Project 365

355/365 - Blockbuster Rentals

2009-10-14T09:44:00.000-10:00

I subscribed to Blockbuster Rentals. We have Netflix at home, but since I can't watch a lot of movies right when I get them, I decided to venture out on my own and get Blockbuster. The cool thing about Blockbuster is that you can return movies in store and even rent some in store as well so you can get movies when you want them. We'll see how it goes and if it's worth the money spent.

354/365 - Battling the Cold

2009-10-13T20:57:00.003-10:00

I've been fighting off a cold that started it's attack on me last Friday. It's an up and down battle, with the cold winning more rounds then I am. But I'm not giving up! My strategy has been involving lots and lots of orange juice. I've been craving orange juice so it's not so much of a sacrifice.
The weird thing about this cold is that I'm hungry. Usually I lose my appetite when I get sick, but not this time. I think along with making me cough up globs of phlegm, it's also trying to make me fat. Stupid Cold!

353/365 - PB&J

2009-10-12T20:30:00.004-10:00

I had the day off today. So I made myself a delicious peanut butter and guava jelly sandwich for breakfast. For some strange reason, I've been on a pb&j kick recently. It's just so simple and fun to eat. At least I'm off of my lau lau cravings and now on to something cheaper and easier.

354/365 - Desk

2009-10-11T22:42:00.002-10:00

My wonderful fiance cleaned up the other day and made a work area just for me. :) Now I have actual desk space to go on the computer and keep all my books. The only thing I have to do now is keep it clean.

351/365 - Two Great Movies

2009-10-10T18:52:00.000-10:00

These are two of the greatest animated movies ever. Ratatouille and Kung Fu Panda. They are both kids movies so they are really feel good and have a good message to them.
On our trip to Las Vegas, I actually got to try Ratatouille for the first time at a buffet and I really like it! If it wasn't for the movie, I don't think I ever would have tried it. So not only are they good movies, they are expanding my palate as well. :)

350/365 - Busted Foot

2009-10-09T21:55:00.002-10:00

On Wednesday, I was making my sandwich for lunch and when I went to get the mayonnaise out, the huge and heavy mustard bottle fell top first on to my foot. It was the twist top mustard so that slammed right into my foot. So now, I have a circular cut on my foot and my ankle is sore. It doesn't sound like it would hurt, but the mustard was the bigger size bottle and it was new. I hope this doesn't cause permanent damage to my ankle.

349/365 - Sunset

2009-10-08T19:29:00.002-10:00

There was a beautiful sunset tonight. As soon as I stepped out of the garage door everything was a nice shade of pink. For some reason though, my camera didn't pick up all of the colors in the sky.
My foot is feeling a little better then yesterday. Maybe tomorrow I will post a picture and tell the story of what happened.

348/365 - Hope Mayo

2009-10-07T21:48:00.003-10:00

We just got a copy of Hope Mayo's debut album, End of the Day. I've been waiting for this to come out for a while now and I'm so excited to finally have a copy in hand! My fiance and I have been Hope fans for a while now and she will be playing the song My One and Only for our first dance at our wedding.

347/365 - Cute Dog

2009-10-06T21:18:00.003-10:00

Stitch just looked so cute tonight that I had to take his picture. Or course, this is when he was trying to get food off my plate, so he was probably making cute faces purpose.
I tried Turbo Jam for the first time today and I thought it was pretty good. A little different from the intensity I'm used to doing Insanity, but still a great workout. I'm very excited to try all of the other workouts that I got.

346/365 - Manila Folder Cut

2009-10-05T22:09:00.003-10:00

I dread filing things. Only because, every time I do, I end up with at least one paper cut or smashed finger. This time though, it was a manila folder cut. Yikes! As you know, manila folders are really thick and heavy duty so it hurt pretty bad. Didn't really bleed much, but I still scrubbed it with alcohol like crazy. You just never know what kind of germs are lurking around on old files.
*Note: The cut is on my thumb, right near my knuckle. You can barely see it in the picture, but trust me, it stings.

345/365 - Maui Tacos on Maui

2009-10-04T18:08:00.004-10:00

For lunch today, we had Maui Tacos on Maui! Cool! I actually think that it was better on Maui then it is here. But I really haven't eaten it in a while so I guess that could be it too. It was really fun though to eat at Maui Tacos on Maui.
I also got a really cool backpack that my fiance bought me. Maybe I'll post a picture of that some other day.

344/365 - Krispy Kreme and Cousin's Wedding

2009-10-04T18:02:00.003-10:00

I love Krispy Kreme! There is nothing like a hot Krispy Kreme doughnut. This was the first time I've been to Maui since Krispy Kreme came to Hawaii so it was neat to see the store and to watch the doughnuts being made.
We had my cousin's wedding tonight. It was right near the beach and very nice. I guess I'm the next one in the family to get married...

343/365 - Packing for Maui

2009-10-02T22:00:00.000-10:00

We are heading out early tomorrow morning to the beautiful Island of Maui. My cousin is getting married tomorrow so we are going for that and a little mini vacation. I'm very excited because I haven't been to Maui in like 10 years.
The thing I dislike about taking trips is packing. I always feel like I'm forgetting something and at the same time I feel like I'm packing too much.

342/365 - Close up

2009-10-01T21:31:00.004-10:00

Yet another picture of my dog Poki. He's just so cute I couldn't resist. When he is calm like this I love him, but at times he can be a pain. I think he has anxiety so he's always pacing around crying and whining and always wanting to go in the room, then go out of the room. It gets tiring having to get up to let him in and out. But I love him and the one thing good about him, is that he always comes when you call him.

341/365 - Recycled Notebook

2009-09-30T21:21:00.001-10:00

This is my new notebook that I bought for work. I got it at Office Depot today and it is made out of 100% recycled materials. Cool! It was actually the only 'steno' type notebook they had so I didn't really have much of a choice. But I do like the cool cover on it so it's all good.
Got my haircut today. My cousin's wedding this weekend so I gotta look good. :)

340/365 - Trail Mix Snack

2009-09-29T20:35:00.002-10:00

Yummy trail mix from Wal-Mart makes a fun afternoon snack. :)
It has M&M's, raisins, cashews, peanuts and almonds. My favorite is the raisins, they are sweet but salty because of the peanuts. I have to be careful with eating this snack though, because it's hard to stop.

339/365 - Oroweat Bread

2009-09-28T22:00:00.002-10:00

My folks bought this Oroweat Sandwich Thins bread for sandwiches this week. I tried one today for lunch and was pleasantly surprised. They are only 100 calories and you can't really tell the difference between this and regular bread.

338/365 - Superhero Party

2009-09-27T21:54:00.001-10:00

We went to our friend's son's first birthday party. It was a superhero themed party so a few people were dressed up. They also had some games out so we played a little Boggle Jr. and Connect Four. It's been a while since I played Connect Four and it was a lot of fun.
Back to work tomorrow. The weekend went by so fast.

337/365 - Recycled Surfboard

2009-09-26T22:06:00.002-10:00

We went shopping/holo holo today for the first time in a long time. The picture on the left is of a surfboard that we saw at T&C. It's actually made up of empty plastic bottles and bottle caps. Pretty cool!
Also, got to buy a new dress for my cousin's wedding next weekend. I'm pretty excited to be going. It should be lots of fun.

336/365 - Business Cards

2009-09-25T22:14:00.005-10:00

My wonderful fiance went out and got our business cards printed today. Yay! Now we can give them out to people and really start getting going. I'm really proud of him because he put them together and picked out some nice quality cards to get them printed on so it looks legit. I'm so excited!

335/365 - Missed!

2009-09-24T22:18:00.006-10:00

Oh my goodness! While I was doing my picture of the day blog tonight (9/25), I realized that I totally missed 9/24!!! So, this is a blast from the past picture to fill in. Coincidentally it is also how my face looked when I realized I forgot.
Anyway, this picture was from two Halloweens ago when we had to decorate pumpkins for work. I found out late and had only one night to pull something together. Luckily with everyone's help, we made a cute Mike Wazowski pumpkin. Mike Wazowski is from Monsters, Inc. just in case you didn't know. And if you haven't seen that movie, you should, it was great!

334/365 - My Sister's Keeper

2009-09-23T21:56:00.003-10:00

I accidentally deleted my original picture of the day (my Naked Orange Juice from Starbucks) so I went with this one as a back up. I'm about half way through this book, My Sister's Keeper. It's so good that I'm having a hard time putting it down. Basically it's about this girl who is suing her parents for rights to herself, because her parents had her so she could be a donor to her sister who has cancer. They came out with a movie based on the book but I haven't seen it yet. And once again, I bought this book for just $1 at Book Off. Gotta love it!

333/365 - Red Velvet Insanity Cupcakes

2009-09-22T21:03:00.003-10:00

We had a team meeting tonight so I made some Red Velvet Insanity cupcakes to celebrate our finishing Insanity. The recipe was from my Hungry Girl cookbook. They came out pretty, though a little moist. But for just 140 calories a cupcake it's really good. And they were pretty quick to make.

332/365 - Sore Foot

2009-09-21T21:00:00.000-10:00

That is a picture of my left foot. The other day at the water park, I mis-judged the depth of the pool and sank to the bottom. It seems weird, but I ended up hitting the top of my foot on the bottom of the pool in my moment of panic. So I have a scrape and a bruise and when I wear my workout shoes I can feel it. I thought I had hurt my ankle at first, but it was just the bruise on my foot. :P

331/365 - Working out

2009-09-20T22:15:00.006-10:00

We had group workouts tonight with the crew. We did two workouts, Interval X from the P90X+ system and Cardio Power and Resistance from Insanity. I am dead! But it was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we start our new hybrid program where we will be mixing in strength training and cardio.

330/365 - Water Park

2009-09-19T22:21:00.004-10:00

What a great day today! I got to go to the Wet 'n Wild Water Park for the first time with a bunch of friends. We had lots of fun riding rides and just hanging out. The day went by too fast. Then tonight we did our last 'workout' of Insanity. We just have the last Fit Test left. The 60 days went by really quickly but we will still be working out together doing other programs.

329/365 - Origami

2009-09-18T23:38:00.003-10:00

I made this box and flower today doing origami. It was actually pretty easy to do and fun too. So, that got me thinking about folding the 1001 paper cranes for my wedding. It's a big task, but I think I might regret it if I don't do it. Plus it will be a nice thing to have framed when we have our own house.

328/365 - BodyBugg

2009-09-17T21:27:00.003-10:00

I have wanted one of these for a few months now, but didn't really have the money to buy it. So, since I won some money in Vegas, I decided to just go ahead and buy this one thing that I wanted but didn't need. Anyway, bodybugg is a calorie management system. You strap the monitor on your arm and it monitors your calories burned all day. The contestants on The Biggest Loser use this also. I guess I will have more to talk about this tomorrow when I actually get to try it out for the first time.

326/365 - Slim Fast Bars

2009-09-16T21:34:00.003-10:00

At my request, my fiance bought be some Slim Fast bars (I had to put in 'at my request' because I didn't want everyone to think that he bought it because he thinks I'm fat, which he doesn't). These bars are totally delicious and kept me full until lunch time! I remember I used to eat these back in the college days. I forgot about it, but now since I'm looking for more of a variety of snacks, I thought I'd try it again. I've only tried to chocolate cookie dough, but I will try the different flavors later.

325/365 - Montana Solitaire

2009-09-16T21:31:00.002-10:00

I found this different version of solitaire somehow today. It's called Montana Solitaire and the way you play it is you deal out cards in four rows and take out the aces. After that, the goal is to line up each row by suit starting on the left with 2 and ending on the right with the highest number. The catch is that you can only put a card in an empty space to the right if it's the same suit and one number higher. It's really fun and I found a free application on the iPhone so I can play it. :) If you are confused but want to learn more, just type 'Montana Solitaire' in Google.

324/365 - Back to Work/Working Out

2009-09-14T22:03:00.002-10:00

Monday morning and I'm back to work and working out. Had a very good productive day at work. I always feel so good on the first day back at work after a vacation. I guess I'm refreshed from the break.
Insanity workout tonight was INSANE! I did a couple of workouts while on vacation, but I was also eating pretty much anything I wanted and it showed it's ugly face tonight. I was pretty drained 3/4 of the way through. Next step is to get my diet back on track so I can keep up with the workouts.

323/365 - Home at Last

2009-09-13T20:14:00.002-10:00

We got home early this morning and had to pick up the dogs from their boarding/day care place. They were so happy to see us and looked like they lost weight from all the playing they did. Both Poki and Stitch were so tired, they slept all day! Now we just got to keep the weight off of them and give them some exercise so they don't fall back into lazy habits.

322/365 - Winner!

2009-09-13T20:11:00.004-10:00

Our last day/night in Vegas. It's around 10:15PM and we are leaving for the airport at midnight. I decide to give the Megabucks one last shot and put $21 in the machine. I played it down to about $6 and brought it back up to $15 when this came out, 3X + 7 Bar + Megabucks 5X. Cool! I knew I won something but the credit number wasn't changing. So I look below and it says call attendant, winner: $1800! I WON! COOL!

321/365 - Carnegie Deli

2009-09-11T22:00:00.001-10:00

Lunch today was at Carnegie Deli. We all shared food so we ordered the Woody Allen. And that sandwich was huge! It comes with pastrami and corned beef.
Tonight was also the birthday dinner that we had for my Dad. We ate at the Grotto at the Golden Nugget Hotel. I would have taken some pictures of the food, but it was soo delicious that I was distracted and forgot. But we had a good time with family and friends.

320/365 - Hoover Dam

2009-09-10T22:00:00.001-10:00

Headed out to the Hoover Dam today. It's different then I remembered from the last time we came. But we just walked on top of the Dam and took some pictures. There were little baby squirrels running around so that was fun. The gift shop also had cactus candy which made me happy.

319/365 - Holy Cannoli

2009-09-09T22:00:00.002-10:00

We had a buffet lunch at M's Resort today and it was the best buffet I've ever had in my life! The amount of food they had and the variety was unbelievable. I also got to try Ratatouille for the first time and cannoli. I remember watching the Cake Boss episode with cannoli's in it a bunch of times, but I could never find a place in Hawaii where the sold it. So I was very very hapy to find it here. And I love it! Cannoli's are awesome! Hopefully I can find somewhere in Hawaii that sells them.

318/365 - Las Vegas!

2009-09-08T22:00:00.002-10:00

We're in Las Vegas!!! Got a limo ride over to the hotel when we arrived. We'll be in Vegas for 5 days to celebrate my Dad's birthday. We have a lot planned (mostly places we want to eat) so it should be a busy week.
There was no internet in our hotel, so I'm having to post our Vegas Vacation all at once now.

317/365 - Tea & Dad's B-Day

2009-09-07T23:57:00.003-10:00

Almost forgot to take a picture today, so I had to take a picture of this great tea that I had today. I bought it a couple weeks ago at Lupicia at Ala Moana Center. We made it as iced tea so I had some for dinner and it was yummy!
Today was also my Dad's birthday so we cooked him dinner and had dinner together. Then we played a little craps and sang a little karaoke. Fun times.

316/365 - Dry Brushing

2009-09-06T21:26:00.004-10:00

I read an article the other day about this thing called dry brushing. What you do is you get a natural hair brush and brush your body going towards your heart before you take a bath. This is supposed to stimulate blood flow and help your body to release toxins easier. So after I read this, of course I went out and bought me a brush. Surprisingly, Wal-Mart had a natural hair brush for just about $4. Sweet! So I tried this for the past three night and I feel great! I feel cleaner then normal and have even lost a little weight. :) Although that could be from other things, I'm attributing it to the brushing.
If you are interested, you can read the article here.

315/365 - Mobile Gamer Guys

2009-09-05T22:46:00.005-10:00

Had a birthday party today for one of my friend's son. Besides the slushee machine and ice cream machine, he also had a mobile video game thingy.
They drove up in this huge red bus and unloaded some equipment outside. So we got to play Guitar Hero outside and they played Halo inside. We had a blast! Nobody was really shame so we sang and jammed on the guitars. Good times.

314/365 - Subway

2009-09-04T21:47:00.003-10:00

After our group workout tonight, we ate dinner at Subway. It was a delicious and pretty much healthy dinner. I can't eat it all the time, but when I do eat at Subway I really like it.
We also headed over to Wal-Mart to buy a birthday present for my friend's son's party tomorrow. I know, I'm so last minute, but at least it's before his party and not after. :)

313/365 - Insane Workout & Genki Sushi

2009-09-03T21:09:00.004-10:00

We had an "insane" workout tonight with some people who shall not be named. But let's just say it was intense and a whole lot of fun. Afterwards, we hit up Genki Sushi with the crew and ate. As you can see from the picture we ate a lot. These were most of the plates from our table of four; we couldn't stack them all. This was about $100 worth of sushi. :)
I had a great time tonight working out and hanging out with great friends.

312/365 - Bravo's

2009-09-02T22:20:00.002-10:00

We had dinner with a couple of friends tonight at Bravo's. One of our friends brought his 3 year old son. The picture on the right is of him coloring. He was going crazy with the coloring. If you look closely, the blur on the upper right part of the picture is his hand moving extremely fast. We had a great time sitting and talking story.

311/365 - Cherrios

2009-09-01T21:11:00.002-10:00

I've been trying to change up my eating recently so I don't get bored of certain foods. Normally, I have a Chocolate Shakeology for breakfast which is totally delicious! But I forgot to order more, so for this week, I'm having Cheerios with a little bit of milk. And it's pretty good. It's been a really long time since I've had cereal for breakfast. Probably since like college days. But Cherrios are pretty good and they are good for you which makes me feel good for eating them.

310/365 - Ruffles Light

2009-08-31T22:00:00.004-10:00

These chips are delicious! When we went grocery shopping yesterday, I noticed these Ruffles Light chips on the shelf. I've never heard of it before but with half the calories of regular chips and no fat I had to try it. I had them with my lunch today and the really did taste just like regular Ruffles. Now I have a healthier alternative to chips instead of just rice cakes. Hooray!

309/365 - Learning Craps

2009-08-30T22:40:00.004-10:00

Craps is fun. Well, rolling the dice is fun. The betting part is so confusing! I wonder who invented the game and how they decided all the rules. It seems to me that they just made them all up. I haven't even begun to learning yet and I'm already confused! I just roll the dice and watch for how everyone reacts to see if it was good or not. I just know that I either want to roll a 7 or 11 on the first roll and not a 7 or 11 after that. I guess I'll learn more as I play more, but I know definitely won't be playing in Vegas anytime soon.

308/365 - Higher Ground

2009-08-29T21:46:00.002-10:00

We started out the day helpng out at the KCC Farmer's Market. Then we went over to Ala Moana to visit our friends kiosk. We did our Insanity workout at home and headed out to check out a friend play some music at Higher Ground. The picture on the right is Hope Mayo at Higher Ground. She is a phenominal musician, check out her website at www.hopemayomusic.com.

307/365 - NCIS

2009-08-28T22:50:00.002-10:00

I watched a couple of episodes of NCIS: Season 2 tonight. My Mom's friend let us borrow so they've been watching it consistently and I've been watching an episode here and there. I don't want to get sucked into having to watch tv so I try to stay away. But this show is pretty good and I like Mark Harmon.
Anyway, so tonight I realized how these types of shows hook you in. First, they give you just enough clues so you can pretty much guess who the bad guy is; this makes you feel smart. Then they throw in a plot twist at the end so you did guess the bad guy, but there is more to the story; this hooks you in because you never would have guessed this twist but you think...maybe I'll get it next time. So between the "making you feel smart" and the "hook", they've got you addicted.

306/365 - Golf Carts

2009-08-27T21:47:00.003-10:00

I was working out a different office t0day and one of my co-workers called me down to check out something cool. When I got downstairs, I saw these two golf carts. One is a Hummer and the other is a Cadillac Escalade. So, I had to run back upstairs and grab my camera because I wasn't about to miss this. We don't own them so it's going back soon I guess.
Anyway, today was a long day so I'm going sleep!

305/365 - Eat, Pray, Love

2009-08-26T22:33:00.003-10:00

I bought this book a while ago at Book Off but just got around to reading it. I've heard around that it was a good book and have seen it on some best seller lists so when I saw it on sale for $1 I had to buy it.
I was almost finished with it when I realized that it was missing the ending! It ended mid-sentence and the next page was the first page of the book again and continued on through the first chapter. I'm glad that I didn't really like the story to begin with or I would be really bummed. As it is, I'm glad I only paid $1 for it. Hopefully the rest of the books I bought from Book Off will have all of their pages.

304/365 - Heart Rate Monitor

2009-08-25T21:01:00.003-10:00

Gave in and purchased a heart rate monitor today. I figure if I'm going to keep exercising like I do, it's a good tool to have. Now I can keep track of how I'm doing and exercise safer and smarter.
Used it today for our workout and it went pretty well. I noticed that I have a high resting heart rate to begin with and it stays up pretty high after tht. It will be interesting to see how this all works out over the long term.

303/365 - Workout Gear

2009-08-24T22:00:00.003-10:00

The newest addition to the workout gear family is my bandanna. So first it started with my ankle brace (which thankfully I don't need anymore). Second came Under Armor compression shorts. Third came gloves, so my sweaty hands don't slip on the mats. And last but not least we are adding in the bandanna. I was a little apprehensive about the bandanna at first because it looked kind of "gangsta" but since I cut my hair I needed a practical way to keep my bangs out of my face when I workout. There is nothing that irritates me more than my hair in my face. So after 4 test runs, the bandanna is officially welcomed into the family.

302/365 - Farmer's Market

2009-08-23T19:45:00.002-10:00

After church this morning and on our way to breakfast, we stopped at a local Farmer's Market to check out what they had. It was a cute market with maybe about 20 or so vendors. We bought some fresh vegetables for the week.
On another note, Menchie's, the frozen yogurt place opened up nearby so we ate some of that tonight for dessert. After trying Menchie's, Orange Tree and Yogurtland, I think that Yogurtland is my favorite so far.

301/365 - Tie-Dyed T-Shirt

2009-08-22T17:33:00.004-10:00

My cousin's sons first birthday party today was 70's themed. So we got to tie-dye t-shirts. This was the first time I ever tie-dyed a shirt so it was a lot of fun. I think my shirt came out pretty nice. There was so much delicious food there too. I had some ono lau lau, sushi and chicken salad (among other things). Although it was a little hot today, we had fun. Now it's time to work off all that food!

300/365 - Strength Journal

2009-08-21T22:27:00.003-10:00

Last weekend I took a class at church called Strength Within. It's a class that teaches you how to read the bible and apply it to your life. I really enjoyed the class and have been reading my bible and journaling every night. I really think it's helping me to understand stuff and make me a better person.
I'm glad it's finally Friday and I'm looking forward to relaxing this weekend. I have a few things planned but it should be great!

299/300 - Recovery Ice Pop

2009-08-20T22:25:00.002-10:00

After our workout at the Asylum tonight we had ice pops. I just call them recovery ice pops because it's after then workout and we are all cooling down. I'm hitting the point in my workouts now that I'm getting tired so I really need to push through. I am still very excited to start next month though. We will be doing a whole different set of harder workouts so it should be challenging and fun.

298/365 - Rainbow

2009-08-19T21:51:00.004-10:00

Driving home from work today I saw a huge rainbow in the sky. It was the biggest rainbow I've seen in a while and it was really bright too. I'm glad I got a picture.
Cut my hair today for the first time in over a year. It feels good to get a hair cut, I just feel cleaner or something. That's one reason why I like to grow it out so long and cut it; because when I do get it cut, I feel so much better.

297/365 - Copying

2009-08-18T20:47:00.003-10:00

We are having a training class at work on Friday so I spent a good two and a half hours today just making copies of these big packets. It wasn't very interesting because the printer does all the work. I just had to stand by and feed it paper and be there in case it jammed or something. Although I got it all done, I didn't really feel like I had a productive day.
We also had our first group workout at a park tonight. It was really fun because there was lots of space and it was out in the open so we had lots of fresh air and could look up at the sky. :)

296/365 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

2009-08-17T22:21:00.002-10:00

You will probably have to click on this picture to see it, but there is a little star in the center. I was surprised that my camera could even pick up this star. This was the brightest star in the sky and I always seem to be looking at it.
Weather man Guy Hagi just said on the news that tonight is a dark night. And I got a picture of it. Oh yeah.

295/365 - Disney for Couples

2009-08-16T19:48:00.002-10:00

When we went to Ala Moana yesterday, we stopped by Book Off in Shirokiya. I saw this really cool book in the $5 section. And though I usually try to stick to the $1 books at Book Off, I made an exception for this one. We are planning to go to Disney World for our honeymoon so I thought it was appropriate. The book was published in 2003 but I figure some stuff must still be applicable. Plus since it's an area we are not too familiar with any little bit helps and it's published by Fodor's which is a reputable company. My excitement for the wedding was renewed finding this book yesterday, so I worked a little on some wedding plans today.

294/365 - Carifolnia Roll

2009-08-15T19:55:00.003-10:00

This morning I had my Strength Within class at the church office. It was a great class about bible study and application and I'm excited to put into practice what I learned. After that, my fiance and a couple friends headed out to Ala Moana to check out our friends new kiosk. He sells Bistro Blends which is a balsamic vinegar company.
We stopped at Shirokiya afterwards and I noticed this sign. I wonder what a Carifolnia Roll is...hmm...is it something like a California Roll maybe? Hahaha!

293/365 - Trains, Cranes & Troublesome Trucks

2009-08-15T00:38:00.004-10:00

After our workout tonight we had a little pot luck dinner because one of our friends is moving away for college. Anyway, my other friends almost 3 year old son insisted that I read to him. He kept saying, "Train, Train!" So finally I just picked him up and he grabbed the book he wanted. It was neat because he knew the story and would say the lines before I got to it. And what was even more amazing was that he sat still and let me read him the whole book! That's the first time I've ever read an entire book to a kid. Cool!

292/365 - Body Mint

2009-08-13T22:18:00.004-10:00

I picked up some Body Mint at Wal-Mart tonight. I've tried this before and this stuff really does work. I figure since we've been exercising a lot I would give it a try again. It gives me confidence too because just in case deodorant doesn't work, I know that Body Mint will take care of it. Hahaha.
I'm glad tomorrow is Friday already. Although I woke up this morning thinking it was already Friday. That ruined things. It's better to wake up on the weekend thinking you have to go to work instead of waking up on a weekday and thinking you have the day off. I hope that made sense, but anyway, it through off my whole day thinking. But tomorrow is for real Friday so yay!

291/365 - Panda Express

2009-08-12T21:03:00.002-10:00

My fortune today said "Gold is in your future." How cool is that?!? I could really use some gold in my future. :)
Small group tonight was pretty awesome. We had a big group and we all got to share in discussion. On a junker note, I got a questionnaire because I might be selected for jury duty sometime in the next year. :( It's not that I don't want to do my duty and serve, it's that I hate having to fight traffic into town and have to find parking. Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do.

290/365 - The End of Overeating

2009-08-11T22:15:00.002-10:00

I am reading this book by Dr. David Kessler called The End of Overeating and it's changing the way I think and the way I see food. I'm about half-way through so far and what they've mentioned so far is how food companies use three things: fat, sugar and salt in layer upon layer of food to make it appealing to you. These types of food fire chemicals in your brain that is linked to pleasure centers so you like them more. Unfortunately they are very unhealthy and bad for you. Now I'm starting to look at food and I'm thinking that that is just made up of fat and sugar and you don't need that. Of course thinking and doing are two different things, but I'm getting there. Taking control of my mind first. :)

289/365 - More Beachbody Please!

2009-08-10T21:44:00.005-10:00

My order came in! Yay! I got more P90X Results and Recovery Formula, Chocolate Shakeology and my Metabolism Vitamins. It's so exciting to get mail in from Beachbody. It's like Christmas! Hahaha.
So, we are bracing ourselves for Tropical Storm Felicia (or is it Tropical Depression? I don't know the difference). I'm really bummed that it has to get here on a Tuesday which is our normal group workout day. :( I had a few new people who wanted to come but we might have to cancel if it's raining and windy. Junk. But there is always next time.
My body is super sore from the driving range yesterday. I may have to put my golf career on hold until after Insanity is done.

288/365 - Punching bag in tree

2009-08-09T23:21:00.007-10:00

This picture may look a bit odd, but if you look in the center, there is a punching bag hanging from a tree! We went to pick up my Grandma this morning because we had a bridal shower for my cousin. When we got to her house, I saw this out of the corner of my eye and just had to take a picture. I thought it was very resourceful and back-to-nature-ish to hang a punching bag from a tree in the front of your house. I guess Grandma doesn't live in a neighborhood where the association would start sending letters to your house. LOL! :)
Today was a busy day, we started off with church. Then we had my cousin's bridal shower at A Cup of Tea. I think it went really well. After that I was beat, so I took like a three hour nap. (I LOVE the weekends!) Then we went to the driving range for the first time in months and hit a bucket of balls. I'm really bad at golf, but I try. And finally did my Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit work out. Whew!

*Please note, it appears that we are going back in time if you are following by blog numbers. This is because I miss labeled Day 262 in July 2009 and Day 38 in December 2008. Oops. So we are actually at 288 and counting....

289/365 - Gooey Cinnamon Rolls w/Cream Cheese Icing

2009-08-08T15:49:00.003-10:00

I bought a book today called Hungry Girl 200 under 200 by Lisa Lillien which has amazing recipes that are under 200 calories. Today I decided to try the Gooey Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing. It wasn't too hard to make and it was kind of fun trying something new. I learned a couple of things, like when the recipe says to have cream cheese at room temperature it means it because my icing became a little clumpy. But they were still pretty good and for just 200 calories it was awesome!

288/365 - Paper Toss

2009-08-07T22:33:00.002-10:00

Downloaded a new game for free on my iPhone today. I've been hearing about this Paper Toss game for a while, but never really got around to looking in to it. So this afternoon when I got home from work I looked it up and downloaded it. And let me tell you, this game is totally addicting! The object is just to flick a crumpled piece of paper into the wastebasket. But they add it a fan that blows wind in different directions at different speeds to give it some difficulty. There are three different levels and the wastebasket get farther away in each level.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch and have a lot of free time. I highly recommend this game.

287/365 - Seminar/Small Group/Workout

2009-08-06T22:12:00.003-10:00

Busy day! Started off with leaving home at 6:20am to beat traffic in to Waikiki. I had a Chamber of Commerce Employment Law Seminar today. As you can see from the picture it was a pretty big conference. I think there must have been around 350-400 people there, which is big for employment law. After that was done, I had to race through traffic to make it in time for small group. Then I finally got to come home around 8:45pm. Then we worked out in the garage to some Insanity Cardio Recovery. It may say recovery in the title but it is a pretty good workout. So it's been a long day and I'm going sleep!

286/365 - Meeting/Cafe Imperial

2009-08-05T23:17:00.002-10:00

We had a meeting for Beachbody over at Imperial Plaza tonight. It was a business meeting to go over the program that Beachbody has for coaches. Pretty fun stuff.
Afterwards, we headed downstairs to eat at Cafe Imperial. Although we are all supposed to be dieting, we had a cheat meal. I had the hirekatsu. Mmm! It was totally delicious. I ate most of my cabbage and tried to stay away from the rice and potato salad to make up for it.

285/365 - Salmon Tofu Patties

2009-08-04T22:03:00.003-10:00

First of all, I know the picture is a little blurry, but I didn't realize this till just now and I already ate all my food so this will have to do.
We had Salmon Tofu patties for dinner tonight and they were delicious! We got the recipe from my parent's friend from church, the ones we go to help out at KCC. They sell the patties at KCC on the weekends they are there. If you are interested, I know they will be there the 3rd and 5th Saturday in August. Also the recipe is on their website, http://www.4jshawaii.com. So check it out and enjoy!

284/365 - Portion Control

2009-08-03T23:17:00.003-10:00

This was my dinner tonight. A little bit of salad, a little bit of chicken, one asparagus and two orange slices. I wasn't very hungry to begin with, but I'm also trying to cut down on my portion sizes. I know that I can eat a lot of food, so the less I have on my plate the better. I'm trying to be a little more observant with my diet because I've been letting it slip again.
We had an awesome workout tonight, Insanity Fit Test and Upper Body workout. I'm pooped!

283/365 - Monopoly Time!

2009-08-02T22:25:00.004-10:00

We broke out the Monopoly tonight. My fiance and my Dad played a game with me and it was a lot of fun! It's been a long time since I've played a board game so it was nice to just sit around and play. Usually we're sitting around playing video games or surfing the web. At the end, my Dad ended up smoking us both!
Today was a rest day for Insanity which was kind of nice. Need to rest up the ankle because tomorrow is the Fit Test! I hope I improved.

282/365 - Monopoly

2009-08-01T23:29:00.002-10:00

We went holo holo today to Waikele. It was fun to have a day with nothing planned (except for our workout). We went to Sport's Authority, ate some li hing mui shave ice with mochi balls and browsed around Border's, K-Mart and Game Stop. We saw this neat electronic banking Monopoly game and it looked really fun so my fiance bought it for me. :) We didn't get to play it yet, but maybe tomorrow. Tonight was also the first night that we doubled up on Insanity workouts. We had Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. That was bananas!

281/365 - Allergies

2009-07-31T23:51:00.002-10:00

This is Poki, my half Chihuahua half Papillion dog. Since we've been working out/hanging out so much these past few weeks, I think my poor dogs miss me. :) Poki was especially cute tonight so I gave him a big hug and had my face against his face. A few minutes after that I started breaking out in hives on my face! I think I'm allergic to Poki. :( It's weird though because this doesn't happen all the time and this may have been the worse it's ever been. But honestly, how can you resist that cute face and big ears?

280/365 - Ants in my Computer

2009-07-30T21:36:00.004-10:00

Some crazy ants decided they wanted to chill out in my laptop keyboard today. So, when I wanted to log in my workout on Beachbody I had a big surprise when all these ants started climbing out! Good thing my fiance was home. He took the computer outside and air blasted those suckers out of there! And we also put out some ant killer for those lingering around. The one we use is called Terro. It works really good. The only bad part is you have to keep it away from kids and pets. But the good out weighs the bad.

279/365 - Manoa Gym

2009-07-29T21:41:00.002-10:00

We headed over to Manoa tonight to do the Insanity workout with the rest of the Insane Asylum crew at the Manoa Gym. There must have been about 40 people there! It was great!
Afterwards, we saw that they had some fun outside exercise equipment (see picture). So we had fun playing around on that for a little while. We didn't stay too long though because it just finished raining so everything was slippery.

278/365 - Late Night Wal-Mart

2009-07-28T22:50:00.003-10:00

The thing I love about Wal-Mart is that they are open 24 hours. I've been pretty busy recently with all the team workouts so I haven't really had a chance to go and pick up some necessities. So we went tonight at 10PM. That is just awesome. It must be junk if you don't live close by to a 24 hour place. That is something we will have to think about when we buy our first place. :)

277/365 - Sore Ankle

2009-07-27T21:59:00.004-10:00

My ankle has been bothering me for the past few days now. It's kind of funny because it doesn't hurt that much when I'm exercising but once I stop that's when it starts bothering me. So I have it wrapped up as often as I can and I'm trying to rest it so that I won't make it worse. I don't want to have to stop exercising completely so I'm trying to take care of it.
We are into Week 2 of Insanity. :) Yay!

276/365 - A Cup of Tea

2009-07-26T22:35:00.003-10:00

My Mom and Grandma and I went to A Cup of Tea in Kailua today for lunch. We are having my cousins bridal shower there in a couple of weeks so we wanted to go and test it out to see how it was. They have a bunch of different types of teas and we got the combo that comes with scones, sandwiches and dessert. It was pretty good. The place has a Victorian feel and there is a lot of girly pink things. Not really my cup of tea (hahaha) but it was nice.

275/365 - Clothes Shopping

2009-07-25T22:54:00.003-10:00

We helped out at the KCC Farmers Market again today. Wasn't too bad. Then we went clothes shopping for some workout clothes and work clothes. We headed to Sport's Authority and got some shorts and a new bag to carry our gear. Mostly Under Armor stuff. :) Then we headed over to Old Navy to see what kind of stuff they had on sale. So we did pretty good and got all the stuff we needed.

274/365 - Coca Cola Glasses

2009-07-24T21:28:00.003-10:00

When you buy a large combo meal at McDonald's you get a free Coca Cola Glass. :) I don't eat McDonald's (I'm still trying to diet) but others in my family do so we have a few of these nifty glasses. I really like them and they are free!
We are doing the KCC Farmers Market again tomorrow and going shopping for some workout clothes after. Then Insanity again tomorrow night. It should be a busy but very fun day!

273/365 - Asylum T-Shirt

2009-07-23T21:52:00.002-10:00

We got our brand spankin' new Asylum t-shirts today! I'm so excited! Now we can wear it out places and promote it to people. Insanity workout tonight was pretty tough. It was supposed to be a recovery workout but it seemed like it was just as hard as the regular workouts! Lots of slow controlled movements, squats and lunges too. Then we did some ab workouts after. I can't wait till the 60 days are up and I look fabulous!

272/365 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009-07-22T23:30:00.003-10:00

We finally got to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tonight and it was amazing! It was kind of long (my butt was getting sore) and they left out some points that I thought were important, but overall I give it two thumbs up. It made me very excited for the last book. I hear that it's going to be made in to two movies because it's so long. But it will be good to see how they wrap it up.

271/365 - I'm Back!

2009-07-21T22:19:00.003-10:00

Feeling much better today and even caught up on my missed fit test from yesterday which was Day 1 of Insanity. I did the fit test as soon as I got home from work today and then we went to the Asylum to do our Day 2 workout. I'm still a little weak and my cough is bothering me, but I got through it. Tomorrow we are not going to workout because I have small group for church and we are finally going to see Harry Potter! Yay! A week late but still good. We are going to subsitute tomorrows workout and do it on Sunday instead. So no slacking!
I had a P90X Recovery Drink with my dinner tonight. It was yummy!

270/365 - New Blender

2009-07-20T22:49:00.004-10:00

In preparation for our Insanity challenge, my fiance went out and bought a new blender. We had a Magic Bullet but it was kind of old so it wasn't blending very good. This new blender seems to be sort of like the Magic Bullet in that you blend things directly in the cup. That's a good thing because it will mean less dishes to wash.
I went back to work today and thankfully made it through the day but I was feeling sick and tired when I got home. I decided to take one more day off from exercising and start Insanity tomorrow instead. Hopefully this extra day of rest will help me get to 100% healthy even faster.

269/365 - Shokudo

2009-07-19T21:22:00.002-10:00

My fiance is completely debt free so he took me and my family out to dinner. :) We originally planned on going to Cafe Imperial, but they are closed on Sunday so we went to Shokudo.
I ate the tempura bento which was delicious! It was the perfect amount of food because I'm only now starting to get my appetite back.
It's back to work tomorrow and I hope I can last the whole day.

268/365 - TV

2009-07-18T22:06:00.002-10:00

I'm feeling a bit better today, but still sick. I haven't had enough concentration to read, so I've been watching a lot of tv. Today was mostly Food Network. It just so happened that Ace of Cakes was on when I needed to take a picture so that's what gets to be on my blog today.

267/365 - The Flu

2009-07-17T22:20:00.003-10:00

I went from generic dayquil, to Tamiflu. So, it's official, I have the flu. My fever was still high this morning so I went to the doctor and he said that it's the flu. He took a nose culture (which was kinda uncomfortable) and gave me some antibiotics.
I'm already starting to feel a little better today. And hopefully it's not the swine flu. *cross my fingers!

266/365 - Sick

2009-07-16T22:56:00.003-10:00

I started feeling sick yesterday morning and by the time I went to sleep last night I was miserable with a fever of 102! So today, I stayed home from work and was practically living on these drugs. If I'm even a little late taking the next pill I feel even worse for like an hour until everything kicks in.
I just have to get better before Monday because that's when we start Insanity!

265/365 - Insanity is Here!

2009-07-15T17:04:00.006-10:00

Insanity came in the mail today!!! We bought a whole bunch of stuff (as you can see from the picture) and it all came in today. The second picture is the box that Insanity comes in. It's really motivational and makes me so excited to get started!
I think I'm coming down with a cold and we are going to watch Harry Potter tonight so that's why I'm blogging a little earlier today. I can't believe there are only 100 days left of Project 365. It went by kind of fast.

264/365 - P90X Protein Bar

2009-07-14T22:28:00.002-10:00

Workout tonight was intense! We did One on One with Tony Horton first then Insanity right after that. It was a great workout and I can already tell that I'm going to feel it tomorrow.
The picture today is of a P90X protein bar. We got a Mocha one and a Berry one on Saturday at our team get together. My fiance ate his right away but I saved mine. The mocha tasted great and I'm excited to try this berry one.

263/365 - Shake for Dinner

2009-07-13T21:31:00.004-10:00

My dinner tonight was a Chocolate Shakeology blended with a banana and some peanut butter. Mmm! It was delicious and I was full after I ate it! So my journey to start eating healthy again begins.
We are in between exercise phases right now because we just finished Power90 and we are waiting for Insanity to come in. I'm excited to start a new exercise program and ready to get going already! But I'm sure it will come soon enough.

Insane Fitness Hawaii

2009-07-12T22:26:00.002-10:00

We now have a website and a video to go with our Insane Fitness Hawaii club!

Check out our video on YouTube.

And check out our website at http://www.insanefitnesshawaii.com.

261/365 - Storto's of Honolulu

2009-07-12T22:21:00.002-10:00

We had a couple errands to run in town today, so we decided to take my Mom to eat some Storto's. We've only had the original Storto's in Haleiwa, so we were kind of excited to try out the one in Kaimuki to see if it would be the same. We were plesantly surprised to find that it was just about the same! Now we have a place we can go to in town to eat Storto's.

260/365 - Shakeology

2009-07-11T23:36:00.003-10:00

My legs are killing me! The work out from yesterday really did the trick. Yesterday I also got to try the two flavors of Shakeology, Green Berry and Chocolate. Shakeology is a meal replacement shake that contains all of the vitamins and minerals that you need in a day. I'm going to try replacing one of my meals a day with this to try and lose some weight. I really liked the chocolate one so I picked up one from Dallas tonight. I could have ordered it myself, but I didn't want to wait for it to come in. I'm excited to get started on this. Hooray for Health!

259/365 - Puzzles

2009-07-10T22:49:00.002-10:00

We have lots of puzzles in our house. For a while there, we were doing puzzles one after another. So we have a stack of like 8 puzzles sitting off to the side. No one bought anymore because I think everyone is all puzzled out.
Tried a new workout tonight. One on One with Tony Horton. It was an intense leg workout. I can already tell I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

258/365 - iPhone Handsfree Headset

2009-07-09T22:42:00.002-10:00

We just recently found the headset that came with my iPhone so now I can use handsfree in the car. :) I don't really talk on the phone in the car, but now I know that if I want to I can. The only junk part is that the iPhone 3G doesn't have voice activated dialing (that feature is available on the new 3G-S) so I can't really call anyone from the car, but I can answer a call if I have my headphones on. But in reality, I don't really talk on the phone too much anyway. Still yet though, it's good to know that I can if I want to. :)

257/365 - Waipahu Public Library

2009-07-08T22:28:00.003-10:00

Happy 789 day! Today we went to Waipahu Public Library. This was the only time we could go because they don't open on the weekends and only open late on Wednesdays. The first thing that I noticed that was kind of odd was that the name on the front was crooked. As you can see from my picture it's not centered but to the right. I thought maybe it was because that was the entrance, but when we walked in there is only one automatic door in and out. So that was weird. Apart from that the library was pretty nice. The aisles are a little close together though, so only one person can be in the aisle at a time.
Also good news, Insanity was released today!!! Yay! So we purchased our copy and a bunch more for some friends and we are ready to get fit!