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Happy New Year! Hope you all had a safe and fun New Year's Eve, and have started 2007 with the same focus and motivation that I feel! I stepped on the scales this morning, and saw a great number, which is always a good way to start the year, lol. Here's hoping it was also the heaviest I'll be in '07. I bought some resistance bands last night and worked out my upper body with them. WOW, I never realized what a good, affordable strenght training tool they can be. I did 2 reps of 12 of the following: bicep curls, seated rows, triceps kickbacks, rear delt pulls, front raises, chest presses, and overhead flys. Boy do I feel the burn this morning! I think I'll do some lower body strength training, walk 30 minutes, and end my day with yoga. Nancy has inspired me to continue nurturing my inner self too, so I want to try to fit in yoga workouts 3-4 times per week. I hope you all have a wonderful week, take the time to look back on your successes of 2006 - they've been plentiful! Weight Watchers Start Date: October 30, 2006 Total Weight Lost as of January 1, 2007: 24 pounds Goal for January: 8 pounds; increase cardio to 6X per week; strength training to 3-4X per week. | | |
| Hey ladies...just updating my progress to have a benchmark for the year's end and also make goals for 2007. Have you all signed up on SparkPeople yet? If not, I really recommend it for calorie counting and logging calories burned by workout - I've been pretty dedicated to my food journaling there because it's SO darn easy! Melissa (Peytonsmommy) has setup a team for the September Snugglebugs. OK...year in review. Last January, I realized that I had gained LOTS of weight after having Sophie. I was really down on myself because I'd gotten down to a sessy fighting weight within a month after her birth, so how could I have ballooned over 30 pounds in one year???? I joined Curves in January, started a rigorous diet program, and quickly lost about 15 pounds (And I do mean quickly - it came off in about 2 weeks!) By March, I'd started slipping, and by May or June, was in full-out piggy mode. Not only did I gain back the 15 pounds I'd lost (seemingly overnight), but between June and September, I managed to gain another 20....yes, 20 more pounds in 2 months. Without noticing, I'd gotten to a new ALL TIME HIGH WEIGHT. Yes, it's true ladies...as of September of 2006, I actually weighed more than when I was 9 months pregnant with Sophie!!! I started Weight Watchers the day before Halloween...what a perfect day to avoid all the candy! So far, I have stuck to it, and have only missed one meeting in 2 months. I'm counting calories and points, but I'm not treating it like Army bootcamp, because I REALLY don't to feel the embarrassment and shame of the upward yo-yo again. I'm happy to report that as of this morning, the last day of 2006, I am back down below my 2005 year-end weight, and netted a total loss of about 8 pounds for the year. Ladies, I NEED your help! Keep me accountable. When I'm not posting here, call my ass out on it! I decided to post this diet "confession" just to show myself that I need to take the responsibility for my inconsistent habits. Slow and steady DOES win the race - no more starvations, diet pills, or hard core 2-hour exercise sessions. Sensible eating and moderate exercise is the key for my own long-term success!! (PS - New year, new role model - Beyonce! She looks amazing with the curves, and in Dreamgirls with her thin 70's look) | | |
| I am still around ladies, and still going strong with my Weight Watchers program. I am very proud to announce that I hit the 20 pound loss mark this weekend!! I am so very happy, and am only 1.5 pounds away from reaching my end of year goal! I set the goal as a bit of a stretch and never really believed that I could be this close with 2 weeks still to go before 2007! I think I have finally found in Weight Watchers the program that I always needed. Food for Monday: Breakfast: Coffee and pretzels (weird!) 2 pts Lunch: SmartOnes Szechuan Chicken and Veggies with bottled water - 4pts Snack: Bottled water with Orange Sunrise Crystal Light mixed in - 0 pts Dinner: | | |
| Ok, so I felt all bloated and icky on Saturday, so I missed my weigh-in. I suck! But, another meeting is just around the corner on Thursday, so with some focus I should see some negative movement of the scales! I'm trying to vary my foods more, but I get comfortable with set point amounts, and work my way into ruts! Saturday Food Journal: Breakfast: Latte with skim milk Lunch: Grilled chicken salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, sunflower seeds, shredded cheese and low cal Italian dressing, and 1/2 cup veggie soup (10pts) Dinner: Turkey summer sausage, wheat crackers, and low cal cheese - 10pts Sunday Food Journal Breakfast: Peppermint coffee with fat free milk Snack - 20 mini pretzels and string cheese - 5pts Lunch: Garlic hummus (2 TBS), one small pita, 15 pretzels, spicy mustard - 6pts Dinner: One small pita with hummus and low fat turkey, one piece string cheese - 7pts Snack: Smart Ones Eclair - 3pts Monday Food Journal Breakfast - Peppermint coffee, Weight Watcher double chocolate muffin - 3 pts Lunch: Smart Ones Chicken Carbonara - 5pts. | | |
| Sorry I haven't posted! I'm still hanging in with the diet, but haven't had time to post because work is super busy and completely kicking my ass. I had to travel yesterday and missed my weigh-in, so I'm going to another meeting in the morning. But, according to the scales at home, I have lost about 18 pounds since October 28th. Hurrah!! I haven't weighed in officially in 2 weeks because of Thanksgiving, so I'm anxious to see what the Weight Watchers scales say because they are always heavier than mine at home. Might as well post my food for today: Breakfast: Coffee AM Snack: Pretzels and water Lunch: Cajun grilled tilapia with lettuce and tomato on a low fat tortilla with steamed veggies (4pts) Thursday Breakfast: Coffee AM Snack: Pretzels and Diet Dr Pepper Lunch: Cabbage egg roll, 1/4 cup white rice, steamed green beans (points unknown) Dinner: Chicken souvlaki with tsatsiki sauce, 1 small pita, 1 medium baked potato, small salad without dressing (13 points) Wednesday Breakfast: Weight Watchers whole grain bread (2 slices) with 1 Tbs Peanut Butter - 3 pts Lunch: Grilled chicken sandwich, side salad - 8pts Dinner: Veggie soup; sandwich with fat free cheese and weight watchers bread - 6pts | | |
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