now it's time for me to start a new 30 day challenge! Since I can't workout for awhile (because of the mono) I am going to try something new!

2nd Challenge

For the next 30 days I am going to read for a minimum of 30 minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY no matter what!

This one should be fairly easy.... It is something that I already love to do but struggle to find the time to enjoy. I'm hoping this will reignite my passion and allow me to have "me time" more often in the future.

First day is tomorrow. :)

I will let you know my plans for tomorrow and which books I have chosen to enjoy!

Also, I will not be posting every single day about reading as it won't be as exciting as posting about my weight loss. I will be posting more often about my every day life and the challenges I face and the achievements I have made :)

Thx for reading!

Steph