drunk on love... & such!

First, some of my fav lyrics!

...take me away, i wear my heart on my sleeve, always let love take the lead, i may be a little naive, yeah, you know i’m drunk on love, drunk on love, nothing can sober me up, it’s all that i need, yeah... i've been let down, but never been tainted, so i stay thirsty for more, no i won't hold back, no drop is wasted, i let love run its course...

Rihanna gets it!

In other news, I am currently reading the "The Formula: 40, 30, 30" by Gene & Joyce Daoust and it is absolute genious at it's finest... as far as I can tell so far, lol! It makes complete and utter sense to me the way they outline the concepts of The Zone diet and the ratio of Carbs/Protein/Fat for each meal. It actually makes me wonder why the whole world doesn't eat like this! Low fat/high carb diets are such a joke, as are high protein diets! Ew, it almost makes me feel like my years of dieting were a complete waste. Better late than never to find such an excellent tool I guess (thank you to our amazing former Spin instructor and new friend Carla for introducing this diet plan to me!)! Not like I didn't know that it was best to stick to "clean" foods that are high in fiber and low in white flour/sugars, but the book puts it all into perspective in an amazing way. I am excited to see how it all pans out. The book also contains recipes and guides as well as "Family Style" meals which should come in handy for our busy week nights! The first tip I have implemented into today is the water rule. They challenge you to divide your body weight by 2 to determine the number of ounces of water your body needs to keep everything on the right track. Divide this number of ounces by 8 to see how many 8 ounce glasses of water per day you should drink. I have drank 9 glasses of water so far today and been to the bathroom more times then I wish to share haha! So far so good :) I am excited for the gym tonight, as per usual! And I am excited to implement this new eating into our lifestyle. Here's to some amazing results!

Last week we purchased some Kettlebell Kickboxing classes on Groupon with Cat & Michelle, that is sure to be a hilarious adventure! Also, Cat was quite obsessed with the Spin class we took together on Thursday which was awesome :)

Switching gears slightly, I did a little bit of shopping this week. Along with physical changes to my body come changes to my style and how I like to present myself. It's obviously necessary to buy clothes as one shrinks, but there are other things that I feel change as well. For one thing, I know I wear a LOT of makeup and I am trying to find my way to a more natural look, little by little. In the past I think I felt that I needed all of that makeup to supplement the fact that I wasn't the most fit. Now as I get smaller, my face shrinks, my features appear larger, all of that makeup starts to actually look strange on a smaller face! Most people who only see me on the weekend or when we go out probably wouldn't recognize me on a work or lounge day. Most weekend lounge days I am makeup-less until we go out at night. Most work days I only wear powder and light/no eye shadow! Shocker of the century, I know (Lisa and most of my family actually prefer me with little or less makeup)! But when it's time to glitz and glamour it up I pile on the pounds of shadow (I will still be lashing and shadowing it up for the usual occasions). Lisa got me a Mac gift card for Christmas so I am going to head there within the next week or so for a new look :) I also am transitioning my face makeup to try some of the Sephora Makeup Line and I purchased a new mascara today that I have been dying to try (Benefits, They're Real). Weight loss, when it is in as large a quantity as mine will be, really does stimulate an entire transformation. It's actually an amazing thing because the transition feels so freeing and fresh as you are going through it. Buying new gym clothes, new work clothes, new going out clothes, new makeup, it makes you feel like you are becoming a new person. As I shed away these layers I am revealing more of who had been hiding underneath all of that excess weight. Unfortunately, I am not rich, so it's hard to get everything I need at once, as my impatience would prefer. I guess the one benefit though is that a few pieces at a time allow for the slow and steady shrink otherwise I'd be throwing out my wardrobe every month lol! The last thing I am attempting is to grow my hairs long! I cannot believe that in the 11 years Lisa has known me I have never grown my hair much below my shoulders! For some reason I always felt like I couldn't, which is so weird! So here I am, new year, new look, loving it!

In terms of the weekend challenge, I did well. I definitely curbed my eating and did not eat any sweets at home on Sunday. I stopped myself during antipasto on Saturday and was sure to only have a taste of each thing. And the dessert spread wasn't that over whelming so I contained myself. I drank a lot of water and was definitely proud of how I did. The only bad thing about the weekend was that I didn't exercise, but I felt bad because Lisa was sick and I didn't want to leave her. I definitely should have pushed myself and she would've been supportive, but I would've felt bad leaving her home when I knew she had wanted to work out as well. Def going to have to work on the weekend work outs and implement at least one day.

The final thought I leave you with is this ... I require Flowerbomb to be added to my array of scents. I have a perfume addiction and the addition of this intoxicatingly (not a word) amazing scent would complete me.

The End.