12.18.09: Cake Balls Recipe, Workout, and Tip

Today's Recipe: Cake Balls
I made some cake balls last night. I used white cake with green frosting for Christmas.

1. Bake and cool completely one cake.
2. Crumble cake and mix with one can of frosing.
3. Form into balls and place in fridge or freezer to "harden"

4. Melt chocolate pieces.

5. Dip cake balls into melted chocolate.

6. Sprinkle with candy cane pieces, sprinkles, or nuts.

Here are some wrapped up in a cute dish for a cat-loving coworker.  ( Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix. Arizona custom specialty cakes. Specialty cupcakes phoenix. Custom cupcakes )

Today's Workout:

-Firm Cardio

-Sweatin' to the Oldies 3 (4 minutes)

*total w/o time- 60 min + stretch

Firm Cardio is not really a "cardio" w/o. Its a strength training w/o with some cardio added in. The strength work does get your HR up there but I'm not using this one on a cardio day! Heidi Tanner leads this one and she says two funny things in it: 1) "grab 3-5 dumbells". Im thinking were about to start juggling. I think she meant 3-5 lb dumbells. 2) Then she says: "the box is behind the body" maybe I watch too much Law & Order but-yuck, I don't want a "body" in my hello kitty room. ok?

Today's Tip: Berries
Berries aren't just a sweet bite—they pack a serious nutritional punch. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries all contain anthocyanidins, powerful antioxidants. (They're what give fruit its color). You'll also get a good amount of vitamin C, folate and fiber.

And Today's Funny:

12.14.09: First Cake Order-Big Wheel Baby Buggy, Recent Workouts....

My first cake order!!!! A friend needed a cake for a baby shower so she called me :) I told her it would be my gift to the mother to be. My friend is the grandma to be. She offered to pay, so that counts as my first order, right? Here it is:  ( Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix. Arizona custom specialty cakes. Specialty cupcakes phoenix. Custom cupcakes )
Big Wheel Baby Buggy

The 10" buggy is chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse filling (freaking delicious, if I do say so myself) and the 6" wheels are white cake with raspberry mousse filling. All buttercream icing. The connectors are chocolate covered pretzels.


I looked for 4" pans but couldn't find them. So I was thinking of doing the buggy in a 12" but didn't want it to be shallow, so I just told everyone it was supposed to be a "big wheel" baby buggy LOL. That way-no stupid questions like "why the big wheels" I know how to cover my ass. Preventative maintenance as I like to call it...


Today's Workout:
-TLP Functional Strength (10 min)
-Firm Complete Body Sculpting
-Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies I (8 minutes)
*total w/o time 60 min + stretch

I had planned on the TLP (Tracie Longs 1st company) today. Put it in, and after about 10 minutes, ripped that sucker out. Bad cuing Bonnie Geer! She was all over the place and-I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again-TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING to deal w/ bad cuing! So out it came, I ended up grabbing Krista's BSS3 w/o-which is really good! To Krista I will say: eat a sandwich, or two. Then I had some time left so I popped in an oldie, but goodie-Sweatin 1. LOVE the music in these. They aren't the toughest w/o's out there but they are easy to modify up and sure to put you in a good mood.

I also got in a lunchtime walk today :)

Sunday's Workout:

-Firm Skills, Drills, and Thrills

*total w/o time 45 min + stretch

Sat: rest day

I was going to do the express version, but changed my mind at the last minute and did the whole thing-good job me. This is a good little w/o. I don't use it often enough as it has a bit of non-weighted strength work, a bit of cardio, and a bit of balance work in it. So its hard to know what to use it for? It has an AWESOME ab routine; I wish there was a core and/or core cardio premix on it. The balance work at the end is tough too!

And I saw this online and think its hilarious!

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12.1.09: Final Cake, Pillow Graveyard, & Other Randomness

Well I had another horrible nights sleep. I think my cake class winds me up-its not the cake-I didnt even have any! So I layed there awake for hours and hours, and woke up over and over again and had trouble falling back asleep. So I didn't do my w/o. I will have to take Sat as a rest day as we have a busy day planned SO I must do it tonight. Please motivate, guilt, push me to do my w/o tonight..... I did get in a lunhctime walk today and yesterday though-so thats something.

Final Cake for Course 3:

Its a white cake w/ raspberry mousee filling. Fondant with buttercream cornelli lace and royal icing lillies. The pink ribbon is a real ribbon. I am happy with it! Oh, I wasnt able to take course 2 (not enough people signed up) so the teacher let me take course 3. I will probably go back and take course 2 in January.   ( Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix. Arizona custom specialty cakes. Specialty cupcakes phoenix. Custom cupcakes )

Pillow Graveyard:

Here is an actual unstaged picture of my bedside. I count SEVEN pillows. I actually leave them there so I can rotate through them all multiple times each night. This is literally hundreds of dollars worth of pillows....BUT I got my new pillow and it worked like a charm! I am SOSOSOSOSOSO happy w/ it! I can actually almost rotate my head around today!

And, this is funny because a few years ago the birds were after Jay and me...First there was a dead pigeon on our front yard. Then as we were riding the bike down the freeway, the car in front of us hit a bird and bird guts flew ALL over us. It was SO discusting. I was very happy to have worn my helmet that day!

11.24.09: RIP Anna Benson, NO Workout, and Carton-o-Flowers

The original creator of the Firm-Anna Benson passed away yesterday. I am very glad that she got the rights back to her original Firms and was able to remaster them before she passed. Im sure that meant a great deal to her.

Todays NON-workout:

-I got home late from cake class last night

-I could not fall asleep

-When I finally did, this damn ghetto neighbor lady started screaming

-I got up and yelled "Shut up over there-or at least shut your window." Anyone that knows me is not surprised. I will add that she was also screaming the night before at 1:30 am. And both times in the past week that we ate on the back patio she was screaming at her kids. $&!@ is what I would like to say to her!

-All of this to say that: I did not workout today

Cake Class:

We made royal icing flowers. Mine are not very good but I am going to practice some more tonight and hopefully improve. I need to make some more for my Thanksgiving maple cake with walnut icing anyways. Here they are, carton-o-flowers. ( Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix. Arizona custom specialty cakes. Specialty cupcakes phoenix. Custom cupcakes )

11.17.09: Today's Workout and First Fondant Cake!

Today I forced myself to do the LB advanced Mission Specialist w/o on BBC. I have been dreading it for a week and 1/2. Well it wasnt as bad as I had anticipated. Sometimes, dreading things is good because then usually it isnt as bad as you thought it'd be. That was the case here. The last move in the Fat Blaster w/o is the (dreaded) Mt. Climber blech. Then the 1st move in the MS LB advanced w/o is jumping squats. So that combo is just not the most pleasant. I get super light headed being on the ground like that for Mt. Climbers then up right away for jumping squats-yikes. Slight ringing in the ears, fuzzy vision-always fun things at 6:00 in the morning...(to the non-exercisers dont let this deter you from w/o'ing out. It really is fun, I swear)

First this for 1 min:then this for 1 min:

Then (at least) one minute of this:

just kidding! My stability ball isn't pink. No really, I don't collapse on the floor. I always tell Jay I just go in the Hello Kitty room and nap w/ a w/o playing in the background to make him think Im working out LOL. Not that he cares if I w/o out, but its funny.

Today's Workout:

-BBC LB

-MS LB adv

-MS abs beg

-Quick Fix: Total Cardio Mix - The Complete Cardio Workout System (cardio kickbox segment)

*total w/o time 60 min + stretch

I also got in a lunchtime walk today! My motivation: Buying a slightly-too-tight pair of pants. Nothing like havin some muffin top when you sit down to give you that little extra push :)

Course 3, Cake 1 (first fondant cake): Christmas Gift Cake

Honestly, the picture loooks better than the live cake BUT I am very happy w/ this one! My first time ever working w/ fondant and didnt have a whole lot of time. Also happy that-we gave the cake to our neighbors so it wont be in my fridge to tempt me! They have two sons, so I figure they will be able to eat it up w/ no problems.  Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix. 

10.29.09: Today's Workout & Cake No. 3

Today's Workout:
-Custom Fit-Stability Bootcamp section
-BBC Chest & Abs Cardio
*total w/o time 50 min + stretch


Here is my 3rd and final cake for course No. 1. Blue cake w/ Pink Roses. I had blue frosting left over from last week so I frosted it in blue. Not crazy about the colors but the roses turned out MUCH better than I expected! The freakin cake ended up all dried out-grrrrr. So irritated about that. It is a recipe I have made before-many times so Im not sure what happened. BOO. But since this is a cake decorating class-I will be happy my roses came out.

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10.22.09: Today's Workout and Cake No 2-Clown Cake

Today's Workout:
-Results 10 Days to a Better Body UB
-Firm Jiggle Free Arms
*total w/o time-60 min + abs


Course 1, Cake No. 2-Clown Cake:

The cake actually tasted really good this time! YAY! It was a white cake with citrus mousse filling and buttercream frosting. Everything from scratch. I did ok on the finished product here but we practiced the rose in class and I sucked so bad. I couldn't even begin to do it. grrrrrr-I HATE not being good at things. That is why I dont do very many things. I only do things Im good at....sad but true.  Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix.

Todays Tip: Barry's Bootcamp-what to eat: Beans, Blueberries, Broccoli, Dark Chocolate, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yogurt, Oats, Oranges, Pumpkin, Soy, Spinach, Tea, Tomatoes, Turkey, Walnuts, & Wild Salmon. (what clown cake didnt make the list????)

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10.16.09: Workouts & Cake No. 1!

Yesterdays Workout:
-Total Muscle Shaping
-Dangerous Curves Ahead-Core Cardio Mix
*total w/o time 60 min + stretch


Today's Workout:
-Advanced Cardio Blast
-Jiggle Free Abs
*total w/o time 56 min + stretch


Cake Decorating:
Course No. 1, Cake No. 1-Rainbow Cake. This was my first attempt at cake decorating. It says "Jay Wil Kinney" ahhh so sweet :) I am working to perfect my cake recipe. I also need to figure out how to store the cake to keep it fresh until my class?  Custom cakes by Lindsey Lu. Phoenix custom cakes. Specialty Cakes Phoenix.

Next week we do a Clown Cake...Now to not eat all the cakes...

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