20 Pound Tuesday Update

Happy Tuesday!  Another week, another sad sad scale day.  Nothin new to report - hmmm, maybe this challenge should be for Christmas 2011.  At this rate, I'm not sure if I could even meet that target!  Oh well, onward and fatward ;)

20 Pound Tuesday Update

Happy Tuesday!!  I am sans 4 pounds - woot woot!  That's really all I have to say :)

20 Pound Tuesday Update

Happy Tuesday!  I swear I haven't lost a single pound.  I run everyday.  I eat salads.  Ok, so I might have made a cake for hubber's birthday (which was last week btw).  And there is that darn Halloween candy.  Ugh - clearly I am going to have to redouble my efforts...and lay off my beloved Starbucks...and lock up the Halloween candy... oh poo!

Tuesday 20 Pound Update

Happy Tuesday! So I have one thing to say about this challenge - Halloween candy.  Darn, darn Halloween candy.  I give myself some latitude on the weekends - I don't count calories, but I do work out.  We bought some Halloween candy this weekend.  I have eaten lots... 

On a more positive note...I've been increasing my treadmill intensity and I'm really excited with my progress :)  I'm jogging at 4.4 mph which is crazy fast for me.  If you are super fit and reading this, please try not to choke on your laughter.  And, I didn't mention it in the first post, but part of this challenge is also to increase my overall health.

Years and years ago I bought 8 Weeks to Optimal Health by Dr. Weil.  And every year (sometimes multiple times) I try to do the program.  I have never made it past week 4.  I'm giving it another attempt since I'm sure having Optimal Health will undoubtedly include losing these pesky 20 pounds!  *Totally book related stuff here*  I've been good about eating the broccoli a few times a week and I'm taking my daily vitamins (If you knew me, you'd know this is a big thing).  I haven't gotten rid of all the 'bad' food yet - there are still crackers and pretzels and granola bars in my pantry.  In the words of Bob: Baby steps...

Oh, and as for that Halloween candy (I'm totally eating a piece right now, doh!).  I figured crafting with it means that less will find it's way into my mouth:

Yep, it's a candy corn tree.  Well, where do you think candy corn comes from?!?

20 Pound Tuesdays - Week 1

Happy Tuesday!  For the next few months, Tuesdays are officially dedicated to my lamenting (ok fine, whining) about trying to lose 20 pounds.  Yep, feel free to ignore Tuesday posts because there are absolutely no craft or recipes here - just a constant reminder to myself to put down the chocolate!  I spent some of last week trying to formulate a plan for this crazy goal.  Here's what I got...USE COMMON SENSE.  Darn, I hate when that's the answer.  Apparently eating too much yumminess is bad and drinking water is good.  Veggies, yes...Cheesecake, no.  Why oh why can't cheesecake be yes?!?  Oh alright, enough whining.  Even though theoretically HAVE to use the scale to determine my success, I'm not doing public weigh ins.  Well, at least not yet.  Here's what my plan common sense is for this week:

• Drink water - I swear I've been existing on coffee and Diet Pepsi for months
• Run for at least half of my treadmill time - right now I do 12 minute bursts
• Add a second day of weight training into the week
• Eat healthy
• Don't buy junk food
• Take my vitamins (even with a calendar reminder, I somehow don't take them)

That's it.  All simple, but oh so difficult.

And last, but not least, here's a terribly unflattering before photo: