Oxygen Shoot

Hi everyone!

So, in my last post I mentioned I had shoot with Oxygen Magazine "next week". Well it was yesterday and so much fun! I had an absolute blast. The night before can be a little stressful because of everything I have to get done and get together. My "To Do" List--> two 45mins sessions of cardio, work , do weights, get my nails done, shower, go get a spray tan, then blow dry and straighten my hair. Not to mention pack all my meals for the day and be up at 5am on the road no later than 6 30am to Toronto (**I am not a morning person. I normally dont function before 7am lol seriously). I also don't have a GPS so I oldschool it with written directions haha (which turned out fine btw!) I was afraid I might get lost since I hadn't been yet. Oddly enough, I got everything done in good timing! :D

The Studio. Paul's studio is amazing!! They are still doing tons of renovations but the main shoot area is complete. The best way to explain it is, a giant warehouse building with garage doors separating all the different rooms from one another. So he basically has a bunch of studios under one roof. Totally awesome! My fav. has to be this little room they call "Grandpa's Basement" lmao I love it. I hope to get some wicked shots in there sometime in the future!

For those of you who know me know I NEVER straighten my hair! Well it was PIN straight for the shoot and I actually liked it! Before whenever I tried to straighten it, I'd just turn into a tree-haired person who looked like they got struck by lightening. I guess I have a better straightener now or something haha! I got my makeup done first thing by the amazing Valeria Nova and of course I loved it!

Next, I was trying on atleast 6 different outfits and did some fun shots at the beginning of the day. I hope something good comes out of them! The whole crew is so easy going and fun to be around. After that, we moved on to the training and I shot a workout for the Off The Couch Special coming out soon. There was a videographer there and I went cold right when I saw her hahah omg. Did not expect that. Im not exactly looking forward to seeing how I look/sound on video... Im not gunna lie, I was totally awkward lmao Who knows they might not even post it though! At the end of the shoot I had a massive laugh attack over the smallest things lol everything was just extra funny. I think it was just with the combo of being over tired and Paul's hilarious comments that I couldn't stop. It was a perfect ending to an amazing day!

This is the only 'behind the scenes' shot I got, Paul and I in Subway with matching shades....sweet. hahah

Good Night!

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6.5 Weeks Out

All this talk about "dieting" and "meal plans".....I figure I should give some insight as to what Im eating! My diet is always changing, so at the moment, I have 6 meals per day. Minimum 25g of protein in each and obviously plenty of vegetables. I have plenty of healthy fats with every meal and quite a bit of fruits in my diet. I find the fruits realllly help me with sugar cravings. Whenever there is no fruit in my diet I find that I tend to get that itch. Lately I've been spicing up things up with HOT PEPPERS and GARLIC!! Mmm! This type of meal plan seems to work GREAT for me! I had a very similar diet last year and I liked the package that I presented at the Ontario's and North Americans. I saw Mindi and Dennis (her fiance and my nutritionist) earlier this week and they are happy with my progress! I even got an apple added to my diet! Wahoo!! My fav. Nothing like a cold and crunchy apple. I swear to this DAY I still get nervous seeing Mindi and Dennis for check ups lmao. Don't ask me why but I just do!

So I have sad news, my dog Lexi got extremely ill a couple weeks back (her liver was shutting down! :( ) So I rushed her to the animal hospital, they put her on IV and in isolation. I can't remember for the life of me what her conditions was called, but it wasn't good. Very messy. Thankfully she's 100% healthy now!! And I am soooo relieved. But I'm also in the hole 750 bucks! Good bye new suit, hello last years haha! I'm going to be sending it off to Berns to get pimped out with more diamonds so it will be somewhat different. I love that colour anyways and I'm obviously even happier my pup is living the good life!....Even if this means she's snorting, growling and barking at the neighbours cute babies :. What a rascal.

Back to good news! Next week I am going to Paul Buceta's brand new studio to shoot with Oxygen Magazine! I am very excited to check it out as I haven't seen it yet and looking forward to seeing everyone again. They are ridiculously fun to work with and it really doesn't seem like work at all. The only thing I wish, is that we could all have a big pig out feast after the shoot lol!! But no can do. Mindi would have my head.


Time for Bed. I'm out!

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Update Numero 2

Hello!

As of today I'm about 7.5 weeks out and am happy to say that I've made some good progress since my diet change. I am down (as of this morning) 4lbs in 2 weeks! Average weight loss for me (and in general I'd say) is about 1-2lbs per week. I am glad to see the ol' barrel is tightening up nicely, and same with the canon haha I actually just got another small diet tweak, very minimal at the beginning of this week. I see Mindi this week so we'll see what she says, and depending on how I look, it might change again!

Training for the past 2 weeks have gone well, energy levels are fine. Jodi and I had a wicked back workout last week which I videoed 1 set of each exercise we did (of her lol...not me!). You will be able to see that on www.FusionBodybuilding.com, her current sponsor. I promised her the other day I would be in at least 1 at some point.....lol damnit. I want to step out of my comfort zone....so I had to promise! I dont break promises ;) haha

Recently I've been asked what I do in my spare time....which honestly I barely have any of right now. Saturday night is my favorite night right now for a few a reasons; I have Sunday off EVERYTHING! Work, gym and cardio. Yesss. Second, I loooove to watch Dateline, 48 hour Mystery and Americas Most Wanted with Dorian LOL ..... I know Im a complete loser on Saturday nights but there's no other way I'd want them to be. Thankfully Dorian has learned to love these shows :) haha So there you have it! I wonder what this weeks mystery is going to be..... lmao

Today I came up with a wicked move for Jodi's routine and I cant wait for her to do rock it on stage! She's having trouble putting together some dancey-type moves....so I'm helping her out with that part. She has a wicked gymnastics background so all the tumbling is taken care of. We're going to work on her routine next week. Maybe Ill try and video some of it ;).

On a more serious note, I have gotten some very touching and inspirational emails over the past few weeks. I am so flattered that anyone would look to me for motivation, advice or even inspiration. So thank you for those emails and messages, they truly caught me by surprise and help keep myself motivated! I love this sport and living a healthy lifestyle in general. I'm just beyond happy to see that I am impacting others to do that same!

Well there's the update for now! Thank you for reading it! :D

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