Dana Lynn

LAS VEGAS!! I’m actually sitting outside in the back of some kind of car place in Vegas right now. I opened up my lap top and to my pleasant surprise I have wireless!! yeah!! We got to Las Vegas last night and today my boyfriend is here to receive three AMAZING cars for the car show. They came in an enclosed trailer from Miami and got here last night. Lets see… there is a Porsche Twin Turbo (not pictured below but INCREDIBLE!— pictures to come later off my real camera) and then there is an OUTRAGEOUS Aston Martin (getting detailed in the picture below) and then a TOTALLY KICK-ASS Lamborghini. HOLY FREAKING COW.. THESE CARS ARE SICK!! Do you think anyone will notice if I take off in one of them and head on back to Jersey?? of course not!! ha! Well they might hear me because these three cars ROAR!! Like… how can I explain this… they ARE CRAZY LOUD AND ROAR LIKE LIONS! My boyfriend just took off in the Lambo and I’m feeling kinda of jealous
Anyway, I don’t know what else the day holds but my boyfriend says its gonna be A LOT of fun! I bet we are going to go on some FAST RIDES in Vegas today!! (and I say that knowing how completely wild and crazy my boyfriend is!)
OK… more to come later… (and yes, I will let you know how the wrap went the other day.. complete with pictures!)
Stay tuned….

OK! So here’s something fun! The other day I was watching Montel Williams while doing cardio at the gym and the topic was “lunch time makeovers.” I guess it was basically all these treatments and procedures you can get done in an hour or less. So they showed tons of different things but the one thing that caught my attention was this mineral body wrap. Its a detox for the body and has all these other great benefits. They had some older woman there (who wasn’t in shape at all) do the wrap during the show and the before and afters were incredible! Anyway, I have an entire day to myself here in Florida so I decided to find a location that does the wrap. So I’m getting the wrap done today in Ft. Lauderdale at 3:15pm. I can’t wait. I’m going to have the woman take before and after pictures of me. This is a site about the wrap… I’m such a sucker for treatments! www.suddenlyslender.com If its good, I’ll let you know and maybe you can locate a place near you that does it.

Its my last day in Florida and then tomorrow I head off to Los Angeles and then Vegas. For some reason I’m getting the feeling I have a really fun weekend ahead of me!! It will probably be a little sad when I’m in LA too because I’ll be packing stuff up in my house that we’re selling. I LOVE my house in LA so much that I wish I could pick it up, view and all, and just take it with me to NJ. My house out there is so cozy so I’ll enjoy spending a couple days there again. My new house in NJ is completely empty so I could really use the furniture from LA though.
I have been going to the gym while I’ve been in Florida. I trained Back the other night and then triceps last night. This morning I plan to do some shoulders, calves and abs and then hit some cardio. Actually, I wouldn’t mind doing some one legged squats. I honestly don’t think there is another exercise that hits my glutes as hard as those. I just don’t know how sore I want to be sitting on the plane for 5 hours tomorrow morning. Ehhh, FINE! I’ll do them… I’ll just suck it up! My weight feels like its hovering in the same spot but I wouldn’t know because I haven’t stepped near a scale.
So next time I’ll be writing will be from LA or Vegas and hopefully I’ll have LOTS of fun pictures to share!
Ok… so I’m going to share a funny picture I took in Italy. I was completely entertaining myself laughing so hard when I took this picture. I think the man knew I was taking his picture but I pretended I was taking a picture of the water. I just couldn’t resist!
Also, here is a picture of me in the gym in Italy….

BYE FOR NOW!
DL

HELLO FROM FLORIDA… AGAIN!! Can you believe how much I jump all over the place? I know! Neither can I! Mom and I made this trip to Florida a road trip and drove here. She needed to get her car down to Florida, since she is a snow bird, so I did the drive with her. It took us 20 hours. We did 10 hours each day. It actually wasn’t bad at all. We had great music and I read some fun magazine articles and before we knew it, we were here!
My brother flew down last night for the weekend so my mom is pleased that both her kids are here. My mom’s boyfriend’s birthday is tomorrow night so we are going to have a wonderful birthday dinner and then all go out dancing! My grandfather, who is flying in from Tampa, my best friend, who lives down here, as well as my boyfriend will all be joining us as well so it will make for a really fun night… and weekend together!
I just got home from the gym. The community, where my mother’s house is, recently renovated the entire gym, spa and esplanade area and its AMAZING! Its better then 5 star! So this morning I took full advantage and did an hour of cardio there. After that I did 3 sets of pushups, 3 sets of abs and stretched a lot. I didn’t do anymore because I was SOOO hungry by then. The other morning I decided to start doing pushups after cardio a few times a week. Boy was I SORE!! Pushups are great and I want to try to be able to get where I can do sets of 50.
Well, its about to POUR down here any minute. Thats Florida during hurricane season for you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
OH! BY THE WAY…. MY WEIGHT AS OF WED MORNING… 136.5. Getting closer!!! Ahhh!!!
DL

Today my best friend posted this video from Youtube on her blog and I thought it was SO FREAKIN AWESOME that I have to post it on mine too! Its in honor of the fact that Halloween is just around the corner… now.. can you top THESE kickass costumes???

Where do people find the time???

We are finally in the heart of fall. I love it!! I LOVE THIS SEASON!! Its getting cold and I get to wear all my sweaters and sweat shirts that I’ve missed wearing. The mornings are in the 40’s lately and it does warm up by the afternoon to 60’s. Today was a fun day with my family. Ten of us went Apple Picking. Actually, when we got to the place they told us there weren’t anymore apples to pick so instead we went Pumpkin picking and did a hay ride. The place was so beautiful and the nice but honestly, it would have been A LOT more fun if I had kids to take. Out of 10 of us only one is 4 years old. Everyone else is pretty old so it wasn’t as thrilling for us to take a Hay Ride but, since my little cousin liked it, we were all happy. I woke up early today and went to the gym for abs and cardio and did a lot of stretching. Leaving the gym sweaty in this weather is the only tricky part. That can get brutal with the amount that I sweat.
Anyway, here are some pictures from our fun day…

WOW! Ok, I know this is quick but this morning I was already 137 lbs!! This is crazy. For SOOO many years my weight hovered around 150 all the time. I couldn’t get it to budge. I would lose a little, gain a little… maybe go from 148 to 150 then 154 then 150 again. Now I’m actually at 137 and I have been hovering in the high 130’s zone for a while. Maybe my set point has changed! YEAHHHHH!!! How awesome! My arms are WAY down. My thighs and abs and even my face looks better! I feel great. All my consistency with cardio and healthy diet is paying off.
As promised I did my double cardio session yesterday. I did 50 min in the morning and then after work I went to the gym and trained back and triceps and abs and then hit another 40 min of cardio before my facial at the spa. This morning I woke up late so I only got 30 min of cardio in but this weekend I will workout hard again.
Today I’m tired. My legs are aching a bit and my head hurts. I have dinner with a friend from high school tonight so that will be nice.
Its getting cold here. I LOVE the changing seasons. I missed that a lot when I lived in Florida and LA. I LOVE Fall most of all. The colors of the leaves are so pretty and I love wearing cozy clothes like sweaters and my UGG boots and a scarf.
I’m finally selling my house in LA so I’ll be heading back out there at the end of the month to start packing some things up and getting it all ready to start being shown by the realtor. Its time for the LA house to be sold. That chapter of my life is over and I have a new wonderful life here in NJ. I actually have a busy end of the month. I first head to Florida, then from there I head to LA, then from there I head to Las Vegas and then I head back to Jersey. Its a lot of traveling but its going to be a really fun trip.
Well, I’m going to rest before dinner.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!
DL

Ok, time to make some serious changes!! After work today I went to buy some winter work clothes since its becoming fall here in Jersey. I only have clothes from the past 9 years of living in Florida and LA so suddenly I realized, these light weight pants aren’t going to cut it in the winter. Anyway, I didn’t have any problems getting pants to fit, actually, I was rather pleased to see that I’m finally a solid size 6 in most pants. However, looking in the mirror, I wasn’t too thrilled. My weight is still down but weight doesn’t mean much if your body fat is high and your not looking tight.
This morning I was back to cardio after being away again in Florida this past weekend. I only got to the gym once while I was there so that wasn’t good but I don’t get all upset about that. All I can do is worry about TODAY and move ahead. So this morning I hit a great 45 min cardio session on my crossrobics machine. I think tomorrow will be my first double session. After the dressing room depression tonight, I think I need to really start being more serious about my diet and training. Lately I’ve been traveling SO much and its been so hard to get a steady routine going but I know that can’t be an excuse.
Also, I’m going to go food shopping tomorrow and load up on some of my great dieting basics. Ok… here is the goal… right now I’m 138 lbs. I moved back from LA at 152lbs so I would say I’m doing well considering I haven’t been dieting AT ALL. I eat whatever I want in moderation! However, I would really like to see 130lbs. I think I look great there and its time to let my little muscles poke out again. So 8 lbs is my goal. Well, my first mini goal is 135. Baby steps people!
Ok… I’ll keep you posted on my progress. I have already come this far so its time I complete this goal once and for all!!
Good night everyone!
DL
ps. Here’s me in Italy!

Ok, THIS is weird…. I KNOW I posted an entry when I got back from Italy and now its gone. Where the heck did it go??? Thats so annoying!!! Well, I’m back from the land of carbs. I officially became an addict of the four main food groups foods there… Pizza, bread, olive oil and gelato. Yum!! I seriously ate so much bread and oil olive that I thought I would have to buy another seat on the plane just to get my big butt back home. I love olive oil. I now want to dip everything into it!! However, to my great surprise, I didn’t gain a bunch of weight. The food there is so clean and light and nothing like the food here. My friend kept telling me thats how it is there but until I ate it for myself, I had no idea. So the trip was a lot of fun. I was so glad I finally got to Italy to see such a beautiful place. I did get to a gym a few times too, once in Florence and once on the Island of Ischia. Going to the gym on the island was interesting. It was really small and the machines were crappy not to mention the only other guy in the gym was working out ONLY wearing a RED SPEEDO bathing suit.. AND THATS IT- not even shoes or socks, JUST A RED SPEEDO and was fully doing cardio. So that spiced things up. UGHCK!! I did some shopping and bought a few really nice coats and some artwork for my house. I would write more now about my trip but its early in the morning and I’m pressed for time.
I have tons of pictures but I haven’t finished loading them onto my computer. I only have a few from my camera phone to post right now.
When I returned from Italy, the next day I hopped a plane down to Florida for another wonderful weekend. I just got back yesterday and now I’m back to the daily grind again. So its off to cardio and then work for me this morning.
Fall is creeping in over here and I’m really excited to start wearing some of my new sweaters. I love the Fall season. Its my favorite season. Living back in the place where we actually have seasons is very exciting. I love seeing the seasons change but I’m sure if you check back here when its the dead of winter, I might be cussing a bit about it.
Ok… here are a few pictures… Two are scenery I quickly snapped and then we have pizza and gelato! yum!!!
See you soon!
DL