Couchies and Munchies

FRIDAY, FINALLY!!!! CAN I GET AN AH-LADY!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBX-ESFDF0

I just felt like a little No Doubt to take me back to my easy breezy high school days. Look at Gwen with those chola eyebrows….tehe…that is why I do my own eyebrows, ladies. Too many times those fabulous waxing ladies gave me those tiny little brows. And I was like NOOO!!!

Speaking of NOOO!!! for all my Wednesday Weigh In folks I faced that bastard the scale this morning.

Yep, that was pretty much my expression. Keep in mind, I’m at a healthy weight. My doctor would say I’m keeping 33 nice and healthy. But she wouldn’t say smoking hot and that’s what I would like for Mexico which is my big girl Christmas. Instead of stockings by the chimney it will be margaritas by the beach. Anyways, ideally if I can knock off these 6.3 lbs by August I will be happy. Now some of you will be – psheeh that’s nothing. Hello…I am barely 5’feet tall which means that’s like you normal sized peoples 15 lbs. One of the many down sides of being miniature. However my tone from running and when I was going to barre is still there so my little shape is better than when I started in January.

Yes, I would like to look like this at the beach. Love her little flat tummy. My New York beerfest made me a little roly…. This week was kinda a wash except I did bring back veggies and water. I should include her name but I cannot remember it but she was one of the dancers from Dancing With The Stars in the first few seasons. Sheryl something, I think. Is she still on? She’s so cute.

Let’s do some Friday Favorites with Amanda!!!

* FRIED SPRING ROLLS…..So delicious…especially when they are a make-up peace offering!!! Pretty much delicious food of any kind is a FAVORITE!!!

* SLEEPING IN!! I am looking forward to some of this!!! Ok, maybe minus the snacking…I am feeling George though!

* BRUNCH W/ MY CHICAS!!

I will be enjoying some brunch here manana!!! Can we say hooray for bottomless mimosas until 3pm! Yes, please!

*FUJI APPLES – These are one of my favorite snacks!! So crisp and delicious!!

*OLD SEXY AND THE CITY EPISODES – These are just a little pick me up when I need to get ready, fold laundry, etc

Alright kiddies, I hope you all have a great weekend. We have a three day weekend over here in the States, holla!!! I am looking forward to my slacker Monday! Let me know what you’ve got planned, any tips to end my slackerdom, or bring back my fitness??? Send help!!

Besos,

lbg

TUESDAY, WHAT?? RUNNING AWAY TO THE BIG APPLE

DISTRACTION IS MY MIDDLE NAME
WordPress, you bastard! You just deleted my entire paragraph on being distracted. Seriously, you bastard! Anyways, basically all I can focus on is NYC or my beach vacay in Zihutanejo which I most likely have misspelled (again) or that I hate wordpress. Sadly, I have a job in real life that requires actual work being accomplished

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REFRESHING THE OLE’ OMBRE
My blonde carmel ombre was getting brassy so I grabbed a box of Garnier Sangria and did a little refresher last night. BAM! Deep reddish ombre and I LOVE IT!!! Now the only problem is I probably need a color deposit shampoo and conditioner that I failed to buy at Target. What’s my problem??? Vacation brain….that’s my problem. The boyfriend was surprisingly impressed that it came out so good. Hey, I dyed my own hair for a long time before I grew up and got fancy. Now I’m just fancy and broke – back to my old bag of tricks. I mean really the strategic bleaching ie the actual hard part was already done. It was basically just paint by number at this point. Thank you Garnier.

I NEED TO TAKE SOME SERIOUS NAMES TODAY

Please baby Jesus help me get some of the ish work done. I really don’t want to be gone on Wednesday and people are like “What the ‘eff has she been doing???” Loose ends must be tied or at least strategically addressed in a pre-emptive email. So about those TPS reports….

VACATION MODE UNTIL POST NYC & THEN SEXY IS COMING BACK.
I have been trying to bring the red hot sexy back to my almost mid-thirties. That was a goal for this year and there’s still time. I ain’t tripping because my 33 year old ass just ran a half marathon and is about to run another and that is EFFING SEXY!

However I have fallen off that clean eating bandwagon because I am a KNOWN STRESS EATER…510 petitions sure, no prob. I’ll take the Venti Latte – oh wait make it non-fat and one of those sausage sandwiches. My familia is an adorable Mexican Mom and Sister that do not understand clean eating. Mother’s Day was filled of processed suburban food….that I ate and enjoyed until my stomach felt terrible and bloated. BLARGH. I’m gonna just enjoy NYC which means BEER!!! Probably a slice or two of pizza, I mean it’s NYC and life is short. You get the point. But I promise that as soon as I get back – we’re gonna be serious, Interwebbies. I want to be hotter than Zihutanejo!!! I want to be able to have my boyfriend take photos of me in my bikini and not snatch the camera away from him and hit DELETE! I think this clip best exemplifies how I feel, please dear interweb buddies, watch ’till the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8l0Rn24w1s

I want to feel good and look good in my vacay wear!!! So yes, after NYC we will be getting mother effing hard core over here. Looking at the calendar and hitting away those damn baked goods.

I will stop the above behavior….upon my return.

SWIMSUITS I WANT TO LIVE IN DURING MY MEXICAN ESCAPE!

These beauties are all from Roxy. I actually linked the images for you, chicas. I trust Roxy, the fit is always solid, and I never feel like I’m gonna have a wardrobe malfunction. I do usually just stalk the sale page since they come out with new suits every 2-3 months. I will begin my stalking of this lovelies.

This last one isn’t my usual steez but something about it was calling me. Maybe the whole thing just made me feel like I could be in an early nineties Janet Jackson video and I enjoy that sort of thing. Mexico vacay is a pin board and I expect it will be freakishly large by August but hey the day dreaming is the fun part.

While I’ve enjoyed my coffee and posting with mi peeps, it’s time to go. I’ve got a Santa size checklist and…well that’s about it. Oh and the damn shampoo and conditioner. Color deposit, any good suggestions?

Hope you’re having a lovely Tuesday! Holla any last minute NYC tips, kiddies and hopefully I will see you for the rant tomorrow!

Besos,
lbg

Wine, Running Slowly, and Rhythm Nation

THURSDAY UPDATES

WEIGH IN

Woo Woo! I lost .6lbs this week. Moving steadily towards my goal, kids! I wasn’t sure how this week would go. I figured there would be a loss but didn’t expect this …so HOORAY! 7 more to go!

LUNCHES TO WORK

I am bringing the lunch to work, saving the pennies, and fighting the urge to order mac and cheese. It’s a struggle because nothing makes a bad day right like mac and cheese…..Well maybe mac and cheese and wine. Yep, that’s the best.

Also water, water, water! Cali may be in a drought situation but this lbg is not! I’ve been drinking 6-9 glasses on the weekdays and pretty close to 4-6 on weekends. Hooray!!! My body is not chronically dehydrated.

BAR METHOD

Loving it and am actually feeling myself getting stronger. Who knew that could happen! It’s still so f’ing hard but I’m not as sucky as I once was, kids. My arms I think are showing the most improvement. I’m feeling it in my legs too but it’s not as noticeable. I’m hitting the 3x a week pretty solid and would like to maintain that. However I need to start getting the run in there which leads us to ….

RUNNING SCHEDULE FOR BROOKLYN HALF, BEATCHES!

I went into my calendar and booked all my loooonnnnnngggg runs. It’s sufficiently tabbed up so that I can hit 11.5 miles prior to the race. This weekend I need to run 4 miles. It’s a jump, I know but I’m ready. It might be a VERY SLOW 4 miles but it’s gonna happen.

Those are the updates.

In honor of Throwback Thursday – get your Janet Dance Party On!

Happy Thursday Besos,

lbg

There will be no more pants in Brooklyn but def more Julia and running than you can handle!

You have to love Pretty Woman

TOPS OPTIONAL

Dresses are so easy! You put on a dress and throw on your tights or pretzel twist into them and ala professional. This is one of my new new style goals for 2014 NOT skirts but dresses. Skirts like pants require a shirt and that’s just way too many outfit choices and it slows me down. Plus, I am NOT a morning person – it’s a miracle I make it to work before 11:00am everyday. My dream work schedule would be 11-4pm that paid me a salary I could live on, of course. Feel free to email me any jobs that meet this criteria.  Oh and how could I forget! I’m a shortie just barely 5 feet which means dress pants are always a situation for me. I prefer to get them tailored to my height in heels but due to running across campus at times I usually have a pair of flats. Without fail my flats make said fancy pants drag or slightly hit the ground and they end up getting a little tattered over time.

Dress pants, we’re breaking up. I’m sorry I’m doing it in a blog post but we’re done.

This morning due to my fabulous work dress, I was able to make my lunch and eat breakfast. MIRACLES! I’m telling ya 😉 It also helped that I had a ride and could stay at the casita a little later than if I commuted. Door to door service, baby! When I commute I have this 15 minute uphill walk on campus to my building. It’s not my favorite way to start the morning but I appreciate the exercise….I guess….let’s just be honest, you’re supposed to say stuff like this.  To wind it up, 2014 is all about the work dress.

THURSDAY – KEEPING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE

There’s always a lot of talk about the scale. You love it, hate it, abuse it, and we should all just throw it out the window. As I heard Julia Roberts say in Pretty Woman, “You gotta do you” and your relationship with the scale should be just that. For me, the scale is a helpful tool for keeping my slacker self accountable. I’m using Thursday as my weigh in day for this New Year. Today I got up and stripped down (yep, I’m a naked weigher) and hopped onto that bad boy. Woo Woo! I lost .7 lbs! Weight to bring healthy back! See what I did there? Hope you enjoyed that pun 🙂

BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON

One of my lbg dreams is to run the Brooklyn Half Marathon and last year it was the weekend of my best friend’s wedding. Whoa, we are totally having a Julia Roberts themed post. I digress, running this half is something I’ve really wanted to do. Registration goes live next week and I’m hoping my little fingers can refresh quickly enough to get a spot.  Not only would this help me get serious aka get back together with running but I feel like it’s one of those bucket list dreams. Eekkk, beyond excited!!! I did run a 5k last week and planned the same for this weekend so my running is coming along. I can feel the bar method helping me get back in shape as well.

So in honor of the Brooklyn Half, here’s a little musica….

 

HAPPY THURSDAY!

Besos,

lbg