Okay. I’m officially on board now.
Time to get into the groove of HEALTHY living.
Really, it isn’t until one sits down with one’s GORJ and SO-SWEET personal trainer that one realizes how FAT-PROMOTING one’s diet is….

A blueberry muffin a day makes a muffin top YES WAY….
…and how much more EFFICIENT one’s exercise program could be….


If Jennifer Garner and Heidi Klum can lose all their preggers weight and look GORJ, SO CAN I. Especially because, like MY FELLOW celebs, I have TRAINER!
Trainer is awesome.
Today, we started our session by sitting down and talking diet. Trainer devised the following plan:
Haley-O will eat 5 small meals a day.
Haley-O will include protein in each meal.
Haley-O will not have carbohydrates in the evening (because that’s when metabolism is sloooooowwww.)
Haley-O will not eat bread…urrgh. Rice and whole grain pastas are fine…during the day.
If Haley-O gets hungry in the evening, she will have a light snack, for example, a tablespoon of peanut butter with celery (peanut butter mmmmm…; celery ewwwww).
Trainer’s going to email me the finer points of the plan. And, she said it’s coo if I want to share it with the Cheaty Gorgeouses.
Omigosh! I almost forgot the best part!
Haley-O can have a CHAI TEA LATTE every day if she wants! She simply must count it as one of her 5 meals — not the healthiest part of Haley-O’s diet. But, oh-so-good for Haley-O’s soul….

Hmmph, cheaty little monkey!
Face it, we ALL know I fell back off the chai-tea latte wagon when I had that very first chai tea latte of 2008…on my so-called “cheat day”…. And, face it, after an itty bitty while, “Cheat Day” was fast becoming “Every Day,” ahem…. But, now I have Trainer. And, she’s SAVING THE DAY.
After talking diet, Trainer took me through my weight training circuit. I worked legs, then chest and arms. Then we did abs ON THE BALL, just like this….

15 regular crunches and 15 to each side. Brillers. I am now officially a lover of BALLS.
Trainer is wonderful for many reasons. One of those reasons is that she lets me COUNT. I do all the counting when we exercise. People look at us funny.
Trainer says I can actually get back to my size 2 prepreggers bawd if I stick to the plan! We might even lose those nagging last 50 pounds (heh) by the summer, Gorgeouses!
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Monkey’s been shouting THIS all afternoon:
“FRIKKIN DOH! OH MY GOODNESS, FRRRRRRRRIKKIN DOH!”
Please don’t call Child Services….
But, then! Like, just now! She caressed my face ever so softly and said:
“I’m being gentle to you, Mama. I love you Mama….” {swoon!}
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I’m going to Italy…. Come back tomorrow, and MAYBE I’ll get around to telling you why…. Hint, LD’s comment on yesterday’s post.
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Multi-Tasking Mommy said, January 29th, 2008 at 7:11 am
You go girl!
I’m so proud of you.
I’m lovin’ my ball for my crunches too!
Do you lie on your side for the side ones or are you twisting to the side?
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LD said, January 29th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Cool! I’m glad I got the Italy reference right. I love love loved that book.
Your trainer sounds amazing. The diet plan she has set for you sounds totally realistic. Also, I pretty much completely stopped eating before bed. I finish dinner and then don’t eat after. It’s really hard at first, but once you get your mind around it – totally doable. Mind you, I’m not up as late as you.
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LAVENDULA said, January 29th, 2008 at 9:52 am
haley that sounds like a plan that will work.so good luck with that…and hey its great that you can have chai tea lattes again…
Don Mills Diva said, January 29th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I am so jealous! A trainer and a trip to Italy. STOP it – I am green!
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Renee said, January 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I should pull my exercise ball back upstairs…crunches on it weren’t nearly as painful. Although I have really strong abs…they’re just hidden under a slight muffin top.
So my coffee with 2 vanilla cream & 1 chocolate mix can be one meal. cool! The problem I’ve had is most diets recommend a lot more callories than I normally eat..I have a really small frame.
But I’ve noticed that since I got sick I can’t eat as much food. Perhaps I can loose a bit. I did loose about 4lbs from the being sick.
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Ginny said, January 29th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I love that you love the trainer. Makes me want to love a trainer. Why can’t I love a trainer?!
The motivation is going to be awesome for you! And I also love your Mother in law (meant to mention it when you posted what she said). It’s all about being healthy…LOVE her for saying that.
Gosh I’m in a loving mood today! Oh, and I LOVE balls too…hee hee. I actually have a cool yoga with exercise ball video. Can we say ouchie abs when done?
And hooray for Chai Tea lattes. It’s the little things you know?
Zoey Castelino said, January 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Haley-O is already off to a great start! Best of luck. You smart and healthy people make me sick! *wink* I’m going to have a Baconator at Wendy’s to celebrate your new healthy lifestyle.
allie said, January 29th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
well, I am so jealous but as long as you share you little trainer secrets we’re good !! ha ha…I’m sure you will do fab and serious? a size 2?????wowzers, that is tiny!! good luck though, you’ll be amazing!
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ali said, January 29th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
let me know how that trainer thing goes! i have a gift certificate for 3 sessions with a trainer gathering dust, and i actually like the guy i would be training with, so i’m thinking maybe i’ll call him….next week when i’m not itchy.
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Mel said, January 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
hma…as my gut hangs over my pants
Anonymous said, January 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Yeah for the trainer. It’s so nice to have someone motivating you. Good Luck with the eating as well!
Jenn
Kristen said, January 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
K, love the little monkey quotes!
The trainer sounds so fab, proud of you girl, you are so on top of it!
I could never do the cheat day thing, it always turned into cheat week. ick.
and I am so curious about the Italy thing, spill!
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shay said, January 29th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
wah! I want a trainer!
Good for you btw! FUN and a plan to follow – yay!
Love the monkey quotes btw! She’s the cutest!
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Maribeth said, January 29th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I’m currently pregnant so I am stashing all of this good info in my memory box.
Chai Latte Tea’s are my absolutely favorite warm drink too.
Tastefully Simple sells a very good powder mix. Excellent!
Maribeth
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Teena in Toronto said, January 29th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Sounds like a great start! I didn’t know about the “no carbs at night” rule. Super low fat popcorn is a snack for us most nights. Oh no!
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Teena in Toronto said, January 29th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Sounds like a great start! I didn’t know about the “no carbs at night” rule. Super low fat popcorn is a snack for us most nights. Oh no!
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Redneck Mommy said, January 29th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
You know what advice my trainer gave me when it came to my diet?
Don’t eat yellow snow.
I’m not even going to tell you what I pay this broad an hour…
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B said, January 29th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I told you it was possible to keep the chai! you have a good trainer lol
I posted my Barbados pics if ya wanna peak
Cyndi said, January 29th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I am so glad you had a good time with your trainer. Just don’t go Chi tea latte for ALL 5 meals!
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Crystal said, January 29th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I was going to hire a personal trainer but my schedule is too hectic. So, I guess my husband can be my trainer! hehe
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Crystal said, January 29th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
And I’m so glad you get to have a chai tea and not feel guilty about it!
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Di said, January 30th, 2008 at 5:45 am
I believe in the Chai Latte every day!!! When I was on Weight Watchers back in the day when we counted breads, proteins, fats, etc., wine was a fruit and beer was a bread. You need to keep some sanity…so don’t deprive yourself.
And I don’t know about Heidi Klum, but in my experience no matter what you do, your body hangs on to ten pounds until you are done breastfeeding. Then it will magically melt away!
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Shoshana said, January 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Wow, Haley-O’s going to be a size 2!
I am so going to get a trainer. AFter baby #3, a trainer got me back to my size 2 bod. Except trainer here is like 70$ an hour or more. But so worth it if I can have my drooly body back.
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JD said, January 30th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Good for you!! so I just had a baby two weeks ago and I have some (a ton) of weight to loose! If you have any yummy snack recommendations (other then the celery) please pass along!! Good luck!!
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