WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS SHIT! LOOK AT THIS GUY’S FACE! YOU SEE THAT LOOK…IT’S THE LOOK OF DETERMINATION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT’S THE LOOK OF PAIN!!!! AND EVEN THOUGH, I’M NO WHERE CLOSE TO LIFTING ANYTHING REMOTELY AS HEAVY AS WHAT HE’S DEALING WITH BUT…C’LAWD HAVE MERCY!!! A BIG GIRL IS FEELING THE PAIN OF COUPLING JENEATTE JENKINS LITTLE TWITTER CHALLENGE WITH JILLIAN’S MICHAELS 30 DAY SHRED…JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL! I’M GONNA HAVE TO SLOW IT DOWN FOR A SECOND…AND ONLY A SECOND! I’M SLOWLY, BUT SHO’LY GETTING BACK INTO MY FITNESS GROOVE. THE BURN IS NICE WHEN YOU’RE WORKING IT OUT…BUT THE SORENESS AFTER IS THE MARK OF A GREAT WORKOUT…LEARNING TO LOVE IT…CRAZY!

So, as Mob Wives ran in repeat, I rolled out my mat and started my 100 pushups and 200 crunches…OH MY GOD…this was certainly no cakewalk! I was panting and sweating as is if I were in the middle of Zumba! I’m glad that Mob Wives was a repeat because I wouldn’t have seen the entire first 30 minutes of the show. I figure I”ll add this little activity three times per week and be tight in no time! I will have lean arms and a tight tummy this Summer, lol!

Well my plan to workout with Bob Harper and the Biggest Loser team but thanks to kids, PS3 and scratches…that just isn’t going to happen. So, I had to regroup and find another Workout Titan…enter Jillian Michaels! Jillian and I are far from strangers. She and Jackie Warner helped me drop 30 pounds and fit nicely into my bridesmaids dress for a friend’s wedding more than a year ago. I’m midway through Level 1 and I can already tell the difference. As in, fit into my first goal jeans of the year…WOOOOO!!! This 30 day workout is like a bootcamp to basically force my body back into working out. Each workout is only 20 balls to the wall minutes or nonstop fat burning so that old excuse of “I don’t have time” is out the window…dammit, LOL! I’m ready and expecting great things!

Time to try something new! Edamame. A fancy name for soybeans picked at the height of ripening, then boiled, lightly salted and served up in the cutest light bowls in you favorite local Asian Cuisine restaurant. If you’re like me, the first time you see Edamame up close you think “these are just big ole snap peas” …and I’m still not a 100% that they’re not, LOL!  Edamame, is available in the freezer section of your local grocer BUT I suggest you have it at a good Chinese or Japanese restaurant first before you start just boiling up your soybeans and drowning them in salt. They are quite tasty too…surely not what I was expecting from a little green bean. Protein packed and delicious too!  Anyway, if you’ve never tried them then I advise you to do so and here’s why:

OKAY…SO I FINALLY FOUND MY CELEBRITY EQUAL…TO BAD IT’S CIRCA FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS GLANCING THROUGH ONE OF MY FAVORITE FASHION BLOGS WHEN THERE IT WAS…A PIC OF JENNIFER HUDSON FROM THE AMA AWARDS ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS LIKE GOD LAWD I LOOK LIKE FAT J-HUD, WHICH ISN’T A BAD THING SEEING AS HOW THE NEW J-HUD LOOKS LIKE A BOBBLE HEAD DOLL. STILL, BOBBLE HEAD OR NOT SHE’S IN SHAPE…DAMN JENNIFER! SHE SAID SHE WAS REPPING THE BIG GIRLS THEN SHE DROPS 80 POUNDS! UGH!

Motivation...Go, Go, Go, Go!

So, I checked the mail today…yeah, a day late…Saturdays are for laziness! Anyway, “Motivation” came in the mail today! The Jeanette Jenkins Sexy Abs featuring R&B Singer Kelly Rowland DVD I ordered online came in the mail and I just love the promise of sexy abs that this workout dvd promises. I don’t believe it, but I love it, lol! What kind of sexy abs? Think back to Kelly’s Motivation video…better yet click here to refresh your memory. Of course, there is no amount of exercise …at least none that plan to commit to…that will get my body back to my once Kelly Ro status and I really don’t want to go back there!  I’d like to get back to my post 2nd baby weight somewhere around 140-145 and I shall be incorporating JJ and Kelly’s sexy ab workout into my regular workout plan with Bob Harper and the Bigums Gang…better known as the Biggest Loser Crew. Reviews of both will soon follow and be located in the Workout Review section.

I didn’t like them when I was a kid and I sure as heck don’t like them now! Vitamins…ugh. To make matters worse, they’ve gone from small fruity Flintstone chewables to gi-normous inch long horse pills. Yeah…that’s somewhat of an exaggeration…somewhat…but just like you were young and you had to take vitamins to make sure you got all those essential nutrients and vitamins that picky eating may not have provide you; you have to continue this ritual to stay a healthy adult…it just never ends does it?

Nature Made Liquid Softgels Multi For Her are my vitamins of choice because I don’t get enough Calcuim or Iron in my diet and it has 23 other key nutrients. This one is perfect for me because it’s softgel form makes it easy to swallow, even though it is a HUGE pill! I like these because they can be taken with little or no food and still not upset my stomach. They also give a much needed burst of energy in the morning…which I need being the exact opposite of a morning person.  Consult your doctor or pharmacist…or maybe even mom and find out which vitamins are best for you!

Soooo…this is just a FEW of the DVDs that I have basically wasted money on over the past year. There are way more upstairs but I think this proves my point…that point being, I need to stop buying new workout DVDs just because they are having a sell on them at Target. I don’t think I’ve completed one of these workout…yeah…no…not a one. They are all really good workouts…I guess, lol! They all made me sweat and apparently made me work so hard that I conveniently tucked them at the back of the video shelf. In the coming months, I vow to use and complete each of these…and as I can say it I can feel my butt becoming sore at the check my mouth just wrote, LOL!

Starting with Biggest Loser, featuring Bob Harper, I will use each DVD for 30 days and give my review in the Workout Review section on the page. The first review will start 1/13/12. It’ll be like killing two birds with one stone…the birds being my resolution to stop spending money carelessly and the other to get back in shape! Anyway, I like Bob because he has this uncanny ability to work the crap out of you while keeping that calm pleasant look on his face…makes me want to punch him in the face each time! Starting tomorrow right up til 2/13/12, I will give Bob 35-55 minutes of my time each day…let’s see what happens! Shall we?

Cuties Tangerines Peeled and packed in a snack baggie. These are delicious and an excellent way to cure a sweet tooth!

Snack Well White Cheddar Popcorn pack in a ziploc snack bag. It’s impossible to over stuff theses snack baggies!

KIND Bars are my new FAVORITE POWER SNACK! 200 calories of protein packed yummy. Great for an afternoon snack!

Kudos, to Dannon for getting John Stamos as the spokesman for their Oikos Greek yogurt! He convinced me to try it and now I have to have it every morning! Strawberry is my favorite but whatever flavor you choose is a protein packed treat.

So my weight loss buddy introduced me to Ocean Spray’s Crasians and I LOVE them! They are perfect for on the go snacking.

By now everybody knows Madama Lottabody does love herself some Jazzercise…the comradory…the hip shaking…the sweat….fun, fun, fun…but right about now I’m feeling like Nelly and Kelly Rowland…Dilema.  See I work until 6pm each day…last class starts at 6:15pm…which is usually the time I finish closing up the office…see my issue. I want to join the Gym because it would be cheaper than me spending 12 bucks a pop for the classes I can manage to get to but only if I can get there more than once or twice a month. Usually the problem is joining a gym and not wanting to make time to get there…my problem is wanting to go to the gym and having no freakin’ time to get there! Why must my gym adventures be marred with obstacles?