Good Morning World! Hope you had a great week! January’s soon coming to an end and we’ve made it this far with keeping true to our New Year’s resolution. Well at least I am. I hope your reading my blogs will keep you motivated and stick to the plan.

This past week I re-visited the gym and got my groove back. Some people like to listen to music while they exercise. I like to watch television. Well after an hour’s working out and seeing food commercials after food commercials, my stomach started growling and I was ready to eat! I had to think fast on what’s healthy to eat for lunch. Ever tried grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup?

This week I’m going to mix Tae-Bo at home and heading out to the gym. It’s good to spice things up just so you don’t get bored with the same routine. I get bored easily so here’s to getting back on track. You can also go with an exercise buddy. Having a good support system helps and I suggest you have one.

Well I’d better get going and get ready to head out to the gym. I’m taking my baby with me (it always helps when there’s a childcare center at the gym if you don’t have a sitter at home) and we’ll be back home in an hour! Don’t forget to drink lots of water and stay hydrated!

– Mom on a Mission

Hi everyone! Hope you’ve had a more productive week than mine. Have you heard of the phrase “Yo-Yo Diet”? Well, sadly to say I used the weight scale and and it read 144.6 and just three days ago it went back up 1 lb.! Maybe it was the breakfast and lunch all together. But I’ll keep on grinding. If you’re like me maybe we shouldn’t expect to lose all in a short pan of time. Got to remember it takes time and moderation. There I’ve said it. Now if I could keep repeating that to myself every day.

Physical exercise is just not the only way to lose weight, so don’t feel too bad if you’ve skipped a day or two out of your routine. Don’t forget running after your kids and cleaning house is another way to lose weight, if and only if you end up sweating in the process .

Alright so let’s keep on grinding and see if we could at least lose 1/2 lb per week to start off with. And soon after we’ll focus on loosing 1 lb/wk. And don’t forget to guzzle up to H2O! Stay hydrated, stay healthy and have fun at it!

- Mom on a Mission

Hello World! How’s your Sunday so far? Mine was a good wrap for a very productive week. So far I’ve done a Tae Bo exercise by Billy Banks and boy was I out of shape! Usually I could whip through the whole video without taking a break. Well this old gal (I’m only 31)needs a lot of work to do. Carpooling, house chores, and taking care of the kids add to the list so I’m pooped!

Yesterday I weighed myself 144 lbs. This morning when I hopped back on the scale it said 145 lbs! Hmmm… Had to be the pork chili and Pepsi. I rewarded myself too fast too soon. Let’s see what next week brings.

Good luck on your journey to shed excess pounds and don’t forget to guzzle up to lots of H2O. Here’s to staying true to our new year’s resolutions!

- Mom on a mission

Are you one to have a new year’s resolution and stick by it? Me, I don’t think so but I try working on it. This year I’ll work on losing my post baby/pregnancy weight… So far I have not start on it but I will eventually. Do you procrastinate like I do? If so then we have to get off our derriere ends and get on with the program. Now that I’ve said that I’m going to stick to the “plan.” So starting tomorrow, Sunday the 8th, 2012 here’s to the starting of my hopefully long lived journey to losing weight and staying healthy. I hope you’ll join me in your own time and do this with me. And every Sunday I’ll come in here and tell you how I’m progressing. Notice I didn’t say try, which is another resolution of mine. Try not to say try.

Alright here goes:

Starting weight: 145.6 lbs (can’t believe I just said that)

Goal: 125-130 lbs (Let’s face it and I’m just keeping it real. We’re never going to weigh 115lbs like we did in our high school days. But if you’re able to get back to that shape and form more power to you.)

I’ll wish you luck and let me know how you’re progressing. Here’s to losing that excess fat and staying healthy! CHEERS!!!!

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-Steve Jobs

On behalf of us here at zenthat, we want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season and hope that the 2011 to 2012 transition was a safe and enjoyable one.

We here at zenthat have been working on a number of things not related to zenthat (because life calls and beckons us too) and have been a little preoccupied and quiet. But not to worry, we will be increasing our postings here on zenthat as we get back into the swing of things and life lets us alone a little!

So a happy holidays and prosperous 2012 to you and yours. Be blessed and god bless and remember to zen that!