Fashion
I know most of us not only love food, but also fashion! I wanted to introduce you to my friend’s new business called Label Lovers Boutique. It is an online designer resale boutique selling upscale designer merchandise such as Prada, D&G, Burberry, Juice Couture etc. They also accept consignments; clean out your closets and turn your old clothes into cash! You can follow Label Lovers Boutique on Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to their blog for notifications of sales and new merchandise! They have some really cute items so I encourage you to go check it out!
Fitness
I thought I’d share some of my exercise classes that I’ve been taking this week!
Monday: 6:30 am Intensati. This was my first time taking a class with Darbi and I loved it! There were only 6 people there but we brought extra energy to the room and had more space to dance!
Core Fusion Cardio in the evening. This is always an intense and amazing class. Everyone needs to try it.
Tuesday: 6:30 am Cardio Kickboxing. This was fun but I don’t see myself waking up so early for it again. The entire 45 minutes was a Michael Jackson techno mix. It got pretty annoying by the end. We also had to do 20 push ups a few different times during the class. I can do a few normal push ups but not 20 in a row before my body is even warmed up. The instructor yelled at me for using my knees. I held a plank the next time around and still got yelled at. Blah. I should be allowed to modify a push up if I need to!!
R.I.P.P.E.D: This class was not till 7:45 am so next Tuesday I will sleep an extra hour and just go to this one! I loved this class!! We used 3 different sets of hand weights. We had to start out heavy and move on to our lighter set once we could not handle it anymore. We did 16 regular reps, then 16 pulses, then we held the position for 16 counts. There were also tons of squats and lunges in which we did the same type of combination. It felt great!
Wednesday: Zumba: I actually wanted to go to another strength class but I am going to Core Fusion tonight so decided on cardio instead. The Zumba teacher on Wednesdays is the same instructor that certified my mom so she’s been begging me to take her class ever since I joined Equinox. Of course the one day I go it is a sub! I decided last night that I don’t like Zumba too much. I am not a huge fan of the music. I would rather spend my hour taking intenSati since I love the music and since it is twice as intense! Maybe I would enjoy Zumba more if I knew the moves a little better. I don’t know. I only burned 200 calories in an hour and did not break any kind of sweat. I will give it another try once my mom’s teacher is back. Speaking of my mom, check out her new website: ZumbawithShelley.com. I made some of it but have to give most of the credit to Emily from TheBlogFairy for creating the cool header and background! Emily did my header twice and I loved it both times! I highly recommend her if you want a blog makeover! ! I have one more really exciting Zumba announcement but I am going to save that for another post!
Thursday: Dori is hosting a free Core Fusion class for her blog readers tonight! I can’t wait to meet everyone! Thanks Dori!
Friday: 6:30 am intensati. Hopefully writing this a day in advance will motivate me to wake up tomorrow!
As you can probably tell, I am so happy I joined Equinox. I actually want to go to the gym TOO much! I want to try every single class but know my body can’t handle it! I also want more muscle so it is tempting to do a strength class every day. I think doing one every other day will work out for me!
Food
On days where I did not go to the gym in the morning, I made egg paninis!
They seriously take about 5 minutes to make in the morning. They fill me up for a while too.
Colorful lunch:
Salad with tuna, peppers, cauliflower, beets, guacamole, chick peas, broccoli, and mushrooms!
Of course I went to Friday’s one night for free drinks so I tried a new menu item!
Dragonfire Salmon: Norwegian Salom fillet fire-grilled and glazed with spicy Chinese Kung Pao sauce. Served over coconut jasmine rice with Mandarin oranges and broccoli.
This was actually really good for being Friday’s salmon! You were right Mari! I almost got a house salad to start until I read that it was 600 calories! Insane! Need those calories for my Cosmos!
Fun
I am choosing the winner of the Macaroni Grill Prize Pack tomorrow! Don’t forget to enter! Have a great day!
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RIPPED sounds great!! I checked out your moms website its awesome!!! I can tell she is really passionate about what she does! i would love to see a clip of her teaching in action…just sayin’
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MissyMaintains Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Thanks!! We are working on a video! We will have a great one once I make the Zumba announcement
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Love Fridays! Have not been there in forever! The dish you had looks so good!!!!! I love how you LOVE going to the gym , that is so important! Classes are awesome to take! I am going to start doing classes at the gym next week! I hope you ahve a great day love!!!!!!! xoxo
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I love this post!!!! Don’t burn yourself out on the gym, spread it out a little! I love how much you are loving it.
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I can’t do pushups either. I would’ve walked out if they yelled at me for doing them on my knees.
I don’t know how you do two workouts in day. I’m impressed!
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LOVE the breakdown!
I would love to join you for any and all of those workouts… i just wish i could wake UP in the mornign! LOL
I might have to try this Fridays thing… I have never been… looks pretty good. And healthy! woo hoo!
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I really want to try Zumba. Maybe I can check out one of your mom’s classes when I’m in Philly. Your friends boutique has some pretty good deals. I only did a quick scan, but I’m sure I’ll have time to shop later today.
Really excited for class tonight!
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Missy Maintains Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Yes that would be great! I would go to Philly with you one day to take my mom’s class! She would love that.
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haha! how cute is your mama with her website!!!! that’s so fun that the blog fairy did it too
seriously thats SO exciting that you’re excited to go to the gym! i feel like it’s what you’ve been wanting for so long which is awesome and totally worth every dollar spent!
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I am so proud of you!!!! you are really taking advantage of all the amazing classes! Good girl =)
FINALLY YOU TRIED THE SALMON! The sauce is great, right!?!
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Missy Maintains Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
I like that we just commented on each other’s blogs at the same time. Yes the sauce was great!
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The blog fairy did a great job on your Mom’s site! I just love Emily!
I am on a bit of gym restriction but when I was going to the gym with classes it was so much fun! It is addicting!
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Wow awesome workouts you have going on! I can’t stand when instructors call me or anyone out.. it’s totally unnecessary!
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i love the variety of workouts you do! Is it hard to get motivated to workout in the city when you have to TRAVEL to get there?
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Missy Maintains Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Well during the week, 2 of the locations are a 5 minute walk from work so it’s nice and easy! The weekends are a little tougher since the trains suck but I don’t mind traveling to the city for a good workout!
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I think Zumba is so different everywhere-my zumba classes are more hip hop meets latin dancing and I burn a ton of calories ( could it be because it’s taught at a college where 20 something girls are the only audience?). I’ve taken it at the Y though, and it’s TOTALLY different. As most classes, it depends on the teacher I think!
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