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All things new…

Written on January 14, 2009

So it’s been about a week since my last post. I can’t believe how fast time goes, especially since it doesn’t feel like I’ve done anything productive.

Anyway, there are things that are new/changing in my world…
~ Marie (my roomie) is moving to Texas… I know I referenced this before, but I want to say that I wish her all the best and know that she will find great things when she arrives! She will be missed around here though, very very much. And with that I am now living alone again. On one hand, I am sad because I really did like having someone here to chat with whenever about whatever. On the other hand, I am looking forward to living alone again… and seeing how I do with it. Maybe it will be ok, maybe not… but I think it’s a good thing for me too. So in other words, nope… not looking for a roommate right now.

~ While Weight Watchers isn’t really new or changing (well – with the exception of the Momentum plan), but I am really finding it difficult in this maintenance world of things again. I need to really take the time and re-read (er, read) my materials and “brush up” on everything once again.

~ On the exercise front, I have found a new love at my gym. It is Kickboxing. I can’t say that I am great at it… or even overly coordinated at it… but I have FUN doing it and burn about 500 calories doing it. How do I know I am burning 500 calories? Well, because I got a Polar F11 Heart Rate Monitor and am now keeping track of all my awesome workouts!

~ Along with my HRM and the new class at the gym, I am also tracking my steps with a pedometer to earn HealthMiles through my healthclub as well. Good deals. I should be making money soon.

~ While I appreciate everything Weight Watchers has done for me, I really don’t want to be paying for them anymore. I wish they would offer a benefit to Lifetimers to use their website for free as well (for the online tracking etc… more than just the message boards). So I am off to research some new websites like SparkPeople and the Daily Plate in order to continue to track my meals and such. Or I’ll just have to track it all by hand. Eh, I just don’t think that’ll happen.

~ I have signed up to walk 60 miles again this coming August in the Breast Cancer 3-day. I would love it if you would consider supporting me in the awesome journey. I have a goal this year of logging 500 miles BEFORE the event… and I will be tracking it! Also, if I can raise enough money (about $5,000 total), I could also be walking in Atlanta in October! How great would that be. 120 miles of walking to find a cure, promote prevention and honor those that have had to battle this disease.

~ Finally, just an update for those on my BLBE team (go Team Angie!!)… this week’s weigh in wasn’t as terrible as it could have been, looks like I maintained (ok, lost a whole .2 pounds) this week. Hopefully this week I can be much better with my planning, exercise, and just getting things done.

Now in the spirit of my recent unproductivity, i’m off to accomplish something…

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Checking in…

Written on January 8, 2009

So I’ve been complaining an awful lot about how much I thought I gained over the holidays. I was right… it was not pretty. Most of it was water weight, but as of January 2, I managed to gain more than 10+ pounds since my WI at the beginning of December. WOW. I think that must take some serious WW talent to drop EVERYTHING you have learned in 3 years for a month of so-called bliss.

HOWEVER (and that’s a big however), in the past week I have been completely on plan… tracking everything… working out as I should (or mostly as I should)… and the results as of my OFFICIAL weigh in this week… I lost 5 pounds of my gain. Yup, I still had to pay for my meeting, BUT I still went to weigh in like a good weight watcher does.

Ok… now I just also want to brag a little. First… I seriously had NO idea that my lovely leader Lisa was doing the measuring/portion thing at the meeting – so at some point, I stepped up and bragged about how I can pour 8 oz of milk without a problem. She looked at me (and I think laughed a little) and brought me to the front to pour it out for everyone (I never saw the milk or anything). SERIOUSLY. I had to pour a cup of milk in front of my group. Guess what. I did it. EXACTLY 8 ounces. Thank you very much. (I think it helped that I pour a measured cup of milk almost everyday for myself.)

Lesson learned… do not brag about something you can’t do because more than likely you’ll have prove that you can do it. And I can honestly say that I’ve got about 20 witnesses to this one.

The other magnificent thing in my life is that I tried GroupKick at my healthclub and LOVED it!!! Actually I am a fan of most of the classes there, but this one has me excited to get back on Saturday AM as well. I also have been working with a trainer on strength training and will be starting a running program so I can do the 10k Riverbank this year. If I am not quite up to 10k in May… I will surely do the 5k – I swear!

Anyway back to the weigh in stuff… I am hoping to make it through the next few days without an issue because I am determined to get at least 3 more pounds off this week so that I don’t have to pay the weekly fee again. I would also like an awesomely stellar number to post on the new challenge that I am a part of… the Biggest Loser Blog Edition… I am on Angie‘s team and we are so going to ROCK THIS OUT!!!

Must be going now – getting up to workout in about 5 hours…

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Biggest Loser…

Written on January 3, 2009

Biggest Loser is back this week (Tuesdays I think… and as the commercials say – check your local listings) and I’m hoping that it’s going to be better than last season. Like so many others around the country (based on some of the blogs I read at least), I was disappointed in the actions taken by Vicky and Heba during the course of the show. They knew they were playing a game… but I wish that people would understand that they should hold on to their integrity at the same time to do it. I also wish that they showed more of themselves during the journey and how they dealt with the weight loss.

Losing weight isn’t easy – especially for people that have been overweight for a long time… or at least dealing with the issues for a long time. It is a time filled with uncertainty of what they will feel about themselves – and how the world will feel about them. I know that I see myself 100% different than I did just 2 years ago.

As I said in my most recent post, I’ve been watching the show Ruby this weekend. Tomorrow is the finale for the show (or season… not sure). But during one of the shows, she travelled to visit friends but didn’t follow the instructions of her “advisors” and this resulted in a gain for her. This was me this holiday season (again!) I didn’t travel… but I sure didn’t follow the plan set out in front of me. I’m not quite ready to say how bad the damage was, but let’s just put it this way… it’s not a pretty thing.

So I’m doing something about it. Today I received an e-mail from my friend Janna asking if I was interested in joining a challenge. At first I was like, I can’t join a challenge! I have already reached my goal and I will be able to get back there no problem. Then I read this blog… and it struck me. Maybe it won’t be as easy as it was the first time around, and I want to get back to and stay under my goal weight like a good “weight watcher” as soon as possible!! Plus it would be nice to lose a little more to give myself a “cushion” (as well as reach my personal goal weight).

This is a “Biggest Loser” type challenge for us bloggers out here in cyber world. I’m not quite sure how it’s all going to be set up… but am excited to find out the details on Monday – as well as who all is on my “team”!! Will keep you all updated as to the last 20 pounds that I want to lose (yup… that’s the personal goal… 20 more pounds to go as of today.)

Getting my plan together…

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Temptations…

Written on January 1, 2009

So I’ve been watching this show on the Style channel called “Ruby”. It is a show about a woman who weighs 400+ pounds and is working to lose weight in order to live. Literally – to save her life. As she says on the show, she has surrounded herself with a team to help her… including experts, friends, and family.

As I am watching this, there are a lot of the things throughout that have struck me as feelings that I have had… or even still have on a day to day basis. One show was about the struggle with temptations and another about fear. Both of these things are real for all of us… no matter what weight we are. But when you are overweight, even walking through the checkout at the grocery store is a huge temptations not to pick up 1 (or 5) bags of M&Ms. In fact, I still struggle with going to Walgreens and not walking out with a bag or two of Peanut Butter M&Ms. (It is the only store in the area that I can find them in.)

With the Weight Watcher’s program, I can have that bag of M&Ms once in a while as a treat… but I should really plan for it. Plan it out and realize that I can only have the one bag. But also know that this is probably a “trigger” food for me and might start me on a path to eating things that I should not… or even worse go off plan entirely.

I, like so many others, struggled this holiday season with temptations. I tried to enjoy foods that I typically only get once per year and then subsequently overindulged in them to the point that I have to really step up the plan for myself as far as workouts and making sure that I stay on plan.

Last year I think I said that I don’t like resolutions… this is true – I much prefer goals. Why? Because I can reach goals – attain and conquer them. I think it’s my competitive nature. I need to have an “end point” to things otherwise it just seems difficult for me to focus on.

And now I know why I’ve been failing at maintenance…

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