Operation Hot Bod!

Ha ha ha ha! No seriously that is the name of the game!

I decided that I am gonna buckle down and do better with exercise and eat better. I took the initiative and started the ABS diet for women. I really like it and would recommend it to anyone who doesn't like dieting.http://www.amazon.com/Abs-Diet-Women-Six-Week-Flatten/dp/159486912X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296486085&sr=8-1

So I woke up early when I didn't have to, this has been happening more and more lately. So I got my butt to the gym and did 15 minutes of the elliptical and 15 minutes of (I'm not sure what its called) A cross between the elliptical and a stair stepper so ellipti-stepper? Afterwards I did some bicep lifts with 15 pounds weights and then some leg presses with 90 lbs!

Once I got home I made myself a protein shake

I know that may not sound like any fun for breakfast, but I am surprised how tasty and how filling the shakes happen to be. The recipe is used from the abs diet its a variation of the Abs diet power smoothie

Here is the recipe
1 cup of 1% Milk
2 tablespoons of low fat vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup of instant oatmeal (I omitted that one)
2 teaspoons of peanut butter
2 teaspoons of chocolate whey powder
6 ice cubes

Today is my first day of the abs diet for real I will keep you posted on how much I see in ways of change in my weight and my body! Fun Fun!

First try

What a second post in one day???
Well I decided I would try my hand at poached eggs with hollandaise sauce, it was going to be beautiful, on a croissant and all it's loveliness.

First of all I would recommend using an actual recipe and not throwing one together. So here is what I started off with.

An Egg yolk(that should have been three, some yellow mustard(that should have been Dijon) and some bottled lemon juice. Notice I say some of because measuring is a foreign concept. I added some melted butter to this in the blender and it turned out so bad I couldn't take a picture. I decided to add some milk to bulk up the volume and it turned out ok.
This is my somewhat mutated hollandaise sauce, I liked the way it tasted but it wasn't as thick as I would have liked.

Now on to the poached egg, that was a total disaster, I don't know what happened! I started off with my egg...

It the perfect egg for poaching, before this I prepared my pot of water. It came up to a nice simmer
This is actual simmering, but I can promise you it did simmer!

I started to stir my pot of water to make a little whirlpool and slid my egg in very slowly and.....

It was a disaster, stringy egg whites filling the pot, nowhere around the yolk! (no picture was taken of this disgusting disaster of course) I was embarrassed to say the least. Why? I guess its just my competitive spirit or hard headed-ness.

So I decided to make another egg and just "poach" it in the microwave. No mess, no water, not as good, but still eggy. I put it on the top of my toasty crosiant and covered it with my mutant hollandaise.

I think next time I may practice my poaching techniques before I try this again, I will also try to work on my food photography, so it will get better (I hope :/)

Morning!!!

I am thinking about a change!!!
That change happens to be making a commitment to writing in my blog! Here is my issue I have a hectic schedule, I have massive amounts of homework and sometimes I just get darn lazy! So I need to think of some ideas to keep me going! Here is what I am up against

• 8:00-9:15 am Calculus Class on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 9:30-10:45 am Inquiry class on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 2:00-4:45 Classroom Management class on Tuesdays
• 2:00-4:45 Service Learning Class on Thursdays
• 2:00-2:50 Calculus Recitation on Wednesdays
• 5:30-8:15 Behavior Management on Wednesdays
• 9:00-11:45 Mexican American Culture on Saturday mornings

That is just my school schedule, I plan on working out 5-6 days a week starting this Monday, even though I haven't been too regimented about it. After all of that I have to plan my Wedding which is not the easiest thing in the world when you are doing it yourself.

Also I want to take more pictures and keep things more entertaining. So I will make it my goal to post once a day Monday-Friday. I'll leave Saturdays and Sundays optional because I get super tired!