Back to life, Back to reality!!!

Do you remember the song back to life, back to reality by soul to soul?  It used to be quite a hit in my day or shouldn't I say too much as I will be giving away my age ;-)

Anyways, after coming home and the nice relaxed feeling you get upon returning from a holiday has worn off, I have slammed right back into reality.  The thing is upon getting home I had over 30 letters waiting for me mostly bills and they were all saying to me you can run girl but you sure can't hide for too long (sigh)



Since returning home, I have suffered a bit of jet lag which has made me mostly tired and lazy.  I am still trying to get my body back to it's normal routine, though I must say that I am feeling sooo lazy that the last thing on my mind is working out.  To make matters worse, I stepped on my scale and it said I had put on 10 kilos OMG!!!  Can you believe that after just 3 weeks in the states one can put on 10 kilos??? I am convinced that my scale had a bad morning so I will try to weigh myself again tomorrow morning (deep sigh). Though hopping over to ihop for those nice brekkies and spending the rest of the day on buffets and the like and eating all I can, should it really come as a surprise?  I really feel for those living state side as with all the abundance of nice food it must be quite hard to lose weight there.

On the other hand, if my scale still insists that I have put on weight then it means that this is the heaviest I have been since I made an appearance on this place called planet earth.

So I guess its time to get on the program and start working towards those fine Michelle Obama arms and cool Jillian Micheals abs!  I have decided that tomorrow is the D-day.  I have gathered all the tools of the trade that will be needed for this exercise, namely:

- weights
- resistance bands
- mat
- my videos.

Now I don't have any more excuses and I better do something really fast or else I will soon not recognize myself in the mirror, blimey!

Nutrition wise, I have some whey protein (yummy strawberry flavored) , stocked up on some fish ( tilapia), some oats for breakfast and  tomorrow I'm off to get my salads and fresh fruits from the market.

I'm ready to rock and roll!

How about U?  Have you started your workout for 2013?  Have you got any tips or tricks you wanna share?

That's all for now folks!!!

Elle


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2013 The Year To Be Fruitful

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!

I hope you had a great time with your family and friends.  I must say that despite the fact that I'm unemployed and as a result was dreading the holidays, I have had one of the best Christmases ever.  To God be the glory!   I was blessed to spend Christmas day in both London and Washington (I traveled to Washington on Christmas day) which was pretty cool, though I did get a colic from overeating.  Time with family and friends is always golden and much more precious than silver and gold. 

I still happen to be in the states on holidays and with time on my hands, I have been pondering on my wishes for this year.  They tend to be numerous each year and in most cases I do not get to fulfill them  therefore I have decided to keep it simple this year.  They are as follows: I intend to get the job of my dreams,  fulfill my weight loss goals and God willing pay off my debts.  Oh and something close to my mum's heart is to find  the man of my dreams.  Next week happens to be my birthday, earlier family members will give me subtle hints about there being more to life other than a fulfilling career.  Now that I'm heading towards the big Four Zero, I am being told to concentrate my energy on settling down.   So that has been added to my goals for this year, hmmmm  lets see how that goes.  

I went to a watch night service on the 31^st of December and we were told that 2013 is the year to be fruitful.  

My wish for each of us is that we fulfill our goals and aspirations for 2013 and that we are all blessed with long life, prosperity and good health.

Stay Blessed everyone  xoxoxo

Elle