We Made It!

So I always say Go Big or Go Home!!!

But I'll have to be honest, I didn't do so hot on this month's challenge.  Then entire month I was either traveling or had company...and it made it such a fun summer month...but such a hard month for dieting.

I did stay active though, just look at me pumping that swing with my mom at the park tonight!

Even though I know I'm not in the running to be a winner, I want to thank everyone for letting me play along!  I would love if any of you would like to continue supporting each other on our fitness goals in any way.  I've got a long journey ahead and would love some company!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

After breakfast I had one banana, but I was still hungry.

After lunch I had 3 apricots and half an apple, but I was still hungry.

After dinner I had 8 strawberries, half a banana, 20 blueberries, 2 stalks of celery, 9 baby carrots, a handful of sunflower seeds, and half a bell pepper, but I am STILL HUNGRY.

This is ridiculous! Any more fruits and veggies and my insides will not be thanking me tomorrow. I have been starving all week and it's driving me nuts!! But being this hungry is a good sign, right? Means my metabolism is working and I've gotta be burning away the pounds like crazy. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

And for the record, the above listed produce was all consumed today. Yep, today.

Heather's week 3 total and Group Standigs

Typing on my phone while at rehearsal for The Sound of Music. It's this weekend! Do you have your tickets? Friday, Saturday 7:30 & Sunday at 2. Union Colony Civic Center. (Shameless plug over).

Thanks for the yes vote to my question!  I ended up with an almost perfect week. One night only I didn't get to bed on time. 88 points.  Boom! I didn't lose any weight-again. But I didn't gain any! I have steadily kept off the weight I lost during the cleanse so I am happy sappy. Although I kind of want to kick Susan's trash-so hopefully I can shed some pounds this week-purely for points! I heard she ate a lot  of  chocolate cake the other day- so my chances might be good. Hee hee.

My personal goal this week is to not lose it! I don't know how to measure if I accomplish that. I'll probably have to ask my hubby and kids.  Seriously though. Rehearsals every night until 10 or later.  Cole still has tack. I still have a 3 year old who is up at 6 every day and want to keep exercising. Throw into the mix that I have visitors and family coming into town to stay with us and see The Sound of Music (do you have your tix? ;-) ) So I somehow need to clean my house. My hubby is in rehearsals for a play and starting to teach his summer class   Hmmm-please don't lose it. One day at a time. Happy, make memories, enjoy the ride.

Okay. Group standings are-
1-Susan 249
2-Cindy 243
3-Heather 242.5
4-Elise 231.5
5-Stephanie 184
6-Emily-we're sorry you had a car accident.  <3 Glad everyone is okay.!

One last thing   This Friday will be our final reporting of points as far as food logging, water, exercise, etc. Then next Monday June 30th we will have a final weigh-in. You will send me your starting weights and measurements as well as your final weights & measurements.  Then I'll calculate  percentages and points to add to your sub-totals.

Clear as mud? I hope not. Contact me with questions.  Happy produce snacking.

hungry

Seriously. I HATE feeling hungry. If I am eating the right amounts for me to lose weight, I am hungry. Really. I am. People say, "you shouldn't feel hungry". "Eat several small meals." Ha! That is NOT how my body works. If I feel 'full' I have eaten too much. If I want to lose weight - a good portion of my day I feel hungry. I wish I could just exist hungry and not get cranky or anxious. Well. I don't! I don't like the feeling of being hungry and it is a challenge for me to work through it and past that pain during my work of the day. Ah well. Any suggestions or help? Does anyone else feel hungry most of the time while trying to lose weight?

I gotta say I am pretty nervous for this last week! I have my son's birthday, plus driving to Utah, plus running the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay! AHHH!!! I am going to keep at it though and try to keep track of my points along the way! I sure appreciate all your support on this journey! Good luck on the last week ladies! We are ROCKIN' it!!! Keep up the GREAT work!!

I ate my weight in chocolate cake!

In the words of my four year old . . . "The devil made me do it." I am quite sure the devil did come up with that recipe though because it is pure sin!
So far this week I have had a total fail on the group goal. So I will choose confession over depression, get it out if the way and do better these next 5 days.
We are also planning on being out of town part of this week so that could be an added challenge, but I will go to the store Monday and load up on produce before we go ; )

By the way . . . Mustard has no calories! Here's to giving all my food a mustard bath before inhaling it. (Insert Mandy's wonderful image from "how to loose a guy in 10 days" here)

Week 4-Shut the Door!

So ladies, this is it! Week 4! I know the rhyming title is totally not as clever and catchy as the past couple weeks, but oh well-it's late!

I don't have the energy to be cute or clever right this minute, so forgive the bland post. It's like the cleanse rubbed off on me and I don't have any savor or flavor. ;-) Except for that, that was pretty clever.  And okay, here's a cute graphic to go with it.

ANYWHO, I loved reading your posts this week. And I loved thinking about how you were out there trying something new and getting hungry after dinner like me, but still persevering, or at least trying to persevere.

All week I planned to try this Biggest Loser DVD that I haven't done, even though I've owned it for over a year. I had it in the DVD player this morning, was dressed in my workout clothes and filling up a water bottle when Jud needed me. "Can I have some toast? Can I watch a show?" So I made some toast, turned on a show. Then got back to the workout, did it for 5 minutes. Then Jud wanted more toast or a banana or a smoothie or just any food really. He must be growing because that kid will eat all morning if I let him. So I paused the DVD and peeled a banana and made more toast (we're out of milk, so cereal was out). Then I went back to the DVD and noticed it was time to wake up Cole if he was going to have enough time to eat before I needed to get him to Cub Scout Day Camp. Still thinking I could do the workout until time to walk out the door. But Cole couldn't find this and needed help with that and voila! Time's up. So maybe tomorrow?

I have a question for the group. So I didn't try the DVD like I'd been planning and I've been thinking about how that was my plan for the "try something new" 5 points. However, I did go hiking for 7 hours on a new trail in a place I've never been. Could that count as something new? I also did a new kind of intervals for running that I hadn't ever done. Could that count? I mean- because I have hiked and I have run, so how new are they really? I'm putting it to a vote if you think I should get the 5 points for that portion of the group challenge say "yea" in the comments section. If not, vote "no".

The group challenge this week is: Keep it natural and-Eat produce for snacks between meals! Veggies, fruit, nuts, & seeds are all acceptable. If you'd like a little dip (like dressing or hummus) to go with your veggies, that's fine too, just try to keep that portion of your snack to around 100 calories or less.

I look forward to receiving your reports for week 3 sometime today or tomorrow. After I get your consensus on whether I can get the 5 points for trying something new I'll post my weekly total here.

Darn Week 3

This week I realized I'm not good at petting zoos.  My mom caught some live action photos right as a camel nipped my hair and a zonkey (a cross between a donkey and a zebra...who knew?) tried to bite my fingers off.

I also realized this week I'm not very good at points competitions when I'm on vacation.  Not good at all.  In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to even send my score to Heather tomorrow.  It really did turn into a crazy week for me with a family reunion and vacationing and then driving 800 miles home...in a snowstorm no less!  A snowstorm in June!  Elsa must have been storming around Wyoming...and no, I do not want to build a snowman...the whole thing was unacceptable really...and may have stressed me out enough to eat a Twix.

My mom took this picture, not me while driving...don't worry.

This week I also realized that doing this challenge has helped me get back into the habit of daily exercise...and that isn't too shabby.  For a new workout, I tried a bunch of Fitness Blender videos on Youtube with my sister-in-law.  I liked them and give a 2 thumbs up recommendation to anyone interested in trying them out.  If you do, I recommend having some fun music to play in the background while you are squatting and lunging and push-upping away to jazz it up a little if you're in to that sort of thing.  

So although my week was pretty poor, I'm trying to have a good attitude.  When it comes to health and fitness and my own personal weight loss journey, I know it isn't a sprint...I've got a LOOOOONG way to go and I'm not giving up.  I'm sure I didn't lose any weight this week, but I'm ready to start fresh with a new week tomorrow and rock it...and earn full points!  Boo Ya!