I don't know if any of you out there watch the Dr. Oz show, but he is the reason our DVR only has 13% of it's recording space left! It is truly the BEST SHOW! I highly recommend it! My problem with the recording space is that I tape it, watch it, love it, then think every episode is so great that I want to keep it! So now I have oh, six to eight pages of DVR'ed Dr. Oz shows that I cannot part with! I think hubs will be forcing the issue soon, though...
This morning, my 10:30 appointment cancelled so I got to watch a little of my favorite doctor LIVE! It was GREAT! He talked about his Ten Commandments for weight loss. The few that stuck with me are:
1. Stop grazing...bites of other people's food...(ewww), a cookie here or there, a few potato chips when you walk in the door starving...he said grazing can add up to 1000 calories per day. Makes sense!
2. Do not carry small bills around in your wallet. This can help curb your craving for something out of the vending machine on a whim. He said it's safer to carry around a $20.00 bill. Makes sense, except for my "vending machine" is McDonald's drive-thru and they don't care if iyou give them ones, twenties, or even the magic plastic card!
3. He asked one viewer how many times she opens the refrigeator and stands there "foraging" for food. She said about 5-7 times per day. (Yep-that's about what I would have said) He told he to STOP...he told her she is mindlessly eating by doing that and he wanted her to picture her plate in her head before she opened the fridge. Okay...I'll try it!
There were 7 other good commandments that I'm sure are listed on his website. Give the show a try if you can. I always feel connected to what he's talking about for that day. He covers about 5-7 different topics during each show and he does it in a very interesting, easy-to-remember way! He's very real and very honest.
Okay, doc...good advice...I'll give it a try! Can't wait to watch the rest of your show today when I get home! And hubs...if you are reading this, I promise I'll delete it............................................someday!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
There goes the ball......
Well, I've really done it! I have completely DROPPED the ball and it's rolling down the street! If any of you see it go by, will you please kick it back to me? UUGGHH!
Again...I am here to be totally HONEST and by blogging my thoughts out I am hoping to motivate myself to get back into the swing of things!
I AM LAZY. I AM NOT A MULTI-TASKER. I DO NOT LIKE HARD WORK UNLESS I AM GETTING PAID TO DO IT! MONEY MOTIVATES ME. I LIKE TO EAT. I LIKE TO WATCH TV. I AM VERY PRODUCTIVE IN THE MORNING BUT VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AT NIGHT. ANY HOUSEWORK OR EXCERCISE THAT HAPPENS ON MY PART HAPPENS IN THE MORNING. AND IT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING LATELY.
I can STILL do this....time has not slipped away from me yet. It will get harder, though, the longer I wait to seriously attack it. I try to think back to the mindset I had when I was so successful at Weight Watchers in 2003. I just remember thinking, "This is so easy...why can't everyone do it?" I lost 31lbs in 10 weeks. It was amazing. I want that mindset back. I keep trying to remember things I said...what I felt. I remember constantly talking about it at work. Oh, boy, my coworkers must have loved that! I do remember being hungry and saying that alot. Hubs kept saying, "You can do it...!" He was very supportive and still is. But he doesn't hound me. Sometimes I wish he would hound me. And he needs to find a better hiding place for his chocolate. Although, maybe he has because I certainly couldn't find any last night when I looked! :)
I do remember that it was Spring when I lost the weight that year. Even though it was Florida, there was still a sense of the changing of the seasons. Now that Spring may have finally sprung here, maybe that will be a good motivator. And I think next week is daylight savings time. Isn't that just enough to perk everyone up? This wonderful season means Marty Brenneman's voice will be on the radio calling the Reds games from Spring Training in Arizona, tulips will be poking through the ground to say hello, people will be opening windows to let the fresh air flow through their homes, kids will be outside playing and riding their bikes, and the stores will be filled with flip flops, shorts, and bathing suits.
If I can't use these wonderful things as a reason to GET MOTIVATED, then I think I am DOOMED. This is a chance to really change and to take the good habits I have mastered this past month and use them as buliding blocks to a more healthy lifestyle and hopefully some weight loss and a better body.
Thanks for reading and listening. Just getting these words down on paper might just be what I need....Oh...there's the ball...let me just pick that back up...
Again...I am here to be totally HONEST and by blogging my thoughts out I am hoping to motivate myself to get back into the swing of things!
I AM LAZY. I AM NOT A MULTI-TASKER. I DO NOT LIKE HARD WORK UNLESS I AM GETTING PAID TO DO IT! MONEY MOTIVATES ME. I LIKE TO EAT. I LIKE TO WATCH TV. I AM VERY PRODUCTIVE IN THE MORNING BUT VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AT NIGHT. ANY HOUSEWORK OR EXCERCISE THAT HAPPENS ON MY PART HAPPENS IN THE MORNING. AND IT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING LATELY.
I can STILL do this....time has not slipped away from me yet. It will get harder, though, the longer I wait to seriously attack it. I try to think back to the mindset I had when I was so successful at Weight Watchers in 2003. I just remember thinking, "This is so easy...why can't everyone do it?" I lost 31lbs in 10 weeks. It was amazing. I want that mindset back. I keep trying to remember things I said...what I felt. I remember constantly talking about it at work. Oh, boy, my coworkers must have loved that! I do remember being hungry and saying that alot. Hubs kept saying, "You can do it...!" He was very supportive and still is. But he doesn't hound me. Sometimes I wish he would hound me. And he needs to find a better hiding place for his chocolate. Although, maybe he has because I certainly couldn't find any last night when I looked! :)
I do remember that it was Spring when I lost the weight that year. Even though it was Florida, there was still a sense of the changing of the seasons. Now that Spring may have finally sprung here, maybe that will be a good motivator. And I think next week is daylight savings time. Isn't that just enough to perk everyone up? This wonderful season means Marty Brenneman's voice will be on the radio calling the Reds games from Spring Training in Arizona, tulips will be poking through the ground to say hello, people will be opening windows to let the fresh air flow through their homes, kids will be outside playing and riding their bikes, and the stores will be filled with flip flops, shorts, and bathing suits.
If I can't use these wonderful things as a reason to GET MOTIVATED, then I think I am DOOMED. This is a chance to really change and to take the good habits I have mastered this past month and use them as buliding blocks to a more healthy lifestyle and hopefully some weight loss and a better body.
Thanks for reading and listening. Just getting these words down on paper might just be what I need....Oh...there's the ball...let me just pick that back up...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
There's Hummus Among Us.....
My cousin, Tammy, got me thinking about eating Hummus again. She said she dips celery sticks in it for a snack. Yum! I used to eat it a long time ago when I was dating hubs until that fateful night when he became deathly ill after eating it and blamed the hummus for his food poisoning. And it didn't help that I rushed to his house to help him and asked him where his parents kept the thermometer. He pointed to the bathroom so I headed in, brought the thermometer out and took his temperature. When his dad arrived home he asked why the anal thermometer was sitting on the counter. We all looked at each other and, while nobody wanted to laugh at the poor boy throwing up, we all did! Even hubs! He laughed and threw up at the same time! It was quite a feat!
So I recently started buying it again. Thirteen years is enough to forget your horrific suffering cause by a food or liquid item, right? Although, come to think of it, I still haven't been able to touch Amaretto since that one night......and that was WAY longer than thirteen years ago....but I digress...
Hummus really is great and it comes in so many different flavors. They call it "a nutritionist's dream" because it's made with very healthful ingredients. It has sesame seed paste, olive oil, garbanzo beans, and sometimes roasted red peppers or other veggies depending on what type you buy. It's a little expensive in those teeny, little tubs at the deli counter, so I decided to try to make my own. WOW! It was easy!!
I got the recipe off allrecipes.com...it was Hummus III. If you try to make it I would suggest reading the comments and how people tweaked it to make it better. We tried it just like it was and it was very good. Next time, though, more garlic and some roasted red peppers are going in! It was delicious and not very expensive! I would highly suggest giving it a try!!! Hubs was brave and DID try it, but I saw a spark of a flashback in his eyes and he quietly put his chip down. Oh, well, at least I am allowed to have it in the house again!
So I recently started buying it again. Thirteen years is enough to forget your horrific suffering cause by a food or liquid item, right? Although, come to think of it, I still haven't been able to touch Amaretto since that one night......and that was WAY longer than thirteen years ago....but I digress...
Hummus really is great and it comes in so many different flavors. They call it "a nutritionist's dream" because it's made with very healthful ingredients. It has sesame seed paste, olive oil, garbanzo beans, and sometimes roasted red peppers or other veggies depending on what type you buy. It's a little expensive in those teeny, little tubs at the deli counter, so I decided to try to make my own. WOW! It was easy!!
I got the recipe off allrecipes.com...it was Hummus III. If you try to make it I would suggest reading the comments and how people tweaked it to make it better. We tried it just like it was and it was very good. Next time, though, more garlic and some roasted red peppers are going in! It was delicious and not very expensive! I would highly suggest giving it a try!!! Hubs was brave and DID try it, but I saw a spark of a flashback in his eyes and he quietly put his chip down. Oh, well, at least I am allowed to have it in the house again!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Anybody know the name of a good jump rope repairman???
I just tried to jump rope in the bedroom....I really tried...hard! But it kept getting stuck on my feet! My jump rope must be broken! That's the only explanation I can come up with!! Well, I can't say that I didn't TRY to workout today!
UUGGHH...I feel the beach slipping right through my fingers....no pain, no bikini! And right now I'm feeling no pain! Oh well, I guess I can try to stay positive and say that I've at least kind of kept my weight steady this whole time. That may be more than I would have done without blogging about it! I'd probably be up 5 or 10 pounds just from not being semi-careful! So I'm going to look at this last month in a positive way! I need to go back and read some of my older posts and try to get motivated again! I wanna be skinny!!!!
Anyway, some cool articles can be found on naturalnews.com. Thanks so much to my friend, Jane, for introducing me to it! I've been reading How to Heal Yourself in 15 Days on the website. It's written by Mike Adams and it is extremely informative! I especially like day 4 where he talks about transforming your blood. It's quite a read! Check it out if you get a chance!
Thanks for checking in!!!
UUGGHH...I feel the beach slipping right through my fingers....no pain, no bikini! And right now I'm feeling no pain! Oh well, I guess I can try to stay positive and say that I've at least kind of kept my weight steady this whole time. That may be more than I would have done without blogging about it! I'd probably be up 5 or 10 pounds just from not being semi-careful! So I'm going to look at this last month in a positive way! I need to go back and read some of my older posts and try to get motivated again! I wanna be skinny!!!!
Anyway, some cool articles can be found on naturalnews.com. Thanks so much to my friend, Jane, for introducing me to it! I've been reading How to Heal Yourself in 15 Days on the website. It's written by Mike Adams and it is extremely informative! I especially like day 4 where he talks about transforming your blood. It's quite a read! Check it out if you get a chance!
Thanks for checking in!!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
So is life getting in the way of working out or is working out getting in the way of life?
UUUGGGHHH......I started out kind of strong...and here I go...making excuses, finding other "more important" things to do, etc! Deep down, I truly believe that one can find time for ANYTHING that is important to them. There really should be no excuses!
Examples: (from my own life)
Oh, sorry, I was so busy yesterday I didn't have time to call you back!
When you truly think about it, there's always five minutes here or there that can be used to call someone back. Unless it's someone who doesn't get the clue that you have to hang up and keeps talking and talking! That can be tricky!
I didn't have time to make the bed when I got up this morning.
Really, you didn't stand there watching your coffee brew so you could scoop up the first cup before it was even finished? That was at least two minutes you had free!!
And my most recent excuse:
I just had NO TIME to excercise because my car blew up and my husband had to drive me around and then we had to go car shopping and then I had to sell my old car and then I had to get the title transferred...and then...and then...and then....
Hmmmm...I do somewhat remember making time to watch the Amazing Race during that "CRAZY" week of mine!
So I should be sitting here blogging about the excercise I performed, not the excuses I made!!! It's too easy to "pretend" life is getting in the way! I do believe there is one exception.. if you have kids, that's a DEFINITE BONAFIED excuse maker! Kids are WORK! I don't know how you people do it!!! But, for me, with a houseful of canines, not kiddos, THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!
So, I come to you with my tail between my legs, saying that I am LAZY and I'm not focusing on the task I promised myself I would! But this is a promise to myself to change that starting....uh...well, maybe tomorrow...I'm kind of busy today......
Examples: (from my own life)
Oh, sorry, I was so busy yesterday I didn't have time to call you back!
When you truly think about it, there's always five minutes here or there that can be used to call someone back. Unless it's someone who doesn't get the clue that you have to hang up and keeps talking and talking! That can be tricky!
I didn't have time to make the bed when I got up this morning.
Really, you didn't stand there watching your coffee brew so you could scoop up the first cup before it was even finished? That was at least two minutes you had free!!
And my most recent excuse:
I just had NO TIME to excercise because my car blew up and my husband had to drive me around and then we had to go car shopping and then I had to sell my old car and then I had to get the title transferred...and then...and then...and then....
Hmmmm...I do somewhat remember making time to watch the Amazing Race during that "CRAZY" week of mine!
So I should be sitting here blogging about the excercise I performed, not the excuses I made!!! It's too easy to "pretend" life is getting in the way! I do believe there is one exception.. if you have kids, that's a DEFINITE BONAFIED excuse maker! Kids are WORK! I don't know how you people do it!!! But, for me, with a houseful of canines, not kiddos, THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!
So, I come to you with my tail between my legs, saying that I am LAZY and I'm not focusing on the task I promised myself I would! But this is a promise to myself to change that starting....uh...well, maybe tomorrow...I'm kind of busy today......
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thank you God....
Church today was great. I must admit, I get more from the children's moment thatn from anything else. It's so darn cute and the kids give such sweet, innocent answers to the questions...I just LOVE it! I've always felt like I relate best to kids and dogs anyway. Too bad they don't have a dog's moment! Anyway, they always design the children's moment around the topic for that Sunday's sermon. Today's topic was realizing God is present with you and trying to be more aware of that presense every day. Miss Lois (the leader) asked the kids to name some things they were thankful for that God has given them. She wanted, though, only things from the time they got up this morning until the moment they were sitting there with her. Some of the answers were, "getting out of bed this morning, watching mommy cook breakfast for me, having a car to drive us to church so we didn't have to walk," (ooh-yeah...that one would have been MY answer, too... I hope I didn't startle anybody when I cheered)!! One girl said "fish,".....yeah...there's always one in the crowd that doesn't quite get it!
I promise to try to spend my week thanking God for all the wonderful things in my life. I think I'm pretty good about that anyway(although it has been a learning process for many years to become like that), but there's always room for improvement, right? So I thank Him for many things-one being this blog as a way to get my feelings and issues down on "paper" to share with many friends at one time! And I thank Him for giving me the strength to change some of my habits recently...(how's that for a transition into talking about weight loss)?
I have DEFINITELY reversed my soda habit. We would keep cans of diet soda in our fridge all the time and I would have at least two per day. Since I started this blog, I drank what was left that first weekend and I've only had coffee, iced tea, green tea and water. That's about 20 days. And it wasn't really too hard.
I have PRETTY MUCH broken the drive-thru habit. Sometimes I'm on the road so long that my lunch is long gone and the orange, fuzzy monster in my tummy starts growling. I have indulged in one or two double cheeseburgers here and there at times like that. But, for the most part, my packed lunch gets me through if I eat a little at a time.
Remember I talked about liking wine? Well, after a few nights of 2-3 glasses of wine and having to curtail the munchies, I've decided if I want a glass of wine I will just have ONE! And I told hubs to monitor me. Of course, I have goblet-sized wine glasses so I left myself a loophole if I need one! "Yes, honey, I know it's filled to the brim, but it's only one glass...that's the rule!"
The excercise habit-whew-now that's another story!! I CANNOT seem to get into it! I don't know if it's the fact I'm running around all day long and I just collapse when I get home or what? This is something I must CHANGE if I want to lay on that beach in Hollywood! Because, remember, I am ONLY hurting myself by not excercising. I WILL NOT GO ON VACATION if I don't complete this task. And then I'll be a grumpy grumpmaster!! I am trying to put pressure on myself by opening up and saying all this on the blog. I NEED the pressure! I WANT the pressure! Because once I hit "PUBLISH POST" it's out there forever!! Thank you, God, for inventing blogs!!! (Uh....I think)!!
Have a great Sunday!!!
I promise to try to spend my week thanking God for all the wonderful things in my life. I think I'm pretty good about that anyway(although it has been a learning process for many years to become like that), but there's always room for improvement, right? So I thank Him for many things-one being this blog as a way to get my feelings and issues down on "paper" to share with many friends at one time! And I thank Him for giving me the strength to change some of my habits recently...(how's that for a transition into talking about weight loss)?
I have DEFINITELY reversed my soda habit. We would keep cans of diet soda in our fridge all the time and I would have at least two per day. Since I started this blog, I drank what was left that first weekend and I've only had coffee, iced tea, green tea and water. That's about 20 days. And it wasn't really too hard.
I have PRETTY MUCH broken the drive-thru habit. Sometimes I'm on the road so long that my lunch is long gone and the orange, fuzzy monster in my tummy starts growling. I have indulged in one or two double cheeseburgers here and there at times like that. But, for the most part, my packed lunch gets me through if I eat a little at a time.
Remember I talked about liking wine? Well, after a few nights of 2-3 glasses of wine and having to curtail the munchies, I've decided if I want a glass of wine I will just have ONE! And I told hubs to monitor me. Of course, I have goblet-sized wine glasses so I left myself a loophole if I need one! "Yes, honey, I know it's filled to the brim, but it's only one glass...that's the rule!"
The excercise habit-whew-now that's another story!! I CANNOT seem to get into it! I don't know if it's the fact I'm running around all day long and I just collapse when I get home or what? This is something I must CHANGE if I want to lay on that beach in Hollywood! Because, remember, I am ONLY hurting myself by not excercising. I WILL NOT GO ON VACATION if I don't complete this task. And then I'll be a grumpy grumpmaster!! I am trying to put pressure on myself by opening up and saying all this on the blog. I NEED the pressure! I WANT the pressure! Because once I hit "PUBLISH POST" it's out there forever!! Thank you, God, for inventing blogs!!! (Uh....I think)!!
Have a great Sunday!!!
Friday, February 19, 2010
I drove hubby 'just crazy enough' to not want to do it again.....
Okay...so a very rough week turns out to have a wonderful, happy ending...at least in my book! The whole car situation nonsense changed for the better yesterday when hubs and I headed out just to play around with purchasing a new car. Honestly, I wasn't sure we'd even qualify, but it turns out hubs has almost a perfect credit score....even better than ME!!! (When did that happen)???? And I was always the QUEEN of trying to keep a good credit score! Ooooh...look out.....it's SO ON!!
After spending an almost 12 hour day cooped up together riding around to my various visits in his car yesterday he was MORE than happy to take me car shopping! I must say, we did fare much better this time, you know, in the getting along department. We were pretty civil to each other. There were a few times I wanted to scream at his sarcasm and I know he was getting so totally annoyed with me bringing every dog out to introduce them to him...."But, honey...they're sooooo cute! Don't you want to put a face to a name when I tell you all my doggy and kitty stories each night?"
Hubs wanted a quiet, peaceful day off today, Friday....translation....we're buying you a new car! WHOOHOO!! Well, not new...used...but NEW TO ME!!! Shiny and bright with no poop in the trunk! It's a cute, little Toyota Matrix and I LOVE IT!!!! Usually the highlights of my day are the pet visits but, today, ooohhh, forgive me little canine and feline creatures...today it was the driving! I LOVE IT!!!!! FUNNY-I did not have enough $$$$$ to rent a car for a few days but somehow we "had" enough $$$$ to buy a car!! Only in America!!! I LOVE this country!!!
So...getting back to the reason I started this blog....the forty pounds...I actually felt skinnier in the shower this morning. You know how some days you just feel skinnier? Translation....I could see my feet-ha-ha! Well, I weighed myself after I dried my hair and...there it was...169.0!! Yes!!!! So, what did I do??? I went out for pizza to celebrate!!!! heeheeheehee Tomorrow I'll talk about some of the changes I've made in these few weeks. I HAVE changed some bad habits and I'm amazed at how my body is adjusting very quickly to the new habits! I believe your body wants and craves what is best for it and when you give it a little of that you see and feel good things in return...but...enough about that for tonight....I have, uh, somewhere I have to uh, drive to....yeah..that's it....I have somewhere to drive to....the car is calling and I must answer!!!
Have a great night!!!
After spending an almost 12 hour day cooped up together riding around to my various visits in his car yesterday he was MORE than happy to take me car shopping! I must say, we did fare much better this time, you know, in the getting along department. We were pretty civil to each other. There were a few times I wanted to scream at his sarcasm and I know he was getting so totally annoyed with me bringing every dog out to introduce them to him...."But, honey...they're sooooo cute! Don't you want to put a face to a name when I tell you all my doggy and kitty stories each night?"
Hubs wanted a quiet, peaceful day off today, Friday....translation....we're buying you a new car! WHOOHOO!! Well, not new...used...but NEW TO ME!!! Shiny and bright with no poop in the trunk! It's a cute, little Toyota Matrix and I LOVE IT!!!! Usually the highlights of my day are the pet visits but, today, ooohhh, forgive me little canine and feline creatures...today it was the driving! I LOVE IT!!!!! FUNNY-I did not have enough $$$$$ to rent a car for a few days but somehow we "had" enough $$$$ to buy a car!! Only in America!!! I LOVE this country!!!
So...getting back to the reason I started this blog....the forty pounds...I actually felt skinnier in the shower this morning. You know how some days you just feel skinnier? Translation....I could see my feet-ha-ha! Well, I weighed myself after I dried my hair and...there it was...169.0!! Yes!!!! So, what did I do??? I went out for pizza to celebrate!!!! heeheeheehee Tomorrow I'll talk about some of the changes I've made in these few weeks. I HAVE changed some bad habits and I'm amazed at how my body is adjusting very quickly to the new habits! I believe your body wants and craves what is best for it and when you give it a little of that you see and feel good things in return...but...enough about that for tonight....I have, uh, somewhere I have to uh, drive to....yeah..that's it....I have somewhere to drive to....the car is calling and I must answer!!!
Have a great night!!!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"Isn't this the pooch mobile??"
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! It's been a rough week! I finally got over my vicious 4 day headache and my tummy stopped hurting yesterday and I was all set to come home after a long day of work and excercise when...crash...bump...bang...smoke....funny smell....what is happening?????? Did I hit something? Did I run over a body? Because that's what it felt like!!! We figured out that I did something to my transmission and the car just stopped moving altogether. There was trasmission fluid all over the roadway. For any of you who live around here, it happened on Hopeful Church Road. Not fun when tons of snow line the roadways and there is no shoulder on which to pull over. Luckily, there must have been a cop a few cars behind me and he came right up behind me and put on his lights. What an angel. I called for roadside assistance. "Due to the circumstances in your area, the wait will be at least 60 minutes." Oh dear...the cop said it couldn't wait that long and he would call for me. I asked him to call Florence Frame & Body...they had been wonderful to me back in November. He did. The tow truck driver recognized me right away..."Isn't this the pooch mobile?" he said. (I'm a pet sitter and dog walker). I'm not going to repeat what I thought he said, but then I got it! "Yeah..it's me again!" I'm glad I got the same guy, Steve, because he is very nice. He didn't even make me pay for the tow last night! He said to just pay when I could.
So now I'm carless and hubs is driving me to all my visits today. Ohhhh...NOT a happy camper(him)! But he's putting on his game face because that's what has to be done. And I appreciate that very much. It's just that, well, the last time we tried this we got into a huge fight and he dropped me off at the rental car place and drove away! I must say I was pushing his buttons pretty good that time. I'll have to try to be nicer today. Thanks, hubby! You might want to bring a good book!
So, anyway...I never wanted this blog to be about anything other than losing the forty pounds, but I have to make an exception here to tell you why I am so slack in writing. As soon as I get this car thing figured out, I will GET BACK TO BUSINESS!!! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!
So now I'm carless and hubs is driving me to all my visits today. Ohhhh...NOT a happy camper(him)! But he's putting on his game face because that's what has to be done. And I appreciate that very much. It's just that, well, the last time we tried this we got into a huge fight and he dropped me off at the rental car place and drove away! I must say I was pushing his buttons pretty good that time. I'll have to try to be nicer today. Thanks, hubby! You might want to bring a good book!
So, anyway...I never wanted this blog to be about anything other than losing the forty pounds, but I have to make an exception here to tell you why I am so slack in writing. As soon as I get this car thing figured out, I will GET BACK TO BUSINESS!!! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tummy Troubles....
Oh dear...I think I ate too much fiber!!! At least that's what I thought was causing my tummy to feel yucky all weekend! And, BOY...did it come with a dose of a WHOPPING headache! Now, the headache, I think, I will attribute to the quitting of the coffee cold turkey! Bad idea! I quit Saturday and slept all morning and when I woke up the headache was RAGING and it lasted pretty much through this morning (Tuesday). I had coffee this morning(I had to see if that was it). I feel a million times better! Except for the tummy troubles....every time I eat something it really hurts. I'm getting to the point where I almost dread eating something. And anyone who knows me, knows that is CRAZY! I LOVE TO EAT! But that's why I haven't blogged lately and I have no creative juices flowing. I feel too yucky. So I'm going to look up some of these symptoms and try to get myself straightened out. Oh yeah-I weighed myself on Saturday and I was 170. So, no change other than losing the one pound I gained. Eek!!
Friday, February 12, 2010
ATTENTION KROGER SHOPPERS...!!!!
HAPPY 12TH ANNIVERSARY, HONEY! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD AND GRANDPAW FITCH!!! WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST!!
I walked into Kroger yesterday. I was headed for the fruit I've been meaning to buy for the last week or so. A lovely, colorful endcap catches my attention. 10 for $10.00 That ALWAYS catches my attention. Especially since Kroger does not make you buy all 10 to get the item for $1.00. Walgrenn's DOES-be careful! I look to see what goodies are on the 10 for 10 shelf. I find Clif Bars. Hmmm...your usual organic, all-natural, blah, blah , blah.....bar. Only $1.00. Will fit nicely in my lunchbag. And will tame the hungries. I pick up a few. You can't go wrong with something called "White Chocolate Macadamia Nut and Chocolate Brownie. You just can't. And I was soooooooo right. No ingredients I can't pronounce. Just organic, all-natural YUM! Went back and bought 10 more today.
Also on sale-Kashi cereal. For $2.99!!! That's a steal for cereal even if it isn't Kashi!! Bought four flavors. Opened the Autumn Wheat first. AND I'M NOT JUST MAKING THIS UP-YUM! It's good!!! I'll let you know how I like the other flavors when I get to them. If they are anything like the Autumn Wheat, I'm in business! And I opened the Autumn Wheat first because it was the one I thought I would like the least!
I also bought steel cut oats to try a crock pot recipe our friend gave us. I know they are completely healthy and good for you. Totally whole grain. I'm going to try and start eating them in the morning every once in a while...heck, maybe even in the evening! (Oatmeal-it's not just for breakfast anymore)! I hope I like it! The crock pot recipe calls for heavby cream...I wonder if I can just use milk. I'll keep you posted!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD AND GRANDPAW FITCH!!! WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST!!
I walked into Kroger yesterday. I was headed for the fruit I've been meaning to buy for the last week or so. A lovely, colorful endcap catches my attention. 10 for $10.00 That ALWAYS catches my attention. Especially since Kroger does not make you buy all 10 to get the item for $1.00. Walgrenn's DOES-be careful! I look to see what goodies are on the 10 for 10 shelf. I find Clif Bars. Hmmm...your usual organic, all-natural, blah, blah , blah.....bar. Only $1.00. Will fit nicely in my lunchbag. And will tame the hungries. I pick up a few. You can't go wrong with something called "White Chocolate Macadamia Nut and Chocolate Brownie. You just can't. And I was soooooooo right. No ingredients I can't pronounce. Just organic, all-natural YUM! Went back and bought 10 more today.
Also on sale-Kashi cereal. For $2.99!!! That's a steal for cereal even if it isn't Kashi!! Bought four flavors. Opened the Autumn Wheat first. AND I'M NOT JUST MAKING THIS UP-YUM! It's good!!! I'll let you know how I like the other flavors when I get to them. If they are anything like the Autumn Wheat, I'm in business! And I opened the Autumn Wheat first because it was the one I thought I would like the least!
I also bought steel cut oats to try a crock pot recipe our friend gave us. I know they are completely healthy and good for you. Totally whole grain. I'm going to try and start eating them in the morning every once in a while...heck, maybe even in the evening! (Oatmeal-it's not just for breakfast anymore)! I hope I like it! The crock pot recipe calls for heavby cream...I wonder if I can just use milk. I'll keep you posted!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Janet Plan.....
Okay, so maybe I need to do a little more than three small changes a day to lose a pound a week. What I'm doing is not quite working(translation-I got on the scale this morning and saw a small gain)!
Funny story-A few years back I was half-heartedly following Weight Watchers and I headed up to the center to weigh in. At that time they had two "types of plans" you could follow-the traditional plan or the core plan. Sometimes one plan didn't work for someone and they would suggest switching to the other plan. Well, I stepped on the scale and I saw the receptionist's face droop(I knew the scale was up about three pounds from the previous Saturday). She ever so sweetly said to me, "Which plan are you following, dear?" Knowing I hadn't really been watching what I ate for the last week I responded, "Uh...the Janet plan." After a chuckle out of her it was another Dr. Phil moment when she asked me, "Now, how's that working for ya'?"
That's okay, though...I was hoping my plan would work, but at least I have realized it doesn't before time gets away from me. I can still have the Hollywood body I desire with some hard work! Let me talk about how I feel. I feel really good! I'm not discouraged in the least. Instead of looking at this as a setback, I'm looking at this as a challenge. And I'm not just saying that because I think that's what people would want to hear-I really do feel this way! I believe I'm on the right track and the train WILL get there sooner or later! And in only two weeks I feel as if I've learned a ton and I'm excited to LEARN LEARN LEARN more about fat, cholesterol, sodium, hidden chemicals in foods, excercise, blood sugar levels and stress, cortisol, the adrenal gland and diabetes! These are just a few of the topics I want to delve into. Is delve a word? Anyway, I did some good things today which I will blog about tomorrow. Keep the faith! (That one's for you, mom!)
Funny story-A few years back I was half-heartedly following Weight Watchers and I headed up to the center to weigh in. At that time they had two "types of plans" you could follow-the traditional plan or the core plan. Sometimes one plan didn't work for someone and they would suggest switching to the other plan. Well, I stepped on the scale and I saw the receptionist's face droop(I knew the scale was up about three pounds from the previous Saturday). She ever so sweetly said to me, "Which plan are you following, dear?" Knowing I hadn't really been watching what I ate for the last week I responded, "Uh...the Janet plan." After a chuckle out of her it was another Dr. Phil moment when she asked me, "Now, how's that working for ya'?"
That's okay, though...I was hoping my plan would work, but at least I have realized it doesn't before time gets away from me. I can still have the Hollywood body I desire with some hard work! Let me talk about how I feel. I feel really good! I'm not discouraged in the least. Instead of looking at this as a setback, I'm looking at this as a challenge. And I'm not just saying that because I think that's what people would want to hear-I really do feel this way! I believe I'm on the right track and the train WILL get there sooner or later! And in only two weeks I feel as if I've learned a ton and I'm excited to LEARN LEARN LEARN more about fat, cholesterol, sodium, hidden chemicals in foods, excercise, blood sugar levels and stress, cortisol, the adrenal gland and diabetes! These are just a few of the topics I want to delve into. Is delve a word? Anyway, I did some good things today which I will blog about tomorrow. Keep the faith! (That one's for you, mom!)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I should have had a V-8... (Or...maybe not)
SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 9TH
So there it sits in the back of my fridge...a six pack (well, now a three-pack) of tiny, little V-8 juice cans, compliments of my father-in-law from this past December. I see it every day...I ignore it every day. He'll be back in the Spring...it will still be good then, right?? I must hand it to him...he chokes down, uh, I mean, he drinks one of those little buggers every day for as long as I've known him. That's alot of V-8. What a great habit to have! Well, I need something to write about in the blog, so...here goes....
I normally would have ignored those three cans til they somehow disappeared.
INSTEAD, I drank one down with a little lemon juice in it. Hey...it's two serving of veggies, right? Oooh...if I just LIKED it, it would be SOOOO much easier! But I'm going to see if I can acquire a taste for it...
Normally I would have sat on the couch watching the morning news shows.
INSTEAD, I hung out with my pal, Jillian...you know...Jillian Michaels...from the Biggest Loser. She's got a segment on Excercise TV. It was called "Armed and Dangerous!" Look out Florence Police Department!
I normally would have not paid attention to food labels other than the calories, fat, fiber, etc.
INSTEAD I started looking at the label for the ingredients after my friend, Jane, sent me some very interesting information about what food companies add to food when they remove the fat. (Yesterday's blog-February 9th) I found quite a few of the items in my fridge, freezer, and cabinets that had some of the additives she told me about. YUCK!
So there it sits in the back of my fridge...a six pack (well, now a three-pack) of tiny, little V-8 juice cans, compliments of my father-in-law from this past December. I see it every day...I ignore it every day. He'll be back in the Spring...it will still be good then, right?? I must hand it to him...he chokes down, uh, I mean, he drinks one of those little buggers every day for as long as I've known him. That's alot of V-8. What a great habit to have! Well, I need something to write about in the blog, so...here goes....
I normally would have ignored those three cans til they somehow disappeared.
INSTEAD, I drank one down with a little lemon juice in it. Hey...it's two serving of veggies, right? Oooh...if I just LIKED it, it would be SOOOO much easier! But I'm going to see if I can acquire a taste for it...
Normally I would have sat on the couch watching the morning news shows.
INSTEAD, I hung out with my pal, Jillian...you know...Jillian Michaels...from the Biggest Loser. She's got a segment on Excercise TV. It was called "Armed and Dangerous!" Look out Florence Police Department!
I normally would have not paid attention to food labels other than the calories, fat, fiber, etc.
INSTEAD I started looking at the label for the ingredients after my friend, Jane, sent me some very interesting information about what food companies add to food when they remove the fat. (Yesterday's blog-February 9th) I found quite a few of the items in my fridge, freezer, and cabinets that had some of the additives she told me about. YUCK!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Some good tips from good friends....
One of my friends and fellow pet sitters saw my blog about sending hubs out for fat--free half & half. She sat down and wrote me a wonderful email. She wanted to warn me to watch out for fat-free foods and included the ingredients of Land O Lakes Fate-Free half & Half to illustrate this to me:
Land O Lakes Fat Free Half & Half
Made by Morningstar Foods Inc.
Ingredients
Nonfat Milk, Corn Syrup, Cream (Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat)Artificial Color (an Ingredient Not Normally Found in Half & Half)Sodium Citrate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Mono & Diglycerides (Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat)Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate.
That's alot of crap that I'm putting into my system that does not need to be there. YUCK! She also went on to say this:
Something I have learned - if you can't read the ingredients, don't eat it!
I avoid anything with Carrageenan in it. That is MSG. MSG is monosodium glutamate. There is a site called http://www.naturalnews.com/ that I read a lot, that has great info re: your food, toxins, drugs, etc. This is an excerpt from an article:
(NaturalNews) Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is a common food additive. It`s toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a "flavor enhancer," so consumers will become "hooked" on their products and keep dishing out money for more. When people consume unhealthy foods containing MSG, they often gain weight and feel sluggish, and some also experience "MSG symptom complex." The symptoms can include headaches, chest pain, heart palpitations, nausea, and other heath problems.
Although MSG is normally associated with Chinese food, processed meats, and salty snacks, it`s also frequently found in bouillon cubes, canned soups and vegetables, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, and virtually every other processed food you eat. "Monosodium glutamate," or "MSG," won`t likely be listed in a products` ingredient list. It`s often disguised as calcium caseinate, gelatin, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, "spices," or "natural flavorings."
Here's more:
Now, let`s cut to the chase. YOU MUST READ LABELS!!! If is says, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed protein, or textureized vegetable protein, IT IS MSG.
If it says, maltodextrin, barley malt, whey protein, soy protein isolate (or words to that nature), IT IS MSG.
Gelatin (used in vitamin capsules) contains MSG.
Most smoke flavor or "flavorings" contain MSG.
Soy sauce, made from the fermentation of soy beans contains MSG and pure MSG powder can be added to cheaper brands of soy sauce to enhance its flavor.
Confirmed with Fearn Foods, the manufacturer of Spike, Spike contains MSG.
It is in vegetarian meat analogs, "hot dog analogs", soup broths, bouillon, and products using the words containing protein fortified, enzyme modified, rice syrup, brown rice syrup, citric acid, milk powder, dry milk solids, annatto, spice, carrageenan, guar gum, and lecithin (if from hydrolyzed soy products).
But wait, there`s more!
Candy, drinks, gum, packaged salads with citric acid, low fat milk, stevia (if coupled with maltodextrin), Accent, Lawry`s Seasoning Salt, Torula Yeast, Adobo salt, Chinese Seasonings, and believe it or not, internal feeding materials and some fluids administered intravenously in hospitals.
She also told me there was a really good Oprah show on January 21st about the movie Food, Inc. I'm definitely going to check it out!
WOW! I must say...I DID feel addicted to fast food..I can truly say that after a week of pushing through and passing it by in my car and NOT pulling in I have possibly KICKED the habit! As long as I have something in my car to grab I am okay! I wonder if the chemicals in the food had me craving it....possibly...
One of my wonderful clients gave me some great information that they had received from a nutritionist based here in Cincinnati, Sound Bites. The info they gave me was great and contained great articles on trans fat, fiber, and probiotics. I headed to the website listed on the articles and found even more great stuff including some cool weight loss tools that are very helpful. I calculated my BMI-EEK! It is 28.35-OH DEAR! The neatest thing I found on there was a "Calories Burned" calculator. You enter your weight, what you've done, and how long you've done it and it comes back with a number of calories that have been burned during that activity. I learned that a 15 minutes 2 mph dog walk(the dog like to stop and smell the roses) burns 68 calories! Not bad considering I do that 8-10 times per day! Now that explains how I shed 18 pounds without trying when I started this job!
So, in closing, I would say my SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 8th include:
Learning many things I did not know about the foods I choose, including the yucky stuff that is added to them to give them flavor....
Packing my lunch again and eating it in small portions...It kept me feeling good, steady, and pleasantly satisfied...I'm going to stop adding this one to the list because I think it may have just registered as a habit! Yeahhh! That only took a week-NOT BAD!
Contemplating trying to wean myself off of coffee-the fact I'm even CONTEMPLATING it is huge-(for me)!
Have a trememndous day, everyone!
Land O Lakes Fat Free Half & Half
Made by Morningstar Foods Inc.
Ingredients
Nonfat Milk, Corn Syrup, Cream (Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat)Artificial Color (an Ingredient Not Normally Found in Half & Half)Sodium Citrate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Mono & Diglycerides (Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat)Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate.
That's alot of crap that I'm putting into my system that does not need to be there. YUCK! She also went on to say this:
Something I have learned - if you can't read the ingredients, don't eat it!
I avoid anything with Carrageenan in it. That is MSG. MSG is monosodium glutamate. There is a site called http://www.naturalnews.com/ that I read a lot, that has great info re: your food, toxins, drugs, etc. This is an excerpt from an article:
(NaturalNews) Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is a common food additive. It`s toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a "flavor enhancer," so consumers will become "hooked" on their products and keep dishing out money for more. When people consume unhealthy foods containing MSG, they often gain weight and feel sluggish, and some also experience "MSG symptom complex." The symptoms can include headaches, chest pain, heart palpitations, nausea, and other heath problems.
Although MSG is normally associated with Chinese food, processed meats, and salty snacks, it`s also frequently found in bouillon cubes, canned soups and vegetables, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, and virtually every other processed food you eat. "Monosodium glutamate," or "MSG," won`t likely be listed in a products` ingredient list. It`s often disguised as calcium caseinate, gelatin, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, "spices," or "natural flavorings."
Here's more:
Now, let`s cut to the chase. YOU MUST READ LABELS!!! If is says, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed protein, or textureized vegetable protein, IT IS MSG.
If it says, maltodextrin, barley malt, whey protein, soy protein isolate (or words to that nature), IT IS MSG.
Gelatin (used in vitamin capsules) contains MSG.
Most smoke flavor or "flavorings" contain MSG.
Soy sauce, made from the fermentation of soy beans contains MSG and pure MSG powder can be added to cheaper brands of soy sauce to enhance its flavor.
Confirmed with Fearn Foods, the manufacturer of Spike, Spike contains MSG.
It is in vegetarian meat analogs, "hot dog analogs", soup broths, bouillon, and products using the words containing protein fortified, enzyme modified, rice syrup, brown rice syrup, citric acid, milk powder, dry milk solids, annatto, spice, carrageenan, guar gum, and lecithin (if from hydrolyzed soy products).
But wait, there`s more!
Candy, drinks, gum, packaged salads with citric acid, low fat milk, stevia (if coupled with maltodextrin), Accent, Lawry`s Seasoning Salt, Torula Yeast, Adobo salt, Chinese Seasonings, and believe it or not, internal feeding materials and some fluids administered intravenously in hospitals.
She also told me there was a really good Oprah show on January 21st about the movie Food, Inc. I'm definitely going to check it out!
WOW! I must say...I DID feel addicted to fast food..I can truly say that after a week of pushing through and passing it by in my car and NOT pulling in I have possibly KICKED the habit! As long as I have something in my car to grab I am okay! I wonder if the chemicals in the food had me craving it....possibly...
One of my wonderful clients gave me some great information that they had received from a nutritionist based here in Cincinnati, Sound Bites. The info they gave me was great and contained great articles on trans fat, fiber, and probiotics. I headed to the website listed on the articles and found even more great stuff including some cool weight loss tools that are very helpful. I calculated my BMI-EEK! It is 28.35-OH DEAR! The neatest thing I found on there was a "Calories Burned" calculator. You enter your weight, what you've done, and how long you've done it and it comes back with a number of calories that have been burned during that activity. I learned that a 15 minutes 2 mph dog walk(the dog like to stop and smell the roses) burns 68 calories! Not bad considering I do that 8-10 times per day! Now that explains how I shed 18 pounds without trying when I started this job!
So, in closing, I would say my SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 8th include:
Learning many things I did not know about the foods I choose, including the yucky stuff that is added to them to give them flavor....
Packing my lunch again and eating it in small portions...It kept me feeling good, steady, and pleasantly satisfied...I'm going to stop adding this one to the list because I think it may have just registered as a habit! Yeahhh! That only took a week-NOT BAD!
Contemplating trying to wean myself off of coffee-the fact I'm even CONTEMPLATING it is huge-(for me)!
Have a trememndous day, everyone!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Hubs suggests blogging about scale maintainence...
Whoopsie! I noticed yesterday morning my scale was not set to zero...I seriously kept getting on the scale Saturday and Sunday in utter disbelief that I had GAINED! So I guess my obsession with the scale made me look more closely at it thatn I normally would have. I stepped off and it did not go back to zero. Screaming ensued. Joyful screaming for the fact I didn't gain four pounds...fearful screaming that I already blogged about gaining four pounds!! Hmmm...what to do?? Decided to do what works best in EVERY situation....BE HONEST!!!! Seriously, I think people appreciate you more when you're just downright HONEST. If there was something I wish I would have learned in my younger years is that NO ONE will be angry if you JUST TELL THE TRUTH. So that has been my mantra in my 40s....HONESTY REALLY IS THE BEST POLICY!!! So... the readjusted number is 171. And here we go again!
I headed out to church this morning looking for some inspiration and to thank God for all the good things in my life...even the fact that I have the ability to share my weight loss journey with others via the internet! That's pretty cool considering the internet didn't even really exist when I was in college! (FREAKY)! Well, when we walked in we realized it was the Children's service, where the adorable kiddies in our church perform the service. I was really hoping for a good sermon but we did not have one. So I searched for meaning in what the kids were doing. One of their gigs was called Heaven's Kitchen. It was cute. They all donned chef's hats and pretended they were on a cooking show. One of the lines of the songs they were singing really stuck with me...When you're cooking in Heaven's kitchen, don't forget the most important ingredient...praise! Okay...I get it...I will thank the Lord every day for all I have and even for giving me an opportunity to share my journey with others. So I will "cook with praise!" Thanks, kids!
Another cool thing I did this weekend was checked out a friend's (Sheila) sister's (Jennifer) website and blog:
http://www.eatwellmealplans.com/
Very interesting! It is a great site with healthy eating tips and interesting facts and I cannot wait to dive into it! There was a great article on sodium in her blog which is something I always forget to check when I am preparing a meal. Jennifer is a registered dietician and holds a degree in professional culinary arts. She has a lot of "street cred" and I will be following her site and her blog! Please check it out with me!!
And last but not least, I dusted off the old treadmill and took it for a spin: It felt good...uh...when I was done!
I headed out to church this morning looking for some inspiration and to thank God for all the good things in my life...even the fact that I have the ability to share my weight loss journey with others via the internet! That's pretty cool considering the internet didn't even really exist when I was in college! (FREAKY)! Well, when we walked in we realized it was the Children's service, where the adorable kiddies in our church perform the service. I was really hoping for a good sermon but we did not have one. So I searched for meaning in what the kids were doing. One of their gigs was called Heaven's Kitchen. It was cute. They all donned chef's hats and pretended they were on a cooking show. One of the lines of the songs they were singing really stuck with me...When you're cooking in Heaven's kitchen, don't forget the most important ingredient...praise! Okay...I get it...I will thank the Lord every day for all I have and even for giving me an opportunity to share my journey with others. So I will "cook with praise!" Thanks, kids!
Another cool thing I did this weekend was checked out a friend's (Sheila) sister's (Jennifer) website and blog:
http://www.eatwellmealplans.com/
Very interesting! It is a great site with healthy eating tips and interesting facts and I cannot wait to dive into it! There was a great article on sodium in her blog which is something I always forget to check when I am preparing a meal. Jennifer is a registered dietician and holds a degree in professional culinary arts. She has a lot of "street cred" and I will be following her site and her blog! Please check it out with me!!
And last but not least, I dusted off the old treadmill and took it for a spin: It felt good...uh...when I was done!
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Totally grossed out, but I don't go back on my word!
I didn't have the guts to put a bathing suit on, but there is a funny story behind this yellow top. I bought it at the cool consignment store behind my house. It was, like, $3.00. It is a Large. Well, I got it home and I had to rub my body with baby oil to get into it-IT IS SOOOOO TIGHT! It shows every lump and bump there is! I couldn't believe it was a large and it didn't fit me...well, I came to find out it is a Junior Large! WHEW!! So it's almost as tight as my skin and it keeps the blog G-rated!
Back Fat-YUCK!
Belly fat-NO good for the heart!!
When did I get the "teacher fat?"
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Okay...So I GAINED four pounds....
Hello, friends! I guess the three small changes thing didn't work this first week! AAUUGGHH!!!! I weighed myself two days ago and I was still 170. I thought to myself, "Okay...I'm sure I can lose a pound in two days...I'll just be careful! Well, I think I was careful...actually, yes...I WAS careful...oh dear!!! I got on the scale this morning and it said 174!! I figured it was a fluke(REALLY?!?!) and if I got on later in the day it would be back to 170. As Dr. Phil would say, "How's that workin' for ya?" The reason I'm blogging so late at night is that I didn't know how to write that IT DIDN'T WORK! That's okay, though...at least I've only lost a week. That's not much. I can turn this around. My hubs-the eternal jokester-commented, "Well, I guess you can rename the blog 1.1 pounds a week instead! GRRRRR!
Although I'm writing the positive changes I make, I'm not writing about the negative things I'm doing or not working on changing. I wasn't going to focus on the negatives-I was going to only talk about the good things.Well, maybe a couple confessions of my sins might be in order....
I love wine. I have anywhere from one to three glasses a night before bed about 3-4 times a week. It really stimulates my appetite and before I used to eat alot after I had a drink or two. I felt the appetite stimulation this week, but, knowing how hard I was trying with everything else I fought off the urge to eat. But now I'm wondering if all those empty calories in the wine itself are stalling my possible weight loss. I will have to rethink my wine drinking.
I love real half and half in my coffee (and I LOVE coffee)!!!! Hubs just headed out to the store and I asked him to get my some fat-free half and half. I know I'll be bummed out for awhile, but I just have to suck it up and deal with it. BECAUSE NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS!!!! I would imagine that includes half & half, but I'm just not sure about that!!! That quote really helped me lose a ton of weight back in 2003. (31 pounds in 10 weeks) My Aunt Joann actually picked up a magnet with the saying on it and it stared me in the face every time I went to the fridge!! Hmmmm.... where IS that magnet???
So, I come to you in shame, tail between my legs, sad that I cannot say my small steps worked....please don't give up on me...please keep reading! It inspires me so much to see there are followers and people leaving comments...We can help each other!!! And...I PROMISE.....PICTURES WILL BE UPLOADED TOMORROW!!!! I'm headed to church tomorrow to pray that the devil will not try to sabotage my weight loss....more about that tomorrow....Goodnight!!!!!
Although I'm writing the positive changes I make, I'm not writing about the negative things I'm doing or not working on changing. I wasn't going to focus on the negatives-I was going to only talk about the good things.Well, maybe a couple confessions of my sins might be in order....
I love wine. I have anywhere from one to three glasses a night before bed about 3-4 times a week. It really stimulates my appetite and before I used to eat alot after I had a drink or two. I felt the appetite stimulation this week, but, knowing how hard I was trying with everything else I fought off the urge to eat. But now I'm wondering if all those empty calories in the wine itself are stalling my possible weight loss. I will have to rethink my wine drinking.
I love real half and half in my coffee (and I LOVE coffee)!!!! Hubs just headed out to the store and I asked him to get my some fat-free half and half. I know I'll be bummed out for awhile, but I just have to suck it up and deal with it. BECAUSE NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS!!!! I would imagine that includes half & half, but I'm just not sure about that!!! That quote really helped me lose a ton of weight back in 2003. (31 pounds in 10 weeks) My Aunt Joann actually picked up a magnet with the saying on it and it stared me in the face every time I went to the fridge!! Hmmmm.... where IS that magnet???
So, I come to you in shame, tail between my legs, sad that I cannot say my small steps worked....please don't give up on me...please keep reading! It inspires me so much to see there are followers and people leaving comments...We can help each other!!! And...I PROMISE.....PICTURES WILL BE UPLOADED TOMORROW!!!! I'm headed to church tomorrow to pray that the devil will not try to sabotage my weight loss....more about that tomorrow....Goodnight!!!!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Pain is Just Weakness Leaving the Body....
SMALL CHANGES FOR FEBRUARY 4TH
.....OW, OW, OW....My buns hurt, my thighs hurt, my arms hurt... Hubs was proud of me for doing the buns workout, but quite annoyed with my "OWs" every time I took a step! "Pain is just weakness leaving the body," he reminds me, and that quote really does make me feel better even if it...OW...hurts to think about it!
"Did you stretch before and after?" he asks me.
"Well, uh...no..." I say back. "I only had ten minutes!"
"There's your problem right there," he tells me. "You have to make time to stretch! It is worth taking a few extra minutes before and after."
He goes on to tell me I have to get the blood flowing to the muscles to warm them up, loosen them up, and get things moving. He said it also helps prevent injury. Stretching after helps to increase your flexibility while your muscles are still warm. I mean, I know this...I've heard this...why don't I practice this?? I'm going to count this as one of my changes...to go from not listening to the experts and jumping right into a workout without stretching...
INSTEAD...I will be stretching before AND after each workout I complete until it becomes a habit!
I ran home between visits and ate lunch instead of eating out. (I think this one is slowly becoming a habit).
When I got home about 4:00 and it was too early for dinner, I decided to have a snack. We have english muffins so I put one in and normally I would have put margarine and jelly or just the margarine on it. I figured I probably really wouldn't miss the margarine so...
INSTEAD I just put the jelly on it and tried it that way. I'm not going to lie...I missed the margarine! So I might not be doing that one anymore, but at least I gave it a shot!
See you tomorrow...it's weigh in day!!!!!!!
.....OW, OW, OW....My buns hurt, my thighs hurt, my arms hurt... Hubs was proud of me for doing the buns workout, but quite annoyed with my "OWs" every time I took a step! "Pain is just weakness leaving the body," he reminds me, and that quote really does make me feel better even if it...OW...hurts to think about it!
"Did you stretch before and after?" he asks me.
"Well, uh...no..." I say back. "I only had ten minutes!"
"There's your problem right there," he tells me. "You have to make time to stretch! It is worth taking a few extra minutes before and after."
He goes on to tell me I have to get the blood flowing to the muscles to warm them up, loosen them up, and get things moving. He said it also helps prevent injury. Stretching after helps to increase your flexibility while your muscles are still warm. I mean, I know this...I've heard this...why don't I practice this?? I'm going to count this as one of my changes...to go from not listening to the experts and jumping right into a workout without stretching...
INSTEAD...I will be stretching before AND after each workout I complete until it becomes a habit!
I ran home between visits and ate lunch instead of eating out. (I think this one is slowly becoming a habit).
When I got home about 4:00 and it was too early for dinner, I decided to have a snack. We have english muffins so I put one in and normally I would have put margarine and jelly or just the margarine on it. I figured I probably really wouldn't miss the margarine so...
INSTEAD I just put the jelly on it and tried it that way. I'm not going to lie...I missed the margarine! So I might not be doing that one anymore, but at least I gave it a shot!
See you tomorrow...it's weigh in day!!!!!!!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Bootylicious Buns 2
SMALL CHANGES FOR FEBRUARY 3RD
"Bootylicious Buns 2" ...Yes, it was on cable...NO, not THAT kind of cable! It was my choice of 10 minute workout shows! Our cable provider, Insight, has ON DEMAND Excercise TV. I love it! You pick what you want, do what you feel like, and never get bored with the same old workout DVD. (Of course, I NEVER got bored with my workout DVDs because I.....well.....never put them in the DVD player)! And 10 minutes is SO DOABLE! NO EXCUSES!!! Even for 10 minutes, though, it's rough...I didn't know I had such a large vocabulary of bad words! The great thing about it is, too, that you can watch the clock tick down in the upper left corner of the screen...that is what got me through! So, I would have sat on my butt and watch a news show before I showered for the day.....
INSTEAD I worked my buns, thighs, and even my ARMS...they ALL hurt today! How did arms get into that mix? I must say, though...it feels GOOD to hurt!
I had a million and one visits so I was BUSY. Haven't stopped at the grocery store in a while so I haven't gotten fruit for the house. I need to do that soon so I can cut up some fruit and take it with me. I was feeling a hunger pang as I headed to my first visit around 8am. Normally I would have pulled into McDonald's. Sausage biscuit-$1.06......
INSTEAD, I steered my car AWAY from the magnetic field that pulls me into the drive through and pulled into the Kroger parking lot. After heading to the EXPENSIVE prepackaged fruit, I headed to the salad bar to make my OWN expensive, prepackaged fruit. Not having any idea how much it would cost, I chose some strawberries, pineapple, and cantaloupe. It cost me $2.05(about a dollar less than if I didn't do it myself) and it was YUMMY! Once again, it steadied me and made me feel satisfied for awhile. And....if you have not had pineapple in a while.....I FORGOT HOW GOOD IT IS!!!! I don't know if it's the time of year or what, but it was SOOOOO juicy, sweet, and delicious!!! Next time I'm heading in for ALL pineapple!!!
I packed a lunch again(not a habit yet, but working on it) Sandwich and celery. PS-Celery is blecky without cream cheese.
I said I was going to talk about how all of this made me feel. Well, I'm feeling really good about sticking to it for five days. Pathetic, but that's big for me! I must admit, too, that even though I joked about the magnetic pull of the drive-thru to my car, I am feeling the habit break every so slightly. Before I felt like it was my only option. Now I am making myself find other options, therefore swaying myself away from the "not-so-good" choices. If I feel this way only after five days, maybe there is something to all of this! I hope so!
AND...I SWEAR...(oh, yes, we know you swear...especially during a workout video)...PICTURES ARE COMING!!! I'm still trying to decide how much flab and cellulite to show! How's that for a teaser ad? (It will be like a car accident...you want to turn away, but you just can't)!!!
Hubs just arrived home last night so I guess he'll be my photographer. Oh dear!!!! Hall of Shame...here I come!
"Bootylicious Buns 2" ...Yes, it was on cable...NO, not THAT kind of cable! It was my choice of 10 minute workout shows! Our cable provider, Insight, has ON DEMAND Excercise TV. I love it! You pick what you want, do what you feel like, and never get bored with the same old workout DVD. (Of course, I NEVER got bored with my workout DVDs because I.....well.....never put them in the DVD player)! And 10 minutes is SO DOABLE! NO EXCUSES!!! Even for 10 minutes, though, it's rough...I didn't know I had such a large vocabulary of bad words! The great thing about it is, too, that you can watch the clock tick down in the upper left corner of the screen...that is what got me through! So, I would have sat on my butt and watch a news show before I showered for the day.....
INSTEAD I worked my buns, thighs, and even my ARMS...they ALL hurt today! How did arms get into that mix? I must say, though...it feels GOOD to hurt!
I had a million and one visits so I was BUSY. Haven't stopped at the grocery store in a while so I haven't gotten fruit for the house. I need to do that soon so I can cut up some fruit and take it with me. I was feeling a hunger pang as I headed to my first visit around 8am. Normally I would have pulled into McDonald's. Sausage biscuit-$1.06......
INSTEAD, I steered my car AWAY from the magnetic field that pulls me into the drive through and pulled into the Kroger parking lot. After heading to the EXPENSIVE prepackaged fruit, I headed to the salad bar to make my OWN expensive, prepackaged fruit. Not having any idea how much it would cost, I chose some strawberries, pineapple, and cantaloupe. It cost me $2.05(about a dollar less than if I didn't do it myself) and it was YUMMY! Once again, it steadied me and made me feel satisfied for awhile. And....if you have not had pineapple in a while.....I FORGOT HOW GOOD IT IS!!!! I don't know if it's the time of year or what, but it was SOOOOO juicy, sweet, and delicious!!! Next time I'm heading in for ALL pineapple!!!
I packed a lunch again(not a habit yet, but working on it) Sandwich and celery. PS-Celery is blecky without cream cheese.
I said I was going to talk about how all of this made me feel. Well, I'm feeling really good about sticking to it for five days. Pathetic, but that's big for me! I must admit, too, that even though I joked about the magnetic pull of the drive-thru to my car, I am feeling the habit break every so slightly. Before I felt like it was my only option. Now I am making myself find other options, therefore swaying myself away from the "not-so-good" choices. If I feel this way only after five days, maybe there is something to all of this! I hope so!
AND...I SWEAR...(oh, yes, we know you swear...especially during a workout video)...PICTURES ARE COMING!!! I'm still trying to decide how much flab and cellulite to show! How's that for a teaser ad? (It will be like a car accident...you want to turn away, but you just can't)!!!
Hubs just arrived home last night so I guess he'll be my photographer. Oh dear!!!! Hall of Shame...here I come!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
A better way to spend $5.00...
SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 2ND
I felt hungry later in the day and I normally would have pulled through the drive thru.
INSTEAD I stopped at Kroger. I headed right for the fruit although I did not really feel like fruit. They have GREAT fresh, prepackaged stuff(I didn't bring my knife and cutting board), but it can be expensive. I wanted strawberries, but I chose cantaloupe because it was only $1.09. On my way out I saw a bag of fresh granola. I read some of the ingredients and it was made with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil, and it had oats, flax, sunflower seeds, and more yummy goodness. I was intrigued so I bought it. My bill went from $1.09 to 5.08...oh well! It's certainly better than the $5.04 that I would spend at the McDonald's drive-thru on a fish sandwich, small fries, and a caramel sundae.
***Sidenote on the granola......It had a cute picture of a jazz musician on it so I turned it over to see if it was made in New Orleans. GUESS WHAT!!??!! It is made RIGHT HERE in Covington, Kentucky...right down the street! It is called McCabe's Granola and it is made by McCabe's Foods, LLC......YUMMY DELICIOUS! Nice to know I'm supporting a local small business!!! I just looked it up on the web and it's a good story. http://www.mccabesgranola.com/ Check it out!!! They have four flavors and I happened to choose the Delta Blueberry (Oh...I get it...the blues...jazz..cool!) but I can't wait to try the other flavors!
I packed my lunch again.
I concentrated on squeezing my butt and thighs when I walked.
****As for these last two changes, I also did these yesterday...so do they count as new changes??? Or is it a change if I've already done it before? Hmmmm.... okay..how about this....Until it is a HABIT, I am going to use it as one of my small changes. I believe I've heard it takes two weeks of repetitive action to form a new habit. Until I feel like it's a habit, I will use it unless I try something NEW that day. How does that sound?
Have a GREAT day, everyone!!!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
I would like to thank the Academy....
Just kidding...I want to thank everyone who has sent me nice emails and also those who have joined as followers! That is awesome and totally inspiring to me! Thanks, everyone!
Today was pretty easy to get my three small changes in...I guess because it's a weekday and I was pretty busy!
SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 1ST
Normally on a day like today I get up, watch some kind of news show (either Fox and Friends or Today), have a couple cups of coffee, plan out my day, and take care of my dogs. Well, I'll be adding one more thing to that list-packing a lunch!
INSTEAD of no planning on my part for lunch I actually made a turkey sandwich and 7 pieces of celery with cream cheese. I packed it in a cooler with an ice pack and off I went. I kind of ate everything in bits and pieces between visits. It felt wonderful to keep my blood sugar steady by always having something next to me to munch on in the car. It made for a much less frantic time when I would feel my blood sugar dropping and I had nothing with me. I felt much more stable than I usually do.
I was peeking through a Reader's Digest(I LOVE that magazine) and I came across an article talking about health tips from around the world. I found a blurb (is that a word?) about Rooibos Tea. I found it online:
Sip some rooibos tea-South Africa (Compliments of Reader's Digest online)
Enjoyed throughout the country, rooibos tea is more robust than green tea, and because it's naturally sweet, it needs no sugar. Ditching your daily Frappuccino for a cup of rooibos—Starbucks now sells it—could save you thousands of calories per month. "Tea-drinking cultures generally have lower rates of obesity," says Dr. Pescatore. "That may be from special compounds, such as catechins, that certain teas contain, or it may simply be that we often think we're hungry when we're really dehydrated."
Is it legal to copy and paste from an article online? Eek...if it's not...I apologize and claim ignorance to the copy and paste police!!!!
I normally would have walked into Starbuck's and ordered a yummy Pkie's Place roast coffee.
INSTEAD I walked into Starbuck's and ordered a cup of rooibos tea...and completely butchered the pronounciation! I had everyone in the place correcting me. Thank God there were only three people there! I didn't really enjoy it, probably because I'm not really a tea drinker, but someone who is a tea drinker might LOVE it. Now that I think about it, though, I slept through the night last night, whereas I usually wake up about 3-4 am which may be caused by the caffeine I sometimes drink during the day and early evening. hmmmm.......
I am a pet sitter. So I do alot of doggy walks each day. Normally I just stroll along with the dog and, unless the dog is extremely vivacious, I would not really pay attention to how fast or slow we go.
INSTEAD I concentrated on squeezing my butt and thighs with each step I took. That has to count for something, right?
Today was pretty easy to get my three small changes in...I guess because it's a weekday and I was pretty busy!
SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 1ST
Normally on a day like today I get up, watch some kind of news show (either Fox and Friends or Today), have a couple cups of coffee, plan out my day, and take care of my dogs. Well, I'll be adding one more thing to that list-packing a lunch!
INSTEAD of no planning on my part for lunch I actually made a turkey sandwich and 7 pieces of celery with cream cheese. I packed it in a cooler with an ice pack and off I went. I kind of ate everything in bits and pieces between visits. It felt wonderful to keep my blood sugar steady by always having something next to me to munch on in the car. It made for a much less frantic time when I would feel my blood sugar dropping and I had nothing with me. I felt much more stable than I usually do.
I was peeking through a Reader's Digest(I LOVE that magazine) and I came across an article talking about health tips from around the world. I found a blurb (is that a word?) about Rooibos Tea. I found it online:
Sip some rooibos tea-South Africa (Compliments of Reader's Digest online)
Enjoyed throughout the country, rooibos tea is more robust than green tea, and because it's naturally sweet, it needs no sugar. Ditching your daily Frappuccino for a cup of rooibos—Starbucks now sells it—could save you thousands of calories per month. "Tea-drinking cultures generally have lower rates of obesity," says Dr. Pescatore. "That may be from special compounds, such as catechins, that certain teas contain, or it may simply be that we often think we're hungry when we're really dehydrated."
Is it legal to copy and paste from an article online? Eek...if it's not...I apologize and claim ignorance to the copy and paste police!!!!
I normally would have walked into Starbuck's and ordered a yummy Pkie's Place roast coffee.
INSTEAD I walked into Starbuck's and ordered a cup of rooibos tea...and completely butchered the pronounciation! I had everyone in the place correcting me. Thank God there were only three people there! I didn't really enjoy it, probably because I'm not really a tea drinker, but someone who is a tea drinker might LOVE it. Now that I think about it, though, I slept through the night last night, whereas I usually wake up about 3-4 am which may be caused by the caffeine I sometimes drink during the day and early evening. hmmmm.......
I am a pet sitter. So I do alot of doggy walks each day. Normally I just stroll along with the dog and, unless the dog is extremely vivacious, I would not really pay attention to how fast or slow we go.
INSTEAD I concentrated on squeezing my butt and thighs with each step I took. That has to count for something, right?
Monday, February 1, 2010
I told you they were SMALL changes...
Well, we're going to be stretching it today to find those changes, but there are three of them. My sweet mom sent me and article from her Yahoo home page and one of the tips was to eat 4 grams of fiber with every meal. Here's the article. It's good. Also, if you are not a Dr. Oz watcher, allow me to recommend it to you. I tape it every day and I am nothing less than completely inspired after a Dr. Oz show. He's GREAT!
http://health.yahoo.com/featured/78/7-easy-ways-to-lose-weight-without-starving-or-breaking-a-sweat/
SMALL STEPS FOR JANUARY 31ST
(Our little Montana cowboy's birthday)...Happy 3rd birthday, sweet Hayden!
With my job I have to sometimes jump out of bed and head right out the door. That was me today. Usually I would skip grabbing something to eat, head out, and eat when I got back or eat on the road if I started to feel hungry.
INSTEAD I took five minutes and ate a bowl of Light and Fit Vanilla Yogurt. Yummy. I felt more energetic and I wasn't rushing to quiet the hunger...I was preventing the hunger before it came. Hopefully, this woke up my body and took it out of the fasting mode, which, when you go too long, I hear, can mess up your metabolism.
When I came home to eat lunch today I thought about the four grams of fiber suggestion from the article. Normally, I would have probably thrown a frozen meal in the microwave and just had that by itself.
INSTEAD I heated up a Santa Fe Rice and Beans, chopped up half a head of Romaine, and put the meal on top of the lettuce to make a taco salad of sorts. Delish!
I normally would have a soda with my lunch and soda or wine with dinner.
INSTEAD, I chose water with lunch and milk with dinner.
I cannot wait to start posting pictures. It might be Wednesday before I can. But I at least want to do one a week. I guess I'll weigh in every Saturday since that is when I started. I'll try to post a picture every Saturday! See you tomorrow!
http://health.yahoo.com/featured/78/7-easy-ways-to-lose-weight-without-starving-or-breaking-a-sweat/
SMALL STEPS FOR JANUARY 31ST
(Our little Montana cowboy's birthday)...Happy 3rd birthday, sweet Hayden!
With my job I have to sometimes jump out of bed and head right out the door. That was me today. Usually I would skip grabbing something to eat, head out, and eat when I got back or eat on the road if I started to feel hungry.
INSTEAD I took five minutes and ate a bowl of Light and Fit Vanilla Yogurt. Yummy. I felt more energetic and I wasn't rushing to quiet the hunger...I was preventing the hunger before it came. Hopefully, this woke up my body and took it out of the fasting mode, which, when you go too long, I hear, can mess up your metabolism.
When I came home to eat lunch today I thought about the four grams of fiber suggestion from the article. Normally, I would have probably thrown a frozen meal in the microwave and just had that by itself.
INSTEAD I heated up a Santa Fe Rice and Beans, chopped up half a head of Romaine, and put the meal on top of the lettuce to make a taco salad of sorts. Delish!
I normally would have a soda with my lunch and soda or wine with dinner.
INSTEAD, I chose water with lunch and milk with dinner.
I cannot wait to start posting pictures. It might be Wednesday before I can. But I at least want to do one a week. I guess I'll weigh in every Saturday since that is when I started. I'll try to post a picture every Saturday! See you tomorrow!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Small Steps to the Big Finish Line
I have been thinking and thinking, but I cannot come up with a fun "catch phrase" to use for the small changes I make each day to reach the final goal. For now I'm going to call it, "Small Steps to the Big Finish Line." I don't really like it, but other ideas are swirling in my head. When the right one hits me, I'll know it, and I guess you'll l know it, too!
SMALL STEPS FOR JANUARY 30TH
(MY BEST GIRL'S BIRTHDAY) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADDIE!
INSTEAD I cooked two egg whites and skipped the cheese and the mayo. Thought about using one slice of bread but, gosh, I just love my carbs!
I ended up at the drive-thru last night with a raging hunger headache(poor planning on my part). I normally would have ordered a double cheeseburger and a caramel sundae.
INSTEAD I ordered a grilled chicken wrap and a fruit and yogurt parfait. It wasn't half bad!
I needed to be somewhere at 2pm. As I was writing this blog I looked at the clock and it was 1pm. I hadn't showered or gotten ready. Usually I would just go and start to get ready about 45 minutes to an hour before I had to be somewhere.
INSTEAD I took the first 15 minutes of that time and turned on Excercise TV On Demand and found a 13 minute yoga class. I did it and THEN showered.
I'm pretty proud of myself. And the thing I really like about this is that I don't think I'll look at food as forbidden. I'll just make the small changes and pray that the math works. I think it probably will. Three small changes a day equals 21 small changes a week. And that's 840 changes in the 40 weeks. That's quite a few changes!
Have a great day, everyone!
Alot of times my breakfast of choice is an egg sandwich. I will take two pieces of bread, put some mayo and a slice of cheese on it, and one or two eggs, depending on how hungry I am.
SMALL STEPS FOR JANUARY 30TH
(MY BEST GIRL'S BIRTHDAY) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADDIE!
INSTEAD I cooked two egg whites and skipped the cheese and the mayo. Thought about using one slice of bread but, gosh, I just love my carbs!
I ended up at the drive-thru last night with a raging hunger headache(poor planning on my part). I normally would have ordered a double cheeseburger and a caramel sundae.
INSTEAD I ordered a grilled chicken wrap and a fruit and yogurt parfait. It wasn't half bad!
I needed to be somewhere at 2pm. As I was writing this blog I looked at the clock and it was 1pm. I hadn't showered or gotten ready. Usually I would just go and start to get ready about 45 minutes to an hour before I had to be somewhere.
INSTEAD I took the first 15 minutes of that time and turned on Excercise TV On Demand and found a 13 minute yoga class. I did it and THEN showered.
I'm pretty proud of myself. And the thing I really like about this is that I don't think I'll look at food as forbidden. I'll just make the small changes and pray that the math works. I think it probably will. Three small changes a day equals 21 small changes a week. And that's 840 changes in the 40 weeks. That's quite a few changes!
Have a great day, everyone!
Alot of times my breakfast of choice is an egg sandwich. I will take two pieces of bread, put some mayo and a slice of cheese on it, and one or two eggs, depending on how hungry I am.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Okay, here I go!
Okay....I have absolutely no idea what I am doing...but I promised myself that I would start my blog posts before I started my new weight-loss plan. So basically I just signed up as a blogger and haven't really had time to study how to make my blog interesting and/or creative! But I have forty weeks to figure that out....so here goes.......
My name is Janet. I am 43 years old and I have struggled with my weight since I was about 35. I don't feel as if I ever was GINORMOUS, but it has been a struggle. I am 5'5" and I SHOULD weigh somewhere between 125-150, according to the Weight Watchers healthy weight range chart. At one point I remember seeing my scale say 190 and I felt my head spin and thought I was going to pass out. Luckily, that was scary enough for me NEVER to see 190 again. But I hovered around there-188-185-183-186-I kind of resigned myself to the fact I was always going to be a "girl in the 180s." Luckily, I changed careers in 2007 and I am very active every day so now I can call myself "a girl in the 170s!" It feels good to have lost all that weight just by getting out of an office environment, but it's still too much for my frame. I weighed myself this morning and the scale said 170. I am okay with that considering where I used to be, but it IS a gain of about five pounds over the holidays. Forty pounds in forty weeks would be 130 and I would be DELIGHTED with that end result!
A couple reasons I chose to lose my weight this way: I have tried losing weight enough times to know that I MUST have someone to whom I am accountable. For this reason I have been a Weight Watchers member (Lifetime Member, actually) on and off since 2003. Weight Watchers is WONDERFUL but if I fall off the wagon I find it too easy to just stop going to the meetings. I am challenging myself to see if I can do this without spending any money, other than what I spend on healthier eating. People so often get trapped by what they need to "buy" or "spend" to achieve the results they want. I do not plan to join a gym, I do not plan to use any "shakes" or "pills" to get the job done. I'm just going to use what is around me. Granted, I have a kick-butt treadmill, set up in front of the TV, no less...(although it's a little dusty at the moment), a stability ball, pilates cords, excercise TV on demand, a Bean, and tons of workout videos. Oh yeah...we also have a punching bag and a weight bench in the basement-almost forgot about those! So, to be honest, I probably could start my own workout studio if I wanted to! There are so many of us who cannot afford those kind of things, especially with the way things are with our economy. FYI-I hate when people use the line I just did(referring to the economy)...it's so depressing, but it's true. No more economy talk-Yuck! But I just want to see if it can be done! I am going to watch my calories and increase my excercise. I KNOW it's that simple and it won't cost me a dime!
The second reason I chose forty weeks is that my husband has a work conference in Hollywood, Florida in October which is precisely forty weeks from today. Due to the economy(I DID NOT just say that), there will be no Europe or Vegas for us this year, but thank the Lord for a working conference where the hotel room is free and the beach is right across the street! I think we all know what kind of hot bodies reside in Hollywood, Florida. I know myself and I would not even GO if I didn't feel good about how I look in a swimsuit. Being 43, I'm sure I can't totally compete, but I DO want people to look at me and think, "Hey...she looks pretty good for her age!"
And so...my journey begins...
I always got comfort from the phrase, "You didn't put the weight ON overnight, so don't expect it to come OFF overnight!" That's kind of the premise here. If I can just lose one pound a week for the next forty weeks by making small changes in my diet and behavior, I WILL be successful!
If you are a guest on this blog I want to thank you for visiting. If you would like to follow my (hopeful) success, I would be honored. If I can inspire even one person to come on the journey with me, that would bring me great joy! I'm going to try a pretty open and honest approach to what I've done and how it makes me feel each day, including what I eat, how I think and feel, and what behaviors I try to change.
I'll get some pictures up soon. Everybody wants to see pictures. But I've got to go wrap my head around this undertaking and make sure my committment level is 100 percent.
Talk to you later!
My name is Janet. I am 43 years old and I have struggled with my weight since I was about 35. I don't feel as if I ever was GINORMOUS, but it has been a struggle. I am 5'5" and I SHOULD weigh somewhere between 125-150, according to the Weight Watchers healthy weight range chart. At one point I remember seeing my scale say 190 and I felt my head spin and thought I was going to pass out. Luckily, that was scary enough for me NEVER to see 190 again. But I hovered around there-188-185-183-186-I kind of resigned myself to the fact I was always going to be a "girl in the 180s." Luckily, I changed careers in 2007 and I am very active every day so now I can call myself "a girl in the 170s!" It feels good to have lost all that weight just by getting out of an office environment, but it's still too much for my frame. I weighed myself this morning and the scale said 170. I am okay with that considering where I used to be, but it IS a gain of about five pounds over the holidays. Forty pounds in forty weeks would be 130 and I would be DELIGHTED with that end result!
A couple reasons I chose to lose my weight this way: I have tried losing weight enough times to know that I MUST have someone to whom I am accountable. For this reason I have been a Weight Watchers member (Lifetime Member, actually) on and off since 2003. Weight Watchers is WONDERFUL but if I fall off the wagon I find it too easy to just stop going to the meetings. I am challenging myself to see if I can do this without spending any money, other than what I spend on healthier eating. People so often get trapped by what they need to "buy" or "spend" to achieve the results they want. I do not plan to join a gym, I do not plan to use any "shakes" or "pills" to get the job done. I'm just going to use what is around me. Granted, I have a kick-butt treadmill, set up in front of the TV, no less...(although it's a little dusty at the moment), a stability ball, pilates cords, excercise TV on demand, a Bean, and tons of workout videos. Oh yeah...we also have a punching bag and a weight bench in the basement-almost forgot about those! So, to be honest, I probably could start my own workout studio if I wanted to! There are so many of us who cannot afford those kind of things, especially with the way things are with our economy. FYI-I hate when people use the line I just did(referring to the economy)...it's so depressing, but it's true. No more economy talk-Yuck! But I just want to see if it can be done! I am going to watch my calories and increase my excercise. I KNOW it's that simple and it won't cost me a dime!
The second reason I chose forty weeks is that my husband has a work conference in Hollywood, Florida in October which is precisely forty weeks from today. Due to the economy(I DID NOT just say that), there will be no Europe or Vegas for us this year, but thank the Lord for a working conference where the hotel room is free and the beach is right across the street! I think we all know what kind of hot bodies reside in Hollywood, Florida. I know myself and I would not even GO if I didn't feel good about how I look in a swimsuit. Being 43, I'm sure I can't totally compete, but I DO want people to look at me and think, "Hey...she looks pretty good for her age!"
And so...my journey begins...
I always got comfort from the phrase, "You didn't put the weight ON overnight, so don't expect it to come OFF overnight!" That's kind of the premise here. If I can just lose one pound a week for the next forty weeks by making small changes in my diet and behavior, I WILL be successful!
If you are a guest on this blog I want to thank you for visiting. If you would like to follow my (hopeful) success, I would be honored. If I can inspire even one person to come on the journey with me, that would bring me great joy! I'm going to try a pretty open and honest approach to what I've done and how it makes me feel each day, including what I eat, how I think and feel, and what behaviors I try to change.
I'll get some pictures up soon. Everybody wants to see pictures. But I've got to go wrap my head around this undertaking and make sure my committment level is 100 percent.
Talk to you later!
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