Update

I took a picture of myself yesterday after I finished the Banish Fat Boost Metabolism video (which is killer by the way!) as proof that I exercised (woohoo!!) but the picture is really quite unfortunate and no one really needs to see my sweaty tomato face, I’ve decided. But I did exercise. And I walked. It’s amazing what blog posting does for my will power.

I love how working out makes me want to choose better food too. Not always of course, but most of the time. I didn’t have any of T’s chocolate (birthday gift!) because I knew I wanted to work out and that seemed counter productive. The fact that I’ve got to work my butt off to burn off the calories is a very powerful motivator!

I’m crazy sore today (serves me right for not exercising in so long) so hopefully after a few workout days, the soreness will go away.

Also? I’m the least flexible person in the world I think. On the video I did, the girl could kiss her knee while stretching. I can’t even touch my toes. Darn tight hamstrings!

Did anyone else exercise??

xox

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Exercise bandwagon! Wait for me!

Thanks for all your birthday wishes for T! He was totally spoiled in messages and he was quite pleased about the whole thing. The cake was delish (and now I’m taking the rest to work to avoid eating the entire thing). Now I really have to get on the portion control and exercise bandwagon. Everyone is making plans in the blogosphere and I am being a lazy girl!

With the wedding 81 days away (!!) I’d really like to not have jiggly arms/back fat so I really need to get on the bandwagon. My exercise videos are coming back.

This summer, my exercise goals are:

1. Do some form of physical activity 3 days a week
2. Hike the Grouse grind (a very steep, very intense hike)
3. Walk at lunch at least 3 days (which does not count as number 1!)

Hopefully, I can lose those last 3 pounds that would put me at my goal while making some muscle show for the wedding

Anyone else have some exercise goals? Come on, get back on the bandwagon with me!

xox

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My lifelong love

T always teases me and says I’m addicted to chocolate. I’m not sure if you can be addicted to chocolate, but it’s definitely a love of mine (and many many many other people!). When I was trying to lose weight (which I should probably get back on the bandwagon and lose the last 4 pounds so I can hit my goal, but that’s another story for another day) I cut out most sugar which means chocolate was way out. I tend to not know when to stop when it comes to eating bad food so my solution is to avoid it all together.

Recently, I’ve been back on the chocolate wagon. I’m working on moderation though. I take my bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips, measure out my tablespoon (70 cal incase you were wondering) and savour each one of those little chocolate chips. T laughs. I think it’s kind of smart. Chocolate fix without eating insane amounts of calories. And so far, I’ve managed to not ever go back for seconds.

Now I’m going to work on not having it every day. I get it in my head that because it’s only 70 cal I can have them every day, but really, it should be more of a treat thing. So today there will be no chocolate chips.
Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with chocolate?

xox

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p.s. Apparently, I’m not the only one who has a hard time saying no! Thanks for all your comments/advice/support.

Weight update

It’s been a while since I talked about my weight loss. I’m going to use numbers here people. How scary is that!

In October, I weighed 162.5 lbs. I knew I wanted to lose some weight, mostly for a wedding I was a part of in January. I lost a couple of pounds, and gained a couple back and by the end of January I weighed 156.8 lbs.

I made my goal 146 lbs because I wanted to see what 10 lbs off looked like. I made an appointment to talk to my doctor who told me to reduce my caloric intake and voila. I started to actually lose weight. It’s kind of amazing when I think about how much exercise I have done in the last year with my half iron training, but that it was cutting out a couple hundred calories a day that made me lose weight.

Once I hit my goal of 146 lbs down, I decided my body still didn’t look the way I wanted it to look and I was going to go for another 8 lbs or so. I wanted to be firmly in the 130′s – a number that previously was SO unattainable.

I’m now 142.8 this week. Yesterday a friend told me to stop losing weight. I still don’t FEEL too skinny. I definitely still have the jiggly tummy. I’m wondering though, after thinking about it for so long if it’s going to be hard to know when enough is enough? It’s a fine line between healthy and unhealthy – in both directions.

The 4 pounds between 138 and 142 changes my BMI (I know, not always the best calculator) from 21.6 to 21.0. I’m kind of torn.

Is enough enough? Or should I go for 138?

xox

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Misc info :)

I’m slowly feeling better. I still have a bit of a sore throat and stuffy sinuses, but it’s a million times better than I was on Thursday, so that’s something. With today off, hopefully I can recover fully before heading back to work!

Some random facts for you:

1. I made these cookies yesterday. They were so rich I could barely eat one. T wanted them for dinner. Mine didn’t look like the picture. They didn’t flatten out so mostly they were hugely puffy. I doubt I’ll make them again.
2. I made ‘healthy’ banana bread too. It has more fiber and less oil in it than the other banana bread recipe from the same author. It was heavy, but it was delicious. We ate an entire loaf in 2 days.
3. I went for a walk yesterday down a big hill, around a lake, and back up the big hill. My hip hurt while I was walking. Today? My butt hurts. Sad.
4. I lost 0.2lbs this week which is practically nothing, but it pushed me to the 12 lbs down since Jan 25 mark. Which is pretty exciting.  (since October, I’m down 18 pounds. Holy.) I’m beginning to like my stomach which is practically unheard of. Just a few more to go til that underboob fat is gone (you know what I’m talking about!)
5. I had grand plans to do wedding stuff this weekend but I didn’t get anything done. Maybe today.

Did everyone have a happy Easter? I was disappointed there’s no kiddos around so I didn’t get to have an Easter egg hunt!

xox

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Self-Image

I’m not quite sure why my idea of what I look like so differs from what is actually there. Years of body image issues I guess. I know I’ve been losing weight (15 pounds since October!) because the scale shows that I’ve lost weight. I wear scrubs to work all the time, so no one else notices, nor do I feel or look any different at work. I guess I’ve noticed some of my shirts fitting a bit looser around the stomach area, but nothing overly drastic. I was having a bit of a pity party. So I went back and tried to find an old photo of me from September. To me, they all looked the same.

I found a few pictures of me in 4 or 5 dresses – I was taking pictures to determine which dress I should wear to a party. I didn’t pick this one

So here’s me in July 09 (don’t mind the grumpy face)

And here’s me in the same dress last night:

Holy change batman! I remember putting the dress on in July. I could barely do it up. I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t bend. It felt like it was cutting into my chest (especially under my arms!) Yesterday, I could zip it up with room to spare! The boobage area has obviously and dramatically decreased in size and everything about the dress fits looser. I could even have it taken in.

This was the motivation I needed to keep going. It’s also the motivation I needed to see my body in a different light.

xox

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*yawn*

Daylight savings time sucks when I lose an hour. Just sayin.

I could stay in bed all day! But unfortunately, I can’t do that. I must stamp birdies on our wedding invites. I really have to exercise (only down 0.2lbs again this week, which makes me at 9.6lbs total loss. SO darn close to that stupid 10 pounds! This is my week people. This is my week!) and I probably should fold the massive pile of laundry on my couch.

So far though, I’ve read blogs. And watched the food network. Sounds productive, doesn’t it?

To change up my workouts, I’m looking for new videos or things to do, fitness wise. I’ve done the 30 day shred, P90, P90X and Beach Body Insanity (none in entirety – I get bored too quickly!) Who’s got good ones for me?

Happy Monday! Here’s to hoping my body adjusts to this time soon!

xox

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Weight update

I was kinda disappointed this week. I lost 0.2 lbs, making my weight loss a grand total of 9.4lbs. I really had wanted to hit 10 lbs this week. We went out to eat once. We split an appetizer (we had a coupon for a free one! Needed to have it! I think T ate more than half..but either way..) and then I had a veggie burger with a salad and no dressing. I cut my veggie burger in half and took the other half home. We had a dessert to take home which we split the next day. Granted, it was still a lot of food, even with me only eating half my burger, but I was so proud of myself! T had been talking for ages about wanting Gelato from this great local place and so we went out for a drive and had some gelato. I really shouldn’t have had any. I felt sick after I had it. All in all, I guess those 2 desserts and the appetizer screwed me over a bit and I ended up with a 0.2 weight loss. *sigh*

I did 3 days of exercise, which is ok. Not great, but better than before. My goal this week is 4 days. We’ll see how it goes. Yesterday, I was home all day which is dangerous eating territory because I just want to graze all day even if I’m not hungry. I ate way too many calories and I didn’t really care much. I was grumpy about that 0.2!

So. Today is a new day. Today, I’m going to eat well and I’m going to exercise. This week, I’m going to be positive instead of negative. This week, I’m going to be proud of myself!

xox

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Tuesday weight report

Are you tired of these yet? It’s good for me to write it down, and write down my goals. It’s good motivation!

This week I miraculously lost 1.2lbs. I was really worried what with all the rainbow cake earlier this week, but I pulled it out at the end of the week. I only worked out once, but I walked tons and maybe that helped. Who knows. This week so far I’m feeling totally exhausted so I’m not sure how much working out I’m going to get done, so I’m trying to be careful with what I’m eating. I’d like to try to do some weight P90X workouts this week (so far I’ve done YogaX, PlyoX and CardioX).

Since Jan 25, I’m down 9.2 lbs. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself!

I’m draggin my butt today  - must go to work. Thank God I’ve got a short week or I don’t think I’d make it!

xox

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Weight Update

So yesterday was my official weigh in day and I’m down 0.8lbs this week. I’m happy with that, what with the Olympics downtown (where I helped devour a plate of nachos), a buffet dinner on Saturday night where I had way too much food (and dessert) and Sunday when I made peanut butter cookies. All in all, weight loss survived a couple of days of bad eating, and that makes me happy!

I did exercise 3 times this week as promised (mostly because T was like “You wrote it on your blog! You said you’re going to exercise Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It’s Tuesday! Why aren’t you exercising!”) and I walked a ton with the Olympics and our trip away.

This week I’m trying hard to get back on the food wagon. I had a PB cookie yesterday and my landlords brought down more cookies, so yesterday, I had 2 cookies *gasp* It’s always harder to say no once you’ve had one! We’ve got birthdays galore this week (5 in fact!) and I’m making two massive birthday cakes. I’m really going to try to fit in my 3 days of exercise and limit my cake intake. Wish me luck!

xox

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