Monday - Day One of Class

Well, here it is Day One of class in Tempe!! Today was a long day of reviewing what we did the last time we were here and a lot of new stats lessons.

After that I was ready for a chill night!

Since I am participating in a blogger Valentine Swap, I needed to do some shopping (what an excuse, hugh?) so I decided to make it a "mall night". There are soooooooo many malls around Tempe I was trying to decide whch to try and a classmate offered to come with me for the exploration night!

My classmate Michael and I went the following malls....

Arizona Mills Mall

Tempe Marketplace

Scottsdale Fashion Square

By far....our favorite was the Fashion Square! It was way larger and then selection was more upscale and normal stores (less stores like Hot Topic or knockoff sunglass sellers, etc.) They had everything there and it was soo clean and pretty!!!! Also, we got dinner at Pita Jungle and it was great for fast food!!! Soo yummy and fresh and resasonable!!!

Tomorrow will be the class excursion (we are going to rent bikes and do some offroad biking...you know there will be lots of pics...hopefully a scorpion or snake also!)

Happy Tuesday all!

Sunday - Day 1 - Part 2

The next few pictures are the view from the Hole in the Rock...

A cactua growing from the middle of two montains....

Rocks for my niece....

View from the bottom...

Really cool animals running through the trees...

Here I circles the lttle guy...someone that was at the park when I was said they are called desert squirrels, I dont know if this is ture or not...they look like big hamsters!

A holey cactus....I thought the stem was really neat..look how cool they look were they are coming out of the ground...

You can kind of tell in the picture...these trees are called verde (they are really green - branches, bark and leaves, all green)!!! Very cool.........

Another green tree...........

Prickly Pear cactus.........

Another prickly pear cactus...they are soo cool...in person, they are yellow, blue, and purple....very cool!!!!!!!

Another type of cactus......

Found this cool place too!!!!! Will definitely be checking this out before I leave..........

Found it!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone has an amazing week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friend Me...My Llamo es "annsterw" on Fitness Pal

I am linking up today for Fitness Friday at The Blessed Life...

So excited because I really have been good with everything this week...here we go!










I had fantastic week of staying active. I have tracked all my exercise/food/water/weight on MyFitnessPal.com and that has been soooo helpful - it is a free website - it you are not already using it you should give it a try...and request me as your friend...annsterw...I love friends!!! HA!

Was I active?I am so excited to report that I was active 5 out of the 7 days this week for at least 60 minutes each of those days....some days more!!

Friday: Day Off - mom and sisters in town...too much fun...no time to workout that day!
Saturday: 30 minutes on the treadmill jogging at 5.0 and 60 on the elliptical
Sunday: Day Off - had a service meeting almost all day and crashed when I got home!
Monday: 30 minutes on the treadmill jogging at 5.0 and 75 on the elliptical
Tuesday:30 minutes on the treadmill jogging at 5.0 and 120 on the elliptical
Wednesday: 30 minutes on the treadmill jogging at 5.0 and 60 on the elliptical
Thursday: 120 on the elliptical

As you can see there is a lot of time spent on the treadmill and elliptical. Not that I am wishing to have people fail but, currently at my gym it is soooooo packed with the New Years resolution people (they are still hanging in there) so it makes attending spin or any of the others classes next to impossible...THEY ARE PACKED!!! I am a very crowd conscious person. Maybe soon....it will clear out a little.....if not, then elliptical here I come because I cannot stand to be packed in like a sardine and try to participate in a class...I need space!!!! HA!

Weight Loss?I did lose weight last week and stayed under my calorie intake each daybut I do not weight in until Monday....maybe I should switch that...we shall see.

Anyway, last week I lost 2.2 I think and this week on track to more I hope.

On Thurday I went to lunch (which I never do) and we went to Thai Foon - I got the combination fried rice and ate the WHOLE Thing!!! It had to be like 3 cups of rice easy!!! When looked up the calories, the program said like 2000...that is why I did 120 minutes on the elliptical - I HOPE I counter-acted that massive amount of fat and food!!! :-( It was soooooooooooo yummy though!

Good luck to all/Happy Weekend and I look forward to new friends on Fitness Pal!!!!

Thai Lunch

Had lunch today at an amazing restaurant.

Met a friend of mine (used to work in my building and now works in "Corporate") - shout out to Rane!!!!

Anyway we went to this awesome place at Settler's Ridge in Robinson, PA called Thai Foon! Sooooooooo yummy!!!! Reminded me of Phnom Phen on Cherry Way in Pgh - we used to eat there all the time when I worked in the city.

I forgot my phone so I am not able to show my own photos but if you are ever in the Settler's Ridge area they have awesome combo fried rice called "Thai Foon fried rice"....YUM!!!!!

Happy Thursday ya'll!!!!!!

Update Monday

This weekend my mommy and sisters came into town to go skiing at 7 Springs. I do not snow ski (do not enjoy it at all) so I only participate in the shopping day of girls weekend an skip the second day which is skiing. I loved having them here!!! I just love company!!!!

We shopped after work on Friday and then went to dinner at Houlihan's at the Galleria Mall and then went to see a movie. This is a photo of my sisters and mom before abyone else arrived at the movie...looking like we have the WHOLE place to ourselves....ha!!! We ended up seeing War Horse and it was amazing!!!!! Sooooooo good!!! I highly recommend it!!



I came home Saturday to find this.....cutest things ever, right?!?!??! I love when they snuggle each other!!

This was part one of my workout on Saturday!!!

And this was part two - yippee!!!!

And this is todays workout - part 1

And part two!!! Go me!!! Just an update with the weight loss as well - today I weighed in and lost another 2.2 this week!!! YIPPEE!!! Motivation at it's finest!!

I hope yinz all have a WONDERFUL week!!!!!!!

Randomness

Happy Thursday yinz!!! I hope everyone is having a great week!!

Just popping into Blogger to catch up on today's reads...I have nothing to report!!

Check out these awesome pants from Etsy...I have NEVER laughed soooo hard in my life!!! I almost bought them just to prove they exist!! HILLARIOUS!!!

People just amaze me sometimes!! HA!

I weighed in this am!!! BIG MISTAKE....I am only down 1 pound since Monday and I have been working out like crazy...I know I am trying wayyyy too hard and wanting this weight to fall off faster but I swear I am killing myself with my workouts and logging every morsel I eat of my food into MyFitnessPal.com!

Anyway, no more weigh-ins daily (I will wait for a week to pass each time)....I was sooo depressed walking into work today because I thought I should be down way more....

Anyone else every get like this?!?!?!?

My whole life is all or nothing...NO MIDDLE GROUND and NO GREY!! I need to work on this desperately!!!


Needless to say - I will not be taking tonight off from the gym as I had originally planned BEFORE stepping onto the scale. Oh well, keep improving on me!!!! That's all I can do and at least I know I am now moving in the right direction even if it is not as fast as I want it to go.....

WWTK Wednesday

I am playing along with WWTK Wednesday!

It is being hosted by Queso and Crazy Mama as usual and the questios are fun, fun, fun...

Stop by their blogs and play along - you might even meet a few new friends!!!


HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS..........
{1} What is your favorite room in your house and why? Bonus points for a picture.
>{2} What is your favorite time of day and why?
{3} What is your favorite genre of music (or band/singer) and why?
{4} What is your favorite "go to" snack? Is it something you keep on hand?
{5} What is your favorite form of exercise or way to keep moving?

AND HERE ARE MY ANSWERS.......

{1} What is your favorite room in your house and why? Bonus points for a picture.
This is is!!! My bedroom!! I just got this furniture and furnishings last year and I am still in love with it!!!! I found out after I bought it that it is the same comforter set as Bella's from the Twilight movies however, there is not quite the same action going on here as was on hers...as you can see...lots of sleepy babies though :-) And darn it, make sure to give me my bonus points - ha!!!!

{2} What is your favorite time of day and why?

I honestly do not think I have one. If I HAD to pick one then I would say 10PM....time to GO TO BED!!!

{3} What is your favorite genre of music (or band/singer) and why?

Kidrock, Kidrock, Kidrock! Love him!!!! He is an amazing guy, sooo sexy and sweet!!! Swear this is true - the "attitude" is just for show - really!!! I met him once and he had such an impact on me!! GREAT GUY!

As far as music, I love it all depending on my mood and what I am doing. Love hiphop for working out with cardio, alternative grunge for weight lifting, slow songs if I need a good cry, and pop in the am driving to work to have fun and not kill someone in traffic!!! HA!

{4} What is your favorite "go to" snack? Is it something you keep on hand?

Now that I am seriously working out and watching what I eat, it would be sugarfree double-bubble bubble gum and chobani yogurt (any flavor)! This is my breakfast and sometimes my snack before bed - LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

{5} What is your favorite form of exercise or way to keep moving?

I love spin class and Zumba!!! My new thing, however, is the elliptical. I hop on that if I just need to do something different and work out for an hour. Usually I can burn between 700 - 800 an hour - GREAT WORKOUT as long as I have an iPod!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to read everyone elses answers!!!