CUTE PIC OF THE WEEK

So, just for fun and with little effort, I will post a cute pic of the week. This could be anything adorable captured by my camera, phone cam or sent by you! Just send me a link by posting it on the comments area. Someday, I might work on having a direct e-mail link here. I would love to see and share cute pics of you, your family or pets!!!

This Cute pic of the week is my Darling Daughter just being her adorable self... proudly showing her pearly whites!

I hope you guys have a great weekend... I know I will!!!!

Office munchies

Ever since I worked 9-5, I have discovered my love for snacking. The craving comes around 3 to 4ish in the afternoon and most days, I munch on food that I regret munching on.

And when life gets really busy, I don't even have time to pack lunch. So, I stroll to the nearby Burger King, Pizza Pizza, Subway, Swiss Chalet, Tim Hortons, Pho restuarant or grocery store (they sell sushi and deli sandwiches). It's not only burning a hole in my wallet (debit card to be specific), but I'm undoing all the hard work I did with the weight loss.

My new work :)

So before I make any changes, let's take a peek of what junk food I have in my office:

This isn't too bad... non-fat yogurt (tho I think it has aspartame :| ) and Pure Cranberry, not the cocktail kind. The chocolate treats aren't mine... I guess I can throw that out.

Cereal isn't too bad, although I checked the nutrition info it has 200+ calories per serving, which is a lot! Peek Freans aren't mine...

Nuts (ok I guess in moderation); Granola bar (high in sugar); Chamomile tea (AWESOME); Instant French Vanilla (It's my emergency caffeine/sugar fix!)

Not mine, and I don't drink instant coffee or fake creamer... why would I if the greatest Coffee shop in the world is just across the street?

Oh Miss Vickies, how I adore you... These are the best chips evar!!!! (I HAVE TO THROW THIS OUT FOR SURE)

The crackers are whole wheat and orange is a great snack... and the can of tuna is my emergency 'I didn't have time to pack lunch' lunch.

Now, my goal is to eliminate all the junk food above and here is my plan:

• Throw all junk food out
• Buy veggies and fruits to put in the fridge for munching (Did this last night)
• Buy sandwich lunch items like turkey breast, whole wheat bread, baby spinach, roasted red peppers etc. for an easy lunch prep (Did this last night as well)
• Make homemade yogurt dips for veggies and fruits (Bought ingredients but haven't made them yet)
• Make time before bedtime to pack lunch and snacks to avoid lunch trips to fast food places and the nearby grocery store.

I am so lucky that I work with an awesome lady who is completely vegetarian. She continues to inspire me to kick the junk/fast food habit out and make healthy fresh lunches from home. She does not eat out at all and she makes her own food from scratch (even bread!). And did I mention, she has two kids to take care of while she works full time? Truly inspiring, I feel like a lazy bum compared to her.

Today, I am had leftover salmon with zucchini and red peppers with brown rice for lunch. And like I learned, portion is key. So I made sure the protein portion is only a size of a deck of cards and the carb is about 1/2 cup.

How do you keep your work or school lunches healthy? And how do you avoid the bad snacking part? I would love to hear from you...

New Everything

Wow, it's almost Easter! My past few months was a blur. Here is a quick update:

• I got another new job (A way better one, I might add). The commute is longer, therefore we are...
• Selling our house and looking for something in the Toronto west end neighborhood. I just hope this does not stress me out too much.
• My darling daughter is growing everyday, she is like a child almost.. but I still do see the baby in her sometimes. She talking like a big girl! although she can't pronounce well yet, her vocab is pretty impressive for a 20 month old.
• Sadly, my fitness stormed out of my life, went for a pack of smokes and never came back. It is a big struggle for me to fit workouts in my busy life, so I hope blogging about it will encourage me again (like it did before!)

I hope to produce an entry a day... long or short... So... let me go to lunch (because I'm starving, I'm having tuna and crackers with blueberries and an orange for dessert. This is a healthy lunch today because I've been feeling guilty about my Burger King visits last week)
and I will see you guys later for another exciting (or not) post!

Skinny Jeans Mama

Yes, I had fallen off the map of the world wide web recently. But I'm not giving up and I'm trying to currently pinpoint where I am.

See, the life of a wife and mom with a toddler that works full time and pursues education part time is pretty hectic. So in this situation, I have no energy left to even go on the scale let alone workout. Therefore, I have been really troubled on what to write in this blog. Although, I would still like to stay and fit into my skinny jeans, that focus seem to have lost it's importance.

Being so busy made me treasure my moments with my family, even if it's only a late-night cozy conversation with my hubby over tea, venting over lunch with my mom or an early morning walk to the sitter's with my DD as she waves bye bye to the passing choo choo train. Every moment with them is priceless and very blog-worthy. And so... GETTING BACK INTO MY SKINNY JEANS IS GONNERS....

and please welcome

SKINNY JEANS MAMA...
an everyday tale of a skinny jean wearing wife and mom

I am so excited to share my little (and BIG) moments with you... and because I have been wearing my skinny jeans A LOT ever since being able to fit back into them, I would like to take you wherever it goes.

My Final Bootycamp results!

I'm so sorry with the delay of my final measurements... work and life has been hectic, crazy but amazing otherwise because of my lovely family that I come home to.

Let's get down to it!!! I had such an amazing time at Bootycamp and seriously, I will miss working out with the girls outdoors every tuesday and thursday nights.

Joining this wonderful program has literally changed the way I think about my health. I'm proud to say that I am WAY stronger and MORE fit than I was pre-pregnancy!!!

I had great results and here they are!!!

Inches Measurements
Measurement	Start	Week 4	Week 8	Inches Lost
Upper Arm (lf)	10	10	9.5	0.5
Upper Arm (rt)	10.1	10	9.6	0.5
Chest	34.6	33	33.1	1.5
Waist	31.1	30.4	29	2.1
Hips	37.6	36.5	35.1	2.5
Buttocks	41.9	41.5	40.5	1.4
Upper Thigh (lf)	25	21.5	20.5	4.5
Upper Thigh (rt)	24.8	21.9	20.1	4.7
My Total Inches	215.1	204.8	197.4	17.7
Caliper Measurements (mm)
Measurement	Start	Week 4	Week 8	mm Lost
Tricep	23	20	18	5
Suprailium (Waist)	24	20	16	8
Thigh	32	24	20	12
Body Fat & Weight
Measurement	Start	Week 4	Week 8	Lost
Weight (lbs.)	160	154	151.2	8.8
Body fat %	29.6	25	0.218	29.382
Fat Weight	47.4	38.6	32.9	14.5
Lean Mass	112.6	115.4	118.3	-5.7

I didn't achieve my 10 lbs weight loss goal and the last 4 weeks wasn't that great of a weight loss due to a holiday and a hectic life, but I still lost inches and I feel great and stronger than I've ever been.
BTW, I dug up my old Bootycamp book and when I first started and I was 170.6 lbs with body fat percentage of 30.2% back then!!

I lost a total of 19.4 lbs and 8.4% of body fat with BOOTYCAMP!!!

Now, reality sinks in as I, Savvy, will attempt to continue my weight loss with diet and exercise all on my own (and a Hubby that motivates me).

The next few months is going to be crazy because of my new demanding FT job and my last semester in school (can't wait to finish!!!) but I will continue to blog as much as I can. This blog has truly helped me in my motivation, especially when I started to realize that actual people other than my family read this...

So to all readers... THANK YOU for visiting because on the days I feel lazy and just want to gorge, I ask myself... "Do I really want to embarrass myself to all those reading my blog and post that I pigged out and layed on the couch/bed again?"

Oh and guess what, you will never believe this...

I'm back into my pre-pregnancy
SKINNY JEANS!!!!!!!!!!

sorry for the bad pic quality, took it with a phone cam in bad lighting conditions.
It was easier to upload pic through phone than uploading from the real camera.

Photo on top right from Bootycampfitness.com