a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc6iEXWp3cw/TflxUw8_nuI/AAAAAAAAAD8/pyDw-WYR2c8/s1600/kellysh”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618646611673456354″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”" src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc6iEXWp3cw/TflxUw8_nuI/AAAAAAAAAD8/pyDw-WYR2c8/s320/kellysh” border=”0″ //abr /br /diva href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaSS0OSZhE4/TflxU7p3OBI/AAAAAAAAAD0/y2Ad0IwjFqw/s1600/ashleyshades.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618646614546003986″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”" src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaSS0OSZhE4/TflxU7p3OBI/AAAAAAAAAD0/y2Ad0IwjFqw/s320/ashleyshades.jpg” border=”0″ //abr /br /br /br /divWednesday, June 15/divbr /br /br /divOk, so I was supposed to be posting up my previous Diaries.. *I KNOW, I KNOW Don’t be mad I had a stressful week. I needed to recover. * I will post them soon, so you can catch up my friend! Today I am GREAT. As I type to you guys about my workout.. I am trying to compose myself. Why?I am watching R. Kelly: The Light It Up Tour.#enoughsaid, right? OMG, this man, I have been a fan for too long, I been a fan when I shouldn’t have been a fan, you feel me!? But from a very young age *no pun intended* I was captivated by his voice, his music. Whew, I think I just burned 500 calories, from thinking about it. Who can top this man? He is a musical genius. His talent can captivate anyone. If you aren’t a fan, who have you been listening to…Trey Songz???/divbr /br /br /divThis morning I started off being very productive. I did some intern work and I popped my Vanilla Slim Fast Shake. Ok, let me explain it wasn’t a Slim Fast it was an imitation, it was EQUATE! from Wal Mart!! Don’t Judge ME!! Anyway, after I drank that , yumm and it was so delish, I ate some Special K! Red Berries cereal! I finished doing intern things and then after I left that, I ran some more errands and I had time to stop and get the REAL SLIM FAST because I had finished my equate! /divbr /br /br /divAt about 3:30 I went to the track! Walking gets me so excited! I can’t tell if I am losing, but I have to be losing something because mentally and physically I feel light. I feel inspired, and energetic, and I imagine myself transforming into something even more beautiful than I already am! That’s what you have to do! I was switching my pandora around again, listening to R amp; B and Gospel, but so what? The music that I was listening to was pumping me up and helping me feel good and optimistic. “Encourage Yourself” came on Donald Lawrence radio station, and that helped a lot. You do have to encourage yourself. You have to visualize what you want to do in life, you have to create your future, write it out, meditate on it, Trust God with it, and watch him give you the necessary resources you need to implement the changes! I can see myself in the future. I am getting rid of my careless eating lifestyle, and in turn, I am going to still enjoy the foods I like, but I am going to be a little more open to trying out healthier cuisines for myself! I am falling in love “all over” again with myself! /divbr /br /divLater, I made Dominique cheeseburgers and French Fries, and it did not even look appealing to me. I baked my chicken tenderloins, almost mechanically at this point, and prepared a side salad!/divbr /br /br /br /divI also drank 3 bottles of water! Remember, if you drink at least 3 16oz bottles that is 8 glasses a day! I am trying to stick with that also! I haven’t had a Mountain Dew, and I haven’t relapsed! “ITS A MIRACLE!” /divbr /divWell, R. Kelly has gone off now! I mentioned via twitter after I worked off a sweat, that I was going to need some 12 play! I had walked from 3:30 to 5:45 that has to be like 30 miles I walked. Kidding! Dominique suggested that I be harder on my body starting tomorrow. I am going to do the boot camp ON DEMAND and see what that does! /divbr /br /divCheck out my playlist again, if you need suggestion while walking:/divbr /br /divToni Braxton/divbr /br /br /divBrian McKnight/divbr /br /br /divDonald Lawrence/divbr /br /br /divSerani/divbr /br /br /divR.Kelly/divbr /br /divPaul Morton/divbr /br /br /divDefinitely wasn’t no Trey Songz on my playlist! *Sorry Ladies* But I am LOYAL to the R./divbr /br /br /div:) Any suggestions on any simple workouts????/divbr /br /br /divMuah/divbr /br /divA.BadBoss/div/div

Written Wednesday, June 8br /br /br /br /Today I feel a lot better!! Way Better! Not completely back to myself, but close enough. I ran out of Slim Fast!! I had a lot of errands to run too so there was no way for me to stop and re-up on my “work” . Instead though, I drank 4 Bottles of water, ate almonds, as I completed some intern work. I met up with the lady at Barnes amp; Noble, for a fashion show venue. It’s going to be nice, and I’ll give you more info on that LATER. After hours there, I ran some more errands and close to the evening, I stopped at the store to buy some chicken legs. I re-upped on my slim fast, but decided to hold off until the next morning for breakfast. I got home and I was pooped. All work, and no play. That has to be some calories burned up there, right?br /br /br /br /I realized today, that all I eat is chicken. (No I KNEW THIS A LONG TIME AGO) But, I mean really! Besides the junk that I eat, all I eat is chicken. I don’t eat fish, except for shirimp and crab legs, and I only eat that rarely! I was running out of healthy things to eat, well the things that I like consists of the same things! I was going to have to spice it up quick before I got discouraged! I looked around, and suddenly I knew what to do.br /br /br /br /I fried 4 pieces of chicken for Dominique, and then I made a pasta salad with the wheat noodles that I had. Except, I did it really different. Instead of the Italian dressing, I had some italian seasoning left over from a recipe that I NEVER tried! lol. I put that lightly over the noodles once cooked, and I sturred the rest of the noodles with a basil paste that I had. I cut up tomatoes and olives inside and then I sauteed my squash and zucchini and cut it up inside the pasta. I let the pasta cool in the fridge. Next I baked my chicken seasoning it with spike, some more of that basil that I had and pepper. I also opened up a can of Fresh Cut Green Beans and let them boil. Since everything was pretty much done before my chicken, I made Dominiques plate first. It looked delicious! I sprinkled parmesan cheese lightly over the pasta salad. I added salt and pepper to m green beans for flavoring. I wanted to try his, and he acted like it was the best thing since sliced bread! (I DO THIS!) I held out, because I couldnt wait to try mine, the remix. When it was time for my chicken to come out, it was so tender falling off the bone! I made my plate all fancy and pretty!! It was delicious. Greens, are very good for you! Remember that! I switched it up a little bit. Now I am unsure of how the pasta fits into my diet, but the squash, zucchini, and wheat noodles have to make up for something right??? RIGHT!br /br /br /br /br /br /I didn’t do much exercise, but I was feeling good! I was feeling great! I also drink water with my meal!br /br /br /br /br /br /Want to do what I did??? Great, it’s simple:br /br /br /br /olbr /liGet you a pack of chicken legs. (I got it with the skin on)/libr /liWash the chicken legs really good. /libr /liPreheat the oven at 350 Degrees./libr /liSeason them with whatever seasoning floats your boat. Lemon pepper is really good./libr /liI seasoned mine with Spike! and pepper and basil in a jar./libr /liI personally wrap my chicken up in aluminum foil, twice. That keeps the juices tightly secured so that it starts to marinate in its own juices./libr /liPlace the chicken on a pan in an oven and let cook for about an hour and thirty. Or until tender like you like it./li/olbr /pbr /Pasta Salad:/pbr /br /ulbr /liGet you wheat Pasta noodles. The crinkly kind, not the spaghetti kind!/libr /liGet a pack of Italian Seasoning. NOT THE ITALIAN DRESSING/libr /liBoil The Noodles, adding a pinch of salt for tenderness. Boil for 15 min, or until noodles are done./libr /liDrain Noodles, Wash Noodles, Drain Noodles./libr /liAdd whatever veggies you like: Green Pepper, cucumber, tomato, asparagus. You Like it? Throw it in!/libr /liGet the Basil paste in a jar. Add about Two tablespoons and stir and coat the noodles in it. Do that until you like the flavor. Sprinkle Italian seasoning, lightly, and don’t use all of it. We are trying to be healthy after all./libr /liSprinkle Parmesan cheese lightly over the top if you like!/libr /liLet cool inside fridge, or if you like it the way it is go for it./li/ulbr /p/pbr /pGreen Beans: I prefer french cut or fresh cut when I make them. (That is, opening up the can and putting them in the pan)/pbr /ulbr /liAdd salt, and pepper./libr /liKeep on stove until nice and hot for you!/li/ulbr /Whew! Now I need a drink!br /br /Muah:)br /br /br /br /A. BadBoss

Written Sunday June 5br /br /Well last night was sooo fun!!! I do love the “sauce” so I am unsure how well that coincided with my body but OHHHHH WELLLLL!!!!!!! Today was a good day. I woke up and popped open my Vanilla Slim Fast Shake!! My daddy made breakfast and “taught” me how to scoop up the nasty part of a Nasty egg and eat it.. yeahhhh idk if I am going to be eating that though. I am just now starting to try and appreciate scrambled eggs, so I need to take it slow. He also made bacon and he cut up potatoes and fried them. Yummmm, my Daddy is such the Chef!! lol I guess my mouth was watering(not really i was good) but he made me a small portion of everything and a half a strip of bacon and told me I was good. *he is after all, an unofficial trainer* SO I ATE THAT!!!!!! Afterwards I just chilled around the house. We actually left early from our hometown, ha, and if you know us, pahahahaha thats a joke to say we leaving earlY!!! hEe hee! I hadnt ate anything at that point and to be honest I was starving! I am so serious! I was starving.. if they wouldve bought anything fattening to my face, I probably would’ve ate it. But I didn’t I opened up my second Slim Fast Shake, strawberry!!! Then I stopped at Mcdonalds again and ordered a Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad, WITH BALSAMIC DRESSING Yummy!!! Then it was time for the road!! I was good on the road, I drunk a bottle of water, and when we got home after three hours, I went to Wendys and ate another side salad. I missed my cousins after after party cookout! But it was a probably a good thing. All of those different foods .. I didn’t need it. I came home, and Dominique spotted me while I did 30 crunches. He ate a pizza from Lil’ Caesars. He had some buddies stop by and I offered them pizza. Dominique was looking at me like I was crazy!! But i was strategizing. See I know he would probably only eat 4 slices! Then there would be 4 left, and I was not about to get tempted! Lol. I had to do what i had to do to get those things outta there!! But I was really tired by the end of the night so I called it in early. Feeling very proud of myself. Tomorrow, I promised to go walking before my intern meeting and to also cook! (pahaha its been so long since i’ve done that it seems)br /br /Alls well that ends well br /br /Muahbr /A. Bad Boss

div align=”center”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8q18GRj2FA/Teut3rhr9EI/AAAAAAAAAC8/vlqIuHJhyPY/s1600/capngown.jpg”img alt=”" border=”0″ id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614772532535882818″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8q18GRj2FA/Teut3rhr9EI/AAAAAAAAAC8/vlqIuHJhyPY/s320/capngown.jpg” style=”cursor: hand; display: block; height: 178px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 224px;” //a span style=”font-size: 78%;”My Cousin Graduated From Magna Vista High C/O 2’11!!/spanSaturday, June 4br /br /br /br /br /div align=”justify”My cousin graduated High School Today!! Gooooooo Cousin!! I was so proud of her. Actually, I had plan to go to Martinsville that weekend for the graduation, and then I thought about my budget! I had decided early that I was going to have to pass. But it was bothering me so bad!! I weighed out my options and sacrificed. On a limb, me and Dominique were hitting the road at 9:30. I may miss the graduation, but I wouldn’t miss the family time that followed! !!! I was going to make it just in time for us to go out to eat! Only, I would have to be selective about what I ate. That was fine! Grabbed my Slim Fasts for my temporary vacay and my blueberries! /diva name=’more’/abr /div align=”justify”On the road, I opened my first one for the morning. Those things stink too by the way. But they taste sooo good! I ate my blueberries, and you shouldve saw Dominique laughing at me for being so dedicated. * Laugh now, cry later hater* lol. But then he wanted to try my blueberries. I gave him a handful, he shook his head, hollering that they were “Nasty as..” . Dig this though, on the way down the road, he kept digging his hand in my blueberries. I know he ate about 30. I told him about the blueberry cap of 10, and he didn’t get it either. But I think that’s if you are going to eat more fruit, that you need to cap. *Shrugs shoulder* Anyway! We got to the ville by 12:30. 3 hours on the dot. Of course, my family was not ready, they was late as usual!! Is your family like that? My cousin wanted to go to Kick Back Jacks to eat. My aunt Nita called it Kick Ass Jacks! (bc of the prices)She’s so funny! Matter of fact let me tell you about her real quick. I can always depend on my aunt to keep it real, and she definitely helped motivate me to keep on my diet. I ordered the same thing almost at Kick Back’s but not before drinking another Slim Fast!! The Grilled Chicken Breast Dinner with cajun seasonings, a baked potato (NO BUTTER) and a vegetable medley. I told yall about my leg? Well It was beginning to look like a boil appearing on it, I had busted it Wednesday and it was worse as far as pain! I could barely walk. Yeah, that would explain why you didn’t read about my workout on Friday (ha!) Nita was so proud of me dieting i could tell, and she was so concerned about my leg. “And your thighs ‘den got so big, they probably rubbing together on that boil making it more irritable!! YEAH ASH, YOU NEED TO GONE AND LOSE SOME WEIGHT!” (uh..thanks ) I told yall she was funny! I love her! They was MAKING me go to urgent care too about my leg. They was talking needles, cutting, and all that bull.. I’m like yeahhhh.. IDK about that. But anyway, eating healthy is expensive. My food was DELISH, but the prices wont. I shouldve done like my MOMMA and ordered a kids meal . But it wouldn’t have been healthy. Let me tell you how good i was though. It was 26 of us! Nobody ordered healthy! It was bacon cheeseburgers, hotwings, fried fish, fried chicken, cheesesteaks, jumbo fried shrimp, everything was just WRONG! and I ate my food and minded my business, and only tried ONE of my cousins hot wings! (BABY STEPS lol) It was good too! Until that receipt came! But anyway, I enjoyed myself with my family and it was well worth it! /divbr /They was laughing at the way I was walking, that “abcess” as the doctor called it on my leg, was making it seem like i had a fake leg. It was no joke.br /br /I went to urgent care, and the ppl were so nice! Did you know they will pray for you if you asked? I didn’t ask, but when he told me about the needle and cutting, I was like “Is it too late to get on the prayer list?” LOL(I’m joking) I just want to say right now, that was the worse feeling ever, feeling that needle! I breezed through the CUT! haha. YEAH…. *I’m gon’ need that 1 glass of wine a week NOW* OHHH, I wanted to cry! The scale was broke at urgent care because that piece of ish said strongI weighed.. 205 pounds/strong! I started not to write this, but shoot, might as well keep it 100 at all times. But I aint 200 pounds, get outta here! After that devastation was over, it was the after party! We had graduation to celebrate!br /br /My family is so cool. I love them. We pumped up the music, got the water, the “sauce” for the grown ups and the non alcoholic beverages rolling for the minors! The pharmacies were closed by the time I left urgent care, so you know I was drinking before time to pop them antibiotics! I do this! lol. The great thing about family is we can party all by ourselves. Celebration of life and accomplishments are important. Any way you choose to do this with your family is awesome. I got my exercise in and my aunt told me I was “walking a lot better” Yeah buddy! Rolling like a big shot! We did the “wobble” and danced, danced, danced. Listened to 365 Heavy Grind, and all! (GOT MY WORKOUT IN!) I didn’t eat any more that day, and I wasn’t hungry!They didn’t have wine, so I settled for a beer, or two.(I’ll never tell) I was satisfied and happy! But the biggest thing for me that night besides my cousin graduating, was the support my good friend Bre gave me on FACEBOOK! Check it out if you are my fb friend. That’s what being boss is about! Never hating, always motivating! I love it ! Thanks Bre! I am going to make it!br /br /Muah!br /A. Bad Boss /div

a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ltEXZeNvRpU/Teuk7LboSyI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MUIZX3Zlk4I/s1600/BALSAM.jpg”img alt=”" border=”0″ id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614762697035369250″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ltEXZeNvRpU/Teuk7LboSyI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MUIZX3Zlk4I/s320/BALSAM.jpg” style=”cursor: hand; float: left; height: 206px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 240px;” //abr /br /br /br /divspan style=”font-size: 85%;”emstrongWRITTEN FRIDAY, JUNE 3/strong/em/spanbr /span style=”font-size: 85%;”emstrong/strong/em/span/divbr /br /br /br /br /divspan style=”font-size: 85%;”emstrongSoooo today I was super duper hype about the diet. I could feel myself slimming down already!! (state of mind, guys lol) I was ready, I woke up went downstairs, popped the top on my strawberry Slim Fast Shake, and sipped!! To my surprise, Dominique wanted me to make him breakfast.(was that a joke?) To my advantage though, whenever it comes to me scrambling eggs, he is always over me, “teaching” me the right way to do them. Eventually he took over (as he always do) and that was a good thing. I didn’t need to be tempted that early. But dig this, THEN he started throwing the ham, salt, pepper in the eggs, smh. THEN he went as far as to fry some red hots!!! Toasted the bread, spread light mustard on it, by the time he finished. I was shaking!! Ha Ha! But I held on. He offered me a forkful of eggs, but I turned them down PROUDLY!! Team A. Bad Boss!!!/strong/em/spanbr /span style=”font-size: 85%;”nbsp;/spanspan style=”font-size: 85%;”span style=”font-family: arial;”strongemNow at work that was a different story, lets not forget to mention that I had something irritate the mess out of me before getting to work. Well, at work we have a lovely lady that always spoils us with the best sweets and finger foods ever from various places in Richmond. As a side note, I am a sucker for Snicker bars and chocolate chip cookies. And she ain’t brought us no goodies in about two weeks , now she want to show out! span style=”color: red;”*The Devil, The Devil*/span but I prevailed, until Amy, my diet partner, opened the box up and acted like she was going to pass out. She says, “I don’t think half a cookie will hurt, I’ll split it with you.” It was like I had no will power. I was like, “Okay girl!” lol and then she was like. “Nah, it’s not worth it. Let’s break a piece off and see.” And we did. Umm.. it was so delicious to me, but Amy made a face. She was like, “Oh this isn’t worth it, and threw it in the trash.” I was in heaven. I was lying like a MUGGGG, when I told her, “You right!” and threw mine in the trash too! Ha Ha.. what??? span style=”color: red;”(IM HUMAN! and most times when you are irritable you eat..Sweets)/span So I grabbed some blueberries and worked until break time./em/strong/span/spanemspan style=”font-size: 85%;”span style=”font-family: arial;”span style=”font-family: times new roman;”I called my Daddy (unofficial trainer) and he happened to be talking to another (official trainer). I was drinking my Second Shake (Vanilla this time) and thinking of a good snack to go with it. I couldn’t tell if I was hungry, or if it was just in my mind. I have noticed that this is much like an addiction. You have to really take baby steps. I have been used to eating so much CRAP, basically, whatever it is that I want with no reserve, that it was truly a transition taking into account this healthy ish. But my Daddy suggested a side salad from McDonalds with a Balsamic vinaIgrette. I ordered, and ate. Oh My God!!! Where has Balsamic dressing been all my life? The salad was sooooo good! I got extra motivated! Not only that, the official personal trainer, that was in the background all in me and my Daddy’s conversation told me EXACTLY what I needed to hear. That was: “You want to lose your stomach in 19 days, you need to listen carefully. Blueberries, Strawberries, raspberries, apples and oranges are stomach killers.” Yep, but I had ate 10 blueberries, and she told me that was all the blueberries i needed for the day. *I didn’t quite get that, but oh well.* I went back to work with my bottle of water and was happy!!!strongbr //strong/spanstrongThat night, I had dinner at Applebees. I am telling you, normally when I go to the ‘bees its for the “Sauce”(alcohol)and some junk food.(hot wings) Of course, Dominique ordered wings, and a beer, that was extremely HARD TO WATCH, and this is no lie, the hot wings had never looked better! But you know what, I prevailed. Boy, did I prevail. I ordered a grilled chicken, some mexican rice (which may or may not have been good for me) and some steamed vegetable. ( squash, zucchini, broccoli) I was satisfied WITH a good ol’ water!! MY DADDY TOLD ME ASPARAGUS WOULDVE SET THIS OFF. According to him, it is a good fat burner. If he tell me one more time, that you can smell the asparagus when you pee.. im going to puke! LOL. ALSO, did you know watermelon burns fat too! The personal trainer told me that It certainly does, but I should stay away from it for now. *Why, I don’t know. Do you?*/strong/span/span/emIt filled me up, I was so PROUD OF MYSELF, and according to Applebees it was under 500 calories! Yeah, it was the second night. And your girl made it:) br /Boss Chic Bout’ Her Business!!br /br /I would write more but I have a pain in my leg that’s killing me!! My cousin graduates High School tomorrow. Congrats C/o 2011.br /a name=’more’/a/div