Furbambinos

1st attempt with 5 month old puppers

Cutiepies

My loves, minus sophia & nash the cats

Bella

Blitz

Friiiiiiiiday HEYYY

HEY ALL!!!!!!!
Hope the week has treated you well thus far!
I'm thinking the blogging will be very infrequent for the next month or so. I'm so busy I can hardly find time to hop on, and routine wise, it's all the same! Good as ever!!!
I'll leave ya with some pix of the babies....1 comp. pic, and a current pic. I fully intend and WILL compete in 2010. Of course I'll keep my blog updated then, but for now..............adios........... :) LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
Bella-Licious

Blitzer

1st Comp. routine

Current Pix

LOVE~~~~~~~~~~
*EM*

Raaaandom

OH boy, here are my random thoughts for a monday: enjoy a coffee induced post:

*If you're not a big TV watcher, I completely understand, HOWEVER---yesterday I watched Fantasy Factory on MTV with Rob Dedryck (spelling is off sorry)and this episode had John Mayor in it. Holy cow. I laughed my butt off the entire show. Really really funny. It was the one where they had to "redeem" themselves with Robs' Mom because she heard some bad gossip. Anyway, of course Rob is funny, he has his own show, but really, I had no idea how funny John is. : )

*Also, right now I'm watchin Ellen. The three audience members with hidden talents were absolutly amazing. AND: Vince Vaughn is soooooooooo so so so so funny. Love that guy. My kind of humor! :)

*I am loving about 1/4 taes. of Ciayanne pepper in my oats right now. It makes me soooooo warm, and I eat them slower because of it. Also, if you use Chia seeds, make sure you 'activate them' by lettting them soak in water first. Then you get soooo much volume out of them!!! I swear I am eating my breakfast for 20 minutes there is so much volume!!

*I am tracking my weight more so for the Trend of it than anything. I actually feel great right now. it's nice to go through a fall without contest prep and the crazy ass rebounds (by choice) I always went thru. Anyway, about the weight: It's so fun to see it fluctute in regards to water, and fiber and tons of veggies and what not. Also, after weights I weigh more, too. Soo, I don't care what the number is, I just like the trend. :)

*Yesterday I ran 10 miles in an hour and 45 mins. I iced and epsom salt bathed and I feel awesome today.

*It's soooooooooo freakin cold here. Did I mention it was barely 40degrees during said 10 mile run? Yeah, burrrrr. Also, I'm heading to PetCo to get Bella & Blitz sweaters. I'm not kidding. I walk/run them once or twice a day and I don't want them to freeeeezzzeee!!!!!!!!

*I watched 4 movies this weekend. I was a single mom with four animals and all I did was lounge with the pups/cats. Ohhh yeah I am so cool :) :) (hubby was at a football weekend!)

Love to you all, again, KEEP YOUR GOALS WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
GET SHIT DONE!!!!!!!!!! DO IT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHERISH YOUR LIFE-YOUR LOVED ONES-YOUR HEALTH!!!!!!!!

XOXO~
EM

HOLA HOLA EHHH

Does it get any better than La Bouche for cardio tunes??? :) :) You know you love it!!!

WHAT UP GUYS!?!?!
I am on runner adrenaline right now! Holy cow, I just finished my longest run since March 2004 when I ran the Valley of The Sun 1/2 Mary in Phoenix. Today I did 8 miles!! YAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I averaged right at a 10:30 pace and was pretty stoked. I "THOUGHT" about trying for ten, but decided to stay safe and healthy. Perhaps Sunday I'll try for those double digits!

It's been an ohhh so fabulous Rocktober thus far!
I have 19 clients doing my Nutrimirror.com challenge where they attempt to log their food for 28 out of the 31 days. I myself am logging, too! "To get something you've never had, you must do something you've never done" Well, there ya go, I've never been diligent about logging, and I have a goal physique for myself, so what the heck!!!!!!!!

I hope you're all attacking the Month with your goals in hand! You really CAN do anything you set your mind to. Why do we have to remind ourselves this on an hourly, daily, weekly basis?? <---That was a rhetorical question :) :)

Alright ladies and gents, Make it a good evening, I'm out of here.
Love ya much, pass it on

XOXO
~EM~

1st of tha Monthhhhh

I know Krissa and I are HUGEEEEE on the first of the month------(especially when they fall on mondays, huh!!)
Anyway, just like the other 11--1st days of the month--today is no different.
I have my goal list. all with a little box next to them so I can check it off when achieved! I freakin love making list--but even MORE so, I love checking them off or throwing them away. Especially Post its---I have them on my mirrors at home, on my dashboard, all over my planner, I text myself things when I think of things!!

Soooooooooo, what are your goals for the next 31 days????
I have challenged all of my personal training clients & bootcampers to track their food intake on www.nutrimirror.com
If they do it for the FULL month, they get some free loot!!! :) I'm hoping it's going to be a REALLY great way for people to hold themselves accountable. So, we shall see!!!!!!!!!! I challenge you all to track food for a full month if you're at a plateau or not seeeing the results you had hoped for.

Anyway, All is well, I have plenty of other things on my GOAL list for this month. It's gonna be a good one, I know it!

Oh my gosh, Bella & Blitz (b2) update::::::
WE RAN DOWN THE BLOCK TWO TIMES TODAY!!!!!!! My lil puppers are runners! yay!!!!
They're getting sooo big and are little sweetie pies!

That's it for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAVE YOURSELF A FAAAAABBB rest of the week---feel free to post your goals!
I'll hold you accountable :) :) ):

LOVE LOVE~
EM

Randomness

Here are some random thoughts since I likely won't be blogging for a couple days (the start of the week usually slams me!).

* I think Planks are a testament to true ab/core strength. Challenge a friend or significant other to a Plank-Off. Perfect form-toes and forearms and see who can go the longest! Forget floor crunches, plank it baby plank it!!!!!!

*I'm obsessed with homemade hummus. I'll post a recipe next week-but I tell ya, tahini paste and LIME juice (not lemon) make all the difference. I could eat it every day (oh wait, I do!!!)

*Why didn't anyone tell me how FREAKIN AMAZING spaghetti Squash is. Myyy ohhh myyyy, it's fabulous

*Between my clients, Family & Dear Husband, I must log over 100+ texts a day. I am sorry if anyone things it's insincere---I think it's special :)

*When I run on the treadmill I watch Exercise TV on demand. I'm such a "DOWNBEAT SNOB" from my experience as a group fitness instructor--that when Jillian Michaels gets off beat in her "shred it" workouts, I seriously turn it off. I'm not doing the workout, I'm just watching it as I tread along, but still---would it kill you to start your concentric motion on the downbeat?? commmeeee onnnn, it's my pet peeve!!!

Okay, that's all for now! I'm so stoked for Nicole winning Figure O. I think she is outstanding------and she qualified in both Figure AND Fitness.....are you kidding me?!? LOVE HER!!!!!!

REMEMBER!!!!!! Start the week off with a BANG! Get some momentum rolling and kick BUTT!!!!!!!

LOVE~
EM

***KALISPERA***

GOOOOOODDD EVENING (in greek)
Sooooooo, it's FINALLY Friday evening and I've caught my breath! Thank God-It's been a BUSY week and I loved every minute of it!!!!!! I packed a TON in and felt totally energized the whole time! Onnn FIYAAAA!!!!!!

Tonight we went down to the Greek Orthodox Church we got married at and helped at the Greek Bazaar. Holy goodness, this is a HUGEEEEE Event!!!!! My in-laws are in charge of the Green Beans and it's quite a production to doctor them up. They're greek beans with plenty of Olive Oil, lemon juice, oregano, garlic to the max and a little S&P. (We were there for a few hours, but then puppy duty required us to be home. B2 had to get out and play for goodness sake!) It was quite a ball down there--I kept hollering at our "Yaiya" to ask if I was doing the concoction correctly, and about Three or Four different ladies would turn around & answer (all referred to as Yaiya as well) Lots of laughs, plenty of Greek Beans, loukamathes for Em, Mythos for hubby and garlic & oregano smelling hands for the whole evening! :) :) :) love it!

This weekend will be full of relaxation! We're planning a Fitness Saturday filled with bikes and maybe hikes??

Oh, my Garmin has been so fabulous this week. I've clocked over 17 miles. Low and slow (as my Papa says) as to not rush into running and get hurt, but DANG I'm hooked.

There ya go, have yourself a fabulous weekend
Oh, one more thing----If you're keeping tabs on the Olympia-I will voice my opinion real quick-------simply put---I will NEVER strive for a PRO FITNESS body. Nope.

LOVE~
EM