Monday, March 1, 2010
So today Sari and I had rehearsal for the concert. I got there on time and was waiting for her and her brother-in-law to show up. She finally texted me to say she'd been in a car accident!
She was rear-ended by a girl whose water bottle rolled under her break pedal and so she couldn't stop!
How scary! Thankfully everyone was ok. Sari banged her head but her car was ok. The other girl's car was pretty banged up.
It was freaky waiting for her to get there. I just wanted to hug her and know she was alright!
Once the police came and everything got sorted out, we actually did get to rehearse. It was fun! We staged the show (choreography and all) and really had a lot of fun with it. It's going to be an awesome show. :)
Later on, I had to meet my Mom and my recently married cousin, Jamie, at the Paper Source to look at paper for booklets for the wedding.
Umm...I have a small love affair with The Paper Source. I adore that place. All these fun crafty projects with lots of creative ideas! I just wanna spend tons of time in there touching all the pretty cards and ribbon and textures.
So we got what we needed and then headed out to get a coffee at Starbucks. Mom treated and we had a great talk. Sometimes I just love those moments where you spontaneously get to spend time with people you wouldn't normally get to spend time with. It was such a nice 30 minutes. :)
What are some pleasant/surprise moments you get throughout your day?
Calories Consumed: 927
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
42 minutes run/kicks/punches
8 minutes cool down
Strength Training:
60 back rows (resistance bands)
60 pulsed back rows (resistance bands)
50 biceps (10 lbs each hand)
50 triceps (10 lbs each hand)
50 chest flies (10 lbs each hand)
50 shoulder press (10 lbs each hand)
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Day 64 - Pants in the closet and The Defiled screening
Monday, January 25, 2010
So today is the sneak peek screening for the film The Defiled!!! I played a very small role in this feature/horror/awesome film!
I'm very excited to see the full film on-screen! We are seeing it in a real screening room at Columbia College in Chicago. My parents, Jon and I will be having dinner at my folks house and then heading over to the college.
I wasn't sure what I was going to wear. I had some ideas (I wanted to dress up a bit), but nothing was set in stone. I was a TOTAL GIRL. I tried everything on in my closet. Nothing was working.
The one wonderful thing about losing weight and changing how your body looks is everything gets big on you and you feel great in smaller sizes. The one frustrating thing about losing weight is that everything is big on you that you have IN YOUR CLOSET and then you have to go out and get more clothes.
Deep in the back of my closet I have a pair of pants.
I bought these pants and the sweater at H&M circa 2002.
I never wore the pants. By the time I had a reason to wear them I'd gained about 5 pounds and they didn't fit well anymore.
So they went into the back of the closet with the tags on.
I've gotten rid of a LOT of clothes ranging in sizes for the last few years. For some reason, there were a few things I just wouldn't part with.
These pants were one of those items. I was just SURE I would get in them again and be able to really wear them to something.
I'm proud to say...TODAY WAS THAT DAY!
I should have gotten a picture of me in them. But regardless, I really enjoyed that amazing feeling of zipping them up and having them FIT!
Mom made dinner and we ran off to watch me get mutilated!
The screening was a BLAST! I had such an amazing time! There's nothing cooler than seeing your face on a movie screen. Seriously. It was awesome!
Onwards and upwards! I'm hoping we'll have as awesome a screening of Fall Away when it's finally complete!
Check out the poster for The Defiled! My name's on it!!!!!
Today's Goal: Be careful at Mom's for dinner = SUCCESS
Tomorrow's Goal: workout during The Biggest Loser 9
Calories Consumed: 1100
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm up
30 minutes jog/run
(1 - 5 minute sprint)
8 minutes cool down/stretch
Strength Training:
30 push ups
1 Pilates 100
50 bicycle
50 reverse crunches
50 regular crunches
So today is the sneak peek screening for the film The Defiled!!! I played a very small role in this feature/horror/awesome film!
I'm very excited to see the full film on-screen! We are seeing it in a real screening room at Columbia College in Chicago. My parents, Jon and I will be having dinner at my folks house and then heading over to the college.
I wasn't sure what I was going to wear. I had some ideas (I wanted to dress up a bit), but nothing was set in stone. I was a TOTAL GIRL. I tried everything on in my closet. Nothing was working.
The one wonderful thing about losing weight and changing how your body looks is everything gets big on you and you feel great in smaller sizes. The one frustrating thing about losing weight is that everything is big on you that you have IN YOUR CLOSET and then you have to go out and get more clothes.
Deep in the back of my closet I have a pair of pants.
I bought these pants and the sweater at H&M circa 2002.
I never wore the pants. By the time I had a reason to wear them I'd gained about 5 pounds and they didn't fit well anymore.
So they went into the back of the closet with the tags on.
I've gotten rid of a LOT of clothes ranging in sizes for the last few years. For some reason, there were a few things I just wouldn't part with.
These pants were one of those items. I was just SURE I would get in them again and be able to really wear them to something.
I'm proud to say...TODAY WAS THAT DAY!
I should have gotten a picture of me in them. But regardless, I really enjoyed that amazing feeling of zipping them up and having them FIT!
Mom made dinner and we ran off to watch me get mutilated!
The screening was a BLAST! I had such an amazing time! There's nothing cooler than seeing your face on a movie screen. Seriously. It was awesome!
Onwards and upwards! I'm hoping we'll have as awesome a screening of Fall Away when it's finally complete!
Check out the poster for The Defiled! My name's on it!!!!!
Today's Goal: Be careful at Mom's for dinner = SUCCESS
Tomorrow's Goal: workout during The Biggest Loser 9
Calories Consumed: 1100
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm up
30 minutes jog/run
(1 - 5 minute sprint)
8 minutes cool down/stretch
Strength Training:
30 push ups
1 Pilates 100
50 bicycle
50 reverse crunches
50 regular crunches
Friday, November 27, 2009
Day 5 - Weigh-in #1 and Surprises
Friday, November 27, 2009
I was determined NOT to make this a "Black Friday" for me, in terms of weight-loss! I've been busting it out and, well, here are the results!
1.8 lbs down!
WOO HOO! I, FINALLY, BROKE THROUGH MY PLATEAU!!!!!
I was so excited when I saw the number I nearly bent down and KISSED the scale. Actually, I didn't "believe" the number at first. I moved the scale around my bathroom to a few different places thinking maybe it wasn't calibrating correctly. But, there it was! Down to a different number! Oh joy of joys! Now, if all the weeks could be this good, I'll be THRILLED! :)
Surprises:
So, as in all movie-life, schedules change. And my challenge has just gotten a bit harder...instead of a beginning start date of shooting on January 17, 2010, I am now scheduled for my first day of shooting to begin on January 10, 2010. Um...yeah. I just lost a whole week. Gulp! But I still think I can do it!
I cannot tell you how encouraging you've all been to me. Thank you for your kind words and your continued support! It really really really goes a LOOOONG way! I promise.
Jon and I went out and bought some 10 pound weights. The 8 lbs are getting a little light for me in some of the weight-training exercises! ;) Love graduating up. I feel like an athlete, or a rock star, or some other really awesome person you wanted to be when you grew up. :) Is that what I'm doing? Am I finally growing up? Awww! Just when I started feeling so young!
Calories consumed: 1121
Workout: Cardio DVD, warm-up (5 min), Cardio 1 (20 min / 3 lb and 5 lb weights added), cool-down/yoga (5 min). Today was a "lighter" day for me in terms of workout. I didn't do traditional weights, although my cardio DVD has a bit of weight-training in it.
Tomorrow's Goal: Drink 100 oz of water. I think I fell below my water goal today. I wasn't as vigilant as I'd been in the past few days. I didn't plan well enough and found myself out and about and without water. I guess I should realize if I haven't been to the bathroom in over 2 hours, I'm definitely not drinking enough water! ;)
My Mood: Today I was in a fairly good mood. I had moments of irritability due to not expressing my hurt and "shutting down", but I think I'm beginning to recognize when I do that. It's just REALLY hard to be vulnerable and say, "wow that actually hurt my feelings". Or even ask, "Did you mean that to sound that way? Because to me, that sounded hurtful". Process, process, process! :)
I was determined NOT to make this a "Black Friday" for me, in terms of weight-loss! I've been busting it out and, well, here are the results!
1.8 lbs down!
WOO HOO! I, FINALLY, BROKE THROUGH MY PLATEAU!!!!!
I was so excited when I saw the number I nearly bent down and KISSED the scale. Actually, I didn't "believe" the number at first. I moved the scale around my bathroom to a few different places thinking maybe it wasn't calibrating correctly. But, there it was! Down to a different number! Oh joy of joys! Now, if all the weeks could be this good, I'll be THRILLED! :)
Surprises:
So, as in all movie-life, schedules change. And my challenge has just gotten a bit harder...instead of a beginning start date of shooting on January 17, 2010, I am now scheduled for my first day of shooting to begin on January 10, 2010. Um...yeah. I just lost a whole week. Gulp! But I still think I can do it!
I cannot tell you how encouraging you've all been to me. Thank you for your kind words and your continued support! It really really really goes a LOOOONG way! I promise.
Jon and I went out and bought some 10 pound weights. The 8 lbs are getting a little light for me in some of the weight-training exercises! ;) Love graduating up. I feel like an athlete, or a rock star, or some other really awesome person you wanted to be when you grew up. :) Is that what I'm doing? Am I finally growing up? Awww! Just when I started feeling so young!
Calories consumed: 1121
Workout: Cardio DVD, warm-up (5 min), Cardio 1 (20 min / 3 lb and 5 lb weights added), cool-down/yoga (5 min). Today was a "lighter" day for me in terms of workout. I didn't do traditional weights, although my cardio DVD has a bit of weight-training in it.
Tomorrow's Goal: Drink 100 oz of water. I think I fell below my water goal today. I wasn't as vigilant as I'd been in the past few days. I didn't plan well enough and found myself out and about and without water. I guess I should realize if I haven't been to the bathroom in over 2 hours, I'm definitely not drinking enough water! ;)
My Mood: Today I was in a fairly good mood. I had moments of irritability due to not expressing my hurt and "shutting down", but I think I'm beginning to recognize when I do that. It's just REALLY hard to be vulnerable and say, "wow that actually hurt my feelings". Or even ask, "Did you mean that to sound that way? Because to me, that sounded hurtful". Process, process, process! :)
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