Back to Basics:Live Fit, Live Healthy, Live Happy.

Hey guys and gals!

This is one of my favorite motivational videos. It's absolutely amazing. Take the time to listen to it and you won't regret it!

Good morning everyone!

This morning started off really well. :) A Holistic Dietitian came to my home and so that I could get my baseline body composition measurement taken. It was a really cool process and I'm so glad I did it!

This is what it showed me: 

fat %,

fat weight,

lean mass %,

lean mass weight (includes muscle, bone and water),

dry lean mass weight (includes only muscle and bone),

water % (hydration level)

waist circumference

hip circumference

waist/hip ratio

I will be doing it again in a couple of months and will be posting my baseline as well as my progress.

Also, today is my first day back at the gym!! I can't wait! I will be starting off pretty lightly since I am not allowed to lift heavy weights when I first start off, post-surgery. Plus, my muscles are nowhere near the strength they were at before surgery and I really don't want to injure myself or strain anything. I will be taking it easy for the first week, gradually increasing intensity for a month. The plan is to be basically be back at my initial strength at the end of a month. Hopefully all goes well!! :)

Well, that' all for now!

Hey everyone!

I just finished having lunch (extra lean ground chicken with low sodium taco seasoning, brown rice and organic salsa with a side of spinach, peppers and cucumber salad) and I'm just having my pre-workout before heading downstairs to do this awesome ZWow! Try it out with me! :)

Good morning everyone and Happy New Year 2014!!

As some of you may know, I can finally start going back to the gym, post surgery, on Friday!! I can't wait! I'm getting sooo antsy! 

As a follow up to my last post, I can tell you that I'm feeling much better and all pain from the surgery is GONE! Yay! I was one of the unfortunate patients (approximately 1% of patients getting this procedure done) who had nerve affectation. Let me tell you something, It hurt...soo much. I was so worried as to how long it would take for the pain to subside, but fortunately enough, within 4-5 weeks post-op, it was gone. :)

So, starting today, I will try my very best to post here daily. I will be posting recipes, exercises, videos, motivational quotes, nutritional tips and info as well as just updating you on what I am going through in my fitness journey. :) As some of you may know, I will be stepping on stage for my very first figure modeling (bikini) competition this year and I am feeling sooo ready to push myself above and beyond to reach that goal! :) I can't wait!

This past year has been a rough one filled with obstacles. In December 2012, when I was training to compete in April 2013 and was literally in the BEST shape of my life...I hurt my back/pelvis. This caused me to be off work and training for quite a while...a couple of months. This was so hard on me, not only physically, but mentally. I ended up being pretty depressed about it and just stopped doing anything. It was not a good scene. I completely sabotaged all of my hard work. After I recovered, I had to start working out very slowly at a beginners level.

There was also the selling of our house, packing up, moving to another city, etc. which caused me some stress and also affected my training and nutrition quite a bit.

As for the latest obstacle...my surgery! This had a huge impact on my training and nutrition as well.

Sooo...long story short...I am a long way from my physical peak that I was at a little over a year ago, but I am SO pumped and ready to KILL it!! :D:D I WILL get back to where I was and surpass it. :)

First order of business: I am getting my Body Measurement Composition done on Friday morning of this week. I will be sharing these numbers with you as well as future follow-up measurement. :) Then, I'm hitting the gym!! :D Yay!

Well, I guess that's it for now!

So, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm still around and definitely going to post again soon! :) The reason why I haven't been posting much in the past couple of weeks, is that I am recovering from a surgery I had on Nov 22nd. Everything went really well during surgery and I had an amazing group of doctors and nurses take care of me during and in recovery. :)

As for recovery at home...well...it's been a lot harder than expected, but I'm hanging in there! :D Their original thought was that after 1 week I would be pretty much pain-free, but just not able to get back to work (because of the nature of my job) or get back in the gym...but...of course, I HAD to be one of those exceptions that was still in do much pain after 10 days that I could hardly sleep, couldn't get into a car (let alone drive!! I haven't even attempted that yet...) without crying from every little bump in the road (literal bumps...hehe) and had been basically confined to my house for the past week and a half. Sheesh!!

Now, like I said, I'm hanging in there and it will all be worth it in the end. I'm just not very patient... :P

So, that's why I haven't posted in the past couple of weeks, but I am now doing better and will start posting new recipes and nutritional tips/information soon!

Watching MegTurney’s PS4 unboxing while having an amazing carrot juice, swiss chard, romaine lettuce, cucumber and celery smoothie. Oh so tasty!! This has been my favorite Smoothie so far!! 5/5!

1/4 cup Arthur's Carrot Energizer Smoothie juice

1/2 cup celery

1/2 cup Swiss chard

1/2 cup Romaine lettuce

1 cup cucumber

2 tbsp. chia seeds