A little break.

I'm just popping in to say that I will be taking a little break, probably a week or so, maybe less depending on how I feel. My grand-maman, the strongest, most amazing woman in my life passed away last night. We are all very sad and tired as yesterday was very hard and emotional day but I'm glad that we were able to spend her last hours with her. Words cannot express how much I will miss her. So, between family commitments and puppy training my time will be limited. I'll be back soon.

Riley and Amy's Challenge

Today we added a new member to out little family, Riley (he's a Labradoodle)! He's awesome and a great little guy. So far even our cat Charlie adores him. Charlie hovers around him and even lets Riley lick his face! I hope that things stay this way, so far so good. Maybe Charlie doesn't feel intimidated because he's twice his size?!Hahah That won't last for long, Riley will end up being between 50 and 60 pounds. Here are a few pictures, I'm sure they won't be the last ;)

Tomorrow is Weigh in day for Amy's challenge and I have a question for those that are doing Weight Watchers. Do you eat all of your flex points And your activity points? Do you not eat either? Do you only eat your flex points? You get the idea.... This week I've eaten all of my flex but no activity points and still no change. I'm getting a little discouraged. What do you do? Thanks!

Makeover!

I'm in desperate need of a haircut and maybe to get it colored for the first time. When I saw this on Hilly's site, I had to try it. Hahaha! What do you think? This is what I look like now.

And here are some different styles....just for fun! (I might have gone overboard, but it was fun!)

Brown Monster

So today for breakfast I made my first Green Monster but mine turned out to be a Brown Monster! It was sooo good! The reason I was holding out on making one was because I thought I would taste the spinach, not so, I didn't taste it AT ALL! It was awesome. It threw everything in my Magic Bullet at home and drank it at work.

Mine had:

1 cup almond milk

1 banana

3/4 frozen berries

3 handfuls of spinach.

After work I went to kickboxing and had a great class, we finished the class with arm exercises, hand weights while sitting on an exercise ball. My arms feel like jello but it's a good feeling. On my way home, I saw a rainbow, so pretty! Well that 's it. I'm off to bed soon, I've been going to bed way too late lately and it's catching up with me, I need my rest.

Back on the Wagon

Like I mentioned in the video below, things were not going well with week one of Amy's challenge for me. Luckily I stayed the same, 139 (140 is my scary number) and after just a couple of days of being on plan I'm happy to say that I've seen a loss. I'm crossing my fingers that I can keep this up, I think that I can.

On the exercise front, I've got 4 kickboxing classes planned this week and yesterday I did 45 minutes of hills on the treadmill...I really didn't feel like it but I'm so glad that I did.

Tomorrow morning I'm making my first Green Monster for breakfast! I've been seeing them everywhere so I thought that I would give it a try. If you've tried it, what did you think? Is it really that awesome?!

Hope everyone has a good night, I'm off to kickboxing after dinner, my first class since last Thursday when I sort of lost my temper on my partner (I NEVER do this and feel awful) and got kicked in the face. Hoping things go better tonight!

Challenge - Week 1

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

CHALLENGE!

Today is the start of Amy's 15 week challenge and it couldn't come at a better time. Lately my eating has been rather crappy but because I exercise, I've been maintaining. While it's better than gaining, I'm STILL not at my goal. I think that this is exactly what I need. Tonight I didn't feel like going to my kickboxing class but then I remembered the challenge and out the door in the pouring rain I went. Am I ever glad that I did, I feel great now :)

Thank you everyone who voted on my little poll. Most people voted for me doing Weight Watchers again and honestly, I'm glad. To get to my goal, I need structure and and I already know that WW works, so, today was my first day back on plan. I can't say that it was super easy but I did it and every day will get easier. I've also had 3L of water today! I can't wait for my body to get used to huge quantities again ;)

Good luck to everyone in the challenge, I think that this will be lots of fun :)

Bisons and deer and bears Oh My!

Today my mom, sister and I went to the Parc Omega for a sort of belated mother's day outing. It was so much fun! We set out early this morning with a huge bag of carrots ready to feed the animals. Parc Omega is a park where you drive around to feed the animals. The park is HUGE!, we were there almost two hours.My car is now covered in drool but we had such a good time! This was my sister's idea and go figure, she was so scared of the animals, she fed the deer over our shoulder's from the back seat and wouldn't feed them from the back seat. I tried to take as many pictures as I could but it wasn't easy considering I was snapping away, trying to avoid being licked, having my sister over my shoulder, laughing and driving. Hahah!!After the park, we went to the Chateau Montebello for lunch. The weather was amazing so we ate outside. I had a yummy panini and a mango daiquiri, Mmmm!

If you're interested, you can have a look at additional pictures on my Flickr account. I didn't want this post to be more picture heavy than it already is.

If you haven't already voted, have a look at my poll. It looks like I'll be going back to WW for Amy's challenge!

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!

I need your help! (lurkers as well!!)

Ok everyone and yes, lurkers too, it`s time to come out and give me a hand. I`m thinking about going back to Weight Watchers to do Amy`s challenge. Yay or Nay? Please vote! The poll is on the top right corner of my blog. Thanks!!