Two Hikes, One Day

Hey all! This one will be short, I'm a little worn out today! Been staying strong with the diet! Made some chocolate dipped strawberries for treats! I just enjoyed one...A LOT! :) 

Went on two hikes today! 

First one was in Dublin:

Second one in CV: 

Going to take a cardio kickboxing class tomorrow! Should hurt quite a bit! Lol

Cheers friends!

KG

Agh Monday, You Bastard.

Hey everyone! Happy Monday...said no one ever.

Well here we are again, starting a fresh week...but today I'm not feeling so fresh.

I got home late last night, but for a great reason. I was invited to Michael Savage's birthday party! It was a blast! Suss, Sheri and me met up and headed to the party which was filled with fun, laughs, wine and DELICIOUS food. It was so wonderful! I got home at around 9:00 which is usually when I'm winding down to get ready for bed. I was able to get in bed by around 9:50 but it is amazing how much of a difference 20 minutes makes when I've programmed myself to go to bed at 9:30. Anyways... wah. It was SO worth it, what a wonderful time!

I won't lie to you guys... I got to cheat on my diet a little last night. Granted, I didn't cheat TOO much. I had fish and veggies for dinner... but I could tell it was cooked in butter, which... you know what I'll say to that...WINNING! IT WAS SO GOOD! I even had a couple of bites of cake, which I will savor for a while! Now it's back to business!

Today I will be tackling another hill with my sistah from anothah mistah! We have made a promise to ourselves to go hiking every Monday! I'll make sure I post a picture tomorrow!

As for meal prep, here's the breakdown for this week. (Side note: I started this journey doing 5 meals a day, but lately that has been too much, so I only prepped 4 meals this week.)

EARLY MORNING: 2 Cups Almond Milk with 1 scoop of protein powder

BREAKFAST: 3 hardboiled egg whites, one hard boiled egg and 1/2 cup of sweet potatoes

(I workout between these two)

AFTERNOON: Chocolate Lean Shake from GNC

DINNER: Ground Turkey and greens 

I hope you all had a great weekend! Now, let's have a great week!

Hakuna Matata
KG

Happy Friday My Friends!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! It's Friday! Who's excited?! Clearly I am!

I hope you all have had a wonderful week!

I have to brag a bit about how fantastic I am feeling lately! It is amazing how a lifestyle change can completely revitalize you! I thought, going into this, that this was going to be grueling and that I was going to feel like I was deprived of "good" food (good is in quotations because it wasn't good FOR me, it just tasted good) forever. Here we are almost 2 full weeks later and I have completely LOST my cravings! I don't want a coffee loaded with creamer anymore. I don't want to eat some big greasy meal only to feel like crap later. I don't want juice or soda. I don't want booze. I also find myself not wanting to follow my lazy pattern from before. I'm antsy and want to move! I have so much energy and feel so much clearer in my head, it is AMAZING!

I was talking to my friend yesterday on our evening walk about this whole thing. About how much I was dreading having to make change. People would tell me to just "wait until a month goes by" and see how much better I feel. Well... for me that sounds freaking terrible because I'm impatient and an only child and I want it NOW. :) I kid, but no really,  I wanted to see results and feel the change instantly. Needless to say, I let that go and just decided to do what I needed to do and check it out! Almost 2 whole weeks, and I am no longer struggling with it! If you're knowing that you need to make change but feel like the results will never come, please trust me here. THEY. WILL. COME. I started to feel better within the first few days. Even though I couldn't SEE anything, I could feel it. That is how it starts and it just gets easier from there. Yes, the first few days are rough. You'll drive by that Val's Burgers or that In N Out and want to stop SO BAD. You'll want to just stay on the couch and not go to the gym or go on that hike you promised yourself you would go on. DON'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. Stay strong. You'll be a lot happier with yourself for NOT stopping to get that burger. You'll be a lot happier actually getting off your couch and going to the gym or taking that hike. Take my word for it. You'll feel so good when you finish your workout knowing that you were strong.

Another thing that I have been thinking is that a support system during this process is SO important. The first day... FIRST DAY of my meal prep, almost every single one of my best friends invited me to go eat some delicious thing with them! I wanted to go with all of them SO BADLY, but had to decline. In telling my girls why I couldn't go get donuts, sandwiches and gyros, they all responded the same way. CHEERING ME ON. They didn't make me feel bad for not going to go eat with them, but rather told me that they're proud of me for making a change and that they have full faith in me that I can do it. I am so blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful people all the time.

If you're one of those people who has supported me, whether it be my mom and dad, Zac, my girlie friends, my co workers or my listeners/viewers who have been following online, THANK YOU. You have contributed to my motivation to be a better me, and that means more than you know. So again, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Here are a couple photos from my evening hike last night! Lake Chabot in CV

One day at a time. This is doable. <3
-KG

Today might have been the hardest yet.

Hey all!

So, after having a wonderful birthday, concluded with half of a red velvet cupcake, I found it almost impossible today to motivate myself.

I had one of those days where I kept telling myself, "Cmon Katie, you need to do something. Anything. COME ON." Well... MY PLAN was to go to this cardio class at 6:30. Needless to say, I didn't go. At 6:27 (My gym is down the street from mi casa) I decided I didn't want to do a class because the introvert in me kinda wanted to keep my lack of motivation to myself.

Then I took a moment with me. This might sound nuts, but sometimes it is the only way I can get myself to listen to my heart and not my mind. This process entails me stepping away for some alone time, taking a few deep breaths and kinda zoning out. It allows me to re focus and realize what I need to get done.

Did I take the class? Negative. BUT I did go to the gym, turned the treadmill up to 5, incline on 8 and went a mile. Oh, and I had 10 lb weights around my ankles.  Followed that up with an arm set and left the gym feeling good. This was your classic "dreading the gym but being thrilled that you did it" situation.  I really really really REALLY didn't want to go, at all, but I did it any way and am much happier that I did. I know if I didn't go, I would be sitting here feeling like crap.

Anywhoo...

Yesterday was rad. THANK YOU all so much for the birthday wishes, I was amazed by how many of you took time out of your day to do that. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

My friends and I went on a BEAUTIFUL hike in Dublin. Check out the view!

Don't Worry, Be Happy! 

-KG

Today Is My Birthday... And I've Already Had A Piece Of Cake For Breakfast...

Tis true! I came to work today and my coworker, Jennifer Jones Lee from KGO, who is one of my favorite people in the world, made me a PINK LEMONADE CAKE!!!

Oh. My. Goodnes... I performed a serious disappearing act on my piece but decided to share the rest with the other radio folks around here!

Went on a serious hike yesterday with a friend of mine and the view was AMAZING. (Pictured Below) It's crazy how when you're hiking up a hill, there's so much pain and push involved... but when you get to the top it all becomes instantly worth it. Hiking is a new passion of mine :)

Back to eating as healthy as possible on a birthday plus I'll be taking a nice long hike again today!

Going to keep this one short, because I can :)

CHEERS!
KG

Monday...Go away.

Ugh!!!! Monday, you're a jerk.

I don't know about you guys, but motivating myself on Monday's is damn near impossible. Good news is that all my food prep is done and I already have what I need to make dinner tonight so it won't be TOO unbearable!

My workouts are kicking my ass and I couldn't be happier about that! After having a nice relaxing Sunday filled with a trip to Costco and meal prep, it is time to get back to business! It's just my second time meal prepping and it already felt a little easier. The more I do it, the easier it will get!

I have so many people who are cheering me on and who are keeping me motivated! One of my girlfriends sent me this picture (below) with a note, "just in case you woke up today just not feelin it."

So spot on. I can't put this off any longer and won't. It is NOW. I'm blessed to have so many great people on my team with this and I am also honored to know that some of you are reading this for motivation.

I promise I won't let you down... or me for that matter :)

Just Keep Swimming,
KG

Being disciplined on the weekend is a pain in the...

Hey everyone! I hope you guys has a great weekend! Staying on track during the weekend was harder than I thought, but without any MAJOR slip ups, it was alright. I went out with my friends last night for some much needed fun but now it's back to business. Today was spent meal prepping so here's what next week is looking like!

Early Morning: 1 scoop of protein powder and 2 cups of almond milk.

I use this stuff (pictured below):

Breakfast: 2 egg muffins (I put mushrooms and spinach in mine. I also used a small carton of egg whites and mixed in 4 whole eggs)

Afternoon: 1 lean GNC shake (pictured below)

Lunch: (M/W/F) 1 chicken breast with sautéed greens (spinach, kale and chard) with asparagus, broccoli, carrots and onion (T/TH) Ground turkey with sautéed greens (spinach, kale and chard) with asparagus, broccoli, carrots and onion

Evening: 1 Apple 

Dinner: Night to night - I'll usually use fish, chicken or turkey with sautéed greens of some sort. 

For beverages I have 1 cup of coffee in the morning with the equivalent of 2 creamers and water for the rest of the day.

All of that and lots of exercise! 

Root! 

KG

Just a few thoughts for you on a Friday!

Friday! Friday! Friday! I couldn't be happier that the weekend is here! I'm waddling around like a freakin penguin today but that is actually a really REALLY good thing.

Took the Bean (My dog...Her name is Bailey but I call her Bean quite a bit) for a nice long walk with one of my best friends! I notice that walking with company makes it SO much easier! We got home and Bailey immediately went to sleep so that is how I know it was a good walk! :)

Last night's kickboxing class kicked my ass... again. While I was panting, sweating and giving everything I had in that class, it hurt so much. At one point I actually was repeating to myself, "Cmon Katie, you can't fail." I must have said that 80 times last night.

Anyways - enough with the play by play... I was thinking about something yesterday that I would like to share.

First, my friend Gina sent me this and I LOVE it.

Great right?

OK! So here's my thought. I was thinking about how many people struggle with weight and how hard it can be. I know that there are days that I wake up and just want to say SCREW THIS, and go to Val's Burgers in Hayward, CA and slam a Mama burger and some fries into my face and wash it all down with a chocolate/banana milkshake. *(Which by the way that is my restaurant of choice for when I meet my goal! I highly recommend following up a great weight success with a Val's burger. It's life changing. http://www.yelp.com/biz/vals-burgers-hayward )* I was thinking about these things when it hit me... I've only been at this for BARELY A WEEK! Holy CRAP... just ONE WEEK. When I thought about that I thought about what an amazing amount of work a have ahead of me. In thinking about that, I told myself over and over again that yes, while I have a s**t ton of work in my very near future, I know it will be worth it.

While running this mental marathon I realized, I actually made myself feel better! It started with a minor feeling of fear for the hard work I face, then that feeling of never getting there and followed that up with a very serious "I CAN DO THIS." THAT right there is the ticket. Everyone under the sun and moon could tell you that YOU CAN DO THIS... but if YOU don't believe it, it won't happen.

It has to start with you and trust me, I know how hard it is. I am still sort of in the, "I sure hope I can pull this off stage." When I feel that "not sure" feeling start to come on, I just continue to tell myself that this is MY challenge and the only person that will get in my way is ME. Don't let yourself get in the way. Do what you know you'll need to do and you'll get there.

All of this coming from the girl who can't SEE any results yet... I just know that the process is started and that I am responsible for keeping it moving.

Speaking of not being able to SEE any results... because trust me, I don't see anything happening YET. Key word = YET. This is another situation where I am trying to let my mind take control. When I am looking in the mirror later on today and I don't see any changes, I will be noticing other things. Getting healthy is not all physical. While I might not SEE the changes, I can FEEL them.
If you're reading this for motivation, please pay a lot of attention to what I just said. I promise you, you won't see the results right away. While you're thinking that might be discouraging... try to focus instead on your insides. Your insides have to feel better first before your outside can transform. I only know this because, unfortunately, I've been here before and remember looking in the mirror and asking myself why the F I was working so hard if I wasn't seeing any results. I'll never forget the words my trainer told me:

"Your outsides can't look better before your insides do."

Brilliant.

Take that. Think about it. Believe it. Know you're not alone and, well, as Nike would say, "JUST DO IT."

Slàinte,
KGreen

Ouch...today hurts.

So...if you're just joining in on reading this, you should probably know that I am really trying with all my might to get back into shape. I have started meal prepping and have been working out as hard as I can every day. This blog is just a way for me to talk about my journey and post updates.

Something else that I have been teetering on making public was how MUCH I weigh... to me, it's embarrassing because it's the most I've ever weighed. Now, in telling you this, I am keeping the mind set that I will NOT weigh this much for long, so this is just a temporary figure.

On Sunday, I bought a scale...that bastard... and got on it for the first time in a year....

HOLY 179.4 LBS, BATMAN!!! WHAT. THE. SHIT.

Now, I understand that this isn't heavy for everyone... someone who's 6' something would have 179.4 lbs look GREAT on them... but on my 5'4" figure...179.4 lbs is NOT the business....

BUT - I am PLEASED to announce to you that in just 3 days of simply eating clean and working my ass off, I am down to 174.3 lbs. I can't SEE it yet... but I can feel it! I feel more energized, determined, motivated and excited about this process rather than dreading it as I had. I think the logic behind this is I now KNOW that I can do it, I'm no longer wondering IF I can.

If you're where I was... overweight, depressed, tired and/or feeling like you're stuck... you're not. Take it from someone who literally thought I was just doomed. I love my food... I love my whiskey... I love my outings with my friends... I LOVE to cook... and I realized that some of those things were really screwing me up. They're not OUT of my life forever, just for now until I can get this under control.  I know that STARTING this whole process can seem daunting and scary, and don't play it down, it IS. It's scary, difficult, not necessarily fun (at first) and it's frustrating when you can't just SEE results right away. But you CAN do this. If I can do this, you can do this.

If you're a lucky S.O.B. like me with AWESOME work hours, (mine are wake up at 3:30am off at 10:00am) you have to figure out a routine. I've been in radio for about 8 years and I am JUST NOW figuring out how to live around these hours. You MUST take a short nap... not a 4 hour like you'll FEEL like you want...but just an hour. You also HAVE to get to bed at a reasonable time...which I have just now made the rule that tired or not, I get in bed at 9:30pm. It's all a matter of self control, that of which I have a LOT of when I choose to. Again, this is all on me.

The title of this is "Ouch...today hurts" because it does. It seems that every muscle in my body is screaming "WTF" at me. I guess this is a good thing. Yesterday I strapped on my 10lb ankle weights and walked to my gym...which was a little ridiculous because I was sweating and panting when I walked IN the door. I proceeded to do my hour workout and then walk home. While I was hating my existence, I'm realizing that without all of that, I won't get anywhere. So... in the words of Dori... I have to "just keep swimming"... or working out and eating clean for that matter.

As for today, the diet continues... and the workout will happen. Even though I'm walking like a penguin I will go to the gym or for a nice long walk with Bailey today when I get home from work... then tonight at 7, I'm hitting another cardio ass kicking class!

If you're reading this for motivation, and you take anything from what I'm saying...just know that there is NOTHING beyond you. If you tell yourself you CAN'T, then you probably can't and won't. Tell yourself that you CAN and you WILL.

Hakuna Matata,
KG

My First Week Meal Prep

Since a bunch of people are asking about my meal prep, here is what I follow!

If you're an "instagramer" follow @meowmeix - she's got GREAT stuff, as you'll see here! 

Also, her dinners aren't shown, that's why we're doing them night to night     😁✌️

Cheers!

KG

Starting A New Journey!

As you can see, based off the fact that my last and only post was on January 27th, you'll notice that I'm not great at this blogging thing! I feel like I am one of those people who needs a REASON to write. Whether it be anger, happiness, a new goal, work or whatever, I feel like I need a reason or an experience to speak about.

Well... I FINALLY HAVE ONE!

Some of you know, some of you don't, I am somewhat like Oprah in the weight gain/loss game.

One minute I weigh nothing, the next I'm resembling a manatee. How this happens, I don't know. It's a mixture of eating wrong, not exercising, partying and being lazy then all of a sudden I'm trying to eat healthy and working out. Either way it's annoying and I need to get this shit under control.

That is why I am starting a new journey.

This last Sunday, I spent the day with my boyfriend, Zac, walking around the farmers market and other stores looking for what we were going to need for MEAL PREP! That's right, 5 days worth of meals put other at once in little labeled tupperware. We did it! Got all our food ready with the exception of dinner which will be made night to night and eaten by 6pm!

So far this week I've been hiking, to the gym for an intense workout and have taken a kick boxing class! I got my ass kicked all around during all three of those activities but, hey, gotta start somewhere right?

Lucky for me I have an amazing support system filled with people who will not only push me, but will motivate me along the way all while showering me with love. I've also got a couple of girlfriends who, as my dad would say, are "hunkering down" with me and helping me obtain my goal.

Also, shout out to FitBit for being a rad tracking system that I never knew would motivate me so much. Root!

Thanks for taking interest in my life and reading my shenanigans! More updates to come! <3 Catch ya later, suckers.
-KG