I hit 100 followers today, I'm overwhelmed. I started this blog as just an outlet for me and my thoughts. Along the way I've found incredible inspiration and kindered spirits in this weight loss battle and goal to get healthy. Thank you so much for sharing this journey with me. We will succeed!
Two days of tracking and two days of water are completed in my new week. Activity today was housework i.e. up and down stairs for laundry, stripping bed sheets (wrestling with duvet covers), vacuuming and etc.
While I was waiting for my massage appointment on Friday I was flipping through Canadian Living magazine and they had an article on "Village on a diet". I've been following the show and I enjoy how real it is. These are people who are adjusting to a new healthy lifestyle and there are bumps on the road. One of thing I read that stuck with me was one of the specialists talked about mind hungry vs body hungry. I've heard this before of course but I liked how they phrased it. I know I battle with the mind hungry - not really hungry but bored or tired. I'm going to try to keep that in focus this week and I have this weekend.
Now I'm watching the finale of Bridalplasty because I found it strangely addictive. I'm so happy with the winner.
My work bag is packed for tomorrow and I was happy to see that the weather will warm up here and there as the week progresses.
I'm looking forward to trying out the bike shorts and bike seat cover on the spin bikes. I tried the shorts on yesterday and I'll need to wear my normal workout capris over them at site. I get why they need to be pretty fitted but there a little too short to be running around in a primarily male environment. Not that anyone would be disrespectful but it's more my comfort level.
The goals this week are track (everything), drink 2l of water per day and exercise for a minimum of 30 min on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will depend on the plan situation. A Friday workout will happen for sure. I discoverd two iron rep classes on Friday at my gym.
Alright I'm signing off as I need to start winding down for my early alarm. Hope you all had a fabulous Sunday.
Hugs!!!!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Day 29: Fail to plan, plan to fail
I was a wimp today. I woke up, weighed myself on my scale, looked out the window and went back to bed.
I was up just over 2lbs and there was a whack of snow outside. I know I should have sucked it up and gone to weigh in. Even though I'm positive the majority of the time I do have my moments where I just want a minute to wallow.
I know exactly where I went wrong this week and the time of the month added an extra snag. I also now that I need to wake-up and focus if I want to make my goals. It's all the little decisions that add up. Last night at dinner I had a reuben and fries - I could have had a salad. At this point I look forward only. I had my minute to wallow and now it's back to focused.
I headed out a few hours later with the intention of going to Iron Reps but I wanted to stop at Walmart first. OMG it took me 10min longer to walk to the mall as I was trudging through snow the entire time. At many points I couldn't tell if I was walking on a sidewalk, road or someone's lawn. It was core exercise and a half. By the time I got the mall I was wiped. I decided to grocery shop after Walmart and head home. The snow keeps falling and my safety mechanism kicked in to say go home.
All in I spent 40min trudging through snow by the time I got home I was sweaty and tired. I'm counting that as exercise.
Now my focus is on tracking, water and a workout dvd later on.
Hope you have a fabulous Saturday!
Hugs!!
I was up just over 2lbs and there was a whack of snow outside. I know I should have sucked it up and gone to weigh in. Even though I'm positive the majority of the time I do have my moments where I just want a minute to wallow.
I know exactly where I went wrong this week and the time of the month added an extra snag. I also now that I need to wake-up and focus if I want to make my goals. It's all the little decisions that add up. Last night at dinner I had a reuben and fries - I could have had a salad. At this point I look forward only. I had my minute to wallow and now it's back to focused.
I headed out a few hours later with the intention of going to Iron Reps but I wanted to stop at Walmart first. OMG it took me 10min longer to walk to the mall as I was trudging through snow the entire time. At many points I couldn't tell if I was walking on a sidewalk, road or someone's lawn. It was core exercise and a half. By the time I got the mall I was wiped. I decided to grocery shop after Walmart and head home. The snow keeps falling and my safety mechanism kicked in to say go home.
All in I spent 40min trudging through snow by the time I got home I was sweaty and tired. I'm counting that as exercise.
Now my focus is on tracking, water and a workout dvd later on.
Hope you have a fabulous Saturday!
Hugs!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Day 27 - 28 - Where did it go?
So grand plans to go to Iron Reps when we got off the plane yesterday got derailed or should I say deplaned. We left 40min late due to Calgary Airport flow control. Then when we approached Calgary we circled for 30min as planes had to land before us.
We landed at 7:05pm which made getting to K's house, changing and heading to the gym impossible. So we went for sushi instead.
Today was full of activity starting with a massage. Well I took a bus I normally don't take and completely misjudged how long it would take me to get to that bus stop so I wound up at the massage place a wee too early. I popped over to Cafe Beano for a coffee to kill sometime. I thought I was in a Friend's epsisode as everyone seemed to know each other.
Went to the massage place which I've never been to before and walked into a doctor's office (they share the space with a chiropractor). Met the message therapist at Fruition Therapeutics, she was really nice and I got a Tui Na massage based on ancient Chinese medicine. She had asked me if I had an areas of concern and I didn't really. When she got started I realized I had knots I wasn't aware of. She was putting pressure on my lower butt area that I could feel down to my ankles (My IT band gets a little angry), my shoulders were bad as well (where I carry most of my stress) and my right forearm was pretty bad as well (mouse use and keyboarding). She also an acupuncturist so we talked a bit about that and I think I'm going to give it a try as a few areas especially the shoulders could benefit from that. After the message I felt a little odd like my body was readjusting like it felt aligned for the first time in a long time. I need to go back more regularly.
Then I met up with K and we hit Community Natural Foods where I picked up extra virgin coconut oil, a whack of Crofter`s Superfruit Jam, Almond Milk, Ezekiel english muffins and baked Kettle chips (I didn't know they came in baked). Then (I finally got around to that) we zipped over to MEC for bike shorts and a bike seat pad for the evil spin bikes at site. I can`t wait to try them out.
Then we wandered over to Lululemon where I managed not to buy anything. She then left for her massage at the same place I did this morning. I went to Frillylilly, after reading about it on Jamie's blog I decided to give it a try. I liked the place and the person I was dealing with so I'd go back there again.
Went back to Fruition to meet up with K and then we slowly made our way to Regal Beagle to meet our two friends with a quick stop at Higher Ground for a london fog.
Now I'm tired and I can still feel the after effects of the massage. The funny part was both K and I had planned a stop at the gym but then realized after that massage that was a pretty bad idea as we'd probably fall of the treadmill.
It's off to weigh in (not looking forward to that at all as it`s been a rough week) and Iron Reps (really hoping I`m not so sore as last time) tomorrow. The snow is falling like crazy and we have a heavy snow fall warning for tomorrow and it could be 25cm by tomorrow night. I'm curious as to what I'll see tomorrow morning.
Hope your last few days were fabulous.
My homework this weekend get a plan together as this flying by the seat of my pants has to stop on the weight loss front.
Hugs!!!
We landed at 7:05pm which made getting to K's house, changing and heading to the gym impossible. So we went for sushi instead.
Today was full of activity starting with a massage. Well I took a bus I normally don't take and completely misjudged how long it would take me to get to that bus stop so I wound up at the massage place a wee too early. I popped over to Cafe Beano for a coffee to kill sometime. I thought I was in a Friend's epsisode as everyone seemed to know each other.
Went to the massage place which I've never been to before and walked into a doctor's office (they share the space with a chiropractor). Met the message therapist at Fruition Therapeutics, she was really nice and I got a Tui Na massage based on ancient Chinese medicine. She had asked me if I had an areas of concern and I didn't really. When she got started I realized I had knots I wasn't aware of. She was putting pressure on my lower butt area that I could feel down to my ankles (My IT band gets a little angry), my shoulders were bad as well (where I carry most of my stress) and my right forearm was pretty bad as well (mouse use and keyboarding). She also an acupuncturist so we talked a bit about that and I think I'm going to give it a try as a few areas especially the shoulders could benefit from that. After the message I felt a little odd like my body was readjusting like it felt aligned for the first time in a long time. I need to go back more regularly.
Then I met up with K and we hit Community Natural Foods where I picked up extra virgin coconut oil, a whack of Crofter`s Superfruit Jam, Almond Milk, Ezekiel english muffins and baked Kettle chips (I didn't know they came in baked). Then (I finally got around to that) we zipped over to MEC for bike shorts and a bike seat pad for the evil spin bikes at site. I can`t wait to try them out.
Then we wandered over to Lululemon where I managed not to buy anything. She then left for her massage at the same place I did this morning. I went to Frillylilly, after reading about it on Jamie's blog I decided to give it a try. I liked the place and the person I was dealing with so I'd go back there again.
Went back to Fruition to meet up with K and then we slowly made our way to Regal Beagle to meet our two friends with a quick stop at Higher Ground for a london fog.
Now I'm tired and I can still feel the after effects of the massage. The funny part was both K and I had planned a stop at the gym but then realized after that massage that was a pretty bad idea as we'd probably fall of the treadmill.
It's off to weigh in (not looking forward to that at all as it`s been a rough week) and Iron Reps (really hoping I`m not so sore as last time) tomorrow. The snow is falling like crazy and we have a heavy snow fall warning for tomorrow and it could be 25cm by tomorrow night. I'm curious as to what I'll see tomorrow morning.
Hope your last few days were fabulous.
My homework this weekend get a plan together as this flying by the seat of my pants has to stop on the weight loss front.
Hugs!!!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Day 26 - foodapalooza
Yesterday there was no workout as by the time I got back to my room I was zonked. It was a very long day that's for sure.
Tonight I got on the spin bike and biked for 30min. When I got in the room the class was going on, by class I mean a spinning workout on the tv and there were 5 guys in there pedalling away. K and I hoped on bikes in the back. I put my ipod on and did low resistance for one song and high resistance for another song and repeat. I did this for 30min. That definitely worked up a good sweat.
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I battled the snack monster all day today as my hormones have kicked off foodapalooza week.
I can't say I've given the ProPoints my best go yet. This week was was difficult to all day meetings and weird week again. Next week my life will go back to regular scheduling programming.
The plan to go to the Iron Reps class when we land tomorrow is still on. I have massage booked for Friday which will be awesome. I also plan to pick up some bike shorts as those spin bikes are pretty uncomfortable.
Not sure if I'll be blogging tomorrow it will depend on the energy level as that class doesn't end till 8pm.
Hope your Wednesday was awesome!!!!!
Tonight I got on the spin bike and biked for 30min. When I got in the room the class was going on, by class I mean a spinning workout on the tv and there were 5 guys in there pedalling away. K and I hoped on bikes in the back. I put my ipod on and did low resistance for one song and high resistance for another song and repeat. I did this for 30min. That definitely worked up a good sweat.
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I battled the snack monster all day today as my hormones have kicked off foodapalooza week.
I can't say I've given the ProPoints my best go yet. This week was was difficult to all day meetings and weird week again. Next week my life will go back to regular scheduling programming.
The plan to go to the Iron Reps class when we land tomorrow is still on. I have massage booked for Friday which will be awesome. I also plan to pick up some bike shorts as those spin bikes are pretty uncomfortable.
Not sure if I'll be blogging tomorrow it will depend on the energy level as that class doesn't end till 8pm.
Hope your Wednesday was awesome!!!!!
Day 24 & 25 - Good times
Got home last night and had to pack for site, and then straight to bed.
Yesterdays meeting was good with good food and a chance to bond with people. Stayed till 8:30pm which was longer then I intended.
Now I've been up for 14 hours and there's a few more to go as I have meetings till 7pm.
While waiting for the plane a plan was hatched to go for dinner on Friday. Which got me thinking about weighing in at noon on Friday as opposed to Saturday morning. Giving me the opportunity to better coordinate that weight class on Saturday. I'm not decided at this point.
I do plan on hitting the gym tonight for a minimum of 30min.
Talk to you later.....hugs
Yesterdays meeting was good with good food and a chance to bond with people. Stayed till 8:30pm which was longer then I intended.
Now I've been up for 14 hours and there's a few more to go as I have meetings till 7pm.
While waiting for the plane a plan was hatched to go for dinner on Friday. Which got me thinking about weighing in at noon on Friday as opposed to Saturday morning. Giving me the opportunity to better coordinate that weight class on Saturday. I'm not decided at this point.
I do plan on hitting the gym tonight for a minimum of 30min.
Talk to you later.....hugs
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Day 23 - I can feel every muscle in my body
In fact I'd say my entire body is sore with the exception of neck and above and ankles down, everything in the middle I can feel every muscle.
That Iron Reps class kicked my patootie. It's like you workout on one body part per song. For example there's a back track, a tricep track and etc. So there are a lot of reps and at the start you feel fine but by the time you get to the end of a track you're taxed. We did everthing squats, lunges, deadlifts, skull crushers, bicep curls and many many more. My friend K and I are going to do it again on Thursday.
What I love about this class is that it finally gives me an all encompassing strength training option. When I have my game on I'm really good about the cardio but I'm clueless about strength training. So now it will Iron Reps on Thursdays and Saturdays, and cardio/yoga in between. We have some added motivation as she's going to Florida at the end of Feb and two week later I head to Vegas.
I did download a new app yesteday called Target Weight and I entered May 12th as the day I want to hit goal. It's the date of next physical and 109 days away. I'm a daily weigher so I like that I can track it on this.
Thursday is the day we fly home so it's a bit of a massively coordinated effort that needs to happen to attend the class. I'll be handing over a gym bag filled with what I need for Thursday to K tomorrow so when get home we can stop off at her house and then head to the gym. If the plane is late, we get the cab to wait as we grab our stuff and change at the gym. This also means that I'll need to pack lunch and dinner at site as you can't do this class with low blood sugar as it's go-go-go. The class starts at 7:30 ish, this means dinner will be eaten on the plane at 5pm.
I finally watched Heavy yesterday, I'm a bit behind. I hope they do a follow up episode at the end of the season to see where everyone is now. I really like how they pair people up so there's some extra support there. I also watched I Used To Be Fat on the pvr yesterday. I really liked how Mackenzie said she's realized she has to love herself first.
My activity today will going outside for a mega walk as the weather is so nice and yes in the middle of winter I can call +2 nice. The beautiful thing is the weather is getting better at site too so when I go back on Tuesday it will not be -20. The walk will be good for the muscles as well.
My other focus today is to clean the house.
My big challenge for this week will be tomorrow as I yet again have an all day meeting at the Hyatt. This time I'm going to eat breakfast at home and not take part in the breakfast served at the event. For lunch and dinner I need to keep the mantra of "I am in control" in my head. There's always water at the tables.
I hope you have a great Sunday and I might be back later with the report on today's mega walk.
Hugs!!!!
That Iron Reps class kicked my patootie. It's like you workout on one body part per song. For example there's a back track, a tricep track and etc. So there are a lot of reps and at the start you feel fine but by the time you get to the end of a track you're taxed. We did everthing squats, lunges, deadlifts, skull crushers, bicep curls and many many more. My friend K and I are going to do it again on Thursday.
What I love about this class is that it finally gives me an all encompassing strength training option. When I have my game on I'm really good about the cardio but I'm clueless about strength training. So now it will Iron Reps on Thursdays and Saturdays, and cardio/yoga in between. We have some added motivation as she's going to Florida at the end of Feb and two week later I head to Vegas.
I did download a new app yesteday called Target Weight and I entered May 12th as the day I want to hit goal. It's the date of next physical and 109 days away. I'm a daily weigher so I like that I can track it on this.
Thursday is the day we fly home so it's a bit of a massively coordinated effort that needs to happen to attend the class. I'll be handing over a gym bag filled with what I need for Thursday to K tomorrow so when get home we can stop off at her house and then head to the gym. If the plane is late, we get the cab to wait as we grab our stuff and change at the gym. This also means that I'll need to pack lunch and dinner at site as you can't do this class with low blood sugar as it's go-go-go. The class starts at 7:30 ish, this means dinner will be eaten on the plane at 5pm.
I finally watched Heavy yesterday, I'm a bit behind. I hope they do a follow up episode at the end of the season to see where everyone is now. I really like how they pair people up so there's some extra support there. I also watched I Used To Be Fat on the pvr yesterday. I really liked how Mackenzie said she's realized she has to love herself first.
My activity today will going outside for a mega walk as the weather is so nice and yes in the middle of winter I can call +2 nice. The beautiful thing is the weather is getting better at site too so when I go back on Tuesday it will not be -20. The walk will be good for the muscles as well.
My other focus today is to clean the house.
My big challenge for this week will be tomorrow as I yet again have an all day meeting at the Hyatt. This time I'm going to eat breakfast at home and not take part in the breakfast served at the event. For lunch and dinner I need to keep the mantra of "I am in control" in my head. There's always water at the tables.
I hope you have a great Sunday and I might be back later with the report on today's mega walk.
Hugs!!!!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Day 22- I got what I expected
It was drive by weigh in today as I went to the 2nd meeting today as opposed to the one I usually go to. My alarm went off and then I thought just 5 more minutes which turned into an hour and a half. I prefer the first meeting because there's more interaction so I didn't stay for the meeting.
I was up 1.4 which I was expecting due to my behaviour over the week and Friday was not going to rescue the whole week.
My walk yesterday was: 59min17, 6.9km, 363 cal burned, HR 168-148, pace 8.37/km - 7.44/km
I hooked up with my work mates yesterday afternoon for a bit of a good bye my uber boss as he's moving to a new role. I stuck to one drink and then switched to water. It was looking like the bulk of the group was going to continue the night on so I left when the guest of honour left and asked my friend K if she wanted to grab dinner. So we went Juan's for some traditional mexican food (nothing deep fried) maybe not the smartest idea before weigh in but it was filled with veggies and very good. I knew that today would be my restart day.
I'm not going to feel defeated over my gain, in fact it was a wake-up call. I haven't completely embraced the new program and sort of been flying by the seat of my pants.
So today marks a new week and the focus will be keeping it to basics like tracking, exercise and water. I never went through the books on the new program last weekend so that will be a priority this weekend so I can get more familiar with the new points. This week showed me I need to keep my eye on the ball and be diligent and focused. The only thing that can mess me up is me, it's my decision and no one else's.
Today's workout will be one hour of Iron Reps, I expect to be challenged in this class.
I hope you enjoy your Saterday...hugs
I was up 1.4 which I was expecting due to my behaviour over the week and Friday was not going to rescue the whole week.
My walk yesterday was: 59min17, 6.9km, 363 cal burned, HR 168-148, pace 8.37/km - 7.44/km
I hooked up with my work mates yesterday afternoon for a bit of a good bye my uber boss as he's moving to a new role. I stuck to one drink and then switched to water. It was looking like the bulk of the group was going to continue the night on so I left when the guest of honour left and asked my friend K if she wanted to grab dinner. So we went Juan's for some traditional mexican food (nothing deep fried) maybe not the smartest idea before weigh in but it was filled with veggies and very good. I knew that today would be my restart day.
I'm not going to feel defeated over my gain, in fact it was a wake-up call. I haven't completely embraced the new program and sort of been flying by the seat of my pants.
So today marks a new week and the focus will be keeping it to basics like tracking, exercise and water. I never went through the books on the new program last weekend so that will be a priority this weekend so I can get more familiar with the new points. This week showed me I need to keep my eye on the ball and be diligent and focused. The only thing that can mess me up is me, it's my decision and no one else's.
Today's workout will be one hour of Iron Reps, I expect to be challenged in this class.
I hope you enjoy your Saterday...hugs
Friday, January 21, 2011
Day 20 and 21 - Good to be home
Yesterday I managed not to steal anyone's lunch and track my own brown paper bag throughout the process.
K and I stuck to the plan of not going out for dinner when we landed however that was mostly due to a late flight. At 4:30pm we were told that the plane would be delayed due to Calgary Airport flow control. Instead of departing at 5pm we'd be departing at 6pm. We played monopoly on my iphone as entertainment for everyone else waiting for the plane as they enjoyed our banter of how I had gobs of money and she was going broke.
We landed at a little past 7pm, we both napped on the plane as it seemed the whole plane was exhausted. We hopped into a cab and K got dropped off first, I got home a bit later as there was odd traffic due to flashing red lights and a lot of people having to remember how a 4 way stop works. I immediately went next door and collected my mail plus gave their dog a doggy masssage.
By the time I had dinner I was ready for bed.
So far this week I haven't hit one of my goals. It was a weird week maybe influenced by loads of late meetings, long days and perhaps the full moon. Tracking went south since Monday, water has been so-so, activity nada. This busy schedule is bound to happen again and I failed to plan this week which needs to change. I might need to think about getting up earlier and taking a later bus back to the office to get in a workout when I know it's going to be late or suck it up and work out later.
Weigh in is on Saturday but I still have today. I had thought about going to the gym but now I think I'm going to go outside for a mega walk. I left -21C yesterday to arrive in Calgary and +2C. Might as well enjoy it and take advantage of it because when I go back to site on Tuesday it definitely won't be +2. So shortly I'm going to head out and then hit the mat for some yoga.
Later this afternoon I have to head downtown for a "safety meeting" otherwise known as the Calgary based people zipping out a little early for an afterwork beverage. I need to go Running Room anyway plus pay my friend T for the Vegas hotel.
I might be back later, no promises. I will of course report in tomorrow about weigh in - the good or the bad. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Iron Reps class at the gym...I'm a little scared.
I hope you had a great Thursday and I hope your Friday is stellar.
Hugs!!!!
K and I stuck to the plan of not going out for dinner when we landed however that was mostly due to a late flight. At 4:30pm we were told that the plane would be delayed due to Calgary Airport flow control. Instead of departing at 5pm we'd be departing at 6pm. We played monopoly on my iphone as entertainment for everyone else waiting for the plane as they enjoyed our banter of how I had gobs of money and she was going broke.
We landed at a little past 7pm, we both napped on the plane as it seemed the whole plane was exhausted. We hopped into a cab and K got dropped off first, I got home a bit later as there was odd traffic due to flashing red lights and a lot of people having to remember how a 4 way stop works. I immediately went next door and collected my mail plus gave their dog a doggy masssage.
By the time I had dinner I was ready for bed.
So far this week I haven't hit one of my goals. It was a weird week maybe influenced by loads of late meetings, long days and perhaps the full moon. Tracking went south since Monday, water has been so-so, activity nada. This busy schedule is bound to happen again and I failed to plan this week which needs to change. I might need to think about getting up earlier and taking a later bus back to the office to get in a workout when I know it's going to be late or suck it up and work out later.
Weigh in is on Saturday but I still have today. I had thought about going to the gym but now I think I'm going to go outside for a mega walk. I left -21C yesterday to arrive in Calgary and +2C. Might as well enjoy it and take advantage of it because when I go back to site on Tuesday it definitely won't be +2. So shortly I'm going to head out and then hit the mat for some yoga.
Later this afternoon I have to head downtown for a "safety meeting" otherwise known as the Calgary based people zipping out a little early for an afterwork beverage. I need to go Running Room anyway plus pay my friend T for the Vegas hotel.
I might be back later, no promises. I will of course report in tomorrow about weigh in - the good or the bad. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Iron Reps class at the gym...I'm a little scared.
I hope you had a great Thursday and I hope your Friday is stellar.
Hugs!!!!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day 19 - I stole someone's lunch
Well not on purpose at any rate. At site we pack our lunch in the to go kitchen. There's a selection of lunch items like sandwiches, soup, veggies and fruit. Everyone grabs a brown paper bag and pack what they want.
At some point I grabbed someone else's bag. You have to put your bag down quite often to grab items. So someone else got my turkey on whole wheat, kiwi and apple. I got two egg salad sandwiches and then what I added thinking it was my bag - which was carrots, celery and a banana. I ate one of the sandwiches and still had a kiwi and apple that I brought from home.
So far this week I'm not doing so great with WW. Two days in a row of late meetings have messed me up.
However my buddy K and I have already agreed on not stopping for supper tomorrow so we get home earlier and can workout.
Hope you all have been doing well...hugs!!
At some point I grabbed someone else's bag. You have to put your bag down quite often to grab items. So someone else got my turkey on whole wheat, kiwi and apple. I got two egg salad sandwiches and then what I added thinking it was my bag - which was carrots, celery and a banana. I ate one of the sandwiches and still had a kiwi and apple that I brought from home.
So far this week I'm not doing so great with WW. Two days in a row of late meetings have messed me up.
However my buddy K and I have already agreed on not stopping for supper tomorrow so we get home earlier and can workout.
Hope you all have been doing well...hugs!!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day 18 - whoops
Despite my intentions of having breakfast when I got to work it never happened.
I made my oatmeal but then got stuck in meetings till 11:30. Cold and congealed oatmeal is not pretty. I attempted reheating for lunch but it still looked awful. Luckily my friend K brought enough lunch for me.
No workouts tonight as I'm zonked. I have been up for 18 hours. I'll see how long I last watching Biggest Loser tonight. My pvr is recording it as well so I won't miss anything. I did drink 2l of water today.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome....hugs!
I made my oatmeal but then got stuck in meetings till 11:30. Cold and congealed oatmeal is not pretty. I attempted reheating for lunch but it still looked awful. Luckily my friend K brought enough lunch for me.
No workouts tonight as I'm zonked. I have been up for 18 hours. I'll see how long I last watching Biggest Loser tonight. My pvr is recording it as well so I won't miss anything. I did drink 2l of water today.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome....hugs!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Day 16 and 17 - where does the time go
Hi all,
The past two days flew by. Sunday was pretty much a relax day with one trip out to have coffee with K. The rest of the day was prepping for my meeting and clearing off the pvr.
Today I ran a meeting with 28 guys and one other woman besides myself. I think it went well. Dinner was at Murietta's afterwards.
I suspected there would be a fixed menu for 30 people. What I wasn't expecting was a 6 course menu. I don't know how to track today so I'm writing it off and focusing on staying super on plan for the rest of the week.
Got home and took out the garbage, packed my site bag and now it's to bed for me.
Hope your Sunday and Monday were super fantastic.....hugs!!!
The past two days flew by. Sunday was pretty much a relax day with one trip out to have coffee with K. The rest of the day was prepping for my meeting and clearing off the pvr.
Today I ran a meeting with 28 guys and one other woman besides myself. I think it went well. Dinner was at Murietta's afterwards.
I suspected there would be a fixed menu for 30 people. What I wasn't expecting was a 6 course menu. I don't know how to track today so I'm writing it off and focusing on staying super on plan for the rest of the week.
Got home and took out the garbage, packed my site bag and now it's to bed for me.
Hope your Sunday and Monday were super fantastic.....hugs!!!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day 15 - Down 0.6
I weighed myself at home before I left for weigh in and saw 171.3, got to weigh in and saw 172.8. At home I have WW scale and they used to be bang on the same. It might be the placement of my home scale. I'll wait and see what happens next Saturday. I got the weigh in person I like the least and she asked me if I was following the new plan. When I said yes she said she wasn't convinced. I found that odd as this woman works for WW and shouldn't she be pumping the new plan?
That's down 2lbs in 2 weeks, hardly stellar results in my head but a loss at any rate.
I had time to have a good think while I waited for the meeting to start. It was twice as busy as last week so it took awhile for it to start.
I came to the realization that I shouldn't be surprised by my results so far. Two weeks in a row I've had super high point days on the weekend and then played catch up for the rest of the week with activity because I was in the hole for points. Which results in eating all my activity points before I've actually earned them. I do earn them by the end of the week but that's no way to work the program. Having popcorn the day before weigh in probably not the smartest move either. I am happy that I've tracked every moment so that's 3 weeks of tracking each day which is huge as I'd often miss a few days a week before. I've had a good focus on water and activity. Technically I met my goals so far of tracking , water and activity, now I need to focus on the on plan part.
So this week I'm focusing on the basic staying within my daily points and weekly points. I put on my positive attitude bought fruits, veggies and lean protein to eat today, tomorrow and to pack my lunch for Tuesday. Monday will be my most challenging day as I eat all 3 meals out so I'm saving the WP points for that day as a safety net. I've got two months to Vegas and I will be at my lowest weight to date.
There was no rest today as when I got home from groceries I had time to eat lunch and then had to go downtown to get my hair cut and pick up my shoes.
I got these online and picked them up in the store so I didn't have to pay shipping. On the top are my new plaid converse. The sales girl opened the box to check the sizes and looked at me and said "These are sick". Which took me a few seconds to realize that was a good thing.
The bottow are my new plaid birkenstocks..yes I have a thing for plaid. At site I have a pair of mary jane birks so I needed a pair for home.
I also got my hair cut at Aveda and finally articulated that I needed something that does not need a hair dryer as I don't use one at site due to the loudness and disturbing people on night shift (walls are thin).
I got something that seemed to be very inspired by Edna.
And turned out like this (kind of crappy picture taken with the camera in my computer).
I also think it's slightly Vulcan inspired but I like it. It's easy to duplicate with a straightener and it's sort of funky. I've always like Edna Mode at any rate. The funny part it will be darker tomorrow as it's time to colour.
Activity today was 30min of walking in the stupid cold weather and I will be bonding with my yoga mat tonight.
Hope your Saturday was awesome.
Hugs!!
That's down 2lbs in 2 weeks, hardly stellar results in my head but a loss at any rate.
I had time to have a good think while I waited for the meeting to start. It was twice as busy as last week so it took awhile for it to start.
I came to the realization that I shouldn't be surprised by my results so far. Two weeks in a row I've had super high point days on the weekend and then played catch up for the rest of the week with activity because I was in the hole for points. Which results in eating all my activity points before I've actually earned them. I do earn them by the end of the week but that's no way to work the program. Having popcorn the day before weigh in probably not the smartest move either. I am happy that I've tracked every moment so that's 3 weeks of tracking each day which is huge as I'd often miss a few days a week before. I've had a good focus on water and activity. Technically I met my goals so far of tracking , water and activity, now I need to focus on the on plan part.
So this week I'm focusing on the basic staying within my daily points and weekly points. I put on my positive attitude bought fruits, veggies and lean protein to eat today, tomorrow and to pack my lunch for Tuesday. Monday will be my most challenging day as I eat all 3 meals out so I'm saving the WP points for that day as a safety net. I've got two months to Vegas and I will be at my lowest weight to date.
There was no rest today as when I got home from groceries I had time to eat lunch and then had to go downtown to get my hair cut and pick up my shoes.
The bottow are my new plaid birkenstocks..yes I have a thing for plaid. At site I have a pair of mary jane birks so I needed a pair for home.
I also got my hair cut at Aveda and finally articulated that I needed something that does not need a hair dryer as I don't use one at site due to the loudness and disturbing people on night shift (walls are thin).
And turned out like this (kind of crappy picture taken with the camera in my computer).
Activity today was 30min of walking in the stupid cold weather and I will be bonding with my yoga mat tonight.
Hope your Saturday was awesome.
Hugs!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Day 14 - popcorn for lunch
I can't believe I pretty much ran all over the place today in freezing weather.
I went to the meeting, met my friend for coffee then booted it to Chinook Mall.
The King's Speech was excellent and that's kudos to the actors as the story had a chance of being a bit of a snore. It was truly brilliant and when King George VI stood in front of that microphone I felt nervous for him. I never had a chance to stop for lunch so it turned out being half a bag of a small movie popcorn and 18 maltesers plus a bottle of water. So in other words 0 nutritional value.
I zipped straight out of Chinook as I didn't want to spend money and I wanted to beat rush hour traffic. Hopped in a cab with a crazy cab driver. Of course if I had known he was crazy I wouldn't have hopped in. On the ride I learned he's dirt poor, hates his job, hates Alberta and hates Calgary. I didn't mention that I'm a native Calgarian. I did suggest maybe he should change jobs and move. Hmm...when I take Checker I usually don't get drivers who rant. This was Mayfair.
By the time I got home I was zonked. So no workout tonight but I still made my goal of 5 days this week. Tracking is complete and I'm now on food cut off till weigh in. Still sipping water though. I think it will an early night and perhaps I'll curl up with a book.
Tomorrow the plan is new humidfier, a bit of grocery shopping for the next two days. I'm craving a stir fry with loads of veggies. Oh and a trip to the gym or perhaps a workout dvd.
Hope your Friday was stellar.
Hugs!!
I went to the meeting, met my friend for coffee then booted it to Chinook Mall.
The King's Speech was excellent and that's kudos to the actors as the story had a chance of being a bit of a snore. It was truly brilliant and when King George VI stood in front of that microphone I felt nervous for him. I never had a chance to stop for lunch so it turned out being half a bag of a small movie popcorn and 18 maltesers plus a bottle of water. So in other words 0 nutritional value.
I zipped straight out of Chinook as I didn't want to spend money and I wanted to beat rush hour traffic. Hopped in a cab with a crazy cab driver. Of course if I had known he was crazy I wouldn't have hopped in. On the ride I learned he's dirt poor, hates his job, hates Alberta and hates Calgary. I didn't mention that I'm a native Calgarian. I did suggest maybe he should change jobs and move. Hmm...when I take Checker I usually don't get drivers who rant. This was Mayfair.
By the time I got home I was zonked. So no workout tonight but I still made my goal of 5 days this week. Tracking is complete and I'm now on food cut off till weigh in. Still sipping water though. I think it will an early night and perhaps I'll curl up with a book.
Tomorrow the plan is new humidfier, a bit of grocery shopping for the next two days. I'm craving a stir fry with loads of veggies. Oh and a trip to the gym or perhaps a workout dvd.
Hope your Friday was stellar.
Hugs!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Day 13- Home again and no crazy Japanese foodapalooza
Home safe and sound again.
It's looking like a regular pattern of stopping for sushi when we get off the plane as groceries are sparse when you work on the other side of the province 4 days a week.
I gave miso another try today and liked it this time. Makes we wonder if the first miso I ever tried was perhaps a bad batch. I had my veggie sushi and edamame and was perfectly on plan.
Then we had the ice cream but all in all not so bad. The ice cream is like preformed shapes with some kind of centre. Today we shared hazelnut ice cream shaped like a pear and an amaretto ice cream ball with cherry liqueur in the centre.
K and I vowed nothing deep fried this time and we stuck to it.
Tomorrow I have a meeting from 8-10, then meet a friend for coffee and then meet a friend for a movie so it will be a busy day. I'm trying to figure out a trip to the gym in there somewhere I might just take my gym clothes to the movies so I can stop off on my way home.
Saturday is a hair appointment at Aveda, which couldn't come at better time as I feel shaggy.
Alright I'm zonked and off to bed. No workout tonight but if I get tomorrow in that's 6/7 days this week. I've tracked every single day too.
Hugs!!!
It's looking like a regular pattern of stopping for sushi when we get off the plane as groceries are sparse when you work on the other side of the province 4 days a week.
I gave miso another try today and liked it this time. Makes we wonder if the first miso I ever tried was perhaps a bad batch. I had my veggie sushi and edamame and was perfectly on plan.
Then we had the ice cream but all in all not so bad. The ice cream is like preformed shapes with some kind of centre. Today we shared hazelnut ice cream shaped like a pear and an amaretto ice cream ball with cherry liqueur in the centre.
K and I vowed nothing deep fried this time and we stuck to it.
Tomorrow I have a meeting from 8-10, then meet a friend for coffee and then meet a friend for a movie so it will be a busy day. I'm trying to figure out a trip to the gym in there somewhere I might just take my gym clothes to the movies so I can stop off on my way home.
Saturday is a hair appointment at Aveda, which couldn't come at better time as I feel shaggy.
Alright I'm zonked and off to bed. No workout tonight but if I get tomorrow in that's 6/7 days this week. I've tracked every single day too.
Hugs!!!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Day 12 - Diggin the fruit
I think my favourite part of the new WW plan is fruit is free. I don't eat gobs of fruit but now knowing it counts as zero I'm far more open to it. For example today I had a small banana, a kiwi and a graperfruit.
Fruit availability at site is often hit or mess, there have been times where the only option was apples (3 different types mind you) and oranges. You can tell the food provider is being a bit creative. The most recent addition a baked potato bar (I have not tried this yet). Tonight for dinner I had vegetable moussaka. I had never tried moussaka before and maybe not the wisest choice this evening as the chicken stir fry might have been better.
However I hit the treadmill for 65min tonight and normally I just manually change the speed and incline on a whim. Today I tried the hills option. I enjoyed that as it made it seem to go a bit faster. Next time I think I'll try random and truly keep myself guessing.
Fly home tomorrow so not sure what my night will look like. I'm not sure if I'll be stopping off for dinner after I get off the plane. If I do it won't be a repeat of last week.
Once again my attempt to do yoga in my camp room was slight thwarted. The portable dvd player's cord doesn't mesh with the tv. They both have the same connector. Most likely an easy fix but not till I get back to Calgary.
A bonus is coming toward the end of February and I'm half debating on getting a 2nd smaller laptop we'll see as Vegas will just be a few weeks later.
Alright time fo bed, hope your Wednesday was super fabulous.
Hugs!!!!
Fruit availability at site is often hit or mess, there have been times where the only option was apples (3 different types mind you) and oranges. You can tell the food provider is being a bit creative. The most recent addition a baked potato bar (I have not tried this yet). Tonight for dinner I had vegetable moussaka. I had never tried moussaka before and maybe not the wisest choice this evening as the chicken stir fry might have been better.
However I hit the treadmill for 65min tonight and normally I just manually change the speed and incline on a whim. Today I tried the hills option. I enjoyed that as it made it seem to go a bit faster. Next time I think I'll try random and truly keep myself guessing.
Fly home tomorrow so not sure what my night will look like. I'm not sure if I'll be stopping off for dinner after I get off the plane. If I do it won't be a repeat of last week.
Once again my attempt to do yoga in my camp room was slight thwarted. The portable dvd player's cord doesn't mesh with the tv. They both have the same connector. Most likely an easy fix but not till I get back to Calgary.
A bonus is coming toward the end of February and I'm half debating on getting a 2nd smaller laptop we'll see as Vegas will just be a few weeks later.
Alright time fo bed, hope your Wednesday was super fabulous.
Hugs!!!!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Day 11- still in the groove
I was in a bit of a funk today that I found difficult to shake. It's a combination of a few things and I came to the realization I'm on my own. Which quite frankly annoyed me. So a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do = suck it up.
I kept to no dessert at dinner and I've tracked everything. Water was a bit more of a challenge today but the 2L are completed. After dinner I rowed for 30min, well it was probably a wee less than 30 as I had to fiddle with my iphone but I'm thinking the walk there and back to my room makes up the difference.
Now I'm watching Biggest Loser as I wait for the washer to finish. I find it interesting that the "unknown" trainers are still unknown so I wonder when they'll be 100% revealed. Makes for an interesting season though.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome.
Hugs!!!
I kept to no dessert at dinner and I've tracked everything. Water was a bit more of a challenge today but the 2L are completed. After dinner I rowed for 30min, well it was probably a wee less than 30 as I had to fiddle with my iphone but I'm thinking the walk there and back to my room makes up the difference.
Now I'm watching Biggest Loser as I wait for the washer to finish. I find it interesting that the "unknown" trainers are still unknown so I wonder when they'll be 100% revealed. Makes for an interesting season though.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome.
Hugs!!!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Day 10 - back in the groove
I had a good day yesterday tracking, workout and water wise and I repeated that today.
Today's workout was 35 minutes on the spin bikes and I had a sweat going probably 5min in, I would consider that a high effort workout. The bike I was on was super uncomfortable as well but I stayed on the damn thing. The day was long so no yoga tonight as I didn't eat dinner till almost 8pm and a full stomach and yoga don't really mix.
It will probably be my workout tomorrow as I have meetings till 7pm.
I'm finding the water intake way easier at work lately as by 4pm I had 2L done. So I just need to keep that going.
All my calendars are updated with stickers and each paper clip chain gained one paper clip today to represent the 1.4 loss. I'm aiming for a bigger loss this week so this game is on!!!
I'm going to watch Village on a Diet now and then to bed.
Hope you had a great Monday...Hugs!!!!
Today's workout was 35 minutes on the spin bikes and I had a sweat going probably 5min in, I would consider that a high effort workout. The bike I was on was super uncomfortable as well but I stayed on the damn thing. The day was long so no yoga tonight as I didn't eat dinner till almost 8pm and a full stomach and yoga don't really mix.
It will probably be my workout tomorrow as I have meetings till 7pm.
I'm finding the water intake way easier at work lately as by 4pm I had 2L done. So I just need to keep that going.
All my calendars are updated with stickers and each paper clip chain gained one paper clip today to represent the 1.4 loss. I'm aiming for a bigger loss this week so this game is on!!!
I'm going to watch Village on a Diet now and then to bed.
Hope you had a great Monday...Hugs!!!!
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Day 9 - Damage control
The 10min theater festival was a lot of fun yesterday. Skits ranged from hilarious to insightful and I would definitely go again. It got me thinking that I rarely if ever go to the theater and my city has so much to offer. Definitely something to keep in mind with all my 3 day weekends. Next weekend theirs a fitness expo that might be neat to check out.
The damage control kicks in when it came to food. I had a salad (with bacon) for dinner but then had the triple decker banana cake (so so good). We went to the play but then afterwards went to James Joyce pub had a beverage some nachos and deep fried pickles (never tried these before but boy were they good).
Sufficite to say it was not a point friendly day by any sense of the imagination. However every thing is tracked and I'm holding myself accountable. This means the focus must be like iron for the rest of the week. This means stick to my daily points, exercise and drink my water. No exceptions. I can do it.
Today I had to pick up a perscription at Walmart which meant I could go to the gym as they are near each other. It was a blistery cold day so if I didn't absolutely have to go out I would have been tempted to stay in a warm house. I got delayed by my laundry so I headed out a bit later than I had planned originally.
I was planning to race from Walmart to the gym so I could get a decent workout in before they closed. I was thwarted by the lunch hour of the pharmacy so had to wait longer than I anticipated.
I had forgotten that the gym closes at 3pm today so I did 20min of rowing, 20min of bike and 20min of treadmill. I had wanted to do 40min of treadmill but I pretty much wrapped up with enough time to get bundled up and head out. I will be doing yoga again a little later. That's still 1hr40 of activity today so nothing to sneeze at. Note to self on Sundays plan an earlier workout.
While at Walmart I also picked up a portable dvd player so I can hook it up to my tv in my camp room, that will solve the yoga dvd problem plus I can take other workout dvds with me and take the portable dvd player to one of the workout rooms too.
Alright my friends I hope your Sunday was nice and I'll talk to you later.
Hugs!!!
The damage control kicks in when it came to food. I had a salad (with bacon) for dinner but then had the triple decker banana cake (so so good). We went to the play but then afterwards went to James Joyce pub had a beverage some nachos and deep fried pickles (never tried these before but boy were they good).
Sufficite to say it was not a point friendly day by any sense of the imagination. However every thing is tracked and I'm holding myself accountable. This means the focus must be like iron for the rest of the week. This means stick to my daily points, exercise and drink my water. No exceptions. I can do it.
Today I had to pick up a perscription at Walmart which meant I could go to the gym as they are near each other. It was a blistery cold day so if I didn't absolutely have to go out I would have been tempted to stay in a warm house. I got delayed by my laundry so I headed out a bit later than I had planned originally.
I was planning to race from Walmart to the gym so I could get a decent workout in before they closed. I was thwarted by the lunch hour of the pharmacy so had to wait longer than I anticipated.
I had forgotten that the gym closes at 3pm today so I did 20min of rowing, 20min of bike and 20min of treadmill. I had wanted to do 40min of treadmill but I pretty much wrapped up with enough time to get bundled up and head out. I will be doing yoga again a little later. That's still 1hr40 of activity today so nothing to sneeze at. Note to self on Sundays plan an earlier workout.
While at Walmart I also picked up a portable dvd player so I can hook it up to my tv in my camp room, that will solve the yoga dvd problem plus I can take other workout dvds with me and take the portable dvd player to one of the workout rooms too.
Alright my friends I hope your Sunday was nice and I'll talk to you later.
Hugs!!!
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Day 8 - weigh in results and thoughts on the week
I was down 1.4lbs today and I have to admit a little disappointed with that but then I remembered my japanaese foodapalooza on Thursday which probaby wasn't so wise so close to weigh in. I'm shaking that out of my head as a loss is a loss.
The goal for this week is to limit the treats mind you it should be a wee easier as the hormones are back in check. So that means if there's a cookie next week it's because I was at the end of the day and had pts to spare.
Today is my treat day and all must be tracked. I got a parcel from my cousin in Germany with a shwack of individual packages of kleenex. It's not kleenex it's Taschentucher. These are 4ply and stand up to way more than a traditional tissue. I was out and there must have been about 40 packs in there acting as protective packaging. I also got all the Stieg Larson books in German. That will be a test for me. Of course Mozart Kugeln, my all time favourite chocolate.
Exercise is done as I met K at the gym for 60min of zumba. I don't think she's a fan but I'm proud of her for trying it. I also walked to weigh in as there wasn't any snow the wind was a little viscious. Between the meeting and the gym I hit walmart and picked up a book from the library. After zumba I grabbed a few groceries and the parcel. Took a cab home because I was exhausted and the weather was starting to turn.
Tonight we're supposed to go to a 10 Minunte Play Festival with M. Each group of actors gets a theme or object and then must write a 10min play. They have 24hours so they go there subjects last night. I'm hoping the weather doesn't get stupid. There will be dinner beforehand but the great thing is K is also focused on being a healthier self so it's nice to have an ally.
I'll also be doing my yoga practice today as dinner is not till 6pm.
I'll be back tomorrow and I hope your Saturday is fabulous.
The goal for this week is to limit the treats mind you it should be a wee easier as the hormones are back in check. So that means if there's a cookie next week it's because I was at the end of the day and had pts to spare.
Today is my treat day and all must be tracked. I got a parcel from my cousin in Germany with a shwack of individual packages of kleenex. It's not kleenex it's Taschentucher. These are 4ply and stand up to way more than a traditional tissue. I was out and there must have been about 40 packs in there acting as protective packaging. I also got all the Stieg Larson books in German. That will be a test for me. Of course Mozart Kugeln, my all time favourite chocolate.
Exercise is done as I met K at the gym for 60min of zumba. I don't think she's a fan but I'm proud of her for trying it. I also walked to weigh in as there wasn't any snow the wind was a little viscious. Between the meeting and the gym I hit walmart and picked up a book from the library. After zumba I grabbed a few groceries and the parcel. Took a cab home because I was exhausted and the weather was starting to turn.
Tonight we're supposed to go to a 10 Minunte Play Festival with M. Each group of actors gets a theme or object and then must write a 10min play. They have 24hours so they go there subjects last night. I'm hoping the weather doesn't get stupid. There will be dinner beforehand but the great thing is K is also focused on being a healthier self so it's nice to have an ally.
I'll also be doing my yoga practice today as dinner is not till 6pm.
I'll be back tomorrow and I hope your Saturday is fabulous.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Day 7 - tomorrow is weigh in
Hello my friends,
Hope you all had a great day. I had to go into work today for a meeting on my day off, which wasn't so bad as K and I wound up going to Cora's for lunch. I had a crepe panini that came with half the plate filled with fresh fruit. When I was still based in Calgary I'd walk by it everyday and it looked so fun.
Then I did a spot of shopping picked up a few mags and what I originally went in for was a new pack of Pur foundation. I left with the new People with the half their size feature, a collector issue of Oxygen titled Fat Loss - the complete guide for women and a bit of fluff with OK magazine. Hey, it's supposed to snow gobs and there's a blowing snow warning so it might be a bus to weigh in tomorrow.
When I got home today the weather was still pretty decent so I headed out for a walk as I probably won't go outside too much this weekend.
1hr17min, 8.99km, 454 calories burned, pace was 8.35-7.59/km (can't go too fast when people don't shovel their sidewalks) and heart rate was 144-159.
Then I came home and made a smoothie for supper. I had no bananas so it was peanut butter, frozen berries and almond milk.
Then I did 40min of yoga to stretch everything and how I missed it.
Here's a pic of the sky when I got home I thought it looked quite pretty.
I took pictures of all my anchors i.e. the calendars with stickers. The next two are from my office and camp room taken earlier in the week.
This is my work one, and you will see the chain of paper clips on the left. I had bought stickers at the end of November to track activiy while I was at site...well that never happened so instead I use these for the exercise, tracking, water. On Wednesday you would have seen 2/3 of a snowman as I hit two targets (no exercise due to the hockey game).
This one is in my camp room and has the 3 sticker system and yes another chain of paper clips representing how far I've come. The frog is for exercise, the heart for tracking and the little tini star for water. On each chain the first 8 paperclips are the same colour as that indicates the 8lbs I didn't regain after I rejoined WW in Jan 2010, then after that is one paper clip for every pound lost. The goal is 64 paper clips as that's from my first weigh in ever (204lbs) to goal (140lbs).
This is in my kitchen and is the up to date one as I did that before taking a photo.
So you'll see I didn't earn 3 stickers on every day. You can't really see them in this photo but a Christmas ornament (with a smiley face) is for exercise, snowflake for tracking and star for water.
However I did:
Hit my exercise goal of a minimum of 30min 5 days a week
Hit my tracking goal of tracking everything and I mean everything.
The only goal I didn't hit was I didn't get all my water in today as I ran out of time. I'm now on all food and liquid cut off till weigh in.
I'm cool with that. I don't think I've ever had 2L of water for 6 days in a row and it's been a really long time since I tracked consistently. The consistent exercise hasn't happened (with the exception of last week) for a bit.
So now we see what the scale says. Right now I'm catching up on the BL premier as I haven't seen it yet.
Be back tomorrow perhaps even from the meeting with this weeks results.
Hugs!!!
Hope you all had a great day. I had to go into work today for a meeting on my day off, which wasn't so bad as K and I wound up going to Cora's for lunch. I had a crepe panini that came with half the plate filled with fresh fruit. When I was still based in Calgary I'd walk by it everyday and it looked so fun.
Then I did a spot of shopping picked up a few mags and what I originally went in for was a new pack of Pur foundation. I left with the new People with the half their size feature, a collector issue of Oxygen titled Fat Loss - the complete guide for women and a bit of fluff with OK magazine. Hey, it's supposed to snow gobs and there's a blowing snow warning so it might be a bus to weigh in tomorrow.
When I got home today the weather was still pretty decent so I headed out for a walk as I probably won't go outside too much this weekend.
1hr17min, 8.99km, 454 calories burned, pace was 8.35-7.59/km (can't go too fast when people don't shovel their sidewalks) and heart rate was 144-159.
Then I came home and made a smoothie for supper. I had no bananas so it was peanut butter, frozen berries and almond milk.
Then I did 40min of yoga to stretch everything and how I missed it.
I took pictures of all my anchors i.e. the calendars with stickers. The next two are from my office and camp room taken earlier in the week.
So you'll see I didn't earn 3 stickers on every day. You can't really see them in this photo but a Christmas ornament (with a smiley face) is for exercise, snowflake for tracking and star for water.
However I did:
Hit my exercise goal of a minimum of 30min 5 days a week
Hit my tracking goal of tracking everything and I mean everything.
The only goal I didn't hit was I didn't get all my water in today as I ran out of time. I'm now on all food and liquid cut off till weigh in.
I'm cool with that. I don't think I've ever had 2L of water for 6 days in a row and it's been a really long time since I tracked consistently. The consistent exercise hasn't happened (with the exception of last week) for a bit.
So now we see what the scale says. Right now I'm catching up on the BL premier as I haven't seen it yet.
Be back tomorrow perhaps even from the meeting with this weeks results.
Hugs!!!
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Day 6 - A wee tired and happy to be home
I have slept like the dead for the past two days which is awesome. I'm very much looking forward to some zzzz shortly.
I was wrong yesterday, so far this week I've had 4 days of exercise 30min or over. Tonight it didn't happen as after we got off the plane we went for dinner.
The one drawback to working in the other part of the province for 4 days a week is that you have very few groceries at home. We went for sushi tonight but there was some deep fried goodness consumed.
Tomorrow I will head to the gym and it will be a very careful food day as weigh in looms on Saturday.
I hit my water goal today for 6 days in a row, that's some kind of record for me for sure.
So it's a quick post as I'm tired. I hope you all had a great Thursday...Hugs!!!!!
I was wrong yesterday, so far this week I've had 4 days of exercise 30min or over. Tonight it didn't happen as after we got off the plane we went for dinner.
The one drawback to working in the other part of the province for 4 days a week is that you have very few groceries at home. We went for sushi tonight but there was some deep fried goodness consumed.
Tomorrow I will head to the gym and it will be a very careful food day as weigh in looms on Saturday.
I hit my water goal today for 6 days in a row, that's some kind of record for me for sure.
So it's a quick post as I'm tired. I hope you all had a great Thursday...Hugs!!!!!
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Day 5 - I think I like it
This morning the hot cereal option was red river cereal. I've tried this once and didn't really care for it but this morning I decided to give it another try. I like it. The first time I had tried it was cold so maybe that was the difference.
Lunch was a salad with eggs, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes.
The rest of the day didn't go quite so well (meeting munchies and hockey game munchies) and I dipped into weekly points again. I'm working with the opinion they are there to be used.
Once I again I tracked diligently and drank all my water. So today I earned two stickers but the goal is minimum 30min of exercise 5 days a week and right now I have 3 days down and I've diligently tracked and drank my water for all 5.
I've missed yoga this week as I discovered I bought a dvd burner for my netbook not a dvd player and right this moment my yoga mat is rolled out and waiting for me when I get home tomorrow.
Workout wise today was a rest day. I fly home tomorrow so I'll make sure to plan a good day including a back up snack for the plane incase there are any delays and I'm a long way from dinner.
I haven't watched the new BL episode yet as it's on the pvr at home but I'm looking forward to it based on some of the blogger comments.
Hope you all had a fabulous Wednesday and I'll be back when I'm home tomorrow.
Hugs!!!!
Lunch was a salad with eggs, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes.
The rest of the day didn't go quite so well (meeting munchies and hockey game munchies) and I dipped into weekly points again. I'm working with the opinion they are there to be used.
Once I again I tracked diligently and drank all my water. So today I earned two stickers but the goal is minimum 30min of exercise 5 days a week and right now I have 3 days down and I've diligently tracked and drank my water for all 5.
I've missed yoga this week as I discovered I bought a dvd burner for my netbook not a dvd player and right this moment my yoga mat is rolled out and waiting for me when I get home tomorrow.
Workout wise today was a rest day. I fly home tomorrow so I'll make sure to plan a good day including a back up snack for the plane incase there are any delays and I'm a long way from dinner.
I haven't watched the new BL episode yet as it's on the pvr at home but I'm looking forward to it based on some of the blogger comments.
Hope you all had a fabulous Wednesday and I'll be back when I'm home tomorrow.
Hugs!!!!
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Day 4 - Battle of the hormones
At bit of a rough night last night.
My camp room shares a bathroom with another camp room so in away I have a roomate. We never see each other but can certainly hear another.
Last night at 10pm she blow dried her hair and at 12:45am flushed the toilet, so I didn't get a super good rest last night. For the remainder of the week I get the bathroom to myself so tonight should be good.
Today I fought the hormone fueled foodapalooza and cramps started and I knew I was in for a rough day. Sometimes it sucks being a girl.
Breakfast was oatmeal with brown sugar, a little bit of yogurt and skim milk. Lunch was a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with tomatoes and cucumbers and an apple. I didn't resist the cookies today and had two small oatmeal and raisin cookies.
I did bring a food scale to site with me, so I weighed the cookies to track them properly. I also deconstructed the turkey sandwich to weigh all the components. I took the cheese off and tossed that. It was good that I did that as one slice of bread weighed 46g which is 3pts per slice.
At one point I was totally craving chocolate but I did resist and instead had a cup of tea. Stash Chocolate Mint Oolong Tea to be exact. While it didn't strike me as super chocolaty it sort of tasted like a mild chocolate mint. It's oolong tea, peppermint, chocolate flavour, cocoa powder and carob powder which is responsible for the flavour. Still 0pts so way better than hitting the vending machine for chocolate.
Dinner was a lentil stuffed green pepper, a small piece of garlic toast, broccoli, corn and jello. I fell victim to a mini tart filled with cherry pie filling.
However K and I did 57min of pilates after dinner and finished around 9:30pm. We were both tired but pushed through it. I suck at pilates but did my best.
So I did dip into the weekly points but I still consider that on plan as they are there to be used. I have about 31 of those left for the week and I've earned 19 activity points. I drank all of my water today which makes that 4 days in a row for that - super stellar for me.
Tomorrow I'll concentrate on sticking to the 29pts, it might be a rest day workout wise as the World Junior Hockey Final is on and Canada faces Russia. We'll see a workout could be squeezed in.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome!
Hugs!!
My camp room shares a bathroom with another camp room so in away I have a roomate. We never see each other but can certainly hear another.
Last night at 10pm she blow dried her hair and at 12:45am flushed the toilet, so I didn't get a super good rest last night. For the remainder of the week I get the bathroom to myself so tonight should be good.
Today I fought the hormone fueled foodapalooza and cramps started and I knew I was in for a rough day. Sometimes it sucks being a girl.
Breakfast was oatmeal with brown sugar, a little bit of yogurt and skim milk. Lunch was a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with tomatoes and cucumbers and an apple. I didn't resist the cookies today and had two small oatmeal and raisin cookies.
I did bring a food scale to site with me, so I weighed the cookies to track them properly. I also deconstructed the turkey sandwich to weigh all the components. I took the cheese off and tossed that. It was good that I did that as one slice of bread weighed 46g which is 3pts per slice.
At one point I was totally craving chocolate but I did resist and instead had a cup of tea. Stash Chocolate Mint Oolong Tea to be exact. While it didn't strike me as super chocolaty it sort of tasted like a mild chocolate mint. It's oolong tea, peppermint, chocolate flavour, cocoa powder and carob powder which is responsible for the flavour. Still 0pts so way better than hitting the vending machine for chocolate.
Dinner was a lentil stuffed green pepper, a small piece of garlic toast, broccoli, corn and jello. I fell victim to a mini tart filled with cherry pie filling.
However K and I did 57min of pilates after dinner and finished around 9:30pm. We were both tired but pushed through it. I suck at pilates but did my best.
So I did dip into the weekly points but I still consider that on plan as they are there to be used. I have about 31 of those left for the week and I've earned 19 activity points. I drank all of my water today which makes that 4 days in a row for that - super stellar for me.
Tomorrow I'll concentrate on sticking to the 29pts, it might be a rest day workout wise as the World Junior Hockey Final is on and Canada faces Russia. We'll see a workout could be squeezed in.
Hope your Tuesday was awesome!
Hugs!!
Monday, January 03, 2011
Day 3 - Devil vs Angel on my shoulder
Interesting start to the day. I had a tough time sleeping last night and there was much tossing and turning. I wound up getting up on my own at 3:10am about 10min before my alarm.
Was waiting for the plane when they announce we won't be landing at site due to weather, instead we're landing in Fort Mac and get to take the bus for 2 hours. The good thing longer nap, the bad thing I was now 3 hours away from having oatmeal. I had a glass of milk before I left the house. On the plane the go to morning snack are the breads i.e. banana and this morning they had cranberry. I love cranberry loaf -I resisted by telling myself it's cake.
At about 9:45am I sat down at my desk and made my oatmeal. I stuck to one cup of coffee thought the machine was calling my name throughout the day (I can't drink it black so there's always points involved). I stuck to my preplanned breakfast and lunch.
Dinner was skinless chicken breast, veggies, rice and jello. My after workout snack was an orange as opposed to my traditional cookies at site but to get the orange I had to walk past the cookies and I did without any hesitation.
I really needed to do laundry so I managed to score a machine (I keep a wardrobe at site). There are 3 in my wing and one is always out of service. Then I went to dinner, came back had a wee rest and then hit the gym.
I looks like the camp gym gets busy in January as well as all the equipment was taken by people I've never seen in there before. The stair climber and the rower were available. I opted for rowing and rowed for 30min. The display wasn't working so I just counted rows to keep me in the game (600 rows). I had a good sweat going on.
I attempted yoga but the dvd drive wouldn't play the dvd and then I tried to do something off of myyogaonline.com but couldn't remember my password. By that time it was time for a shower. I'm realizing watching a workout on the tiny screen of my netbook is not fun at all. If only they'd give us dvd players in our rooms to go with our lovely flat screen tvs.
I have anchors to keep me focused everywhere. I put up the calendar in my room and earned another 3 stickers today (on plan, water and exercise). I have 21 mini paperclips in a chain to represent the pounds lost so far since I rejoined WW at 196.2. I even put stickers on the calendar at my desk but in that case it's one sticker for hitting all 3 goals (the stickers are kind of big). Of course I have another calendar and chain of paperclips in my kitchen at home. I'll post pictures when I get home.
Also managed to get the tv off of HD, for the past few week I couldn't figure it out and was only able to watch a handful of channels. Thanks to K for the heads up and I can now see local channels. I'm watching Village on a Diet right now. So more local inspiration would nice from Taylor, BC.
Alright my friends I'm going to focus on the show, talk to you tomorrow.
Hugs!!!
Was waiting for the plane when they announce we won't be landing at site due to weather, instead we're landing in Fort Mac and get to take the bus for 2 hours. The good thing longer nap, the bad thing I was now 3 hours away from having oatmeal. I had a glass of milk before I left the house. On the plane the go to morning snack are the breads i.e. banana and this morning they had cranberry. I love cranberry loaf -I resisted by telling myself it's cake.
At about 9:45am I sat down at my desk and made my oatmeal. I stuck to one cup of coffee thought the machine was calling my name throughout the day (I can't drink it black so there's always points involved). I stuck to my preplanned breakfast and lunch.
Dinner was skinless chicken breast, veggies, rice and jello. My after workout snack was an orange as opposed to my traditional cookies at site but to get the orange I had to walk past the cookies and I did without any hesitation.
I really needed to do laundry so I managed to score a machine (I keep a wardrobe at site). There are 3 in my wing and one is always out of service. Then I went to dinner, came back had a wee rest and then hit the gym.
I looks like the camp gym gets busy in January as well as all the equipment was taken by people I've never seen in there before. The stair climber and the rower were available. I opted for rowing and rowed for 30min. The display wasn't working so I just counted rows to keep me in the game (600 rows). I had a good sweat going on.
I attempted yoga but the dvd drive wouldn't play the dvd and then I tried to do something off of myyogaonline.com but couldn't remember my password. By that time it was time for a shower. I'm realizing watching a workout on the tiny screen of my netbook is not fun at all. If only they'd give us dvd players in our rooms to go with our lovely flat screen tvs.
I have anchors to keep me focused everywhere. I put up the calendar in my room and earned another 3 stickers today (on plan, water and exercise). I have 21 mini paperclips in a chain to represent the pounds lost so far since I rejoined WW at 196.2. I even put stickers on the calendar at my desk but in that case it's one sticker for hitting all 3 goals (the stickers are kind of big). Of course I have another calendar and chain of paperclips in my kitchen at home. I'll post pictures when I get home.
Also managed to get the tv off of HD, for the past few week I couldn't figure it out and was only able to watch a handful of channels. Thanks to K for the heads up and I can now see local channels. I'm watching Village on a Diet right now. So more local inspiration would nice from Taylor, BC.
Alright my friends I'm going to focus on the show, talk to you tomorrow.
Hugs!!!
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Day 2- little miss efficient
I am in the zone to return to work tomorrow so today was all about getting sorted.
I did laundry, I put away laundry, I took down all the Christmas decorations, I took out the garbage and recycling, I washed dishes and I packed my work bag. While I'm not exactly looking forward to getting up at 3:30am tomorrow I am excited about returning to formalized routine. It will be an early night tonight that's for sure.
I also did 30 min of step aerobics and still to come is 40 min of yoga when I finish posting this.
I was even going to plan out tomorrow in my WW online tracker when I discovered a wrinkle in my road to efficiency today. The catering company who provides and prepares the food at site normally has menus with NI posted for each day. I logged in today so I could plan my dinner tomorrow only to discover there are no menus posted as they're creating their "winter" menus for Jan 16 so in the meantime it's anybody's guess what will be available. Dang it, if I was following the old WW plan as I can remember point values on the new plan not so good at that yet. Thank goodness for the app on my phone, the phone will have to go to dinner with me. One day I'll know the pointsplus as well as I knew the old ones.
Tomorrow's workout will depend on what equipment is available in the camp gym. It will be cardio related and I'll take my skipping rope with me as a back up plan (I have one in my camp room). I will continue my yoga practice in my camp room as well, I just need to hook up the dvd reader to my netbook.
I'm a tracking fool (thanks to the app and the internet) and have today completely mapped out as well. 1L of water is done, now one to go. It's funny I used to be a hard core paper tracker and now I've embraced the online tracking. I'm such a tech geek.
I watched "I used to be fat" on MTV the other day and I liked how they counted down the days to the goal day. In this episode the girl counted down from 111 days. I'm thinking about doing that till Vegas as a another form of focus for the short term anyway.
I hope you all had a great Sunday, I'm off to my yoga matt.
Hugs!!!
I did laundry, I put away laundry, I took down all the Christmas decorations, I took out the garbage and recycling, I washed dishes and I packed my work bag. While I'm not exactly looking forward to getting up at 3:30am tomorrow I am excited about returning to formalized routine. It will be an early night tonight that's for sure.
I also did 30 min of step aerobics and still to come is 40 min of yoga when I finish posting this.
I was even going to plan out tomorrow in my WW online tracker when I discovered a wrinkle in my road to efficiency today. The catering company who provides and prepares the food at site normally has menus with NI posted for each day. I logged in today so I could plan my dinner tomorrow only to discover there are no menus posted as they're creating their "winter" menus for Jan 16 so in the meantime it's anybody's guess what will be available. Dang it, if I was following the old WW plan as I can remember point values on the new plan not so good at that yet. Thank goodness for the app on my phone, the phone will have to go to dinner with me. One day I'll know the pointsplus as well as I knew the old ones.
Tomorrow's workout will depend on what equipment is available in the camp gym. It will be cardio related and I'll take my skipping rope with me as a back up plan (I have one in my camp room). I will continue my yoga practice in my camp room as well, I just need to hook up the dvd reader to my netbook.
I'm a tracking fool (thanks to the app and the internet) and have today completely mapped out as well. 1L of water is done, now one to go. It's funny I used to be a hard core paper tracker and now I've embraced the online tracking. I'm such a tech geek.
I watched "I used to be fat" on MTV the other day and I liked how they counted down the days to the goal day. In this episode the girl counted down from 111 days. I'm thinking about doing that till Vegas as a another form of focus for the short term anyway.
I hope you all had a great Sunday, I'm off to my yoga matt.
Hugs!!!
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Happy New Year!!!!
I hope you all enjoyed your New Year's Eve however you wanted. Mine was low key but my friend K and I made an awesome dinner, watched movies and played a board game. It was great. This morning she made an amazing omelette and smoothie then we watched a little tv and it was time for me to head home.
As I mentioned yesterday I will post some goals for 2011 today. Yesterday I got the new Yoga Journal and there was an interesting article in how me approach goals and then how we deal with set backs. The article spoke about coming from a place of self-compassion as opposed to feeling defeated or negative. They mean self-compassion as a positive motivation behind making a change and making it an act of self- care instead of anger and rejection.
Which made me think of something I said to one of my friends earlier this week. I said I felt like I was in a cocoon and I want to focus on being a butterfly. After reading the article I thought about how I posted that I was a wee disappointed with my weight loss for the year. I then thought back to 2009 when I previously hit my lowest weight so far of 168 and then life happened and I stopped doing the program and then decided to try WW online. When I rejoined the meetings on Jan 2, 2010 I was 8lbs away from the very first day I joined WW at 204lbs. You know what 21.4lbs down for 2010 is pretty darn good for me.
I can't say that 2010 was terrible in any way. I got the promotion I wanted and I made some awesome new friends. It did feel a bit odd having not done any classes or courses and now being at site 4 days a week would make that a bit of a challenge. Of course there were goals that were not met but that brings me to this year's goals.
1. Get to goal weight - entirely doable 34.8lbs can be lost in 2011, I kind of have a goal of by birthday in June but that's not in stone, somewhere in 2011 will suffice as a measurement of the goal. I got a little wigged out after watching a Dr. Oz show about turning 40. I turn 39 on my next birthday.
2. Read one book a month that teaches me something new and it can be weight loss related, business related or just expand one's mind related - entirely doable as I'm often waiting for planes and quite often by the time I get back to my camp room sometimes it's just nice to pick up a book. Right now I'm reading "How to see yourself as you really are" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I've got plenty of books to revisit or that have been collecting dust on my bookshelves.
3. Intentional exercise for a minimum of 30min 5 days a week - entirely doable as I've really enjoyed doing a regular yoga practice this week and want to continue. I've also been to the gym consistently this week and enjoyed that as well. Today it will be yoga
4. Follow the basics of the WW plan - entirely doable - I tracked every day this week, now I just need to be better at the water.
I've also thought of a few things to stay away from like group challenges. I quite frankly suck at those and then wind up feeling like a failure. I go in to them with good intentions and certainly recognize that others find them incredibly useful. They don't motivate me, my motivation has to be internal not external. While I enjoy The Biggest Loser I can't treat my weight loss like a contest and it's not good for me to compare myself to others. Instead I will keep it simple with stickers on a calendar to measure completion of exercise, tracking and water (2L a day). I got a few packs of stickers at the dollar store yesterday and I have a calendar for work and for home. I've never stopped using the chain of coloured paper clips to visually see my progress (one paperclip per pound). I have one on my fridge, one hanging on my clip board at the office and I'm adding one to my camp room (pretty much in all locations that I could have food or think about skipping exercise). They will act as my anchor in the WW tools for living.
I will reward myself for smaller victories by breaking down the 34.8lbs. My first goal is 168lbs, I almost made it last year and got to 168.2. I think my reward for that will be a manicure and pedicure.
I do have a bit of oomph to my motivation as I'm heading to Vegas in 10 weeks or so. This would be an excellent shopping opportunity so to lose enough that I need new clothes = bonus.
Most importantly any set backs will be noted and then move on. No dwelling, no feelings of defeat or failure.
I'm working on my internal butterfly or maybe as Katy Perry sings my firework.
Hope you enjoy your first day of 2011.
Hugs!!!
As I mentioned yesterday I will post some goals for 2011 today. Yesterday I got the new Yoga Journal and there was an interesting article in how me approach goals and then how we deal with set backs. The article spoke about coming from a place of self-compassion as opposed to feeling defeated or negative. They mean self-compassion as a positive motivation behind making a change and making it an act of self- care instead of anger and rejection.
Which made me think of something I said to one of my friends earlier this week. I said I felt like I was in a cocoon and I want to focus on being a butterfly. After reading the article I thought about how I posted that I was a wee disappointed with my weight loss for the year. I then thought back to 2009 when I previously hit my lowest weight so far of 168 and then life happened and I stopped doing the program and then decided to try WW online. When I rejoined the meetings on Jan 2, 2010 I was 8lbs away from the very first day I joined WW at 204lbs. You know what 21.4lbs down for 2010 is pretty darn good for me.
I can't say that 2010 was terrible in any way. I got the promotion I wanted and I made some awesome new friends. It did feel a bit odd having not done any classes or courses and now being at site 4 days a week would make that a bit of a challenge. Of course there were goals that were not met but that brings me to this year's goals.
1. Get to goal weight - entirely doable 34.8lbs can be lost in 2011, I kind of have a goal of by birthday in June but that's not in stone, somewhere in 2011 will suffice as a measurement of the goal. I got a little wigged out after watching a Dr. Oz show about turning 40. I turn 39 on my next birthday.
2. Read one book a month that teaches me something new and it can be weight loss related, business related or just expand one's mind related - entirely doable as I'm often waiting for planes and quite often by the time I get back to my camp room sometimes it's just nice to pick up a book. Right now I'm reading "How to see yourself as you really are" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I've got plenty of books to revisit or that have been collecting dust on my bookshelves.
3. Intentional exercise for a minimum of 30min 5 days a week - entirely doable as I've really enjoyed doing a regular yoga practice this week and want to continue. I've also been to the gym consistently this week and enjoyed that as well. Today it will be yoga
4. Follow the basics of the WW plan - entirely doable - I tracked every day this week, now I just need to be better at the water.
I've also thought of a few things to stay away from like group challenges. I quite frankly suck at those and then wind up feeling like a failure. I go in to them with good intentions and certainly recognize that others find them incredibly useful. They don't motivate me, my motivation has to be internal not external. While I enjoy The Biggest Loser I can't treat my weight loss like a contest and it's not good for me to compare myself to others. Instead I will keep it simple with stickers on a calendar to measure completion of exercise, tracking and water (2L a day). I got a few packs of stickers at the dollar store yesterday and I have a calendar for work and for home. I've never stopped using the chain of coloured paper clips to visually see my progress (one paperclip per pound). I have one on my fridge, one hanging on my clip board at the office and I'm adding one to my camp room (pretty much in all locations that I could have food or think about skipping exercise). They will act as my anchor in the WW tools for living.
I will reward myself for smaller victories by breaking down the 34.8lbs. My first goal is 168lbs, I almost made it last year and got to 168.2. I think my reward for that will be a manicure and pedicure.
I do have a bit of oomph to my motivation as I'm heading to Vegas in 10 weeks or so. This would be an excellent shopping opportunity so to lose enough that I need new clothes = bonus.
Most importantly any set backs will be noted and then move on. No dwelling, no feelings of defeat or failure.
I'm working on my internal butterfly or maybe as Katy Perry sings my firework.
Hope you enjoy your first day of 2011.
Hugs!!!
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