Thursday, July 24, 2014

90 Minutes of Spin Class: Are You Insane?

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Yesterday was another 90 minutes of spin and I loved it!  Well, I kind of hated it because spin will do that to you, but I overall, I loved it.  I look slavishly each week for any 75 or 90 minute class offered.  My max was a series of 2 hour classes this past Winter.  I'm twisted like that.

If you've never done spin at all, let alone 2 hours of it, my biggest piece of advice is DON'T BE INTIMIDATED.  I tried spin 10 years ago and hated it (just regular hate on that one) and vowed never to do it again.  Then, last December, a random discussion with a woman in the gym locker room (thank you tall, athletic girl whoever you are!) encouraged me to try it out again.  My fitness journey had begun, so why not try spin one mo' gin?  The rest is history.  I'm now a full-fledged spin rat ( I think I just made that up - copyright/trademark me!).

What do you need to know before you troop into that dark smelly room in your gym?  No, the one with the bikes.

Throwback Thursday - Tea in Kensington

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In May, I went back to London for the second time in my life and fell in love again with the city. My friend Lisa and I had tea at The Orangery in Kensington Gardens. Lovely afternoon, atmosphere and company!

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The Fit Empress: Updates from the Empire of Me!

1205068_SMJPGI'm back, and the Fit Empress has a new home!  Follow me as I move through my journey of fitness, life and fun.

I started this blog in November 2013 as a way to document my weight loss journey (still in progress).

Flash forward to July 2014 and here I am:

New Digs!

New Website 07-24-14 I've updated the website and moved it to a new platform.  I got a wild hair I guess.  You can still see the old posts at http://fitempress.tumblr.com/ and I'm sure I'll still "tumblr" from time to time. 

More updates to come - and more frequently too!

Making Changes!

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Making changes and hopefully improvements!

Making Changes!

I'm doing some housekeeping on my blog - more info to come!

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Iron Maiden

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svekita13:
"Heavy lifting makes women big and bulky" yeah right. Do you have any goddamn idea how strong do you have to be to do a 24 kg press?

My trainer is a fucking beast and one of the best trainers in the country and her max is 20 kg. Just sayin… This chick is a Goddess. True icon. Bless.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

It's Never Too Late....



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Head to Knee pose; the one that challenges me most. We go on in life thinking that time is ‘precious’. Time is not precious but what is ‘NOW’. The more you are focused on time - past and future- the more you miss the purpose of NOW. This is the most precious thing there is!!
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Healthy Mac & Cheese

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One pot gives you creamy mac and cheese with NO butter, NO cream, NO velveeta..

serving size - about 4

aprox 150 calories per serving

See? You don’t have to stop eating your favorite foods. You just need to find healthier, less fattening versions. :)

Back from VayCay and Making Plans

I finally have a few months with limited travel - time to focus!

I survived 3 weeks at World Cup without gaining any weight - all that walking and heat actually shaved off another couple of pounds despite all the food and alcohol!

Given my good fortune - I’m taking it as a sign to keep the train going and jumpstart my plans to reach my initial goal weight by October 1st.  Roughly 2lbs a week for the next 14 weeks - that’s actually pretty reasonable.

Now it’s a matter of strength, focus and willpower.

I think I can do it - therefore I will.  That’s actually going to be close to two months away from the 1 year mark of when I started this journey, so I really want to meet my goals by week 52.

My travel schedule picks up pretty significantly again this Fall and I want to be ready for the fun to come without worrying about how I look.  I’ve lost over 30 lbs already, but there is still much work to do!