Lisa and Shelly's fit, fab and 40 page!!

Hello Cyber World!  It's been more than a day since either Lisa or I have shown our blog some lovin'!  Let me catch you up... we are back from the Bermuda cruise!  Can I just tell you that Lisa looked great for the cruise.  :-)  She lost 15 pounds was strutting around Bermuda in sassy capris and getting attention from Bermudian commuters.  wink.  wink.

 

Bermuda was so heavenly... blue skies, turquoise waters, pink sand beaches, and the friendliest people on earth.   The only drawback was that it was too cold for us to actually swim in the ocean, go snorkeling, or do the famous helmet dive.  There were a few brave souls out in the water, but it didn't really look like they were having fun.  So both Lisa and I packed our swimming suits but never put them on.  hehe... thank goodness for me because as you can see from my weighl loss ticker there really has been no significant weight loss! 

 

However, that is going to change.  I haven't weighed myself yet this week, but I plan to first thing in the morning.  I felt like Lisa and I ate fairly healthy on the cruise.  It's so hard with all that temptation!  Aside from the desserts - we did good!!!!  ;-)  But I have to say that we walked and walked and walked - so I think that helped in keeping the pounds off on this cruise. 

 

I have to say that I am kind of sick right now from all that food on the cruise anyway and really craving fresh fruit and vegies.  So that is what I have been eating since the cruise.  Haven't had fast food or fried foods - oops, I think I did have a few chips but it wasn't my usual snarfing.  And I played tennis yesterday with my kiddo's.  We aren't very good, so that means a lot of running after stray tennis balls.  It is do or die, I am going to sneak that exercise into my day somehow!!

 

I know Lisa and I are both buried in taxes right now, so it may be a few days before you hear from us again.  Will try to post some pictures from the cruise soon, too!!!!

 

much love - shelly

Hola amigos y amigas!

 

Well, I am not dead yet and I haven't given up.  I didn't lose for the cruise like I had wanted to but I only have myself to blame.  Yes, I was sick for a good long time, but what's the excuse before that?  Simple fact - I eat more calories than I burn.  And I need to start burning!!!  My new goal is to look fab by my 40th - which is September.  I am going to do it - I need to do it!  Check out my new picture of the kiddo's... I need to be healthy for them and be a good role model.

 

So Lisa is so right about the pedicure.  My daughter and I are going tomorrow.  I think I will tan for a week, too.  Any little bit of color is welcome!!!  Besides,  tan fat looks better than white fat.  I just think the browner you are, the more your cellulite is camoflauged.  ;-)

 

Happy Easter everyone!!!! 

 

P.S.  Made a vow to not buy any Easter candy this year and I am sticking to it!

Hi guys!!!  Okay, you know the song above...from west side story...well, I do feel pretty today or should I say FIERCE to quote my fave designer Christian Siriano from Project Runway Fame!!!!  Anywho, this is an order for everyone that might be feeling a little down, feeling frumpy, feeling heavy, yucky or just not great about yourself...GO DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF!!!!  I so didn't have the time, and I'm sure I wouldn't have taken the time if I wasn't going on this cruise, but I took a long lunch today and went and got my hair highlighted and cut and my eyebrows waxed and I feel GREAT!!!!!  It's just what I needed!  I absolutley love the cut and it's been sooooooooooooooooo long since I've had highlights I didn't realize how dreary I looked with my darker hair, I just feel so much lighter!!!  SO, GO DO IT...NOW!!!!  Go get your hair did...your nails done, buy some new sandals...do something for YOU!!!!  YOU deserve it!!!!

 

Speaking of nails done....I have to add that to my list to get done before the cruise, I forgot about that but very important for me to have a pedicure before we go, so we'll have to find a time that Miss Kate and I can go get our toesies done, we love doing that together!  Also got the doc to call me in some nausea patches so will pick those up and have those for the cruise, so we should be in good shape!!!!

 

Shelly sent me the meal dress code today and there's a couple of formal nights.  Wish I wasn't so pale, but tanning is just something I can't do, so must find something that looks good on my pale skin!!!

 

Day 10 of my crazy diet for idiots and down another lb.  Been loosing about a lb. a day!!!  I'm getting a bit bored by it, so good thing we're coming up on the last day so that I can have 3 days off and then we'll see about starting it again.  Would really like to do it one more time before the cruise, but not sure I have it in me...Just 5 more lbs. gone before the cruise and I would enter a new realm that I haven't seen for a while and would feel so great!!!!  So we'll see if my tummy or my heart/mind wins out on this one.

 

Okay guys gotta get back to work,  but had to share how fabo fierce I feel so that you all go out and get fabo fierce yourself!!!!!  Take care!!! Lisa

Hi everyone!!!  Well this crazy diet thing is working!  I don't know how but it is!  I know it's low carb, but the choices are really good.  It's all about the combination of foods and they definitely have that figured out, because I broke through that weight barrier I hadn't been able to break through.  I've lost 8lbs. in 8 days!!!  Gotta love that and I really haven't been hungry!!!  Looking at my menu for tomorrow, I am a little bored with it, but I have 3 more days, so I CAN DO IT!!!!  Not sure if I'll do another 11 days or not...It would take me right up to the cruise which would be great, but we'll have to see, what I feel like next Monday.

 

Need to start exercising again.  Haven't been back to that yet and there's no reason now except for a lack of time.  I must make time for myself to do this!  I must!!!  With all the stress in my life right now with deadlines, I need this escape.  There's such beautiful weather this week...perhaps a real bike ride in the real outside!! :)

 

Okay gang gotta run...hope everyone has a great week!!!  Lisa

 

Hi guys!  Well, my partner and I are still here, but we're going a bit slower than we planned.  We have both had bouts with illness, injuries, infections, etc.  We're both on antibiotics right now and hopefully will be well soon!!!  So we're taking it easy to try and get better!

 

I actually was feeling pretty good on Monday, at least the back wasn't hurting so bad, so thought I would give exercise a try...my head is still hurting, but sounds like I'm probably going to live with that for a while, so thought I need to get back to exercising with it!  Well, I actually think I used my brain and thought on the first day that I feel somewhat better, might not be the best time to go and try to work out...maybe I need to give my body just a lil more time!  So that's what I'm doing, in hopes of not hurting myself more!

 

HOWEVER...this is what I am doing....since I couldn't exercise, I was very worried about the scale going up, so I decided to try this crazy diet that a friend of mine told me about.  It's called something like the diet for idiots or something like that.  It's very strange the combination of foods they give you.  It's all about the combinations...4 meals a day.  The first day looking at the plan I thought I was going to STARVE, but I really haven't been hungry at all!!!!  I do, however, miss my bran cereal in the morning.  We shall see what happens, hope it has some big results!!!! :)

 

How do you like our countdown up above for our cruise!!!!  It's so exciting....also a little stressful to think of everything I have to get done before going on that cruise!!!!  One day at a time....One day at a time....breathe....breathe....

 

Take care everyone!!!!!  Lisa