Inspire Me Healthy {Link Up}

 

 

I promised ya'll that I would share some tips on Portion control! This is the key to eating healthy (er eating what you want on some sort of orderly fashion?) I kids, portions are so important to maintaing a balance and getting what your body needs. This is what has helped me keep those pounds off post pageant. So here they are courtesy of laurenconrad.com:

Vegetables = 1 cup (cooked), 1 ½ cups (raw) = Loofah

Fruit = 1 cup = 2 Beauty Blenders

Meat & Fish = 3 ounces = 6-pan Eyeshadow Compact

Whole Grains = ½ cup = Compact

Cheese = 1 ounce = 1 Eyeshadow

Oils & Fats = 1 tablespoon = 1 Mini Bottle of Nail Polish

Tuesday Ten {Fit Tips}

I often peruse LC's site and partake in her Tuesday Ten. Well today I have decided to do my own Tuesday Ten. This week 10 Fit Tips:

1. Working out should not be chore! Find something that you like to do to workout. Me I'm a runner, but I also love dance, so I do Zumba, Turbo Kickboxing, and Barre classes.
2. Those 5 small pieces of chocolate/candy/cookies add up!
3. Don't drink your calories in the form of some latte!
4. It's about what you eat! You can 1200 calories of crap or 1200 calories of good wholesome food. Get rid of the prepackaged meals loaded with sodium and go for fresh foods! Steamed veggies, grilled or baked chicken and fish. You get twice the taste and nutrional value w/o the sodium and fat!
5. Just steam it! Yup, steamed you veggied and potatoes, the taste is better and better for your waistline.
6. Salads are only as good as the dressing... so skip the creamy fatty dressings and opt for salsa instead! less calories and the spicey flavor revs up your  metabolism.
7. Portion control! Love me some pasta but the portion that Olive Garden serves you is enough for 2 weeks! (more on this on Thursday).
8. Bread and cheese are not your friends... Eat them in moderation, but pass the bread or chip basket and opt for veggies or fruit.
9. Starving yourself is not the way to do it. Your body needs food to fuel itself and burn fat.
10. Don't diet, make a lifestyle decision. Trust me, if you commit to the change you will see lasting effects and feel better about yourself.
11. Bonus #11, get your friends and family involved. Knowing that someone else makes me accountable, keeps me in check and helps make my lifestyle worl! Hubs & I workout and eat right together.

Currently

Stolen (with love) from Pinky over at P!inkpers!stence. If you have not ever read her blog, well ya should because she rocks!

 

Reading nothing other than briefs, motions and cases. Though I just finished the new James Patterson.

 

Trying to prepare for my first juice cleanse

Anticipating missing food as I juice cleanse

Buying a black purse soon....

Lusting over the Tory Burch and Burberry ones... or the cute quilted Kate Spade

Enjoying the shorter drive to work when I stay at the in-laws, but having the whole house to myself this week ain't that bad either

Cursing the ice cream and red velvet Nothing Bundt Cake I ate last night after the delic cheeseburger and queso

 

Listening the whirring of my a/c vent

 

Annoyed with my hair. Seriously, like it should grow or be cut. I know I just got it recolored and trimmed, but I am over this mid-length funk

 

Watching any Lifetime movie I can grab. They are great, in the these things never happen to real people kind of way,

Wishing I could have a job where I wear cool clothes and get them for free or had a bakery.

Devouring anything in sight and it shows!

Waking up two days a week at 5am for workouts and barely opening my eyes for them.

Hating that hubs in out of town :(

 

Wanting more sleep.

Hoping this week goes by fast.

Feeling restless with life. I don't know what change I need to make,
but I feel it in the wind.  (I second this one and double it)

 

Wanting a black purse... suggestions now being taken

 

How are you currently?

It's Ok Thursday

  Whether you're new, old, or just stopping by, check out all that is ok and link up!   It's Ok....   to mourn the loss of the Keurig at work (and then walk across the street for good coffee)   to think you can still fit into your evening gown from state in a month   to envy your blog friend and her juice cleanse and then research them for an hour and decide finally to do one (and still be slightly scared)   that I have worn black everyday this week to work   to not be obsessed with pinterest (I just do not have the time, I'm already married, and no bun in the oven)   that I am supposed to be writing a response to a MSJ and I still have no clue which side we represent or what our position is   to change my hair color (highlight/lowlights) every 6-8 weeks   to take more than an hour for lunch every once in a while   to still be sore from the Sunday workout and blame your husband for the extra 10 lbs he added   to sleep with your dog wrapped under your arm like a teddy bear   to take Tylenol pm 1-2 times a week just to turn your brain off   that I got a store credit card for the discount only   that I am quasi-excited that hubs will be gone for a whole week soon,  (I mean I'll miss him, but I get the whole house/bed/kitchen to myself!)    

Before Facebook

5:45am alarm goes off. I turn over, pick up my phone to turn off said alarm and immediately check email and duh Facebook.

Yes, I'm 29 years old and Facebook is the second thing I look at in the morning. I would not say I am obsessed, per se, but I realized how Facebook has taken over. So, I dug back into my mind to pre-facebook. For that that is circa 2004 and summer before my senior year of college. I first heard of The Facebook then.

I was a summer orienation assistant at TCU and some of the younger OSAs were all talking about this Facebook thing. This was when you had to have a .edu email and only certain schools were on it. This was before I owned a laptop and before every one knew every move I made. This was before all my undergrad discretions were this morning's newsfeed. This was safer times.

I am blessed that facebook was not around when I indulged in punch or imbibed on rum-flavored jello. No one can make me relive bad fashion, bad relationships, and bad choices. There are no pics of the 21st bday, the freshman "puker" (aka marching band end of summer party), or the other random things I did. Thank goodness right?

There are also not pics of fun nights in the sorority house, silly birthdays, football games, mixers, etc... My Facebook includes only those pics post graduation for the most part, minus those pics people uploaded and later put up that include awful high school memories. Now, I can chat in an instant with my bestie, or get through law school tax class by facebook stalking, or chatting, or playing scrabble like we did 1L. I can toil away billable hours if I'm not careful, or find plaintiffs online.

Facebook, the good, the bad, the ugly truth is that it defines so much of who we are, where we have been, and how we conduct our lives. My children will never know a world without constant connection to the outer world, where everything you do is committed to memory via the WWW. Oh how I long for the days of AOL, AIM and yes I remember ICQ. But for better or worse, Facebook is here to stay and who knows to what lengths it will grow.

Meanwhile, I will sit back and reminisce about the days of 'ole when I just sat next to roommate and chatted via AIM.

Finding What's Missing

I have this sense that something is missing in my life. I kind of touched on this yesterday, but kind of confirmed it whilst facebook chatting with one of my besties yesterday. I admitted I kind of missed sorority life, not so much for the college part of it, but the sister part of it.

Women need friendship, companionship, face it, we need someone to gossip and shop with. And its not like men who can sit across from each other, say nothing, and watch TV and feel like they hung out. We need that interaction between parties. That has been missing in my life. Sure I've got friends, but not like I used to. In law school I had constant interaction, girl talk in K and I's carrel and cupcake time. Life before law school I was a single girl, worked with all women and close to my college friends. But now, I'm married, living in the suburbs, commuting everyday. I lunch sometimes, or the occasional dinner, but I never really "see" my friends. And hubs and I don't have couple friends that we do things with. (And I love hubs, but let's face it, he's not the same as your girlfriends).

So, as my friend and I discussed my missing link, I also began to ponder whether part of what was missing was God. I have not been to church in well like a long time. I used to attend every Sunday in law school. It grounded me, got me ready for the week and allowed me time to reflect. So, perhaps I need a few things. My friend and I decided we needed to find our way back. We could both use a good church home to ground us and provide that piece we are missing. So here's to finding the missing link.

We all go through it at some point. We feel lost, empty, or just like something is off. Take the time to find what that is. It could be friends, alone time, a good book, God, or simply just an off day. Don't doubt yourself though, you know you best and when something isn't right, take the time and fix it.

My husband thinks I'm crazy

Yes, he does, and the truth is, I probably am. I mean, all women are some sort of or amount of crazy. Don't try to deny it ladies, because you know deep down you are have done some crazy things over the years. So, on to my story.

I get in funks, we all do right? But this was Saturday night. We had gone to dinner, come home, were watching TV and it happened. I do not know if it was boredom, or that I felt like a giant pig from the Mexican food I wolfed down earlier. Or perhaps, it was the fact that the jeans I put on were tight. Yup, muffin top tight. I'd blame hormones, but I know its me. I eat way more than I should everyday on occasion. And lately I've been mourning my upcoming 30th bday. I also have been missing life as it used to be. Hanging out with friends, dancing with the girls, cocktails, movie nights and game nights.

I have been jealous of my friends who seem to have it all. Brunch dates, the cutest clothes, hair, etc... I admit its silly and my life is good. I mean I've got a loving husband, adorable furbaby, good job, home, food etc... But yet, a funk it is. Maybe I just am more feeling complacent. I mean nothing "new" has happened in about a year. After last year, perhaps its just my body's way of saying do something spontaneous.

So, I digressed. Saturday, funk, husband... It was pouring down rain and I decided I needed to look for office decor. So we headed out to HomeStore. I wanted bookends. Nada. I did find some baskets and hangers. (hubs looks at me and says ok, well its not bookends). So we get back home and I'm still in the funk. So I decide to find a movie. There I am sitting on my bed, watching some random Lifetime Movie and I decide, I am going to the gym. Yes, I at 9pm went to the 24 hour gym and ran. I good 30 minute all-out run. It felt good. I got home all hopped up on endorphins. I want to cry. No real reason, just want to cry.

Hubs looks at me and I know he's thinking, this woman is crazy. Today was better, but the funk is still here. I know I know, its just a phase, it will go away,  but seriously, I think I need something new. Normally I go with a new hairdo, but I have been growing my hair out so that won't work. Meanwhile, I'll just make random trips to the gym at 9pm and hope my husband embraces this.

Well, I just rambled, but hey its my blog right?