Happy Friday!!

Yesterday was an uberly busy day. First off, I completed the EA Sports Active: More Workouts' 6 Week Challenge. Yay me!

Ending result of the challenge? Minus 3lbs and I am feeling awesome!! I hit the cringeworthydespisedupon weight loss plateau, so I'll really need to kick it up about eating healthier versus me working out just to eat like a pig and devour whatever I wish unsensibly and without nutrition in mind. I'm going to do the 6 Week Challenge again, and I'll let you know how round 2 goes!

At corporate job, our Montreal co-worker was in town and we hired a new contractor so the Senior VP thought it'd be perfect to do a full day of training on various topics, in which I presented on one. That went on from 10am till 4:30pm. Can someone say Starbucks Tentra please? And stat! We ended the hectic day with dinner at Rafain's with a good glass (or two) of Merlot. With all the crazy busy stuff going on at work, the get together was just what we all needed - awesome food, delightful drinks, and tons of stories that result in belly aching laughter (the alcohol might or might not have been a slight factor in what stories were shared).

And for the first time in a long, long time, the sleep gods bestowed upon me 8 hours of serene sleep. I woke up fully refreshed and might have hopped out of the shower breaking into a slight song and dance. Maybe. Ultimately, it reminded me that good company over some drinks is therapeutic for the soul.

What's your technique to unwind and relax? Happy Friday everyone, and have a fabulous weekend!

Pour some shuga on meeee: Part Dos!

March 1, 2011 at oh five hundred, I embarked on a strenuous and quite possibly an impossible mission of - dum dum dummmmm, Mission: Get Fit and Lose Some Weight! What?!

I previously told you I have a killer sweet tooth and it's holding on with a vengeance. 18 days later, well, I still have a killer sweet tooth, but I digress. In that post, I also introduced you to my workout partner - EA Sports Active: More Workouts and my acceptance to take on its 6 Week Challenge, head on. Working out totally balances out the crazy amount of insulin I'm injecting into my system right?

Today marks the half way point of the challenge. How am I doing you ask? I'll let my workout partner fill you in:

I skipped yesterday, but made it up today since I'm

scheduled to only workout 4 days a week.

So what all does that equate to? Minus 2lbs and I feel better about myself (even though my jeans are still snug. Sad face)! I have to give myself a 5 minute pep talk while in bed at 4:45am as to why it's better to get my ass out of bed and workout instead of getting an extra hour of beauty sleep. I really do give myself a pep talk every single morning. How lame am I, but it works (so far). Ha! Now if I could only give up the insulin producing foods I'm consuming, I'm sure I'd make better progress! Why is it so difficult now when I could have easily rejected the temptation before?? Ugh!

How's your workout regimen going for you? Fantastic job if you're still going strong, and keep it up! Happy Friday everyone!!

Pour some shuga on meeee!

Kicking it old school with Def Leppard. Don't you just love songs from the 70's and 80's??

I guess the title of this post should be rephrased to "Take lots of shuga off meeee" because I've recently been a sugar addict. No bueno! My parents never kept sweets in the house so I never craved it, even during college years and I was buying my own groceries. Then 2010 happened - the wedding (I blame cake tasting), I turned 25 (I blame the mid life quarter century life crisis), and we went to Jamaica (I blame the all inclusive resort - I was only trying to get my monies worth in food and drinks). Saying I had a sweet tooth is a major understatement. I totally heart 3 Musketeers Mint with Dark Chocolate *swoon* It contains dark chocolate so it's good for me, according to research studies! Plus, it'll help balance out all the other non healthy ingredients because it's also 45% less fat! Hey, I'm a girl and I can justify anything and make it totally legit!

My mouth is salvating just looking at it...

Up until the big 2-5, when I gained a few pounds, I would just cut back what I ate and BAM! Like magic, the LBs were gone before you can finish saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Gotta love young metabolisms. Any way, I think my scale is broken because it only has 2 functions right now - up and steady, respectively. Um... Aren't scales supposed to go down in numeric value also? Oh, and with these delectables being in season right now, it definitely doesn't refrain the said broken scale from adding tokens to the counter.

nom nom nom nom

So back to working out we go! I actually enjoy working out, but laziness usually wins. I had a boudoir shoot and a wedding last year as my main motivator to get my ass in shape. I was happy with my weight so I just needed to tone up. My partner in crime for this mission...

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It actually worked great for me because I had a personal trainer and I couldn't slack off, otherwise the game wouldn't advance to the next rep. I hit up a gym prior to EA Sports Active, but I was only good at cardio and was completely clueless in weight/strength training despite googling all the exercises and watching videos. Plus I could do it at home - score! I also tried Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. While the workouts were intense (hello! It's Jillian Michaels for crying out loud! Just looking at her physique should make your muscles produce lactic acid and cringe in soreness), I found the sessions to be short and unsatisfying. After completing the 30 day challenge (after 2 failed attempts because sleeping in an extra hour is divine) on EA Sports Active, I could do squats like it was nobody's business and was seeing muscle definition! YAY ME! I was so dang proud of my body when I saw my boudoir pictures.

Things I didn't like with EA Sports Active; Sometimes, it doesn't register my movements and I end up performing 40 bicep curls on my right arm before the game finally decides I'm doing ONE rep and alternates to my left arm while proceeding to insult my lack of attention to the exercise. Really?! Last time I checked, a big right bicep and small left bicep is not sexy people!! It also didn't have any exercises for my abs so I challenged myself to the 200 sit-ups challenge on the Bender Ball. I didn't get past week 4, but it worked.

Since EA Sports Active left me unsatisfied, I did what any girl would should do in a bad relationship, I broke up with it and upgraded to someone better, EA Sports Active - More Workouts!

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Boy was I liking my new partner in crime! It was more mature and sophisticated than my previous partner (sounds so scandalous doesn't it?).  Ab workouts? Check! Better scenery? Does working out on the beach by water bungalows that make you feel like you're in the French Polynesia work for you? Check and check! More variety in workouts? Yes please!

I'm partaking in the 6 week challenge and am currently in week 2 so I'll let you know how this guy really measures up!

Above 4 pictures were taken by me on my TV

What's your favorite workout regimen and how do you resist from inhaling an entire box of Girl Scout cookies in 5 minutes? Or do you still have an awesome metabolism of a teenager and are laughing at me? If so, you are so not on my Christmas list!

*Disclaimer: Opinions stated above are all my own and are not associated with Wii or EA Active Sports.