Weekend in Pictures

My Mister and I going shopping with G-ma

My delicious lunch - thank you Lean Cuisine for fulfilling my pizza craving

After what seemed FOREVER, someone can actually hold their own bottle. Check that off the list of "I need mommy to ______"

My mama made me homemade blackberry pie. Its sort of a tradition every SUmmer. The blackberries are off their blackberry bushes, and not to brag, but my mom makes the best pie crust in 3 counties.

MAYJA' closet organization happened. I hadn't unpacked all my clothes and last night I got motivated and organized all my shoes on a rack instead of thrown into a bin. Nice, huh? I still don't have as much room as I'd like, but when we finish the downstairs, Nick promises I will have a closet that will put Mariah's to shame.

and Mariah's...

I got in a super creative mood and painted our bathroom. Im not sure if it does justice, but the color is like a soft tan/mocha-y color. Next up is Troy's bathroom

24 weeks and this weekend

Are you guys ready for the weekend!? Luckily for me, I'm having a 3 day weekend (taking my birthday on Monday!!) and it's a packed but fun weekend!

Saturday: I am running around like a mad woman! 1. Gym 1st thing in the morning 2. Running errands and trying to find a dress for my birthday dinner with Nicky poo. I seemed to have forgotten I had a huge belly that non of my sexy dresses I own will allow me to fit in. 3. Go to dinner with my stud muffin man!
Sunday: Football and family birthday party at my parentals. Every couple of months, we couple all the birthdays happening during the surrounding months. It's always a good time and good food!
Monday: 1. Wake up Nick and yell, "its my birthday!!!!!!!" 2. Hit the gym for a quick workout (this may or may not happen depending if I can go back to sleep after Nick leaves for work -- he's my personal teddy bear and I sleep like crap w/out him) 3. Break my fast with my sister and mamacita 4. Mani and pedi's with Bestie Jenni (aka Bon Bon!) So excited for this, my toes are looking pretty gnarly.
I hope you all have a packed and fun weekend planned! Go out there and live it up and have a drink for me!

Now, onto my baby update -- after all, this post wouldn't be complete w/out it!



How far along? 24 weeks

Baby's size? Mr. Troy Maximus is about the size of an ear of corn

Weight Gain? 15 lb's the entire pregnancy. I'm hoping I can keep my weight gain to 4lb's a month for the rest of pregnancy, but we shall see :)

Maternity clothes? YES!! I went to Motherhood Maternity with my MIL the other week and got some leggings I will be living in this winter and fall and some really cute tops.

Stretch marks? Nada *knock on wood* I got my prenatal massage yesterday and the massage therapist said that the EVOO I'm using is one of the best things since it has Vitamin E and other good fats in it to keep my skin elastic and healthy

Belly button in or out? Still in, but shallow.

Sleep? Well the past week I've been sleeping pretty soundly, but I still get up about 2 times a night to pee or shift which wakes me up

Foods I am loving? Pretty much everything except Chinese food. Poor Nick - he loves the stuff and I used to before pregnancy, but now, it's gross to me. I am still loving sweets! PB&J's are the best because it's the perfect carb/sweet ratio :)

Foods I am hating? Ground turkey, Chinese food

Best moment this week? Hearing that our little man is growing at a perfect rate & I only gained 4lb's this past month haha! I also just FEEL really good

Movement? Oh yes. He moves around quite a lot during the day while I'm at work. In fact, he is moving now :) I can't wait to see what those little movements exactly are! Is he stretching? Is he giving me a swift kick to the ovaries? Is he sucking his thumb?

Symptoms? Not much new, I feel really good still, my workouts are actually way easier than they were in the beginning of pregnancy. On my lunches I do the 30 minutes elliptical and on Friday and Saturdays I do 45 minutes of cardio (splitting between elliptical and treadmill on incline). I'm REALLY hoping I can keep this up till Troy shows up. People tease me I'll probably give birth at the gym, HA!

Gender? A little mister

What I miss? I was just talking to Nick about this - I do miss having a drink when I want. Not so I can get drunk or anything, but just the unwinding/relaxing feeling I get when I have a glass of wine on the couch in my sweats or a margarita while we're BBQing. Also....I MISS RUNNING TILL I'M DRIPPING!!!!!!!

What I'm looking forward to? Working on the nursery! Gosh, we really need to find a paint color ASAP!

Weekly Wisdom: Always have water bottle in my purse. I get thirsty in a matter of 30 seconds!!

Milestone: Getting to 24 weeks people! This is huge and I'm always halfway to 30 weeks!

Emotions: I'm way more sensitive. I watched Biggest Loser this week and bawled more than I normally do. Thankfully, I didn't have my makeup on yet :)

Friday eve

How's everyone Thursday AM going? I walk in this morning to work to find that someone tried to break in last night and shattered one of our giant windows - lovely, no?

Not much new to report ladies and gents - I have however been ROCKING the gym with this preggo belly of mine. Everyday this week I've gone to the gym on my lunch break and done 30 minutes of cardio, and then Tuesday and Wednesday, Nick dawg and I have gone after work to do some more cardio and some weights. Feels SO good! I just feel overall better and it gives me a little more zip when I have to finish off the work day. Plus, I don't feel as guilty when I get an extra scoop in my ice cream bowl. I will say, all of this 'keeping my workouts up while pregnant' thing, better pay off in the end. It's SOoooO much harder working out when you are growing another life. I get out of breath way faster, and I'm constantly paranoid about my heart rate sky rocketing, so I'm keeping track of the ticker. All while trying to keep the jiggleness at bay - it's t-o-u-g-h!

So it being Friday eve and all, I know my readers have already begun to think of weekend plans!!! Any plans? I'm going get a tan on my pasty ass on Saturday (supposed to be a toasty 95 here in Sacramento) and then Nicky poo and the fam and I are headed to............LAKE TAHOE!!! My aunt and uncle have a cabin right on the lake and it's absolutely gorgeous! Love me some family time :) We'll be takin some pics for sure! It'll only be for a day and a half, but I'll take it!

Lazy Sundays

Well folks, the title explains it all. I've had a very lazy Sunday, but yesterday I was busier than Mel Gibsons lawyer. I made it to the gym by 9 as my swim aerobics (aka dancing with the oldies in water) was from 9 to 10. This class is a lot of fun actually. It's a great way to wake up and to preggo's like me, it's a great low impact workout. It's more challenging that you'd think to. You work with water weights as well as your own body weight. There is generally always some body part that is sore the next day. After that I towled off, jumped into my 'no messing around' gear (yoga pants, tanks and my Nike Shox, of course) and knocked out a 2.5 miler on the tread. Let me just throw this little tid bit in there - it is so much harder to workout while trying to grow another life. I run out of breath quicker and need more H2o. Thank God the benefits are uh-mazing. I walked away looking like my face was melting off and headed for some yoga. They have a yoga class from 11-12 and it is with my favorite instructor, Jeanette. Girlfriend knows what she's doing. Not only does she relax you, but she also tones your gams without you realizing it. Another class I walk away with a body part being sore from.

After all my other domestic chores after my 2.5 hour gym sesh, Nick and I had dinner and went bowling with bestie Jenni and her hubbs. 1 word - competition. Nick and I are competitive in no matter what we do and from the looks of last night, Bestie's husband is too. And Nick and I are NOT good losers...don't worry, we won :)

It's back!

The weekend is soon to be upon us ladies and gents and it's shaping out to be a gorgeous one:


And did you check out the weather for the following week? No more of this "Gorgeous weekend, this crappy weather" trend Sacramento has been having (knock on wood).

Workouts have been going well and eating has been pretty good too. I went into the gym after work on Wednesday, full prepared to do my 30 minute Xbike class, when what do I hear over the loud speaker? "Level 2 (45 minutes!!!) XBike class will be starting in 5 minutes". Ummmmmmm, yeaaaah, about that....so NOT happening. I mean, I know I could do 45 minutes, but I don't WANT to do 45 minutes. 30 minutes is plenty for this girl, thanks very much. I was determined to workout Wednesday, so I wasn't about to leave. The thing was though, I didn't have my headphones to listen to music while I did cardio. If your like me, cardio without music is like macaroni without cheese - you just know, something is missing and you won't be feelin it. BUT, like I said, I was determined. So I set that speed to a steady warm up pace of 5.7 mph until I was loosened up, and it was to 6.0. Thank GOD Judge Judy was on, or else those 3 miles would have draaaagged. I was so proud when I got off Tread. There were so many times I wanted to stop, just outta boredom and the fact I was over listing to mine and everyone elses' feet hit that rubber track. Oh and it didn't stop there - I took full advantage of my gym time by taking myself over to the weights and pumped out a full leg/lower back session - BOO YA!

Yesterday Nick and I went for a SHORT SHORT run/ride. I'd say it was 1 mile, maybe 1.5 miles, but it was still really nice to get out in the gorgeous weather and be active.

Today I'm resting, but still went on my walk with the ladies from work on our lunch. It's seriously GORGEOUS outside - 77 and breezy with pure sunshine. There is something to be said for getting that blood pumping on that 1 hour break. I come back to my desk with way more energy and drive to actually DO my work :)

Have a GREAT rest of your Friday lovelies :)

& the countdown begins...

So it's Friday and the infamous countdown begins until we can all peel outta our work parking lots :) My work days start at 7AM, so I only have 5 more working hours left, mua ha ha!

I ain't got much to say other than HAPPY FRIDAY, and since it's more appealing to the eye to see pictures, I am looking forward to a lot of this on my weekend:

Weekend recap

Happy Monday to all you lovely people! I know Monday is the worst day to everyone - I had to drag myself outta my soft as a cloud, cozy bed this morning. Nick was still snoozing away since he doesn't have to be into work till 8:00.

So, the big news of the week...I COMPLETED MY 10K!! Woo HOO!!! I completed a little over an hour and I didn't stop running for one second except to speed walk while I tried to drink a Dixie cup of water. I was sort of disappointed they only were passing out water to us runners, cause I could have really used some gatorade. I was one dehydrated girl, and I had the dried white spit on my lips to prove it, Hehe! The course itself was great- FLAT! There were a good number of people at the event overall. About 2500, and I'd say more than half of them ran the 5K that started before the 10K. I kept pretty good pace and towards the end it payed off. I wasn't too tired, I wasn't outta breath, BUT my right foot had an injury. My 2nd toe (next to the big toe), was bleeding from underneath the nail. I have ALWAYS had issues with his toe when I run no matter what shoe I wear. It's my dads toes and it's actually longer than all of the other ones. So that last 1.2 miles, every time my foot hit the pavement, I could feel the blood, BLAH! Another eventful happening, is my left hip/leg area had the making of a massive charlie horse, but did I stop? NO! Why? Because #1, I knew we were going to breakfast after the race and I wanted me a veggie omelet, and #2, I only had 1.2 miles to go, and I just couldn't stop then. It was Extremely rewarding crossing that finish line, hearing the announcer call my name (then hearing my sister, mom, niece and Nick cheer), and knowing what I had just accomplished. I gave my all and that's all I expected out of myself :)

Before going to bed last night, my leg/hip was cramping up still, so I took a hot shower, took 2 extra strength Tylenol, and went to bed. This morning I was SO stiff and my leg is still giving me grief. You can bet your bottom dollar I am going to keep it numb with some more Tylenol today while at work.

On other weekend news, Nick and I went over to my parents house to celebrate my sisters birthday, with a nice lobster and steak dinner and homemade lemon miraunge pie, mmmmm!!

We are supposed to hear about Nick's job this week! I thought we'd be hearing last week, but this is the for sure week we hear something, EEEEEK!! He does so well at his job, and he gets recognized for so many things. He deserves this!

I'm signing off with these pics from the race. 10k baby- DONE! That was my new years resolution, and I've already checked it off my list. Now I am going to focus on getting my body summer ready aka BIKINI ready!!!

Bunny Boo supporting her Aunt Karli!

Yes- this is how I felt (and my stomach felt) prior to the race

1st lap done!

:) Poor Nick - he has his hands full with that crazy wife of his

Weekend plans

Am I the only one who stares at the clock all day EVERY Friday, counting the minutes down until the weekend starts?! Luckily, I get off at 4, so I only have 4.5 more hours and 1 of those hours, I will be on my lunch break, HA!

I don't know about you all, but my weekend is packed with stuff! Fun stuff, but still pretty packed. Here is the run down: Nick got tomorrow off (for being a rockstar of course), so we will be going to the gym in the AM. Since my 10K is on Sunday, I will be gliding my bootay on the elliptical for 30 minutes next to my personal Marine (not included in the monthly gym membership fee, hehe). Then I have to drop Ms. Daisy Mae off at Petsmart for a little grooming and nail trimming appointment cause that girl stinks and her nails are very long (I am ashamed!). Then I am rushing around to do some grocery shopping, then back to pick up Daisy, then back home to clean our dirty apartment that needs a vacuum like no other! Theeeeen later that night it's off to dinner for my sister's bday celebration. She's been in NC dealing with her SOON to be EX husband (PRAISE GOD!!!!), so we couldn't celebrate on her actual birthday.

We all know what happens Sunday....my 10K!!!!!!!!!! I gotta be there at 7 spankin AM! My mom is gonna come with me cause I don't wanna go by myself (Nick has to work), and I think my sister will be dragged along too. I think it'll be fun cause afterwards we are hitting up breakfast and I'm not sure where we are going, but I'm wanting a nice omelet that looks something like this:

DROOOOOL. Oh and the pooper of the weekend is brought to you by the weather. It's supposed to be crappy, ESPECIALLY on the day of my race. I've never ran in the rain so it should be interesting. Maybe I'll like it? Maybe not so much...

Following the monsoon run and belly warming bfast, I am skippin over to Bestie Bon Bon's for her baby shower. She is pregnant with baby/little girl #2 and I always enjoy a good baby shower. Especially with former co-workers (who I liked!) and delicious sweets!! Pics to follow I'm sure :)

Ahhh the weekend

Workout today consisted of a short, but QUICK 3.5 mile run with 20 minutes of strength training with legs and running crazy errands. I am sitting here with hairdye in my hair making myself more of a blonde :) What can I say, blondes have more fun :) I have 15 minutes left with the stuff on and then it's time to FINALLY shower! Haven't showered all day and I ladies and gents am smelling ripe!



N and I have date night with our favorite couple, Bestie Bon Bon and her hubby. It's mexican, mmmmm, and I plan on ordering a "Skinny Girl Margarita", and TRYING to be good ;)

Have a great Saturday night bloggies!

Weekend plans

So the sun has decided to come out this afternoon. The sun coming out is almost a bigger surprise then Johnny Weir coming out



Look at what my weekend is looking like so far? On Sunday we are having a chance of rain, but the chance is only 30%, so I'm thinking that it is VERY likely (happening), that N and I do our ride/run then.



Also, after watching Miss Ashley this morning on BL, I have decided to step up my workouts. I haven't been going to X Bike during the week because I am so tired after work, but I think I can at least go on Monday nights. Lets face it, it's a killer workout, and I never leave there regretting I went. Then I think I'm only going to run after work with the girls (see my blog about 2-3 posts ago), on Thursdays after work and maybe the occasional Friday. That way I still get after work time with N (insert the "awwwwww's" here). So my workouts will look like this:

Sundays: Run/Ride with N (the forecasts are looking really good these upcoming Sunday's) equals about 5 miles or REST day

Mondays: Workout in the AM (2.5 mile run & legs) and X Bike (30 minutes) in evening

Tuesdays: Workout in the AM (3 mile run & triceps & back strength training)

Wednesdays: Workout in the AM (3.5 mile run & abs)

Thursdays: Workout in the AM (3 mile run & biceps & shoulders strength training) after work run with girls (about 3 miles)

Fridays: Workout in the AM (2 mile run & legs & abs strength training) maybe after work run with girls (about 3 miles)

Saturdays: At LEAST a 4.5 mile run on tread- I can't forget I have a 10K in April and I need to up my mileage and quit being sucha whimp about it! Isn't the saying "Just shut up and do it?" From here on out I need to run 5 miles or more every Saturday. My 10K is only a month and some change away! EEEEEK!!! Where did the time go?!

There you have it folks. Of COURSE as always, if my body is ever feeling run down with my workouts, I will throw in a rest day. This schedule is something that I know my body can handle and is in no way the "right" routine for everyone. With that said, I am sticking to this for 1 month and then I'll switch up my routine probably after my 10K.

Just another manic Monday

So- here we are- Monday-once again, a start of another work week. But you know what?! That's more dough in your pocket, so really we shouldn't be complaining, right? Right!

So like I promised, I have a recap of my eating this weekend & my 5 mile run!! The run was actually really therapeutic. I don't think I've sweat that much in my life at once, EVER! Not even in XBike. At about mile 3.23 (but who was looking at the counter on the treadmill, right? hehe), I wanted to walk sooooooooooooo bad. I wanted to just jump on the side of Tread and stop and call it good. But do you know what happened? I looked down on my iphone and there was a text from N telling me exactly what I needed to hear. I won't tell you in exact detail, BUT I will tell you, he knew the right words to keep me running. So there you have it- need motivation? Get yourself an N :)
As for eating clean this weekend- I give myself a B-. I didn't do too shabby, but there were a couple things I could have done better. Saturday was really good, only had 1 serving of dinner and had a SMALL glass of chocolate soy milk for dessert. Sunday we had a family BBQ, complete with pasta salad, spinach dip, and those Costco polish dogs. For dessert- a double chocolate cake from Costco, and it was uh-mazing! Thank GOD I'm not a diabetic, cause that bad boy would have slipped me right into a coma for sure. I SHOULD have had a smaller piece, but to my credit, the piece I had wasn't even that big, BUT I coulda made it smaller for sure. I did however, only eat the frosting (HEHE), and throw the actual cake away. I believe nutritionist everywhere are yelling at me, telling me I got it backwards- when I should have thrown away the icing and kept the cake, BUT oh well.
This morning I was NOT wanting to wake up- my throat hurt a little bit and I just didn't FEEL LIKE running. How's that an excuse for you? I don't "feel like" running, but I also don't feel like feeling like a blob later at my desk, wishing I had run. So- I got up, threw my clothes on, threw my hair up, and faced the day. I worked my ass those 2.23 miles (that chocolate cake was weighing me down for sure!), and pumped some iron (upper body day). Speaking of which, Oxygen's March issue just came out, and there is month 3 of the body makeover program, and I'm seriously thinking of switching my routine up, and going with that one. It's always good to mix things up, and right now, my upper body routine is feeling a little vanilla to me. So-I'm sure there will be more on that later :)

I leave you with a quote that I saw in this month's Oxygen, and actually really like. Make it a great day beautifuls! Your worth it, your gorgeous, now OWN IT!!

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, your're right"- Henry Ford

and just cause it's Monday and we all need a push (and Jamie Eason is GORGEOUS)& to me, this is the ultimate fit body...

Dun Dun DUUUUUN!!

It's my day for the 5 miler!! EEEEK!! I have never ever before ran 5 miles at once, so this shall be interesting. I am assuming I will be covered in sweat by the time I step off that treadmill. I wish I could run outside since last weekend was the BEST taste of Spring a girl could ask for, but it is raining. It was the California weather that I looooove in the beginning of the week as well, but alas, I was reminded that it's February pretty quick when the rain clouds came.

I am getting ready with my coffee with sugar free vanilla creamer while I lay here in bed typing and trying to catch up on The Bad Girls Club. Why is it that I am addicted to non educational, mindless shows filled with not so classy people? Hmmm....? Oh and btw, I got a couple of emails from you lovely concerned people whom I love (aka my faithful readers), and the doctor appointment yesterday was just for a physical that every woman should get every year- promise no baby stuff or anything else like that.

Today is a busy one folks and I plan on making it a great one! My goal for today: EAT AS CLEAN as possible! Why this is hard for me to do on the weekends- I have no clue, but I am sticking to my guns (which hurt from yesterday's heavy bench presses), this weekend. Actually, that is the goal this WHOLE weekend- I know more than one of you can relate to me when I say, that when the weekend comes it seems like I just let go of my good eating habits from the week. All week I eat SUPER clean and control my cravings, but when the weekend comes, I get more lax. Now I'm not saying, don't indulge in the hamburger you've been craving (and then get right back on the good eating train), but I seem to just lose that motivation on the weekend. Sorta like "Well, I've been good alllll week, why not treat myself?" Well that's all fine and dandy, but treating myself, can hurt all my progress I killed myself for during the week. So- that's my challenge. I will be sure to fill you all in on Monday. I have a family BBQ to go to on Sunday, so it should be a challenge to stick to a clean eating clan on that one, but I'll do my best.

Off to OWN those 5 miles baby!! Have a splendid weekend cupcakes! (MMMmmm cupcakes!)

Happy Friday/Long weekend!

Somebody is ready for the weekend! I hope you are all ready too!!!! Daisy Mae was most def ready for a day of sleeping in- I second that!