Dana Lynn

I don’t know what happened but yesterday I woke up and said to myself, “that’s it! Time to make more changes with the training and diet” I have been stuck in the same spot for a while and obviously if I don’t make some serious changes, I’ll stay stuck! So I went through my house and chucked everything that isn’t healthy. There wasn’t much but even the sugar free cool whip is gone! Then I made a shopping list of all my healthy food choices. Chicken breasts, cottage cheese, veggies, eggwhites, oatmeal, waters, ect… and last night after work I finally stocked my house with all those clean foods I know so well. I just need to get off this stand-still and finish losing the weight (in the right way, mostly body fat) that I have been trying to. 130lbs is my goal. I look GREAT at 130lbs and I really want to see my abs and muscles.
So my new challenge is to see what I can do in 8 weeks! A pound of fat a week is perfect to reach my goal. I’m not going nuttso fitness chick (I will have treats here and there, which is REAL LIFE) but I’m making a huge effort to make the changes I WANT to make. So can you guess what’s for breakfast????

HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING!! I Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!! My thanksgiving was wonderful! I made the entire meal for 12 people and it was a total success! Even the turkey was perfect! Infact, I think I’m going to eat some leftovers today!

Wow! its been about 10 days since I’ve checked in and there is so much catching up to do! A lot has been going on and I feel like I don’t even know where to start! My boyfriend was here visiting all week and we had an awesome time! It started with the UFC fight that we went to. His best friend came up to visit for a few days too and we all had so much fun together. The tickets from Dana White were incredible. He hooked us up with ten tickets right in the perfect spot to see the octagon. The fights were actually fun to watch. My mom and I figure we won’t get upset that these men are beating eachother up or that they are hurting eachother because they actually WANT to be there and are getting paid for it. So, to each his own, right!? Anyway, the atmosphere of the place was a lot of fun. The music was loud and the crowd the UFC attracts was even entertaining. They had the Xyience logo right in the center of the ring which was really cool to see too and they were giving out sample of the products. Overall, it was a ton of fun!
The weather has been getting so cold but the season is still so pretty. The leaves are all falling now so the colors that once covered the tree tops are all over the roads and lawns. My boyfriend took some great pictures of my brother’s backyard that is now covered in red leaves and so outrageous!
Here are some pictures…



DL

My best friend, Lorraine, has a blog called http://youngprofessionalandbored.blogspot.com/ and its GREAT! I read it everyday! She posts all kinds of stuff from gossip to fashion and funny things she somehow finds daily on the web. Anyway, this morning while drinking my coffee, I went to her blog to see what she has in store for us and OMG… there was a video that just cracked me up! I just can’t take it. What are people THINKING??? I don’t know how Lorraine does it but she found yet another GEM of a video! I guess this girl is an American Idol hopeful or something. Anyway, the video is just too damn good for me not to post here too. I need to spread the love for this young, talented dancer and singer. Maybe we can hook her up with that kid who sang, “She Bangs” and they can do a CD of Love Song Duets! Oye Vey! So enjoy the video.. and as she says at the end…”If you don’t like it, your a whore!” hahaha! WHAT A NUT!

HEY! She’s doing this for her FANS OUT THERE!! The Fans “requested” this song…
And wow, at the end she claims THIS dance had a lot of fancy foot work… then what the hell do the others look like???? And I think she gets really excited when she gets to say the word…. SEXUAL!! She just lights up!! hahaha!
PLease, by all means… ENJOY!!

Remember this summer when I started to take the Power classes at the gym and loved them? Well, I stopped going for some reason that I have no clue why and just Monday night I took it again and I LOVE IT! How could I not be going to these awesome classes!? I am so sore and it feels great! These power classes kick my butt and just works everything. I’m so excited that two of my girlfriends just joined my gym. They are taking the class with me tomorrow night too. I can’t wait! Now I have workout buddies! How fun!
Things are going well here in Jersey. The weather is cold but I’m really loving it. I love the winter clothing I get to wear now. I am starting to plan the company holiday party and that will be fun. It seems like yesterday I was getting excited about the summer party I was planning. Time just flies, doesn’t it?
This weekend 10 of us will be going to the UFC Fight in Newark that I wrote about a few posts back. Dana White is hooking us up and we are all so pumped to go!
Tonight I took my 4th Swing dance lesson and I’m afraid that I’m a bit of a spaz. I am hard on myself because I always expect myself to be great the first time but in this case its going to take a little while. However, I am working hard and putting in the effort to go to class so I will give myself credit for that!
Well, its time for bed. I wanted to just post a quick update since I haven’t had much time to post lately. I’ve also been working on my custom flip flop company and I’m going to start selling them in a store in NJ and also taking orders myself for the holidays.
Oh! Thanksgiving is coming up and I’m cooking for 12 people this year! How fun! I just ordered a 20lb bird! This is my favorite holiday and time of the year!!

DL

My favorite season is in full swing! We are deep in fall now and the colors trees are so brilliant! I just love it! Its been in the 40’s and 50’s so thats taking some getting used to also for me but I will say, I really, really enjoy the fall. Last night was a little rough leaving the gym in the cold, all sweaty and it was about 47 degrees!
So anyway, I knew that traveling wasn’t going to be the best thing for my weight loss/ fitness goals right now. Its always hard for me when I’m taken out of my daily routine. Now, don’t get me wrong, I had an incredible time on my trip and I would gladly do it all again! I got to spend 2 days at my house cleaning and packing some more. I will miss that house. It holds lots of great memories and good times. I do need to take another trip there again though so its not good-bye yet!

Here is a picture of my house in the hills. Its like a little tree house. I just love it!
So, When I returned home from Vegas, I got on the scale and I was back up to 140.5!! ahhh!! So I gained about 4 lbs on my trip. I can understand that. I did indulge myself plenty and my boyfriend took me out to a wonderful steak house in the Mirage in Vegas. Its called STACK. YUM! The food was great! We also saw a show called LOVE. Its another Cirque du Soleil show but this time its all to The Beatles music and it was my most favorite show yet! It was a lot of dancing and so extreme sports were added in. Very cool! I was completely enchanted the entire time. So it was a wonderful evening and I had a terrific time on our trip.
So back to the matter at hand… I am now home and back on track since my trip. I have been back to my cardio every morning and I trained at the gym last night. I even did an extra session of cardio last night too. That often helps because then my metabolism gets stroked again. Those pounds will come off quickly (a lot of water weight I’m sure too.)
Tonight I’m heading to a country western bar here in town. Its supposed to be really fun and a popular place to go so I can’t wait to check it out. I started taking dancing lessons too! I am learning how to Swing right now. Its so much fun and also makes for a great workout! My boyfriend is an AWESOME dancer so I want to be able to at least keep up when we dance and not step on his feet. He is so good though so when I dance with him, even if I don’t know what the heck I’m doing, he makes me look good! haha! Speaking of dancing…. Patrick Swayze (my ALL TIME FAVORITE actor) was on Oprah yesterday and I’m so excited that I tivo’ed it so I can watch during cardio today! yeah!! Here’s a picture of us dancing. How cute!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!
DL

UPDATE: just jumped on the scale and I’m back to 137 already!

So here’s a fun little story for you! Last Monday while I was still in Vegas for Sema with my boyfriend, we were delivering the Aston Martin to the front of Mandalay Bay. As we pulled up to the front we were right behind a group of people unloading camera gear from their car. My boyfriend, who is great at networking and meeting people, started talking to the main guy dressed in a suit. It turned out to be a crew from NBC and they were waiting for Dana White, President of the UFC. They are doing some kind of documentary on him. Well, putting some things together, my boyfriend turned to me and said, “We have to stay here to meet this guy! He is from the UFC and since Allen Flavors (my family’s business) makes the products for Xyience (and UFC) it would be great to meet him!” So after a few minutes Dana pulled up in a beautiful black amg benz and a got out. My boyfriend and I were finally introduced to him, camera’s on and all! Oye! (So if you see a show done on Dana White, we just might be in it meeting him outside of the Mandalay Bay!) Dana was SOOOO nice! I told him who I was and what my family does and he was really excited at what a small world it is. We took pictures together, spoke for another min or two and then we were on our way. HOWEVER, the story doesn’t end there! As my boyfriend and I continued to walk around Mandalay Bay we went into a jewelry store. We were trying stuff on for fun and looked out the window and there was Dana again. We waved and smiled and he continued on. Then we went to the mall section of the hotel and as we were walking back, we see Dana, who was alone now, walking towards us. We started laughing and joking to him that he was following us. The three of us ended up stopping to talk and I told Dana that I now live in New Jersey. So my boyfriend said, “Isn’t there a fight in Newark coming up?” Dana said, “Yes! you guys should come. I’ll get you some tickets and I would love to come visit Allen Flavors!” So Dana and I exchanged phone numbers. The fight we were talking about it Nov 17th so it looks like I’ll be checking out my first LIVE UFC fight. I was in touch with Dana two days ago and I’m also waiting to see when he would like to visit us at Allen Flavors.
So isn’t it a SMALL WORLD sometimes!?
So there was a fun story from our adventures in Vegas!

HERE IS THE PICTURE OF ME WITH DANA WHITE AND ABOVE ARE SOME XYIENCE PRODUCTS.

DL

Hello everyone! I’m back in Jersey and on my lunch break from work right now so I figured I would finally post an update on the wrap I told you all about last week while I was in Florida.
So… the entire process took an hour. First they take your measurements and weigh you. You stand there in your underwear and they wrap you like a mummy from head to toe in warm wraps soaked in a mineral solution. Its rather calming actually. After that, they cover you in a plastic poncho looking thing and attach plastic bags to your feet and hands. The bags are where the toxic holding fluids that come out of your body go. Then you go into a room and there was a Tony Little workout swinging thing there. With this wrap, it isn’t meant to be a relaxing, calming spa wrap. Its meant to actually be a detox and so they want you to move and open your pores while the minerals are on you so it better penetrates. Basically, they want to replace toxins with minerals. So anyway, as you are doing this workout machine swing thing at a low resistance, your bags are collecting the gross stuff and every 20 min the girl comes to empty your bags. You are watching movies while all this is going on too so it isn’t AS boring as it sounds. After your time is up, they unwrap you and its kind of chilly. Your skin looks and feels really nice. You then get measured again. I lost a total of 15 inches from around my body. An inch on each thigh, my arms… ect… it was pretty damn cool. I wasn’t doing it for weight loss though. I wanted the detox effects. Since I don’t drink, smoke or do drugs, the effects for mine weren’t as gross as other peoples. They say the more toxic stuff you have in you, the more the fluid that drips down from your pores smell. Ewww!!
Anyway, overall it was a fun thing to do. I wanted to give it a try. They also say you should do it a few times. There are people who swear by it! Here is the link again… www.suddenlyslender.com You can read more about it and I’m sure the site explains it a lot better then I do. They also have a list of the states and places where they offer it all over the country.
I do have more updates on my wonderful trip out west but its time to go back to work now so I don’t have time now.
He are some picutres.. I know, I’m such a dork but I took them so I could share with everyone!
So… ENJOY laughing at me! haha!

DL