Help a sista out

I promised a new friend I would post her website >>> www.pathfindersgps.com May want to check it out for some christmas gift ideas :) THANKS !!!

First off I will say I had an awesome workout !! I always do *woop woop*

Shoulder press

bb upright row

reverse pec dec

cable curls

concentration curls

tricep kickback

bb tricep overhead press OOOWWWW

tricep pressdowns

Felt awesome then I got my period when I got home and now my back is KILLING me !!! My belly is cramping !!! *moan* ooohhhh!!! WHY??? * moan * UGH!! ARG!!! DAMN !!

Have to finish up my clients then HOME !! TO BED !!! *** MY son is making chili for dinner LUV HIM !!

*smooches* :)

The body AWAKES !!!

aaaahhhhhh I"M ALIVE !!!!!!! woop woop

I havent worked out in over a week due to my trip back home to see my family AND GRANDSON!!! Did I tell you about my grandson ?? New 1 month old grandson LOVE HIM!! OK enough of that !!

TIME TO GET SERIOUS !!!! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.. I know it was a good excuise for you to eat like shit !!! Carb overloads and a shit load of pies !! IF you have any left just toss it in the garbage before you start bitching next week that youve gained weight !! I say that with LOVE :)

I went to the gym this morning LA FITNESS -- very quiet there today -- I LIKE THAT !! Today was the wake my body up phase LOL Did 30 minutes of walking/running intervals on the treadmil.. I was running at 6.0 LOL that is huge for me I am not a runner -- ask my husband -- he says I run like Johnny Damon.. Whatever !! I ran and it felt damn good !! Then I got on the rowing machine for another 20 minutes .. aahhh worked out all the cricks in my body !! Now TOMORROW I can kick ASS !! My own of course :) Getting up early, posting on all my sites then I am out the door..

I will be having some exciting news to tell this week.. Have something awesome in the works that I cant wait to share :) ~~ haha its killin ya huh? want to know the secret ?? ummmmm NOPE !! you'll have to wait :)

to be continued ........................

www.fantacfitness.com

Actaully dared to go into some stores... wasnt so bad LOL

Holiday schmoliday

I dont mean to be the holiday party pooper but UGH!!! I have no use for them these days... I think after all these years my grinch of a husband has rubbed off on me !! DAMN !! But hey we cooked our Turkey and made our carbs and all sat at one table to eat them then went on our merry way LOL It was very nice cause really you dont see us all in the hosue at one time together so I will cherish it. Took a pic as a reminder that we CAN all get together LOL


Now I have to get thru christmas.. Now that the kids are older ( youngest is 19) and the gig is up on the whole Santa thing its harder and harder to try to figure out how to make Christmas special ??? ANY ideas on what to do when your kids are older ??? I"M NOT buying them shit for the sake of buying them stuff so this year we are spending the day at Disney Land. I'm sure we are going to have a blast so I really look foward to it. Plus Glenn ( husband) has NEVER gone to Disney before *gasp*

DId my booth at the Market today -- signed up one person for the Juice Plus and sold some cassettes of the Enlyten but NO interest in training.. *sigh* ALOT of mexicans today and culturally they do NOT work out.. They are a fat unhealthy mexican bunch here and I dont say that in a mean way so if your mexican DO NOT send me hate mail LOL I need to have a bilingual partner so I can break thru the bearier..

OK i have the tv to myself so I am going to go watch my Sons of Anarchy from Tuesday :) If youve never watched that show check it out !! Hard core so becareful NO KIDS!!

Hope all you nuts that went shopping today had a great time :)

GYM TOMORROW !!!! gonna kill myself int he gym this week !!! Should have the energy with all the carbs i've eaten LOL

Dear Friends of FantaC Fitness,


Have a great Thanksgiving and don't forget, although, do enjoy the food, keep in mind Thanksgiving is not just about the food. ( DONT STUFF YOUR FACE ) :)

Heres some quick advice on Thanksgiving


When you go up to get your food at Thanksgiving dinner, put on your plate half of the food that you think you can eat. You can always get up and get more, but if you have put too much food on your plate, most likely you will end up eating it all, although you were full. Talk more ~~ eat less :)

REMEMBER: Bikini season is ALWAYS around the corner :)

Sincerely,
Patti

Ready to bust out the muscle :)

HELLO !!!!!
man I feel like i've been gone for sooo long --- We just got back from our trip back home to Connecticut.. We went to go visit our NEW grandson Austin !! LOVE HIM !! He slept most of the time so he was easy -- can't wait till he is smiling and crawling !!! oh gosh darnit I love him !! We have another grandson being born January 20 so we are busy grandparents :)

OK moving on >>>>>>>>>>>>> I took all last week off from the gym so tomorrow starts my new kick ass holiday workouts !!! My body is nice and relaxed and ready to roll .. Starting a new 4 week program where I am going to just blow out some serious cardio, heavy weight lifting and serious eating.. FULL FORCE !! NO EXCUSES !! I'm soo ready to get my body in serious shape. Obstacle will be it is during the holiday season but hey my kids are older and I am not really "doing" the holidays ???? yea i say THAT every year !! I've usually always worked out during the holiday season but this time I will be very focused and will be pushing myself to the breaking point :)

Going to retake my measurements tomorow.. 5 days earlier than expected but I want to get it out of the way.. Hopefully I have seen SOME kind of changes within this last month !! I feel like I have so thats a step in the right direction..

Sent some tshirts in to have more shirts made for FantaC Fitness so if anyone wants to order one just let me know :) Also getting geared up for the new year and will be coming out with some serious programs !!! SO message me right away cause I get busy starting the new year :)

Thats all folks ~~ I'll be back tomorrow with my measurements and workout -- till then keep your hand out of the cookie jar :)

Getting READY !!

HELLO !!!! I have been MIA for a few days -- sorry to those who run to my blog daily HAHA yea IF !! I've had LOTS of clients and have been running alot of vendor booths over the weekend... FUN FUN FUN !!!

Soooooo i'm a slug today :) and proud of it LOL I have been so incredibly busy that today is actually a down time day !! I had a client at 6:30 am and I didnt even take a shower OR put on my makeup to go there LOL thats a huge risk for me LOL i NEVER go out without makeup and that is to just protect the public :)

I am leaving to go to CT on thursday early morning so if you dont hear from me that is why :) ~~ Going to visit our grandbaby !! YAY!

Have to finish getting organized today for my trip .. Its half business ( had to try and write this trip off LOL ) I am distributors for both Juice Plus
( fantacfitness4juiceplus.com) and Enlyten ( enlyten.com/pattiskok) and there are some peope interested back home on becoming distributors for these companies so I have to get together some things !! I'll pack at the last minute *wink*

NO gym today and to be honest I probably should just commit to taking this week off since I know I may not get there and my mind is not in the game at all for workouts .. This way I will not feel guilty when I dont get there.. In the meantime I WILL commit to reining in the eats so all will not be lost !! good thinkin Patti :)

OK i'm off to organize some things.. mainly my desk -- i should take a pic of it YIKES !!!

Awesome GYM Day !!

Kids are feeding me !!

OH HELL YEA !!! I know I did my job right .... My son made banana bread and my daughter is making a chicken and kidney bean salad for dinner. and rolls too but I dont eat bread so thats for them !! I LOVE when they make dinner..
So my ass hurts today :)
one legged leg presses definetly work so i'll be putting them into my routine a bit more. Got to the gym fairly early today.. Lots of "fake" ladies at the gym this morning.. Definetly California woman !! Fake boobs, nice tan, beautiful hair.. Felt a bit intimidating BUT I had better muscle tone then them !! nanananananananaa !!
I worked Delts, back & a little bt of Bi's ..
Shoulder press~~ Pullups ~ upright rows ~~ str8 arm pulldown ~~ bent over row ~~ seated cable row ~~ BB curl ~~ concentration curl ~~~
I had more on my list to do but dammit I am still not up to par yet and am just wiped OUT !!!
I'm going to take my measurements tomorrow morning.. I feel like i've had some changes and I just want to take a peek !! I can feel my shoulders rounding out and my friend said my biceps are looking good !! oh yea !!
Special shout out to my friend T ~~ she is doing a photo shoot next week and is busting her ass to look her best ~~ she doesnt have to bust too much cause she looks wonderful.. She was with me every step of the way for my competition last year and I like to think I am cheering her on enough to pay her back !!
GO T !!!

Another special shout out to my step son and his wife on Veterans Day ~~ My son Randy is Army retired and his wife Steph who is pregnant is on active duty !! Thank you for your bravery ~~ I LOVE you and am proud of both of you {{{ BIG HUG }}}

Nice ASS !!

There are no shortcuts to the road to amazing glutes.
Here's some exercises that you can do to start your road to a gorgeous assemus maximus.

Squats have been known to help tone the buttocks as well as strengthen the muscles. Using this exercise can increase the strength of your legs and your thighs. Hip flexibility will also increase as well as your balance. If done properly, you can instantly feel your butt burn with every motion. However done incorrectly, you'll simply be targeting other areas of your body.

Step ups are also great toning and shaping exercises for your hiney. This exercise requires you to mimic climbing motion. This is why there are so many climbing machines out in the market. Your stairs can be more than adequate for this exercise to help you get that firm butt.

Lunges are also a favorite as it works several muscle groups at the same time. Repeating every motion properly is needed so you can achieve a leaner butt in no time.

These three exercises are great since they require no additional equipment. It is important that you do it using the right form and technique. This is where an exercise buddy comes in handy. If you prefer to exercise alone, doing the reps in front of the mirror will help you. Another important note to these exercises is to do it regularly but allow your body to rest in between.

Tabata Style

AAHHHHHH The journey continues >>>>>>>> Got up extra early today to meet with a client at 6:30am -- I love getting up early :) --- finished with her and came home and ate and off to the gym to do MY workout !!! I started with 5 miles on the r-bike to get "warmed up" .. I was actually watching the view but we'll call it a warm up ;)
I did my workout Tabata style --- The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training regimen. A Tabata workout (also called a Tabata sequence) is an interval training cycle of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes. So that all consisted of leg presses, leg extensions, squats, hamstring curl ect..... I've just started doing this Tabata style and I tell ya I LOVE it !! We'll see how my legs are tomorrow but I can tell you I may be complaining :)
I'm not 100% on things and I still feel the junk around my trunk so I have GOT to pick it up !!! CARDIO tomorrow !!
I'm still feeling tired due to my blood loss with my Colitis but good day today my external blood loss was at a minimum.. Doubling up on my Juice Plus+ so my intestines will heal faster. 9 days till I go back to CT to visit and I dont want to be dealing with health crap. and Lord knows I dont need to be on the plane having bathroom issues either.. *sigh*
OK off to get my rest and watch some Biggest Loser.
IF anyone is reading this - and I think some people are -- LEAVE ME A MESSAGE/COMMENT
Just say HI :)
Till tomorrow peeps.. DOnt let shit drag you down !! Take care of YOURSELF first !!

Excuses vs Obstacles ????

Give me a *woop wooop *** OK so for starters I DID NOT do the Burpee workout !! I did 5 and my body just couldnt do it... I've been really beat up with my Colitis and all that jumping was making me real light headed.. NOT an EXCUSE just an OBSTACLE !! I've been losing lots of blood these last 2 weeks so I have to go easy.. BUT I did get to the gym and do a chest/tricep workout !!! Hell I'm on fire ! I have got to get it done !! I could hardly lift the DB's I'm sooo weak so this week I will just use machines so I have the stability and wont drop a weight on my head lol Came home and took a nap and did some computer work. Had some Iron Soup for lunch ~~ I'll have to post that recipe cause it is really yummy !! Lots of beans, spinach and chicken.. Of course I have the farts now *wink*
~~ I had alot of thoughts today on excuses versus obstacles .. I hear so many excuses that woman make it drives me crazy. I think alot of the woman I hear making tons of excuses are just not ready to take the giant leap it takes to actually change your life. And ya know I guess thats ok ??? Or not ?? I know we all get busy with the kids,husband, animals, work ect .... Getting to a gym and stealing that hour out of your life MAY just be difficult. I get that ! Hey my kids were young and I shuffled them all over the place also.. I also dragged them to the gym and stuck them in the day care but hey thats just me.. When I did that I was vain ( I still am ) I wanted to look awesome so I did what I needed to do.. Of course if i was heavy and unhealthy I would definetly MAKE the time but thats just me.. We all have obstacles in life that are just unavoidable just PLEASE take care of yourselves!!
Speaking of which I am going to head off to get ready for bed and get my rest.. Early client tomorrow :)

HOLLA !!! Patti's BACK !!!

WWooohooooo * BIG sigh* That was one helluva week :) No sweat though thats what happens in a womans life.. Shit knocks ya down and ya got to get back up and get back at it !!!! Thats what I did today -- GOT BACK UP :)
Got up early 5am to go see a client at 6:30 to discuss training. She wants me to train her :) ~~ Hell yea GO PATTI woop woop -- So i'll be training her 3 times a week @ 6:30 am which is great for me because I LOVE to get up early and get out and start my day.. Although of course its now only 6:30pm and i've been ready for bed since 5 !! When this time changes it kills me because darkness means bedtime to me LOL So anyways after my client meetup I shot over to my bootcamp -- 2 girls showed today -- my beginner diehards -- i love them !! They mean business and WANT changes.. LOVE to work with woman like that !! Hammered them for an hour then went home to have some breakfast for me :) -- bullshit on the evil computer than off to the gym for ME TIME !!! Today was back day.. Did a shitload of pullups and I'm feelin it now -- all kinds of rows.. one arm, two arm, high row, low row, swing low sweet chariot LOL remember that song LOL I'm watching The Lawrence Welk show right now hahahaha I'm such a 70's girl.. This show was great !!! Ok so back to my workout !! I get side tracked --- my mind is always wondering.. Got my shoulders done and also threw in some biceps -- was beat by the time the biceps came along so i only did a couple.. Just enough to show (mentally) the young guys next to me that I can lift more than them :) BOOYA !!
I posted the BURPEE workout I want EVERYONE to do tomorrow :) ~~ I'm doing it first thing in the morning. I'll time it to see how long it takes.. I'm picturing my dogs leaping on me while I do it so I may have to put them in the pen.. Pup is in the humping stage so we dont want any funny business while i'm down ~~~ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Oh Patti you dirty girl !!
Ok i'm off to finish watching Lawrence and throw some wrinkle cream on to preserve my over 40 face :)
HUGS to ya !! Kick ass and be HEALTHY !!!

The Power of a BURPEE

Mondays workout

~~BURPEES ~~~

From a standing position squat down, drop your hands to the ground and jump your feet back to assume a push-up position. Do a push-up. Jump your legs forward to between your hands then jump up into the air bringing your knees as high as you can and your hands into the air over your head. Repeat 20 times. . Catch your breath before going into another set. This time completing 19 burpees. Catch your breath. Now do 18 burpees. Repeat until you have done all descending sets.This is a full body workout and covers your bases for most muscle groups. In fact, you could almost whip your body into shape by mastering this workout alone ~~

WHO'S WITH ME ????? ;)

Live from Huntington Beach

Beach Day !!!

I'M BACK !!!!!!! * BIG sigh* After a box of tampons & a tub of mint ice cream I am geared up towards the coming week !!! This was a tough period -- but we dont need to get into that AGAIN !! Got up early today and went to Huntington Beach with the dogs.. It's the first time we went so we were a little nervous but the dogs were awesome and had sooooo much fun.. Pup is right now passed out under my desk YAY!!
I got the chance to really do some nice walking on the beach -- good workout walking barefoot in tons of sand :) The beach is about 45 min from our house so its something we can do often.. LOVE IT !!!
I keep going back and forth in my mind on if we should stay here in Cali or go back home to Ct ??? I have to remember the reason why i wanted to come to Cali was to HAVE A LIFE.. In CT we would be in the house from October to April because of the damn cold @!!! I hate it.. But now today going to the beach on what Nov 7th... aaahhhh gotta love it :)
Tomorow I have to go train someone at their house @ 6:30 am and then I have Bootcamp session at 8am.. THEN I am off to the gym myself to start my week of kick ass workouts !!! Heavy lifting, supersets, dropsets you name it IT is getting done !! Serious shit this week.. I have a whole week to catch up on and my body is ready AND pumped !!! Hormones are very ready for this ..
So there for I should have a serious night of good sleep so i'm going to go have my nightly tea and start hunkering down !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52qvGLaTDZY
Made a video at beach today.. thought i'd share :)
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Transforming into a monster !!

Yep thats the only kinda transformation I'm doing today ~~~ ROAR !!!! Patti scary monster !! Yep it's period time !! I should have known it was coming because my daughter Ashley has hers --- why do woman who live together get on the same cycle ?? I'l have to research that !! Like we really need two woman in excruciating pain bitchy as ever fighting over the last container of ice cream ?? Really who needs this SHIT !! I'll tell ya I went on birth control a few years ago cause my periods were getting heavy and I was having cramps like a 16yr old.. I told the Dr why do I need this shit give me something to STOP it !! So she put me on the pill LOL She might have been scared of me I was on the rag that day !! So on the pill I was for 2 1/2 yrs HELL YEA !! not a drop of blood, not a single cramp and NO mood swings and Glenn got to get laid anytime during the month * wink* well *cough cough* not anytime -- who's kidding who LOL Well I recently went off due to insurance bullshit and not wanting to pay the $60 a month for the pill... I'm rethinking that NOW as I sit here in pain ! *sigh* So some people may think this is a good excuse to NOT workout !! Well hell yea its the perfect excuse ~ This is where I talk about having some kind of balance in your life.. I work out all the time -- well I am now! So when I get to a point like this I can slack off for three days .. I know I know the "experts" will tell you this is THE perfect time for working out ! It really is.. Hormones are raging and you have more strength blah blah blah shut the fuck up.. I'm in pain !! :)
So my thinking is while I'm not working out I better be making strides in some area of my life... So yesterday I gained 2 training clients :) YAY!! Today I swept the floor LOL hey the cleaning lady is on a every other week schedule I cant have the dog hair floating around for two weeks
So tonight I am making turkey tacos -- my way of period cheating without really cheating.. For me it will really be a turkey taco salad which I get sooo addicted to. Taco Bell be gone my way is SOOOOOO much better YUM!! Keep it healthy if your not working out !! I'm not throwing ALL my hard work out the flipping window !!

OK ladies i'm gonna go lay on the couch and moan and for all of you that work out during your periods (((( BIG HUG ))))) I'm proud of ya MUAH !!!

In the house

I got a new camcorder today and of course had to play with it.. Took me all flippin day to figure it out and download to youtube BUT I finally did it and have the hang of it for next time... SO I figured I would share :) Its nothing crazy just an insight to my house LOL dont mind the clutter ~~ I like to call it "normal livin"
Keep checkin back as I will be posting fun workouts :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9kqrliqhww

hmm well thats the link --- now its gonna take me another day to figure out how to add it to my post *sigh*

Gettin it all done early !!

** wohooo GO PATTI !!! Got up this morning -- very early I may say !! This time change is getting me up early which I actually like. I've always been an early riser.. Limited my time on the computer this morning.. I checked emails and facebook and i was GONE !!! The computer is having a habit of controlling me LOL I know its happening to you to cause I see what everyone is doing on facebook... mafia wars, farmtown, sparkle.. UGH what crap !!! I cant do all that mind game bullshit -- and If your spending your time with that and your health is shit i think you should really reconsider.. You aint getting any younger sweetie LOL
OK so gym time :) First off my breakfast was yogurt with oatmeal in it.. I like my yogurt kind of room temp so I take it out when I wake up put it in a mug and put my natural oatmeal in it.. wait till it cools off LOL then by that time the oats are softer and YUM!! Gulped down a protein shake with that.. NO eggs today -- other than the fact that we had NONE I also noticed that alot of eggs tend to bloat me -- Yes I did an experiment with that... So I limit how many I eat now... :)
OK so back to the gym -- warmed up with 10 minutes of rowing.. I love to row but put me on the open waters and i'm good for HOURS.. put me on a machine and i just look around and get bored quikly !! Worked back, shoulders and biceps
1 arm DB row 35#'s ~~ pulldowns 60# pulldown and HOLD!! --- seated cable rows 60# with HOLDS -- Overhead cable shoulder raises 15# kept it light due to rotary issue ~ front and side raises.. OH MAN those shoulders were poppin !! pics above.. hey they popped alot better at the gym that pic was 1 1/2 hrs later lol
finished with 4 sets of cable curls at 30# SLOW !!! also did the oblique twisty machine ??? i dont know the correct name but damn I love that machine :) Its my new toy since we didnt have that back home.. YAY! Lunch is stuffed peppers that we had last night and string beans and sw potato baby food LOL yes its cheaper than the sweet potato and i eat alot of them -- dont judge me LOL
So thats my day so far and its only noon -- I feel like I did a whole days worth already -- thats what happens when you get up early...
OK peeps BE HEALTHY !!!!!

MONDAY !!!!!! I woke up with the mentality that Monday is a fresh start.. You know everyone is always saying "monday i will start" Yea well I've laready "started" but I felt a certain kind of refreshening this morning.. hmm I think its cause we changed the clocks.. I dont know but what ever it was made me have a kick ass time at the gym :)
Worked well since today was leg day !! Yep the dreaded leg day ... Is there anyone out there that enjoys working legs ?? I only enjoy leg day when the workout is OVER lol ----
started with 15 min on ellipticle and ended with 4 miles on r-bike
Leg press 140# 4 sets x 15 reps
machine squats 50# plus wieght of that damn machine 5 x 15
hamstring curls on machine single leg -- 30# 5 sets x 15 reps
Leg extension single legs 30# SLOW lifting 5 sets x 15 reps
Shit load of abs !! This was my light leg day -- my next day is thursday and there is alot of supersets with that AAAHHHHHH
I had alot of interest in the juice plus and the training today so I am just waiting for it to all come together.. *sigh* it all takes time.
Hope everyone had a good Monday -- I'm off to finish watching the Yankeeeess !!!
LET'S GO YANKEES !!!
ps THATS MY SON IN THE PIC --- he cooked dinner tonight :)