One more thing....

I saw this on yahoo.com this morning!
Check it out!

Enter The Hollywood Trainer, Jeanette Jenkins, with jumper cables. "People get into an exercise rut," says Jenkins, whose students have included Queen Latifah and Christina Applegate. "You can go to the gym for 30 minutes and burn 300 calories. Or go and burn 600. You can literally double the amount."

Here, she shows six ways to do that——techniques she perfected for her new super fat-blaster DVD, "Bikini Boot Camp." "In my other DVDs, even I dilly dallied—I put down the weights, took a little breather. But on this one, there's not a moment to think about resting. It's boom, boom, boom, next, next, next. We maximized the calorie burn for the time spent. And you can definitely do that with your own workout."

1. Combine upper and lower body: For example, instead of standing there doing biceps curls with dumbbells, add simultaneous stationary lunges.

2. Shuffle with your walk: During a 30-minute power walk, include 5 intervals of side shuffles lasting 60 seconds to 2 minutes each.

3. Insert cardio blasts: Instead of resting or texting between sets on the weight machines, do 25 to 30 jumping jacks, alternating knee lifts, or front kicks.

4. Wear a weighted vest: This will double your burn while walking, hiking, running, or taking a cardio class.

5. Do drop sets: For weight training, start off each set with the heaviest amount you can lift for 10 to 15 reps; then drop the weight 50 percent and continue to 25 reps.

6. Bump up your weights. While taking a sculpting class, push yourself to use 2 to 3 pounds more than you normally would. "It will make an incredible difference," says Jeanette.

Exercise update for the morning of 05/08/10

Okay so I know that I said that I was gonna try the exercises that I saw on my SELF challenge but I didnt have enough room to do them AND watch them! So I changed my mind for now... Maybe I will do those at my friends house next week! :) Today I did 40 minutes to the 10 minute solutions dvd... I dont really like that dvd too much... I like rockin body more but Im testing out all my dvds first and seeing which is best to me! I think that I just dont like the 10 minute solutions because I get sooo lost on it since I havent done it much! Maybe if I practice it more then I would do better, who knows! I did a few of the workouts but the one that I really knew was the ab blaster... Hope it works cause my flab.. I mean my abs, LOL, need blastin'! LOL Well its off to bed so that I can get up and go shopping with my mom! :) Night all!

Exercises and my 2010 SELF Challenge...

I signed up for the 2010 SELF challenge! This is day one and I havent done anything other than sign up! Im gonna try to do this workout when I get off work in the morning. Check it out!
Im sure its gonna be quite the butt kicker but Im excited to try it out! I think that it will get easier once I start doing it more... We will see! I will update you after I do this workout! This is the Jump Start diet!!!

Wednesday night I worked out. I think that I did about 40 minutes of Rockin Body workout videos. Focusing mostly on my lower body! And Im dying two days later! LOL But Thursday night I did 30 minutes of quick fix pilates abs and about 20 minutes of rockin body dvd rock it out! which was mostly ab exercises! Im getting ready to work today, but when I get off work in the morning Im totally gonna try this exercise out! Im keeping a food diary too... I really gotta lose this weight! I promised Summer we would go swimming this year and I wanna have a nicer body to do it in! :) Update you all later! Have a good night!


Oh wait! Here is another exercise that is for the month 1 fitness plan for the SELF Challenge! Check it out! :)

Bored!

THE NAME GAME
1 . YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Bear Mazda 6
2.GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Mint Chocolate Chip White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of last name)
APET
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
PinkMonkey
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Cherie Salt Lake
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Petam
7.SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Black Mai Tai
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Paul Valdon
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)
Sweet Pea Hersheys
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
David
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 6th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Greer Gainesville
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Summer Christmas Daisy
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now+“ie”)
Strawberry Tank Top
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Mini wheat maple
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Crochet Rain Tour
16. YOUR CELEBRITY COUPLE NAME: (half of your name, half your significant other's name, mixed together in whichever order sounds best.)
Ambian LOL

ABC's

A. Area Code: 801
B. Bed Size: Full... Not even big enough... especially when the kids have those scary dreams! Ugh!
C. Chore you hate: Laundry!
D. Dogs name: Missy and Tyson
E. Essential start of the day item: First off I gotta run water on my face... kind of a waker upper!
F. Favorite color: Pink!!!!
G. Gold or silver: Silver all the way!
H. Height: 5'8"
I. Instruments you play: none
J. Jobs: Tablet Compression Machine Operator
K. kids: We have 2... Summer is our oldest sweet helper and Brayden is our younger little trouble maker!
L. Living Arrangements: Just bought our first house almost a year ago! Yay! Im lovin every minute of it!
M. Mom: My best friend!
N. Nicknames: Babe, Amburger, miami, momma, amberinasaurus rex LOL
O. Overnight hospital stay: Well I was in the hospital when I had my kids, I think it was 3 days each, so 2 nights each! Ugh!
P. Pet peeve: when people chew with their mouth open! man thats the worst!
Q. Quote of a movie: Fat guy in a little coat... fat guy in a little coat! LOL
R. Righty or Lefty: Right
S. Siblings: 3 brothers
T. Time you wake up: Not early enough! LOL
U. Underwear: Yes
V. Veggie you dislike: Asparagus
W. Ways/reasons you are late: Cause I never wanted to go in the first place OR Ive lost something, including track of time! LOL
X. Xrays you have had: teeth, ankle, chest, pelvis
Y. Yummy food you make: hmmmmm....french dips or manicoti
Z. Zoo animals you like: all of them!

One more thing....

Lately Ive noticed that Brayden doesnt know very many kids songs... he doesnt really pretend much like I thought he actually did! Example the other night at gymboree, we were making pretend cookies... I was playing along trying to get brayden involved and having fun... he just looked at me and said mom, you are silly, thats not cookie dough, its a circle... it was a circle piece of foam but he was not pretending at all! Then when we were making pancakes he kinda gave me this look like, are you kidding me? you dont know that those arent pancakes and that we cant eat them! LOL His facial expression was just the funniest... it made me feel really dumb! LOL But I continued playing and eventually he came around and opened up a little with his imagination! LOL Anyways, after noticing other kids who were younger than him in his gymboree class singing the abc's and other kid songs I felt like I was slacking on my part because I obviously am not teaching him these things or exposing it to him enough! So while we were on our way to picking up Summer from school, I was telling Brayden that I was going to buy him a CD that would be just his, that would have some fun kid songs on it like the ABC's and I started asking him to sing the ABC's... he got clear to G and stopped.. he told me... " mom, I dont know this song! But I do know how to play games on Summer's DS. You should get me a DS and a sonic game so I can play that!" LOL Are you kidding me? My 3 yr old wants a DS? Thats it! I told Summer tonight that Brayden is not allowed to watch Hannah Montana or those other dumb non educational shows with her anymore... Instead if he chooses to watch TV its gotta be educational like animal planet or like it, dora, diego, word world, super Y, wiggles, etc... something that he will learn things from! Not some TV show that doesnt do anything good for your brain! I think that too much TV just isnt the greatest idea for kids but he is are gonna watch it at all, it better teach him something good!!! I need to start encouraging him to use his imagination and to sing more often! Well night all.... Im sleepy!

Boy am I outta shape!

So tonight I started working out, again! LOL I made a promise to Summer that I would take her and Brayden to the pool this year, in a swimsuit... so I gotta get swim suit ready! Ugh!!! I worked out for about 40 minutes to my rockin body dvd and WOW... it sure kicked my butt! LOL I need to start exercising more and eating better! Ive started emailing a friend of mine, letting her know what exercises Im doing and when I do them, that way I cant dog out on exercising! Im pretty damn good at giving myself excuses, however, my friend is not so well at believing mine half the time so I figure why bother! LOL Plus she is working out and why let her get skinny without me? I mean seriously? I need this... I made a promise to Summer and I DONT BREAK PROMISES... so skinny or not, here I come swimming pool! LOL I just hope that Im ready when the time comes! I really wanna invest in some roller blades, I know that I would use them, I wanna go on the jordan river trail with Brian and the kids... they can ride their bikes and brian and I can roller blade! Its a killer workout for your lower half and thats just exactly what I need!!! Well I guess one part of this whole making better choices, eating and exercising, I should add one more thing to that list of better choices... sleep! Making an exception on the weekends when I work, but other than that... I need to get my rest! So Im off to bed... I got about 6 1/2 hours to sleep and then its off to a crazy day! LOL Have a good night!