8/6/12 workout

Today i had my first session of swim therapy i know crazy huh. Let me tell you swimming is the one exercise  i love to do more than anything else in the world  the therapist kind of ruined it for me today. but i guess i did take out a great workout and i learned some more things to add into my daily routine.

I would like to know if any fellow swimmers have any ideas about what they like to incorporate in their workouts that have helped in weight loss or in speed and endurance.also if their are an specific land workouts you do let me know.

Maybe writing a blog post when your dead tiered and stress was not the best idea oh well things happen.


xoxo YMV

A body rock challenge?!

Me and karim will be doing a body rock challenge in two weeks. We plan on having all the videos or at least work out moves we like on  a post here on my site once we start the challenge.

If you dont know what body rock is "kick yourself" no just kidding but seriously folks they are free and amazing. Here is their link BODY ROCK!!!! yes they are <---- that amazing.

So what is the challenge? Well me and karim will be competing with each other not on the amount of weight loss but on the progress on how many reps we can do for any video we started with by the end of the month. Me and karim are short on time and i have swim therapy so we plan on doing body rock three times a week for a month . In case your wondering about equipment WE WON'T BE USING AN'Y! We will only be picking videos that use no equipment or where the equipment can be modified easily. Along with this i will be also trying to eat as clean as possible. I will post rules and my diet all when it gets closer to the challenge. In the mean time i would like to know who would like to join us in the challenge we will give you our mfp's (my fitness pal) so we can all encourage one another and also be accountable to each other for doing the workouts.

Let us know.

xoxo YMV <3

On the Road to SURGERY

I have been going crazy with my weight, school, life, and especially my health. My doctor told me to be a vegan for a while then told me to stop the change did a drastic turn to my body  it was horrible. recently about two weeks ago i had a catherization, the catherization told us that my homograph (my heart valve ) is to small and is continuing to shrink in size. As you can probably guess this was not good news. As of right now we have no official date as to when it will be performed i have STRONGLY suggested that we wait until December after my nursing finals.  Of course with the severity of needing do have an open heart surgery my doctor wants me to easy my way into being a vegetarian. He would also like me to try cleansing once a week. I don't have money to buy a cleanse (yes i no longer work at blue print cleanse) but also my juicer has gone missing. I wanted to know your views on bolt house juices and if you could creat a cleanse with it ifnot let me know of your best cleansing recipes and what you suggest. and is Juicing better than blending?

I have not juiced or blended anything myself in a while i would love to start a cleanse soon but i have no idea what to do and what veggies are the best to blend without  loosing nutritional value.

work out of the day

So I am slowly but surely attempting to get back onto the work out today i tried Vivafit  if you live in the west new york , northbergen, guttenberg or fairview area you should check out this zumba and dance studio. It is a very fun environment instructors give each person personal attention and their rates are awesome. Here is the link to their info VIVAFIT. Today i did the aeroboxing which was super intense and fun it had a dance feel to it so you were constantly moving. I registered for 6 classes so lets see how well i do with them plus going to the gym and finishing my choreography that i hope to show soon.

Well Hello Hello EVeryone

I feel as if i have been gone from here for such a long time. I have had school driving me nuts, a bit of depression and the stresses of a job. But I am slowly coming back.

First bit of GOOD NEWS

A New blog!: YES! i have a new blog with my boyfriend Karim it is called A strive to be healthy . Me and my boy friend have gotten very serious about weight loss. My personal reasons as always are because of my heart, I will do almost anything to pretty much stay away from the operating table. In this blog i Get a bit more personal on what inspires me and puts me in a happy mood. However this blog also will have pictures of me and karims progress through our journeys. Please check it out If you are a fitness, vegan, health & wellness, or just a curious blogger. We are still building it up but our friend Andrew who is a PT (personal trainer) at Crunch gym may also be joining us with tips and tricks to not only help loose weight but maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Yet again a change in diet!: So i went from omnivore to vegan back to omnivore and now currently a vegetarian. Before you all go and get all judgmental on me, My doctor told me to go back to eating chicken and fish no red meats it was hard but i had to follow his orders then shortly after he told me to try a happy medium and stay vegetarian. So at this point in my life i am vegetarian however i try not to make my life difficult when i have to go out with friends or Karim's family i will then  eat a fish hear of there. I will be posting my healthy new and improved recipes both on this blog and my new one A strive to be healthy.

My New views on life: So why did I all of the sudden get so into fitness health and wellness, well if you have followed this blog for a while you already knew I was very interested in this. Recently Karim got very into body building and wanted to loose his body fat and make the muscle he has been dying to have. I have never been too happy with my body, in the last two weeks I have had a revelation and realize that I made dumb excuses in the past to not workout. I have a full gym membership that is finally paid for and a list of fun videos that i can do at home in case of snow.

I know i know everyone is talking about there hopes and dreams for the new year, but mine is simple to complete the dreams i have already made for this year.
I will be posting some recipes and holiday stuff on here within the next few days.

Happy Holidays,
Yvonne- Marie