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Core Fusion and Food Challenge Update

MissyMaintains — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:01:44 +0000

Hello! How are you doing? I am doing great with my Core Fusion Challenge so far! In case you missed my last post, I am participating in the ”Stay on CORE-Se” challenge at Exhale Spa this month. This means that I have to attend class three times a week and, as a reward, I will receive special perks and discounts to the spa. I changed the challenge to five classes per week just because I want to take full advantage of this opportunity and really want to see some results by the end of the month. I started off the challenge with a Core Fusion Cardio class on Monday. I did not go on Tuesday just because I refuse to miss Patricia Moreno’s intenSati class. On Wednesday, I went to a very challenging Core Fusion Open class. I was practically in tears but it felt oh, so good. I also went to Core Fusion Sport after work yesterday when I found out that my colorist was out sick! Since I could not get my hair done, I had no other choice but to work out again! It is not really an option for me to go home right after work because it just leads to lots and lots of eating for no reason. While some people cannot wait to go home and relax after a long day at work, I do everything in my power to avoid being home for long periods of time at night. I would rather stay in the city for a couple of extra hours while getting a nice workout instead of mindlessly snacking. I know I do not talk about it much on here anymore but I am still a work in progress.

While I was kind of dreading Core Fusion Sport last night, I felt amazing afterwards. I did not really want to go since I was pretty sore from the morning class and am really trying to be careful about not overdoing it and then getting an injury. I also tried Sport a couple of years ago and was not a huge fan. I knew I would feel better if I worked out so I sucked it up and gave it another chance. I also need to mention that Exhale Spa is literally right across the street from my work so I have no excuse not to go! The class ended up being really great! The instructor, Adina (also my Cardio teacher on Monday) had a ton of energy and was very challenging at the same time. We did all kind of exercises using a weighted ball like jumpbacks, lunges, tricep dips, push ups, etc. We used an exercise band at the end for leg, butt and ab exercises. I will definitely try to take Sport at least once a week during this challenge!

I am happy to say that I also woke up this morning and went to Core Fusion again! It’s now Thursday and I’ve gone to Core Fusion four times this week! I will probably take a break tomorrow and go maybe one or two more times this weekend. I am a little nervous about seeing results though because, so far, my eating has been…hmm…out of control the last three days! Let’s just say I can’t have English muffins and crunchy peanut butter in the house. Now that the jar is gone, I am ready to get back on track. If I don’t start eating a little better at night, I will not lose any inches and will be pretty disappointed come August. I am going to try to start taking some more pictures of my food and posting them on here to hold myself accountable. Here are some eats from yesterday:

Before Core Fusion, I made an espresso and protein powder mix with Stevia and almond milk in my Magic Bullet. I make this every single time I exercise in the morning. It wakes me up right away and tastes delicious at the same time.

Breakfast was out for grabs when I arrived at work. It was interesting but I like free food so I ate it.

I had some sort of egg, black bean, and corn scramble, a mini bagel, and some potatoes that tasted like bacon. MMM, bacon.

Lunch was from a fruit store in Chelsea Market. They have awesome homemade guacamole and the salads are super cheap!

Between lunch and Core Fusion, I had my last English muffin with peanut butter and jelly. It was supposed to be my actual lunch but I was craving my greens and wanted something a little more substantial.

After Core Fusion Sport, I had one of these since dinner would not be for another couple of hours:

Yes, it tasted like Cookies N’ Cream ice cream!

I got home and made my own little version of Sangria: Trader Joe’s $2.00 red wine and frozen fruit. No need for soda!

The fruit makes the wine taste sweet and also gets me drunk. I picked up a salad on my way home which had carrots, broccoli, squash, and pesto chicken. Good stuff.

And then…9:00 p.m. rolled around and I just wanted to eat. I had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios because in my mind, the salad was not enough. Luckily I stopped at one bowl which is very rare for me. Baby steps! I will continue to post my food a couple of times a week and try to kick this habit in the butt. Let’s see some results!

Do you snack more at night than during the day?

What is your favorite night time snack?

EBOOST Winner and TV Shoot

MissyMaintains — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:25:33 +0000

Good morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! On Friday night, I took my roommate to her first intenSati class at Equinox! She comes to every class that I teach but I really wanted her to experience what a class is like with 50 students and my favorite instructor. She loved the class and has been messaging me all day about how sore she still is! It was awesome to see her smiling during class every time she recognized one of the moves. Afterwards, we headed to Cheeburger Cheeburger in Queens! I love it there because you can add unlimited toppings to the salads for no extra charge! I got a veggie burger salad with just about every topping on the menu.

We also split an order of the onion rings and fries with cheese dip. Amazing! Major food coma!

We ended up walking around outside for another hour after dinner because we were so stuffed. I love having a rommate who enjoys working out with me. She actually convinced me to sign up for a 5K race in May! I swore I would never run another 5K after my first race but I think I will be fine since it won’t be 110 degrees outside!

On Saturday, I was filmed doing intenSati for a TV shoot pilot! The shoot was for Lisa Regina, founder of A Write to Heal, a non-profit program for women of domestic violence created to offer them an alternate way towards healing. My intenSati teacher, Lindsay Davis, instructed the class, and the students acted as the dometic violence subjects that were attending the class as part of their empowerment and recovery. I must say that I love being on camera while working out! I always take it to the next level when I know there is a camera on me.

I was not sure what to expect going into the studio but it turned out to be a super emotional morning. I thought all of the students in the class were either usual intenSati students or actors. After the class, I learned that three of the students were actual victims of domestic violence experiencing intenSati for the first time. I saw a few of the girls crying during the class but I assumed they were acting. After the class, they went around on camera and spoke about their past and what it was like saying positive affirmations during class. Some of the stories they told were incredibly sad and really hard to listen to. They all loved intenSati and thought it was such a powerful and amazing experience. One girl had to leave in the middle of our talk because her boyfriend was looking for her. She ran out of the room crying. It honestly felt like a nightmare. It was a very emotional couple of hours and took intenSati to a whole new level for me. I know the practice has the power to help with the recovery of these victims and am grateful that I got to share this experience with these women. I’m not sure where the video is going to end up but I will keep my eye out for it.

After the shoot, I headed to Astoria to try out a new brunch place with Marina! We decided to try a restaurant called Omonia Cafe because of their great pre-fix brunch rate! Check out at all the food I got for just $12.95!

1. Choice of beverage: Coffee!

2. Choice of alcoholic beverage: Mimosa!

3. Choice of entree: Marina and I both got the Strapatsada: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, feta cheese, and oregano, served with pita bread. This was delicious and so flavorful!!

4. Choice of dessert: Chocolate Mousse! AMAZING.

Marina went with the Strawberry Shortcake.

Everything was delicious and the service was pretty good! I definitely would eat there again!

Last but not least, it is time to announce the winners of the EBOOST Giveaway! The following 2 people will receive a month’s supply of EBOOST and a t-shirt!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

19
17

Timestamp: 2011-04-05 12:01:10 UTC

19- Jackie, “I drink black tea in the morning to wake up!”

17- Stacey, “I already like eboost on facebook and follow it on twitter. Coffee is my pick me up at the moment. I would love to try eboost but cannot find it anywhere in Arkansas.”

Congrats Jackie and Stacey! Please email me your addresses so we can ship out your month’s supply!

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Have a good one!

Summer Spirit

MissyMaintains — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:23 +0000

Is it really September? I am not too thrilled about this! I prefer hot weather 365 days a year. Yes, I know I live in the wrong state. Since I don’t plan on leaving New York anytime soon, I will just have to stay positive and make the best of the new season! I am very excited to eat this…

And drink this…

And can’t wait for another excuse to dress up my cat like this…

Okay…maybe I do like fall a little bit. Summer is not over yet though! The past couple of days have included some summery treats and activities like fruity sangria…

Soft serve from The Lite Choice…

Colorful salads…

And outdoor hikes…

I love summer. Luckily I still have some fun outdoor activities to look forward to this month!

This weekend: Electric Zoo Festival!!!!!!!

September 18th: Women’s Health “Are You Game” Event!

September 26th: Hike and Wine Tasting!

What are you looking forward to this fall?

What will you miss most about summer?

Reminders:

I am choosing the winner of the Core Fusion Yoga DVD tomorrow!
I still have a $500 scholarship to give away for the fall program at Institute of Integrative Nutrition! You must enroll by September 15th to receive the scholarship. Let me know if you are interested!

Since we are talking about summer and outdoor activities, I will leave you with a new video someone sent me yesterday! It is the entire dance from Zumba at the Phillies game last week!

Guest Post on Eggland’s Best!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:27:27 +0000

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I am going to save my recap for tomorrow’s post since I do not have too much time today. For now you can check out my guest post on the Eggland’s Best website! I also posted a recipe for my Ultimate Breakfast Quesadilla.

Hope you check it out! I will leave you with a few more pictures because it was little Miss Daisy’s 1st birthday yesterday!!!

I had to dress her up to celebrate! Have a good day!

Watermelon Vodka in the Park

MissyMaintains — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:45 +0000

How was your weekend? Mine was good! Thanks for asking. Saturday was a nice relaxing day at home. Friday night consisted of 4 cosmos so a rest day was much needed on Saturday! I woke up very sore from all of my workouts so I decided to try out my new Core Fusion Yoga DVD! I loved it! I will do a review in a few days but it really helped me feel better.

I made a great breakfast after yoga:

I cooked up a mushroom and American cheese panini! I used 1 egg and 2 egg whites and cooked it in a whole wheat flat-out wrap. I pretty much watched movies all day and cleaned. Gotta love lazy Saturdays. Dinner was an Amy’s Burrito with a Bud Light Lime.

The best part of my day was probably dessert!

Cinnamon baked apples with melted dark chocolate chips. I went to bed very happy.

On Sunday I woke up bright and early for a Core Fusion class with Dori and Angela! The class was intense! We were all completely drenched by the end. A girl came up to me after class and told me that she reads my blog! I love getting spotted. It happened in Whole Foods last week too!

After Core Fusion we went to brunch at Centro Vinotea since Dori had a LivingSocial deal to redeem. The restaurant was really cute. The windows were open so it was almost like we were sitting outside. There were a few different menus to choose from. We went with the prix-fixed brunch menu since it came with unlimited cocktails! The main menu had no breakfast options anyway. I got a Bellini. One Bellini turned into 3 Bellinis. They were free, why not? It is fun getting drunk at 12:00 in the afternoon.

Our server brought us bread and oil.

I went with the eggs any style. It was supposed to come with bacon but I asked for smoked salmon instead.

The omelet was delicious! There was some kind of cheese in there along with the salmon. I am very picky about my potatoes but really enjoyed these. We got to fill out a survey after eating. Now you can see what we really thought…

We continued our day at Angela’s apartment on her roof! It was really sunny and hot so we took a dip in her new kiddy pool!

The pool was amazing! We relaxed in there for over 2 hours! Oh, I must add that there was a movie filming inside her apartment all day. So cool.

Dori and I left Angela’s a little later and headed to Central Park to see The xx perform a free concert! We stopped at Pump on the way to pick up some dinner and a mixer for our vodka.

Nothing better than Kettle One Fresh Pressed Watermelon Juice!!!

We waited in line for a while while enjoying our beverages. We met a few friends there and found a spot inside. I enjoyed an amazing wrap while waiting for the show to start! We spread out our towel and had a picnic!

My wrap contained tofu, grilled mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, string beans, sweet potato, and guacamole. Heaven.

We had a great time! I really enjoyed the music even though I was unfamiliar with the band!

Our vodka drinks gave Dori very painful hiccups so we decided to cure them with some pizza! We split a slice. It was just enough to satisfy us and definitely did the trick in getting rid of her hiccups.

This morning I woke up bright and early for intenSati. I surprised myself after all of that vodka last night but it’s been pretty easy for me to wake up knowing I am going to such a fun class. Now I need to go get more coffee! Have a great day!

1) How do you cure your hiccups?

2) What is your favorite drink to mix with vodka?

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